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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
THE SOUTH.

SYLVESTER JOHNSON, a distiller at New
Haven, XIV. has donated $4,000 to the
Catholic institutions in the State, to lie
Elizabeth Hospital, $4,000; Nazareth
Academy, $1,000: Little Sisters of the
Poor, 10000; and st. Joseph's Infirmary,
5000. Mr.. Johnson had previously made
large donations to these institutions.
DISPATCH from Dallas. Tex, of the
18th, says that Indians surprised the San
Simon Company's cattle ranch, killing
four cowboys and a number of cattle.
They also drove off 125 horses.
THE entire Republican municipal ticket
in Chattanooga, Tenn, was elected.
UNITED STATES DEPUTY MARSHAL MIL
LEE HURST was assassinated in Fentress
County, Tenn, recently. He was taking
James Wilson, a prisoner charged with
violating the revenue laws, from Jail at
Byrdstown, Rickett County, to that at
Jamestown. Hurst was shot by concealed
assassins from both sides of the road.
THE boiler in large cotton ginning es-
tablishment at Tuscumbia. Ala, exploded
the other night. The building was blown
10 alOIlS, oilu JONI StaTT, Tue WAS
killed, and Thomas Nichols, a bystander,
ia, ally injured.
THE rice plantations near Savannah, Ga,
were all submerged and great loss was
caused by couple of tidal waves re-
Gently.
A MOTHER aad two children named Cook
were fatally burned at Petersburg, Va,
recently. The fire not burning brightly,
Mrs. Cook threw some kerosene on it,
causing an explosion.
THE large cottonseed oil mills at Hemp
stead, Tex. owned by the Ahrenhecke
Company, was totally destroyed by fire
the other evening. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance. Sa1.e00.
THE Georgia Legislature adjourned on
the 1oih after a summer session of 100 days.
The most important bill passed was gen.
eral option law, under which temperance
elections will be held in the various o2.,x-
ties,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
THE WEST.

SALOON keepers in Arizona towns were
reported very active in offering rewards
for Indian scalps. Many of them will use
the scalps as attractions in their establish.
ments. The popular animosity to Crook
has been intensified by his declaration that
there were no hostilities in New Mexico.
The annual convention of the American
Women's Suffrage Association opened al
Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 18th.
HoPT, sentenced at Salt Lake on the 18th
for the fourth time for murder in the first
degree, will be shot November "a.
In Barnes County, OAK, a woman and
child named Stanton were burned to death
while trying to escape from prairie fire.
IT was thought in st. Louis on the 14th
that the street car strike would prove a
failure.
UNOFFICIAL returns from nearly all the
Ohio electoral precincts make Foraker's
plurality touch q 1000. with the rest of the
ticket likely to exceed that, and 90, 1000 votes
for the Prohibitionists and 1000 for the
Greenbackers in a total vote Of over zoo, 600.
The Legislature was claimed for the Re-
publicans on joint ballot.
H. w. SHAW, better known as "Josh
Billings" died of apoplexy at Monterey,
Cal, on the 18th. The humorist was on a
lecturing tour.
FULLY 1000 Select Knights were in line
in the procession held by the Conclave of
the Ancient Order of United Workmen at
Topeka on the 18th.
WILLIAM A. VINCENT, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of New Mexico, fe-
Gently appointed Stephen w. Dorsey a
member of a commission to draw grand
and petit jurors for that Territory, for
which act he was suspended from Office by
the President.
DIpHrHERIA was reported raging at Eau
Claire, Wis, in a malignant form. The
Mayor and the Board of Health closed the
west side schools, four in number.
THE underwriters of the British bark
Staghound. Captain Jack, from Portland,
Ore, March 16, for Queenstown, believe
that she has foundered off Cape Horn.
FIVE Cinnamon were burned to death in
laundry at Oakland, CAL, recently.
A STEELE Cd. To- special says that a
prairie fire started in the west portion Of
the town and burned the Minnesota Chief
Thrasher Works, with a house and barn
and stack of wheat.
CONSIDERABLE feeling was reported as
existing over the Ohio election, consequent
upon alleged frauds and irregularities in
18th spoke of riotous state Of affairs in
Cincinnati. The Legislature was claimed
by both parties.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
Tenth Annual Congress OF the Episcopal
Church of the United States.


NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, October l5.-The
tenth annual Congress of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States
will be held in this city October Goth to
23d, in Carll's Opera-house. Much in.
terest is felt in this gathering 0y mem.
bers of the Episcopal Church, and by
Christian people generally. A large num-
Der of distinguished clergymen and lay.
men are to be in attendance, and are to
speak upon the many subjects marked
out for discussion. The Congress is not
a legislative body, being simply an asso-
citation for the voluntary discussion OF
questions looking toward the genera,
good of the church and TO Christian
progress. The writer's and speakers are
not delegates, but simply church men
high or low, or ri' ualist, as the case may
be, having single object in view. Nc
votes on any subject under discussion
are taken.
There will be two sessions of the Con.
gress, daily, at 1880 a. m. and at 1886
p. m. and but ten minutes are allowed
to each speaker or writer. No one car
speak twice on the same subject. Bishop
John Williams, of Connecticut, will pre-.
side with Rev. q. ID. Wilde, ID. D., OF
New York, as General-Secretary. The
list of writer's and speakers includes
many Of the most prominent clergy o.
the Episcopal Church OF America
Among the number are six or seven bish.
ops, Archdeacons Farrar and Vesey, O.
England, and several gentlemen well
known at the bar, on the beach, in the
army, and in private life.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22

Annual Meeting q the Amerleaa Beard 81
Mpsions-Repore Of the Secretary Out
Mn,ng the Work Of the Society ard Some
Of It's Results for the Past Quarter Of .
Century.
Bosrox, Mass, October l5.-At yes
terday's meeting of the American Board
of Missions, Rev. E. K Alden, d. D.,
Home Secretary, reported that during
the quarter century Just endedt, he num-
Der of ordained missionaries has de-
creased ten per cent, from l66 In 1860
to l5l In 1885. During the seventy-fve
years OF existence the American Board
has sent out 500 ordained missionaries,
of whom 80 were physicians, - physi-
clans uuordained, l44 other male attend
ants, making total of 76S men. Dur
ing the same period they have sent out
1850 women, sos of whom were I'M
married-a total force OF 1866. This
gives as the annual average for the whole
period, about % missionaries and assist
ant missiOnaries-l0 men, OF whom
were ordained, and Is women.
Rev. A. G. Clark, DID. Senior For.
eign Secretary, made the following re-
port for the twenty-five years Just ended:
of l66 missionaries on the roll in 1860,
fifty-two still remain and have rendered
an average service of thirty-four years.
Eighty whose names are starred have
served an average of twcnty-eight years,
though seven of them lived in this coun-
try for years after retiring from the mis-
sionary field. The remaining thirty -four,
so far as known, are still living, some in
honored old age, resting from their
tolls, and some actively engaged In tho
ministry.
An interesting feature of the foreign
work during the past twenty five years Is
the engagement of work for women. In
1860 there were twenty two women con-
nected with the different missions. A
few Of the wives Of missionaries were at
tempting to do something for their sex,
but no systematic work had been organ
I'D Now there are l0l women with the
different missions in charge of forty SEM
inaries or engaged In field work. The
number of young men ENJOYING the adj
vantaSes of higher Christian education
under the immediate care of cultured
women from this country amounts to
nearly 1,7O0, while probably ten
times as many more are reached
in their homes by missionary ladies,
and by the large number OF
Bible women working under their super
SiSiOn. In twenty-five years tnere mas
been an advance in churches from los to
1872; of church members from $500 to
over 5000; of pupils in common schools
from 5000 to $4,000; of native pastors
from % to l47, not to speak of the
growth Of a large and efficient body of
native preachers and teachers, acting as
labOrers in the evanselization of their
people.
by a singular coincidence there has
been on the average five fold increase
during the twenty five years in the az.
gregate of results in the following lines
of effort. In the breadth OF the field,
counting towns, cities, and islands ac-
tually occupied; in the number of church
members; of pastors, of high schools.
and colleges. and in the con.
tributions of native Christians toward
the support of the own institutions.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
Detected Officials.

CONsTANTINOPLE, October 15.-Yester-
day Gebriel Pasha, the ex-Governor-General
Digalski and NJ. Borthwick, General of the
gendarmie of Eastern Roumelia, arrived
here. This morning they were met and
had little to say beyond grum-
bling at the great expense need
lessly forced upon them by the Bulgarian
authorities, who compelled them to traverse
the whole of Bulgaria instead of permitting
them to proceed directly to the Turkish
lines on the R0umelian frontier. They have
. rather crestfallen aspect, as IL
conscious of the fact that they
were caught mapping.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
GENERAL.

