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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08

Senator Malone has been able to get
away from his Senatorial ''bloody shirt
duties and go to Richmond. 1t used to be
hard to tear himself away from Richmond
and go to Washington. His appearance il
Richmond was so infrequent that the con-
fused hack driver drove him up to tbt
Dispatch Office instead of the Nhig Office.
1t is said that the Generals mission was
TO appoint new leader of the Coalition
in the House in place of Mr.. Banks, who
has been returned to his constituents i'll
Norfolk to undergo another trial at the
ballot oox Oh February 21st.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08

The investigations of public officers art
still the order of the day. Judge Booker
of Elizabeth City county. is to be invesfi-
gated on a charge of bribery, brough
against him in a petition from that coun
ty; Superintendent of E iucation, Farr.
and AttornevGeneral, F. S. Blair, are to
be invest gated on the charge of drawing
their salaries while absent. engaged il
campaign service, and ex-Auditor ALE d
is included in the same investigation witt
Farr and Blair; Judge Shumate, of Eau
quier, is Notified that within twenty days
he is to answer the charges of gross in
competency, and violating the law prohi :
itng the issuing of blank tag receipts
The Committee to investigate the EASTER.
Lunatic Asylum has taken evidence show
ing very gross partiztn conduct of tha'
institution. The counsel of the Asylum
authorities before the Committee is F.
Hubbard. a member of the State
Democratic Committee.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08

A fight between two young lawyers at
Harrisonburg last week brought on a fine
of $50 each.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08
DlSSslY.GTIONS.

DlSSOLp1IONi-Mr. r. Larew having pur-
- chasr the interest of Mr.. j. M Lewis in
the hfm OF LareM & Lewis. The business will
.ereaiter be conducted under the firm name OF
Laie~ son. All parties knowing themselves in
deDted TO LareW II Lewis will call on J w w div
or Il +. Larew, at I.aleW & Son s. who are auth,yS
i Mea TO settle up The Old business All person set
AMI cost, as. after tn 1T dale all account Vii he
aced IN other hands for collection Creditors will
please pr eSeht their caims Mr. Lewis will sill be
G r win The business Of the new firm -
lhanking our frie' DIS and the general public for
aReIr past liberal patronage we ask a cont1nuauce
OF tile same to the new firm
LAREW & LEWIS.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08
LAREw s. LEWIS.

All Ittrlng from the partnership of arew & Lewis
: WISH 10 tliahk my friends pairons for past
'aVois aud ask their support for the new firm
j. M. LEWIS
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08

STAUNrON PERPETUAL BULLYING AND
y LOAN COMPANY.
Aut Orzed capital SiO0.000. Subscribed capital
$3.50 o.
Len money on Real Estate in Stanton and
Augu ta unity. at from on. TO Ten years payable
in m n hly instruments Information furnished Oh
dppiication to The Secretary
ISAA MtrZ, ChAS. A. RICHARDSON.
President. secretary.
sept II
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08


80 49, .sasN,osp ~. ~" 'io ''oN''o'
y, poi s,oeo. VI nio ou.Oei Wy nol'lhe IL
l. u'o ouC,el uE''eu PIouuces d pure
~. so'ue,i uii' aliu IL le'alne Iue ouV-
OIL smells like tallow and looks like tallow,
anu d 'ouln iiseS W ehe suriaee'
nso
eno amy iA'ooi"i' "alo"o paper
OF shenandoah IS dead. The late editor
writes from washington city that threat
enlng letters caused him to change his
residence.
Nv 'noNo o.'S' 'a.' n"' ''i0 io''o"ifg :
Real Estate Agents q, Insurance Agents
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08
CAPITOL NOT kS-STA IE AND
Ma I'I(lN4T,

