Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-04
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| A novel case has arisen at Buena Vista. Dr..
W. A. RicheSon and his bar keeper, A. 5.
Campbell, are charged with conspiring to get
money out of the Norfolk & Western Ry.
Campbell admits having led a blind bull on
the track just as the whistle of an approaching
train blew and left it there and ran off. The
bull was killed by the train. The next day
| Dr.. Richeson made demand on the company
for $500 for the bull. In court Campbell swore
! that Richeson who hired him to do it, select
| ing the n. & W. because it paid better for cat
tie than the G. & o. Both the men have been
committed to jail to await the action of the
grand jury Richeson denies all Campbell
| swore to-
Mr.. VIM. Riley, reporter and business man
ager of the Winchester, Va, Times, who, with
his wife and daughter, was with the Virginia
editorial excursion to Texas died on reaching
| Dallas, Texas, Thanksgiving day. from ex-
haustion, consequent on the long trip. He
was sick in his room at the hotel at Bristol
when the excursion started from there. His
remains have been sent to Winchester When
the excursion reached Austin, the capital OF
Texas, they were welcomed by Gov. Hogg
and Senator Reagan and had numerous ban
quets and excursions rendered them. That was
the end of their trip anG from there they re-
turned to Virginia.
Miss Sabra Carter Of Wilmington, Mass,
among other requests in her will has left the
interest of 81 900 to be used for painting the
houses in that village, one OF two each year.
provided the occupants of the house edo not
keep dog and have not kept one for two
years, and have been members of tenn
perance society for the same period of time.
and are not in the personal use of tobacco.
II there are no applications fer a coat of paint
gratis, the income may be used one-half for
ornamenting the common and the other to
beautify the cemetery.
The Salem, Va, Improvement Co has been
assessed for taxation on the land it owns
on 5000 900 worth Of stock and on 1926, 900.
worth Of notes received for lots. 1t claims
that the notes and the land are the basis OF
the stock, and that to tax the stock also is
double taxation. The county court of Roa-
noke has decided against the company and it
has appealed to the Circuit Court. Its whole
tax as assessed is $4,000 year.
The judges of election at Port Republic
young man under 81, was convicted and pun
shed for petty larceny. Last month, having
come of age, he rendered his vote and it was
challenged. Two out of the three judges de-
cided that he could vote-that 1t was the
minor under 81 who broke the law and the
citizen of 81 had committed no offense to dis
franchise him.
Senator Fairfax of Loudoun county, Va,
who attended the New York horse show, in
addition to selling the first prize winner, his
horse 'Matchless," for Sl5, 900, also sold the
second, his two-year-old "Aldie" for $4,000,
and then sold his hunter, Monitor" to ex-
Secretary W. G. Whitney for 81 800. He
brought back horses and S22, 800 in hard
cash to Loudoun.
The fact that the great provision house OF
Cassard & Son of Baltimore, which failed last
week for 800, 600, was engaged in experiment
ing in the building of novel steamship,
made the banks shy of accommodating it
year ago, distrust which has grown with
time and to which the firm attributes its fail
ure.
At Roanoke, Thursday, Y Bowman, one OF
the Bluefeld football team had his left leg
broken, and B. A. Gufiin on the Roanoke
team, got his head cut. The score was to 4.
AT indianapolis on Thursday, Lackey, the