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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
European Tour.

A party consisting of Miss Mary J. Bald
win, Principal of the Augusta Female Semi
nary; Miss Sarah Wright, amember of the
faculty of that college; Miss Mamie De
Wolfe, of the State of Washington; Miss
Neal Roberts of Louisville, a niece and
adopted daughter of Prof. Quarles of
Washington & Lee University; Miss Matte
Wayt of Stanton; Miss Laura Tay-
lor of Texas; Miss Emma Russell
of Kentucky, and DR.. N. Wayt of
Staunton, will sail from New York
on the Cunard steamer Aurania, on Satur-
day. May 31st, and after travelling through
England, Scotland, France, Switzerland,
and Germany, will return to this coun-
try between the 18th of August and LIST of
September. They have awaited themselves
of the conveniences of Cooke excursion
programme, as regards hotels, &C., but will
travel as an independent party.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Rapid Subscriptions to Stocks.

There have been $4,000 of the Staunton
Development Company stock taken in this
city and county in the last five days.
The Grottoes Company has sold $4OO, 900
of it's stock since it's charter was granted
two weeks ago. The takers are chiefly
capitalists at the North.
The $4,000 stock of the Staunton Park
Addition Company; the prospectus of which
company was put before the public for the
first time in the VINDICAToR advertising
columns last Friday, has all been sold and
the books closed. This was about as quick
a transaction as has been made since the
real estate activity commenced. The de-
sirable situation of the companys land
doubtless had much to do with the rapid
sale of stock.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
The C,tv DIRECTORY for 1s9o9l.

Mr.. E. F. Turner, of Turner Il Co., who
got out the City Directory of 1889 is in
the city getting out the same work for
1S90-91. The last Directory was gotten up
with great care, contained the fewest num-
Der possible of errors, and was most val
liable work. Its reliability and accuracy
caused it to be carefully preserved, and
therefore made it a valuable medium for
advertising. MI. Turner is doing the
work of the present issue carefully and con-
scientiously, and it will be from his greater
familiarity with the ground now, a more
perfect work than that Of last year. The
names of officers of all churches, societies,
&c., are inserted free in it and their Sec
retaries should send them to him at once.
And those inserting advertisements in it
would, if they wish to get good positions,
do well to apply to him at once. He is at
the Virginia Hotel.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Buena Vista.

The Buena Vista Advocate of Friday
has the following notes:
Church NeWs.-The Presbyterian con-
gregation has fixed on next Sunday morn
ing to consider calling pastor, and have
appointed committee to find a lot for a
parsonage.
Arranging an Excursion of Congress-
maem.-Hon. HI. st. Geo. Tucker was here
yesterday arranging to organize an excur-
sion of Senators and Representatives from
Washington to visit Buena Vista.
Tacemtytour Buildings. Bissell,
Secretary of the Buena Vista Improvement
Company, was in town on Tuesday, and
located twenty-four buildings to be put uI
at once by his company.
Fire Clay Compony.-The Fire Clay
Company has already commenced opera
lions with a force of twenty-five to fifty
hands. MI. Anderson, the Secretary of the
company, is here to-day to procure al
office,
Persomal.-In town this week were Miss
Mary Ryan, w. A. Levin, B. T. Bagby, 1
Witt, D. E Euritt and j. r. Liggett, OF
Staunton; j. G. Plane and Robt. Talley OF
Augusta, and D. B. Taylor of Baltimore.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Circuit Court.

The regular term of this court, Judge
Mclaughlin presiding, began this week.
Judge Mel. looks fully recovered from his
recent attack and the rapidity with which
he has dispatched business shows that he is.
Compromised The suit of G.. A. Gull
ley, admir-. of W. Fl. Gulley This son killed
by train near Fishersville), Us. the G. &
o. Ry. Co., suit tried without verdict
at a former term, was compromised on a
judgment for 81 800 damages.
Verdict for full amount.-Mary 3.
Murray Us. Valley Mutual Life Insurance
Company for 81 900 the amount of her
husbands life insurance. Verdict for
plaintiff for full amount.
Will set up by parole evidemce.-Mary
Julia McAleer Us. McAleer's legatees. In
this case lost will was set up by parole
evidence and M. McAleer will qualify as
Administrator.
Trustees dppointed.-The court ap-
pointed the following Trustees of church
property-Union Chapel of U. BID. B.
Brenaman, R. A. Arey and J. W. Lands
Splitter Chapel of U. B.-J. Reed in place
of J. T. Quick resigned; U. B. Parsonage
at Spring Hill-C. II. Sheets vice I. W.
Arey removed; M. E. Church South at
Mint Spring James Bolen, Samuel Beard,
Jno. w. Evans, Owens Hinkle and David
Hinkel.
Administratiom.-H. II. Hamilton was
appointed Admir-. of John E. Hamilton,
decd.
Personaz.-Judge J. L. S. Kirby and
Charles H. Keezel were admitted to prac-
tice.
w. B. McChesney and J. M. Lickliter
were appointed trustees of Staunton Lodge
No. 10, A. F. & A. NJ, in place of D. G..
McGuffin and Thomas A. Bledsoe, decd.
Charter.-A charter was granted for
Fishburne's Military Academy at Waynes-
boro.
a busy aveeE.-Over 100 DEGREES were rem
dered and an unusually large number Of
judgments at law were entered by the
court.
Several divorces were granted.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
New Buildings and Contracts.