AT the general assembly of the Knights
of Labor held at Hamilton, Ont, on the
18th, the following officers were elected:
Grand Master Workman, 7. V. Powderiy,
of Scranton, Pa; Grand Worthy Foreman.
Richard Grif,iths, of Chicago; General Sec
rotary and Treasurer, Fred Turner. of Phil
sdeiphia; General Auditor. J. G. Garlic,
of Brooklyn; Secretary Of Insurance, II. q.
Meow, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Frederick
ton, n. B.. recently. resulting in the de-
struction of Morrison's sawmili. twelve
adjoining tenement houses and 200. 900
feet of lumber. Thirteen families wee left
homeless. The total loss was 100000.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph end Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON said at
Washington on the 18th: ''The danger of
a cholera invasion of this country has
passed for the present"
The Supreme Court reconvened at Wash
ington on the 10Th.
ADvICEs received in Washington from
the Asiatic squadron say that in the latter
part of August, on the Ossipee, lying off
HiagO, a number of cases of cholera ap-
peared among the men, and the following
died: Edwin Herbert, private of the
marines, John McCourt, seaman, and II.
p. Siebert, first sergeant marines. August
-; Alonzo II. Lane, ordinary seaman,
August 81; Thomas Cassidy, ship corporal,
September 3.
A RECENT Washington special says there
was a well supported rumor that Mr..
Charles Goldman, of Boston, has accepted
the place of Civil Service Commissioner,
vacated by Dorman B. Eaton.
REPORTS received at the Marine Hospital
Bureau, Washington, show that yellow
sever is epidemic in Caracas; that cholera
is decreasing in Spain and is extinguished
in Valencia; that smallpox is raging in
Buenos Ayres with alarming fatality; and
that yellow fever has appeared in Aca-
pulco.
THE Postmaster General has decided that
the department was under no obligation to
deliver mail matter thrown into its collec-
tion boxes by Wells, Fargo & Co. 1t ap-
pears that it has been the practice of the
express company to transport letters as far
as their lines extend and then place them
in the United States mails for delivery.
A CIRCULAR approved by the President
in regard TO the maintenance of quaran-
tine inspection on the northern frontier of
the United States has been issued to the
medical officers of the Marine Hospital
Service, customs officers, and others con-
cerned. 1t authorizes officials to vaccinate
passengers free of charge, or otherwise
forbid their coming into the United States.
THE Secretary of the Interior heard an
argument by attorney for the Kansas Pa
cific Railway Company, on a motion to re-
woke an order made by the department
staying the issue of patents for laads in
Kansas claimed by that company.
A DISEASE among horses, resembling the
epizootic, is prevailing to some extent in
Washington.
THE Washington Land Office has re-
ceived a communication stating that DR..
Powers, who was Government witness in
the prosecution OF a fraudulent land case
in California, has been slain by 7. F.
p-uett, one Of the Defendants
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-07-03
A Day with the Hibernlans.
Reported for the srAuNroN INDICATOR

Reported for the STAuNroN VINDIcAToR.l
For many years past the Hibernian So
ciety of this. city has furnished to our Cit
liens the opportunity of passing pleas
ant day, but on last Thursday they sur
passed themselves. and all who went to
Fort Defiance were more than pleased
with their day's enjoyment. They were
only sorry when Z O'Clock came that eve
ning-the time appointed to return home
that it didn't last longer.
The amusements consisted OF dancing,
roller skating. CONTEMPLATING, and a
baseball game. just before starting back
home, the great event of the day took place
tho presentation of large corn cake,
containing three gifts, to the fair winner.
Miss Kate Knightly. Jacob Yost, Esq I,
presented the cake in one of the best
three-minutes, speech it has been the
good fortune of your reporter to listen to
for long time. At the request of the
ladies the cake was cut open on the spot,
and the following prizes we're found in
it: An iron ring, black doll-baby, and
last, but. not least, the skull of French
rabbit. -.
Those who attended the picnic are in-
debted to the following gentlemen, com.
posing the committee from Staunton, for
the pleasant time they bad on that occa-
sion: Messrs John B1rns, Thomas Xiv
lighan, John Kilgalen, Dennis Brown, E.
0. Mcmahon, VIM. Kinney, John M. Car
roll and Thos. J. HounihRn.
The Hibernian Society has added an
other feather to its cap, and our Catholic
lady friends are elated over their financial
success on that day.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-07-03
Sudden Death.

