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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-09

yTIRGINIA-IN vACATION-In the Clerks Of
v fee Circuit Court for Augusta County, May
1sth 1882
Jonathan S. Slower and Jane A. Slower, his wife.
Samuel B. Weller. and Margaret Weller wife Of
John Weller suing by Thomas d. Ransom her next
friend, who sue for themselves and other contribu-
ting legatees of Samuel c. Byers, decd, Plaintiffs
against
James P. Byers Executor of Samuel c. Byers, decd,
Samuel Byers as Executor OF William Byers, decd,
who was Executor OF said SamuelC. Byers. decd
in his own right, John Weller as Executor Of said
SamuelC. Byefs, decd and in his own right !;
Thomas S. Hogshead, Executor of r. FL. Dudley,
decd, Robert e. Gkeson, Mary j. McCue and
Samuel H. McChe, Administrators of John G. Nc
Cue decd, James A. Patterson Peter Cline, Sam
uel Cline, Jr., and John W. Cline, Executors Of
Samuel Cline, decd Defendants.
In Chdncery
7 he object of this suit is to compel the solvent
parties to the executorial bond OF James z. Byers
and others, Executors of Samuel C. Byers; decd,
to pay the deficiency still due from said executor.
James T. Byers. on account OF the pecunlary lega-
cies under the will Of said Samuel c. Byers, decd,
the amount being 1864 and interest from May
llth 1873 and costs. 1t appearing by affidavit filed
resident of this State; 1t is ordered that he do ap
this notice ana do what is airy to protect his
interest.
JOS N. RYAN, Clerk
T. D. Ransom p. g. may26 At
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-09

EARLY HOUR SUMMER CLOSING The
card below speaks for itself. We learn
that there are other merchants who, while
not joining in the agreement. will yet
make their hours as acceptable to those in
their employment
STANTON, VA, May 31st, 1882.
We, the undersigned, merchants, agree
to close our stores at 8 O'Clock every even
ing from Thursday, June 18th. 1882, to
Friday. June 30th. and at O'Clock from
July Bid to Friday, September 1st, 1882.
with the exception of Saturdays: l. Wiz
q Bro, Alex Hart, M. P. Funkhouser.
Kayser, Shirley u Taylor. Loeb Bros.
Geo. r. Bell. S. D. Timberlake, Clarence
Shumate, w. 81. Weller, Holiday Il W est,
Lipscomb Il Berry, Chas. L, Weller.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-09
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET.

MONDAY, June 5, 1882.
Cattle are sold at these figures live weight Hogs
sold at net weight, that is 20 per cent (gener
ally) off from live weight. Sheep are sold gross
that Is live weight, or nothing off.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-09
Grand Dry Goods Bazaar /!
Alexander Hart.

y 4.-s . 49,
Notwithstanding the great rush for the great bar
gains we have still decided to offer greater
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-09

MRS. BURGESS,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-09

wyn. Richard Johnson, Frank Stevenson
and David Kinney.
Judge Shelley presented the medals to
the recipients, and Rev. &. Fl. Porter
made most admirable address. The fol-
lowing is a list of the scholars who were
awarded
Infant grade, Miss Alice Wilson. teach
or, for scholarship, Luther Newell and
Rose Houston; department and attend
anee, Frank Gordon; department and
scholarship, Geo. Denny and Sadie Nor
ris.
lst Primary grade, Miss Lucy Browa,
teacher, department and scholarship.
Chas Dyer and Mary Boss.
I'd Primary grade, Mrs. Ryan, teacher,
scholarship and department. Cornelia
Ware and Rosa Frame.
Sd Primary grade, Mrs. Smith, teacher,
scholarship, E!dridge Thompson; deport-
ment, Martha Harris.
4th Primary grade, Miss Agnes Har-
man. teacher, scholarship and department
Hattie Shelton and Sadie Taylor.
Grammar grade, Miss Mitchell, teacher,
scholarship and department. Geo. Frame.
lclose connection, Fannie Shelton). Those
who distinguished themselves in the gram
mar grade are: for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Frame. Richard Jackson, Eliza HaipsS
and Fannie Shelton: for experimentation
ma Kennedy, Richard Reade, Phoebe Lu-
cas- and Jennie Wood
Gold medals awarded to declaimers were
given to Frank Stevenson of the 4th Pri-
mary grade. and Walter Goodwin of the
Grammar grade. Their closest conpeti-
tors were David Kinney and David Hem
mans.
Augusta Male Academy.
The commencement at the Aug usta
Male Academy at Fort Defiance, of which
Prof e. y. Roller is Principal, on We'd
nesday night should be marked with a
white stone in the history Of that excel
lent school. The audience in attendance
was the largest ever gathered there. and
Staunton was fully represented. Atevery
house in the neighborhood Staunton visi-
tors were Hospitality welcomed land atMrs.
Christina Parkins. where our repre-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
Handling Ignited Shells.

The Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle says
A correspondent writes us: saw IN the
morning papers an account of the heroic
act of a gunner on board the British
fleet while bombarding Alexandria,
namely, picking up shell and plunging
it into bucket of water, extinguishing
the burning fuse. 1t was claimed in
the dispatch that this was an act of
heroism never equaled. This calls to
mind little incident which occurred
before Petersburg in our civil war.
Private johnson, of Company M, First
Heavy Artillery, was enlisted at Lynn
by Captain Chandler. Owing to the
fact that he suffered terribly he was
detained as q cook during most of his
time of service, but before Petersburg
every man was needed in the trenches.
A shell with burning fuse struck within
the trench near johnson, who, by the
way, was somewhat profane in his
suffering speech; he looked at the
shell for an instant, then coolly picked
it up, and saying "b-b-b-by Thunder.
we don't want this for anything" threw
it over the trench.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
Cost of First-Class Express Train.

A railroad official, the other day, gave
some interesting figures as to the value
of the midday express from New York,
which was fair representative of the
fast express trains on the leading Amer
ican railroads:
There were an engine, tender and
eight cars. The engine and tender,
which are considered together, were
valued at $10,500; the baggage Car,
81, COO; the postal car, $4,000; the
smoking car, So, 600 the two ordinary
passenger cars, $40, 900 each, and three
palace cars, $15, 900 each total, $93, 600.
This is low, rather than an excessive,
estimate for one of the fast expresses, as
some of them, with more cars, are worth
$100, 600 at least. The palace cars, put
down at $4,000, are in many cases
worth an average of $4,000. These
cars came into use soon after the sleep
ing coaches, the first being used in 1863.
In some instances these cars have cost
as high as $25, 900 and 100000, where
the interior workmanship was very
elaborate. From the figures given it
will be seen that comfortable dwelling
may be built for the cost of an ordi-
nary passenger car, and that the money
expended for palace coach would erect
a very handsome brick or brown stone
front residence. 1t is an interesting
reflection that the safety of one of these
costly trains, to say nothing of the pas
sengers, devolves almost wholly upon
one man-the engineer. There are
other men, the conductor, baggage mas
ter, fireman, and three or four brake
men, but the hand upon the lever and
the brain in directing it have an I'M
mense responsibility.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
The Irish Party.

A little more than three years ago the
Irish party, 80 called, numbered in the
English House, under the lead of Butt,
fifty-nine members in division. Next
session, the party, taken from his con-
troll, fell to thirty members. When
the obstruction policy was started under
Parnell it fell to thirty three, the highest
number in divisions. Another secession
took place, and during the present ses-
sion the party never polled in divi-
sion, every man told, more than twenty
three, making, with the members in
Kilmainham, twenty-seven. The divi-
sions on the Irish bills recently have
never shown them stronger than from
nineteen to twenty-five. Finally, on
the night of the protest of Biggar,
Power, Metge and Callan, the party
came down to sixteen, oue-third the
number Butt could boast of. A new
election may change all this.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
A Smell.

