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w ct Wheat.
The following preamble and resolution
adopted by the Richmond Grain Exchange,
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The following preamble and resolution
adopted by the Richmond Grain Exchange,
should be read by all cur farmers:
"Whereas the continued rain, which,
from the best information before us, eX-
tends over the greater portion of the
State, is calculated to do serious injury to
shipped to market in damp and damaged
condition, thus causing loss and serious
Inconvenience to all interested in hand
ling the crop; therefore be it
''ReSolued BY the Richnlord Gran, and
Cotton Exchange, That farmers be urgently
requested not to thresh until their wheat
has had ample time after the rain is over
to become thoroughly dry in the shock or
stack, and thus ensure its being sent to
market in dry condition, when it will
bring a batter price. be more quickly
handled and give better satisfaction to all
interested in it's sale or manufacture.
sit being well-ascertained fact that
wheat will dry on the shock more thor
oughly in three to five days of good
weather than in as many weeks after IL
has been threshed, we feel that it is great
ly to the interest of farmers that it should
not be threshed while damp, and the more
especially so since drying in bulk is at
tended with much expense, labor and in.
convenience; while there are many who
claim that wheat when threshed damp
can never be restored to its original quail
ity by the effort to dry. but that each re-
currence of long continued wet weather
will bring back upon it the evidence of
dan pness and its unsound or damaged
smell. Damp wheat has to be sold at from
10 to Csc. per bushel less than dry wheat,
and there are often times when from want
of space in which to dry it. millers decline
to buy at any price.
Papers friendly to the farmers inter
est are requested to copy and thus give as
wide circulation as possible to the above
suggestions"
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Greenville Affairs.

The Greenville Banner furnishes the
following items Of news from that vicin-
ity:
Baptists.-On the third Sunday of Aug
ust at II O'Clock Baptist church will be
organized at Greenville. Before great
while the intended church building will
be under way, and we wish the workers
large success.
Smashup. An extra freight on the
Valley Railroad, which runs few min
utes ahead of the mixed train, came to
grief near Mint spring Saturday forenoon,
going south, resulting in the demolition
of two or three cars. Not until O'Clock
that D. m. was the debris cleared from the
track. Accident was caused by running
fast over track that had that day been
raised from too low position.
Council Our council met, the first time
for the new body, (which is the same as
the old, save one,) on Friday night, the
officers and councilmen having been duly
sworn in. r. H. Palmer was elected com r
of the revenue for the town. For street
committee three were appointed. viz: H.
G. Palmer. A. G.. Duncan, j. B. Burwell /;
for health committee. DR.. Davis, R. F.
Selby, G. w. Fitch. Adjourned.
Dogs killed and crippled seven sheep.
the property of M. M. Dull, Esq, on e
| night short time since.
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Deaths.

On Friday afternoon last, Thomas Ma
honey, an Industrious workman Of Staun-
ton, who was engaged at the Crimora
mines, felt unwell, and started to go te
the station. but missing the train. kept
walking on the railroad track in the hope
of reaching Waynesboro in time to take
the next train for home. On Sunday ar
ternoon, about1 o'clock. man picking
blackberries in the woods, about one mile
north of Waynesboro, saw a man IN a
kneellug position, with his Lands clasped
| across his breast, his head thrown
backward, and his hair matted by the
rain. Thinking the man was drunk ne
paid little attention, but Afterwards
returned and went up to the man and
found he was dead. 1t was Thomas
Mahoney who had died of sunstroke Fri
day afternoon while walking to the rail-
road station, and had laid out In the heavy
rain storm of Saturday. He had evidently
left the track, either to take rest or una
shelter. The remains were brought to
Staunton on Monday and inferred. Mr..
Mahoney was most excellent young man
and only 33 years of age. He leaves
widow, but no children. TIE deceased
was a member of Mountain City Lodge,
l. o. e. T., Of this city.
Mr. Zach McChesney, Jr., one OF the
wealthiest men of his age in the county,
died at his residence on South River on
Sunday morning. Though young man,
hardly thirty-fve years of age, he had in
herited during his life. through his grand
father and uncle, estates valued at $780,
900. He was widower and leaves four
children.
Mr.. James Ship, veteran of the war
of 1912, died near Middlebrcok on Satur-
day in his SS5h year. He leaves widow
for whom but short time before his death
the thoughtful husband had gathered up all
the evidence and legal papers necessary to
her drawing his pension from the govern
ment after his death.
Mr.. Geo. G. Mish, young and well
known farmer, a son of Henry Mish, Esq
died on Saturday near Middlebrook, of
Bright's disease. He was only twenty-six
years of age, and had been an invalid sew
eral months.
Mrs. Sarah N. Mitchell, wife of Magis-
trate Jos. T. Mitchell, died on Tuesday
night last at Chill Crest" near Stanton.
Hill Bargwin. formerly student at the
Hoover High School here, and young
man of considerable musical talent, died
at his home in Charlotte county last week.
He was only seventeen years old.
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The Railroad Sunday Law.

