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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-02-16

You SHALL HAVE IT if you want It, 1fyour drug
eist or grocer does net sell New Life and y'u are
in re oh OF rail nr wat.r communication, forward
a. so by ,st Office money order and will send by
express or o. her method. charges prepaid, thi ee
bottles of New Lire-and SIX for $3.50. A. R. Met
tee, Proprietor. No. l22 W. Fayette street, Bati
more, Md.
The finest in the Market is Rosenheim's celebra-
ted Springdae Whi'key. Sold In Stanton, Va. by
Virginia Hotel Saloon. WIN. Kinney and B. b.
Crowder's American Hotel bar. feb9 6m
From DR.. s. W. Hunter. Baltimore, Maryland
Having become fami lar with
CoLpENs LIQUID BEEF TONIC. l take pleasure in
recommending it as an excelen: preparation. com
bining as it does BOZ food and tonic in renarka-
bic way. aud producing good blood, health and
strength" tRemember the name, Commensurate
no other) OF Druggists. feb2 I'm
Genn's Sulphur Soap is the most reliable purifier
of the skin in the market feb2 I'm
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
feb2 I'm
CROUCH ON RATS" Clears out rats. mice,
reaches flies ants bed bugs, chunks, chipmunks
gophers. 15c. Druggists. Junel6 ly
"BUCHUPAIBA "-Quick, complete cure, all an
noying Kidney. Bladder aud Urinary Diseases. 81
druggists, junel6 1y
SKINNY MEN.-tWells' Health Remover" re
sores health and vigor, Gu es Dyspepsia, Impo
tepce Sexual Debility. 81. june IS Nv
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-02-16

Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-02-16

RICHMOND, LYNCHBURG AND ALEXAN-
DRlA FURNISH THE JURY-AN EXCIT-
ING CAsE-LARGE CROWD HUNDREDS
SOME NEW EvIDENCE-INTEREST
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-02-16

HESS 70 ieeGJ anu 500 FLICK 8 Engines, WAS
present at the post mnrtem. thought that
about three quarts of blood had been lost
Considering the large vein that had haen
perforated it was wonder that he did not
die in his tracks. Something in the char
deter Of the wound mnst have INSTRUCTED
the rapid flow of blood.
John Burns, testified Witness owned
the building known az the Burns Bnild-
ing and let rooms r dodgers. fad rented
room TO to the prisoner since May 70.
VIM. Dunning. (coloredl testified said
he lived in New'nwn. opened oysters at
Tom Burk's knew M. Burner. had seen
him at Bu,k's. Had seen him on one &C
casinn in the sample room there with Fan
ME Lewis. Mr.. Am,ss came in and said
Fannie you On home," Mr.. Burner said
Fannie you stay where you are. you came
here with me and expect to 60 back with
yon." Don't know what else was said.
took in my drinks, put the money in the
glasses and came out.
K. G. Helphenstein, sworn:
Lived in Harriaonbure; was q news
agent; knew Amiss: he WAS baggage mas.
ter on Capt. Newp0rt's train: knew Bnr.
uer: saw them on the same train on De.
cemher 23d; knew that they were moi
friendly.
After considerable discussion as to the
examination Of This witness. the conrt ad.
innrned at SIS p, M. until this morning
at 10 O'Clock.
The crowd was larger yesterday than 81
any time Of the trial, not much more than
half of those present being able to get in
the court house. the officers being kept
constantly at the or. and great deal Of
dissatisfaction beng EXPRESSED by those
who wers too late to get in before tht
house Was full.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-02-16

money to pay with. made the bargain
with Ann Hawkins
By prospcution.-Wh is Ann Hawkins?
the cnurt on the grounds that prisoner 5
Case should not be prtjudiced by any evi
dence of that character, which he did not
think had anything to do with the Case.
By Commonwealth loug had you
been III possession of the room?
Four days. Am not proprietress OF the
house. No one was. Got my meals mt
times at Tom BuIke's. sometimes at Vii.
giuia Hotel restaurant and sometimes at
Ann IIawklns'.
bergman White. colored, testified:
Took meal to the ] Ill to Mr.. Amiss
once, and some cigars at the same time
never saw him but twice since the Difficult
ty. Hs said nothing to me except that he
was getting along tolerably well.
Capt. J. Il. Waters Chief Of Police,
sworn. l arrested the prisoner. Heard
| there was difficulty at the house on
| Greenville avenue, aut dJWu there and
ascertained that A'miss was connected
vii it. Saw Mr.. Burner at the Virginia
Hotel, and then went to Amiss' room IN
the Burns building, said. How are you
George? another fuss on hands?" He 81 i'd
'"Yes. suppose you have come for me r
l said, That's what s the matter, and ii
you go along quietly, sumuch the better
He said ''All right
| He seemed TO be 10 the act of arranging
| his clothes, had his trunk and valise open
and outside shirt off and several garments
living around. After putting on his clothes
he said he was ready told him woult
have to commit him, he said ''all right,
and | took him to jail. found pisto
in his valise All the barrels were loaded
also found package of cartridges thu
pistol smelt as II it had been recently dis
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
GIVE ME DRINK.


