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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-28

THE CHINESE EMPERoR's NEW SLEIGH
This imperial sledge is shaped much like
the sedan chairs which were more common
than carriages even in England in the last
century, only instead of being borne on
two poles it rests on runners. Sedan chairs
are still used at the Chinese imperial court.
At the emperor's wedding two years ago,
when he was seventeen, the bride was
brought in red sedan chair from her
mothers house to the throne room of the
the palace. where the emperor saw her for
the first time.
The emperor's new sleigh is of wonder
full workmanship, richly carved and paint
ed and gilded. At the four corners of the
roof ara Chinese dragons, as if guarding
the golden ball raised in the center which
is the symbol of the emperor. In front is
another dragon, larger and mere terrible
to look upon than the four above. The in
terror of the sleigh is beautifully fitted up;
it contains toilet case, a watch, a looking
glass and perfume bottles.-Lttle Men
and Women
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-28
No. 15e-Couuect.d svll.bl..

The upper row of seven stars. "gar-
ments." The row of six, pertaining to
the mind" The row Of five, a tree which
delights in most localities; its wood is salt
to make the best charcoal for gunpowder.
The row Of seven, IAN instrument en-
ployed to raise heavy weights"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-28

No. l<s.-An Eggs-sct Tr1nsnettan.
A woman took some eggs to market To
her first customer she sold half the number
she had and half an egg; to the second she
sold half of what she had left and half an
egg; to the third she sold half Of what she
had left and half an egg. She then had
none left How did she do this without
breaking an egg'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-28

such vast expedients. But no. let us not CALI
them expedients, for it is by no means expedi-
ent to use them. What is needed is gentle
but thorough laxative, which not only insures
effecs, which also promotes healthy secretion
and now Of bile into its proper channel. Dys-
pepsia, debility, kidney complaintsp rheuma
tism and malaria rive in to the Bitters
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-28

BLACK JACK. HopKIks CoUSTY,Jun 21-
About II O'Clock TO-DAY the dwelling Of Mr..
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-28

No. I4s.-An Hour Glass illustrated
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learned not only many tricks that seem
positively miraculous to the uninitiated, but
also great deal of Hindonstanee patter, of
which, as you know, make great use in my
public performances.
Leaving the army and returning to Eng
land devoted my energies to giving enteIz1
tainments in magic. 1t was from the magi3
clans of India that / acquired my key
MYSTERY trick, which has done more to
establish my reputation than anything else
do"
This sskey mystery" to which the faxir
alluded was perhaps the most wonderful
feat of magic ever accomplished in this
country To perform it the fakir would
borrow from some one in the audience
handkerchief, a lead pencil or any small
article, which he would pack in a wooden
box. After the latter had been sealed he
would place it on table and ask the per-
son from whom he had borrowed its con-
tents where it should be sent On receiving
a reply he would wave his wand and the
box would instantly disappear. A commit
tee selected by the audience would then be
dispatched to the destination named for the
box and there it was invariably found. On
one occasion in New York, a prominent
merchant requested that the box he made
to enter his safe, which was securely locked,
the key being then in his pocket CAL
right, said the failir as he waved his wand.
The box disappeared, and when the mer,,
chant and two other gentlemen selected ~
the audience went to his Office and unloded
the safe there they found it. The sol ltion;
of this marvel if anyone ever disq veraH
it-has never been given to the worN TNe
fakir's great success soon gave riA TOT
host of iftators, some of whom copied his
dress and even his name, but none Of them
sever approached him in skill.
HELLER's sEcoND-sIGHT MYSTERY.
Robert Heller, who died very suddenly
in Philadelphia on November "a, 1878, was
es ramarkahls for his nrnHciencv as
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Augusta Female Seminary.

