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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-29

MAN AND WIFE HANGED BY A MOB
Last week, at Ouray, Colorado, Mike Cud-
digan and his wife we're hanged by mob
for causing, as the lynchers believed, the
death OF Mary Mathews, child, By cruel
treatment. No woman has ever been hang
ed by lynchers in the Southern States. If
this act had been perpetrated 10 the South
what howl would have been raised in the
North
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-29

ID EPORT of the condition of Citizens
LII Building Association on the 3lst OF De-
cember 1885,
Cash on hand - a 493 40
Due from members. ..................,. 247O 43
Property ........... ..... ....... N D3
l7o Shares Redeemed since organization
Cash value of Stock sl52 10 ner share
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20
Patriotic and Sensible.
From Governor Robes Address TO the
State Grange.


The present condition of national affairs Ia
different from what it has been for the mast
twenty-five years. There is new departure,
The party which has 81 long controlled the
country has written Its history, and for the
preseLt has passed substantially out as gov
erning power in the national government.
The executive of the nation and the direction
OF the popular branch of the national legisl a.
ture are in the hands of another political
party; and a full truition OF power Is only re.
sfrlcted by the uncertain term of Office of one
or perhaps two United States Senators. The
government and its great patronage are sub
stantlaily under the control of new dispsn-
sstion, and the responsibility of wise admin-
istration is in new hands. Whataver NAV be
our Judgment as to the wisdom of q change, SIS
loyal citizens we should submit to the will of
the majority, and render the same assistance
as formerly, for wise laws. and the perpetuity
OF government. Above all party considers
tious stands the American government and
whoever tears down or encourages disrespect
FL lis official representatives as one OF the
fruits OF craftsmanship, imperils the fair fame of
the republic at home aud abroad.
Parties are not only inevitable, but are nec-
essary organizations in FREQ government: but
when controlled BY few under the serviie
guidance of party machinery, popular voice
may become stified aud self-government cease
to assert its power. unless remedied by Jude
pendent action. The power which patronage
imparts to party has always giveu the party
in power lmmsnse political advantage, and it
is very difficult to depart from the practices
and ussgss OF many years. The country has
willingly submitted to the rule ito the victors
belong the spoils', although its advantages
may we'll be questioned. There has however
been of late growing sentiment that as large
portion of the official service is of clerical
charact r, the term of Office should be regQa-
ted by faithful and honest dischs srgs of cfficial
duties. Patronage is the most important wheel
in the machinery of party, and while the re-
spoDsible officerslof government should be in
harmony with the administration, it would
break the Objectionable servile role of party
leaders il that blind devotion which makes the
office holder the patron of the appointing pow
er, should be better regulated by wise civil
service rales
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Now is q good opportuni-
ty to make the boys a Mer-
ry Christmas Present with
a very little money. We
have a large lot of Boys
Knee Pant Suits, ranging
i'm sizes from 4 to IL years
that we have marked down
i'm price ''almost half" and
can candidly say are the
best bargains we have ever
offered.
200 Boys Knee Pant Suits,
Sizes 4 TO z years, regular price
$5, 6 and z, now only So and 8 so.
81 Children's Fine WUrsted Dress
Suits,
Regular price, and are cheap at
$12, now reduced to 0nly 500 per
Suit. sizes 4 to 10.
Good All Wool Knee Pant Suits,
For boys 12, 13 and Ia years
old, only 500, 800 and 100,
marked down from 1000.
Large Lot of Boys Fine Blue
Refers
Reduced in price to only SIS.
ESQ Pair Fine All Wool Odd Knee
Pants,
For boys 4 to 10 years, at only
SI.5O each, marked down from
200, 2.25, $50 and 800.
Children's OyercOats,
Only IS cents each, only a few
left, also at 2 so and 800. Great
Bargains i'm Bays OyercOats at
500, ages 4 to IL years.
Bargains in Boys Suits,
At SIS, ages 4 to 8 years, reduced
i'm price from 700 and 8 90.
Everything under price for the Holi.
days. Bargains in Overeoats. listers
and Refers for Men, Boys and Children.
We are closing ont great many lots of
goods this m'snth and we have lots of
GENUINE BARGAINS.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

IfSir John Mcdonald had given his hint
10 regard to the fishery clause to the mari
time provinces little less publicly and a
little sooner it might have done more good.
The maritime provinces let the cat out of the
bag some time ago, and to attempt to recoy-
er her DOW will prove hopeless task. The
fishery clause will have to CO.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