There's my money; give me drink
Fire to feed my hungry blood,
Give me drink
Drench me in the burning flood,
Until life and soul are numb,
Give me drink!
There's my clothing, there's my food,
Strip my limbs and leave them bare,
What care how people stare
Give me drink
They know not the fearful thirst
OF what they call the cup accursed-
The cup in which my brains immersed;
Give me drink!
There's my children, give me drink!
Make me drunken in my heart
l would sever every link,
Give me drink!
There is no nepenthe here,
Unhallowed by a woman's tear,
Unfiayored with wise mans Sneer;
Their notice makes the draught more dear
Give me drink
There's my health and peace of mind,
/ will give 1t all to thee,
/ will throw my life behind,
will crouch upon my knee:
Give me drink!
There's my wife-my welded wife =
Once loved her as my life:
What is wife and life TO me?
Give me drink
Here's nv standing as man:
Give me drink!
Here's my Christian love and hope:
Give me drink!
Can bear the social ban?
can do what others can:
l can crawl, and steal, and Kill,
So the draught be at my will
Give me drink!
Here's my faith in all mankind;
Give me drink!
I scatter it upon the wind
Give me drink
And here-oh, here's my faith in COD.
/ will not bend and kiss the rod,
I'll trample heaven iron.shod:
Give me drink!
Make me drunken in my brain,
| will give thee wealth and fame
Make me drunken in my heart,
l will give thee spotless name
Give me drink!
Make me drunken night and day;
will give my soul away,
God, and peace, and child, and wi1e'-
Love, and faith, and hope, and NE
Give me drink!
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
wsy JOdos Black Uses The Weed.


MOI long ago Judge Black met q
who patheticlly reiateu
his endeavors to break himselI OF
tobacco-chewing, as 1t met Win the
UNQUALIFIED condemnation OIL ali
civilized people. "HOu'n hnd y
hard case-a hard case, my friend"
replied the Judge, with solemn
wink. az tried to break myself OF
II once-didn't / ever tell your
Well. IL was when / was Attorney
General, and said 10 myself 'JeI-
emiah Black, we've got to stop this
thing SO / made up my mind,
and one morning / started down to
my Office without a scrap OF toDac-
co / began the day badly ana ~
GOT worse by degrees. j never ielt
60 much like savage In my life.
7 dismissed two clerks, bounced a
messenger, made fool OF niyHeiI
three or four times, snapped at
everybody, and started home Ieel,
ing myself to be total iallure anu
and ali creation a mistake. On the
wav I met a man whom L respected
very much. He was n religious
man. / told him my experience
with leaving off tobacco ara asked
his advice. "Judge," he said my
experience is the same as yours
tried TO leave off too. l quarrel-
ed with several members OF the
church | belonged to, thought the
minister was a fool, got tired oil my
wife. and il / had kept IL up 4
Should have been moral monster
and / determined to circumVent
the old enemy by taking up my
cherished vice. and 80, continued
the Judge, cheerfully, 81 saw that
tobacco-chewing was conductive 70
virtue and (cutting quld) pro
pose to keep it up until leave Il
| off,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
Injustice of Women TO their own Ser.

