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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
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OF Staunton, May 31st. 1855
James G. Marquis, administrator of VIM j.
Wood decd Plaintiff
Geo. w. Potts, - Leslie and Frances s. Leslie
his wife (nee Potts.. Maria L Potts, - Phillips
and Mary =. Phillips his wife (nee Potts. Children
OF James II. Potts, deed, VIM. Potts. Harry
CoWreye, VIM. Potts Cowreye, John Potts, Jr, -
Firth and Ellen Firth his wife (nee Potts. -
K1ned and Margareu P kined his wife (nee Potts)
and Henry Potts, children of John Potts decd
an the above being heirs ataw and distributes of
VIM r. Wood, decd, on the side of his mother
Mary Potts Wood: and the unknown heirs AFT law
and distributes of VIM. F. Wood decd on the
side of his father Defendants
The object of this suit is to settle the estate of
M 1,lliG l., f. Wood decd pay his debts and to
olVlde me surplus II any. among his heirs at-law
ana It apo airing by affidavit filed that Geo w
Gnee Potts.; Maria L. Potts, - Phillips and Mary
B. Phillips his wife cree Potts., children of James
H 81: Potts decd, VIM. Potts, Harry K. Cowreye,
VIM Potts Cowreye. John Potts, Jr, = Firth
ana Ellen Firth his wife (nee POTTS. - kined and
Margar ct ?. Klned his wife (nee Potts. and Henry
Potts, children of John POTTS. decd the heirs-at-
law and distributes of VIM F. Wood. deed, on
me SIDE OF his mother, Mary Potts Wood and that
me unknown heirs atlaW and distributes of VIM
r. wood, decd, on the side of his father are non
residents OF this State, it is ordered that thev do
appear here within one month after due pubca-
lon OF this notice, and do what is necessary to pro-
tect their interests. TeSte-
NEWTON ARGENBRIGHT
ho9soN N, y PATRICK p q. Clerk.
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grevities,.,.

The st. Paul sGlobe,a Nay Soth, has the
following: Thomas ]. shsphard, the embez-
zling ticket agent Of the Burlington road, was
arraigned before Judge Cory yesterday and
dismissed on motion of the prosecuting after
noy. The amount of Shephard's defalcation,
81, 1887, was made good by his father"
An unusually large funeral procession in
GLIDING the Stonewall Band, jackson Rifles,
Staunton Hook & Ladder Co., and members
of the Royal Society of Good Fellows and
Post ''C' of the Travellers Protective Associa-
ton, folio we'd the body of Mr.. j. Hanger
Landlord to the cemetery, on Mondayslast.
He died of consumption, Saturday, at the
early age of twenty-one.
In the damage suit of L. Cohen gs. M. B.
Oberdorfer, for assault, the jury found for the
plaintif-verdct, one cent damages and costs.
The Staunton City Directory, published by
E. F. Turner & Co., is being delivered. 1t is
very full neatly gotten up, and the advertisers
get the full worth of their money in well dis
played advertisements.
The Catholic Hibernian Society will make
its picnic excursion this year, on June 18th,
to the Augusta White Sulphur Springs. The
railroad fare is only forty cents.
The ladies of st. Francis church realized
$500 by their Skating Rink fair.
Our county readers should not fail to read
the advertisement of the Staunton Canning
Company, for berries
Mr., John Hemp was so injured, Tuesday,
by his plow-horse running away and the pillow
striking him in the side, that he fell dead as
he was entering his home. He was employed
on Mr.. John Baylor's farm, near Middlebrook.
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Waiter Killed by a Hotel Clerk.