The building season has opened well and
the builders and contractors are busy tear
ing down old houses and replacing them
with modern and elegant structures. The
following contracts have been closed during
the past week with the firms named below:
B. T. Bagby.-Mr. Jno. D. Crowle this
week let the contract to Maj. B. I. Bagby,
at 1926 900, for the erection of the 3-story
brick block of four stores, corner of Main
and Water street. The building will have
offices on the End story and hall on
the Sd. The architect is Foulk, the same
who designed the Y. M. G. A. Building.
The edifice will be one of thehandsomest in
the city and would be an ornament to a
town twice the size of this.
Maj. Bagby is now busy filling large con-
tracts for Buena Vista.
j. M. Wilson-For MI. P. II. Trout, a
three-story brick building, ON E. Main
street. The first floor to contain two large
store-rooms, "a feet deep, and the upper
stories to be divided in large rooms for Of
fees, &c. The building is to cost $4,000.
L5vick Bro. &c Baylor-Car-house and
stables. for Street Railway Co., located on
N. Lewis street, to cost 900.
Two frame houses, for Mr.. J. E. Graham,
located ON Winthrop street, Sears Hill.
David Bucher-A three-story brick
store-house, for DR.. J. St.P. Gibson, located
ON w. Frederick street.
A frame house, for the Misses Chapman,
on S. Fayette street opposite Staunton
Female Seminary.
Capt. Butcher is also finishing three
story frame building, for Mrs. Thos. A.
Bledsoe, located on East Frederick street.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
The Cold Sulphur Springs.

This favorite watering place, which has
passed into the hands of the Goshen Land
and Improvement Co., will be opened by
MI. J. S. Craig as usual, on the LIST of June
for the season. The buildings have been
renovated, and everything looks nice and
fresh there for the coming season, which,
to judge from the applications for rooms,
will be an unusually successful one. A
word of explanation about a typographical
error in the analysis published in MI.
Craig's circular announcement for the sea-
son. The water contains IS cubic inches
of free carbonic acid gas, and not free car
bolic acid gas as the types make it, The
carbonic acid gas makes the water peculiar
ly light, and grateful to the most delicate
stomach.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Two Landmarks Going.

The old drug store building on Main
street, for over generation used for that
line of business by various firms, is being
pulled down to give place to a new one.
MI. w. M. Allen, the occupant, is moving
to the S. w. corner of Main and New
streets until the new house is fin
ished. Messrs. Kinney & Terry, coal
and wood dealers, who are under
the same roof, have located temporarily in
M. L. Treiber's store, N. E. corner of Main
and New streets.
The old building, corner of Main and
Water streets, known best as the Tams
building, in the lower part of which there
have been bank, post office, academy and
insurance office, is also being pulled down
to make way for new one.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
A Good Way to Advertise.

The Staunton Development Company is
having prepared Photographic pamphlet
with pictures of every prominent place in
Staunton-churches, mills, factories, pub
lie institutions, &C., and with full de-
scriptive text showing forth the advantages
of the vicinity. They will send out $4,000
copies of the first issue, and this will make
an excellent advertising medium for our
merchants. Not only that, but advertise
ments in it should be numerous, for it is
through the number and character of bust
ness advertisements of city that the out
side world makes up it's opinion 81 the
place. 1t is to the interest of the city as
well as the individual merchants that this
pamphlet should be crowded with business
announcements. This is everybody's effort
to help Staunton; let all take hand in it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
An Answer to the Point.

