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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-10-25
Local Politics.

Yesterday at WayneSbOro there was a
splendid crowd, fully 900 in number. In
the morning Geo. M. Cochran spoke in the
Town Hall followed by Edward Echols
Then there was a bountiful dinner, includ-
ing whole beef roasted. After dinner A.
B. Lightner and Capt. James Bumgardner
spoke. The day was a great success and
tho praises of the hospitality of the men
and women of Little Tammany" and the
vicinity, are on the lips of all who were
there.
One of the largest Democratic meetings
ever held at New Hope was held there Mon
day night. 1t was addressed by Messrs.
M. F. White, Geo. S. Lightner and ]. W.
Churchman. The New Hope brass band
was in attendance.
A club of colored Republicans differed
by f. T. Ware, Prest.; Prof. VIM. Smith,
Vice Pres't.: p. HI. Morris Secretary; W.
II. Carter, Asst Secretary; VIM. Simms,
Treasurer, and Samuel Williams, Sergeant
alarms, has been organized in Staunton
with this purpose:
Resolged That the co1ored Republicans OF
Staunton will do all in their power, by law
full means, to defeat VIM. Mahone looking
to the future welfare of the Republican party
i'll the State and Nation.
The following Democratic meetings are
announced for Augusta county tonight
and tomorrow night:
FRIDAY, 18th.
West View-At night.-C. E. Kemper and
j. Lewis Bumgardner.
New Port-At night Edward Echols and
j. w. Churchman.
SATURDAY NIGHT, 26TH.
Glebe-Col Ii. j. Williams.
Buffalo Gap-Geo. S. Lightner and r. S.
Ker.
Burke's Mill-Geo NJ. Harrison and Roger
Atkinson.
Parnassus-A. B. Lightner and j. Lewis
Bumgardner.
FiShersville-EdE cholS.
Red Mills-2 z. Mas. Bumgardner, Jr.,
and Meade f. White.
Crimora-At Night-Jas. Bumgardner, il,
and Meade F. White.
DISQUALIFICATION. M. Cochran, Jr., and
Marshall Hanger
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Off for China.

A large party of missionaries will pass
through Staunton, this afternoon, on the
through train for the West. In the party
are some ladies and gentlemen well known
in this community. Rev. J. r. Graham
and Mrs. Graham, nee Miss Sophie
Peak; Miss Page Holiday, daughter OF
Prof. Holiday of Hampden-Sidney; Miss
Mamie Mechanical of Bath county; Miss
Kirkwood, Rev. Mr.. Grinnan, and Miss
Matte Jones, of DinWiddie.
The party are bound for San Francisco,
from which point they expect to sail for
Y olohama about the 9Th of November
Miss Holiday will marry Presbyterian
missionary on her arrival in China.
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Registration closes tomorrow at SUI
down. See that you are registered.
Railroad Notes.

The financial condition of the Baltimore
& Ohio Ry is starting up hill again. For
the year ending Sept. 30th, 1888, it's net
earnings exceeded those of the year ending
Sept 3Oth, 1883, by 1928, 4S7.
The earnings of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Ry. for the first week in October, exceeded
those of the corresponding week OF last
year by $26 ,623.40 Of this increase, ST.
7O3.23 was in passenger earnings.
At Cincinnati, Friday night, prominent
citizens gave President ingalls, Of the G. u
o. a banquet, and presented him silver
Lowing Cup'' with this inscription: ''To
Melville Ezra ingalls,, in recognition of his
great services to the City of Cincinnati. ="
The banquet took place at the Queen City
Club house, and Cornelius Vanderbilt and
Chauncey Depew were among the celebri-
ties present. The ice-cream was made in
the shape of a sleeping-car. In his speech
Mr. Ingalls, drew picture Of the future,
nineteen years from now, and said:
Let us 90 to the railway station on Fourth
street, covering five times the present surface
of the Grand Central Station; let us take the
OF. F. "" the Fast Flying Nlrglnlan, IN 1908.
1t leaves at o'clock in the afternoon, serves
a delicious dinner on the train, breakfast
the next morning, with bath and a shave,
and at O'Clock rolls into the station at Wash
ington.
Robert W. Maury, Assistant Treasurer
Of the C. & o. Ry., has resigned.
The Chesapeake & Ohio has purchased
two squares ON Jefferson street, Lynchburg,
for $25, 1000, to erect a freight depot and
sheds for it's increasing business.
II. Gal. Huddleston has been appointed
night yard-master of the G. & 0. yards, at
Clifton Forge.
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Registration closes tomorrow at SUI
down. See that you are registered.
Distressing Accident.

