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The Knights of Honor at VIII hanson

The Knights Of Honor at Will iamson's.
A lodge of Knights of Honor was insti-
tuted Monday night at Willialnson's by
the Grand Dictator K. of II. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
term: DIR. R. S. Wiley, Past Dictator;
Capt. Robert X. Rice, Dictator; M. II
Ham, Vice Dictator; T. E. Woodward,
Assistant Dictator; Rev. E. w. McCorkle
Chaplain; G. E. Hamilton, Guide; R. S.
Roadcap, Reporter; Capt. VIC. Moody,
Financial Reporter; r. Fl. Davis, Treas
urer; J. P. Hatcher. Guardian. and d. b.
Gabbert, Sentinel. 80
The new lodge organized with twenty
four charter members, mostly railroad
men and will be known as Allegheny
Lodge. The material of the lodge is first
rate with good prospects of large additions
to its membership. The building of hall
is already discussed with probability OF
its soon being undertaken.
The following is list Of the charter
members of Allegheny Lodge: W. c. Moody
James W. Taylor, George E. Hamilton, L.
E. Woodward. W. M. Bailey. Robert K
Rice, S. M. Butler, S. II. Sims, D. b.
Gabbert, N. 5. Roadcap, VIM. J. Lacy,
DR.. r. S. Wiley, S. c. Buster, T. 81. SUIT.
Ter, w. B. Berry, M. 81. Ham. Robert M.
Berkeley, Oscar z. Ford, James P. Hatch
er, W. "A. Wilkinson, Herbert r. Ware,
Rev. E. W. McCorkIe. r. II. Davis and
l.. F. Alley.
Two other lodges of the order have been
instituted in the State during the present
month, lone at Alexandria and the other at
louisville in Appomattox county.
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County Court,

JUDGE j. M. QUARLEs, PRESIDING.
The April term of the County Court
commenced on Monday, Judge Quarles
presiding. The following is a summary Of
the business:
Guardsan.-J. E. Guy was appointed
guardian of John T. Stuart, and Mary N.
Bray as guardian of Birdie Bray.
Probate.-The wills of John Montgom-
cry and Caroline Harris were admitted to
probate. The will of Hugh G.. Guthrie
was probated with VIM. Brown Patterson
and Elliott G.. Fishburn as executors
The will of Addison Fl. Price was proba
ted with Benjamin B. Hauseman as exec.
utor. The estate of Joseph Michael was
committed for administration C. t. a. to A.
B, Lightner, Sheriff. Administration was
granted Mrs. Mamie r. VanLear on the
estate OF her late husband D. N. Van Lear
Adam Steward was appointed admin
istrator with the will annexed of Robert
Steward, colored.
Notary-Joel S. Wallace. OF Waynes-
boro, qualified as Notary Public.
Liquor Licence.-An ordinary and retail
LIQUOR license was granted to Thomas JEFF
ferson (col.); the same to John N. Grouse
and to W. T. Terrill, bar-room and retail
license-all at Waynesboro; manufacture
er's and retail license was granted to Da-
yid Beard and Henry Koiner near New
Hope; to F. E. Bradford, Fishersville, an
ordinary and retail license; and to James
Steele, Greenville, a bar-room and retail
license.
Roads.-J. M. Kunkle was appointed
surveyor of Road precinct No. rs Pas
lures. and J. F. Bowman and David Viii
barger, No. II and %, Middle River Dis
trict. Several alterations of roads were
recommended to the Board of Supervisor
for establishment.
Since the last term of the Court 81
deeds and other writings have been adj
mitted to record and seven ec parte settle
mentS.
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The Y. M. c. A.