We have now two abstracts of the Nicara-
qua treaty, both claiming to be accurate
The essential point of difference is the na-
ture of the right given the United States in
the territory which the canal will traverse.
According to the New York Times's alb
stract strip six miles wide is to be actually
ceded to the United States and become
part of her POSSESSIONS by the Tribune's alb
stract only right of way is ceded by Mica
ragua. The probability is that the Trib-
une's abstract is the correct one. If 30, the
British lion, which had begun to growl and
show his teeth, may compose himself.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

The bound and revised publication of the
Congressional Record containing the pro-
ceediDgs of the first session of the Forty
eighth Congress makes, with the Index,
library of seven large volumes, containing
about 1900 pages of alleged craftsmanship
and eloquence. 1t is appalling to think how
little of all this is useful for any purpose
except showing that unwise men may get
into high Office.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

The New Age, as well as "Richelieu' Rob-
inson, is troubled over the pomp and circum-
stance attending our Inauguration cereme-
MES. 1t sees, or thinks it does, in the as
sembling of the militia on these occasions
danger to our liberties, and it calls upon
Congress to pass a law declaring the pres
sence OF armed men at the CAPITAL during
the inaugural ceremonies to be equivalent
to declaration of war against the Repub-
lic." The Kentucky Democratic Congress
man who is supposed to be inseparable from
his pistol will be likely to kick vigorously
against such a lay as that.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Col. Dick Bright of Indiana has been to
see Cleveland and has come away impressed
with the idea that Cleveland is a good deal
of civil service reformer, and that there
will be nothing like clean sweep. The
gloom that has been settling down over the
"very hungry and the very thirsty" since
election bids fair to become blackest mid
night. But it will be a bright day for the
reformers if Cleveland stands firm.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Wallace, the Togus murderer, saves his
neck. but at the expense of his freedom.
The jury seems to have been in doubt as to
whether there existed the degree of premed-
itation sufficient to constitute murder in the
first degree, and gave him the benefit of the
doubt. The verdict appears to be Just
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Alderman Tommy Shells of New York.
discussing the confirmation of Fitz John
Porter to be commissioner of public works,
fiercely shouted, Il am ashamed of any man
who tries to seduce the character of this
brave soldier, this patriot and this gentle
man who has died for his country" 1t is
not strange that New York is not proud Of
her aldermen.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

The great sensation which was promised
at the meeting of the New York Academy
of Medicine Thursday night did not come
off. The committee on ethics reported tba,
DR.. Fordyce Barker had, as he claimed, re-
ceived diploma from the French Academy.
and the report was unanimously accepted.
Dr. Barker's accusers were altogether too
previous.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

1t remained for the Calais Times to dis
cover that in the recent elections ''large
portion of the Union soldier element has
been with the Democratic party, and voted
for its candidates, especially for President
and Vice President; and they did SO because
they believed the Republican party had not
been as true to them as their services TO the
country and to the Republican party de-
serves" We suspect the Times is color
blind and cannot distinguish blue from
crav
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Daniel Manning, Cleveland's lieutenant,
recently notified Thurman that the latter s
presence in the cabinet would be agreeable
to the President-elect. The cold Roman" :"
however, sturdy refused to accept the sug-
gestion, not because he has put away ambi-
tion, but becruse his acceptance would make
OF row in Ohio. So the story runs. Wheth-
er or not Thurman goes into the cabinet
there is bonnd to be row in Ohio, while
any honest Democrats and John McLeon
live in the State.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

The legal definition of prize fight. ac-
cording to Judge Barretps language in the
trial of sluggers Sullivan and Greenfield, is
physical contention for supremacy" If
the set-to between Sullivan and Greenfield
was contention of this nature, then they
had violated the New York law against
prize fights, otherwise not. The jury found
that it was not this kind of a contention and
acquitted the defendants. Their idea was
no doubt that it was what the boys call a
"snde show" and probably they were cor
rect
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

It is now nearly week since the London
explosion, and O'Donovan Rosa has not
yet announced that he knew all about it.,
and could have predicted it months ago.
We fear O'Donavan Rossa is dead.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

We do not resd anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
u2n but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com-
euaicstions that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Senator Riddleberger proved unequal to
the task of continuing his speech against
Secretary McCulloch's confirmation until
the fourth Of March. Consequently Mr..
McCalloch has been confirmed.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

If the Harvard College boys would substi-
tute polo for the forbidden football game,
they might still stand chance of getting an
occasional black eye or broken shin,
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

