Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-07-02

Mfddlebrook Letter.

MiddIebrook Letter.
Mrs..D. M. Smith, of this place. has gone Il
Rockbridge county to visit her parents. He
mother being aged, is very Ill. She has he
two children with her and leaves the old mar
at home to keep bachelors hall for two o.
three weeks.
A little child of Mr. Samuel Strain died las
week of dysentery. This fell disease has beer
prevailing am ong the children extensively ir
this vicinity of late and has resulted fatally ir
some cases.
A considerable crow" W as raised In Ken
lucky county last week. The circumstances are
as follows: A fellow was witness in a sui
before magistrate and claimed his attend
ance. The.defendant had the costs to pay and
was fined, which he liquidated then and there
The attendance was not paid over to the wit'
ness. and after repeated efforts to get it had
failed, he laid the matter before the county
court, which held that no Court has right to
levy fine and costs on any one other than
that prescribed by law and the expense OF suit,
and laid the costs OF the proceedings on the
Justice and Constable equally and admonish.
ed them not to collect attendance fees off any
poor man or any man and not pay the same
over to the rightful owner. as that is the OBJ
ject of attendance fees to satisfy witnesses for
their lost time. A shooting ARRAY occurred
after the Magistrate had been fined for extor'
tion between the parties and their respective
friends which resulted in two men yielding
up the ghost and three others badly hurt They
believe in justice with a big J out there. and
generally contrive to get 1t.
Constable Dull levied on some bark last
week aud advertised the same for sale, but was
notified by another party that the bark was
his and the 81 ale must not proceed.
The precinct Republicans (not all of them)
are grand set of hands to build up their par
ty. Some of them are going round with the
statement that some of their best workers are
not Republicans and never have been. This
is what Is going to drive their young men out
this fall This is done by some for Revenue
only" who are always weighing every man in
their own unprincipled balances. There are
q good many men who would never have left
the Democratic party If 1t had not been for the
loaves and fishes, and some of them have had
to be content with q Little Minnow." There
are some of their so-called good workers who
have done the Democratic party more good
than their own workers have done. How SO
Why, by their being like crawfsh-more
mouth than brains-running off all the young
men who are the only ones to do any
work, and still they stand so thigh" in the es'
timation of some of the "boss men"-for the
party has been bossed by one man entirely for
q long time. A blather.mouthed curb-stone
quibler will kill out anything he has to do
with, and the woods are full of them just now.
who think everybody dishonest but Them
selves But they got the ''minnow" just the
same. Another very outlandish and riotous
convention may be looked for July 18th, when
a BOSS" is to be determined upon.
Mr.. John Berry and Miss Sue Gordon were
married last week. Two more souls made hap.
py for the time being.
Harvesting Is progressing fast among our
farmers.
DR.. George M, Bowen, of Albem arle county,
Va. was in Staunton last week. The Doctor
looks well and hearty. Long life to him.
Mr.. William Goode, of this village was in
on court-day and had an alteration
With q negro. The negro pushed him off the
no -enant whereupon he told the negro to
mind what he was doing. The darkie drew an
no1v.1ookino "fusee,, and snapped it at Goode,
Int fortunately 1t struck on blank shell 9TH
or,v,se he would rrobably have killed him.
Goodies father then stepped up between them
ond tbrs nrevanted the "napu from shooting
Ha was subsequently taken before the Mayor
,rbo f,ned him s3O and costs. and sent him to
,o1 for civ months after which he will be tried
tor oc.on1t with intent tn kill. There are al
MO %. too many "nansu cooked up on our side.
,roIks tbns nreventine ladies from getting
oIono Comfortably. Several times we have
uaan them force ladies' to take the gutter,
Mr. Robert Helms. ir.. is now at home from,