| TWO MEETINGS LAST sUNDAY-THE RAIL
ROAD WORK ORGANIZED.
At the meeting of the Young Mems
Christian Association Sunday a good au
dience assembled. Mr.. Geo. M. Fifer led
and after prayer read the book of Jonah
and made some very suitable remarks. He
was followed by Messrs. Heber Ker, VIM.
T. Rush, J. E. Guy and E. L. Edmundson
who made short but impressive addresses
upon the subject for the evening. There
were prayers by the leader, Capt. H. L.
Hoover and Mr. Henry Summerson. The
singing was unusually spirited, Mr.. W. O.
Stiff assisting at the organ.
Next Sunday being the first Sunday in
May, will be public day and all, especially
ladies are invited. DR.. S. 81. Henkle is the
leader appointed and the subject is con-
tanned in the LIST chapter of the Book of
Joshua.
At the close of the services the meeting
for the railroad men at West End Chapel
was announced for half past five O'Clock
and number of those present walked out
to West End. The neat and comfortable
little chapel was open and people had COM
menced to assemble. at the appointed hour
good audience had gathered and the SER
vices were conducted by Mr.. G. NJ. NOEL
wee, Chairman of the Railroad Commit
tee, who after reading suitable selection
from the scriptures made very feeling
address. Very interesting remarks were
made by Messrs. Henry Summerson, j. C.
West and H. L. Hoover, and prayers by
the leader and Mr.. J. G. Echard. At the
close of the meeting Mr.. Edward M. Cush-
ing rendered to the committee the use of
the chapel every Sunday afternoon at $50
O'Clock and wished them God speed in the
good work which had been undertaken.
The chairman gladly accepted the offer
and announced another meeting at the
same hour next Su nday with Mr.. G. M
Fifer leader. Much encouragement was
felt at the successful Inauguration Of this
work so long contemplated.
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The American Institute Of Mining
Engineers.

The Spring meeting of this body will
take place in Staunton, in the early part of
June, to assemble at the Opera House.
According to the programme published in
the s'VirgiNias,'' the first session will con-
sist of welcome from our citizens tender
ed through some of our representative
men, and the reading Of short illustra-
ted paper on the geology and mineral
resources and mining industries of Vir-
ginia. During the session papers will be
read on Virginia iron ore S by Prof. Fred.
P. Dewey, of Chattanooga, Tenn, and
Prof. Thos. Egleston, of columbia College
School of Mines, New York. Among
those whom it is expected will read papers
are Prof Winston, of Bic hmond College,
DR.. Ruffner, Professors lFontaine, White,
Mallet and Huntington, o the University
of Virginia, Professor Can lpbell. of Wash
ington s. Lee University, and Professors
Dwight, Stevenson, Kerr, Kimball and
others. During the sessio ms, which will
continue a week, excursion s. will be made
over the Valley, Chesapeake & Ohio, Shen-
andoah Valley, and Richmo nd & Allegha-
ny railways.
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SHEEP KILLED BY DOGs.-On Sunday
morning last as Mr.. J. A. WoOdson got
home from church to his farm, about three
miles south of town, he saw two dogs af-
ter his sheep. They had already killed
eight of them and wounded three or four,
He started in pursuit of them and one of
the dogs ran across sheep not hundred
yards from Mr.. W. and threw it down and
killed it before he could get there. The
dogs were chased to their homes and their
owners gave permission to kill them. Mr..
W. got his gun and tying them to tree.
shot them. The sheep we're killed in a
bushes like manner, the jugular being
neatly severed as if with knife. showing
that the dogs were old hands at the bust
ness.
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Contracts Awarded on the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad. -
A CONTEMPLATED USE OF THE RICH
MOND. 6 ALLEGHANY TRACK.