The annual commencement exercises at
the Augusta Female Seminary have their
prelude this morning at 1890 o'clock in an
Art Reception, which lasts till $50 p M.
Among the Staunton pupils who contribute
to this exhibition are Misses Bessie Y Dung,
Sadie Van Lear, Laura Taylor, Annie Bell
Timberlake, Mary i. Funkhouser, Gussie
Bumgardner, Mary Kable, Mary Morton,
Sadie Weller, Rosa Witt, May Crowle,
Amelia Kerr, Pauline Du Bose, Agnes
Miller and Mrs. Barthold Meyer.
In the concerts for Monday night and
Tuesday morning, among the soloists are
Misses Fannie Paris, Gertrude Abby and A.
Walter, of Staunton, and M. L. Hogshead,
Of Augusta.
The following is a list Of graduates at
this commencement:
Literary Department-Lizzie Dunlap
Hanger, of Staunton; Sue Brown Stribling,
of W. Va.
Conservatory Of Music-Maggie Taylor
Hogshead, of Augusta county; Minnie
Crockett Bohon, of KY, and Nettie Moore
Stricken, Of Ga.
Elocution-Minnie Crockett Bohon, of
Ky, and Aletheia Lucille Foster, of La.
The issue of the Seminary Annual this
year is an unusually interesting number.
1t contains capital likeness of MI. Thomp-
son the venerable night Waterman, and
of 'sUncle Chess the aged colored mail
carrier.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
To Prepare for June I'd.

Our business men should he unceaSing i'll
their efforts to bring u large crowd here to
the Staunton Development Go. S sale June
I'd. Every business man in Staunton has
a personal interest in it's being big success.
The Company on application will furnish
free printed announcements of it's sale
which merchants and others should get and
slip into every letter they write to persons
away from here.
AS to the accommodation of the crowd
the Company is making every arrangement
A committee, of which w. J. Perry is
chairman, will meet strangers at the depots
and send them to the residences of all per-
sons who before June Cd, shall notify the
Company that they can accommodate board
ers for a day OIL two. All our citizens who
can take a boarder for even two days
should be willing to do SO Oh this occasion
hone but acceptable persons will be sent
to their homes. If you can take a guest.
send your name and how many you can
take to w J. Perry at the Staunton De-
Velopment Co.. S Office.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
DaveI0nmant Nntas.

The election Of new officers by the Valley
(Luray) Land and Improvement Co. was
mentioned last week. At the same meet
ing which did this, the stockholders adopted
q resolution providing for q so per cent.
reduction of all promotion stock. Nego-
tiations are in progress by which it is
hoped funds will be realized to pay all the
Indebtedness of the company and give it a
favorable start. The following Board of
Directors was elected-Isaac Guggenhei-
mer, Baltimore; Geo. Stitt, New York; A.
M. Henkel, Staunton; w. l.. Hudson, Lu-
ray; J. Kemp Bartlett, Baltimore; Levi
Z. Condor, Baltimore; l.. Triplett, Jr.,
Mt. jackson; A. r. Tucker, Luray; John
@. Adams, Baltimore; T. E. McCorkle,
Luray; G.. G. Marshall. UniontoWn, Pa.
The sale Of lots by the Charlestown, w.
Va, Mining, Manufacturing Il Improve
ment Co., Friday, realized the handsome
sum of $97 1852. The lots ranged from $17o
to 1925.
Dr.. A. Z. Koiner, Il former Augusta
county man, has been elected President of
the Land and Investment Co. just formed
at Roanoke.
Twenty-six leases of mineral tracts
around Strasburg. Shenandoah, have been
taken by w. G. Carroll with u view, it is
said, to locating a steel plant at Straslurg.
The sale of the Northside Land Company
at Richmond, averaged $46S per lot. 1t is
one of the best investments that has been
offered Oh the market
Two lots were sold at Iron Gate last week
at $500 each, and it is said that no lots in d
reasonable distance Of the depot there Cal
be bought at that price.
MI. Arthur &. Hartman. formerly OF
Staunton, has been elected President of the
Glasgow Real Estate Exchange.
The Richmond and Harrisonburg Lane
Co. has declared Il dividend Of 10 per cent
OH stock.
The new furnace of the Liberty Iron Co
in Shenandoah has been fired up, and made
it's first run Of pig iron last week.
Lord Dysart of England, and Senator W
e. Chandler of New Hampshire, were al
Natural Bridge last week.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
The 9th Anniversary.