On Monday Of last week, Mr.. Robert E.
Gordon started with his household goods in
a wagon, to remove from Rockbridge to a
farm near Staunton. Not far from Steele s
Tavern, his daughter, Miss Laura Gordon
aged eighteen years, took from the Wagon
some bed clothing, and an old army pistol
falling from it was discharged. The baI
entered the lower part of her abdomen. rang
ed up twelve inches and lodged between the
ribs. Dr.. w. H. Thomas of Steele2s Tav-
ern was called to her and extracted the ball.
She was removed to the residence of ME-.
Isaac Fultz. The wound is very danger
GUS one, but on last Monday she was thought
to be getting along well and, unless some
complication arises, DR., Thomas hopes fo1
her recovery.
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Children's Day at Christ church.
Reported for the Stanton v1ND1cAToR.l

lTloporteu IOr the SCduutou fANDANAioAN'I
Last Sunday morning was one OF the few
bright and pretty days we have had this
year, and church-goers were out in large
numbers. The streets, as well as the
churches, were crowded. At Christ Luther,
an church it was Children S Day. Promptly
at II O'Clock the pastor, Rev. FL. f. Shealy,
announced to the congregation the pro
gramme, and Superintendent G. G. Berry
opened the Sunday School service according
TO the liturgy of the Lutheran church.
This was followed by the singing Of that
pretty hymn, s'My God! is any hour SO
sweet" and the profession of faith repeated
by the school standing up. The pastor then
offered an appropriate prayer; Il love to
think, tho Pm young, my Saviour was a
child" was sung, and the lesson for the
day read. Superintendent Berry followed
with his report, which he introduced by
stating that the school was reorganized
January Is, 1888, with 4 officers, teachers,
and 26 scholars-total, 35. This was small
beginning, but, as the Superintendent says
in his report:
eve felt Our Heavenly Father had a work
for us to do, and when we were prepared to do
greater things he would enlarge our sphere.
1t was some months before our school began
to show any sign of growth, but we have been
growing and that steadily. Ourpresent school
is composed of 3 officers; Is teachers, 4 males
and females, and III scholars, AZ males and
rs females, including 80 infants-total, l35.
,1,or ic ipc1uNa6 fifteen Young
ladies from the Staunton Female Seminary.
1t is worthy of mention here that all our OH
GERS and teachers are members OF THIS church.
The school has contributed for all purposes
during the last year and half, 1926. This
money has been used to purchase lesson pa
pers, song books catechisms, and otherthings
required to successfully carry on Sunday
School; $50 of that money were spent for
library. We hold a Special Missionary Ser
vice on the last Sunday in each quarter, and
our contributions on those days are for mis-
sionary purposes. We have already contri-
buted to missions S23.43, on last Missionary
Sunday our collection amounted to S10.2S. We
have library of $50 volumes which have been
in circulation for about five months; it is high
ly appreciated by the scholars, which is
6NIuCuCSu ny ullC 1dCb uudU l,lUU DoOho liz =
been taken out-an average of so books per
Sunday"
The reading of the report was followed by
"Growing up for Jesus" sung by the
school, and a short sermon by the pastor,
who took for his text: 'sKeep thy heart
with all diligence; for out of it are the
issues of life. '-Solomon 4th CHI, 23d v.
He illustrated it in such a way, as to be
plainly understood by his juvenile audience
and greatly appreciated by the large con-
gregation present.
The services closed with the regular Sun
day School service, the singing of ''Hark
the voice of Jesus calling" and the bene-
diction by the pastor. The whole service
lasted few minutes over an hour, and was
as entertaining as it was interesting.
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Virginia the Best to Come to.

Mr.. w. H. Hurlbut of Geneva, Ohio,
thus writes to the Richmond Dispatch:
81 have for some years been looking up the
question of home in a milder cline, and
after looking over eighteen States and two
Territories, some of them quite extensively
and with care, | came to the conclusion that,
all things considered, there is no better place
than is offered in the Old Dominion, and in
my efforts to learn and secure information for
the benefit of others as we'll as myself, hav-
ing become acquainted with your excellent
system of help to immigration through the
State Board of Agriculture and its assistants,
| sent for Judge Grattan, of Staunton Va,
Commissioner of immigration, asking him to
come to my home and other adjacent towns
and give the people a description of your
State and its resources, which contain so
many inducements to settle within its bor-
ders. The Judge came, and one of the county
assistants, Mr. George W. Williams, of Prince
George county, soon followed, joining us in
our second evenings work. Both remained
with me several days. l regard them both as
worthy gentlemen of whom their State has no
reason to be ashamed. They made good i'm
preston on the minds of all with whom they
met, and quite number of our people were
led to think favorably of ''a home in the Sunny
South The State certainly does wisely in
sending such men North that they may be
seen face to face and tell of the great ''re-
serve power" of that grand old Common
wealth.
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Death of an Old Citizen,