On Sunday morning last, about O'Clock
at the Hotel Ruffner in Charleston, Kama
wha, Mr.. J. Fl. Claiborne, the night clerk
shot and killed Nelson Lee, an intoxIca-
ted colored waiter, who was trying to
force his way in at the front door. TIE
rule of the hotel is that any waiter out
after midnight shall not be admitted un-
til morning. Lee had been out drinking
beer and at the hour named went to the
hotel and demanded to be admitted, as he
had early breakfast to wait. William
Hughes waiter, formerly at the Hale
House, Stanton, was with him. The
clerk refused to admit Lee and urged him
to go away, and when he tried to force his
way in, shot and killed him. Young Clai-
borne who is from Georgia, was student
at >Dunsmore's Business College in Staun-
ton last WiRter, and after graduating took
situation at the Hotel Ruffner On the
1st of last February. During his residence
in Stanton he was q quiet. inoffensi We
young man. He gave himself up to the
officers. In consequence Of the excite
ment among the colored people AROUSED by
the shooting, the Governors Guard Wssss
called out Sunday night, but there was no
violence. Mr.. Claiborne will be defended
by Hon. G. q. Watts, U. S. District At
torney, and Hon. W. r. Thompson his
assistant.
After the coroner's inquest, young
Claiborne was committed to jail to await
the action of the grand jury. A writ of
habeas corpus has been sued out by his
counsel in order to submit an application
for bail.
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uAO f4olUlHS Ihlo' IL pioLCl3 W. los LII W
Palmer of GreenYille.
; Miss George G. Garrett who has for
some time been teaching music at Mrs.
A.V. Green's, left last Tuesday for Deca-
tur, Rockbridge county. where she has
accepted situation in the family of Mr.
J. III. Wise.
Miss Jessie Mish who has been attend
ing school IN Staunton is at home again.
Miss r. A. Wilson who taught last ses-
sion at Mrs. Green's, left last Monday for
Lynchburg.
The Spottswood cannery is being push
ed to completion, the building is partly
up, the boiler and other machinery will
be on in a few days. The water pipes
are now being laid which Will not only
furnish the cannery, but the village with
supply OF good water, and everything
will be ready to can fruits and vegeta-
bles in frst-class style by the time the
season opens.
Last Sunday week the Sacrament of the
Lords Supper was administered at Mt.
Carmel church, Rev. A. H. Hamilton
pastor, at which time there were six ad-
ditions to the church.
Last Friday, Mrs. Samuel Morris lefG
for Roanoke to join her husband who has
been in business there for some time.
The iron ore interests Of our neighbour
hood, we are sorry to say, seem to be al
most at stand still. KY.
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DIED.
Tribute of Respect,

FlkER:-In Staunuon, June 18th, of consumption
Miss Mary J. Fifer, aged IS years, daughter 20
Benz f. Fifer. Esq y
Tribute of Respect.
At meeting of the Jackson Rifles held at their
Armory Monday, June 4th, the committee APP
pointed for the purpose, reported the following,
which was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty God to re-
lIeYe from duty here our comrade and friend j.
Hanger Landlord
Resolved hat we bow In humble submission to
HIS Will and acknowledge the wisdom of His WAYS
yet we cannot but wonder at the sudden removal
of such bright young life from his post of duty on
earth, to another sphere.
Resolved, That we tender the bereaved family
our heartfelt sympathieS.
Resolved, That each member of the Company
shall wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days, W. P TAMs Captain
w. e. KINNEY, LIST Lieut..
1uneo-t c. X. HOGE, I'd Lieut..
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Greenville Affairs.