A Young woman who served out
sentence OF five years in the Maine
state prison found means OF educa-
tion, and becoming thoroughly re-
formed left the prison in appearance
a lady. She was employed by q
firm in Portland rs saleswoman,
and gave perfect satisfaction 10 ner
employers, till one day wealthy
lady of the place entered the store
and recognized her. Calling the
proprietor aside, she told him that
the girl had been in the state prison.
He replied that he knew II, but that
she did her duty faithfully and that
thew were well satisfied with her.
"Well," said the lady, "if you
keen her in the store ] Will neither
trade with you myself, nor sufier
any of my friends to, If can help
it.X So the proprietor, rather than
lose his customer, called in the poor
girl and discharged her. A mer-
Chant who would do an act OF this
kind ought to be sent to the penl-
tentiary himself. People, ana es-
pecially those who imagine them
selves at the top of society, are ever
ready to cast stone at those VINO
are compelled to work for living,
and there are few eases on record
where fallen woman has been AID
ed in her attempts to rise, while the
anals of the world are filled with
the sIander ofinnocent girls who, IN
nine cases out of ten, are purer ana
more charitable than their SLAM
derers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
& M,ss,ssipDi "Shmpidster. .

Tn the Office of the Natchez Demo-
crat may be seen probably the old
est Mississippi ''shinplaster" now In
existence. 1t is printed on rdinary
white newspaper, headed "Natchez
Mississippi Territory" me body @
of the bill is in the shape of due
hill. and reads :"Due the bearer on
demand, so cents, payable in Miss
issippi or Louisiana notes" 1t is
signed by Henry G. Johnson, and
dated November Is, 1916. On the
margin is a large figure 4, which
probably means that the bill repre-
sents four "bits." The year imme'
diately succeeding the close OF the
war with Great Britain were years
of financial depression and the OLD
relic shows that our ancestors were
as hard run for silver currency as
their descendants have been or
more than one occasion.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
The Dude

The "dude' has struck Paducah.
Gentle reader-as the nOvelists say
perhaps you do not know what =
"dude" is if you don't, i VIII tell
YOU. A "dude" is-well, dude"
Is a mana real live man OF the
young order-whose age may vary
from sweet sixteen to twenty seven
next hog killing time. The "dude"
is the lineal descendant OF the an
cient tribe of "Lah-de-dahs.' lie
wears long pointed shoes, called by
the vulgar and uneducated, "bolI
pickers,n or "watermeon kickers,"
and his socks-beg your pardon,
ladies, L mean hose-are oil uell-
cate shade of mauve, with a terra
Gotta stripe his pantaloons are ire
uuently very tight; $50 Is the
ddude ;") his coat never wrinkles
il looks like government bond
with the coupons all cut OIL his hat
IS generally a number five-one OF
those little black felts his arms ne
carries akimbo, and he sports an
ebony cane. He talks Of his paw
and 6maw," the "lawst operwa,"
and about "when was in Paree," /"
(Ky. land all that kind of thing,
YOU "naw." Oh, the"dude" IS a
daisy, and great masher; he has
only got to look at girl and she's
"dead gone on him in minutes"
he is, as Artemus Ward used to say,
an "amoosing little cuss." He Is a
great iavorite as a lady's pet, and In
this respect has almost entirel y su.
perceded the poodles and black and
tans, owing, no doubt, to the fact
he is less subject TO fieas.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

Under an old act of the Leglsla-
ture the tax collector was required
to pay the railroad tax of Montgom,
ery county into the First National
Bank of Clarksville, from whence
it could only be drawn for purposes
pertaining to the railroad debt. Thls
act was amended at the recent ses-
sion so as to allow that fund to be
deposited in any of the Clarksvllle
banks and drawn out on the checR
of the county Judge "who shall
keep an account of all receipts ano
disbursements, and make seml-an'
nual reports thereofto the Quarterly
Court of said county"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

The Commercial says that poker
is played In Chattanooga society
circles under the name of leash,
small pieces of ivory being used for
chips. The young ladies don't
know that the new game is ldentl-
cal with opprobrious poker ana
teach it to their young gentlemen
visitors. The girls of that city are
consumed with wonder at the apti'
tude of the boys in learning the val
ue of "straight fiush."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
~ APEsV7IIE TENN. SATURDAY. APRIL 21, 1888

plan at Charleston had proved sue
cessful, and that the Democratic
party instead of dividing into fac
tions. had solidified around him as
a COMPROMISE nominee. Mr.. Davis
looked up moment, then became
thoughtful, and finally said: mo,
sir; it was to be. 1t was an agita-
ton that began with the govern
ment, and that kept the country in
a furry of excitement. Providence
decreed that the struggle should end
as it did,"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
Southern Growth.
MQmphig ADpeal.


