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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-10-24
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V1Nn1cAroR OFFIcE

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STAUNroN, VA, Oct 2Srd.
While the prices Of grain have not materl-
ally changed and our quotations remain as
last week, yet there has been evidently
stronger feeling in all the leading markets OF
the country, and the outlook at present is
more hopeful Some of the lots of wheat now
coming into market are very choice. MI. John
Towberman is loading Car with partlcu-
larly fine grade Of milling wheat OF prollilc
and longberry varieties for a Staunton ship
per.
Hav remains without notable change III
prices or demand.
The Philadelphia Record of Saturday in its
review of the markets for the week says
ssIhe wheat market has advanced l cent per
bushel as result OF speculative buying and a
bullish sentiment encouraged by the small
interior movement and adyices of slight I'M
proyement in English markets. But there
has been very little change for the better IN
legitimate trade conditions. Export demand
has continued light, and shipments OF both
wheat and flour compare unfavorably with
those of the corresponding period last year.
Receipts of corn at primary markets and ship
ments thence to the Atlantic seaboard have
been moderately reduced, and the markets
have ruled firm"
Dun & Co. of New York, in their circular
of Saturday, say: Speculation in wheat
has made further progress this week, the price
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Killed hv an Officer.

A few weeks ago j. E. Conner of Apo
mattox, young member Of the Staunton
Development Co.'S engineering corps, got
into trouble With colored boy called
''Spider" in the lower part Of the city.
After that was ended, a colored tough,
named Henry Casey, who had nothing to
do with the fight, followed young Conner
up town and throwing a four pound rock
at HIM fractured his skull Corners lay i'll
for some time, but recovered. Casey fled to
Philadelphia, but returned after Conner s
recovery. Last Tuesday afternoon, Chief
of Police Waters summoning officer Greg
ory, City Sergeant Turner, and Deputy
Sheriff Butcher, surrounded a haunt of
Casey S in Gas Alley. Casey jumped out
Of a window and ran. Sheriff Butcher fired
two shots over him to stop him, and then
fired at him, the last shot entering his
lungs, and resulting in his death in an hour
at the jail, to which he had been carried.
The coroner's jury found a verdict to the
effect that Casey was resisting arrest
and that the officer killed him in the dis
charge of his duty.
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The Years Showing Of the Chesapeake
& ONO Ry.

At the annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the G. & o. Ry. Co. in Richmond,
Tuesday, the net earnings for the year
ending June 80, 1890, were shown to be
81, zoe, 1872, being 1851 1922 more than for the
year previous. The interest charges and
taxes Of the company for the year were
81 100000. An unusual charge against
the earnings of the company this year was
$3.50, 900 paid to settle the damages by three
accidents $50 600 for the one at the Staun-
ton depot $75, 600 for the one at the White
Sulphur. and $1,000 fol- the one at Mays
vile. The company is now operating ,25S
miles of road, with 237 locomotives and
9,7O7 freight cars. The sum OF $150,000
will be spent for more passenger cars this
year. The company bought !. 200 acres of
land at Clifton Forge for $4,000. After
laying out yard-roOm sufficient to hold 5000
freight cars and reserving plenty Of room
for shops, station and a hotel, the remain
der Of this purchase was sold to a land syn
dictate for $3.50, 900 in money, with an agree
ment on the part Of the Chesapeake & Ohio
that this money should be used in erecting
shops, purchasing machinery, building a
hotel and a station. This is the first time
the company during its many years of eX-
istence has received any profit INLAND from
location of it's terminals OIL other facilities.
and it is believed that the result in this in
stance will be very gratifying to the stock
holders.
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Dancing Academy.

Prof. W. H. Allmon, teacher of ex-
perience and good taste in the art OF dane
ing, will open a Dancing Academy here
next Monday afternoon in the former Y.
M. G. A. room in the City Hall. Prof. A.
has shown us high testimonials both by let.
ter and from the press. He is engaged in
teaching the art to the cadets Of the V. M.
l. at Lexington, and during the term for
which he will open i'll Staunton, will only he
able to give two evenings week here. His
advertisement in another part OF the paper
gives full particulars Of the hours of III
structiOn and the new dances that Will be
taught. He is DESTROYS that the parents OF
children will visit his Academy at their
pleasure
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Charters Granted.

