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Dodge City times., 1884-04-17
ReSistless Power Of On Avalanche.

One Of the grandest snow-slides that
ever occurred IN Colorado took place a
few days ago just back of the Upper
Twin Lakes. Judge Harlan, an eve
witness, says it was the most sublime
sight he ever witnessed. Just back of
Twin Lakes are Pomeroy, Gordon and
Francis Clutches. on each side of which
the mountains rise thousands of feet.
The sides of these giants of the Rockies
had been covered during the heavy and
protracted storms with an enormous
depth of snow. until the weight had be-
come such that it could be sustained no
longer. The Judge says that, as it hap
pened. he was standing where he could
see the avalanche perfectly. All at
once his ears were greeted with low,
rumblipg sound that seemed like the
roar Of distant storm. and almost
simultaneously an immense volume of
snow began to move down the mountain
side in one of the gulches toward the
road. The agitation seemed to break
loose the snow from its moorings in the
other two gulches, and almost before
one had tine to think hundreds of acres
OF snow were coming down the mount
ain with roar like thunder, and filling
the air with spray as they tore through
the trees and carried every thing before
them. As they descended their velocity
increased until the rapidity with which
the great field of snow and debris came
down was something terrific. The dis
tance, he saws. must have been q mile
from where the avalanche started to the
valley where it stopped. So deep was
the snow that grove of quaking asp,
whose trees were from twenty to forty
feet high. was completely buried from
sight Logs foot and q half in thick
ness. that lay in the way of the slide,
were snapped in two like straws; trees
that were too tall to be covered up
were torn from their rooted places in
tho mountain sides and carried like
leaves with the avalanche. The yeloc-
ity OF air produced by the avalanche blew
down trees that were clear outside of
the track Of the slide. Fortunately no
one was in the way, and no lives were
lost Denuer (CoL) Ne,cs.
Dodge City times., 1884-04-17
ONLY o Remnant.

Yes, only bit of crumpled silk hid
away amidst the luxuriant disorder of a
lady's shopping bag. A slender slice of
shimmering silk in close companionship
with dainty pocket-handkerchief, a
button-hook, very rich portemonnaie
with very poor interior, ten or twenty
wrinkled hair-pins, three car-tickets, q
recipe or two, q card case. and mis-
cellaneous asso "tment OF caramels, gum
drops, and dreamy, complex atmos-
phere of 2atchouly and hamamelis.
Only remnant.
But a remnant with q history, a rem
nant with future full of romantic pos
sibilities.
That remnant was e pl,Irfbus unun,:
that is to say, one of many which were
to find temporary accommodation in
that shopping-bag; many which were
to be got by means similar to those which
Sc :ured this.
But our business at present is not with
them, but with this one only; this soli-
tary remnant; this silken hermit.
On the morning of the day which found
this remnant in Mrs. Shoppington s
shopping bag, Mrs. S. started out bright
and early, arrayed in her best attire and
her most insinuating smile. This was
sufficient indication that she was bent
on day of pleasure. to-wit, she was 60
ing a shopping.
Following the injunction of old, she
took nc scrip in her purse, or none to
speak of. Money is the last thing thought
OF or needed to the woman on a shop
ping tour. There is this difference be-
tween the sexes, q man buys, q woman
shops.
Mrs. Shoppington, her shopping-bag
and its contents, including the remnant,
the hero of our story, had just emerged
from the establishment OF Satinsheen &
Grosgrain's. Mrs. Shoppington had
been successful in that establishment.
She had made q goodly begin
ming. and Ms. Shoppington was happy.
She had told the clerk that she wished
to look at some of his silk. She was
better than her word. She looked at all
the accommodating clerk showed her,
and he showed her the entire stock in
trade. Then she informed him that she
was not ready to purchase that day.
She had not come prepared to buy In
deed she had not thought of visiting any
store, being in great hurry to visit .
relative in the suburbs; but just as she
was about passing the door she remem-
bered that she wished to look at some
silks, and she couldn't resist the temp
tation to step in for just moment. She
was very sorry she had put him to such
trouble. but would the clerk give q pat
tern of that lovely silk upon which her
eyes fingered SO admiringly.
The clerk would, and he did, and
hence the remnant in Mrs. Shopping
tons shopping-bag, and hence her hap
py countenance.
But Mrs. Shoppington did not hurry
away to the railway station. Possibly
she had forgotten her relative in the
suburbs whilst feasting her eyes upon
those silken temptations or in her joy
over the remnant in her shopping
bar.
For she entered the dry-goocs house
OF Hamburg & Co., q few doors away,
and went insi;nctively to the silk coun- |
ter. She was shown several invoices of |
the glossy fabric, and then, as in Satin
Dodge City times., 1884-04-17