The South is making rapid strides
in every directon-in trade, in COM
merce, in manufactures, i'm stock
raising, grain growing and the cul-
tivation of early vegetables and
fruits. Nothing like her growth
has ever been known in the history
of the country. The busy hum of a
rapidly increasing industry may be
heard in all the States from the P0-
tomac to the Rio Grande-from the
newly opened iron and coal mines of
Virginia to the giant mills of South
Carolina and Georgia, and thence TO
the coal and iron mills Of Tennessee
and Alabama, to the cotton and cot
ton-seed oil mills OF Mississippi and
Memphis, and still further to the
saW-mills of Arkansas and North
Louisiana, and the vast wool farms
of Texas. The demand for machin-
cry cannot be supplied, although as
here in Memphis the machine shops
are multiplied. Wagons and furni-
| ture are, too, in demand greater than
the supply as a result of the increas-
ing prosperity of the farmers and
planters of the most favored portion
of the United States, wood, water
/ temperature and soil considered.
Here in Memphis we are shooting
ahead of all precedents. A few
years ago we had no manufactures
to speak of, now we have twenty
FIVE, employing capital of =, ,5OO,-
900 and employing a great many
hands. We make all kinds of ma
chinery, of woodwork, barrels OF all
the cotton seed oil produces. rope,
twine and cotton sheetings, shingles,
and manufacture lumber extensive
ly, also wagons and cotton gins, bug
gies and carriages. These manufac-
ctories have attracted population ana
brought great many farmers to the
city who otherwise would not have
come. This In turn brought about
an increase of the volume OF trade
of the amount of cotton handled,
and frightened the prospects OF the
real estate owner.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

Tom Ochiltree was interviewed In
st. Louis recently by Glob-Demo-
crat reporter. He expressed some
very practical and sensible IDEAS IN
the course of the interview ana
when asked to explain why the dis
position of modern chronicle tended
to write him down among persons
of wanted veracity, he said: "Oh,
well, that all comes from me- L
told all those stories on myself, at
nv own expense, and the way L
told. they were good, but these ID
ten-cent story-tellers got hold OF
them and people began to look on
me as fellow beside whom Anna
MAS and Baron Munchausen were
shining examples of apostolic truth
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
BACK TAX ES.

AN ACT to amend an act passed March CHI, y,
1879 entitled IAN act for the more rlSio
collection of the Revenue.
See. l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State or Ten
nessee. that section one of an act
passed March II, 1879, entitled an act
for the more rigid collection OF the
revenue, be so amended as to read
IA follows: All collectors of taxes
are hereby made assessors, to assess
all property which by mistake OF
aw or fact has not been assessed,
9nbetber the omission be for the par
HcuJar gear for a0hich the collector as
aetna, or for any previous gear or
vears, and it is hereby made the du-
fv of such collectors, in all cases
Where property has not been asses
sed, but on which taxes ought 10
be paid by law, to immedlately as.
sess the same and proceed TO collect
the taxes, and such collectors are
herebv authorized to assess and COT
Iect td.res upon property for all me
Uenrs for aUhich td.res ought to be pct0
u lpon such property, but hare not
been Odid in consequence of the error
or omission Of former collectors or
assessors, and if the owner OF the
property admits the liability OF the
property, but disputes the assess.
ment, he may have re-valuatlor
before the Judge or Chairman o.
the County Court at any time with
in one month, and in such case the
Judge, or Chairman aforesaid, may
hear proof and fix the assessment o.
valuation, and this shall be final:
Sec. |. Be it further enacted tina
all laws and parts of laws In con
flict with this act, be and the Sam
are hereby repealed, and that thl
act take effect from and after its pas
sage, the public welfare requiring Il
WI. LEDGERWOOD,
b. f. ALEX XANDER,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved March q, 1888: -
WM. B. BATE, Governor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

A Boston Herald reporter recently
called ON Hon. jefferson Davis at
Beauovir, Miss. Mr.. Davis refused
to be interviewed because he "was
being constantly abused, maligned
and vilified by the press" but he
gave the reporter hospitable enter
tainment and talked freely of his
nolitical life before the war. lie
remarked that ha then had many
friends in the Old Bay State and
was proud to say he had a few of
them left. The reporter smillngly
reminded him that there was still
living a Massachusetts man who
had voted fifty seven times to make
him a presidential candidate, and
who was now regarded in some
quarters as an aspirant for the same
high honors, and then asked him
what effect his nomination woulc
have upon the nation, eonceding
| tor argument, that Gen. Butler
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

1t is a prevalent habit with some
napers to make an indiscrimlnate
use of the word murder in publish
ing accounts of homicides. Such a
habit is to be deprecated in as much
as it often does an injustice to the
accused and conveys very incorrect
idea of the killing described. The
following paragraph is from the
Worlds account of a "murder" that
occurred in Nashville Friday night.
"The murder was committed on
the porch of the tenement in which
Reuben Kyser lived on Pearl
street, one door above the north
west corner of Bellville street, and
from the evidence taken at the in
quest appeared to have been justifi-
able homicide" 1t would probably
puzzle the judges of the Supreme
Court as well as the dictionary max
ers to know how murder could DC
| iustifiable homicide.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
Rules ard Directions for the Examination OF
Applicants for Positions IN the
CITY Schools.

