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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-28
Another Blairisn.

Mr.. Fndley Harris, the correspondent
of the Lynchburg News" writing from
Marion says: by the way, the Blair let
tiers, Wilson's statement (whiah Is being
circulated among the Re id listers by the
Wholesale, in circular form, in this section
already and the exposure of Riddleher-
ger, Mays, &C., are creating much excite
ment. Learning, upon my ar wal here
that Mr.. Roger Sullivan, formerly editor
of the "Journal," had letter concerning
what Mr.. Blair said in this place last year.
| secured it, and 1t shows that his ideas
and those of the Blair Wilson letters are
similar to say the least of it.
The letter is from Mr.. Joseph W. Saund-
ers, of this county. a gentleman of I'M
doubted veracity, and formerly a Read
juster. He is also a brother-in-law of
John l.. Buchanan, of Blacksburg College.
Mr.. Saunders's friends, say he is willing to
stand by what the letters contain in ev-
cry particular. He is well known through
out the whole country. enclose you the
letter:
GLENDALE, VA, Sept. q, 1881
r. Sultiuaa,, ESQ.,:
Dear Sir.-In reply to yours of the 18th
instant. asking for statement of the con-
veTsation between Capt. Frank S. Blair
anu myS6lI III lis TOOLQ aC CQ0 MdTlOu Ill.,
tel, Marion. Va, on court night of the
April or May term, 1880. I will briefly give
you the substance of the conversation in
full:
Capt. Blair met me at the Exchange
early in the evening and invited me to call
at his room after supper as he wished to
see me i'll regard to matter OF Importance.
l did so. In few minutes after taking
my seat, he unboscmed himself to me as
follows: ''Joe, the Republicans, as you
know, will shortly hold convention in
the city of Chicago to nominate candi-
date for President. and Gen. U. S. Grant
will be the nominee of that convention
and as sure as he gets the nomination
inst so sure will he be elected. 1t does not
matter how we vote, whether for or againS
him, he will be elected all the same.
''Now, it We the Readjusters, will play
into the hands of the Republican party. tt
the extent of carrying the State for Grant
we can obtain control of all the Fedora
offices In Virginia. We already have con
troll of the State offices, and by little ju
dlcious engineering on our part, we car
become complete masters of the situa
tion"
| refused to have anything to do will
Grant or the party and the intimacy pre-
viously existing between Capt. Blair an(
myself suddenly terminated.
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''Sharp Practice" Repudiated.

Editors Viadicator:
see that the "Virginian" states
that at the last County Convention the
two-thirds rule was ''trick" gotten up
by the Staunton ''ring." AS the author of
that resolution 1 pronounce the entire
statement emphatically and utterly false,
and the editor of the "Virginlan"
knew it was false when he made it.
I suggested it (the rule) to several coun-
ty members and they endorsed it heartily.
Not single City delegate ever heard of it
until | introduced it.
JAS. F. TATE.
1.-THE "Virginian' 3" charge of sharp
practice falls to the ground when it is rec
objected that Mr.. A. Fl. Roller, from the
county, nominated Hanger, and DR.. J. F.
Tate re-nominated Skinner after he had
been withdrawn. The two-thirds rule too,
cut Staunton out entirely as there were
only eight votes from the city against
thirty-four from the county. Our cotem-
porary utterly fails in his shameless at
tempt to array the county against the
town.-EDs.
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TWayne Co., (Ohio) Democrat.

Mr.. VIM. E. Sydnor. of West Lebanon,
Ohio, says: For some time past I had
been severely afflicted with Rheumatism
Seeing an advertisement of st. Jacobs Oil.
1 procured bottle, and I could feel the
effect of the Oil upon the first application.
am now entirely well after using ons
bottle,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-28

Lewis will be more scratched next Tues
day week than any man that ever went on
ticket in Virginia, and many man will
throw away the whole ticket because such
q Southern hater has bis name on it.
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NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS,