The following is the Railroad Sunday
law passed by the last legislature and
which we reproduce again for the benefit of
those concerned:
1. Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That no railroad company
shall, through any of its agents or en-
ployes, load, unload, run or transport upon
its road on Sunday any car, train OF cars,
or locomotive, nor permit the same to be
done by such agents or employees, except
7-hcre snct caTG, .Esis.S On ioCuln 0Jlvos are
used for the following purposes-viz: For
the relief of wrecked trains or trains so
disabled as to obstruct the main track of
the railroad; for the transportation of the
United States mail. with or without pas
sengers and their baggage; for the trans
portatlon of passengers and their baggage,
for the transportation of live stock; and
for the transportation of articles SO perish
able that their safety would necessarily be
endangered by the delay of one day in
| their passage; provided, however. that
should railroad company have to trans
port live stock OR perishable articles on
Sunday to an extent not sufficient to make
whole train-load, it shall b. lawful for
the railroad company to make up the
train load with cars loaded with ordinary
freight"
z. Inc WORD Sunday IN this ace snail De
construed to embrace only that portion of
the day between sunrise and sunset and
trains in transit having started prior to
II O'Clock on Saturday night may, in order
to reach the terminus or shops of the rail-
road, run until 8 'clock the following
Sunday morning. but not later.
8. Any railroad company violating the
provisions of this act shall be g1ilty of
misdemeanor in each county or corpora
ton in which such car, train of cars or
locomotive shall run. or in which such
Car or train of cars shall be loaded or
| unloaded and upon conviction shall
be fined not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred dollars for each offence.
4. This act shall be construed to embrace
any receiver or trustee of a railroad con-
trolling or operating the same under order
of court, who, for violating the provisions
of this act. shall be liable to the same PEN
alties which are hereby imposed upon a
railroad company.
5. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
The Grand Jury of Richmond on Tues
day indicted the Chesapeake 4 Ohio Rail-
road Company for running trains on their
road on the Sabbath, in violation of the
above law. The case was the first one
under the new law. A test will be made
On its trial, of the validity of that act.
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BREvITIEs.-The Hibernian Beneficial
Society will hold its annual pic mic at Fort
Defiance next Thursday.
The picnic of the children of the
Lutheran Church came off yesterday at
Verona.
In these days of big combinations, the
"Big Two" that have bought out Tom
Burke should take place in the front
rank. The two captains-C Thos. J j..
CrOwder and Capt Julius G. Scheffer-
will hereafter be on deck at the old corner
stand. The retiring Commander, Tom
Burke, made present to his Fir st Mate,
''little Tommy Kiviglan," of $3.50.
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A CHRILDREN's DAY PREsEMT.-At
the Winchester, Braddock street, Metho-
dist church, Rev. DR. John s. Martin,
pastor, the Childrens' Day, Sunday, was a
great floral day. On the arch above the
pulpit were the words. "Glory to God in
the Highest" wrought in letters of living
green. In front of the pulpit was an ever
green arch on which were the words
u17S4-Methodism These words
were formed of the ox-eye field daisies,
and the effect was very striking. Suspend
ed from the centre of the arch was mag
ni(icent basket of flowers. The chief
decoration was ship made of the choic-
eat flowers and named 1.-The old Ship of
Zion.n DR.. Martin delivered the sermon
to the children and in the afternoon the
Sunday school children made the Doctor
q present of the floral ship of Zion,
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Sale of the Rockbridge Alum Springs
Decreed.

