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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-11-12
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at Staunton, Au-
gusta county, Va, November -, 1886.
LADIES LIST.
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Croft Kate Scott. Mrs Jas
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Gordon, Sophia
GENTLEMEN.
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The above letters, if not called for within
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Office. Parties calling for them will please
say they were advertised.
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X. $45O@s4.75: Sugar 6@9c: Molasses 40 @75c:
e; Potatoes, 45@50. Timothy seed, s225@ {;
II (washed) 20@22c; Wool tunwashed) 22c !;
Ger Seed s.600@$6 so; Baled Hay, s700@s9 90
.pthy. s9.00G$l004; Glover, $6,00@$S,C0; Rye
30 Sweet Potatoes soc.
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"Most of these hair preparations don't work.
Eers Hair Raisam a honarsh ali excention Nv
hair was thin and prematurely gray. The Balsam
made it brown again and soft as in my boyhood.
july 30-lm.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-11-12

LIB. F. Terry, Dep. Clerk Circuit Court 81 q u
gusta county do certify that VIM, Patrick, Con'r,
has given bond required ny said decree.
Given under my hand, this 26th day of August,
1886.
B. E. TERRY Dep Clerk
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GEO. G. ESPENSHIED, Prop.

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Augusta streets.
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If you want to get a good Shave or Hair cut, 60
to Espensheid, under the Augusta Bank.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19


 One-half the Iowa counties re- port that serious injury has already befallen the corn fields, and that the yield for the state will fall short of an average by from 25 to 40 per cent. In Ringgold and Warren counties corn does not promise one half the ordinary yield.
 The corn outlook in Minnesota is more favorable, with prospect of an average yield with continued rains.
 In Wisconsin the tenor of. the reports does not indicate to exceed two-thirds of an ordinary yield. In portions of the state there has been no rain for six weeks and all crops are bad failure.
 In Ohio, Indiana and Michigan the outlook is still favorable for an average yield of corn.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

The Stock Grower is ill receipt of reports from different sections of the corn belt of Missouri and Kan sas, which give in detail the condi- ton of the growing crops over the area mentioned, and as the inform ation received was brought down to Thursday night, it may be consid- cred authentic to date. The acre age of corn planted in Kansas ex- ceeds by nearly one-half that of any previous year and our adyices serve to show that the total product in bushels will be greater than eyer before known in that state. The crop in Missouri will be from one- half to three-quarters of full crop. The cattlemen of the southwest can expect good demand for their steers by the feeders, who will have an abundance of cheap corn with which to mature them.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

The cattle raiser need not despair at the present outlook. The stock industry of the plains was never in a more healthful condition than it is now. Values are not inflated. The business rests on solid foun- dation and it's future conduct and growth will be safe, conservative and satisfactory to the investor. The far-seeing ones, whose opera tions in cattle properties are char; acterized by good judgment are to- day buyers, not sellers. The man or company, that has herd of cat tie with range sufficient for it's wants, will find more ample and sure returns from it during the next five years than has been enjoyed the past five years. Let it not be that. there is no over-pro- dvction of beef. The causes for the present depression in prices are temporary.-Stock Grower.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
H. A. Pearce, one of the most ex-

H. A. Pearce, one of the most ex-
 tensive feeders of Ellis county, was
 in the city yesterday. He says there will be fullyas many, if not
 more cattle fed this year than last. The indications, he says, are that
 corn will be higher, on account of a short crop,. but cattle will be
 cheaper, and his experience is that the profits in beef do not depend
 so much on the price of corn as on the cost of the cattle. He has lost money on beef made ori cheap corn and made money on beef fed on high priced corn. In fact, he said, he made more money when corn was fifty cents per bushel than he ever did when that grain was cheap CT. Cattle can now be had for two cents, and he thinks it will go low CT, if anything, later in the year, which being the case there will be moneyin feeding, if he has the cor rect view of the business. MT. P. was just in receipt of letter from his ranch, located south of Big bringing tidings of big rains, fine grass and plenty of wa News.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

A decision of much importance to Texas stockmen, says the Wilcox Stockman, has just been rendered in favor of the defendant in the case of the State of Texas ys. Charles Goodnight. The decision, in effect, denies the right of the State Land Board to raise the rent of public lands.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
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The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