| DIED AWAY FROM HOME-DEPOT OFFICE
ROBBED-CHILDREN's DAY IN THE
GHURCHEs-DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY
| -PERsONAL-THE sPoTTsWooD CAN.
merry, sc.
Reported for the Staunton vIND1cAToR.l
GREENvILLE, June 4th.-The remains
Of Miss Mary Hawpe, sister of Mrs. S. E.
| Miller of your city, and Of Messrs. James
S. and W. M. d. Hawpe of this communi-
ty, arrived here on Friday last and were
Inferred in the family burying ground
| She died in the South On Tuesday last.
A bold thief entered the Valley depot
office here last Friday night, and robbed
| the money drawer Of between three or four
dollars. He entered by breaking out large
| glass in the front window, and by the use
of the poker broke the drawer open and
, pocketed its contents, save few cents and
went on his way rejoicing. 1t is supposed
that he was tramp, as one was seen lott
ering about, the evening before.
For two Sundays in succession the little
Methodist church has been filled to its ut
termost. On Sunday week ago, the
Methodist Sunday school held their annu.
al celebration or children's day, which
was indeed very pleasant occasion. The
| church was beautifully and tastefully dec
Grated in evergreens and flowers and the
children clad in their white apparel, en-
blematic of their innocence, made very
pleasing appearance. The exercises which
consisted of songs. hymns and recitations
appropriate, were we'll rendered, and the
managers can we'll congratulate them.
selves on their success.
Last Sunday the Bethel Sunday school
gave their celebration here, which. owing
to not having any house of their own to
practice in, was not so elaborate as that
of the Methodist, nevertheless it was a
very creditable one and one which was
very appropriate, 1t being called "Chil-
dren's Mission Day" The exercises con-
sisted principally of questions and respen-
ses in regard to the mission work, &C.,
and at the end a collection was taken up
for mission work amongst the Bethel
scholars. which amounted to over thirty
dollars. The church would not hold the
congregation. DR.. Murray gave very
appropriate little talk. He will preach
during the building of Bethel, here the 1st
and Sd Sundays of each month-1st at
Methodist church and 81 Sunday at Bap-
fist church, and I'd and 4.h Sundays of
each month at st. John.
The third interment at the Baptist GEM
etery occurred there one day last week, 1t
being the body of Miss Bette, the II year
old daus liter of Geo. F. Kayser, Esq, Of
Avis. She died Of measles
DR.. Taylor of lexington, will preach
every night this week at the Baptist
church here. DELTA.
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BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET May 31-Bee +
Cattle.-PriceS of Beef Cattle ranged as follows:
Generally rated first quality IS 5.l2l4
Medium or good fair quality rs a $50
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows. Observation-Disclosures. 2 90 1926
Extreme range OF prceS.....,....... 2.O0 5.3l11
Most of the sales were from......... 450 a 51211
Total receipts this week 1910. Total sales Ill.
OF the receipts 40 came from Virginia.
The market has been quite slow, much less ac-
tive towards the close than last week. Prices for
the better grades have been we'll maintained, but
common stock is quoted a Aa11c per Id lower The
best Cattle show higher figures, but values are I'M
changed on account of the superior quality of the
receipts the very good offerings of last Thurs.
day.
SHEEP AND LAMRs.-The market has been ovei-
supplied with Sheep and Lambs this week. and the
quality averages fully up to that of last weeks Of
fering5. The numbers exceed any recorded for
several months past, and trade has shown more
Generalization than any week during the same
period Prices are off fully 81 per 100 lbs for Sheep
and So for Lambs. We quote butcher Sheep at "a
4Lc per lb gross. Lambs sold at 5a614c per Id
gross. Receipts this week of Sheep and Lambs
g 5S6 head
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LIST OF LETTERS

The above letters, if not called for within
fifteen days, will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office. Parties calling for them will please
say they were advertised
Give your Street and Number to Carrier,
and your mail will not be put in General
Delivery and Advertised.
W. A. BURKE. P. M.
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WALL PAPER.

~ = - N x Wv w I I
Paper Hanger and Upholsterer,
CORNER MAIN AND LEWIS SITS. STANTON, VA.
will furnish Wall Paper at the Wholesale Cost
Price, when do the hanging Beautiful Gilt Papers
as low as Is cents per oil; White Blanks 10 cents
per roll will hang for IS cents A good sized room
will cost from 81 to S..
CHEAPER THAN WHITEWASH.
Work in the country promptly attended to- Fine
Decorative Work a speciality. Mr.. j. l.. PAYNE,
OF New York, is working with me, and we do first
class work or no charge.
GEO. W. HEWITT.
juneS-1m
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WANTED. LIVE AGENTs.-Write Geo, A.
w Sanborn Secretary Buffalo Mutual, Life
Accident and Sick Benefit Association Buffalo ,
NY. june Saw
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MEETING OF THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
There will be meeting of the County DEM
ocratic Committee in Staunton on Saturday
the 9th of June, at ~ o'clock.
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Presbytery had no official connection
with the school after 1882, and it was man
aged by the same trustees who had con-
Quoted it before and during the RevoIu-
tionary war. After the war, Gen. Wash
1ngton, then President Of the United
States, was presented by the State of Vir-
ginia with 100 shares of James River q
KanaWha Canal stock. Being opposed to
receiving presents, he gave it to the Liberty
Hall School. The legislature thereupon
:retired'' the stock and agreed 60 pay the
school forever per cent. on its value,
$50 600. A short time thereafter, the law
makers, who seemed to think that by that
the State had in some way acquired a
title to the school. passed an act in 1896
without consulting anybody, changing the
name of the school to The College of
Washington in Virginia" and appoint
ing Trustees therefor. Among the Trus-
tees appointed were Archibald Stuart,
Alex. St. Clair and John Coalter of Au-
gusta. The old Board at once Indignantly
repudiated this assumption of right and
violation Of their charter, and adopted a
resolution that they would pay no atten-
ton to Che act of the legislature, and
resolved ito persevere as they have hither-
to done. The property Of Liberty
Hall having been committed to US in
trust, we consider ourselves responsible
for the use of the same, and culpable if we
suffer it tamely to be taken from u.s.
This show of teeth was enough, and at the
next session the legislature repealed the
obnoxious act.
DUPLICATE OF PRINCETON.
In 1855 the course of study at Liberty
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The meetings for the Wards of the City of
Staunton will be held at $50 O'clock P. M.
]. A. PATTERSON, Chairman.
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University Of VIRGINIA.