Last Friday evening, the 9th anniver-
sary of the battle Of New Market, in which
the Cadets Of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute under Col. Scott Ship participated
and lost Sc boys killed and wounded, was
celebrated at the Institute in lexington.
Capt. T. G. Morton of Staunton, who was
an officer in Edgar's battalion in that ell
gagement, gave the Cadets adescriptive lee
ture Of the battle and of the gallant con-
duct of the Cadets and their commander
under fire. He was frequently applauded
in the course of his description.
1t is decided oversight that no monu
ment has yet been erected on the Institute
grounds to the Cadets who fell in that en-
gagement.
Among those from Staunton and Angus
ia who were in that battle, were Gen. John
Echols, who commanded the right wing;
Its Carter Berkeley and Hugh Fultz, Ed
ward Kinney and Sergeant Jas. Blackburn
of McClanahan's battery, 1.-THE Sergeant
firing the first and last gun of the engage
ment); Capt. Chas. A. Holt of the cd Va.
Infantry, who was badly wounded, Capt.
Frank B. Berkeley of Gen. 1mboden s
staff, J. Ad. Cochran of Imboden's cavalry
and 1t J. Fred. Effinger Of Derrick's bat
TALON, and Of the cadets-S. Travers Phil
lips*, who was wounded, Donald Allen, A.
H. Fl. Stuart, Jr.,* Carter Harrison, J. A.
Stuart. Carrie Taylor,* w. 3. Crawford,
G. w. II. Turner and J. Imboden. Those
marked < are since dead.
In 1877 there was a reunion OF the sur
viying Confederates at New Market, and
an address was delivered by Gen. Echols'
A poem by Prof Salyard was read by
Judge Calvert. Both poet and reader are
now dead.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Social Events.

Mrs. Il. G. Elder, No. 10 Church street,
on Thursday evening OF last week gave a
progressive euchre party to the L. n. G.
club. The lady's prize was won by Miss
Jennie McCue, and the gentleman's prize
by Mi. Hampton Wayt.
Last night, Miss Rosa Witt, No. 219 E.
Main street, gave a dancing party to the
Is. n. S. club. The Italian orchestra I'M
der Scharppitto, furnished music for the
dancing.
The centre of interest for the children S
social circle this week, was u birth day fete
given Saturday evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. N. Bradley Of Church street, on the
sixth birth day of their little son Mare,
which more than fifty little ones attended.
A fairy pyramid of cornucopeas i'll the hall
and q birth day cake on the banquet table
bearing six pink candles were the features
of the evening.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Attending Church Bodies.

Rev. W. Q. Hullihen, rector, and Maj.
Fl. NJ. Bell the lay delegate from Trinity
church, left on Monday for Petersburg tc
attend the Diocesan Council. Col. Jas. III.
Skinner also left for Petersburg, his pres
ence at the Council being rendered necessa-
~ from the fact that he succeeded the late
Judge Sheffey as Chairman Of the Commit
tee Oh the brotherhood, and us such has a
report prepared on which the body is tc
take action.
Judge Chas. Grattan left on Tuesday
last for the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church, South, which met at Biz
mingham, Ala, yesterday, to which he is {
Commissioner from Lexington Presbytery
Dr.. J. G.. Minor Of BridgeWater, has
been appointed a Commissioner to Genera
Assembly from Lexington Presbytery, il
place OF Capt. L. G. Morton who Was
unable to attend.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
REV. SAM JONES.
HE WILL BE IN sTAUNToN CERTAINLY
JUNE 27TH-JULY It'll. INCLUSIVE.

HE WILL BE IN sTAUNTON CERTAINLY
JUNE 27TII-JULY 4TII, INCLUSIVE.
MI. J. W. Bodley has used every effort
to get Rev. Sam Jones here On May 31st, as
it was at first thought could be done, and
MI. Jones himself has tried, but sickness
which broke in on the programme of his
arrangements made it impossible. The
following letter received from him gives a
series of dates that he can fill, and Mr..
Bodley has accepted and fixed ON June
27th-July 4th inclusive. Everything here
will be in readiness for Mr.. Jones in the
matter Of transportation to the ground and
SO forth:
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 10Th, '91.
Ny Dear Bro. Bodley:
Your telegram of yesterday received. was
never in such a straight in all my life. The
three OF four weeks | lost by sickness has
thrown me all out. Though have done my
best. Houston and Little Rock both wire me
they will not consent to postponement SO l
the following dates: June 9th to July 4th,
days, orJuly 2Sth to Aug. 6th OF Sept. LIST
to Sth
am in Kansas and Missouri June 18th to
18th, and in Texas July 9th to 18th, and in
New York August 9th to 18th. SO YOU see
for you, but impossibilties | cannot under
take. Write me TO Houston Texas.
Atfectionately yours.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
A Happy Time for the Children at the Park
this Summer.

