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An American Lady's Infatuation for a Title.

M g. =.
SHE COMMITS SUICIDE AT HAVING FAILED
TO GET IT.
Mrs. Annie Wetmore of N. Y. with her son
was sent to England four years ago by her
husband who is wealthy merchant, that
she might susperintend the education there
of his boy, who was thirteen years of age.
She went into titled society, fell in love
with Lord Anglesey. and became so infatu-
ated that she got divorce from her hus-
band in America on his promise to marry
her. As soon as the divorce was procured he
deserted her. On Thursday last she CON-
mitted suicide at Paris in the house of her
friend, Lady Albert Clinton. A telegram
from Paris to the New York HERALD
says;
The Wetmore-Anglesey affair continues
to engross public attention, and although
it is the general theme Of conversation
here. it is curious TO say that with
single exception-that of the "Voltalre' y
far been kept out of the newspapers
Having been introduced to Lady Albert
Clinton lately at the house of d mutual
friend, I have prolited by my slight ac-
uualntance to obtain some information re-
garding the melancholy affair. Her lady
ship received me cOurteouSly, and ex-
pressed her willingness to tell me all she
knew of the circumstances. She herself
seemed overcome with grief, and her eyes
filled with tears when she began to speak
about her deceased friend,
ssMay l ask, !" l said, '-if you are In pos
session of Lord Anglesey Is letters to Mrs.
Wetmore?"
ssNo," she replied, "they are In the
hands of her lawyer, Mr.. Gardiner, of the
Champs Elysees. They are all couched in
terms which convey the idea that His
Lordship had the most passionate affec-
ton for Mrs. Wetmore, and in no less than
seven of them he DECLARED he would marry
her the moment she got the divorce from
her husband. | have even in my possess
sion a ring which he gave her in the first
DAYS of last month";" Her Ladyship here
went and brought ip small basket con-
tanning among other effects of the deceased
lady, a plain gold ring, bearing the follow
from Anglesey, June 1, lSsO."] Lady AL,
bert Clinton then continued:-.sMrs. Wet
more came to Europe about three years
AGO with her son, lad about thirteen
years of age. / think she met Lord Angle
sey for the FIRST time in Spain. When she
left America she had no idea OF per-
manently separating herself from her nus
band, Of whom she always spoke Win re-
morse, but Lord Anglesey turned her head
by promising to marry her 1t sue got q dl=
vorce. This took time, SO much time. that
he got tired Of bis bargain and deserted
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-30

The tide is setting in against the Ind.-
pendent ticket. Judge John r. Mcdaniel.
Judge of the Campbell county court writes
that though he is Readjustel he will sup
port the regular Democratic ticket. r.. M
Hampler, Chairman of the Rtadjustel
County Committee of Lee county, says
the same thing. A. l.. Pridemore, of Lee
in speech Monday declared himself unal
terably opposed to the independent ticket
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-30

No thoughtful man who has observed
the public meetings in the Valley Tor the
last month can believe that the election of
the Readjuster Hancock ticket is anything
but wild hignt of fancy. 1t may secure
the State to Garfield but it can never Sc.
cure it to Hanc ock.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of deed Of Trust exc III sa7V Ia
cuted by Thomas Fl. Harlow, bear ~ 19sas.Eli
ing date on the 18th day of August,
1879 will sell at public auction on Tie premises, in
the town Of WayneoborO, on
Thursday, the 18th day of August, 1880,
the house and lot situated in Waynesboro. which
was owned and occupied by Thomas H. harlow in
his life time. So Terms CASH.
julySO4t Trustee.
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ITO LAND OWNERS!
WANTED

Two good ferns, located conveniently to q rail
road-one grass ia N Of abont 800 acres, with good
improvements; The other an Arabic farm containing
good purchasers can be found and for the smaller
one, all the purchase money might be had IN CASH.
Apply to ELDER y NELSON
iuly3j It Staant0n, Va.
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Observations of Retired Veter an.