/. On the day of examination 1t
will be the duty of the committee
on instruction to have prepared their
sets of questions, known as the pri-
mary, grammar and high school
papers; and to have the value OF
each question previously settled.
2. Applicants will be eligible to
a position IN either the department
corresponding to the set of ques-
tions taken or in any Lo,Oer depart
ment; provided they attain the re-
quired per cent. as is hereinafter
prescribed.
8. Applicants for positions in the
High School Department may take
such part of the High School paper
as pertains to the branches taught
in such positions but under no cir
cumstances will such applicants be
eligible to any other position, either
in the High School or any other
department without further exami-
nation.
4. Papers shall be marked on a
scale of 100. New applicants must
have an oral interview with the
Committee, and will be marked as
to personal bearing. professional
preparation, experience, etc., on
scale of 100. The general average
to be attained by giving a weight
of to the written examination, and
a weight of to the oral interview.
5. Applicants attaining an aver
age of not less than 80 on any study,
and general average of not less
than 60, and no others, shall be eli
gible to position as above speci-
fed.
6. The superintendent shall file
with the Board of Education, before
the annual election of teachers, a
list with his valuation of each teach
er's success marked on scale OF lO0'
7. Teachers whose average in
such report shall be above 65 and
whose average on any former writ
ten examination is So as above shall
be re-eligible to position as above
specified without any further exam
ination.
s. Teachers whose average IL
such report is less than 65 and no
less than 30, and who have ATTAINED
an average on written examination
r which combined with the abov
= will make an average of not les
, than 65 shall be re-eligible to posi-
r ton as above specified.
t 9. Teachers whose average II
: such report shall be below 90 shal
l be ineligible to reelection to an.
4 position in the City Schools.
G 10. The first Saturday in May, a
/. 9 O'Clock is the time set by tn
: Board of Education for the annua
examination of the teachers. ia
pers will be taken UP promptly a
| O'Clock, after which time no appl
, cant shall be examined except b.
!, special permission of the Boarc
! then the examination is to be ca
~ ried on in strict conformity to tn
70 above rules.
"a II. The paper must be designs
ted on each sheet by a speclhe
,o number, and in no case shall tf
70 name of the applicant appear on tn
k paper.
II l2. The questions should not
u written, but each answer should
numbered to correspond with Il
y, number of the question to which
applies.
13. Answers should be full. b'
all minuteness of detail should
= avoided. Solution of the problel
20 should be given in full.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

We have made our position on
the tariff question SO plain ''that the
wayfaring man, though fool, need
not err therein" If the Democrat
can't catch on it is not our fault.
Our contemporary will have to dis
mute the genealogical accuracy OF
the phraze "horizontal reduction"
with the leading newspapers and
pollticians of the Union who brought
it in vogue; it is by no means orig
inal with us.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

T. T. Scruggs, Esq, a rising young
member of the Memphis bar, recent
Iy presided as special Chancellor
over the Shelby county Chancery
court and made very satisfactory
rulings, Considering that MIR.
Scruggs is under the age that would
make him eligible to a judgeshlp
and one of the youngest members OF
the bar, this was a very handsome
commitment.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

Senator Bayard, of Delaware, is
expected as visitor at Belle Meade
farm. SIX miles from Nashville,
some time this month and the
American suggests that he be called
on for a speech in Nashville during
his stay. Senator Bayard and the
American are supposed to tally on
certain points of political import
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

The trial of Jo. Brady, accused OF
the murder of Lord Frederick Cav
endish and Under Secretary Burke,
terminated in a verdict of guilty on
the 18th. The accused was SEN
fenced to be hung.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21

1t is pleasant to know that Sitting
Bull has embraced Christianity, but
nevertheless, the frontier settlers
continue to have a ticklish sensation
about the scalp when that "big in
iunn is in their neighborhood.