Judge Grattan Of the Hastings Court,
this week granted the following charters:
''Stonewall Investment Company, y Pres
ident J. Howard Wayt; Vice President,
Isaac Witt; Secretary and Treasurer, M. .
n. Bradley. Directors-the above officers
and Henry A. Walker, A. S. Lara, of
Staunton, and John Donovan of Clifton
Forge Purpose, to buy OF sell real estate,
to purchase OF discount bonds, construct
buildings, mine, manufacture, &C., &c.
Capital stock minimum $4,000, maximum
$4,000 in shares Of 800 each; real estate
holding not to exceed 10, 600 acres. Princi-
pal Office, Staunton.
"Staunton Steam Roller Mills Company, y
President, J. I. Triplett of Mt. Jackson;
Vice President, J. A. Fauver of Staunton:
Secretary, P. B. eublett of Staunton;
Treasurer, Reeves Gait of Staunton. Di-
rectors-these officers with J. H. Picker.
Purpose, to erect and operate in Staunton
Roller Process Flour Mills; Capital
mum 200, maximum $4,000, in shares
OF $500. Real estate holding not to exceed
100000 in value. Principal Office, Staun-
ton.
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Lexington P4esby.ery.
AN EVANGELIST ELECTED-A PLAN Of
FERED FOR TINE CALLS FOR MINIS

AN EVANGELIST ELECTED-A PLAN OF
FERED FOR TIME CALLS FOR MINIS
TIERS. &C.
Lexington Presbytery commenced its
Fall session at Bridgewater, Rockingham,
on Wednesday last.
Rev. Fl. III. Halves, D. d., of Staunton,
in the absence of Rev. DR.. D. K. McFar-
land OF Staunton, preached the opening ser
mon, and Rev. Mr.. White of Warm
Springs, was elected Moderator.
The Presbytery decided to appoint an
Evangelist, and Rev. Frank J. Brooke of
Clarksburg, w. Va. was elected to the
position with salary of 81 200. Mr.. Brooke
took the matter under consideration.
In the matter of the call of Rev. w. E.
Hamilton to Union church, Augusta coun-
ty, the Committee on the subject asked for
further time to report and were given until
the next meeting of Presbytery to he held
in Staunton during the present session of
Synod.
The following Commissioners to the Gen
eral Assembly were nominated-Rev. ]. e..
Booker of Hebron, Rev. Robert Campbell
of Buena Vista, and Elders T. c. Morton
and Charles Grattan of Staunton. The
Assembly convenes at Birmingham, Ala,
next May.
A resolution was presented asking Pres
bytery to direct it's Committee ON Bills and
Overtures to prepare a form Of an overture
to General Assembly, requesting it to take
the sense of the Presbyteries Oh the pro-
priety of changing the present plan Of calls
for ministers. SO as to cause calls of con-
gregations for ministers to be for a certain
term of years and thus give ali congrega-
tions periodical opportunity Of voting on
retaining their pastors, without causing any
friction between pastor and people. The
resolution was adopted and the form of
overture was reported by the committee,
but too late to give time for it's discussion.
1t was laid on the table as unfinished bus
mess to be taken up at the Spring meeting.
This was the first session ever held by
Lexington Presbytery at Bridgewater.
The new church in which it was held is a
very handsome one, and the hospitality OF
the people was unbounded.
The adjourned meeting of Presbytery was
held in Staunton, Wednesday afternoon.
A call from the Elkins chnrch was placed
in the hands of Rev. Len Kumfelter, and a
committee appointed to install him on the
second Sunday in December.
The Committee appointed to consider the
matter of placing the call from Union
church in the hands of Dr.. w. E. Hamil-
ton, reported, advising Presbytery to place
the call in his hands with the advice that
he decline it. Report adopted and call
placed in his hands and he returned it to
Presbytery.
In the matter of the Synodical request to
the Presbyteries to raise the $40, 00Olacking
Of the $50, 900 to endow the 9Th chair at
Union Theological Seminary, the commit
tee reported advising the pledging of Pres
bytery to $1,000 as it's part thereof. On
motion this was made 81 900 and report
adopted
Presbytery adjourned to this Friday
evening, at P. NJ, on the call Of the Mod
orator, to hear from Rev. Frank McCue his
determination as to new field.
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Land to be offered for Sale next Week.