The State legislature Is still in the thick
of its fight with the creditors. The Sem
ate has passed to their enprossment two
bills which are known as coupon cripplers.
Tney render it impossible to deal in
coupons excerpt through Il channel which
requires license of 81 600. The number
of each coupon has to be given on certi-
ficate from the seller. or must he ex Tilted
along with the bond from which it is clip
ped before any collecting officer is allowed
to accept it in payment of taxes. 1t is un-
lawful to buy coupon outside of Virginia
and bring it into the State unless the
broker from whom it was purchased had
been licensed by the State to deal IN them.
The bill is severe on holders of forged or
worthless coupons. A provision of tie
bills gives any informer of an illegal trans
action in coupons twenty per centun of
the face value Of the co ipOns.
A bill offered by Senator Mccormick
has passed the Senate, providing for vacat-
ing all the Offices of judges of elections
and reg istrars, and choosing their success
sors by electoral boards to be elected by
the legislature. The bill declares vacant
the offices of all the registrars, judges and
commissioners of election in each city and
county of the State, and that the General
Assembly shall during the session of the
legislature, and every four years there
after, proceed to elect three qualified
voters who shall hr freeholdtIs a I. j.
dents of each city and county for which
they are appointed in this coz mon " ealth,
to be known as the county or city cleo
toral toard, as the case may be, WHO shall
go into flee en- the first day of the month
succeeding their election. The said cleo
toral boards shall have power, and it
shall be their duty, to proceed to fill the
Offices Of registrars, judges and clerks OF
election. The bill now gees to the House.
A bill has been reported by the Senate
committee on Public Instruction to
amend the present law so as to provide
that tie General Assembly shall, during
its session of 1883, and every four years
thereafter, elect three citlZens of each
county, said officers to go into office on the
1st of April su cceediDg their election, t.
hold { flee for four years. All vacancies
existing or occurring in District Boards
of School Trustees are to be filled by tht
said County Electoral Boards. The effect
of the bill is 60 take away the power ot
Z unity Superintendent, as is now the
case. The bill viii! not affect the appoint.
ment of Trustees in cities where they are
now elected by the City Councils.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08

fNHAS. 7. Pa LINER,
DEALER N.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08
MISCEa41.AN EtsUS.

t,rOIEN From the residence of Mr. Babtiste
> Denis on the court day of last February,
1888 pocket book containing some ONE, money and
some papers; among the papers deed to a lol In
Richmond. Hollywood b lying around, II AIDED
section G. lot IS, belonging 10 Bryant an ILL.,,
IAN 25-3t MRS. MARY DENIS.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08

NOTICE All persons indebted to GAIT &c
~ kerr will please close up their accounts
before FEBRUARY lsr 1884. as after that date our
books will be turned .er to collector.
Respectfully
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-08

HOGS WANTED.-I want to purchase $50
10Th of February. ~ '"''" y r, 12l pounds.
feb1 2t* w RI up 10 the
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
ADJUSTMENTS OF MlLLloNAlRes.


The Rrisxatio0s to Which They Re-
ser, ~ u Sanitary Necessity.
New Yur Cor. Pli adelphia Record.l
Some years ago sat one evening
reading volume of Prescott's histo.
ries in the library OF rich Wall street
man who was bank president at 30,
when he came in and asked me il
really enjoyed reading such books. He
added that he found il impossible to in
terest himself in any of the hundreds of
volumes he had purchased, though he
had tried hard to do so. when take
them up" he said, Il see nothing but
rows OF stock quotations on every
page This gentl man died at 40 and
left large fortune which his family has
since dissipated. al lac had anything
to occupy his mind outside of his office
and when he left Wall street he might
have l,ed to enioy the pleasure of
spending the million he had made. In
almost every case some special amuse.
ment or point of relaxation is sani-
tary necessity for The business man
whose brain is racked by the concen.
trated pressure of his six hours of daily
street" labor.
Jay Could is a diligent reader OF
books and ciltivator Of exotics. Van
d.ibilt never opens book, but his
no. SEES and stables help to freshen up
his intellect. John Jacob Aston climbs
Ia The top of his house, and in a Sc
Guided sanctum hammers away at some
mechanical inventions that are to revo.
la;ionize the industrial world that is
to say. if they are ever perfected.
Yachts, horses, aviaries, dogs, flies aud
ishing-rods, or double-barreled shot
guns distract the attention of other men
o. wealth from the cares which riches
bring in their train, and preserve the
mental balance Of their devotees.. One
well known broker keeps select as
sortment of fowls in his backward, and
he has no sooner entered his front door
than he makes bolt for the chicken
coop, where he fuses about until the
repeated clamor of starving house
hold calls him to dinner. His neigh.
bors complain of the growing I'd his
pet ROSTERS, but he has permit
which protects his feathered friends,
and he defes criticism. Before he kept
fowls his nights were almost sleepless;
but now he shores all night like
farmer.
1t is the same story all around. IF
did not do this or that | should de-
say those business. worn men who have
returned to the loves and likings of
their early life for relief against BLACK
care BY the way, the contingent of
Wall street fishermen has returned
from the first two or three days sport
among the trout brooks of Long Island
with unreasonable disgust on their
faces. In the teeth of ablinding snow
storm, and in some cases after wading
through respectable drifts, they found
the fish too sluggish to make Q fight,
though content to be caught, provided
the fly were dropped squarely before
their jaws. Their two days diversion
will last them for some weeks.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15