Judge Keith, sitting on the Circuit
Court bench for Judge Mclaughlin, on
Monday last granted the application of
James A. Frazier for decree for the sale
of the Rockbridge Alum Springs to salts
fly his lien against it as decided by the
Court of Appeals. Judge Keith held that
the Campbell's vendors lien. as such, is
extinguished by the arrangement between
Campbells' Admir-. and the Rockbridge
Alum Springs Co. by which he took bonds
and stocks of the company; that the de-
cree of the Court of Appeals in favor OF
James A. Frazier, gives him first lien
ON the Rockbrdge Alum Springs proper
ty for $57 .629, Al, subject to discount 10
favor of John N. Hendren, trustee of
VIM. Frazier, of about s27 900 for debts
paid by said Hendren, trustee. Oh which
VIM. Frazier was surety or endorser for
James A. Frazier; the decree does not dis
turb the priority of the Campbell lien In
favor of any one else except James A.
Frazier, nor does it affect the rights OF
any of the other lienors who refused to
take bonds or stocks, or disturb their pri-
critics among themselves. but only post
pones all of them to the lien of James A.
Frazier's recovery subject to the discount
in favor of Hendren, trustee. 1t exhono-
rates G. r. Mason from all liability as
nominal purchaser of the Rockbrldge
Alum Springs property at the sale of June
10Th, 1886, holding him to have been a
mere agent to effect the formation and
incorporation of the Rockbridge Alum
Springs Co. 1t leaves all other questions
of priorities to be settled among the re.
speetive parties themselves after the sale
of the Rockbridge Alum Springs property
has been made. Judge Keith DEGREES that
the sale of the springs property shall take
place on the terms of the former decree Of
the Circuit Court, unless the claim of j. A
Frazier shall lie satisfied within sixty days
from this date. and appoints Judge Joseph
Christian, Attorney General Frank s.
Blair, VIM. A. Anderson. Judge Hugh
W. Shelley and Geo. M. Cochran, Corn
missioners to make the sale.
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A Chance for a Good Book.

Mrs. Montague, the agent for the forth
coming work of the late DR.. Geo. W.
Bagby, published by his widow, will wait
on the citizens of Staunton to-day and
during the next few days, to receive the
names of those who wish to SUBSCRIBE
The subscription is made now and is pay
able when the book Is delivered. 1t has
been our privilege to call attention several
times to this forthcoming work. 1t will
be book that needs no commentator,
the fame of it's author being sufficient for
that; but there is one word we should like
to say for it in another point OF view
The widow of DR.. Bagby for whose bene-
fit and that of her children it is published
is the sister of the late John Hampden
Chamberlayne, and it should be matter
of pleasure to all of US to testify our ap-
probation OF whoever of his blood and
kin he has left behind,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-07-11

A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENTS On
Tuesday night last novel entertainment
was given at the Baptist church, novel in
the fact that the admission fee was book
for the Sunday School Library. Rev.
Allan Curr, the pastor. lectured on ''Sights
and scenes of London Life.'' and Mrs.
Curr gave some of her excellent readings
The receipts were 1872 books worth from
25c to $3.50 each, aggrega ting $75 in
value; $1075 in cash admissions and SIS
received for refreshments. making total
of $100.75. A fine success for novel
idea.
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DIED.


MISH AT Mddebrook July 4th, after six
months illness of Brights disease, Geo. C. Mish,
aged % years, son Of Henry Mish. Esq.
BURGWIN.-Mr. Hill Bull gwin, a young man who
made many friends while at Capt Hoovers
School here, died at his home in Charlotte c0un-
ty, Va, last Sunday, after very brief illness.
He had just returned from Bethel Academy.
sion, and few days after was attacked with in
Illumination of the stomach and bowels super
induced, it was thought by hard study and drill
at that mi ftary school, where he had made a iue
record and won the highest praise of his teach
ers and the friendship and esteem of the whole
school. His amiable disposition and exemplary
conduct, while residing here. endeared him to all
with whom he was associated. He had fine mu-
steal gifts aud while here was a pupil of Miss
Fannie TamS. just two weeks before his death
he presided at the organ in the church from
Which he was buried HIS funeral services were
conducted by Rev. W. d. Morton OF Kentucky.
who was at The time on a visit to his friends in
Charlotte county. 7. c. M.
DAVIES-At her home. Hot Springs, Arkansas
Thursday morning, July Sd, 1884. Mrs Nellie
Davies, daughter of MI Jas. E.. a. Gibbs, Ra-
phine, Rockbridge county, Va She leaves a
husband and five small children. one only few
days old to mourn their irreparable loss.
STUART.-At Midway, May 18th, 1884, Rufus
the late Mr.. Adam HaWpe, near Greenville. His
wife, aged so, died a few days ago.
HANGER-At the house of his brother, near. Mid
debrOok, July 9Th, Augustus T. Hanger, aged %
years, well know plasterer
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Educational Items.

Among the p1pils at Pantop Academy,
Albemarle, who won distinctions at the
commencement there last week, was
Ashby Burke, son of W. A. Burke, Esq,
of Staunton.
Capt. Thomas S. Doyle took charge of
the State school for the education of the
Deaf, Dumb and the Blind on the 1st
inst.
Rev. J. 2. Stridsr, whose name is
familiar to the Presby terians of Staunton,
delivered lecture at Savannah, Ga where
cal Society ON PHILOSOPHY of Education
or Education as a World Problem.''
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Personal.