A number of esteemed and valued
contemporaries are circulating the i'm
portant information that the smell of
paint in chamber or living room may
be got rid of by few onions, placing
them in pail of water in the centre of
the room then close the door, leave
the window open little, and in few
hours the smell will have almost gone.
Another way is to shut all the doors
and windows and fry said onions within.
One would think, too, that the paint
smell would be pretty thoroughly neu-
tralized if the owner of the room could
only rent it for a few days to one of
those women whom one notices on near
ly every horse car by the way they
smell of musk. But doubtless most
people, if the matter could be put to
vote, would declare that between the
fresh, clean smell of new paint, and the
horrible, secondhand animal odor of
musk, they would much prefer the
paint.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
Found Her Love.

"A sensation was recently caused"
says Troy paper, "by the announce
ment that Vermont girl had gone to
California in response to matrimonial
advertisement, and had found her pros
pective husband hermit living in
secluded gorge. The hermit now turns
out to be Frederick Moulton Shaw, of
Los Angeles, who was born in Rutland
and educated at Castleton, VT, where
he is well known. He went to Cali
fornia and projected a sanitarium at Los
Angeles on a large scale, with water
works, manufactures and steamship
lines. He secured the cooperation and
lost the money of the leading men of
the place. Shaw then retired to small
ranch, where he lived in semi-civilized
state, often sleeping in trees. To the
surprise of all, the young lady who corre-
sponded with him married him on reach
ing California, and, though the couple
still live a semi-nomadic life, the wife
has gained an influence over her hus-
band which is leading him back to the
customs of civilization"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
A Mothers Love.
"GiYe me the child p

"Give me the child p
AS Beryl McOloskey spoke these
words she looked into the face of Vivian
Fairhope, the man to whom two years
agone she had given the most precious
treasure of woman's life, her love, and
IN the delicate lines of her lovely face
there was an expression that told more
plainly than could words of deep re-
solve the woman had taken.
Little Beatrice had been uneasy all
the day, and now that the summer day
was drawing to close, and the long
lines of rosy light that streamed up
from below the western horizon seemed
to rest like benediction upon the
heated earth. She was crying in the
querulous, impatient way that brings
alarm to mothers heart.
Vivian handed the child to Beryl.
''What are you gong to do, darling ?"
he said.
Looking at him with deep brown
eyes, from which cleaned passionate
love-hght, Beryl said, in tones of thrill
ling tenderness:
ST am going to spank 1t dizzy"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
A Mistake.


The latest case of mistaken identity
has come to light in Paris. A certain
M. Bigeon accused Nine. Mahy of
being his wife. This harsh accusation
was denied by the woman. An Inspector
of Police called upon her and reason ed
with her; but in vain. Nine. Many,
supposing that she was the victim of a
fraud, lost her temper, and began pro-
ceedings in court against the would-be
husband. The Commissary brought
the two persons together in his office.
M. Bigeon, upon seeing Nine. Many,
declared positively that he saw his only
and true wife. Whereupon Nine Mahy
produced certificates, proving that she
had been the spouse of the esteemed
Mahy, by whom she had had son.
Bigeon asserted at the tria that Nine.
Mahy resembled his wife, trait for trait.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
A Device Of the Late Civil War.

Captain Fisher, of the English army,
has constructed for use in Egypt shore
going ironclad on rails similar to those
used during the American civil war. 1t
consists of six trucks protected with
iron shields with an engine in the CEN
tire. A Nordenfeldt gun looks over the
bows on the leading trucks. 1t is also
equipped with three Gatling guns and
two field guns, and will be manned by
three companies of blue-jackets.
A man provided with mines, electric
geer and all appliances for laying
down or destroying rails will proceed
to the railway junction within two miles
of Arab Bey's line and will seize and
occupy and fortify that important point.
I have Just returned from reconnois-
sance on an armor-clad train. Very
useful information has been obtained,
hut the expedition failed to obtain the
large results expected owing to the
train being stopped by a break in the
limo
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

The NEwsPA PERs OF THE GLOBE
There are published on the globe 81, 274
newspapers aud periodicals, with to-
tai circulation OF 106, 100000 copies.
Europe leads with 10, ,557 journals; next
follows North America with IL, 400;
Asia has 575; South Australia, 661;
South America, 600, and Africa 1872. OF
these periodicals 16, 500 are printed in
the English language, 1900 in German,
3,S50in French, and then come l 900 in
Spanish. There are 1920 dailies;
1924 are published three times or
once week, and 8,50S appear less fre.
quently.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
Out In Nevada.