The season has been a disastrous one for the sheep interests of the Territory. Mir. c. W. Lewis in- forms us that the sheep owners of this county. have lost one hundred thousand head. His percentage of lambs was only ten per cent this year against ninety-five per cent last season.-Albuquerque Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
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The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

pay the interest upon the territorid
 debt, to suppress instructions ol
 to provide for the public defense
 except that in addition to any in.
 debtedness created for such pur-
 pose, the'legislature may authorize
 a loan for the erection of penal charitable or educational institu- tions, for such territory, if the to- tai indebtedness of the territory is not thereby made to exceed one per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property in such ter ritory as shown by the last general assessment for taxation. And noth- ing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the refunding of any ex- isting indebtedness of such terri tory, or of any political or munich pal corporation, county, or other subdivision therein.
 Sec. 4. That no political or mu- nicipal corporation, county, or oth- CT subdivision'in any of the terri tories of the United States shall ever become indebted in any man. ner or for any purpose to any amount in the aggregate, including existing indebtedness, exceeding four per centum on the value of the taxable property within such cor poration, county, or subdivision, to be ascertained by the last assess ment for territorial and county taxes previous to the mourning of such indebtedness, and all bonds or obligations in excess of such amount given by such corporation shall be void. That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to affect the validity of any act of any territorial legislature hereto fore enacted or of any obligations or contracted hereunder, nor to preclude the Issuing of bonds already contracted for in pursu- ance of express provisions of law, nor to prevent any territorial legis- lature from legalizing the acts of any county, municipal corporation or subdivision of any territory as to any bonds heretofore issued or contracted to be issued.
 Sec. 5. That section eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, title 23, of the Revised Statutes of the Uni ted States be amended to read as follows:
 "The legislative assemblies of the several territories shall not grant private charters or special privi- leges, but they may, by general m- acts, permit persons to associate themselves together as bodies corporate for mining, man. nfacturing, and other industrial pursuits, and for conducting the business of insurance, banks of dis count and deposit, (but not of is- sue) loan, trust, and guarantee as- sociation, and for the construction pr operation of railroads, irriga- ting ditches, and the colonization and improvements of lands in con- nection herewith, or for colleges, seminaries, churches, libraries, or any other benevolent, charitable or scientific association.
 sec. b. mat nOtnlnS In tnlS act | contained shall be construed to | abridge the power of Congress to annul any law passed by territo- rial legislature or to modify any | existing law of Congress requiring in any case that the laws of any 1 territory shall be submitted to Con- gress.
 Sec. '. That all acts and parts of | acts hereafter passed by any terri torial legislature in conflict with | this act shall be null and void.
 Approved July 30, 1886.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

A gentleman who arrived here from Phoenix informs us that the pink-eye had become almost an epidemic among the horses of thct section.-Florence Enterprise.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

Grass six inches long has sprung up since the rain began. All na- ture is wearing a better look. Cat tie and cattlemen are simply hap py.-Nogales Frontier.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
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The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
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The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
Legislatures Cut Down.
The subjoined is an official cop

The SuD]Olned IS an Ofnclal cop, of an act of Congress, approved July 3Oth (and now a law) whicl was received by Secretary Lane ant by him placed before Governo | | Ross, of New Mexico. There ap pears to have been very little knowl of the law until after it's passage It Is said to be the work ot Con gressman Springer.
 An act to prohibit the passage O local or special laws in the territo ries of the United States, to limit territorial indebtedness, and fol other purposes,
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statee of America in Con. gress assembled, That the. legisla- lures of the territories of the United States now or hereafter to be or ganized, shall not pass local or special laws in any of the follow ing enumerated cases, that is to say
 Granting divorces.
 Changing the names of persons or places.
 Laying out, opening, altering and working roads or highways.
 Vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys and public grounds.
 Locating or changing county seats.
 Regulating county and township affairs. ..
 Regulating the practice in courts of justice.
 Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of. justices of the peace, po- licesmagistrates and constables.
 Providing for change of venue in civil and criminal cases.
 Incorporating cities, towns, or villages, or changing or amending the charter of any town, city or village.
 For the punishment of crimes or misdemeanors. For the assessment and collec- tion of taxes for territorial, county, township, or road purposes.
 Summoning and empanneling grand or petit jurors.
 Providing for the management of common schools.
 Regulating the rate of interest on money.
 The opening and conducting of any election or designating the place of voting,
 The sale of mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under disability.
 The protection of game or fish.
 Chartering or licensing ferries or toll bridges.
 Remitting fines, penalties, or for feitures.
 Creating, increasing, or decreas- ing fees, percentage, or allowance of public officers during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed.
 Changing the law of descent.
 Granting to any corporation, as- sociation or individual, the right to lay down railroad tracks, or amend ing existing charters for such pur- pose.
 Granting to any corporation, as- sociation or individual, any special or exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever.
 In all cases where general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted in any of the territories of the United States, by the territorial legislature thereof.
 Section 2. That no territory of the United States now or hereafter to be organized, or any political or municipal corporation or sub-divi- sion of any such territory, shall hereafter make any subscription to 5he capital stock of any incorpor- ated company, or company or as- having corporate powers, or in any manner loan its credit to pr use it for the benefit of any such company or association, or borrow any money for the use of any such company or association.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

