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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-03
BreVities.

Last Monday there lay at one house iii
Stephen City, Frederick county, Va, the
bodies Of four victims Of grippe-Adam
Barley Ia first cousin Of Mrs. A. NJ. Simp-
son of Staunton.) his wife, his sister,
Louisa Barley, and his daughter, Aryie
Barley They all died within p hours and
two of the children are i'll of grippe.
Yesterday in Staunton it showed, rained
and hailed.
There will be an entertainment at the Y.
NJ. G. A. on Friday, April 10th. Miss
Lakeland Of st. Louis, will be the elocu-
zionist Of the evening. assisted by Mrs Il.
Marmaduke- Hicks, Prof. G. w. Bryant
and wife, and some Of the best local talent
of StauntOn.
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Election of Vestrymen.

The congregation of Trinity church Oh
Monday elected the following vestrymen-
Dr.. B. NJ Atkinson, II. M, Bell, L. G
Elder, James ker, j. 4. Taylor, DIR. Ben
iamin Blackford, r. II. Catlett, L. III
Trout, T. d. Ransom, T. B. Berkeley, J
B. Woodward aud A. f. Kinney. The TIVE
newly elected meml ers are Capt. X. Ii
Catlett and D.. Blacklurd.
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Tram Burned in a Tunnel.

On Thursday evening, justa a freight
coming East Oh the 9. & @. IAN into llar-
vey S tunnel near Ronceverte, the follow
ing local passenger train from Huntington,
dashed into it splitting the caboose and Sc
riously injuring Mike Clifford, freight con-
ductor, and Russell Jennings, freight
brakeman The whole passenger train AID
three cars of freight were burned. The
total loss to the G.. & 0. is $1,000 I'm
til Monday last through passengers were
..ransfe rel nihe miles over the mountain
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"The Flowers that Bloom the In Spring"

The long delayed Spring brought forth a
Il quaint expression of grim humor last FIJI
day morning. With twelve inches OF snow
On the ground and the snow Still falling
furiously, some mourner over the lost
Soring cot little bunch OF faded flowers
and tying them with a string, stuck them
in the snow pile on top OF the iron letter
l,ox corner of Main and New streets, and
over them a urge placar with this legend
prin.el in a bold han ''The flowers that
h,onm IN the Spring, ira la"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-03
Another National EXP :ess Co. Suit.

The ubiquitous John Glenn, Trustee OF
the i'll fated National Express and Trans
portatlon Co., who but few days ago won
suit against one of its stockholders Ill
Harrisonburg, has instituted suit i'll Rich
mond against Major Asher W. CARRIER tol
ST., 800, damages being placed at $3o,
No declaration was filed, but the suit Is
thought to be one of the many that have
been brought from time to time to enforce
the payment of subscriptions to the compa,
ny S stock.
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PaTdOned.

Last week, Mrs. Mary Womeldorf WAS
convicted in the County Court of poisoning
two calves belonging to neighbor near
Greenville, and the jury awarded her a year
in the penitentiary. The case was such as
appealed to every one on account OF the
broken health Of the prisoner, and the court,
jury and Commonwealth S Attorney
signed petition for her pardon.
State Senator Echols, one of her counsel,
took the cars directly after her conviction,
went to Richmond and laying the matter
before Gov. Mckinney, returned the next
day with her pardon.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-03
Lots Offered for the Government Building.

The bids of lots for the Government
building in Staunton will be opened in
Washington next Monday at P. M. Di
agrams have been prepared by Mr.. II. P
Hancock, civil engineer, for the following
lots which are offered-John NJ. Hardy lot
corner Main and Market streets; Dr.. ). M
Hangers lot corners Main and Washington
and Main and Church streets; J. ID. Hounl
hans lot, Northeast corner Main ant
Washington streets. opposite Baptist
church; Skating Rink property Robertson
Ayres and others. corner Main and Water
streets; Waddell lot, II. l.. Hoover an(
others, corner Frederick and Augusta
streets; Foundry lot, w. e. Craig, corne
Frederick and Lewis streets.
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M A II kEIS.
VINDICAToR OFFICE