g. Nonce is hereby given that will be in Stannsos
iOi BEVERLY MANOR DISTRICT, from September 11th
TO september 18th inclusive. A'H
/, PASTURES DISTRICT. -Churchville on Septembor
the Eth; Deerheld September 18th: G aiSsviIia
on September 18th; Buffafo Gap, Oh September 18Th
MIDDLE RIVER DIsTRICr.-New Home on santo,..
Der 10Th and 10Th; Mount Sidney. on Sentamha,
2lst. vi oeptemoef
SOUTH RIVER Observation-Disclosures on Sentemho,
18th; WayneS orc, OIL September 2Sth and s 5oth
Fishersyl&e. ON September the 30th GNU -''n'
RIvERaEADs Observation-Disclosures on ootoho,,
on October 18th. ' A-'h' 0feehVlHe
North RIVER DISTINGUISHING Hill IN cotohor
lHh; farnassus. on October 18th. Mt Soion 'oooa
OcIqheF i9th ana 2Jth-at which times and nlacasT
Will be pi epared to receive the ~ pit'0eS
STATE, COUNTY AND SCHOOL TAxEs
And All Unpaid Licenses.
81 All persons failing to pay before Decamho,
ISL, VIII be charged five per cent additional Tn
received at my office, in Staunton from this dt
till December 1st. i tniS uate
s.,o+Doo SAMUEL PAUL
'op' 'Deo County Treasurer
w Ter to take charge of our Corn Min ~, ~ mil
MIL None but The best need aDnIv Ro adW paw
required, Terms liberal. Address ioieneeS
SLAUGHTER & FITZPATRIcK
sars ero Saughter's
wy 'A Nelson County. va.
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A TTENTION SPORTSMEN!
G U N S, & G.
Call and inspect large and well selected stock Or
London Fine Twist Double Guns
London Fine Twist Breech Loading Guns
BENNINGTON Il COLTS
Breech Loading Guns!
Parlor Rifles
SINGLE BARREL TWIST c,rNsr
SINGLE BARREL BREECH LOADING G1rNs
Pistols, Cartridges, Caps, Shells.
Powder and Shot.
The Best Selected Stock of
hAhDW ARE, CUTLERY, IRON.
AND HORSE SHOES ANDNAIIS
Eyer oeTea to the public. Our stock was boueht in
view YORK for Cash and we can offer same sSno III
PRICES. ~ oii'uiheis Ill Low
FRANK ALEXANDER &CO
Masonic Building. srAuNToN v.
oct21 I'm VA"
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STOCK OF GROCERIES.

OlOCh VI GROCEklES,
sell goods as low If not lower than any other house
IN the CITY. we vii! occupy the handsome store
Hamer, on
We would be pleased to have you call and exam
feel confident that make it to your intereet
to do it. We intend to carry a
LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED
STOCK OF GOODS
such as is usually kept in frst-class grocery and
supply store, such as
Sugars, Cofees, Teas, Tohaccos.
Soaps, Cotton Yarn, Wooden
and Willow Ware, Deacon's
and other Brands of
Salt, Coal Oil, &c.
We will make specially of FLOUR warranted 70
Our MI Bowling being manufacturer of flour and
turning out 50 barrels dai " enables us to furnish
the same grade at all times.
We also nay the highest price for
FLOUR, GRAIN & COUNTRY PRoDUcE.
we Wouiu DC pledSeu 10 nave you call US when |
You visit our city, You will find polite statesmen |
VINO VIII pc pleased to show you goods, whether you
desire to buy or not.
. Orders by mail solicited, which Will always be |
filled at the lowest prices and great care used in
aeleOting good goods.
= Messrs J; W. Splitter, of this county. and w s.
Brown, OF Rockbridge are with US and viii be pleas
ed to see their friends,
~ All Goods Delivered FREE OF CHARGE at [
either of the Railroad Depots.
Very Respectfully,
BOWLING & EAKLE BROTHERS,
No, 70, NORTH AUGUSTA STREET,
oeFsA Stanton, Va.
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The YOUNG PEOPLE has been from the first sue
cessful beyond anticipation N. Y. Evening Post.
1t has distinct purpose to which it steadily ad-
heres-that, namely, Of supplanting the vlciou pa
pers for the young with paper more attractive, as
we'll as more wholesOme-B0storo Journal.
For neatness, elegance of engraving, and contents
generally, it is unsurpassed by any publication of
the kind yet brought to our notce.-Pitt- batrgh
Gazette.
Its weekly visits are eagerly looked for. not only
by the children but also by parents who are anxious
40 provide pure literature for girls and boys
Christian AdUocate, Buffalo, N. Y.
weekly paper for children which parents need
not fear to let their children read at the family fire
side Hartford Daily Times
Just the paper to take the eye and secure the at
tention of the boys and girls.-Spr 7,qield Union.
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MS:
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Address, HARPER & BROTHERS,
oct2S st New York.
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1852.
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY-16 PAGES!
SUITED TO BOYS AND GIRLS OF FROM SIX
TO SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
Vol. Ill. Commences Nov. l, 1881.
NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE!
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NEW FIRM,
BOWLING & EAKLE BROTHERS
STANTON, VA.