Pink-eye which appeared first among horses at Phoenix, has now reached Tonto Basin and is said to be spreading rapidly.-Nobe Silver Belt. "a
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District matters in Conrress.

Mr.. Harrison presented yesterday In the SEN
ate petition from citizens of Indiana for the
prohibition Of the manufacture and sale Of in.
toxicating liquors in the District OF Columbia.
Senator Edmunds yesterday introduced bill
70 grant q pension of $50 month TO Emily @.
stannard, widow OF Con. George j. Stannard,
of Vermont
senatcr Iawley introduced bill, which was
referre'l TO the committee on claims, to pay TO
George HILL IT,, Of Georgetown, or to his legal
after hearing and adjudication, be adiudged
by the court OF claims, In full settlement, tor
rent, use, occupation, and destruction of his
property In Alexandria county, Va, by the
United States armies during the war.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Hemphill intro
dueed bill TO INCORPORATE the Washington
and Western Maryland railroad with permis-
sion to construct and operate o railroad from
some point west Of Rock creek TO the District
line. The incorporators are from Virginia,
Maryland, and the Dirtrict., The District men
are a. Il. Cropley. Ii. X. Gilbert, Austin Herr.
g. 4. Dunlap, s. l. Cropley, J. W. Walsh, +. A.
Miller, and L. d. Hartley.
The following District bills were ,introduced
in the House yesterday by Mr.. Barbour: SEM
food In the District of Columbia and the terri
tories; Senator Palmer's bill to create a board
OF audit TO adjust all claims for special damages
in the District Of Coiumbia%' % and biii to- amend
the act giving the approval and sanction of
Congress TO .he route and termini OF the Ana
costa and Potomac railroad In the District of
Columbia, 80 as to authorize that company to
lay tracks and run cars from the intersection
OF its tracks on NJ street south with Sixth street
west, along Sixth street to Its intersection with
d street south, to Seventh street west, TO the
intersection OF Seventh and Louisiana avenue;
also from the intersection Of the present track
on Eleventh street east with M street south,
along Eleventh street to c aud 10 ID streets
north, along @ to Seventh west and along ID 70
Delaware avenue, to G, to New Jersey avenue.
TO ID north, to Louisiana avenue.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-08
A Bourbon Tool.

The ruling OF Judge Hancock, of Peters
burg, was right, both In law aud reason, TO
promptly reach the true issue in the cleo
tion cases and to decide 1t. Nevertheless,
this ruling excluded vast deal Of evidence
that in some way should have hearing,
as 1t may have regular hearing in court in
the progress OF some OF the contested cleo
tion cases that are yet to be brought to
judgment, as we are informed.
Some OF this excluded and suppressed
evidence relates directly to the conduct and
character of one of the judges impllcate
In the cases already decided so rlghteously
by Judge Hancock-cases growing out Of
the attempt to throw away the ballots of
the people of the sixth ward Of Petersburg,
Va. The Judge of election here referred to
is one Of those who abandoned the
ballot-box on the night Of election,
and afterwards pleaded that riot and vic.
lence drove him in terror from his duty. II
the evidence had been admitted, 1t would
have been shown that this very Judge was
the most disorderly person in the sixth
ward on election day, and that his whole
course was deliberately calculated to In
cite public disturbance. He was contlnu-
ally shouting and cursing, thereby causing
Intentionally rush OF the people, IN a
tumultuous throng, TO learn what was the
matter. During the day there was a terrific
thunderstorm, throughout which this
wretch continued his imprecations and bias
phemies. Being warned that the llghtnings
of heaven might strike him dead for his hor-
rible profanity, he defled the thunderbolt,
damned God and Christ, and declared that
he was ready for Hades!
Hewould stride TO the door OF the polling
place and shout abuse against the people
and the police. Outside he had accom-
plices In his evident purpose to provoke or
create riot as cover for the destruction
Of poll which was going decisively against
him and his employers. One Of these was
continually passing in votes to him through
window, or talking with him in whispers
at the same place, and this man did all he
could to incite disorder and precipitate a
row. He (this outside co-operator with the
Judge inside) would rush into the midst Of
a crowd Of colored people and curse them
with uplifted hands In the most outrageous
utmost difficulty that the policemen present
could preserve the peace. Near the close
of the polls the judge OF election
here referred to is said to have
declared aloud to a number OF Re-
publicGns: "Yes, d-n you, you
have already two hundred and forty ma
jority in that box, but l will jump into
HI with 1t before vote of them shall
be counted for youw
All this seems Incredible yet we have it
from the most reliable sources and we are
informed that policemen and others OF
Petersburg are ready to swear to all we
have recited-to more and worse.
And the fraudulent movement which Sc
lected and appointed such instruments to
do It's work marched up and down the
streets shouting, Honesty and Reform p'
Ears polite shudder TO hear these things
Yet they must be told, lest doctors of di-
vinity lock arms with the workers of ini-
guilty.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-08
PERSONALITIES.