STANTON, VA, April I'd.
We revise quotations on wheat advancing
figures to cents per bushel over last week.
and report market very firm at outside figure,
OF say SLIP for good milling, delivered at
Staunton. Hay is also higher and we advance
quotations 80 cents per ton all around.
Owing to the fearful condition Of our county
roads, but little of anything is going into
market.
GRAIN MARKETS.
RICHMOND. Apr. .-Wheat-Longberry, Liza
Sill; Shortberry, Sl.09asll3; mixed, Sl.lCaSl.4
Corn-White, 79as0 mixed, 7Sa79
BALTIMORE, Apr l.-Wheat-Southern steady;
Fultz 10sal1l; Longberry 1lOall4; Western steady;
No. winter red spot and April 110A. Corn
Southern frmer; white 75; yellow 75a75; Western
firmer.
CHICAGO, Apr. mo. Wheat-May 1919;
July 1921. No. Uorn-AIay G714; July 6l7s.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Mar. %
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows
Best...,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. So % 54l
Generally rated first quality...... 4.75 q 500
Medium good fair quail y........ 1915 a $50
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows. 2.90 3.39
There fair increase III the receipts over
last week and general improvement in their
quality, there being full number of good tops
on the market, as many in proportion and quite
as good as any for some time. Prices at the
opening were q fraction better than last week
and trade fairly active. but it did not last long,
and prices, too, gave way, and the most of the
sales showed no improvement in values over
last weeks transactions-some dealers closed out
at lower prices than those they got last week.
Quotations 2a5 2-5 cents. Most sales 3a54 cents.
Receipts 914.
Mich Cows--Trade fairly active, especially for
good cows common dull. We quote from So to
$50 per head. Receipts So.
Calves-A full Offering; trade only fair. We
quote at 41aa5h cents per lb. Receipts Ill head.
Sheep and Lambs-Have been steady, with
| moderate receipts and good demand for choice
Lambs 51aa6 cents per ID, $4aSi59 per head for
PRIME and S250aS3 for inferior. Spring Lamb
Sail cents per Id. Sheep SCAT cents per h. $5.52a
ST. 80 per head for prime and $}aS3.5) for fair
BALTIMORE, March 30-Prices for hogs are
35a1ac higher than las week with fair demand.
| The range 634a6l5. Receipts II ,555
| RICHMOND, Mar 3J.-Prices of Beef cattle rang
ed as follows:
Best. q 500
Medium to goOd....................... LOO a 4.io
Sheep I1aa6Iac. Hogs 5Ila53lc. Receipts OF cattle
| 241; hogs $50.
STAUNTON PRICE CURRENT.
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Young Men Building Association.

Judge Ora tan on Tuesday granted a
charter to the Young Mems Building AS
ISOLATION, capital stock from $4,000 tt
$500, 0O0 in shares of $25. Officers for the
first yelr-W. II. Weller, President; Alex
Hart, Vice President; E. J. Cushing, Sec
rotary; Henry A, Walker, Treasurer
Directors-J. w. Splitter, w. H. Weller
Jno T. Landes, Alex. Hart, ,Ino. L. Har
man, S. D. Timberlake, Reeves Gait, j. A
Fauvel, Robt, L. Stratton. II. l.. Hoover
Jas. H. Woodward, Thos. A. Dawson an
Jas. &. Graham.
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sTAUNTON PRICE CURRENT.
WHOLESALE PRICE OF srAuNroN MARK
MAR RIED

ACCOMPLISHMENTS, March, 26,
in the NJ. E. Church at Sangersville. by Rev. A.
r. Thompson, OF Bridgewater, William Claude
Kersh, of Milnesvile, 30 Miss Elizabeth c. kira-
COTE, of Sangersviile, Va
BEASLlIY~ OLFNEY.-At West End, March
3lst, by Rev. j +. ID. Donovan of the u. B. Church,
Robt. A. Beasey, of Caroline Co.. Va, to Miss
Parthenia Wolfvey, daughter of Richard w Off
Vey, of Augusta.
CARR-W RIGHT.-Near Stanton, March 5lst,
by Rev. j. D. Donovan of the U. B. Church.
Frank c. Carr to Miss Rebecca V. Wright, all
of Augusta.
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attractions at the Far.

The Directors of the Baldwin District
Fair Association have appropriated $4,000
to purses for the trials of speed at their
fair in August, and made MI. John W.
Todd chairman of the committee on that
amusement. Pawnee Bi!l's Indian show
is engaged to add to the entertainment
of the visitors,
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Verdict Set Aside,

Judge Mclaughlin has set aside the YER
dict Of the jury awarding Thomas Jarman
ST., of Albemal., 81 600 damages from the
G. Il O. Ry. Co. fol- the death Of his son at
Goshen, caused by an engine running into
a caboose as the latter WAS getting on Il sid
ING.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-03
NaNy Pharmacists.