At Lexington Presbytery last week Rev.
Dr.. d. K. Mcfarland, of the Staunton
First Presbyterian church, was Moderator.
and pushed business through rapidly. Hon.
II. st. Geo. Tucker was among the visitors
there and during recess rallied Dr.. M. on
the vigor of his rulings and the way he
rushed business through. "Why," said
Mr.. Tucker, ''you beat Speaker Reed. y
The Doctor who is the mildest hammered
of men, laid the Congressman out with this
well directed shot" Y gu frequently hear
me in my rulings allude to our Constitu-
ton MI. Tucker. Do you hear MI Reed
make any allusion Of that sort P" Harry
had to surrender with the confession that
be did not.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
M A kEIS.
VINDICATOR OFFICE, |

INDICATOR OFFICE,
STAUNTON, VA, May 10.
Robert Goodwin, Peter Wine, John Grove,
]. P. Hamilton, F. NJ. Bell, are all loading
hay this week at Fishersville, and w. A.
Freed, M. A. Koiner and David Conner, of
that neighborhood, are hauling wheat. At
other depots in the county cars are in demand
and farmers trying to get rid of their surplus
stocks before time for working corn. We con-
tinue quotations as of last week. There is q
general complaint that the growing wheat
and grass crops are not doing well, but the
kindly rain of Wednesday will probably put a
better face on things. The clover crop no
doubt is cut very short.
The Philadelphia Record of Saturday in its
review of the wheat market of the country
for the week, says: "The wheat markets
have been excited and feverish throughout the
week under the influence of speculative man.
ipulation, which has been helped by unfavor-
able crop reports from Illinois, Ohio and In
diana, and by the continuance of dry weather
in Northwest. The extent of depreciation OF
improvement in the general crop outlook as
compared with conditions month ago will
probably be definitely stated in the Federal
crop report; but in the absence of a general
official estimate the bulls have made the most
of the State reports and the exaggerated esti-
mates of damage that have emanated from
piAt"'o 'o".ooo iAoo' "sohas0 " 00n'o
per DusheA hlghef III the Eastern markets. ana
3H cents higher IN chicago, although they
have been much higher at intervals during
the week. Corn prices have advanced from q
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
A Memorial Hall to be Erected to the Alum
nj of Washington & Lee University.

A mass meeting of the Faculty, students,
alumni, and friends Of Washington Il Lee
University was held Friday night, May
End, in the University Chapel, to discuss
the erection of a large Memorial Hall to
the alumni of the institution. DR.. H. A.
White, Hon. J. R. Tucker, Prof. J. j.
White, first Captain Of the Liberty Hal,
Volunteers) and others addressed the meet
ing. Great enthusiasm was manifested,
committees were appointed to arrange Tor
the practical details of the work, and there
is every indication that the movement thus
inaugurated will be attended with success.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Will Spend his Pension Money to go to the
Lee dwelling.

The Richmond correspondent OF the NOr-
folk Virginian sends it the following TOUCH
ing incident connected with this locality,
in his letter Of May 9th:
Major A. W. Hartman, Jr., Treasurer of the
the State, has lately returned from visit to
the Valley Of Virginia. He says everybody
here are Understanding the size of the crowd
that will be at the unwilling. People are COM
ing from the Valley and Southwest in num-
bers that will be surprising Major Hartman
thinks the greatest number of veterans that
have been gathered together since the war,
and that will ever meet again will be here.
He gave me the following touching incident
OF an old veterans love for the lost cause
One of Stonewall Jackson's truest and brave st
men, who faced many battle and came out
of the war with marks upon his body and
manned for life, lives near Staunton in the
very humblest circumstances. When the Cen
eral Assembly was in session one of the men,
bers got the old veteran the pitiful pension
which Virginia has provided for her soldiers.
When the money was taken to the old man,
about two months ago, he looked at it a while
and, turning to the legislator, said: my
friend, / want you to keep enough money to
buy me ticket from Staunton to Richmond,
l want to go to the unwilling. see from the
papers that lots of old comrades will be there.
and would like to meet them once more 1t
will be my last chance to look them in the
face, and it will remind me of the days when
we hoped all and found nothing. 1 am SO
much in need of money would spend it all
if had it, so just take out enough to pay my
fare to Richmond, so the old man can be hap
ply once MORE This old veteran i'll coming
and will receive hearty welcome.
After inquiry, our reporter has located
the veteran mentioned above, and can state
that his money is safely locked up in Sena-
tor Echols' safe, and he will have his trip
to Richmond, and probably little extra
besides to pay his street Cal fare when he
gets there.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Sales of Real Estate.