''Clcarin' upp" replied the Old
Settler. Il hain't been able to see no
sign O. any clearin' up yit. 1t usety be,
b'gosh, that ye could go little by the
moon in maxim yer calculations bout
things; but fur all the use the moon is
now fur that. ye mowt jest ez well
scoop the in ards out'n skim-milk
cheese, light taller dip, an put it in
it, an hang it up on flag pole. l ben
sayin' along during this damp spell:
Wait till the moon changes. an this
weather'll flop 'roun' VITA a jerk, an
we'll hev it drycr'n q temper nee pic
mic, an colder'n an icicle otf'n the
North Pole Wal. the moon changed
t'other day, but 'stid O the weather
fetchin' up with short jerk an takin'
the back track, it just tuck to rainin'
all the harder, an gives me durn nice
record for KNOWN . thing rr two. !
tell ye, b'gosh, that these g;.strominers
that's settin' up nights all over the
country, pokin' their spyglasses round,
drawin' bead on q comet ev'ry little
spell. an wingin' new star now an
then. an q gossipin' bout what they
imagine they've foun' out, like lot O.
ole women at q tea party, is playin'
hob with things in this mundane spear.
Fore we know d that they was noun
tains on the moon things worked all
right. We know'd jist wen to pole
our beans an stick our peas; wen to
'spect wet weather an wen we was
gointer hev drout; wen to 60 . fishin'
an wen to kill our pigs. But now
we're gittin' too smart, an we don't
know nothin'. 'Twon't s'prise me q
durn bit to wake up some fine mornin'
an find ev'rything drownded out, or
burnt up, or knocked pizzle-jee-whang,
by comet gettin' on its ear. 'Twon t,
b'gosh!"-N r Sun.
Dodge City times., 1884-04-17
IAN IDYL." /"

AFabella was a schoolgirl
So was Sally Ann:
nasty pudding can't be thicker
Than two schoolgirls can.
These were thick as schoolgirls can be:
Oeathless love they swOre,
Vowed that naught on earth should part them,
One forever more.
They grew up as 5chool-girls will do:
Went to parties. too;
And. as oft before has happened,
Suitors came to WOO.
As fate or luck would have II,
One misguided man
Favored blue eyed Arabella
More than Sally Ann.
And, of course, 1t made no difference
That the laws are such
That he could not wed two women,
Though they wished IL much.
So q GOODNESS rose between them,
And the cause-a man.
Cold was Arabella-very-
Colder Sally Ann.
Now they call each other creature"
What is still more sad
Bella, though she won the treasure,
Wishes Sally had.
-Detrou Free Press.
Dodge City times., 1884-04-17

Stanley has visited the Congo Val
ley north Of the equator, and finds q
dense and enterprising population OF
probably 40, ,000, ,OO0.-M 7. Herotd4
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

way as shall be at the time enclose1 &C
cording to the provisions Of this act, I'M
less such person, animal or property shall
BIS thereon by or with the expressed con-
sent and permission of the company.
PENALTIES FOR OBSTRUCTION.
6. II any person shall Obstruct any rail-
road not fenced according to the provis.
ions Of this act, by placing or wilfully con-
irving to have 60 thereon, any animal or
animals, by the killing or injury of which
he might become entitled to recover un-
der this act, he shall be deemed guilty of
a felony, and on conviction thereof he
confined in the penitentiary not less than
one year nor more than ten years: provided
that nothing contained in this section
shall be so construed as to limit or inter-
fere with any right which any person
might otherwise have, to pasture lands
through which a railroad may pass. or to
turn or keep thereon any animal or ami
mails aforesaid. No railroad company
shall run any locomotive, or allow the
same to be run upon its track, without
having an approved spark arrester over
the mouth of the smoke stack of such To-
connective. For any failure to comply with
this requirement, the company failing to
comply Herewith shall pay a fine of ten
dollars for each offence, and shall be liza
bic to the party injured, for all damages
occasioned by fire communicated from
such locomotives: provided that such
damage was not occasioned, in whole or
in part, by the contributive negligence of
the party injured or his agents.
10. This act shall be in force twelve
months after its passage.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

A VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT. Mr..
Jas. A. Patterson, proprietor of the
Waynesboro FIGURING Mills, has just com
pleted the erection of grain elevator
there. 1t is 40x32 feet. IS feet high, and
has capacity of $4,000 bushels. 1t is
covered with corrugated iron. 1t takes
the wheat from wagon and to hopper
which delivers it upon scale, where it is
weighed, and then passes on to the upper
part of the mill. 1t is automatic and can
unload hundred bushel wagon of wheat
in five minutes. The elevator takes up
the marketable wheat and carries it to any
bin, and if it is not marketable it carries it
up to be cleaned. ITS erection is very
credltable to the enterprise of Mr.. Patter-
son, particularly as, we believe, it is the
only one in the Valley.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13
The Chicago kilograms.

The crowds that gathered around the
INDICATORS bulletin board last week,
were indebted to the Western Union
Telegraph Co. for the best telegraph SER
vice we have ever seen in connection
with public events. The scenes in the
convention we're told off just as tEey VI ere
occurring, every two or three minutes,
and the vote of each State was in Staun-
ton almost the moment it was announced
in the convention. The difference in time
between Staunton and Chicago-it being
10 O'Clock here when it is clock there
made the thinning" of the messages give
the appearance that they were an hour
coming, but the fact was they were in
Simultaneous. Mr.. W. w. Gibbs, the Man
ager of the W. U. Office here, facilitated
the quick transmission, by prompt loo al
delivery. and made the event succ ess
that has not been heretofore approached
in reporting political conventions.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

THE OWNERSHIP OF THE Posi- OFFICE
BUILDING.-An interesting suit is pend
ing in the Circuit Court involving the
ownership of that well known property on
Main street, partly occupied by the Post
Office. The property was owned in old
times. by the Central Bank, and the suit
which is to decide its ownership, is
brought by Mrs. M. A. Tams against the
late DR.. b. Is. Donaghe's administrator
and heirs. 1t is an intricate law case and at
tracts much attention from the legal pro-
fession. 1t will probably be decided at
the next term of the Circuit Court. Geo.
M. Harrison is for the defendants and
She fey 4 Bumgardner for the plaintiffs.
The argument OF MIR. Harrison in this re-
markable case deserves to rank as one of
the ablest and clearest presentations OF an
intricate civil suit that has been made in
this court, and was so pronounced by those
who heard it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

HUsTINGs' CoURT-J,sdqe Smath. pre-
sidang.-Jos. B. Woodward was appointed
Registrar of Ward No. 1, vice Edward
Hall, resigned.
Case of Daniel Croghan, indicted for
shooting man on election day, was con-
tlnued until the June term.
Rev. Allan Curr, of the Baptist Church.
was authorized to celebrate the rites Ct
matrimony.
A b. Llghsner was granted letters of
administration on the estate of Archibald
Gordon, decd, and Jos. B. Woodward,
Newton Argenbright, r. 2. Bell, A. G.
Gordon and W. A. Hudson, appointed as
appraisers.
License to sell liquor by retail was
granted Timothy Hounihan and VIM. J.
Doyle, to keep a bar.room on Augusta st.
The will of B. B. Crowder was admitted
to record, appointing T. J. C1owder, exc
cutor. j. G. Scheffer, j. D. Crowle, W.
IL. II. Lynn, Geo. A. Hutcheson and w.
A. Gushing were authorized to appraise his
estate.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

SUITS FOR DAMAG Es FROM RAIL
RoADs-At the last term of the Circuit
Court, just closed, the verdict of $4,000
damages against the Z. & o. road, in
favor of Jas. E. Thacker, for being knock.
ed off the arch-bridge by train, was set
aside by Judge Mclaughlin, as contr airy
to the law and the evidence. In the same
court, Mrs. M. L. Gay, recovered YER
die for $24O against the Valley r r. Co.,
for trains killing her horses; Mr.. VIM.
T. Gay recovered against the same COM
pany verdict for $500, for its trains kill
Ing mare and colt, and Mr.. John Chris
tian gained verdict of $271 against the
c. Il o. road, for its trains burning his
fences, &C., on his farm near Swoope's.
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Very Interesting to the Farmers.