Mr.. VIM. B. Ksyser, aged eighty-one
years, for many years well known and eff
ficient magistrate of Staunton, died on
Monday last, of erysipelas, resulting from
a blow on the face from piece Of wood he
was cutting. He was one of the oldest of
the alumni of old Washington College,
living. He was for many years member
of the City Council. His funeral took place
on Wednesday afternoon and was con-
Quoted by Rev. Dr.. Mcfarland of the First
Presbyterian church, his pastor. The pail
bearers We're Messrs. VIM. A Burnett, Jas.
A. Templeton, W. W. Gibbs, r. M, Guy,
W. FL. Weller, J. F. Tannehill and Capt.
Jas. Bumgardner, il. Mr.. Kayser leaves
widow formerly Miss Elizabeth Hall)
and several children.
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Matinee and Night Performance at the
Opera House, To-day

The ladies will doubtless he out nfullfOrce
at the matinee to be given by the MacCollin
Opera Company, this afternoon. The opera
to be given is s'Patience.n 1t is one Of Gil
bert and Sullivan best, and in which the
Hussars drill and ''The Magnet and the
Churn'' will long be remembered. AT night,
the opera of Era Diavolo," will be given
for the first time in Staunton. The Fort
Wayne Post, speaking OF the company in
this opera, says:
Since the visit of the company here in the
Spring, it has been strengthened very much,
and the cast now presents some excellent
voices. Among them we recognize Mr.. Ford
MrsApple Mr.. MafIet, and especially Mr.
MacCollin and Mr.. Smith, who in the charac-
ter of banditti, furnished the amusement. MI
Miller, as ezra Diavolo,' was the recipient
of generous applause.
The choruses were splendid being full and
strong, and added much to the success of the
evening. ezra Diavolo" is an opera which
tests the ability of any troupe, and the presen
tation last night was excellent in every re-
spect, including all of the minor details.
The MacCollm Opera Troupe is perhaps the
best troupe on the road, and its repertoire is
composed of some of the most celebrated and
classical operas all of which are most ably
presented, MI MacCollin having no superior
as a sta 0e manager.
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MARKETS.
VINDICATOR OFFICE,

STAUNTON, VA, Oct. a.
Markets are without special interest. Wheat
has declined few cents in hermarkets, but
remains the same here as last week. Hay still
dull with no pressure to sell and not much
demand for any sort. New corn selling i'll
small way, and oats not wanted.
The Philadelphia Record of Saturday in its
review of the wheat markets for the week,
says: fWheat prices have further declined
q to 1 cent per bushel in consequence of a
more bearish sentiment in the speculative
markets and an increasing pressure of sup
plies Receipts of winter wheat have con-
tinued moderate, but the spring wheat move
ment has largely increased, and visible stocks
in this country have gained 100000 bushels
since last week. Notwithstanding the small
clearances from the United States, the guam
tity of wheat on passage to Europe has in
creased 100000 bushels. which shows ithat
other exporting countries are underse1ling us
in foreign markets. The recent Government
estimate of an increased average yield per
acre and the dizziness of the export trade
have combined to influence freer selling by
spectators, which has helped to depress the
market Corn prices have declined % to IS of
cent per bushel, There has been good
export demand for corn, but ocean freight
rates have advanced, and this has crippled
new business. The provision market has
shown but slight changes, and the movement
both for home consumption and for export
has continued liberal. Dairy produce has been
less active, and values have slightly declined.
The grocery trade has been fairly active, and
price changes have been unimportant except
on refined sugars, the cost of which has been
further reduced q of a cent without an appre-
cable quickening of sales"
Dun & Co.'S review of the market, says ::
'tSpeculation for higher prices in wheat has
not been active since the last Government re-
port, and heavy Northwestern receipts,
with scanty reports, combineto depress prices,
which have fallen 21sc for the week, with
sales of 80 600 900 bushels, against 100000, 900
last week Friday alone. Corn has declined
Ac and oats 11sc, while pork products, though
still sustained by the clique, are little
JoyUar
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A Timely Insurance,

On Saturday, Oct. 18th, MI. j. Emmett
Guy, the Staunton Agent of the Virginia
Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of Rich
mond, insured the residence of Mrs E. N j.,
Sloan, near Goshen, Rockbridge, for 81 800
On the following Wednesday night it took
fire and was partially destroyed. Mrs
Sloan and her daughter, Miss Ella Sloan,
making narrow escape Mrs. Sloan S loss
is large, but is covered by the insurance.
This is one evidence of the Importance of
attending to insurance.
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Life Insurance.