VIM. Patrick, Comm T., and A. j. Butts,
to J. Frank Kingan, 2 lots on the North
end of Augusta street, consideration 81 900.
J.L. Massey and others to the Sherwood
Land Company, the Sherwood Female
Seminary and land attached. Consideration
$4,000
| J.. S. Gillian of Philadelphia, formerly
of Staunton), to r. E. Timberlake and e..
| L. Tilman, a lot 120 feet front on West Main
street opposite the Heydenrich property.
Consideration 81 900.
| r. E. Timberlake and G. L. Tilman to
J. B. Wrenn, 40 front feet of the above lot
bought from Gillian. Consideration 81 900.
| A. j. Butts to Ben Ami Deffenbaugh
the lot N. E. corner of North Augusta and
Caroline streets, fronting 60 feet on Au-
gusta street. Consideration 81 900.
E. L. Wright to j. A. Fauver, SO acres
mile outside the city. Consideration $25
an acre. Two years ago sold at SIS an
acre.
J. Emmett Guy to Sherwood Land Co.,
his residence and farm near Parkersburg
pike toll gate. Consideration $4,000. A
few years ago sold at $4,000.
Mrs. Juliet F. Asst to Reeves Gait and a
syndicate, 100 acres of her farm edge
wood" adjoining the city. Consideration
ST. 900. She reserves 9 acres for her own
use.
Auctioneer E. M. Gushing sold onSatur-
day a house and about three acres of land
on the iron works road, in the northeast
part of the county, to John e, Harris for
1857; six acres of land on South River, adj
joining the Mann farm, to Thomas Stick
ley for $125; 533 acres of land near Sum-
meridian, to J. Frank Clemmer for $1,725;
10 acres near same, to L. M. Koontz for
$3.50.
Stuart M. Tate to VIM. Smith, small lot
In N. E. part of city, $3.50.
Jas. W. Teabo to Mary A. Valentine, lot
adjoining Mrs. Valentines, on johnson
street, SIS.
DR.. A. B. Arthur to DR.. Thos. W. Shell
ton, Al feet front on E. Frederick street,
between Abby and Bledsoe properties, for
500.
Anna Bond to Chas. Leuthart, houses
and lots in West End, for $1.725.
J. II. Mathews to Michael Croghan, a
lot, for $50.
R. w. Hardy to Staunton Land Co.,
acres on Valley pike near toll-gate, for
$500.
J. A. Greever to J. P. Kice and W. W.
Robertson, lot in West End, for $215.
Basic City Co. to Louis Schuer of Berry
vile, lot, $500.
Same to II. Baylor, lot, $500.
Same to S. Hackman of Huntersville, w.
Va, lot $415.
Same to G.. Powell Hill of Alexandria, 1
lot $500.
Same to G. G. Proctor and H. II. Hite
of Rockingham, lot 1920.
Same to G. G. Proctor, lot 1925.
Same to W. W. Moore, Lewisburg, W.
Va, 6 lots 81 1896.
w. W. Donaghes estate to DR.. N. and
J. III. Wayt, 14a acres, $3,775.
]. D. Crump of Richmond, to DR.. T. w.
Shelton, interest in mineral land near We
suvius, at $4,000.
z. H. Rawlings to DR.. T. w. Shelton,
interest in mineral land, $4,000.
Dr.. I. w. Shelton to Augusta Mining
and Investment Co., the above two lots of
land for SIG, 900 and royalty on ores mined.
w. H. Gamble to S. j. Link, 60 acres
near Spring Hill, for $4,000.
G.. Hildebrand to J. T. CARRIER, 499 acres
near Fishersville, for $500.
The plot of Basic City has been entered
at the County Clerk IS Office, D. B. 100, PIP.
1916.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Waynesboro.

The Waynesboro Times Of Friday has
the following notes
Sales of Lots.-A great deal of property
has changed hands ON this side of the river
during the past two days and the sales are
continuing Lots have advanced from IS
to 125 per cent, many having changed
hands several times. The sales have amount
ed to over $45, 900.
Personalities Lavinia Patterson, of
this county, has returned from visit to
the family of Rev. Thos. M. Boyd, OF
Hope, Ark.
Mrs. A. A. Cone, of Staunton, is visiting
Mrs. DIR. w. j. Jones.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
The Chesapeake & OHIO Changes to Contra
standard Time Between Clifton
Forge and Cincinnati