James Hart, Esq. a prominent merchant
of San Antonio, Texas. is visiting his
brother Maj. Alexander Hart. He is or
his way to family reunion to be held al
the old Hart homestead, in Detroit
Michigan.
Mrs. Samuel M. Bailey. of Cincinnati, is
visiting her relative Mrs. Jos. B. Wood
| ward.
Rev. Geo. F. Lyle preached at Hebron
church. Sunday. Rev. DR.. B. M. Smith
preached for his old charge the Staunton
First Presbyterian church on the same
day.
| Rev. DIR. Gilbert, of Winchester. has
declined the professorship in the Lutheran
theological Seminary at Newburg, s. c.,
to which he was recently elected.
Judge Henry e. Allen, of Shenandoah.
has been elected President of the projected
Massanutten railroad.
Rev. Jos. E. Widemyer, of the United
Brethren church. who was we'll known in
the Allegheny. Highland and Bath cir
cults is dead.
Maj. Jed Hotchkiss has bean elected a
director of the Rorer Iron Company, re-
Gently re-organized at Roanoke city.
Miss Alice Mcclure who has been teach
ing in Carrollton, Mississippi, has returned
home for the vacation.
Miss Katie Baker, dauR hter of Rev. W.
E. Baker, and young lady of most lovely
character, was married at Roosevelt, Cobb
county, Ca, a few days since to DIR. G. A.
Simpson.
Robt. W. Burke and family and Mrs.
M. N. Bailey, are at Atlantic City, N. ].
Mrs. P. B. Sublett and her son Mr..
Sumter B. Sublett, are visiting relatives
in Southside Virginia.
Mr.. A.. F. Robertson and wife are at
the Rawley Springs.
The 'fRellgIous Herald' says "Dr.
Thomas Hume has gone to Augusta coun-
tY to spend the summer. So faithful a
laborer richly deserves season of repose.' 81
They had grand Fourth of July at
Winchester. Among the Stauntonians
who were there were Messrs. Richard
Hardy, McH. Holiday, Jos. Barkman
| and M. Springer.
Prof. Chas. s. Roller has again taken
possession of his old school the Augusta
Male Academy.
The friends of Miss Mary G. Tapscott
the well known teacher, will regret to
Term that she is lying quite ill at the
residence of her aunt Mrs. J. A. Temple
| ton, in this city.
Attorney General Blair did not attend
the hearing Of the Frazier case here on &C.
| count of the death of his brother, Capt
Robt. D. Blair. who died in Washington
county on the I'd inst.
Hugh A. S. Hamilton, Esq, of Augusta,
the successful sheep raiser. has been elect
ed Vice-President of the Roanoke Agri-
cultural Society.
Gen F. H. Smith, Su pit. of the Virginia
Military Institute. was in the city yester-
day.
Simon H. Hilb, Esq has returned from
Arkansas. where he was visiting his
brother at Little Rock. ------ -.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-07-11

EXECUTION POsTPONED.-Judge Hin
ton, of the Supreme Court Of Appeals, has
granted writ of error in the case of Joe
Barbour. sentenced to be hung at Chariot
tesvile on the 25.h of this month. The
clerk has received the supersedeas. The
case will be argued on it's merits at the
session of the Court of Appeals, which
convenes in Staunton on the 10th of Sep
TENDER, when it will decide whether new
trial will be granted.
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Local
Wavnesboro Affairs.