As the days begin TO leDgthen the cold be-
gins to strengthen, is one of the weather
maxims. The days have not yet begun to
lengthen; but nobody wants this degree of
cod to strengthen.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Senator Beck predicts that in sixty DAYS
the silver men will be having their own way.
Not il Senator Bayard is Secretary of the
Treasury. He has never been victim Of
the silver craze.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Mr.. George Ticknor Curtis is still writing
legal opinions on political questions for the
newspapers. Did anyone ever know OF an in
stance when Mr.. Curtis's opinions were re-
garded as of any account?
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Anti7Semiticlsm is new newspaper word
for hostility to the Jews. 1t will be in favor
with those by whom plain speaking is as
much disliked as the Jews ever were.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

Among the many industries that are sus-
pended on account of hard times is the
manufacture of speeches by General B. F.
Butler. The market was much oyerstocked.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

tits said that the dinner given to Senator
German in Washington last Tuesday was
ttsa-c thirteenth that has been given in bis
honor since the election. Isn't this german.
dizing?
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

The Washington correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Post thinks the vacant Alabama claims
judgeship will go to Mr.. d. W. Fessenden.
If it does it will be wisely bestowed.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20

The muskrat which predicted an open
winter and acted accordingly, got his tail
badly frozen yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20
EDUCATIONAL.
ELOCU ION AND VOCAL CuL TURE,
Miss sarah "a. Lnughton,

Miss Sarah Il. Laughton,
graduate Of the National School OF Oratory Phil
adelphia, will receive pupils at Miss Sargent's
14S Spring Street, after Sept 8.
Miss Laughton refers by permission to Moses
True Brown, Prin. of Boston School of Oratory and
Prof. of Elocution at Tufts College. Henry Dixon
Jones, Instructor of Elocution, Harvard College.
w. j. Corthcll, Prin. Western Normal School, Cor
ham, and Thomas Tash, Supt. of Schools, Portland.
sep6 tiay1
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20
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g. C. SHAW & co, 5S5 and 5s7
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w. L. WILSON & CO., Corner Ex-
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A. Il. MILLETT & CO., 581 and
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GLOBE TEA CO., Corner Congress
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JOHN s. FfTZ, Is Washington
Street.
G., w. HAMBLEN, Corner Con-
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SULLIVAN Il OSGOOD, 81 Port
land street.
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AID Grove Sts.
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Portland st.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-20
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
BURIED ALlyE.

WASHINGTON, August 1.-THE back
part of the United States hotel build
ing, situated on Pennsylvania avenue,
a short distance west of the capitol.
fell in without warning this morning,
and buried in its ruins number of
the inmates. The building has 'front.'
;.ge OF I25 feet on the avenue and a
depth of 185 feet, the rear end open
ing on thealley leading from Third to
Fourth-and-a-half street. A small
portion of the rear wall was the first
20 give way, and a general collapse of
the whole rear portion Immediately
followed, sending forth a great cloud
of dust
A general fire alarm was sounded,
which brought to the scene of the
disaster a number of fire engines and
hook and ladder companies and a
force of police
There were about forty-five persons
in the hotel at the time the disaster
occurred, including the guests and
employees, and it was impossible at
FIRST to ascertain how many were
buried IN the mass of debris which
occupied the ground upon which the
rear portion of the building has stood.
Cries and groans could be heard is
soifg from the ruins, showing that all
Vic were there imprisoned were not
dead. A large force of men went to
work at once, and in the course of an
hour Ernest Snooks, boy eleven
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07