Ny son, il you are coming into Wall
street to speculate come well heeled
That is, bring about sl0O, 900 with you.
A man may be handsome and ever SO
good, but when it comes TO margins the
brokers want cash.
After you have got here with your
cash you want TO sit down and study a
few Of the big spectators. Gould,
Vanderbilt. Sage, keene and the re t
of the boys have their peculiar traits
and tricks. Il will be worth sl0,OOU
to you to know that when Gould turns
bull il is out Of pure kindness TO suffer-
ing friends whose stocks have been
crawling backwards.
You will make some money. The
chances are ninety.nine in 100 that you
will. You will feel exultant and pulled
up. and you will pity men who haven't
the nerve to speculate. You will find
yourself sailing with fair breeze and
a clear sea, and if your arms are long
enough you will pat yourself on the
back.
Then you will put your hat on your
ear and bait your hook for big fish.
You'll get bite or two and feel
tickled to death. You may even haul
u sucker half way out Of water, but
oil Of . sudden away goes hook and
line and pole, and an ice wagon knocks
You down, an omnibus runs over you, q
policeman clubs your bleeding remains,
and good-hearted blind man offers to
show you some of the dirt roads leading
to the country.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
Pater Faniiias' Discovery.


Arriving home rather late few
nights back ! was accosted by police.
man who was hanging about outside my
gate.
Beg pardon, sir; but are you aware
of the goings-on of your servantsg'
"No; what do you mean" / said
rather sharply.
well, sir, it's just this: there amt
one on 'em about the place"
~Oh, nonsense" said. "Why, they've
all been in bed and asleep these two
hours"
Excuse me, sir, but II you'll follow
me Ill soon convince you that you
haven't servant in your house.
Seeing the man was serious, followed
him to q certain dancing saloon not
very far away. had little difficulty N
gaining admittsnce, and there, sure
enough. was cook, housemaid and nurse
disporting themselves in the may
valse. The nurse was the first TO spot"
me, and at once began to demonstrate
with her fer neglecting her special
charge "A child in arms. Imagine NY
horror when, al defense, she pro.
duced the prize o the family from o
cupboard in tie corner, where she had
carefully slowed it away 30 thar the en-.
joyment OF the dance might not be in.
terfered with.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
Thir r~u Millions from GuupswaeA
lPhilAdalphia Record

Thsr ecu Millions from GuUpswaeA
philadelphia Record.
Mr.. Lammot Dupont, who was killed
by the explosion ct Thompson's Point,
il said to have been worth $4,000, 100.
He had o controlling interest in the man.
ufacture ofnearly oil the high explosives
that were made in the United States
and Canada east of the Rocky noun.
tains. Ten million pounds of these
materials were consumed in the country
in 1882, the Repauno company's works
ct Thompson's Point producing one.
third of this amount He is credited
with having organized combination Of
oil the makers of high explosives.
When negotiating with the Panama
Canal company for the powder to be
used in that work he guaranteed to sup.
ply twelve tons OF Atlas powder daily
il that amount were needed.
Cne of the most daring achievements
recorded in the history OF the present
century is one of which he was the cen
trail figure. During the Crimean war
the Russian government ran out OF
powder, and the explosive was required
to continue the defense of Sebastopol.
A cargo was purchased from the Du-
points in this country and was placed IN
in a steamship lying of Baltimore.
The British had frigates posted in wait.
ing outside the Chesapeake. After
seven feints the watchers were eluded
and chase began across the Atlantic,
through Gibraltar, and up the Medi.
terranean sea. With remarkably good
fortune the vessel passed through tle
Bosporus and into the lila Il
sea unchecked; but when near
ing the place OF contention the
English war.ships hailed the stranger.
Young Dupont was at the helm himself,
and insisted that the vessel proceed, rot
needing the signals from the war-shi,s.
Two broadsides were poured into tie
vessel, but she was able to steam ahea,.
and steer through the rocks, and was
beached inside the Russian lines. This
daring adventurer saved the cargo for
which the Russian government paid the
sum of s3,OO0,O00.
Throughout the civil war the family
rendered distinguished services to the
government, and at the very beginning
Of the rebellion Mr.. Lammot Dupont
was placed in position by which,
through his energy and genius, the
country was supplied with the means Of
defense for the ensuing conflict.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
American Hetrew.l