October Doth. 1881
Frank Eakle, late of the firm of Byers s. Eakle,
who is so well known to the trade in this aud ad-
Joining countless for his liberal and straightfor-
ward dealings, will be the managing member of the
new firm, and the entire business will be conducted
by him. We most respectfully invite his friends
and customers to the new firm. feeling assured that
ne is as well prepared as ever to accommodate
them. He has also just returned from Baltimore
where he has laid in a large and wellselected
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SlOnS OF LIE FoyStor, TO frankly aCKnOWl-
edge that his statements were true would
make you responsible for the language at
trlbuted TO you, and to deny them would
bring you in direct conflict with him. To
escape from this dilemma you have re-
sorted to the expedient of all men who
embark in a career of deception. You
have undertaken to equiyocate and preva-
ricate, and like all such men. you have
sionally failed in your purpose. Your
whole answer is disingenuous and evasive,
but suffi cient appears to fully convict you
of completely in the procurement and pub
llcation Of the memoir in question" y
Pressing the matter further, Gen. Early
says: ''If you did not use the language
the bush9 If you did use it, then why not
say so and declare that it was not used in
the sense which it might seem to IMPLY
This shutting is utterly unworthy of a
man who has made the manly Talbot and
Stonewall Jackson his models.' Refer
ring to Gen. Mahone's opinion of himself
as commander, Gen. Early says: NOW,
sir, to deal plainly with this special plead
ing of yours, will say that if you mean
to state that while under my command,
or at any other time, you ever saw me de-
lay or hesitate to fight when occasion Of
fered, you assert a downright falsehood,
as you also did if you stated that l would
ride up and down my lines from fifteen to
twenty minutes debating whether to be- |
gin. If you mean that you ever received |
such information from any respectable Of
ficer or soldier, believe you are guilty of |
a falsehood in that, for the statement was
untrue at all times and under all circum-
stances. IT you merely mean to assert an |
opinion deducedfrom the fact that l had |
a disputatious order of mind, then you
were guilty of the disreputable effort to
iniure my reputation as an officer on ridic-
ulous pretenses and without facts to sus-
tain yon."
Gen. Early proceeds to discuss in detail
The operations referred to in the memoir,
and reminds Malone that their acquain-
lance began on the sth and ended On the
list of May, 1864. With reference to the
battle of spot,sylvania he takes up one of
Mahope's sentiments as follows; "If you
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aItnhttafnr+
VA.

FRIDAY MORNING. OCT. %. 1881.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-11
LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.
MARIETTA MATTERS.
The News From up the River.

The News From up the River.
| n valuable COW belonging to Fred Wa,-
| lcr was killed on the railroad yesterday by
4 passing freight train.
The mermaid seen by Henry Loucks in
tho Sus,luclElnn;l river about three weeks
ago, was seen on Saturday by Sam Maths,
near Trashy island. She wore her back
| hair in. beautiful curlS, while across her
forehead she wore bangs.
Mrs. Edward Copeland went fishing
across tho river with 4 purity ol Satur lay.
Sho caught twcnty-cight black bass, sun
fish and cattics. Mr.. Copeland spent Sun
day with friends in Marietta
Joa. Schneider, baker, had \ misunder
standing about livo dollars with Fred
Shoe nberger in the latter named gentle
mans store. After sharp words, Schneider
,lared ShOenberger, who called to his
daughter to hand him club. She did SO,
and Inc used it freely on Schncider's head
cutting it 50 that DR.. Norris was called to
stitch it up.
Thrco strange mon clmo to our town OH
Saturday last and opened 4 curbstonc
clothing store. They sold full suits for
men at tho small sum of $3.50, pantaloons
at 40 and Is ccnts and $l.25 per pair,
made Of fine cloth. Ono suit was sold ut
$3.50 that one Of our StUrckccpcrS S1lu
was worth $22S. Officer Stahl lclcgrapl,ed
to the chief OF police at Harrisburg, rs the
men claimed that place rs their home,
but before all answer came they had
busted.
Christian uaucr, tho jolly landlord Of
the Cross Keys hotel, has wonderful
dog. Io hates cats and loves money. II
silver piece is thrown in tho air he will
Il l,<,v vN1C DVshrxy
c,l ,Irnt three dollars in quarters, ten
cent pieces and nicklcs. While Prot.
MAYER from Philadelphia was singing the
cat scrcnade and playing tho organ, the
dog d rushed in among the .ii ladies -, and they
could not get him out until Mr.. Mayer
stopped seSaa tske l. to the Ga p"mp put It in the
horse horse trough, wash it, and carry it to his
master. ma, N lie stolo silver dollar lady
laid on tho counter in Gro0's grocery store
and carried it homo.
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a Trille From nj lssOlrl.
st. Louis Globe c-Nc,nOcr,t,