A reckless newspaper correspondent
reports the Representative from Nevada
as recently saying: "We haven't got a
river, or a creek even, in the entire State
of Nevada. I did not like the idea OF
our State getting left in this combina-
tion affair, and hunted up and down the
mountains but could not find a bit of
water we wanted to improve. 1t is a
cold day when Nevada is left, but we've
got to go-by in this bill. Still, there
will be some money left after this bill is
passed, and I'll make big pull to get
some of it for public building at Car
son City, which we need very much.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
He Knew His Business.

The Helena Herald says:-A Mon.
tana ranchmen, with Tuscan or some
other accent, whose farm lies near the
line of railroad, not long since secured
a contract for clearing the right of way
through belt of timber. He hired his
men, boarded them, and enterprisingly
established grog shop in the vicinity
of the scene of labor, where the hands
were given the privilege of the slate.
As the time for monthly settlement
drew near he secured the services of a
bookkeeper to make up his accounts.
This being done, contractor and book
keeper had an interview:
Cav yez the accounts made up ?"
B.-"Yes."
C.-"Give us the list, thin,"
B.-"Pat Murphy, 20 days work,
$40; board, 800; whisky, SAT; due, So.
Tim Curry. 18 days work, $45; board,
$1S; whisky, $31.5O; due, $3.50. Dan
Sheen, 20 days"
C.-"Hould on there. What duz
them docs mane?"
B.-"Amount due the men after"
C.-'And d. yez name to say yez av
brought me out in dit to me own min ?"
B.-"According to tine accounts
these"
C.-''Howly Moses An thought
yez knowed how to keep books Ye
blathering numbskull ! Av yez don't
lave the house to wonst I'll to the fore
wild sthick that'll break every bone in
your carcase! Out wild ye p
The bookkeeper left and has not yet
sent in bill for his labor.
BRAa.-It is possible that this ex-
haustive weather has less influence upon
the average Yankee spirit of brag than
upon some less easily wilted charac-
teristic. Listening to a country trio
upon the sidewalk, who were piling up
their personal achievements in the mar
rative form-after two of the heroes had
We'd with one another in measurement
of fish crop and pea crop hitherto un-
attained In the statistics of New Eng
land industry the third, after shifting
to the other foot and ejecting small
Niagara, merely remarked, to clinch and
close the council "Wal, I gathered a
quart of muskeeters off the back of my
neck, last night. I didn't half pick,
neither"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
To their friends and the
wagon purchasing public,
GREETING.

Believing that the COun-
ty of LamOille could and
would support a good
Wagon business, we pur-
chased i'm 1881 the largest
and best stock ever brought
into this County.
Our expectations were
more than realized; our
trade was much larger than
we had any reason to eX-
pect. This encouragement
has been so flattering that
we have again personally
visited the manufactures
OF some of the largest and
best makers, and selected
another complete stock,
consisting i'm part Of
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

A DECISION. Supreme Court of
Massachusetts has decided that John
Healy is debarred from the benefit of
the poor debtors oath because he lost
over 800 at draw poker after he had
contracted debt. Draw poker being
an unlawful and hazardous game, it was
adjudged that debtor who lost money
in that way was not acting with that
fairness to his creditors which would en-
title him to a discharge. Besides, if the
losses of money at draw poker we're per-
mitted to stand AS a sufficient explana-
ton for the disappearance OF assets, any
debtor might, by collusion with others,
ostensbly lose all of his property, and
the door would be opened to dangerous
species of fraud.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

A BRAVE SoLDER. General
Sherman's operations in Georgia large
quantities of ammunition were stored
in the railroad sheds at Kesaca. One
day the building was struck by light
ming. Hundreds of the bravest soldiers
took to fight as they saw boxes of shell
thrown about, saw the guards drop as
If shot, and saw smoke issuing from the
top of the great pile of explosives. But
one man, clear-eyed and cool-headed,
saw that the smoke came from tow in
which the shells were packed, and,
climbing to the top, he seized the burn
ing mass, and holding it up shouted {:
"Au right, boys, no fireworks this
time" His intrepidity and alertness
saved the ammunition and possibly
many lives.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