/ A CONTEMPLATED USE OF THE RICH
MOND 6 ALLEGHANY TRACK:
President Frederick J. Kimball. OF the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company,
has Jet contracts for the construction OF
sixty five miles Of the ninety-five mile ex-
tension southwark from Waynesboro' TO
the Norfolk and Western. The contract
ors will begin at the ends and work TO-
wards the middle. The parts covered by
the new contracts are from Waynesboro'
forty miles south. and from the Norfolk
and Western, at Or near Roanoke Station
twenty-five miles north. Mills u Row.
land, Mcmahon 6 Green, Griffith u Fur
cell, Fairfax & Diffendall, Reynolds u
Murchler. Walton & Smith, Patrick Cogan
and John Rawlings are among the con-
tractors receiving awards. The work is
to be finished in October. 1t is quite pos
sible that this Will be all the construction
necessary for the main line of the Shen-
andoah Valley road. Forty miles from
Waynesboro' the road can strike the Rich
mond and Alleghany's Lexington branch,
and by trackage arrangement with that
| company use its rails to it's Junction with
| the main line at Balcony Falls, and from
there follow the main line of the Rich
| mon and Allegheny up James river as far
| as it is in the same line, which will bring
it near to Buchanan. The contracts for
building north from the N orfolk and West
ern cover all the ground necessary to meet
the Richmond and Allegheny at Buchan-
an.
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VALUABLE FARMS FOR SALE.-In an
other column is advertised by Commission
er J. M. Quarles. some of the most valua-
BILE land and most eligibly located that has
been put upon the market in Augusta
county for a long time. Iii familiar TO
the people under the name of the Adam
Hawpe land. 1t is located near the village
of Greenville, and will be in short dis
lance of the depots on the two Valley rail-
roads. There is fine pine and oak timber
on the tracts, and the railroad facilities
for transportation that will be shortly
available, make it doubly valuable for
saving and shipmen t. One of the farms
contains 23e acres and has mansion house.
barn and stable on it, and adjoining it is a
fine tract of IS acres Of timber land. The
other contains 21S acres and also contains
a mansion house and other improvements,
a fine meadow, orchard sc. Altogether
the farms offered are among the most de-
sirable in the Valley-near churches,
schools, stores nd so forth.
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Marriages..

This week two of the most widely known
business men of the city have been mar
ried.
On Wednesday night, Mr.. A. A. Cone.
the well-known jeweller, was married at
the residence of Mr.. VIM. Rapp, on Fred
erick street, to Miss Rebecca Patterson
Rev. DR.. Hough performed the marriage
ceremony.
Yesterday, at the residence OF Mr.. ] os.
B. Woodward, Oh Beverley street, Mr..
Lucien D. Young, a great favOrite as chief
clerk at Levy Brothers, was married to
Miss Anna e. Woodward, daughter Of Maj
P. II. Woodward. Rev. W. Q. Hulihen
performed the marriage ceremony. The
young couple left for Richmond on the af-
ternoon train followed by the hearty good
wishes of the community, with whom both
bride and groom were great favorites.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE Sec
oND VIRGINIA INFANTRY.-OnM Monday
night, the commissioned officers Of the
companies comprising the new I'd Virginia
regiment of infantry-the Winchester
Light Infantry, Anderson Guards, Front
Royal Infantry, Harrisonburg Guards and
West Augusta Guard, will meet at Wood
stock to elect field officers. One Of the
effects of the new organization will be an
improving and friendly rivalry among
the comprehensive Anderson Guards of
Woodstock have already purchased new
cross belts, plumes, and other uniform
equipments, and now present as handsome
and soldierly appearance as any company
in the state.
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ARRIED.


