Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-03-04
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FRIDAY MORNING. MAR. 4. 1881.
Local
A Generation Ago.

Local
A Generation Ago.
When one take up paper of genera
ton ago and runs over the names in it, his
first feeling is one of surprise that so
many of the people of that day are now
dead. and his next, as he reads on, is one of
wonder that so many are still living. We
have just put down copy of 1.-The Mes
senger," weekly paper published in
Staunton April 9Th. 1852, just twenty nine
years ago-nearly the average duration of
human life. Strange to say it q prettier
paper than any now published here, though
it is not half so newsy. ANY one Of the
Staunton journals OF to-day contains ten
times as much city and neighborhood
news as the messenger Its proprietor
was J. F. Kurtz, ESQ.,, and in its notice
TO advertisers it boasted larger circula-
ton than any paper in this section and
claimed to be ''mainly supported by the
farming community" This copy, for
which We are indebted to g. Miller, ESQ.,.
is mainly taken up with affairs pertaining
to the 'gen+ raj electl0n' which came off
then, as it will in u few weeks now. In
May-and it appears that in those days the
friends of candidates for Office could have
free swing with their communications
urging the claims of their friends. This
free swing is at once recognized BY the
editorial nose of 1881, for when you give
man lead pencil and nothing to pay, his
communication for his friend is col
umn or two; while with the same lead pen
Gil and the same friend and something to
pay it is about eight lines.
CANDIDATES IN THOSE DAYS.
The announcements" show that for
the Office of Attorney for the Common
wealth the candidates were Maj. VIM. H.
Harman VIM. Frazier and David Fultz;
for Clerk of the County Court, Jefferson
kinney and J. u. Fulton; for Clerk of the
Circuit Court, John B. Watts, Nicholas
c. Kinney and Shelton S. Abneys for Sher-
if, Moses Fl. McCue, Lyttelton Waddell,
John Newton, Jacob Baylor and David
Griffith; for Constable, (Staunton district)
Jacob T. Parent and Norman r White,
and for Mt. Scion district, A. II. Coyner;
for Surveyor of the County, Jas. M. Lilley
and Archibald D. Trotter, and for Com
missioners of the Revenue-in the North
ern district-James Nelson, Jacob Keiser
and David McFalI; for the Southern dis
tr1ct, VIM. =. Lowman, James D. Wright.
Robt. Ell. Holland and James A. r. Blair
There was an election also In Stauntons
'or Cor,ncilmen, Recorder and Aldermen:
The legislature had not passed the bill pro-
viding for the election of Mayer by the
people. but the people voted for Nicholas
K. Trout for that Office by way of intima-
ting to the Council, in whose hands the
election still remained, who was the choice
of the voters for the office.
A lengthy communication appears de-
Nprecating the support of N. G. Kinney for
the office of clerk by the Wings as Wing.
because at some previous time he hadn t
voted the Wing ticket. Another letter
calls on MIR. Waddell to say whether if
elected he will appointa certain gentleman
deputy.
In those days the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Appeals Of the State were elected
and the candidates from this district were
Jud &c Briscoe 4. Baldwin flor re-election)
md Hon. G.. B. Samuels.
THE LAW BUSINESS. ,:
The following is the official record Of the
Courts as published in the "Messenger''-
n, q. Kinney, Clerk of the Superior Court;
Je fferson Kinney, Clerk of the County
Court; Thomas j. Niche, Common
wealui1's Attorney; John McCue, High
Sheriff. Moses H. McCue, John Crawford,
Jno. n. Crawford and T. s. Coulter, Dep
uty Sheriffs; Samuel Clarke, J"hn N. Hen
dren and Rnbt. S. Brooke, Master Com
mlssioners; John b. Watts, Robt. P. Kin
nev and Nathaniel Massie, Commissioners
vt Dispositions, &c, of Circuit Court; VIM.
n. Hartman, Henderson M. Bell and c.
Loving, Commissioners If Accounts in
County Court; Walter Davis, Commission
or of the Revenue, and Arch. D. Trotter.
County Surveyor The law firms ad-
vertised are Fultz & Christian David
Fultz and Bolivar Christian) and Mathew
+ r. Cullen.
MERCANTILE FIRMS.
Bare & Sterrett advertise clothing; G.
T. Cochran 6 Co., tobacco; VIM. Kyle,
dry goods; Geo. e. Price. hardware; A.
NJ. Simpson, boots and shoes; George B.
Wright, jewelry; White d Co.. dry goods;
Robt. Cowan, books and stationery; B. F.
Points. stoves; Samuel E. Clarke, saddle
ry, trunks, &c; 81. j. & W. B. Crawford,
boots, cloth &C.; E. Dooly, clothing; A.
D. Chandler, furniture; Perrin & Ridge
way, powder; Stiner & Bro. clothing;
Goodman u Co.. lin the old BELL Tavern'')
clothing; G.. & M. Hirsh, variety store;
Jacob POLITE & Co., basement of the Viz
ginia Hotel, clothing; James o Rear, tail
oring; J. Keagy at the Virginia Hotel,
daguerreotypes; Davis A. Kayser. dry
goods; Frank & Co., clothing. The pain
ters were John Day, R. b. Thomas, and
Armentrout & Balthis, and the marble
cutters we're Kelley & Marquis. The
owners Of the newspapers were l.. u j. A.
Waddell Of the Spectator" r. W. Stew
enson of the "Vindicator" and J. F.
Kurtz of the messenger"
In those days the greater part of the
business of the town was done along the |
Southern part of New street, or as it was
then called Virginia Hotel street" and !
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