Editors Vi1ldScator
| It occurred to me as read the obituary
| notices to-day that they were calling ii
the Forty-fves. Two of them, old fri nds
of mine. had their names in. Its strange
! how one associates the last hours of man
with the last time he saw him. Though
| it is decade since saw Tom, Remember
| that it was at one Of those innocent oyster
brOils among men, as harmless as tea
I fights among women, when the light
hearts, with heads as light, we're discussing
! whether the restaurateur had done his
full duty in placing four glasses to the
plate. 1t is quite Impossible he should
have died under similar circumstances,
still, that is the way looked at it. Tom,
to me, was cut off suddenly with glass
of Verzenay in his hand. To me the
same gay hearts around him were shocked.
To me his CHEEKY spirit went up through
the bright gas lights amid the tinkling of
the clinking glasses. None Of this could
be SO. He had settled down. He was
married, had family and was bald. l
question if glass of Verzenay had passed
his lips for years. For all l know-men
lose sight Of each other SO easily in the
world-he may have been high IN the
church. But still to me he died in the
second story of Zetelles. l shall not spec
ulate upon whittier he has gone. Nor
shall l muse upon whether he went easy
or hard; whether he was one of those that
are sweet on Life, that nurse it and cud-
die it and try to keep 1t long after it is
hardly worth keeping. Nor Whei her hay
ing steered his bark badly when he knew
the sea and could have done better, he gave
up the wheel to The Clergyman as it Lead
ed out into that fog-coyered ocean-EJer-
nifty. :.
I have just parted with the man that
borrows a quarter. You know him II sup
pose. l don't mean the man that borrows
a quarter intending to defraud .ou-he is
imprecated of all men-but the man that
borrows one atall. Ii 1 had demanded Of
this man to confess to me thus: IL am q
poor workman, o poor manager, all un-
systematic business man, a thrifiless
housekeeper and am without Oil in my
lamp when nothing but oil will do" he
would in return have given me some
high toned sauce full Of such spice as sits
too trifing matter to talk about" and
the like. If were to say to him 'Here
my man just take this and don't bother
yourself about it again." he would be still
more indignant. In short if l were 10
treat this beggar as beggar his fine feel
ing would be outraged. take their most
popular excuses II havn't any money
about me, 81 forgot to bring money with
me thinking I'd have no use for it,'' II
forgot to bring any change with me, 3 and
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The Democrats of West Virginia have
nominated Jacob B. Jackson, of Wo d
count. for Governor, Col. O'Brien, of
Wheeling, for Treasurer, and j. S. Miller
for Auditor.
A mass meeting of Is 900 Democrats was
presided over by Samuel j. Tilden in
New York, Wednesday night. John Ran
dolph Tucker, of Virginia, was among the
speakers.
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y
What | mean is flat man who is without
the quarter should also BIZ without want
which it takes a quarter to fill l don
think I ever, in forty years, knew
man who wanted to borrow d quarter till
tomorrow that absolutely needed it.
Perhaps you have never seen a Hotel
Wait. If you have home of your. own it
is more than likely you have not. AS a
rule tiey are middle-aged men, but often
Old ones ara in the ranks. They are men
who have had no homes for years and
year,-not since they were locsed from
their moth. rs apron-strings. have often
wltched with interest these genteel, home
ly-none Il! ndsome, because such would
long since have been married off-buSiness
absorbed, homeless men. They are like
clock-work in their regularity If habits.
and become as much a part OF the hotel
as the clerk Or ghe gas-ixtures. They pet
such little children rs will lei them. and
in return IRE made the victims of system
of pillage by these young banditti. Their
CVCuluk0 uLO ok'Ohu Will Aht' III IN w "
known to the servants as ssNu. IS. F" ii that
| is the nun Der of their room, and when they
| are sick it is known to two or three people
that No. 63 is sick, and business men
| snatch few minutes to run in on him.
He takes both the visits and the sickness
patiently lite spent in hotel has taught
him something. He takes death, which
comes along with the same regularity it
| does to other men, with dull resignation
| long and homeless life has taught him
something, Then, there are kilograms to
his relatives elsewhere, and they come.
| And message to the undertaken, and he
comes; and as Jones spreads his coat-tails
before the fire and knocks the ashes off his
cigar he looks at the white. cold, still
waif, arrayed in evening dress in his cot
fin, and says to Tompkins that mo squarel
man ever died. And then the homeless
waif is carried home at last.
You pity him2 He never felt the need
of it. These waits become so habltuated
to their lives that no other would suit
| them. l look at them with interest, but
not pity. 1t would be a waste.
Our dear girl has come home from her
vacation. My wife has Lad a long talk
l think with her, and is much Cast down.
She had calculated much on our girls out
going this summer, but there are no re-
suits Not even an eligible attachment,
SO Mrs. Boyzy tells me, much less an eligi.
BILE offer. With strange perversity my
wife has looked at me resentfully In this
matter. L, who have done my full duty
and chosen the most available visiting
places for her and hunted up thu
dates of college commandments at which
attend ace would be advisable for a girl
1t grieves me too to see>that our girl her
self also regards me as "a failure, land to over
hear her saying to her mother last even
| ing elf it was left to Pa TO marry anybody
off there wouldn't be much marry ing in
this world" l am persuaded that botl
my wife and my girl wrong ms in this N IT.
ter. The secret of the matter is that there
are too many girls in the worid-the mar
! ket is overstocked and as a parent deslr
Gus Of his child's happiness [ feel this fact
| keenly. p. BoYzY.
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National Democratic Ticket.

