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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04
VALUABLE FARM FOR sALE.-Pur-

VALUA FARM FOR SALE.-Pur-
Y suant To DEGREES OF the Circuit Court Of
Augusta county, entered October 10Th, 1873. and
November l2lh, 1882, in the cause of McCiuTe's
legatees VS.. McCure's infants, will offer for
sale on the premises, at public auction, on
Tuesday, ApW Hh, lSSl,
the valuable farm known as the Beatty farm,
belonging to The estate OF the late John Nc
Clure, deed, containing 202 acres, ,itusted in
Augusta county. adjoining the lands of Mrs.
Z. j. Mcclure. AlexsDd Brown, and others.
This farm adjoi "Od Providence church,"
and is about one eighth of a mile fr, IN the
line of the Valley iroad. is well watered
and finely adapted to grazing and has on it 20
ores of AS fine timber as can be found in that
part of the county. good barn, and small
dwelling house.
TERMS: Cash in hand to pay costs of suit
and sale, and the remainder i'll one, two, and
three years from day OF sale. pur chaser TO give
bonds with approved personal security for the
eferred pay ments, and title to be retained as
ultimate security.
mar7-tds M. T. MCCLURE, COm'r.
DkIVATE SALE 0F AAND.-I offer for
/ sale privately 1867 acres of land, well
set in grass. of good qualily y, moderate improve
ments, good water and orchard 20 acres OF tim
Der, lying IL miles of Waypesboro'. Also 32X
acres near by, with acres timber and well set
in grass. WaynesbOro' is fast improving and
makes it very DESTROYS place, having very fine
schools and good churches ana two railroads.
JOHN B. SMITH,
dec20tf Wind COPY. WaynesborO,' Va.
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The Case OF Sergt. Mason.

AS has already been stated, says the
Baltimore San, Judge Advocate-Gen.
Swain, in his report to the Secretary of
War on the case of Sergt. Mason, takes
the ground that the pris oner was lille
gally convicted, and that the decision
of the court-martial is consequently in
valid. The report is based on the fact
that the charge on which Mason was
tried was assault with intent to kill,
and the evidence, in the opinion of the
Judge advocate general. shows that in
the relative positions occupied by Ma
son and Guiteau at the time of the fir
ing no such assault could have been
made. In other words. because it was
in point of fact q matter Of physical
impossibility that Mason's bullet could
strike the object at which it was aimed,
it is assumed that Mason did not intend
to commit a deadly assault. The judge
advocate general, however, holds that
q military offense was com United by
Mason in firing his gun while on duty,
and in the seditious language and con
duct which Immediately followed that
act, and that he could have been tried
for conduct "to the prejudice of good
order and military disci pine" He
adds that in time of peace court mar
tial can only assume Jurisdiction of an
assault with intent to kilp' when
committed ito the prejudice of good
order and military discipline If Gen
eral Swaim's report is approved the
court. martial will be rendered invalid
and Mason will be released. He cannot.
it is stated, be tried by court martial
again, but may be amenable to the
civil tribunals. The construction put
upon the case by Gen. Swain may, per
haps, seem somewhat strained to the
unprofessional mind, but if the techni
cality be sound one the prisoner is en-
titled to the logical results which it in
wolves. At the same time, however
well satisfied the public may feel with
the opinion Of the judge advocate-gen
ersl, Mason's offense cannot be excused
on sentimental grounds. For Guiteau
or his crime there can be nothing but
absolute detestation and adherence,
but it is detestatiOn and adherence
that the self-respect as well as the safety
of the country requires to be shown in
legal methods and processes. One as
sassination does not justify another,
and there could be no surer way of en-
couraging this mode of avenging
wroDgs than by following the example
which the assassin himself has set The
offense in Mason's case was heightened
by the fact that he was entrusted with
the protection of the life which he en-
deavored to take. He committed not
only dangerous breach of military
discipline, which, if suffered to 60 I'M
punished, might seriously affect the
morale of the army, but he assaulted the
dignity and sovereignty of the law it.
self in his attack upon man who was
q prisoner of State. Guiteau's life be-
longed not to himself nor to Sergeant
Mason, but to the violated law of the
land, and it was an outrage upon that
law to attempt to wreak individual ven
geance upon him when a jury alone
had the power to decide upon the ques-
tion of his life or death.
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SUDDEN DEATH OF A LITERARY
LADY-Mrs Jennie Latham Stabler
died at Lynchburg, last Friday, of heart
disease. She was lady of fine literary
requirements, and under the nom de
plume of Jennie Woodville" contrib
uted a number of stories and sketches
TO the popular periodicals of the day,
which attracted much attention.
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ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.-The
Old Commonwealth says that three coll
ored prisoners confined in the county
jail of Rockingham attempted to es-
cape on Tuesday night last. They sue
ceeded In cutting through the heavily
bricked and iron-clad wall to the ad
joining cell, when. it is presumed, the
approach of daylight prevented further
operations.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