The Soudan is none other than the
Cush of the Bible, which the Septuagint
and the yulgate render Ethiopia. When
Moses had arrived at man estate Egypt
was invaded by an Ethiopian army,
which successfully laid waste the coun.
try as far as Memphis. In their de.
spair the Egyptians prayed to their
oracles for aid, and the advice they re.
ceived was that they should offer
the leadership of their armies to
Moses, the Hebrew" This they did.
The great difficulty Of the campaign
was to traverse the roads which led to
the Ethiopian camp, in consequence Of
their being infested with dangerous ser.
pents. The willy kraelite provided his
advance guard with q number Of ibes in
baskets and instructed the soldiers TO
let the birds loose ON the serpents. BY
this ingenious expedient the roads were
speedily cleared and Moses was enabled
to surprise the Philippians and defeat
them with great slaughter.
Carrying the war into Meroe itself,
Moses then laid siege to the capital,
Saba. The obstinate resistance offered
by the defenders prolonged the siege
for some time, but eventually the city
was delivered up by Tharbis, the
daughter Of the Ethiopian king. who
had watched Moses from o distance,
and from admiring his valor had fallen
in love with him. The story ends
happily with the marriage Of Moses and
Tharbis.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15

BRADsTREET's, the leading financial
journal of this country. has this to say
of last weeks failures in New York:
"The severe shaking up which Wall
street has received in the post week by
the failure IT the Marine Bank and
the suspension Of Grant 4 Ward exer-
cised IA very depressing effect on the
stock market. The more the opera
tions Of this firm have been inquired
into the worse they appear, and the
developments have made very bad
state of feeling In the street. The
Erie Company was mixed up with the
firm and the bank in u variety of ways
and will come out heavy loser,
though exactly how has not yet been
explained In detail. Erie surieties
have been severely affected, and have
been dropping almost from the mo-
ment of the failure of the bank was an.
nounced. The indirect effect Of tn,
failure was to cause hastv selling ol
stocks held 10y people out Of town, SC
that the market had generally sever
er fall the day after the event than on
the day itself. The Wall street fail.
ures of the week are full of instruction
Notable among the lessons IL the con.
hrmatiou of the wisdom of the law
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15

The vendetta still survives in Naples,
but it 10 curious that warning Of it is
never given in words. The language
of signs, which every Neapolitan Of the
lower classes knows, is generally used,
and the gesture most commonly EN-.
ployed is made by pressing the thumb
and fore6nger together in such o way
as to leave small narrow space lie.
tween them, which is supposed TO typ.
ify the hole the challenger hopes to
make in his adversary's body. In Ma.
Piles, too, men still bite their thumbs
as they did in the days Of Sampson and
Gregory; and this in not an expression
of contempt, but declaration OF war
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
Turned Tn. lsaugh.
Nashville American. /

There was an amusing occurrence on
the corner Of Cherry and Church streets
which was witnessed by passers by. A
printer, nicnamed Little Breeches, T"
from his diminutive size, met colored
man of Jack Falstatf order. The
former began laughing at the latter,
wien the huge proportional colored
individual, said: "Look-a-heah, white
man, don't you make fun OBJ de work
oh de Almighty. He done finished me,
but He stopped on you before He was
half DONE"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
Miles City Registsrship.

Washington dispatch states that the
contest over the registership Of the
Miles City land Office Is hot one, but
that Captain Kreidler's claims TO re-
appointment are being urged by q
powerful combination Of influences,
and his friends feel sanguine. He has
strong support from Montana and
New York. and from Indiana ms well.
His home endorsement is very vigor-
GUS mud active. II IL understood at
Che department that ChrIsholm can
have place fu ly as good somewhere
else, and his acceptance Of II would
ssttle the question.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
Thursday, May IS, 1884.
THE FAILURES.