FOR PRESIDENT.
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK,
of Pennsylvania.
FOR VICE-PREsIDENT.
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH,
of Indiana.
ELECTORS AT LARGE.
JOHN ECHoLs. of Augusta.
P.W MCKINNEY, of Prince Edward.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
First District-THoMAs CRoxToN. of Essex.
Second District.--L. r. WATTS. of Portsmouth.
Third District.-HIL CARTER, of Hanover.
Fourth District.-SAMUEL F. COLEMAN, Of Cumbel
land.
Fifth District.-JAMEs s. Redo, of Henry
Sinth District. SAMUEL GRIFFIN, of Bedford.
Seventh District.-F. M. McA9ULLEN, OF Greene.
Eighth District.-J. Y. MENIFEE, of Rappahannock
Ninth District.-A A. PHLEGAR, of Montgomery
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New Advertisements.

For other New Advertisements see third page.
MISUNDERSTANDING for single gentleman in 6
w nice private family in the city.
july30ltx. p@ Address Lock Box "a.
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DR.. Tanner yesterday commenced the
thirty second day of bis fastin good health.
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WANTED TO BoRKow-seyeraI thousand dol
w lars in sums of 500 to 81. go to be secured
upon ample unincumbered real estate. 49,.
iuly30 1t Stanton, Va.
WANTED by September 1st 1880, white man
w and wife with no children preferred) who
can do all farm work-must give good recommended
B. M. SMITH, JR.,
iuly3O-3t MofettS Creek, Va.
TIOR RENT.-Brck dwelling house adjoining
l. Mrs. Woods and the First Presbyterian
church.. This property has been gut in thorough
order and now has all tne modern lmprov' ments in
the way of water and bath room.
For terms Apply to nonDnr,,,,
juy30tf A. r. ROBERTSON.
lrTRAYED! STRAYED!!--On Sunday lasta week
y ago, A RED MULY Cow, with short neck,
and in good ordr. She has been pasture:d! in the
neighboihood OF Long Glade and IT, is possible she
went IN that direction. Any information as to
where l can get her, or if brought. TO NE Will be
properly rewarded MRS D. BULnN
iuy30l 1t SJaunton, Va.
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the like. as true. But these are just as good
reasons for refusing the loan as granting
it. The man that forgot to bring any mo-
new with him will forget my quarter. He
who foreets to bring any change will
consider my quarter "change'' aid forget
IL. an. lie who hasn't any money ssabout'
him will probably never have my quarter
.about' him. Mark you, do not mean to
saw that a man is never without a quarter.
What | mean is flat man who is without
the quarter should also BIZ without a want
which it takes quarter to fill l doh t
think ever. in forty years, knew a
man who wanted to borrow d quarter till
tomor, ow that absolutely needed it.
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HANCoCK's NOMINATION.

