Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-19
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Two years ago Joel Shirley went from Lehigh
county, Pa, to Tittin, Ohio, to live. Some
| weeks ago his two daughters, Sarah and Han
nah, who, it is alleged, had been living in
| Staunton, Va, joined him, and with them
came Mirt Moblake, a young man who soon
after married Hannah He received letters
through the post Office addressed to '.Myrt
Blakemore." In a little while after the mar
rage, Charles Beard arrived from Stanton,
| Va, with the news that Moblake was his
| brother Moffett P. Beard, had been postmas-
| ter at Broadway, Rockingham. been turned
| out by the Democratic Administration, and
had left his wife and children there and run
off and married Hannah Shirley who with her
sister ran off with him from Broadway. Chas
Beard got out warrant for his brother for
bgamy but the matter was compromised and
the brother left with him Sunday night for
Virginia on the B. & o. railroad. The girls
deny that they knew Beard was married. =
These statements are from Ttiin telegram
in the Cleveland 'PJaindealer." Inquiry fails
to find any such parties in Staunton as
having lived here.
The Highland Va.) Recorder relates the
case of plucky Miss Sue Winner, who went
from that county to Coffee county, Kansas,
four years ago and preempted $50 acres Of
government land at s. ,25 per acre. She put
up a shauty on it and every month rode so
miles to spend three days and nights in it to
comply with the law of residence. Lately, a man
tried the ''squatter sovereignty" plan Of haul
ing lumber to her land and preparing to build,
whereupon she made her residence there. Her
land is now worth ten times what she paid for
it.
The Baptist congregation at Covington has
held meeting and adopted resolutions ere
garding dancing as inconsistent in profess
ing Christian directing that those members
Of the congregation who indulge in it shall
be visited by the pastor and one or more dea-
cons, who shall admonish them and if that
fails, their case shall be brought before the
church for final action.
The Southwestern Virginia papers announce
the death of Miss Alice Mccartney, daughter
of Maj. Andrew Mccartney, of Craig county,
of consumption. She was former pupil of
| the Wesleyan Female Institute at Staunton.
| The Rockbridge News" announces the
| death of Judge J. Cole DAVIS at Helena, Ark
He was native of Rockbridge, and during
the war member of the Rockbridge artillery
He was brother of Mrs. Jos. A. Logan, late
of Stanton.
The claim of Mrs. j. F. Tyree against the
| d.. I'll
damages for the killing of her son. Richard
Tyree, in Rockbridge, a short time ago, has
been compromised by the payment of 81 $40.
! The decision of the Virginia Court of APP
peals in the case of the Union Springs Com
pany, against that company, ends the last of
the famous Hollngsworth Survey cases. in
which Miss Hollingsworth of Philadelphia, re-
covered large tracts of land in Highland, Au
| gusta, and adjoining counties, on a patent
dated in 1895. She has won every case and
made her title good to every foot of the old
Hollingsworth survey. While the Union
Springs Co. lost their suit they will not close
| the springs
| Mrs Judge Paul Of Harrisonburg, has pre-
| sented to the Stopewall jackson Memorial
Bazaar at Lexington a walnut picture frame
made from tree which stood at the north
end of the Port Republic bridge, 1t has bullets
in it fired by the Federals at jackson when he
dashed through the bridge from the southern
| to the northern side of the river on the morn
ing of the battle.
| 1t is a notable fact that on Monday last
the period of mourning in the army pre-
scribed for the late Gen. Grant ceased, and
on Tuesday came orders to put on badges of
mourning for Gen. Hancock, who had died
! that day.
The following notice is posted conspicuous
! ly in one of Oroville's (Col. leading hotels:
| ''Warning-This is a United States House;
and that liz the only language spoken here.
Any guest using the word tour for tower, root
for route, sweet for suite. commercial tourist
for drummer. will imm ediately be waited
upon BY committee from Butte county's 601,
and given two hours in which to leave the
county"
! An uarepealed law of New Jersey, passed