The State Board of Pharmacy met in
Richmond last week and reor5anizel by the
election of all the old officers. Thirty-iive
candidates passed their examination salts
factorily, including Charles =. Eichelbergel
of Staunton, r. z. Flickcn Of Harrison
burg, Marion Everly Of Wo 'dstoc'l, and
G. BAYLOR Cootes Of Coot IS Store.
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Ths Robins must not be Killed or
Captured.

The following is the section of the code
of Virginia about killing robins:
cit shall be unlawful for any person to kill
or capture woodcock between the first day OF
April and the first day of November; or at
any time, to kill the turkey buzzard OF black
buzzard OF to capture, for sale or transpor
tation, or kill the hooking bird, or kill OF
capture the brown thrush, cardinal OF rec
bird, mood robin, blue bird, house martin, Oh
starting, or destroy their nests
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Open.

The Staunton Savings Bank opened yes
terGay in Weller & Armentrout S, Cashier
G.. G. Child receiving the first deposit 1t
will remove up stairs in the CroWle build
ing us soon as it's Office furniture comes 1t
i, now open for deposits of 81 OF upward.
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Easter Offering.

The Faster offering at Trinity church
last Sunday was $3.50, of which the Sab
hath School children contributed $12O-this
sum being in addition TO their regular con-
tribut .one.
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Result of the Real Estate activity.

The city of Staunton had an income OF
1881 30 for the year ending March 3lst from
it's tax on deeds recorded in the Hastings
Court Clerk S office; the State gets SINH
lar amount.
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-. w 4NoN LIN,
DENNIS 2. MORRISON,
j. j. HURLEY,

In the report to the stockholders we see
that The Grottoes Company has taken
stock in five industries to the aggregate
amount of $50, 1851. 80 and has loaned four
others-the loans secured by liens-the ag-
gregate amount of 500, 6l5.21, making nine
large industries it has secured at about an
average assistance of $4,000 each-a very
careful and wise investment.
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The New Schedule Of the G. & 0.
FROM WASHINGTON TO STAUNTON Il
FOUR HOURS AND FORTY-FIVE


FOUR HOURS AND FORTY-FIVE
MINUTES.
The Chesapeake & Ohio BY. took posses
sion of the leased railroad from Gordons-
vile to Orange on Wednesday last, April
1st, and put on two more trains between
Washington and Cincinnati. The follow
ing is the new schedule as it affects Staun-
ton:
TRAINS GOING EAST LEAVE.
Vestibule for Washington and
Old Point. A. NJ
Atlantic Express for Washington
and Old Point .......................1:24
Local for Charlottesville from Cliff
ton Forge. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Through for Richmond ..................2:2 1 Z. NJ
TRAINS GOING WEST LEAVE.
VeStibul e .................. ........420 A. NJ
Cincinnati EXpresss ...... .............6:45 z. M
Local from Charlottesville for Cliff
ton Forge connecting for Hunt
lngtOn 10 n. M
Through from Old Point to Hinton. 4:43 2. NJ
x This train comes from Washington
and leaves there at Z. M, making til
run in four llouls and forty-tive minutes
This IS the train that over q portion of tn
route makes fifty miles an hour. All train
going North now so by Gordonsvile, il
stead of leaving the line at Chal lottesvill
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Another Snow.

Last Thursday after night fall, snow
set in here which lasted till Saturday noon
and attained the depth of thirteen inches.
making seventy-three inches of snow here
since the morning of December 10th, When
the big seow set in. At Lexington and
Harrisonburg it was as deep, and at Win
chester it was twenty eight inches. AL
over the Valley it was very heavy and ii
extended North and West in the rest of the
country. AT Basic City the roof of the
knitting factory was broken by it's weight
but the damage to the machinery was no
serious.
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Free Stone Water from an Arteslan Well.