All real estate sales announced now, are
read with avidity in these land booming
times. There will be several sales next week
Of valuable properties in the county.
On Monday next, court-day, VIM. Pat
rick and A. G. BraXton, Commissioners,
will, at the Courthouse, offer 139 acres OF
the old Spottswood Padgett tract on Back
Greek. On the same day James Bumgard-
ner, Jr., and VIM. Patrick, Commission
ers, will offer 10 acres of the same tract
now owned and occupied by Reuben Pad
gett.
On the same day, the same commission
ers will offer the 464-acre Cyrus III. Snapp
farm few miles North of Staunton.
On the same day, Special Commissioner
B. F. Terry will offer the 522-acre tract OF
the Albemarle Hunting Co. in North River
Gap.
On the same day, VIM. Patrick, Commits
sioner, will offor the 70-acre NJ. M. Tisdale
farm four miles S. e. of Staunton.
On Thursday next, October 30th, On the
premises, VIM. Patrick, Attorney for the
owner, will offer the 400-acre farm of Rev.
W. T. Richardson, only two and a half
miles South of Basic City and Waynesboro,
with easy terms for the payments. 1t is
located right in the centre Of q booming
locality.
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Involuntary Manslaughter.

W. II. Sadler, engaged in railroad con-
struction, once a manager On the Cincinna-
ii Southern Ry., who was arrested in
Staunton last summer on the charge OF
killing John Lindsey, colored, in Roanoke,
May 4th, was tried in that city last week.
The evidence showed that both he and the
negro had been drinking and got into a
quarrel, that Lindsey followed him up for
fight, that Sadler threw a rock at him
fracturing his skull, and that after appar-
entity recovering from the wound and go
ing about the streets, Lindsey suddenly re-
lapsed and died. The jury on Thursday
gave verdict of guilty of involuntary
manslaughter and fixed Sadler's punish
ment at $500 fine and three months in jail.
The prisoner was defended by Messrs.
Berkeley, Phlegar and Johnson.
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A Good Old Age.

In a notice last week MI. Colston Aeis-
kell of Philadelphia, forty years ago g We'll
known man in Staunton, was spoken of as
1.-THE late.'' He is not dead and is in good
health at the age of IS. He is the younger
brother of the venerable Wade Heisken Of
this city, who, though he is 81, goes about
our streets with the activity of a man Of
forty. Nh. Colston Heiskell S house-keeper,
whom he has had in his family for sixty
years, is one hundred and four years old.
The Buena Vista Advocate speaking OF
the recent death Of MI. Lewis Bumgardner
here, says: ''Mr. Bumgardner was the last
one of the eleven children of Jacob Bum
gardner, one of the original settlers of All
gusta county. Six members of this family
passed three score of years, and four OF
them passed four score.
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Great Lot Sales.

Tomorrow at l p. M. the great sale of
lots at Max Meadows in Wythe county,
which will be found advertised in this day S
VINDICAToR. will take place.
On next Thursday and Friday, Oct 30th
and 31st. the first sale of lots takes placeby
the Wayne Land Co. Its property is loca-
ted right in the heart of a locality which is
being stirred to it's depths by the progress
which has visited Virginia. The compa-
ny fully set forth in their announcement
in to-day's paper the advantages Of the lots
they propose to sell, which include 800 for
business and residence. Buyers from Staun-
ton can take the A. M. train and be on
the ground early.
At Natural Bridge On October 30th,
there will be a sale of more than 100 choice
villa lots, varying from one-half to an acre
in size.
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Address of the Chairman Of the Democratic
County Committee.

County Committee.
To the augusta Democracy:
Our political opponents arc viSilant, &C
tive and organized, while we are lulled into
a fancied security.
A general apathy and Indifference per-
vades the minds of our people. Every
good citizen owes it to himself, his party
and his country to help defeat the enemies
of constitutional liberty. Reed and his
party have defiantly ignored the Constltu-
ton.
Have trampled upon the rights and
threatened the liberties of the people.
Have seated men in Congress who were
not the elected representatives OF the peo-
pie.
sHave shaken the very foundation of this
Republic.
Have sworn to enact the infamous Force
bill. which, if law, would enslave one
section Of our country.
Therefore, Democrats arouse yourselves
once more, shake off your lethargy anu
come one and all to the polls and roll up a
tremendous majority for Liberty, Tucker
and the Constitution.
A meeting of the County Committee will
be held on court day at 10 A. NJ, at which
time appointments will be made and speak
ers announced for the various precincts.
Hon. Fl. st. Geo. Tucker will address
the people at Staunton on court day.
JOHN n. OPIE,
Chairman.
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Additional Hotel Accommodations,