One of the most sudden and sad deaths
that it has been our duty to publish. It
was that of Mrs. B. B. Eskridge, the wife
of B. B. Eskridge, Esq. the popular and
liked citizen and agent here of
tbs Adams Express company. Mrs. Esk-
ridge retired Oh Sunday night about II
O'Clock in apparently good health, and
during the whole day was unusually lively,
as was remarked by several who dined with
her that day. In fifteen minutes she
aroused her husband, complaining of a
choking sensation. Mr.. Eskridge did all
in his power to relieve her but without
effect, and Or. Patterson was summoned.
He arrived in few minutes. DR.. Faun-
tleroy was also sent for, but when he ar
rived the suffeled had expired, it being
only thirty rninrtes from the time she was
first taken. The physicians pronounced it
congestiopof the lungs. Mrs. Eskridge
was a lady of nigh culture. unusually
pleasant, and wa great favorite with a
large circle of friends. She was from
Baltimore, and was directly connected
with the Hammond, dorsey. Gale and
Pue families. soprominent in Maryland.
She leaves an agd mother, three brothers
and three sistes, one of whom is Mrs.
VIM. W. Bradle., of this city. Her re-
mains were takel to Baltimore on Mon
day evening for interment in the family
burying ground accompanied by her hus-
band and his bpther, Mr.. A. A. Esk-
ridge, and her sster, Mrs. W. W. Brad
ley. The family and friends have the
sympathy of our entire city. Mrs. Esk-
ridges mother. Hrs. Brown, was in Har-
rlsonburg on helway from Baltimore to
| Stanton when sic heard of her daughters
death.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-07-03

The Convention Prim aries

The County Democratic Committee
met on Saturday last with Capt. James
Bumgardner, Jr.. Chairman, and Alex.
F. Robertson, Esq, Secretary. to fix the
day for the primaries to select delegates
to the State Convention. 1t fixed on Sat-
urday, the 18th inst, rs the day for the
meetings which are to be held as follows:
In Staunton-Ward No. l, 2 delegates,
County Clerks office. 8 P. M; Ward No.
2, 2 delegates, Police office, 8 P. M In
the county-Beverly Manor District, 8
delegates, Court House, P. M; North
River, 2 delegates, Mt. Scion, 2 P. M;
Pastures, delegates. Churchville, P.
M; Middle River, 3delegates, New Hope,
2 P. M; Riverheads. delegates, Green
vile, 2 2. M, and South River, dele
gates, Waynesboro, z. M. The commit
tee accepted the resignation of Robert G..
Wright, (the former efficient President of
the Little Tammany Club, who has been
appointed postmaster at Waynesboro, and
elected G. Julian Pratt to the va cancy. ::
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-07-03
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE.
Collectors Office. 9Th District Virginia
STAUNTON VA June H. 1885
Right of Public School Education.

The following act of the General As
school education which went into effect
on Wednesday last, the first of July, is of
interest at this time:
l. Be it Enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That an act to amend
and re-enact an act entitled an act to Sc.
cure to the taxpayers in cities and towns
the right of public school education for
their children, approved March seven
tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
be amended and re-enacted to read as fol-
lows:
2. That it shall be lawful for any per-
son who is Taxpayer and citizen of Vir-
enia, in any town, county, or school dis
trict Of the Commonwealth, and who is
not resident of said town, county. or
school district, to send his children to any
public free school in said town, county, or
school district, subject to the laws regula-
ting public free schools IN said town, coun-
ty, or school district, as though said tax
payer resided in said town, county, or
school district. And any guardian who
is taxpayer for his ward or wards as
aforesaid shall bs entitled to the privi-
leges above-named for bis ward or wards,
if citizens CT Virginia; provided that chill
dren whose parents do not reside in any
city of the Common wealth shall be re-
city, only upon such terms and conditions
as may be prescribed by the school board
Of such city.
8. This act shall 90 into effect on the
first day of July, eighteen hundred and
eightY.fi five.
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GreenYllle Affairs.
MASONIC ELECTION--DESTRUC
RAIN-GENERAL ITEMS, &C.