In boring an artesan well for the Bodley
Wagon Works on the Staunton Develop
ment Co. 8 property, the workmen have
struck free-st0ne water at little over 20C
feet depth, with delivery Of At gallons pei
minute. This will form strong induce
ment to other industries driven by steaa
to locate on the Development Co. 5 proie:-
ty.
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The Staunton Fills to Have the Same

The letters published below are the result
of one addressed to Railroad Commissioner
J. G. Hill by Judge Chas. Grattan, i'll re-
gard to an advantage which Western wheat
has in being shipped by the G. u o. road
over wheat shipped from this section OF
Virginia. The correspondence explains the
company position in the matter, and the
Virginia Railroad Commissioner thinks ii
is a question for decision by the Interstate
Commission
OFFICE OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
RICHMOND March 10th. 1891.
Hon. Chns. GrattG1a, Staatnt0n, "a.
Dear Sir The long absence of Mr.. Hotch
kiss from the city and my sickness, have pre-
vented my getting the information promised
you. -
[ enclose copy of Mr. Hotchkiss' letter eX
planning the milling i'll transit privilege.
This is matter for the "Inter-State Com
merce Commission" he tells me that hi:
road will give the same privilege to any man
ufacturer of flour at Stanton.
Yours truly,
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Died.

SMITH.-m stanton, Sunday, March 9th, of
jaundice, James II. smith, saddler, native of
Louisa county, in his 62i year. lie was ell
know and esteemed in Staunton, and had been
faithful nurse at many sick beds His
fathers death only preceded his own by Ten
days.
MoFFETr:-on Friday, March 9th, in Augusta
county, James b. Motfett, son of Sidney Mof-
felt, aged about 80 years.
HUMPHREYS.-In Staunton. March 3lh, Miss
Sarah Malinda Humphreys, aged II years, IL
months and q days.
XTIRGlNIA-To-wh in the Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court OF Augusta county,
March 10Th, 1891.
| Jennie Dennis, Plaintiff
c. e. johnson and j. NJ. Johnson, il, rerts,
and NJ; ErsSine Miller, H. H. Fay and
| Il. H. Grocer, Trustees GarniShee Def'ts.
| IN DEBT AND ATTACHMENT.
The object of this suit is to recover Judgment
in favor of the plaintiff against the defendants G..
bond with interest from September Goth, 1888, ana
to attach and subject to the pa ynent thereof any
estate, money, effects or interest therein beons-
ing or due to the said Z. H. johnson and }. Nj:
johnson, il, either of them, this State, an(,
in the hands Of or under the control of M. Frs
kline Miller, H. H. Fay and II. H. Crozer trustees.
or either of them.
And it appearing by affidavit that the tiefen-
dants G. IL. johnson and j NJ. Johnson, Jr., and
the garnishee defendants II. II. Fay and r. ii
Crozer trustees, not resden of this State it
is ordered that said G. f: johnson and j. M.
johnson. Jr., appear here in fifteen days after
due publication of this notice and do what is
necessary to protect ther interests in this suit
and that said Fl. II. Fay and h H. Grocer, trus-
tees, appear before the Judge of the Circuit Court
Of augusta county on the 18th day of May, 1891
and disclose on cath in what sum they or either
| of them are indebted to the said G. f. johnson
ana j. Nj. johnson, il, or either Of them, ant
what effects of theirs or of either of them they
or either of them have III their hands or under
'''''' e Teste- J.N.RYAN.
Ec c,n, 5. p:a' Clerk
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The First Business Report from shendun
AN EXCELLENT SHOWING FOR A NEW
TOWN

"A
TOWN.
Shendun-that is to say The Grottoes
Company which founded that new toWn-ls
the third of the new town development
enterprises in this part of Virginia to
make it's report and, like the two that pre-
ceded it. it makes an excellent business
showing, more calculated than all the argu-
ments that could be used, to convince the
world that this new development OF Viz
qinia is Oh solid financial basis. The re-
port of Shendun, unlike those OF BueDa
Vista and Basic City, is not for year, but
only from May 9th. 1890, to March LIST,
1891, it being a younger corporation and
that brefer space Of time covering its age.
The following is the tabular statement
presented:
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Aggregate. -. s., 97s, LOG So s2,97s, 1o6 50