DR.. Carter Berkely, the Agent for Viz
ginia, of the Hartford Life Co.. has just
returned from one of the most successful
business trips he has made in his long ex-
perience with Life Insurance. He found
the Safety Fund System feature Of his COM
pany one of unfailing popularity. With
this company the Safety Fund is now near
ly 100000 and is deposited with the secu-
rity Company of Hartford for the protec-
ton and sole benefit of the membership.
MI. w. P. Gay is the agent located at
Staunton.
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Property to be Offered for Sale,
CoNrfcDaY.

Some valuable properties will be offered
for sale next Monday, (Court-day), among
them the following:
VIM. Patrick, Commissioner, will offer
the ''Mt. Airey'' farm of the late Alex.
Crawford near Pond Gap, containing 5S73
acres.
VIM. Patrick, Commissioner, will offer
for sale the 115-acres on South River.
being Miss Fannie Lipscomb's share in the
real estate of the late VIM. L. Hunter. 1t
lies near Lyndhurst Station.
On tomorrow, Saturday, at / O'Clock 2
NJ, the sale at the Samuel A. Hoshou1
farm, of personal property, and the farm
itself, will take place.
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M ARRIED.


SCOTT-SWOPE.-At the st. George Hotel Dat
las, Tex, Sept. 18th, by the Rev. A. p smith,
MI S. f. Scott of Garland, Texas to Miss Mollie
E. Swope, formerly of Augusta county, Va.
BUCHANAN-SEN SABAUGH.--Nea Craigs-
VILE, Va, Oct. 14th, by the Rev III. r. Smith,
Mr.. Armenius C. Buchanan to Miss Barbara +.
Sensa baugh, both of Augusta county.
AWFORD-TAYLOR.-At Bethel Presbyte-
rian church, Taylor county, KY, by the Rey' A. a;
S. Moffett. Rev. A. w. Crawford pastor OF
Campbelsville and Bethel churches, to Miss
Elizabeth V. Taylor, daughter of a. Il. Taylor,
Esq, of Green county, Ky.
STOCKDON-HUSSEY.- Staunton, at the re-
sidence of Mr.. VIM. Slower, father of the bride,
Oct ed, by the Rev. III. F. Shealy Mr.. John
Stockton to Mrs. Annie Hussey.
HENDERSON-BEAR- AT Buffalo Gap, We'd
nesday Oct. 23d, Mr.. VIM. Harvey Henderson
to Miss Laura Bear.
MPLEToN.-In the Fairfield
Presbyterian church, Oct 23d, by the Rev. AL
fred Jones, pastor, assisted by the Rev. G. g.
Merryman, pastor of the Greenville Baptist
church. Capt. q. H. Rawlings of Vesuvius to
Miss Matte E. Templeton of Fairfield.
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Death OF an Old ex-Army Officer.

Capt. John Daingerield, brother of
Capt. Foxhall A. Daingerfield of Rocking.
ham, and who has relatives in Augusta
county, died suddenly near the residence of
hisson-in-law, MI. Haigh, neal Fayetteville
N. c., last week while hunting. When
found he was sitting under a tree, dead, his
hat and gun lying in his lap. He had long
been a sufferer from heart disease He was
an officer OF the old army and was comman
dant Of the post at Haper's Ferry wher
John Brown captured it. He was taker
prisoner by surprise. Capt. D. was in his
74th year.
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Patients at the w, L. ASYLUM.

AT the annual meeting of the Board of
Directors of the w. L. Asylum last week,
the report of DR.. Benz. Blackford the Su-
perintendent, showed that the whole num-
ber OF patients under treatment during the
year was 677. The report of the Steward.
Capt. Lewis Hartman, shows that the
present annual appropriation should be
continued.
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Capitalists at Buena Vista.