Our farmers will remember that at the
exhibition of our county fair last October
there were large number of agricultural
implements the gift of the firm of w. fl.
FL. Lynn & Co.. to be distributed as prizes
for crops raised thas year, 1884 1t is in
terestlng to the farming community now
to know that these implements will be
awarded by competent committee at the
coming county fair. We give the list of
these special prizes Of Lynn & Co., and
what they are to be awarded for:
One BicEford & Huffman Farmers Fa-
vorte Grain and Fertilizer Drill. value
500, for the best contiguous acres of
wheat, sowed with Bickford u Huffman
Drill. The wheat to be sowed last fall,
(1SS3.) The crop to have It's amount accu
rately ascertained by actual measurement
or weight: surveyors plot and certificate
not less than two bushels of product, and
certificate of two disinterested witnesses
as to measurement or weight, to be filed
with Secretary of B. A. Fair when placed
upon exhibition.
Also offer special premium of celebrated
Thomas Hay Rake" value $40. for the
best contiguous 5 acres of hay-clover,
timothy or mixture, raked with Thomas
Hay Rake, made in 1884.
Also the Meadow King Moving Ma
chine.' value SIS, for the best contiguous
5 acres of hay-clover, timothy or mixed,
cut with Meadow King Mower, season of
1884. Perfection of work to be considered,
and certificate of inspector to accompany
exhibit.
Also one of B rown's Combined Riding
and Walking Cultivator, value $35, for
the best contiguous acres of corn, crop
Of 1884, cultivated with either Browns
Walking or Combined Cultivator.
Also one Planet. Jr., Adjustable Guilt
vator, manufactured by S. L. Allen &
Co., value 81 SO, for the best acre of corn
produced in 1884, and cultivated with the
Planet. Jr., Adjustable .Cultivator.
Also one Buckeye Suction and Force
Pump, value $3.50, for the largest yield
of pure cider from 20 bushels of apples, in
the shortest time, by the use of Genuine
Buckeye Cider Mill manufactured By P. P.
Mast q Co., certificate of two disinterested
parties to accompany an exhibit of not
less than two gallons.
Persons contesting for the above premi-
ums must be bona fde owners of the imple-
ments used, and the competition is con-
| fined to the agency of Lynn & Co. and
| their sub-agents, which embraces the
counties of Augusta, Rockbridge, Bath
and Highland.
In justice to all parties concerned. in
| deciding the award of these extraordinary
| special premiums. the committee will be
appointed, at the request of the contribu-
tors, by the officers of the Baldwin Au-
! gusta Fair, so that the utmost fairness
| may be assured.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

DEATH.--Coarad Koiner died a few
days since on his farm near Shippensburg,
Pa, in his 73d year. He was one of the
Koiner family of Virginia and was the
grandson of Conrad Koiner who, with ten
brothers of that name, came from Penn
sylvania to Augusta county. Of the ten,
Conrad alone returned to PENNSYLVANIA,
to take care of the home farm; the other
nine remained here and left one of the
largest and most influential posterities in
the State. Mr.. Koiner was the oldest of
the Pennsylvania branch of the Koiner
family, and leaves widow, a sister of
Mrs. Mary Koiner, of South River, but no
children. Like all the rest of the name
he was large landholder, good Luther
al, and strong Democrat. He was buried
in the Koiner burying ground near Ship
pensburg, to which have been removed at
one time or another the remains of all the
Pennsylvania Koiners who have died, in
GLIDING the body of old Conrad Koiner,
the father of the Pennsylvania branch.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13
Incidents of the 28th New York's Visit

Incidents Of the 28th New York's Visit.
The Culpeper Exponent contains these
incidents on the way home of the 2sth
New York:
Last Sunday several members of the
2Sth New York regiment, who, with their
comrades, had been visiting the 9Th Vir-
ginia veterans, stopped over at Orange
that night. One Immediately visited the
spot where he had camped as a prisoner
just after the battle of the Wilderness, and
another inquired for lady who had be.
friended him when wounded prisoner
here. After describing the lady (whpse
name he did not know he was directed to
the residence of lady whom he recog-
nized as the friend, and seemed as much
delighted at finding her as If she was some
long lost relative, and was very anxious
for her to accompany him to his home in
New York and spend the summer with
his family.
Another of the soldiers said he had hid
den his canteen and cup under log near
where his camp had been pitched, and he
believed he could find it again. After
looking around for time he came to the
place where he recollected putting the ar
ticles and here he found them where they
had lain undisturbed for tWenty-one
years. "Truth is stranger than fiction
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