The people of Staunton now have anoth-
Ell, and very probably the last, opportunity
to havea hotel erected Oh the best site in
the city for it, the Skating Rink lot on
Main street. Many months ago, a accompany
was formed to build the Hotel Royal
there, and Mr. John D. Crowle, who then
owned the lot, was a director in 1T. The
apathy of the people about subscribing to it
was so marked that he gave it up and has
since sold the lot. Another company has now
been formed to erect hotel there, and the
new owners Of the lot offer to sell it to
it for $4,000. The new company is COM
posed of FL. M. McIlhany, President, who
is the Secretary of the Staunton Life Co.
j. N. Mcfarland, Secretary and Treasurer,
who is County Treasurer of Augusta, and
the Directors include these gentlemen and
Messrs. A. J. and 7. M. Parish of Char
lottesville; DE-. E. O. Peyton of the Hotel
Ruffner at Charleston, w. Va, and r. 2.
Bell, G. 6. Gooch and FL. L. Hoover. The
whole expense to be incurred including lot,
building and furniture is 100000, and
Messrs. Peyton and Parish agree to take
1000 of the stock; run the hotel and pay
themselves, the caterer and their clerks out
of IS 300 per year, and render quarterly
statement of all receipts to an auditing
committee OF the company. 1t is hardly
likely that Staunton will ever have as good
an offer as this, considered Oh all sides, is.
There is but $50, 600 worth of the stock left
to be placed among the people of Staunton
If that is taken, the foundation will be due
a I'd all the wood w,rk be made ready this
winter SO the hotel can be built LeXt spring
and be open for the summer. If our peo
pie treat this offer as they did the offer OF
MI. Crowle some months ago, the lot will
be sold and the last available site for anOth
Ell hotel will be built UP in stores. The
new era of progress in Virginia has made
the hotel patronage along the Chesapea Ike &
Ohio and Valley Ry. lines unprecedented
and the booms of next Spring will find il
still more increased. No time can be NOR,
favorable for additional hotel accommoda
lions in Staunton than the present. and on
citizens now have the opportunity of avail
ing themselves of it.
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a Big Sale.

On Saturday about 200 Baltimoreans al
rived here by the Valley road on their re-
turn from the woodland Park" sale at
Roanoke. Eighty-five of them dlned at
the Virginia Hotel. The party left Stauz,-
ton in about an hour after their arrival,
only stopping for dinner. The sixteen
acres of the park sold in Roanoke. brought
100000 eight weeks ago; $4,000 four
weeks ago, and last Saturday, $212, $50. MI.
Z. 2. Grasty of Staunton, the well known
correspondent of the ManaJactua'ers Re-
cord, and who is a keen judge of the value
of real estate and of where to invest, was
interested in the last named sale and real
lied a profit of several thousand dollars on
his interest. Messrs. Reeves Gait, w. g..
Kinney and Thos. FL. Humphreys Of Stain
ton, were at the sale.
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Weddings.

On Tuesday last, at Craigsyille in this
county, MI. Harry w. Leitch of Winnifrede,
w. v, and Assistant Manager of the
Winnifrede Coal Company's mines, was
married to Miss Lillian V. Craig, daughter
OF the late James Craig, Esq. Rev. Emmett
W. McCorkle Of the Presbyterian church
performed the ceremony. MI and Mrs
Leltch took the night train for Old Point
and Washington city.
On Wednesday last, Mr.. R. Edward
McAleer of Staunton, son of our esteemed
citizen Michael McAleer, ESQ.,, Of the
county, was married at the parsonage of
the M. E. Church, South, to Miss Nellie
Hutchinson of Stanton. Rev. J. T. Will
iams, the pastor, performed the marriage
ceremony. MI. McAleer is now an enter
prising and goahead young citizen of
Clifton Forge, and young man likely to
make his mark in the business world.
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Drawing their Lots.

The Park Addition Company, so called
because the property of the company runs
for 1000 feet along the City Park, had it's
drawing OF 400 lots by the stockholders, at
the Court House, Tuesday. After the draw
ing large number of gentlemen drove out
to the company's property and went over
1t. 1t is located on the line of the west
ward march Of progress of the city and the
company will now set in to improve it. A
large pagoda will be built there for picnics,
drives and walks made. and the public will
be made thoroughly familiar with the
property.
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D.. D. 4 Il. Items.

The Goodson Gazette of Saturday furn-
ishes the following items from the D., D..
& B. Institution
4 Busy Blind Teacher.-Miss Mary An
derson of Lexington, who was educated in
the Blind Department of the Institution,
has two large music classes, one in Buena
Vista and one in Lexington, and teaches
one day in one town and the next day in
the other, making a fine salary.
The Mute Monitors for '90-91.-For the
girls-Misses Annie Riggs, Lizzie Allen
and Sallie Allen. For the boys-Masters
George Tucker, Egbert Kaufman, Elmer
Akers, John Huff and Clarence Dowel.
All WeH.-Three more pupils in this
week. The school now numbers 124 and
every one is well.
Personalities. Mushback, wife of
Capt. Geo. Mushl ack, member of our
Board, is visiting Mrs. Doyle.
Miss Pattie Alder, sou is again teaching
at Fancy Hill.
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Inrymen Summoned.