A company of thirty men of affairs from
the Northern States visited Buena Vista
last week. Among them were E. w. Clark,
banker of Philadelphia; E. G. Pechin,
General Manager of the Virginia Steel Co.
President Kimball, Vice-President Eddy,
and Superintendent Sands, of the Norfolk
& Western Ry.; General Superintendent
Flickwir, of the Shenandoah Valley Ry..
and several steel manufacturers of Pitts.
burg. From Buena Vista the party went
on to Roanoke.
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Killed by a COlored Man.

Mr.. Alexander Condor, son of MI David
Condor the well known railroad contractor
of Baltimore, was shot and killed by col
ored man in Monroe county, Tenn, last
Sunday morning. He was about thirty
years of age and had been building railroads
in Tennessee for several years past and had
been very successful. He was brother of
the wife of Sheriff T. r. N. Speck of Au-
gusta, who was at her fathers home in
Baltimore, when the sad news was received,
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Deed of Trust.

A deed of trust from the Roseland Iron
& Coal Co., of which Gen. Rosecrans is
President, in favor of the Farmers Loan
& Trust Co. of N. Y, was recorded in the
County Court of Augusta last Friday. The
deed covers 1881 acres of land in the vicin-
lty of Waynesboro Junction in this county.
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Hogs 6a6}s cents per lb net, with smaller
number sold at the outside figure than last Nom
Cay, most sales at 61EaG3s cents; rough Hogs,
ows and Stays, sell at 5a5M cents per Id net
Receipts of Hogs this week 1916 head.
RICHMOND, Oct. 21.-Receipts: 653 head of cat
tie, ITO sheep and lambs 40 hogs. Sales $50 head
of cattle, 10 sheep and lambs, 6S5 hogs. Prices:
[All gross except hogs which are net.l Cattle
Best, 315a4c, medium to good, 2a4a314c, common
to fair, 1a21ac Sheep-5a4c Hogs-5a5Ac net.
Bulls-115a2$4c.
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DIED..

PRICE-On Thursday. Oct. 3rd, at her home in
the Richards, Greenbrier, W. Va. Miss Mary
Ann Price, in the s7th year OF her age. She
was the last surviving sister of the late Cover
nor Samuel Price.
Baltimore, Oct. Goth, Mr..
John Drechser, father of MI. j. Harry Drech-
ser of Staunton.
CRAWFORD.-On Oct. 9th, Mary Mcpherson.
s'Iittle Sunshine" third daughter of G. Nj. and
NJ. B. Crawford, aged years, months and
Is days.
FRETW Elton Oct 18th, in Albemarle county,
Va, Miss Frances NJ Fretwell aged n years.
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Post Offices Changes in Rockbridge.

At Raphine, Fl. 7. Lunsford has been
postmaster, vice John I. Stuart,
resigned; Brownsburg, L. O. Terrill, vice
A. Gold, removed; Summers, G. B. Acker-
ley, vice E. G. Mcclure, removed; Triford,
Chas. A. Lacey, vice P. W. Brown, re-
moved.
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS

BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Oct. T.-Price
of Reef Cattle this week ranged as follows:
IL
Generally rated first quality. 1915 a 400
Medium or good fair quality"".,. 800 1915
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows. ....................,.... 200 275
Total receipts this week 4 557. Total sales 1,227
Values of tops were shade off from last week
There was large number Of medium and thin
cattle offered.
BALTIMORE, Oct N.-Receipts of sheep 2,131
head. with sales at s350as4.75 per 100 lbs, and
Lambs AZ to 81 cents per Id.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2l.-We quote the better grade
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Accident.

MI. Tim Trice, proprietor Of the tavern
at Buffalo Gap, was accidentally shot in the
arm by the explosion of a pistol in the
hands of Mr.. James Nichols, Wednesday.
The wound is painful but not serious.
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WOOD WANTED.

Those who desire to pay their VINDICA-
TOR subscriptions in wood, would do well
to send it in before the roads get too
heavy.
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GRAIN MARKETS.

RICHMOND, Oct. 3.-Wheat-Longberry very
good, SIC; fair, S3c. Shortberry good, SEC; fair
see.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 3.-Wheat-Southern dull
and easier; Fultz, 76as4; Longberry, 76as5; No. 2
so15; steamer, No. 2 red, IS; Western quiet but
firmer; No winter red; spot, and Oct, S0aS014;
Dec, S115aSl5a; jan. S21aaS234; Feb, S314aS334.
CHICAGO, Oct. Observation-Disclosures delivery
500; May, S55s.
STAUNTON PRICE CURRENT.
1uuoIEsAJE PRICE OF STAuNTON MARKET l