Rev. DIR. II .wthorne. of the First
Baptist Church, Richmond, has accept
ed the invitation of the Washington &
Lee University to deliver the baccalau-
reate sermon at it's commencement in
June
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.-Barbara
Hooker, an aged lady of Lancaster, Pa.
committed suicide last Friday morning
by hanging herself to bedpost at her
residence. She had been suffering for
some time with melanchOlia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

THE Town OF GRUNDY DESTROYED
BY FIRE "A telegram from Lynchburg
dated March %. says Intelligence hiss
been received here to day of the almost
entire destruction by fire of the town OF
Grundy, the county seat of Buchanan
county. The Court house. clerks of.
flee, Jail, two hotels. two stores and
many dwellings, and, in fact. all of the
heart of the town was consumed, leav-
ing but a few houses on the outskirts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

Hammer, Randall & Co., have decided
to build an iron furnace at Rileyville
Station, in Page county, Oh the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad, near which
fine bodies of iron ore have been discov-
cred. Congressman Harmer. of Phila-
delphia, is member of the firm.
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surveyor. at = salary not to exceed five
dollars PEI day for the time actually en-.

surveyor, at . salary not to exceed five
dollars PEI day for the time actually en-.
gagged
S. The Ievies hereinbefore provided
for shall be collected by the treasurer Of
Augusta county, as regular county levies
are collected, and for receiving and dis
bursting the same, the said treasurer
shall receive the same compensation as
is allowed by law for receiving and dis
bursting other county levies. Aud the
moneys received by the treasurer for the
Ievies hereinbefore provided for. shall
be paid out by him upon warrants drawn
by order Of the board of supervisors
And for the proper collection, safe keep
ing, and disbursement of said levies the
treasurer shall be liable upon his official
bond.
6 The annual levies provided in Sec
ton first shall be continued by the
board of supervisors from year to year
until such of the roads centering in
Staunton as they may deem proper to
improve, shall have been macadamized
to the county limits.
Z. Said board is hereby empowered to
commence work on any of the county
roads they may deem it advisable to
macadamize. ut any point or points they
may deem best, and may, whenever
they think proper, suspend operations
| at any point and commence at any 9TH
er point or points.
The sui ervisors shall from year to
year provide by taxation for all neces
sary repairs to any or all of the roads so
macadamized, and full power to let any
or all such roads to contract. upon such
terms az to them shall seem best, is
hor0hv con farro0 IN safd hoard
8 All necessary powers for carrying
out the provisions of this act are hereby
conferred upon the board ofsupervisors
10 Itshall be the duty of the several
officers who conduct elections in the
county of Augusta, to open q poll on
the fourth Thursday ia May. 1882. to
take the sense of the qualified voters
of said county who shall desire to vote
upon the question of improving and
macadamiziDg said roads The ballots
shall be respectively rs follows: For
the road law" or against the road
law" Each ballot 80 cast, which shall
have written or printed thereon. "For
the road law" shall be taxi en- and count
ed as a vote for improving and maca
damiziDg said roads. The manner of
receiving and canvassing the ballots
cast at such election on the question of
improving and matchmaking said
roads, aud making returns ofthe results
thereof shall conform In all respects to
the regulations prescribed by the gen.
eral election law of this state, except
that the certificate of the judges of elec.
ton fhall be rs follows:
We hereby certify that at the election
held -, - votes were cast for the
road law and - votes were cast against
the road law
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