MASONIC ELECTIoN--DEsTRUC
RAIN-GENERAL ITEMS, &C.
Reported for the STAUNroN vIND1cAToR.l
GREENvILLE, June %. 1888.
At the last regular communication OF
Augusta Lodge No. Ill, A. F. & A. M,
the following officers we're elected, VIZ !:
r. Fl. Palmer, W. NJ. I; s. A. d. Mckee,
ST.. w. John W. Campbell, Jr. W.; }. b.
Smith, Sec. H. c. Palmer, Treas; b.
r. Smith. Sr. D.: Geo. W. Williams, y.
w. Fitch appointed Steward and Tyler.
This Lodge is in quite prosperous con-
dition. The foundation of the new hall
is nearly completed and Mr.. Kelley, the
contractor, is at work on the carpenter
work. The Masons expect to have the
new hall ready for occupancy early i'll the
fall.
A severe storm and rain visited this
section last Friday afternoon. At about
p. M, two clouds passing from north
and south met in the west about four
miles from here and as usual on such 0c-
currence the rain came down in torrents
for several hours, followed by tremen-
dous food on Broadhead and Christian s
Creek, doing great damage along their
courses to corn, wheat, grass, nc MI.
B. f. McClung on Broadhead lost heavily.
Col. Williams lost much grass, oats and
fencing, and also some walnut lumber.
Messrs. H. Mish and Mckee Bros. lost
about four thousand feet of walnut lumber
and several feet of oak, besides great dam
age to grass, oats, fencing, sc. Their
damages will reach nearly five hundred
dollars. T. A. Brownlee lost grass, oats,
fencing, &c. I. Newton lost corn; VIM.
F. Smith, Esq, greatly damaged in grain,
gardens, fencing, SC. !; John Kennedy,
Esq. (below Greenville). loss was most
severe, losing Is acres very good wheat,
grass, and some so acres of corn. His loss
is hard to estimate.
The water was not as high here as in
1876. but fully as much damage was done.
The water was in several Of the houses in
the lower end of town. The newly work.
ed county roads are terribly washed out
and damaged.
The Rev. e. T. u. Collins. pastor Of the
Greenville M. E. Church, is holding a
protracted meeting here beginning last
Sunday night. The Rev. Mr.. Cackley, Of
Way nesboro, is expected to assist him.
Improvements are still going on. We
notice new dwelling nearing compile
tion in New Grenville.
BY the non-qualifying Of Mr.. Gilmore
as Justice of the Peace, our community Is
without MAGISTRATE. Our new Council
comes in Office on the 1st. Then we shall
see if our town is to be without liquor or
not. DELTA.
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Assignments.

The grocery, tobacco, and cigar firm OF
r. J. DEBTOR & Co. has made an assign
ment with A. H. Fultz. Trustee. The
creditors of the 1st class are A. D. Tribbet,
as endorser on notes for $500, $500, $685.
50, $135 and for $40, and u. A. Armen-
trout, for $150-total, $2,287 80. 1t Is
stated that there are other liabilities
amounting to about as much more.
David W. Landes, grocer on West
Frederick street. has made an assignment,
with W. E. Craig, Trustee. The creditor
of the 1st class is the assignor's wife,
Mrs. Caroline V. Landes, for $7O6.7S and
three years. interest thereon, and $500
and fifteen years. interest thereon. End
elass-for borrowed money, VIM. Ramsey,
$3.50; Rev. Christian Beard, 800; Mrs.
Hattie Slower, $3.50; Joshua Crosby. $73.-
so; Augusta National Bank, 500. Sd
cIass-L'oyd Logan. $50; Wilson, Burns
& Co., sos; Stoneburner & Richards, 500;
Stack, Splitter & Co., $72, &C., mostly Bal
timore merchants for small debts. 1t is
laid the total amount of the liabilities
does not exceed $4,000.
TIE Dairy firm OF W. W. McGuffin has
suspended, with A. Z. Gordon, Trustee.
The creditor of the 1st class is W. II.
Sheets, $3.50. Those OF the I'd class are
A. 4. Eskridge, 800; A. G.. Woods &
Co., $62, &c. It is stated that the liabili-
ties of the firm are not over $4,000.
Among the assets are some very fine
blooded dairy stock. The assignee became
involved by most crediJable effort to
carry debts not his own but which he
conceived it his part to assume, and he
will have much sympathy in his failure.