The children of Staunton will be a happy
lot this summer. A little 900" will be
established i'll the City Park by MI. r. d.
Apperson, the Generel Manager Of the
street railway. lie has already bought in
New York a number of monkeys and par
rots for it. The chill dren can get on the
street cars in any part of the city and be
taken right out to the ZOO.
For the grown people MI. Apperson will
engage an opera company to play light ope-
ras like ssOlivette, y 'sMascott," &C., at the
park through the summer. lie has engag-
ed several of the leading performers and is
negotiating for the others. Such compa-
pany has been found to be very popular i'll
other cities.
This with the semi weekly concerts at
the park by the Stonewall Brigade Band,
will give Staunton a lively Summer for
both old and young. 1t will have what no
other city in Virginia has.
With few more energetic men like MI.
Apperson, Staunton would have a good
many more things that other towns have
not and the face of things would be materl-
ally changed in short time
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Important Suit decided.
AGENTS CANNOT BE MADE TO REFUND
COMMISSIONS WHEN WORKING UNDER

AGENTS CANNOT BE MADE TO REFUND
COMMISSIONS WHEN MORNING. UNDER
A CONTRACT.
A year ago the bonds Of the Roseland
Iron and Coal Co., Gen. Rosecrans, Presl-
dent, with the principal office at Waynes-
boro, were put upon the market. The COM
pany made u contract with Capt. 7. e.
Wilson and Mr.. Heber Ker of this city to
place them. They were $500 bonds and tie
agents were to be paid pei cent, OF $25
ON each bond sold, for their work. They
were to take their pay out OF the cash pay
ment by the purchaser of the bonds, OF III
per cent. on $500 which was $50. Out of
this $50 these agents took their $25 conf
mission and deposited the remaining $50 to
the credit of themselves as agents OF the
company, in the Augusta National Bank
Of Staunton. 1t was thus deposited be-
cause Mr.. w. z. Tams, whom the prospec-
tulS designated as the person to receive it,
declined to take it, on the ground that he
had received no instructions from the COM
pany regarding what disposal to make vi it.
The company did not carry out its plans
and Geo. p. Collier of Richmond, Il bond
purchaser, brought suit through Patrick u
Gordon i'll the Augusta Circuit Court
against wilson and Ker, to make them re-
fund his whole cash payment of $50. They
were willing to refund $s25 if Collier would
give them anindemnity against any demand
the Roseland Co. might make on them for
theamount. but they declined torefund Their
commission Of $25. The case went to the
jury Wednesday and the verdict was given
promptly in favor Of 2. E. Wilson and II.
Ker, the defendants. The defendants were
represented 10y White g. Ker.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Shooting Affair IN Lexington.
A FORMER CITIZEN OF sTAUNTON HAS A
MARROW ESCAPE.

FORMER CITIZEN OF STAUNTON HAS A
MARROW ESCAPE.
A good deal Of interest was excited here
on Wednesday morning by the report that
Mr.. G. c. Burke, proprietor of the Burke
Hotel in Lexington, who was for many
years {; very popular resident of Staunton,
had been shot and mortally wounded the
night before. \ telegram from the VIM
DICTATOR brought the following statement
from a reliable gentleman there which
shows that while not seriously wounded,
Mr. Burke had an exceedingly narrow es-
cape:
Robert G. Hzlewood, a carpenter, had
been spreeing but was about sobered off,
when, on Tuesday he commenced drinking
again. That evening about O'Clock, MI.
Burke refused him q drink at his bar. He
called Burke q = liar, and Burke responded
by slapping his jaws and kicking him out
of the room. Lakewood went Off, got a
pistol, returned about O'Clock, met Burke
d few feet inside the hallway of his hotel,
and opened fire on him at Il distance of six
feet. The first ball took effect i'll the fleshy
part Of the left shoulder and lodged there.
AS Burke reached for his own pistol a sec
old ball passed into the ileshy part of his
arm and lodged i'll the elbow. AS Burke
got his pistol out, HazleWood lodged and
rushing around into the hall continued to-
fire until all five of his shots were eXhauS-
ted. Burke fired twice but was unable to
get at his assailant until the police rushed
in and seized him. Burke had gotten to
him and had the muzZle of his pistol at his
body when Officer Perry seized Lakewood
and begged Burke to desist and he put up
his pistol. One Of HMleWood's last shots
gave Burke a third wound between the left
arm and the side.
''Burke walked to his room where physi
clans examined his wounds and removed
the ball in the right arm but left the one in
the shoulder. Burke is up and walking
around this morning "wednesday attend
ing to business with his arm in a sling,
sore, but otherwise all right. Before the
Mayor this morning, Lakewood waived an
examination and WAS committed to Jail to
await the action Of the grand jury, which
meets next Monday"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Two Good Opportunities.