Col. Clinton B Breckenridge, q son OF
the late Vice President John G. Breck-
inridge, will be a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Congress
at,large in Arkansas. He is credited
with possessing considerable ability.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

The Gar of Russia has committed all
the death sentences passed upon nihilist
conspirators at the recent trial to inn
prisonment, except in the case Of Lieut..
Suchanoff,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

Elk Senator Conkiing has ben invi-
ted by the students of the Virginia Ag
ricultural College. at Blaeksburg, to de
liver the next annual address, and it is
believed he will accept.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

SAFE ROBBED.-The Rockingham
Register says that, on last Friday a
week, "while Mr.. Lowner, clerk in the
tobacco store of SibeIt & Bro, in Har-
risonburg, was absent at supper, some
parties succeeded in gaining access to
the safe, in the back room of the store,
and robbed it of an amount OF money
not definitely known, and silver
watch, worth about $25. A small ne
gro boy, Dixie Williams, was seen to
emerge from the stairway leading to
the rear of the building, and was sus-
pected, but upon being questioned, de-
MED any connection with the theft, but
upon being severely chastised by his
father, he acknowledged that he had
something to do with it, but stated that
other and larger negro boys had been
the prime movers in the affair. Eight
dollars in change was recovered from
this boy, and the case to the watch,
but as the exact amount stolen was not
known, the loss has not been definitely
ascertained."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

Mrs. Regina Copenhaver, of Stras.
burg. Va, was killed last Wednesday
by the discharge of pistol, which she
was handling.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

The Third Virginia Regiment, Col. C.
G. Wertenbaker, will go into camp this
summer. probably at Montpelier, the
home of Madison,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

We are sorry to learn that the Mont
gomery White Sulphur Springs, q
pleasant Summer resort, will be closed
the ensuing season.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

James Robinson, an esteemed citizen
of Stanardsviile, Greene county, com
mitted suicide Sunday by taking poison.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04
3D. a.b:. Clerks. 81 : j. +; Judge

And provided further, that the COM
missioners of election shall make, on q
separate sheet, an abstract of said votes
for aud against the improving and mac
adamizing said roads, which abstract
shall be duly signed by the said COM
missioners and deposited In the office of
the clerk of the county court. If from
such returns and abstracts of the vote s
SO cast. 1t shall appear that q majority
of the votes cast were for improving and
matchmaking said roads, then the boa I'd
of supervisors shall proceed to carry out
the provisions of this act as herein before
provided, but if less than a majority be
for improving and macadamizing said
roads then this act shall be imperative
IL. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

ELECTION OF JUDGES ON last
Thursday, Mr.. Goodwin was elected
Judge OF the Hastings Court of Norfolk,
the Democrats refusing to vote because
they did not believe, under the law,
there is any vacancy in the Judgeship
of Norfolk.
On the same day, Thos. S. Atkins.
who is not practising lawyer, was
elected Judge of the Hastings Court OF
Richmond,
On Friday, Judge J. w. Green Smith
was elected Judge of the Hastings Court
of Staunton. The Democrats voted fol
VIM B Harrison,
John D. Black well was elected Judge
of the Hastings Court of Danville The
Democrats placed no one in opposition
J. L. s. Kirby was elected Judge o.
the County Court of Nelson. The Dem
ocrats voted for Judge J. Thompson
Brown.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

House bill to suppress dueIling in the
Common wealth of Virginia has been
passed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

Cornelius Vandebtlt, brother of VIM.
Fl. Vanderbilt. committed suicide at
the Glenham Hotel, New York, last
Sunday.
Gen. Stelnikoff, public prosecutor OF
the Kleff military tribunal, was assassi
mated at Odessa, Russia, on last Friday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