The following circular from General
Passenger Agent H. w. Fuller of the G. &
O., went into effect last Sunday:
Commencing May 18th, this Company will
adopt the Central Standard Time between
Clifton Forge and Cincinnati in making its
train schedule. This is the same standard of
time as is now in use between Huntington and
Cincinnati, but between Huntington and Cliff.
ton Forge our schedule by the Central
Standard Time will be one hour slower than
formerly that is, where we advertise train
leaving station at a. m. Central Standard
Time, it will be equivalent to 10 a: m. by
Eastern Time OF the time in effect between
Clifton Forge and Huntington prior to May
11th.'
This change in time has been made here
tofore at Huntington.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
PAGE 5.
Confederate COMMUNICATIONS,

June 9Th is fixed rs memorial day at
Staunton.
The meeting Saturday night presided
over by Capt. Jas. Bumgarlner with MI.
G. M Keblinger as Secretary, addressed
some enquiries about the transportation of
Confederate veterans to Richmond to the
unwilling. 1t is hoped the C.& 0. which
has given low rate to veterans will az
range so that while the tickets shall be ap-
piled for in an organized body they shall be
distributed singly to the members of the
body.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
The Late Accident.

Mr.. Meade F. White, Commonwealth :
Attorney Of Augusta, has received letter
from a friend who has been travelling il
the West, in which he says: ga few days
ago [ saw MI. Geo. w. Knox the father
Of Miss Myrtle Knox, who was killed in
the accident at Staunton. He requests me
for himself and wife to thank the kind
people of Staunton for the care and atten.
ton shown their unfortunate child, and to
say for them that they would ever remem.
Der with gratitude the kindness shown on
that occasion.
A letter to Mr.. Albert Shultz, from the
father Of Mr.. W. F. Fitzpatrick of New
York, who was seriously wounded at the
accident here, April 2Sth, says that the re-
port Of his sons death is incorrect. While
likely to be confined to his bed for some
time, the wounded man is threatened with
nothing worse than that.
On Saturday last, at the Virginia Hotel
Miss Edith Miller was carried to the room
of Miss Bertha Fisch and Mrs. Fisch, and
there photographer, who had been sent
for, took pictures of the group: They will
preserve them as souvenirs.
Mr.. G.. Bargamin, who had a cane made
of the back Of the sleeping Car berth in
which Miss Myrtle Knox was killed at the
Staunton station, sent it, on her request, to
Miss Edith Miller, the young lady who
shared the berth with Miss Knox, and who
is still confined to her bed at the Virginia
Hotel by her wounds. She will keep the
cane as memenso of the most perilous mo-
ment of her life.
Andrew Mallette, clerk at the Midland
Hotel, Leavenworth, Kan, received letter
from Myrtle Knox April 80, written just
before her death at Staunton, Va, April
2Sth. In this letter Miss Knox tells of the
secret marriage of Sydney Durham and
Bessie Clark, both members of the Pearl
of Pekin Company. The young people had
been married two months before they an
nounced the fact to the other members of
the company. They left the company at
st. Louis and proceeded to New York.
Louis Harrison and Ed. E, Rice, propri-
etors of the ''Peal of Pekin" Opera troupe
have been compensated for their recent
loss on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
The Railroad Company paid all the mem
bers of the company Except the wounded
who were compensated previously, three
weeks salary, besides $1,000 to Rice and
Harrison.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Graduates at Dunsm ore s Business
College.

The following young men graduated at
Dunsmore's Business College this week /:
G. B. RAIDER of Lewisburg, W. Va, M. s.
McClung, Of Lewisburg, w. Va, J. Goss
Peyton of Second, w. Va. W. H. Warren
Of Crickmer, W. Va, J. A. Crawford of
Mt. Sidney, Va, F. M. Shirley of Waynes-
boro, Va, J. L. Goodloe Of Oman, Va, G..
w. Hulish of Haymarket, Va, D. G. Ack-
er of Cowan's Depot, Va.
CO. Coleman of Slaughter, Va, who
graduated recently from the above school,
has been appointed to place in the Census
Office at Washington, to collect statistics
from all oystermen of the United States.
Salary about $3.50 per month and all expen-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-16
Qulck Time.

The party consisting Of Mrs. Bissell,
Mrs David May, Mrs. Geo. Wilson and
her two sons, and Miss provinces, who left
Staunton fol- California few days ago by
the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry., arrived at
Oakland Pier, opposite San Francisco,
the terminus of their journey, in four days,
16 hours and Is minutes. The trip was a
quick one and with every convenience pro-
vided for, even to the baggage checking
which Mr.. James Ker, the company S tick
ct agent here, had done at their residence
in StauntOn.