The following names have been summon
ed for service as special grand jury Of the
County Court, to appear Monday next at
10 A. NJ. John j. Harner, Thos. w. Al
exander, Jacob II. Shaner, John W. Todd,
M. T. Palmer, Nathan Reeves, G. D. Buch-
Ell, Chas. A. Conner, Chas. A. Alexander.
The following names are summoned as a
venire for service as petit jurymen in the
County Court, to appear at 10 A. NJ. next
Tuesday Geo. II. Alexander, Simon G.
Conner, Jas. M. Conner, Samuel J. Croft,
Thomas H. Cox, Jacob ID. Grove, William
M. Harnsberger, James M. Leonard, w. F.
Morris, VIM. D. Terrell, John G. Eal1le,
Samuel Firebaugh, Daniel c. Flory, VIM.
J. Grove, d. M. Kerr, Ed. Mex. McCue,
John G. PLANE, d. G. Ramsey, Geo. w.
Bowers, C. G. Berry.
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Railroad Notes.

The extension Of the Valley branch Of the
B. 81 @. Ry. is a subject Of much newspaper
and oratorical activity just now. Last
week, meeting was held at Roanoke, and
it's extension from Lexington to that city
where it will find Southern connection
through the Roanoke & Southern Ry, was
urged. The Lynchburg papers urge that it
be extended from Lexington to Lynchburg
where it will get Southern connection
through the Lynchburg & Durham Ry.
Economy and speed unite in urging that
the unfinished line from Lexington to Salem
be completed and connection with the
Roanoke & Southern be made there. If the
B. & O. is willing to give up the rich terri
tory between Lexington and Salem, it can get
the connection with Roanoke by building a
short strip of only twelve miles from the
Valley Ry to Basic City Oh Shendun on the
Shenandoah Valley Ry. and it is very likely
that either town would help it to build the
line.
President M. E. ingalls, has been elected
Director of the Cincinnati, SanduskY &
Cleveland Ry.
Colonel Stuart and MI. Kennedy, engi-
neers, Of Chambersburg, Pa, are engaged
in taking the heights of the mountains and
valleys III Highland county, Va, in the in
terest of Northern railroad company.
The Harmon, Parsons and Rowlsburg
Railroad Company, organized for the pur-
pose of constructing railway from Har-
man, Randolph county, to Rowlsburg.
Preston county, W. Va, has been incor-
porated.
The King Powder Mills, that are located
on the Little Miami Road between Foster
Crossing and Lebanon, Ohio, are to be NOV
ed to Clifton Forge, Va, on the line of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Road. When the new
plant is put in operation at Clifton Forge,
l 200 people will be employed at the mills
V. B. Wood the G. Il o. night operator
at Millboro, had an ankle broken Friday
night by a fall, while going out to meet g
train.
Charles r. Bishop, General Eastern Pas
senger Agent Of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad, who had charge of the Presiden
tial tour through the West, has been pre-
scented with diamond-set gold locket il
recognition of his efficiency.
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Death of a Wanderer.

Last Thursday morning, an insane man
about thirty, well dressed (save that he
wore no hat OF shoes and carrying leath-
ell valise, and who proved on examination of
papers found on his person to be J. Broom
well of Tanawanna, N. Y, was found by
section hands of the Valley Ry. wandering
about near Greenville. He had been roam
ing in the neighborhood for several days
and been sleeping out at night. Mr.. A.
Blauth, Overseer Of the Poor, had him
taken to the County Almshouse where he
arrived in a dying condition and died that
night. His friends at home who had been
telegraphed, replied that they would come
on for his remains,
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Transfers Of Real Estate.

Holmes Erwin and wife to N ora Wick
lin. small lot near Stuart street. $100.
J. E. Guy to W. II. and G. w. Marble,
lot on Fayette street, $500.
Bell s. Young, Admr's of T. M. Y Dung,
to Mrs. Emma G. Grubert, lot on Madison
street, $500.
G. E. Kemper, Com'r, to Jas. N. Ander-
son, the B. f. Fifer house and lot on
Fillmore street, 81, 100.
Jno. w. Stout and others to Mrs. M. A.
Rosen, house and lot on n. Market street,
81 200.
S. NJ. Yost to M. F. Peterfsh, two lots
on North Green street, 81 200.