A WOMAN FATALLY BURNED.-On
Monday, of last week; Mrs Washington
Livesay, who lived about two and
half or three miles North of Frankfort,
ia this county. while engaged in Su
gar Camp, boiling Sugar water, was so
seriously burned that she died in few
hours after the accident occurred. 1t
seems that the unfortunate wOman's
clothing became ignited in the fire and
in few moments her whole person was
enveloped in flames. She leaves hus-
band. (son Of Mr.. William Livesay,)
VINO lives near Frankford, and three
email children to mourn her untimely
end. -Greenbrier Independent.
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LARGE CATAMOUNT KILLED On
Friday. March II, 1882, William New
ton, aged Is, con of John Binica, living
several miles northeast of this place
killed very large Catamnunt, D feet
long, with stone. William was gath
ering "greens." when his little dog
scared up the Catamount, at which he
threw stones. The CatamOunt seized
hold of Williams pants, tearing them
but he was equal to the occasion. Moth
ing dauDted the sand was there. He
aimed tor the eye. The stone was fatally
dealt. The scratch gave up the ghost. "
That little fellow brought the carcass to
town in triumph. Mr. Frank Rupert,
| of this place, bought. and will taxider-
mitize it. TWAS the largest we ever
saw.-Shenandoah Valley.
The Greenbrier Independent will be
interested in the above. which exceeds
the catamount notice it made some
months since. Cannot the Independent
get our friend, Hon. John Lipps, "a
mighty Nimrod," to kill a catamount
in some way that will beat this boy in
Shenandoah, this little David, who
slew, not Goliath, but a catamOunt, with
stone. AS the catamount is favorite
animal of the Independent. 1t may be
that it will protest against Lipps OF
''any other man" or boy killing cata-
mount in any manner whatever.
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DRowNED.-A little son of Mr.. q T.
Obenchain. aged about two years, was
drowned Tuesday. The facts of the sad
death are as follows: The trap door of
the cistern had been left up, aud the lit.
tie fellow was leaning over the edge of
the cistern playing In the water. While
In this position gust of wind blew the
door down catching his head under it
and forcing it into the water. When
found he was dead.-Buchdnan Demo-
cr0t.
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STRANGE THINGS IN THE LAND OF
FLOWERS "A shark recently captured
near Tampa had seven rows of teeth,
and weighed 700 pounds. A Fort o.
den man has contract to deliver 5 600
alligator hides to a st. Louis firm by
May 1 DR.. Wilcox has discovered two
more teeth belonging to bis mastodon,
which weigh about ten pounds, and are
said to be smooth and handsome. They
measure five by six inches. Capt.
Richard Root. of Old Tampa, has graft
ed in grape-f fruit tree elk varieties OF
the citrus family, and growing from the
same stump we find the shaddocS. lem
on, lime, citron. sweet and sour oranges.
Capt. G. A. Bryan. of Tallahassee, has
a strange but beautiful anomaly in his
flower garden. A large rose bioomed
on one of bis bushes. and when the
leaves began to fall from it four small
but complete roses appeared in the cen
tire, and now on the end of the stem
where the large rose grew may be seen
four fully developed roses. not larger
than a gold dollar.-JacksonUitle Fla }
Union,
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to authorize the Board of Supervisors OF
Augusta County to levy tax to i'm
prove the public roads.
Patron-Mr. Hanger
Reported from Committee on Counties.
Cities and Towns.
/. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly. That the board of supervisors
Of Augusta county be and they are here
by directed, at the annual meetings. for
laying the county levy. to impose q tax
upon such subjects rs are, or may be,
liable by law for the county levy, of not
less than ten or more than twenty cents
on the hundred dollars, for the purpose
of improving and matchmaking such
of the roa0s OF the county leading to
Stanton, and such other roads of the
county as IN their opinion should be i'm.
proved and nacadamjZed.
2 Said board of supervisors NAV. at
any time, indicate to the county court.
in writing. what changes in grades and
locations they may deem expedient up
on any OF such roads. Whereupon said
court on its own motion, shall appoint
three or more viewers to view the same:
after which proceedings shall be had
shereon in accordance with the existing
road law of this state.
8 All work done under and by virtue
of this act, shall be done under the gu
pervision and direction Of said board.
and at the expense of the county to be
peid for from the proceeds ofIevies made
in pursuance of the first section of this
bill, except as to the expense attending
the changes in location of roads, which
shall by betrayed as now provided by
law.
Said board is hereby authorized to
purchase such machinery, implements
aud materials as 1t may Ceem necessary
in order to carry out the provisione of
this act, and to employ as many hands
and bosses, and at such prices as it NAV
ieem proper. and are also empowered |
% employ one competent engineer, or
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