The news of the financial earth
quake in New York comes like Il
thunder clap out of clear sky. If it
il true that Jay Gould has succumbed
there will undoubtedly be IA long line
dragged down with him aud the effect
on the larger cities where business has
been carried over the bridge of credit
to speculative lengths, cannot be
otherwise than disastrous. Dealers In
long options ia every commodity will
find their holdings shrink to almost
nothing, and the demands for mar
gins will be urgent and continuous.
The shorts will have the best Of 1t,
though If the crash is rs general as il
Is rumore,l, IL is doubtful IL their
"puts" will be met by the buyer Us
scarcely any of the speculative brood
will be In shape to receive stocks or
produce even at market quotations, NOT
to speal of anything above. Booming
cities ia the states that have enjoyed
q fabu Gus market in real estate, such
particularly rs st. Paul and Mime
apoli. during the past year or two,
will find themselves hard hit, AS the
bulk Of the trading done has been on
credit with the alleged value Of the
real estate us security. With shrink
ing values and an inability to unload
the luckless speculators must 20 the
wall, and the banks that have accom-
modate6 them will naturally suffer
severely. As for our home interest, II
IL scarcely possible, even should the
disaster prove as wide spread as ru-
NOR mskes ii, that its effects will be
perceptible here. But little If any
foreign capital Is invested In our mer-
camille concerns and our two banks.
with the exception of what they may
have deposited with eastern cores
pondents, are wholly unconnected
with the financial sea In which the
whirlpool is now raging. We are
practically uninterested spectators.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
wsshingten Net ~ Angler.
lpniladalnhiA Call

Jones--What an enthusiastic old
angler George Washington was!
smith Washington! Why he was
not Q fisherman.
Joues-Indeed he was Q great lover
Of the sport. He wrote book about IL.
Sm.th-Are you not thinking Of
LEAK Wslton2
Jones--Ixaak Walton! Why that's .
fact; 20 was. Il was not Washington,
Of course. He was mot an angler.
Smith-No, indeed; Washington
could not tell 0 lie.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15

Indianapolis Journal: II the nation
would stand it must stand for and upon
righteousness, the right in little as m
big things. Integrity does not mean
honesty In q thonsaDd-iollar transa =
ton alone; II means honesty N the one
dollar and the one cent matters.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15

lions Herald: One may hold with
little harm an opinion in his own mind,
but wheu he stands upon plat orm, or
speaAsi the pulpit, no per on can
mea IRE tie pos, BILE results OF the ut.
crane Of INV holesoms opinions.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-05-15
ON Q lDeath.a spree,
tCor. N. o. Times-Democrat. ]

VCOf. ", y. IImes-Dem0cTat
saw young man to-day who had
$2,OuO to spend, and only three months
for the job. How was thstp Why, he
has consumption, and the doctors ~
sure him that he will die about the LIST
OF next July. He Is rounder. and has
figured mp his finances 90 % 10 exactly
leave enough TO bury him. The rest he
will spend in riotous plea .ures. l read
OF such case, and didn't believe IL;
but this one Is fact, and isn't il horri.
BILE to think Of delth-spree2
George William Curtis is reported
to have said that there Is no important
ii,cra y project afoot either in Europe
o. Aa.e. o..
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-13

supremacy in national affairs, they can
not conscicntiously vote for tho demo.
cratic ticket and for the reinstatement in
power of party of doubtful loyalty, OF
unqucstioncd dishonesty, and offreo trade
instincts aud predictions.
TO the questions, therefore, where
will the independent republican kickcrs
goy' and "what will they dor we can
say in all truth and candor that they will
be found at the polls in November with
Blaine and Logan ballots in thoir hands,
voting and working for the American
party Of progress, civil liberty, honesty,
aud the protection Of American industry.
The so.callod bolt was at its best of
ridiculously insignificant proportions
compared to the bolt OF 1872, when
Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, Charles
Sumner. Gov. Curtin, John NJ. Palmor,
George w. Julian, Gov. Blair Reuben
Fon.on, james II. Doolittlo, Joseph Me-
dill Murat Halstcad, Horace White, Carl
Schurz, and other republicans Of national
reputation and vast influence walked out
Of the republican into tho democratic
party A party that won one Of its great
est victories on the heels OF tho desertion
of the men enumerated above will prob
ably survive tho loss, for tho second timo,
of Carl Schurz, tho political adventuror,
and Of George William Curtis, Joseph W.
Harper, jr., Henry Ward Beecher, and
and-and, we'll, we do not remember that
anybody clso of consequence won't out
and stayed out.