REED-WEAVER.-Near Verona, April 18th, by
Rev Alexander Sprunt, MI. Harvey D. Reed OF
Rockingham county. to Miss Mary Francis Wea-
yer; of Augusta county,
ARBUCKLE-EASTHAM the residence of the
BRIDES father in Arbuckle district, Mason county
w. Va, on the 18th inst, by Rev. Il. " DAVIS,
MI James Arbuckle and Miss Bette Eastman,
daughter of A. G. Eastman, Esq
MCNEIL-ARBUCKLE.-O the 10Th inst, in Lew
sburg, at the residence of the brides father, MIR
James H. Arbuckle, by Rev. M. l.. Lacy, u. d.,
Mr.. Samuel M. Mcneil of Hardy county, W. Va,
and Miss Amanda M. AArbuckle, Of Lewisburg
AttendantS-Capt. E. D. With row and Miss Lizzie
Arbuckle, Mr. Augustus Mcneil and Miss Mary
WithrOW.
HER-SOUTHALL.-At Charlottesville, on
April 21st by Rev DR.. Armstrong, of Richmond.
MI Rudolph w. Gunther, of Baltimore, to Miss
Lizzie Southall, daughter of VIM. III. SOuthall
Observation-Disclosures Uppervile, Eau
quier April 10Th, by Rev. A. S. Johns, MI. j. Hill
G. Beverley, son of Col Robt Beverley, to MISS
Rebecca A. Dulaney, daughter OF Henry G. Dula-
ney Esq.
O'DONNELL-GAYER-I Richmond, on the
morning of the, 9th, Mr.. Charles ODonneH, OF
Staunton and Miss Mary F., daughter OF John q.
Gayer, Esq. of this place.
COYNER-COINER.-At the residence of the BRIDES
mother, Augusta county by Rev. G. 3. Stricken,
Alexander Coyner and Mrs. Mary L. Conner,
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ODD-FELLOWs' APPOINTMENTS
Grand Master of Odd Fellows, Thomas j..
Crowder, has made the following appoint
mepts of district deputy grand masters:
First District, Charles Goodrich, Alexan-
dria; Second, Chas. P. Benson, Charlottes-
vile; Third, John T. Knight, Fredericks-
burg: Fourth, R. S. Valentine, Richmond;
Fifth. Charles Walsh, Petersburg; Sixth,
W. C.. Massenburg, Hampton; Seventh,
Al. Hill, Norfolk; Eighth, J. B. Page,
Lynehburg; Ninth, J. b. McTeer, Wythe-
vile; Tenth, W. J. Points, Harrisonburg;
Eleventh, D. Estep, Wildwood; Twelfth,
A. Blenner, Richmond; Thirteenth, T. W.
Bass. Manchester.
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An Old Land Mark.

The pulling down Of the front Of the
old stone building of F. W. Hager & Co..
on Augusta street, which is to be substi.
tuted by an elegant modern front design
ed by Mr.. A. Y. Lee, architect. has re.
vived amoung the older citizens of Staun-
ton some "reminiscences of rye olden
times" which are interesting.
Mr.. Hartman Lushbaugh, of Lushbaugh
Brothers, who has the contract for the
work, found the job of tearing down
almost as heavy as will be that of building
up. He says the material-stone wood
and plaster is Of the very best and the
work of the most substantial character.
1t would have stood another century. The
quantity of the stuff that has been taken
out is enormous. Mr.. Lushbaugh cannot
tell when the house was built, he says his
father. Adam Lushbaugh, who spent his
whole life in Staunton and died about two
years ago in his eightieth year, did not rec
ollect anything about it, so there is little
doubt but that it was built in the last GEN.
fury. We learn from gentleman who
hhOWC oubu uaO VWO uOubO6 uUW OWAOu ny
Maj. J. W. Newton and F. W. Hager &
Co., were built together at the same time.
Mr.. Hager's by Jacob SwOope and Maj.
New tons by Alex. st. Clair both among
the early residents of Staunton, Mr..
Swoope, who was the grand-fat of Geo.
W. Swope, Esq, of this county, was an
influential citizen of this district and rep
resented it in Congress for several terms.
The canvass between him and Judge Dan
iel Smith, grandfather of Judge J. W.
Green Smith, of the present Hastings
Court. was an exciting one. Mr.. Swoope
had the advantage of his competitor in
being able to talk Dutch, and made such
an effective canvass among the Dutch far
mers of Rockingham. Shenandoah and the
lower Valley as to secure his election.
Alexander st. Clair, was an old Scotch
Irish merchant Of Staunton, and accumu-
lated considerable fortune. He was af-
forwards made High Sheriff of the coun-
ty, which Office he farmed out. By the
failure of his deputies he became involved
later in life and lost nearly all his proper
ty.
There are two other buildings in Staun-
ton of the same character as the one just
referred to which are probably cotempora-
neous with it, the residence of DR.. Shell
ton, built in 1895. and the building on
New street in which Mr.. VIM. Wholey has
his liquor store.
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GOING TO CAL1FoRN IA.-Monday,
quite body of Augusta itizens leave
to become residants of Cal if0rnia. The
party includes Mr.. VIM. Armstrong, wife
and two children, Mrs. Wallace and
daughter, Mr.. George Teafor. i, wife and
three children and Mr.. Charlie Hunter
They are all from Pastures district and
will make their residence in L os Angeles
county, California. Mr.. Te afford was
formerly photographer in Sta union. and
Mr.. Hunter is a brother of our , veil known
citizen VIM. j. Hunter. They all take
passage by the Chesapeake & Ohio rail-
way.
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Reyiying Some Thrilling Recollections.