The Republican party Is only held to-
gether by public plumber and sectional,sn.
The Democratic party is the party of
Union. Ard We gave token Of that by
nominating Hancock (applanse). AT Cin=
cipnati we had but one feeling and that
was for the Northern people to say who
were the two men that would carry the
most states. We asked no place on the
ticket. We SAID to the North, here are 1873
votes from the South do as you please with
themI They took them. The name of
Hancock took like wild-hre and since,
every man in the convention has come to
the conclusion that it made the best NOM
nation that could possibly be made
After the nomination Mr. Bayard Jap
p.ause) wrote to me saying that Hancock
was the only man to whom no exception
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OF the States DOnuS IN One market anu sell
ing them down as low as so cents in the
dollar pocketed the proceeds. They
introduced mixed schools and br IKE up the
white ones. At last the people rose against
them and drove them out Of power. And
all during those years of robbery North
Carolina was cut off from the ear Of the
North by the cry OF the bloody shirt.
A STIRRING APPEAL
He said the time had now come for the
whole country to rise against the Repub-
lican party and, under thu lad Vi the bra
vest of generals, drive them eut. mhe
line is formed from Maine to California,
and 10 only one single spot is there sign
Of falteriug, and that spot is old Virginia
Can it be possible that in this great fight
for cons itutional liberty this old Com
nonWealth, who Taught us the principles
of government, and whose statesmen ex-
cmplfied chem, is the only place to falter
Think of what you are doing! Think that
it may defeat Hancock; may defeat the
whole Democratic party of this country.
Your local ditfel eices are no. of MY
business. but lhele is mutual contract
on which the liberty OF North Carolina de-
pends. and we demand of Virginia that
she SHALL not throw away her strength.
North Carolina never deserted yoal.
(cheers.) Her aoi.s have died in every part
of your State. (cheers)
GOV. VANCE A SUCCESSFUL READJUS-
liow Cal, your debt affect or be affected
by the PRE- aidentlal election? You must
fix this thing up among yourselves. We
have had readju tnAnt in North Caro-
Ina. am a ReadjusJ myself. Wejus5
sail, eve Lad lands and negroes; You
took The negroes, Which were equal to the
lands, away; now, you just credit US with
fifty cents i'll tise dollar and we'll pay you
the balance" Qanghter.) We settled it,
and Didn't have anything to d., with "a
Presidential election either. And your
State debt quest ion hasn't either. Settle
that some other inc, Don t let your per-
sonai amir osities Ii. iiuel ce your vote in
elections il you do you amt
ct to vote. You can't stand back from
voting the straight-out Democratic ticket.
entreat you not to Go it; not to do some
thing which you will never cease to regret
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-01

Total Democratic majority in fifteen :,

Total Democratic majority in fifteen
Grant States 55O,467
Thus it will be seen that General
Grant will be the nominee of an insig-
nifcant Republican minority. 1t also
demonstrates that although he will be
able to secure the nomination, he can
not be elected. 1t is idle for the stall
wart managers to attempt the evasion
of these facts, the figures are Of
fetal and cannot be snbvert-
ed. How then, we ask, is General
Grant to be electedp There is but
one conclusion-he is to be made the
President through gross frauds! Will
they be allowed to accomplish their
purpose? Win the people submit to
this proposed outrage? We think not,
and further be it known that the Dem
ocratic candidate. if lawfully elected
mind what we say-"yf laWfattly elected'-
-aUiU be installed though forty thou
sand Grants and Camerons stand in the
way. Those sweet-scented scoundrels
who are serenely planning the capture
of the White House by coup d'etat
by Grant, through technical claims,
may as well dispel the llusion-for
there is no power in the Republican
party which can effect Grants inaugu-
ration unless he be l0sOfatlly elected. The
stalwart manipulators of ballot-boxes
will discover when too late that it re-
quires something more than mere claim
of victory to make that victory appar-
ent to the people. If General Grant is
honestly elected he will be peaceably
installed-not otherwise. The tactics
of 1876 cannot and will not be allowed
in 1880. The people are in earnest in
this matter, and will tolerate no dicta-
ton from the unscrupulous managers of
the stalwart machine, who are ready
and willing to accomplish their nefari-
GUS purposes by defying public opinion.
Rock Island A7'0uS
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WHOLE NO. 46O.
trated in that way by Troy Dennis and
| @. Carr. Carr committed suicide by