St. Louis SNNUc-lcIlocE:lt,
Street Commissioner James Mcintyre aud
Dennis GilloOly. fireman, of Hannibal, had
y quarrel. While passing tho grocery
store of Levy & Co., on Broadway, op
postc the park, Gil!oOly saw Mcintyre
standing in the door, and stepping mp t"
him, said " Jim. are you as ready witt,
your pop now us you were yesterday -
Mcintyre replied Yes, SIR "Then
step out in the street. said Gillocly. Nc
Intyrc said '' Wait till lay my books
down. and going into the st'rc he soon re-
turned and botl, stepped out into the street
and commenced simultaneously popping
away ut caci, other. After firing five shots
without effect. GillooIy cried O;,t . Hold
on, Jim. my pistols empty Mcintyre.
who had fired only two shots, the second
of which passed through his own hand,
then replied IL will not take advantage
Of you, then And the tirin:: ceased.
Then it was discovered that, although
neither of the combatants had received the
fire OF his adversary, itr. James NJ. Mel
sol,, who stood twenty feet ont of r;.n:,ool,
the street corner, had received two OF the
balls through his pants-one from each
pistol. lie showed his Wounds Which,
though bIoudI:,SS, were quite severe OH the
pants, lc;,vin. two distinct holes on the i'll
side Of both legs near the thigh.
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EDUCATIONAL.
state Teachers a SSDci:Stipu

Tho Pennsylvania state teachers asso-
citation will hold its next annual meeting
| in tho pleasant town Of Washington, Pa,
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, July
36, ~, %.
The following is i brief summary OF. tho
exercises, but i few others, not fully de-
tcrmincd upon 1T this time Of writing, will
| DO added
Address OF Wolcomo-E w. Mouck,
Supt. Washington county.
Rcsponsc-Isy Chairman Of Executive
committee.
Inaugural Address ss-Jossc Ncwlin,
Schuylkill county.
Report Teachers Studies, Degrees
and Examinations-Prof. +. o. Lytc,
Millcrsville, for committee.
Report Appliances and Apparatus for
Elementary InstructiOn--l'rOC. J. n.
Cooper, Edinboro.
Tho High School Question -Supt. l.. Ii .
Durling, Allegheny City.
The Relation Of Innocent Pupils to
Crime in SchoOls-Dr. j. ii. Shumakcr,
Chambcrsburg.
A Plea for the Study Of Esthctics-Dr.
N. G. Schacflcr, Kutztown.
Mental Scicncc-Jchn G. Dclap, Pitts
burgll.
Report Life Membership in tho Asso-
ciation-Prof. J. V. Montgomery, Millcrs-
vile.
Class Exercise by rupils-Miss Mamie
L. Shannon, Pittsburgh.
Address Tho Public School i Success
Prof. J. L. Andrews, Pittsburgh.
Address, What arc our Young Poo
plo Reading % Jesse Bowman Young,
Altoona.
Address, Mistakes of the Present
Schools" A. NJ. Cow, editor Washington
Reporter.
On Wednesday evening, William l. Mar
shall, of Massachusetts,, will give his celc-
brated lecture ON I" An Evening in Won
derland, or the Yellowstone National
Park" illustrated 6y dissoivins views
with calcium light. This lecture has been
gwen before ten state associations, and
wiii also be delivered this year before the
nat,ona! association at Atlanta.
lion. +. +. Higbcc, D. D., supcrint cud-
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8TATR rRA5.