THESTATE OF TEXAS. IN THE DISTRICT
Il court October Term, A. d. 1884. To the
sheriff or any constable of Travis county
Greeting:
You are hereby commanded, that by making
publication of this citation in some newspaper
published in the county OF Travis, if there be a
newspaper published in said county, (buJ If
not, then in the nearest county where news
paper is published. } for four consecutive weeks
previous to the return day hereof, you summon
Ed. WilkerSOn who Is a non resident of the
state of Texas, to be and appear before the
district court, TO be holden in and for the
county of Travis. at the court house thereof in
Austin on the first Monday in October 1884.
File number being 1924, then and there to an
swer the petition of Sophia Kreise, filed in
said court, on the % day of July A. d. 1884,
against the said Ed Wilkerson and James V.
Bergen and alleging in substance as follows
tO-wit: That defeRdent, Ed Wilkerson and
TOney Wilkerson, (who is not sued) made, ex-
ecuted and delivered to VIM. &. Bell of Travis
county, Texas, their joint Dromissary note on
the 18th day of June, 1878, for one Thousand
(S1 ,000) dollars currency money of the United
States, bearing interest at the rate of IL cents
per annum, and at the same time and date eX-
ecuted to said Bell, to secure said note and the
further consideration of one dollar, TO them
paid by James V. Bergen, their deed of trust,
conveying to said defeit ant Bergen as trustee
part of lot No. IA four in BLOCK No (43) forty
three in said city of Austin Texas. The part
so conveyed being the northern part of said
lot fronting thirty feet on Congress Avenue
and running back the same width onehundred
and sixty (l60) feet. That afterwards said Bell
departed this life, leaving said te and deed
Of. trust among the assets of his estate. That
the same was subsequently, transferred by the
heirs of said Bell to one Robert Csmpbell for a
valued consideration, who thereafter for like
valuable consideration assigned and trans
ferred the same to plaintiff. Plaintiff prays
Judgment against defendant, Nd Wilkerson,
for the amounG of said note, interest and costs
that said deed of trust be foreclosed upon said
property herein described according to the
provisions thereof, and the proceeds of sale be
applied to the payment of said note, interest
and costs, and il the same be insufficient, that
plaintiff have execution for any balance re-
manning unpaid. Herein fail not, but have you
then and there before said court this writ
with your return thereon, showing how YOU
have executed the same.
WITNESS: Jas. p. Hart, clerk of the dis
trict court of Trays county.
Given under my hand and the seal of said
-, court, in Austin. this the 23d day of
SEAL July A ID. 1884. JAS. P. HART,
-, clerk district court Travis county
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07

years Old, and Annie Dickson (coloreO,
chambpfmaid, were taken out. Both
were alive. but badly injured. In the
meantime it had been aScertained that
the number of persons buried in the
ruins did not probably exceed seven,
viz: Mrs. Belden, wife of the proprie-
tor; Ernest Ssooks, a boy IL years
old, son of restaurant keeper next
door, and five colored servants. 1t is
feared that those who have not yet
been rescued are dead. The part of
the building which fell contained
chiefly rooms appropriated to the use
of the employees of the hotel, and 1t is
believed that none of the guests have
bees either killed or injured.
The United States hotel is one of
the oldest structures in the city, and
it is said to have been for long time
in an unsafe condition.
The barkeeper is reported to have
mad complaint to the inspector of
buildings, some days age, with regard to
its condition, dangerous cracks in the
wall having become visible on the
outside. The part which fell was
cree Ell about twenty-five years ago,
and was five stories high.
Mrs Bedding, wife of the proprietor
of Inc hotel, was rescued alive about
80 o'c.ock, after having been i'm
prisoned four hours. She was on the
first floor of the back building and
was caught in a narrow, V-shaped
spacn, formed by a part OF the second
floor, and was resting in a standing
position against the side of the wall.
A tter the iiremen and volunteers had
worked for two hours digging down
into the debris from the surface, the
force OF tiremen under Captain Cronin
entered from the front building,
| against the back of which t1mberS
and bricks had partly lodged, and
| hearing groans worked their way
by removing timbers and supporting
others. They finally got near enough
to STE Mrs. Bedding and talk to her,
and evidently to hand her some Water
and whisky. She was not crushed,
but was held down by her clothes and
penned in by the fallen timbers.
Jackscrews were brought into service,
al d the weight was held up while
saws and axes were used to cut way
to h,r, at last the reScuers got close
enough to cut her clothing loose, when
they were enabled TO eXtricate her.
She was apparently not overly injured,
but was very much exhausted and
tainted as she was carried out.
Tie dead body of Addie Fletcher,
(colored), head chamber maid, was re-
covered from the ruins this morning.
1t is now believed but one victim re-
mains to be found. This Is Henry
Holt, (colored) The main part OF the
hotel-that fronting on Avenue 2 is
intact, cut under the guardianship OF
the police. AS large force OF labor
ers as can be advantageously en-
ployed. are at work overhauling and
removing the debris. Wide cracks in
the rear walls of that portion OF the
building, that remains standing,
makes the work of the laborers one OF
danger.
English Female Bitters has become
household word. The lisping child
adds its testimony saying sit cured
mama" while the happy mother tells
you it saved her daughter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
81 Never Saw Anything Like 1t

1 NeVef SdW anything IIkU II NJ
said good Mrs. Powers, who had just
rescued her "wickedest" from a nest
of hornets, and was pouring PONDS
EXTRACT upon his wounds. 81
didn't mean the hornets" she added,
turning to her friend Mrs. Goodwin,
81 mean this PONDS EXTRACT, just
see how it acts, and by tomorrow all
this swelling will be gone. It'1 just
the same used internally, and always
cures infammations and hemorrhages
of every sort. would not be without
il for the world"