We COPY the following items of Way.
nesboro news from that faithful gathere
of local news, the Waynesboro "Messen'
ger -
City Officers. Town Council has
elected the following municipal officers
Mayor-Dr. W. J. Jones Secretary-L
K. Huff Treasurer-R. G. Wright; Ser
geant-S. A. Ferguson Assistant Ser
geant-James KILLER. The new Mayor
has appointed the following standing com
mittees: Street Committee-Robert. G.
Wright, Chairman, Hugh L Gallaher,
Jr., J. w. Ellison; Water Committee.
X. Huff, Chairman, S. H. Lambert. Phil
lip Killian: Finance Committe-Phillip
Killian, Chairman, J. W. Ellison, ). IL.
Lambert; Ordinance Committee-Hugh
L. Gallaher, Jr., Chairman. Robert G.
Wright, L. K. Huff; Committee on stove
Pipes and Chimneys-S. Fl. Lambert,
Chairman, John W. Ellison, Phillip Kill
lian.
Base Bal.-A match game of base ball
was played between the lads of Stanton
and Waynesboro, yesterday, and the score
stood 4S to g. in favor of the Staunton
lads.
Personal.-Mr. J. A. Templeton. of
Staunton. spent the Fourth with his neph-
ew, Mr.. j. F. Templeton, of this place.
Mr.. Charles Gallaher, of Roanoke.
is spending few days with his father Mr..
Hugh l.. Gallaher. ST., of this borough.
Accident.-Mr. B. F. Smith had his hand
badly crushed Monday, while attempting
to unchoke binder.
The Industries of Waynesboro. cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun" sends
that paper the following about the indus
tries at Waynesboro: Mr.. J. A. Patterson
is now putting up a large Touring mill
with full roller system, and capacity OF
140 barrels daily. In connection with it
he is building an elevator to hold 1000
bushels of wheat. The mill is noted for
its fine flour and has reputation equal
to any in tie State. The south fork of
the Shenandoah runs the mill. Lambert
Bros. and G. W. Alexander have large
furniture factories. A great deal of furni-
ture is furnished locally and shipped all
over the country. Fl. II. Shackelford has
a fine carriage and wagon mandatory;
F. J. Harlow has wagon factory; DR.. W.
A. Jones has factory for manufacturing
split bottom chairs. The work is fine and
they are widely distributed. Rife &
Schoppert make water-rams, feed cutters
and patent grindstones fixtures. They are
sold through this section, apd large guam
titles are shipped to Tabb Bros, Maslin 4
Co., Baltimore. The Crimora Mining
Company is located 7 miles north OF
Waynesboro. The Shenandoah Railroad
has run branch off to the mine. Man.
ganese is the material taken out, and about
1000 tons are shipped per month. J. b.
White 6 Co. operate the mine. Mosby &
Bro. have large nursery here and an
other at Z .ou .1oud. .fheY are live, ener-
getic men. The Virginia China and Fire
Brick Company is located miles south OF
the town. and is just getting in operation
There is fine clay, and the bricks turned
out are said to be as good as those made
of the Mount Savage clay. Large iror
and manganese deposits. as yet undeve-
loped. are nea the town.
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HANDSOME DoNATIoN.-During his
life Mr.. G. H. Mccormick endowed a
Chair at Washington u Lee Uni
versity, contributing the sum of 500, 900
for its maintenance. In the last ten
days Mrs. G. II. Mccormick has further
endowed the Chair established by her
late husband, by forwarding to the
Treasurer of the institution check for
an additional $4,000.
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FIRST WHEAT OF THE SEAsON.-The
first Augusta wheat OF the sea son from
the farm of Archer Walker, near Staun-
ton, 400 bushels of fine Lancaster, was
purchased on Wednesday last by P.
B. Sublett y Son, of this city, at SO cents
per bushel.
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MARRIED.

HUTCHENS-N Iut.., - the .esl
dence of Mr.. David Nmmo, by Rev. r. Smith.
son, Mr.. Peyton e. Hutcheas to Miss Susie
NimmO.
CARTER-NIMMO.-At the same time and place.
by Rev. r.. SmIthSon, Mr.. Milton Carter, OF
SIMPoON-BAKER.-Ont the 18th of June, at the
residence OF Mrs harrington King, of Roswell,
G. A. Simpson OF Atlanta and Miss Kate N.
Baker, daughter of the officiating minister and
grand daughter of Mrs. King. No cards.
LYNCH-BRADY.- Buffalo Forge, Rock.
bridge county, Va, on Wednesday, June 25th,
1884. by Father Jno. W. Lynch, brother of the
groom MI. F. P. Lynch, Clerk of the Circuit
Court OF Jefferson. county, West Virginia. and
Miss Sadie Brady, of Rockbridge county.
OVERWHELMINGLY AT Clifton Forge, July I'd.
at the residence of the brides father, Major
Charlton Shirley, Mr.. G. w. Berry, of Mecklen-
burg county, was married, by Rev E. McCorkle.
to Miss Fannie I. Shirley The ceremony was
performed under floral bell and the bride wore
white with orange blossoms. The attendants
were Mr.. w. A YOuen and Miss l.. E. Shirley,
Mr.. M. Mclaughlin and Miss M. Shirley,
Rev. w. Miller and Miss NJ. Shirley, Mr.. George
Anderson and NJ ISIS Ida Shields, Mr.. Dabney
Echols and Miss Jennie Lemon, MIR. Ed. Ander-
son and Miss q. ROadcap, Mr.. E. Shirley and
Miss M. Roswell, DR.. A. Walkup and Miss M.
YOuell. Mr. j. s. Kent and Miss Joe lemon, Mr..
W Simmons and Miss Lemon, Mr.. Joe Kayser
and Miss A Simmons