SUMMER LAW LECTURES (nlne weekly
begin 18th July, 1885, and end 18th September.
Have proved of signal use-lst to students who
design to pursue their stndes at this or other Law
Schools I'd, to those who propose to read privately:
and Sd, to practitioners who have not had the ad-
vantage of systematic instruction. For circular
apply (P. o. University of Va) to JOHN B. MINOR,
ffo1 Com, and Stat. Law. iune1-1m
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DUBLIC SALE.-Wil be sold at public auction
l. at Bethel Church, JUNE 18th, all the lum-
Der out of the old church, consisting of peWs,
DOORS SASH window and door frames, flooring
celhng sheathlng &c,, also two stoves. Sale to
commence at 10 A. M.
A. A. SPROUL.
Chairman Building Committee,
mays st Spec copy
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-01

them with such suddenness, could
hardly have been expected to accord it
the financial support it deserved. Not
only that, but there was well-defined
feeling that the managers of the COM
pany, which, organized on different
basis, might well have claimed to be a
national enterprise, were not playing
fair with the public. Advertised as dis
tinctively American, the company
was anything but that. From bass
drum to first violin, from chorus
to leading soprano, it was char
acterlstically foreign in its make
up. The people had been led to
expect something different, and they
naturally resented what they regarded
as an imposition. The musical sense
and the appreciation of home talent is
by no means dead in the American pub
lie. 1t is quick to recognize merit and
quick to reward it.
There is every probability that the Or
ganiZation of company to render grand
and standard opera, absolutely Amer
lean in the composition of its members
and modest in its accessories, would
meet with support that would rebound
to the credit of the people and the profit
of the managers, as we'll as tending
toward the further cultivation Of the
musical sense among the people gener-
ally.
Manager LOCKE may have learned a
lesson from his plucky fight and dlSaS
trOus defeat which will enable him to
carry such a project to successful
completion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-01
Opium Smuggling.

WATERFOWL, n. Y, Feb. 29.-The
report of United States Treasury Agent
Norris Winslow on the opium SNUG
CLING cases discloses the fact that large
consignment of goods, which was very
probably opium, was shipped from a
station in this county on Nov. 1S, 1887,
consigned to Mrs. NJ. III. Whitney, Kan-
sas City. A letter from Mrs. Whitney
contains an account with items for tray
cling expenses from Portland to Seattle
and return three times, $3.50: fare to
Erie, Pa, from Portland, 800, and other
items. She claims balance due her of
1919. Letters from Cinnamon about
shipments of sweet honey and money
due them are also contained in the re-
port. There is also letter to Mai.
Brooks, collector of customs, complain
ing that government officers at Puget
Sound purposely allow and encourage
smuggling. The letter is signed Amer
lean Citizen" Another letter OF which
the seal is unbroken. though the stamp
is uncanceled, is to Maj. Brooks, col
lector at Port Townsend, ". T., from b.
r. Stevens, Victoria, b. c., and declares
that Gardner not only owned the chest
that was seized there, but also the
opium that was in it. How these letters
came into Gardeners possession is UNI
known. Other letters indicate that
Gardner is a man Of many aliases.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-01
A STUBBORN CONTEST,
Which Involves a Big Amount of
Insurance Money.

TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. 29.-'The cele-
brated Hillman insurance cases were
begun yesterday in the United States
circuit court. There are three of these
cases in which Sallie E. Hillman sues
three companies to recover insurance
upon her husbands life, aggregating
$4,000. The whole controversy turns
upon the question whether John E.
Hillman died, as is claimed in the plain
tiff's petition. The case has been tried
twice before, but the jury disagreed
each time. Several years ago Hillman,
who then resided in Lawrence, Kas.,
with his wife, took out these policies
and paid the premium. Shortly there
after, in company with man named
John Brown, he went to Wichita.
After being Oh the road some days
they. parted company. one night at a
lonely place near Medicine Lodge.
neighbOrS, and stated that he had acct
dentally. shot and killed his travelling
companion, Hillman, and upon their ar
rival at camp the neighbOrs found a
man lying dead with bullet hole
through his head. The body was taken
to Medicine Lodge and an inquest was
held, at which Brown, as witness de-
tailed the circumstances connected with
the mans death, and he was buried at
the place. Shortly after Mrs. Hillman
made application to the companies for
the payment of the amount of insurance.
The companies refused to pay, and
claimed that the man killed near Medi-
cine Lodge was not Hillman, but was
young man named Walters, who was at
Wichita about the same time. Neither
Walters nor HilIman has, so far as
known, been seen or heard of alive.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-01
TRAIN ROBBERS.
They Make a Successful Raid at
Kingsland, Ark.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Feb. 29.-As train
No. 2, north bound, stopped at Kings
land about l o'clock this morning, three
men stepped on the platform of the bag
gage car next to the engine. About a
,niIe from Kingsland the train suddenly
came to a standStill and Conductor j. B.
Browning stepped to the door to see
what was wrong. AS he opened the
door bullet whistled by his head and
ne at one retired inside the car, where
he remained during the trouble. The
robbers boarded the engine and COM
manded the engineer, Bob Rue, and
Fireman Ed Hacknett to hold
up their hands, which they did.
Taking the fireman and engineer
with them the robbers ordered them
to call on the messenger to open the
fused to show up. Then began a fuSil-
ade which lasted while attempts were
being made to force way into the car.
The fireman, as ordered, took the slash
bar from the engine and tried to break
in the door of the car, but as he could not
get in after ten minuts' delay, the rob-
bers proceeded to set the car on fire.
The engineer and firemen were made to
get in the car first, their bodies thus
protecting the robbers as they climbed
in. The messenger opened the safe
without further delay, and the contents
were quickly transferred into bags. The
mail and baggage cars were not mo-
Tested. The robbers were Just thirty
five minutes doing the job. Later re-
ports state that between $1,000 and S10,-
600 was taken. Some place the loss
much higher. A sheriff and posse are
i'm pursuit of the robbers.
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They Are Underpaid.

CHICAGO, Feb. 29.--"The Burlington
engineers are miserably underpaid,"
said broad shouldered, well dressed
man at one of the hotels this evening.
The speaker was c. III. Durphy, secre-
tary of the Chicago Dock company and
general manager of the Northwestern
Horse Nail company, one of the largest
employers in the city. His listeners
neut citizens. "Their demand for q
leveling up of pay and for measures
tending to raise the standard is exactly
right" he continued, "but the real
reason for its justice has not been
brought to public attention-the very
reason too in which the public is inter
ested most directly"
What do you mean?' he was asked.
"The Burlington engineers have not
been paid so very differently from those
on other roads, and engineers as a class
will average over $3.50 day"
''Three dollars and Il half a day! Do
you call that pittance pay for man
upon whose every motion almost hun
dreds of lives are depending every mo-
ment? The Burlington engineers and
the engineers of every other road of
which have any knowledge do not get
nearly what they ought. You and every
other man who travels would feel safer
if you were sure that the man who had
your life in his keeping felt he was be-
ing paid for the responsibility, and not
merely for his time. Yes, know what
I'm talking about, and what is more
every railroad manager in the country
knows in his own heart it is true. More
than one has told me 500
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PANIC-STRICKEN.
Patients Alarmed by Fire in a
Hospital.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 29.-The whole
town was electrified this evening by
two alarms of fire sent in from the City
hospital. A stream of humanity from
every direction poured in toward the
center of the excitement whittier the
fire engines had preceded them. The
east side of the immense building 'front.'
ing the canal and Music hail was dis
covered belching forth dense columns
of smoke and threatening not only the
hospital, but the newly erected EXPOSE
ton buildings also. The patients be-
came panic-stricken and those nearest
the fire, who could move without
assistance, soon spread through the
institution and for q while
pandemonium reigned. The work of
carrying out the patients was effected
with rapidity. The CONSERVATION and
terror of every one was so great that no
one knew for the time-being whether or
not any one had persisted. The fire
originated from leaking gas in the sub
cellar, which found it's way through a
shaft to the roof, and igniting, from some
reason not explained, terrific explo-
sion followed. The fire spread rapidly
because no water could be had, but at
6 p. III. the firemen had it under control
and kept the blaze confined to the roof
and upper story of the wards. The
loss will amount to $4,000. No one was
injured.