cit IS WAR - Under this caption.
the Richmond Wing. of last Wsdnes-
day, laid the lash vigorously on the Re-
adjusters with the view of whipping
them into the traces and making them do
the bidding Of the caucus, which is re-
ally obeying the orders of Boss Malone.
On Thursday, Mr.. Kelley, a Read
ter, read the article in the House, and in
the course of his remarks, said
Here is his denunciation of those
who do not submit to the dictc ties of
somebody" don't know who it is, and
he goes on and says, we have got no
thousand dollars to give.' If they have
not got any thousand dollars to give
they gave it all away when they broke
the deadlock, perhaps. So they say
they have not got any more thousand
dollars to give do not propose to be
denounced as an INSCRIPTIONS dog here
by our leading paper / came here as a
free man, and by the Gods l intend to
go away So"
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ANOTHER ALBEMARLE HORROR -
On Friday last, MIR. Ben. T. Madison.
of Earlysville, attempted suicide by in-
t1icting wounds upon his person with a
knife. The facts, as far as we can learn,
are as follows Mr. Madison, who is a
respectable shoemaker, and was at one
time sheriff of our county, bad become
involved in business troubles. On Fri
day a young lady called at his shop to
have her shoes repaired. Mr.. NJ, who
was at his house at the time. came from
there to the shop, having shoemaker's
knife in his hand. Leaving the young
lady In the front room, he went into he
hack room, and from there upstairs
The young lady waited for him some
time, and at last he made his appear
aDce. with the blood flowing from his
neck, and with the remark, "See what
have done! He lad cut his throat on
both sides, had attempted to cut the
main artery in his left thigh, and had
stabbed himself twice in the left breast
He converted freely for an hour after
The Occurrenc e. and gave as a reason tor
the rash act, that Ibis neighbOrs Were
all down ON him" 1t is thought posi-
BILE that he may survive his self-inf1ict-
ed injuries. We understand Mr.. M
has q wife and seven small children -
Charlottesville Chronicle.
A REFORM MOVEMENT ENDORSED BY
COLoRED MEN.-RALEIGH, March 81
AT the convention of coiored men as.
sembled yesterday in Goldsporo, com
posed of 800 delegates from all the heavy
negro counties In the State, resolutions
were adop ed to the effect that while
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04

CHARGED WITH POISONING HIS
WIFE-Mrs. Carneal, on last Saturday,
died near Warrenton, Fauquier county.
her symptoms and other evidence in
dicating that she had been poisoned
with strychnine by her husband, c. N.
Carneal. Constable T. r. LunsfOrd ar
rested Carneal Sunday afternoon at his
house, about miles from WarrentOn,
but while bringing him to prison at
lonely point on the road Carneal drew
revolver, fred upon Lunsford and
made his escape, Carneal is the same
person who several years ago attacked
District Attorney Lewis at Culpepel
Court House with Ratchet, dangerous
ly wounding him. A woman is sup.
posed to be the cause of the ira. edy.
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: Signature of the jud g,

IL Should majority of the votes thus
cast be tor the road law. it sh all be deem
ed the adoption thereof.
Is. This act shall be in force from it's
passage.