HOLMAN HUNT is projecting another eastern
journey.
DIR, ZUKERToRT, the chess player, sailed on
Saturday for Europe.
PARKE GOODWIN now has full control OF the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
PAY DIRECTOR CALEB J. EMERY, U. s. N, re-
tired, died at Newton, Mass, last Saturday.
HERR RUBISsTE IN has sent 1000 francs to
N. Pasteur, the deliyerer of mankind from mad
dogs
MRS. PARSELL talks OF visiting her son IN
England and Ireland before the summer has
waned.
KING HuaBERT paid from his private purse
for the 100000 monument to Victor Emanuel
at Turin.
Mr.. W. 8. HouGH, an old and well-known
citizen Of Alexandria, Va, diedat his residence
in that city yesterday morning. ..
Mrs. HICKs.LoRD sent Miss Folsom solid
gold card case that, in the language of friend
OF Miss Folsom, weighed nearly pound"
EX-SENATOR AND MRS. EATON, who have
been in Washington since tho holidays, have
returned to Connecticut in excellent health.
THE wife of Senator Leland Stanford, of Cali
fornia, distributed 5000 among the kinder
gartens Of San Francisco on her recent birth
day.
Ex-Govs. CURTIN, of Pennsylvania; Kirk
wood, OF Iowa; Ramsey, Of Minnesota, and
Sprague, of Rhode Island, are the only "war
governors" now living.
THE infant king OF Spain enjoys the almost
unique distinction of having been born mon.
arch. There is no other like instance in the
history OF Spain, nor of England,
AUNT BETSY MCKAY celebrated the hun
dredth anniversary other birthday at Taylors-
vile, KY, on Friday last. She saw the first
steamboat go down the Ohio river, In 1871.
Ex-PRRTDENT JEwETT, of the Chicago and
Pacific Company, has disposed OF his Ohio
property and will spend the remainder of his
days near his boyhood's home in Maryland.
JUSTICE FIELD, of the United States Supreme
Court, and his wife sailed for Europe on satur-
day as the guests of his brother, Cyrus w. Field,
who is also accompanied by several members
of his family.
MIR. CHANG, the Chinese giant who has been
with Barnum's circus for many years, has re-
turned to China. There he is to perfect some
business arrangements and get married TO q
Celestial beauty.
"PRISCEss AMELTE," says Truth, "has been
llNnNhhNh nANh - NhA9 Avshl gut ny
the royal family of Portugal, consisting of a
diamond tiara, necklace, and bracelets, which
are worth f25,0OO.
THE last resting place ofTom Corwln, the
statesman and wit, at Lebanon, Ohio, is
marked by a handsome monument. Tho shaft
is about twenty feet high, ana is simply in.
scribed "Thomas Corwin."
SECRETARY ESDIcoTT will leave for West
Point next Thursday. He will be accompanied
by Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan and Coils. Kellogg and
Blunt, of the staff. and will remain theie until
Saturday evening after the graduating exer-
cises are over.
CHARLES JoHNNYcAKE, chief Of the Della
ware Indians in Indian territory, Is on his way
TO Washington to hold a conference with tho
"Great Father" He is ~ years OF age and has
presided over the Delawares for forty years.
For thirty.fye years he has been an ordained
Baptist miuister and at his present age de-
llyers two sermons every Sabbath TO his peo-
pie.