Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-04-06
The B. & o. Railroad and the Coupons


! The Chesapeake & Ohio and other rail-
way corporations have paid up their taxes
10 money. The Baltimore and Ohio com-
pany by counsel has carried the matter
into the United States Court. Its counsel,
Messrs. Sheffey 4 BGmgardner of Staun-
ton, last week brought a replevin proceed
ing in the u S. Court at Harrls0nburg,
to recover the property levied on by Spec
ial Commissioner John E. Hamilton.
W. B. Lurty, clerk of the Court.
telegraphed TO Judge Hughes at Rich
mond. asking if a writ should be is
sued to the company Judge Hughes, the
U. s District Judge, telegraphed the fol-
lowing reply:
"In general, courts have no right to Oh
truct executive officers in the collection of
taxes. Property seized by Federal inter-
nal revenue officers canoot be replevied.-
See section 934, United States Revised
Statutes.
81 find no State law permitting property
attached for State taxes to be replevied.-
Validity of seizures is triable in other
ways.
Il cannot award writ of replevin, as of
course, in the case you mention. This may
be an exceptional case and, it desired,
will hear counsel next Monday at Rich
mond. Judge Bond will sit with me-"
Counsel for the company then applied
| to Judge Bond at Baltimore, the U. S.
Circuit Judge, and on his instructions
Clerk Lurty issued the writ, and the prop
erty was released by Mr.. Hamilton after
bond was given.
The b. & D. company were then served
| with notice in the name of Special COM
| missioner John E. Hamilton, that on We'd
| nesday, April 4tfl motion would be sub
mitted before Judge Hughes, sitting at
Harrlsonourg. to quash the writ.
Accordingly on Wednesday last Judge
Hughes sat at Harrisonburg to hear the
case. Attorney General Blair for the State,
moved to quash the writ, and the melton
was resisted by Messrs. W. B. Compto
and A. r. Pendleton for the company
in view of the Importance of the question
| he would arrange with Judge Bond for a
rehearing at Richmond ON Saturday, April
14th. AS the case now stands the property
is under control of Treasurer Hamilton,
but no sale will be made until after the re-
hearing. Should Judges Bond and Hughes
disagree on the 18th inst, the matter will
of consequence go up to the U. S. Supreme
| Court.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Co., had to pay
$3.50 more tax than if it had paid up
promptly.
| FAMOUS PLow INvENToRs.-Ac CORES
pondent writing from Augusta county to
the Industrial South" gives that paper
the origin Of two well known plows. He
corrects the erroneous statement that the
inventor Of the Mccormick plow was
Robert Mccormick the inventor of the
reaper and mower, and says the inventor
of the pillow was Mccormick Of Clarke
or Fauquier county. The Livingston plow
| took its name from the New York county
introduced in the Valley of Virgi nia by
| Schuyler Bradley now near eighty years of
age, who settled near Midway in Augusta
| county where he married sister of the
late David 5. Young, lawyer OF Staun-
ton, and the aunt of Mr.. Hugh F. Lyle
his successor now ia the pillow manufac-
| ture, at Vesuvius. on the Shenandoah
Valley railroad. Mr.. Bradley lost son
in the first battle of Manassas. Some
years after the war he returned to New
York. where he yet lives. Philo Bradley
younger brother, has for years carried
on the plOw man ufacture at Harris0nburg.
FUN AMONG THE COLLEGE GIRLS
The alma Mater, published by tie young
ladies of the Wesleyan Femal,- Institute,
has struck up 4s ABOUT the brightest of the
College journals that We see quoted from
in this country. We give some paragraphs
below from its ''PeTsonals" to show
that 'our girls" are equal if not superior
to ''our boys" in the way of humorous
paragraphing
Some confounded idiot has put that
men where cannot find it" said Mr.. Is
tour CGC y.I UuC OCACl ooJ III ~
about the desk. "Oh-um-yes Thought
so.'' he continued in a lower key, as ne
took the article from behind his ear.
One of cur teachers has received the pet
name of "Crystal, because she is always
on the watch.
Miss Belle B.. who expects to graduate
in June. and who is very DESTROYS OF sue
cess in society afterwards. offered a BOOK
| on the ''Ancient Methods OF Filrtation'
| Imagine her disappointment when IT turn
! ed out to be Ancient Methods OF flftra-
| tion.''
Miss Tom P, who had been looking
| over the health officers weekly report, SAID
| that Total must be al awful malignant
disease. since as many died of it as all the
rest put together -
| Miss Minnie s being asked where her
|, natire place was, replied. Il have none, /
am the daughter Of a Methodist preact er..
Miss Ida H., to one Of her loom mates
''Please raise tie tIaItsit- IT IS so hot.
| DEATH OF AN Old TINE RESIDENT OF
| STAUNToN.--A sel knnwn hotel keeper
| of south western Virginia. Col. John N.
Bosang, died at Brlst ii On Saturday. He
| was born and raised j.. :; aunton, and will
he recollected 10y some OF our oldest cltl-
| yopa as having been one of the managers