END OF A WEI L KNOWN SUIT.-The
suit best known as the Central Lutheran
Church suit, came to an end in the Cir
cult Court last week. The suit had been
previously decided in favor of the trustees
of the church on all points save the costs,
and that matter was held for considera-
ton. Last week Judge Mclaughlin de-
cided that the plaintiffs should pay all the
costs. The costs aggregate about 81 500
the work of Commissioner J. W. Green
Smith amounting to $1,250, his report
alone being over one thousand pages in
length and being the most voluminous
ever called forth, by church litigation,
in this State. The plaintiffs against whom
the payment of the costs is decreed are
Rev. J. Bachman Haskell, now of South
Carolina: Prof. E. Louis Ide, now of
Richmond; Jas. A. Piper, recently de.
ceased, DR.. S. Homer Henkel, and Messrs.
Geo. 2. Baker, Geo. F. Flick and David
Bucher, OF Staunton. The Judge, in de-
Gliding the case. paid high compliment
to the ability shown by the Commissioner
in his report.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

MECHANICS LENA case of interest
to workingmen was decided in Judge Nc
Laugblin's court last week. which will
probably be carried to the Court of Ap-
peals. DIR. S. P. Fl. Miller, of Rocking
ham, furnished lumber to contractor for
the building Of depots on the line of the S.
V. Il. r. The contractor failed, and DR..
M. sued the company for 1851, the value
OF the lumber, on mechanics lien. He
gained his suit for the full amount. Mr..
w. II. Travers, of Charlestown, counsel
for the company, filed bill of exceptions,
with the view of taking the case up.
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VezU advertisements.
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The Asylum reserves the right to take the
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

SOMETHING STAUNToN OUGHT TO
HAyE.-Ihe Superintendent of the Val
ley Turnpike has just bought, in Chicago,
stone crusher which weighs 1000
pounds, and which with four men will do
twenty mems work. The crusher cost
$3.50, and is run by thirty horse power
engine. The People says:
"The crusher will prepare stones ready
for the pike at the rate of a perch in five
minutes, and keeps two teams busy haul.
ing them at short distances. After run
ming it a short time near Harrisonburg. it
will be taken to Staunton."
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A Handsome Business House to be Built

Messrs. Loeb Bros, have contracted
with Messrs. Bagby S Stewart to pull
down their present store, corner of Main
and New streets, and erect a handsome
store on the site thereof, the work to be
commenced June 25th, and completed by
September 9th. The new building will be
three stories high, of brick with TRIM
mings of galvanized iron.
The first story will be fourteen feet high
with heavy French plate glass windows
llx69 feet. The room will be 25xSO feet
and broad stair case in the centre will
give access to the up stairs. Besides the
windows in front, this room will be light
ed by arched windows over the shelving
fronting on New street. The business of.
Gce Will be in the rear part of this floor
rallied off from the rest of the store. This
floor will be used for dry goods, fancy
goods and notions.
The I'd floor will have pitch of eleven
feet and will contain the carpets, heavy
goods, trunks, blankets and so forth.
On the Sd floor which has ten foot
pitch over which there is also an eight
foot projection, Mr.. Edmund Berkeley,
the photographer, will have splendid
gallery fitted up in handsome style. There
will be an entrance to this gallery from
New street as we'll as one through the
store on Main street.
Gas and water will be introduced all
over the building and the warming will be
done by portable heaters in the cellar
The roof will be of tin. Before the 25th
inst, Loeb Bros. will remove their stock
to the Opera House store where they will
sell it off in order to get in new stock
by September 9th, their rsopening day in
their new building.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-13

SUIT CoMPRoMIsED.-T suit of the
b. u o. r. r. Co. against Charles O'Don.
nell. its Express Messenger, and VIM.
Wholey and Thomas Burke, the suretjes
on his official bond, to recover $4,000, the
value of money package lost while O'D.
was in charge of the Express matter, has
been compromised by the defendants pay
ing the sum of 50, $50. The B. & o. Co.,
through counsel, came into court and
withdrew ''all charges of larceny, fraud,
and bad faith against CHARLES O'Donnell.
and merely charge him with negligence,