A. M. Valz, ESQ, of Staunton, the well
known railroad masonry contractor. re-
turned on Saturday from a two months
visit to his native village near Turin, TIA
ly. In going he spent two days in. Paris
in visiting scenes that were to him of
deadly interest, eleven years ago. he hav-
ing with seven others been sentenced by
the Commune to be shot as spies during
the reign of that body in 1870. Mr.. Valz
had been engaged on the Mt. Gents tunnel
through the Alps, but his health suffering
greatly he determined to emigrate to
America. While in Paris, on his way, the
Commune sprung up and he and many
others were arrested as spies. There was
no order, men were excited, to condemn an
accused person was as natural as to arrest
him. The party Of accused in which Mr..
Valz was were hurried from the street to
the guardhouse, from the guardhouse to
prison, from the prison to thecourt mar
tial in rapid succession. The men they
had to deal with were ignorant and could
read no language but their own. Unhap-
PLY their passports were in foreign
languages. They were ordered to be shot
and the party of seven was marched to the
Place Vendome. On arriving there they
saw the earth piled around the bottom of
the column to prevent the balls used in
the execution of prisoners. striking it,
Here Mr.. Valz made last appeal: still
urging that his passport should be read.
Fortunately the officer in command there
was an educated man and could read the
Italian passport and also had patience
enough to read some lines written on the
passport by the French Consul at the city
where it was issued, On reading it he
stopped the procession of death and an in
vestlgation being had Mr.. Valz and those
arrested and condemned with him were
set free. He lost no time in pursuing his
way to America. It was hard to realize
when he was in Paris last that that bright
and gay city had been the theatre of such
lurid scenes as he witnessed in its streets
eleven years ago.
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Closing Exercises of a School.
Reported for the staunton vlND1cAron.]