trated in that way by Troy Dennis and
@. Carr. Carr committed suicide by
taking poison on Sound steamer.
What is the most dangerous GRIM
inal?''
That depends on how you mean
dangerous. If you mean dangerous to
those who attempt to interfere with him
or who seek to arrest him, your third or
fourth-class burglar; the ignorant brute
who relies only on force, and has a NOR
bid dread of arrest, is the werst. But if
you mean dangerous to the community
at large, by reason of his greater capaci-
ty for crime and ingenuity in evading
punishment for it, by all odds your sober
criminal, to whatever class he may be-
long, is the worst. You will find at the
top of every class of criminals a few who
drink nothing stronger than seltzer wa
ter, if they even 60 as strong as that, and
they are the terrors. There was William
Gray, the bond forger, who was brought
back here from Europe by Captain Kealy
a year ago last July. His father was for
years Chaplain of the United States Sen
ate. He was well educated, had the
most charming manners and apparently
correct life, and never drank even sip
of wine. That was how he came to be
at the head of the most expert band of
forgers in the land. The forgers, Rob-
erts and Gleason, were also strictly tenn
perate men. The really first-class burg
lars, those who confne their operations
to banks and other great affairs, and the
bond forgers and counterfeiters, will not
trust man who gets drunk"
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Hand In Hand at the Golden Gates.

A touching incident occurred in the
deaths of the aged people, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dickson, last week. For convenience in
attendance during their illness they were
placed in separate bedrooms. The heads
of the beds were placed against a thin
partition, which having an open door
permitted the two old people to converse
though not able to see each other. The
night before the husband died his wife
heard him groaning and was very anx-
ious to be with him, but was unable to
arise. Soon she was informed that he
was dying, and in order to be near him
the beds were moved so as to bring them
parallel with the partition, the heads OPP
posite the door. This done the fond wife
reached out her hand, grasped her hus-
band by the hand, and held it during his
last moments. Thus death found them,
as fifty-one years before the marriage
ceremony left them, joined hand in
hand. 1t was a simple and affectionate
token of the love of a long life, and the
day following the wife, too. folded her
arms in the sleep of death. oskalooso
Herald.
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most demonstrating, that neither of the
other candidates can be elected. The
public mind is becoming familiarized
with all of these statements, and if
voters take Republicans at their word
the Chicago nominee cannot be elected.
Republicans are sufficiently convincing
the public howvulnerable is Blaine, how
icy and unpopular is Sherman, and how
offensive is the thought of third
term of Grant. The friends of each
of these candidates are helping matters
by announcing in advance their refusal
to support some other candidate. On
Republican testimony, what will be left
of either of these candidates when the
Chicago Convention shall have assem-
bled and separated? And what claim
which the Republicans presented for
suffrages four years ago will not be
weaker now than it was then.
We have already taken, and shall
hereafter take, occasion to picture with
pen, as impartial as possible, and with
impulses as judicial as may be, the
various candidates that will be, and that
deserve to be, named in the Cincinnati
Convention. Our purpose is to enlight-
en-, not to persuade. Our desire is
not to engineer in, or engineer out, any
candidate, but to truthfully portray al,
and we shall contribute something
toward giving fair play to all. If this
spirit shall become wide-spreadwe can
not but think that an excellent Cincin-
natl ticket will be the fruitful result.
But again we say that the Enquirer IS
candidate is the Cincinnati nominee,
and that he will be elected.-C Cincinnati
E7a0uiTey.