ARaoNAUT SOUP: "Take pail of water
and wash it clean. Then boil it till it
is brown on both sides. Pour in one
bean. When the bean begins to worry,
prepare it to simmer. If the soup will
not simmer, it is too rich, and you must
pour in more water. Dry the water
with towel before you put it in. The
dryer the water, the sooner it will
brown. Serve hot"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

Liquor LICENSES. s.--The number of
liquor licenses issued by the United
States Government during the year
ended April 80, 1881, was wholesale,
Liz; retail, 17O,64O. The greatest
nomination to esch license was in South
Carolina, it being 917. The least popu-
lation to license was 81 in Montana.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
) 7 0 Y B 5
-AN-
OPEN oFFER!.

Ul ull vi l. UlU /
Until further notice, we
will give any honorable
and reliable citizen of La
mOille County, who hasn't
already a good Stove, the
use Free for 80 days of an
excellent Cooking Stove,
with Reservoir, to be re-
turned at the expiration of
tnat Time unless the person
receiving it shall, after
trial, desire to purchase it,
i'm which case he can do so
upon liberal terms, subject
to the following warrant
and guarantee.
First----That the price
for it is as low a.
the same, or as good a
can be bought for i'm
Vermont, and the buyer
may have another 30 days
from date OF purchase to
investigate this matter,
and we agree that The
buyer shall be his own
~
Judge in deciding this
point.
SecOnd---We warrant the
Stove against breaking by
lire, with fair usage, for
)ne full year from date of
purchase.
Third---We warrant ev-
cry pound of iron i'm the
Stove to be new and every
plate to be honestly and
made.
FOurth---We warrant the
Stove to be an excellent
baker and heater. and that
he water will boil quick
y i'm the Reservoir by turn
ng damper according to
directions.
Fifth---We warrant the
stove to give perfect and
,ntire satisfaction i'm Price
quality, Operation, and
Every Other Particular, or
It the end Of 60 days we
will take it back and re-
'und the purchase money.
Sixth and Finally
We guarantee that
there shall be no un-
oleaSantneSS or diSSat-
.SfactiOn, if after full
and thorough trial you
decide not to keep the
Stove; we shall not ex-
oect to please every
body, and if you con-
,lude YOU don't want to
ouy, we shall keep en-
,irely good natured.
We only ask that you
rive us a chance to try
20 please you, If you
haven't already a stove
hat does so. We think
we can do it.
Ceo.P P.Hardy & Co..
HYDE PARK, VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

HERE is a suggestion which may do
you good:-If every man will mend one
we shall all be mended.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

WHAT resemblance is there between
kind words and the bald-headed p
Kind words can never die, and the bald
headen can never dye either.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

Low.

We commenced business
with a thorough determina-
tiOn not knowingly to buy
or make any poor work.
That determination we
shall continue to adhere
to, and whatever we sell
will be with the fullest
guarantee that it shall
prove good, both i'm work
mansIlip and material.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

Any imperfectiOn report
ed within a reasonable
time will cheerfully be
made good.
Soliciting an inspection
or our goods when i'm want
OF anything i'm the wagon
ulle, we are, -49
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24

A oABLEaRAM from Alexandria says
that ''the American Admiral performed
graceful act lately. He steamed
around the British fleet and his men
cheered each ship in succession" The
Admiral is indeed brave man. Any
one who will go right out on the water
in an American man-of-war does not
know what fear means. Chicago 7ri-
batne.
THE loss Of memory experienced by
Ralph Waldo Emerson during his last
years has frequently been spoken of,
and pleasant story is told of him in
this connection, showing that some
thing of the element of humor remained
with him during times of his difficulty
in this respect. As he was going out
one day his daughter saw him search
ing for something he could not name.
She mentioned two or three articles, to
which he returned negative. At
length he turned to her with o twinkle
iu his eye and said. "It is the thing
that people take away" She at once
brought him his umbrella and all was
right,