Reported for the Staunton VlNDICATok.]
GREENvILLE, April 18th, 1881.
1t was the pleasure of the writer to at.
tend an exhibition given by the teacher
and pupils of 'sMt. Olive' free school, as.
sisted by a number of young ladies and
gentlemen of the community
This house is located about three miles
Northwest of Staunton, where the plain
is somewhat broken by hills. Its name is
probably memento Of that ancient dill
with so many memories of the most solemn
and important events. The hill over which
our Savior climbed in his journey to and
from the holy city, from whose summit,
three days before his death, he beheld Je-
rusalem, and wept over it; recalling the
long ages of his more than paternal care,
and grieving over its approaching ruin.
Far different was the scene at the
ssMount Olive of which we write on last
Thursday evening, when on arriving, we
saw the inhabitants of chat healthy re-
gion focking in from all directions, and OF
all ages, from the hoary headed to the
prattling babe The young and gay were
there.
To look over the assembled crowd and
hear the festfvity and see the bright, JOY
GUS faces, one would think, but for the
care-worn brows of some whose burrows
are too deeply engraven to be set aside in
a moment, that nature had left all her
oriefs and sorrows at home.
At an early hour the exercises began,
being introduced by . defamation by 'Jo-
seph Houseman, on ''Exertion, - rendered
in a manner that would have done credit
to some of the orators referred to in the
speech.
Next was s'Semicircle of songsters"
by eight voices, mostly small girls and
boys, led off by young lady, which add
ed very materially to the pleasures of the
night.
There were number Of speeches. dia-
logues and tableaux, most of them in
structive, illustrating to the thinking
mind, the weakness and folly of hui
man nature; others very amusing being
acted by boys blackened for the occasion.
The pieces were all, being twenty-eight
in number, well executed, showing much
skill and labor ON the part of the teacher,
Mr.. Hutchins, and good memory and
careful study on the part of the actors
and actresses. Upon the whole we thought
it good entertainment.
When heard the cheerful voices and
saw the happy faces, my mind was carried
back many years in the past, when was
member of just such group, and knew
their joy was true pleasure, and was
made to exclaim in thee language of the
poet:
Backward, turn backward, o time in your flight,
Make me child again just for to-night!'
We would not interrupt them in their
childish joy, for alas! the time is speedily
approaching when those young faces now
beaming with the bloom and JOY of youth,
will be scattered to different parts of the
earth and their cheeks shall have lost
thaf rosy hue, and sorrow may be read in
the countenancs Of every one. May
Heavens choicest blessings attend each,
in all the meanderings of this life and
that which is to come.
INCOGNITO.
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DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.-Miss
Lillian D. Bradford. daughter of Maj. w.
A. Bradford, of Charleston, W. Va. died
at her home on Wednesday, the Goth inst,
of typhoid fever. She was beautiful and
accomplished young lady. She was pupil
at the Virginia Female Institute several
years since and was great favorite in
Staunton where she had many friends,
and was also one of the reigning bellies of
Charleston. Her death was doubly sad
from the fact that she was to have been
married early in May.
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SABBATH SCHOOL, MATTERs.-TheiS Sun
day. School of the Methodist Church, at
Parnassus, was org anlzeo last Sunday by
the election of M. E. Whitmore, Super
perintendent; Jos. "A. Whitmore, Assist
ant Superintendent; j. 5. Beard, Secreta-
~, and W. H. Hend erson, Librarian. The
Sunday School at Mt. Sidney, has elected
the following sofficels for the year: J.. r.
Shumake, Superinte ndent; J. ". Watson,
Secretary, and J. W. Ross, Librarian,
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BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK MARKET.


MONDAY, April 25 1881.
The market was quite slow to-day, and toward the
close became extremely dull with number left over
unsold. The quality averaged much better than it
did last week, there being a large number of TOP
and middle grades. with much smaller number OF
common cattle in the yards Prices we've off 10 to
i2H cents, on all grades, except the extreme tops
which showed but little, If any, change from last
week. Prices, 3@6 25 cts, most sales from Seas
cents.
Mich Cows.-We note scarcity of good Cows
Trade is SLOW Prices $2O@$45 per head at whole
sale.
Prices of Beef Cattle at the Market this Week.
Very best on sale this week 61a@6 2-5 cts
That generally rated first quality 5A@6 g
Medium or good fair quality @5N 90
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows GA 6
Extreme range of prices @625 Z"
Most OF the sales are from 5A@6 60
SwINE.-The run exceeds that of last week by
ty is not as good as it was then, there being now
much larger proportion of rough hogs among the
offerings Trade is lot active. Prices are about as
they were last week, quality onsdered-714@SA-
few selling at either extreme.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts show some fall
ing off in number as well as in quality The demand
is not as active as last week. confined as it has
been this week to filling the home demand solely
Prices show slight decline last weeks figures
quality considered The butchers make more ex'
tended inquiry now for clipped sheep We quote
clipped sheep at 1864; wool Sheep. 4A@6]4; lambs,
7@l0 cents.