Down at Chadd's Ford snake crawled
twelve feet up tree, and was killed while
cOilcd around limb near robins home.
Hendrick b. Wright, congressman from
the Twelfth district Of this state, is re-
ported dangerously i'll at his residence, in
Wilkcsbarre.
James Zimmernian, marble cutter, uar-
risburg, was drowned in the Swatara creek
on Saturday evening, while taking bath.
He could not swim, and stepping into
deep hOlc was drowned before assistance
could reach him.
A pressed Philadelphia brick from the
new public buildings was subjected to a
compression test in the powerful hydraulic
press at the WatertOwn, Mass, arsenal
last week, and stood tho test Of SOC, ,OOO
pounds, remaining between the plates full
five minutes. From appearances tho pres.
sure could have been increased another
100, 600 pounds without affecting it.
Governor IIoyt. Judge Stanley Wood.
ward, Attorney General Palmer, Frank
Bond, president Of :hc Reading railroa,l,
and w. l.. Conyn.ham, esq, arc the
guests Of Charles Parrish, ut his summon
residence Oh the mountain overlooking
Wilkesbarrc. 1t il said that while the
meeting is of u social character, matters
of grlIlt interest in connection with the
industrial affairs Of the state arc being dis.
cusscd.
Tho School .Journal reviews tho Millcrs.
vile rebellion without coming to any con
clusion about it. 1t thinks nobody car
form u fair judgment on tho facts who il
outside the school and contents itself with
finding an argument for co.c'lucation in
tho fact that $4,000 students have attend.
cd the Pennsylvania normal schools and
yet thcro has never occurred Il single cast
OF scandal ut any ono of the schools, nol
has anything over occurred that might
not be related before i public audience OF
the most refined DcOplc,"
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in the production of inflammation and de-
plction Of strength. On the afternoon Of
the 18th the moon meets opposition Of
Herschcl, here is sudden danger, but
about tho same time the moon forms the
scxtilc of Neptune, Saturn, Mars and Ju-
piter-this again gives hope. On the 10th
the aspects arc bad. On the 18th Mercury
meets tho conjunction Of the sun, and
IIerschcl in Il semi-square of the sun and
Mercury, sesauiquadrate Of Herschel and
semi square Of Venus. These arc terrible
influences for tho wounded man If he is
still living, which will bc doubtful" On
tho whole it will bo just rs we'll for DIR.
Bliss to letacl, one Of his assistants to look
after tho stars.
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panies. Members Of the department have
lnvestiSated the matter, and tho culprits
wOuid nave been brought to u speedy
justice had it not been for the Indifference
and neglect Of officials and others Who
feared to have tho light shine on the
conduct. fearing III indirect implication in
the matter.
Respecting the fires which latcly have
been laid at the door Of the volunteer dc
psrtmcnt, We can only advance in rcfuta-
tiOn that there arc circumstances sur
rounding these fires which point to an
other source than fircmen.
'1City officials, the public press and
prominent citizens have been clam,uinc
assiduOusly for paid fire department it's
superiority over the volunteer department
Guilty has been that the volun-
\ system. We would answer that
those who arc taxpayers arc opposed to it,
but all our iircmen prefer it above the
present poorly sustained department.. And
rs there seems to be no disposition to in-
crease the amount OF annual appropriation
and We cannot see our way clear to devise
funds to conduct tho department rs it
should bc, the tiremcns union Of this city
present the following resolution to the au
tho:itics and citizens of Lancaster
''' Hesolred, That, in view Of the present
existing state of affairs, the several com
panics through the City Fireman's union
give notice to the city councils that the
volunteer lire companies represented in tho
city union will continue to give their ser
vices to the city until the first Of Fcbru-
ary, 1882. At the expiration of the time
named the several hose house will bo
closed and disposition made Of the appara-
tus and the companies will disba,ld rs fire
organic atoms
Signed "CIAs. Nj. HOWELL,
''Prcsidcnt
''P. S. GOODMAN,
Secretary.
JACOB GABLE,
. Treasurer"
The vice president, Walter NJ. Franklin,
esq, favored the action of the union, but
his absence from the city prevented him
from signing this document
The union then adjourned to meet again
at the call Of the president.
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ent of public instruction, will deliver an
address on Thursday evening.
An address in memory Of Prof. S. 5.
IIaldcman will also be delivered by Prof.
l. S. Gcist, Of Marietta.
Hon. J. p. Wickcrsham, LII. d., Geo.
p. Hays, ID. d., Supt. Geo. ]. Luckey, OF
Pittsburgh, and other wcll-khOwn educa-
tors. have consented to take part in the
proceedings. Full and free discussion will
be allowed On every topic.
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NOBODY need he in doubt any longer
as to whether or no: we are going to
have summer. What it displayed in
tardiness it will make up in torridness.
The hot wave has been sweeping over
the West and taking off people like frost
kills flies. With Vcnnor and the new
weather man wrestling for control and
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.Misdlrccte<i enoyo,.,..

New York Sum- =:
Should the president unfortunately die
then, we say, let million of dollars ha'
raised for his helpless family by popular
subscription but not one dollar while hc
lives and whiIo it may look like bribc.
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TIE indianapolis Journal notes the fact
that Booth and Guiteau are both Amcri-
cans and adds "The lunatics who want
to kill presidents arc not forcign-born
citizens"