The assets of BODYBUILDING and property
development company must, In the early
stages of its operations, necessarily consist
largely in the estimated value OF its real eS-
tate holdings. The preceding statements
show that your company is no exception to
this rule since, although it will have, after
paying all its liabilities, comfortable cash
balance of S91, 4O1 So at its disposal to promote
its interests, its much larger asset IS the estl-
mated value of the nearly &c, 900 acres OF land
represent its great and greatly resourceful
realty and which appears as the very large
sum of 81, $3.50, 705.
In connection with this report an incl
dent occurred which must have been very
gratifying to the Shendun managers. The
Lynchburg stockholders who are largely
nterested-running up to many thousands
in Shendun appointed a committee to
visit the place and examine its affairs. The
committee did so, examined the property
and the business books of the company,
and on it's return home made a highly ia
vorable report to it's principals with this
conclusion
In conclusion your committee desire to state
that they consider "The Grottoes Company
in fine condition, its Managers alive to the
interests of the stockholders, economical in
expenses, prudent i'll making investments, and
giving the very best attention to all the diff
ferent operations of the company
Finally, your committee are OF opinion that
with open weather from this on, operations at
Shendun will compare favorably with the
most important new towns OF Virginia. Re
spectfully submitted.
S. W. NowLIN,
DENNIS p. MORRISON,
j. j. HURLEY,
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TOTAL ASSETS.


Value of town lots,
estimated by Com
mittee of Real Es-
tate Exchange. ....S 81 1887 ,955 90
Estimated value of
undivided reserved
blocks ................ 1880 90
Estimated value OF
Mohler Hotel and
fifteen other houses
and grounds owned
by the Company. $3.50 w
One hundred Villa
lots estimated at
81 900 each........... 10Ocoo w
Two thousand seven
hundred acres OF
land surrounding
town sites, suitable
for enlargement OF
town. industries, etc 5f0,Ooo w
Twenty-Five thousand
acres of Iron, Man
ganese and Timber
Lands - estimated
VALUE. ouu,ooo w
The GrOttOeS OF the
Shenandoah with
200 acres Of land,
Hotel, Electric
Lights and other
improvements. 100, 600 %
Two upper Water
powers, Mill build
ings and 80 acres OF
laid .......... 10000 90
Stock redeemed........ 81, 900 00
Cash balance, as ,o.
shown by statement 81, 401 53 S2,97o, l0o !
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J. G. HILL.
Commissioner.

RICHMOND, VA, March I. 1891.
Gen. j. G. Hill, Railroad Commissioner, Rich
mond, Va.
Dear Sir;-We are in receipt of your valued
favors of Feby End and 23rd delay in reply
ing to which has been caused by our absence
from Richmond since Feb'y LIST.
We note the clippings from the Richmond
State of which in your letter of Feb'y md,
you ask an explanation. In reply we beg to
say that in order to put our Richmond ana
Lynchburg millers upon an equal footing
with those located in Baltimore, we are CIV
ing them the same privilege that is accorded
by the Trunk Lines, viz: what is known as
| the Milling in Transit privilege, That Is we
bring the grain from points West OF the ONO 10
River on the G. G. G. Il st: L. road only to
Richmond at the published tariff rate, and
when the grain is delivered we take an equal
quantity of flour in the same car through to
New York OF Boston by our water connec,-
| lions at the published Trunk line through
rate that would govern on the Hour from
original point of Shipment to final destina-
ton, charging in addition to the all rail ratt
| ~ cents per 100 lbs. at Richmond and Lynch
burg for the milling in transit privilege
which covers switching, etc. This is llttls
unusual in the South; but the plan has neel
successfully operated by the western lines
and Trunk lines for great many years. =,
We trust our explanation of the matter VII
be satisfactory If not, shall be glad to eX
plain it to you personally, which we thlnl
we can do better than by letter.
Yours truly,
E. D. HoTcHMss,
Il. F. A.
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LA . Ii IIESs
Fourteen thousand,

Fourteen thousand,
nine hundred and
sixty-fve shares OF
stock, at the par
value of 500 per
share which were
sold to the Subscri-
beers at $50 per share
and with which
5000 business lots
and 800 villa lots
were given. ............s1 ,496, 800 90
Portion of purchase
money PAYABLE in
lots ...................... 32S,341 &C
Surplus of Assets
over Liabilities. :. 1,153,2 1854 81
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NTIRGINIA-To- in the Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court of Augusta county,
March 10Th, 1891.
Jennie Dennis Plaintiff.
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c. e. johnson and j. NJ. johnson, IT., Eefts,
and Nj. Erskine Miller, II. H. Fay and
r. H. CroZer Trustees, Garnishee Def'ts.
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HUMPHREYS.-ln Staunton. March 3lth, Miss
Sarah Malnda Humphreys, aged II years, IL
months and q DAYS,