That admirable Democratic paper, the
National Democrat, published at Wash
ington, has representative here in the per-
son of Mr.. John i. Hussey, one OF its staff
correspondents, who will meet our county
people next Monday at court. The Nation
al Democrat is Il paper of which Grover
Cleveland says: 1.-The Democratic party
needs Just such q paper ut Washington =
The man who reads its lifty-tWo issues will
at the end of the year be Il thoroughly pos
ted Democrat on all public matters.
The National Democrat has d National
circulation and in the New England States
circulates over 70,0 600 copies, Il fact which
should attract the attention of the Devel-
opment companies i'll this section to the
Importance Of using it's columns literally
to advance our industrial interests.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Real Estate Transfers.

VIM. Patrick, Com'r., to Annie P. Light
ner, house and lot corner of Kalorama and
Coalter streets, - ,075.
Isaac Witt to James Ii. Blackley, house
and lot (Waters old carriage factory Oh
Greenville Avenue, $3.50.
Stuart M. Tate to Geo. II. White, lot 4C
feet front ON Sunnyside street, adjoining
Tate's residence, $3.50.
Emily B. White to 3. L. E;kle, house
and lot opposite Virginia Hotel, 1.-THE old
j. w. Abby store) $1,000.
Alex. Fountain to Geo. III. Davenport
lot in Sunnyside, 25xG0, consideration not
stated.
Sophia Schmitt to Ursula Plifferling
house and lot on G reen ST.. 5000.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Railroad Notes.

A contract has been signed by the B. &
0. Ry. and the West Virginia Central Ry.
Davis road) by which the former road
will widen the gauge of its Grafton and
Grcenbrier branch, and the latter road will
build from Elkins, it's present terminus, to
Belington, thus getting u route to Pitts
burg over the B. & o. tracks. The route
of the West Virginia Central to Lynchburg
will, after the road is built from Ellins to
the Warm Springs, be over the g. & o.
tracks via Covington to that city-the two
arrangements with the B. & 0. and G.. Il O.
giving it through route from Lynchburg
to Pittsburg.
Donald Macdonald, who was chief clerk
to j. L. Harahan when the latter was Gen
eral Manager of the Chesapeake Il Ohio. is
to be made Trainmaster OF the James Riv
Ell Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio, with
Macdonald, since leaving his clerkship, has
been Chief Dispatcher Of the G. Il o., with
headquarters ut Hinton.
The Gordonsvile & KeysviIle Ry. to
run from Keysyille i'll Charlotte county to
Gordonsville, has about eighteen miles of
the track laid, and the road is graded for Il
longer distance. There is an application
before the Chancery Court of Richmond to
appoint receiver for it.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Com
pany announces at Cincinnati half fare
excursions June 1 and 2-tickets good to
return until June to Staunton, on
account Of the land sale to he held here.
The earnings of the Chesapeake s. Ohio
Road for the first week of May show an in
crease of $14 ,S34.S5 over those for the cor
responding week of last year.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Not the Man.

Mr.. Henry Davis, brother Of Mrs.
Mauck, who went to Warwick county to
see if the body buried there was that of MI.
J. Newton Mauck who disappeared from
this county In January, has returned. The
body Of the dead man, it turned out, was
buried a month before Mauck disappeared
from here, and was that of a larger man
than Mauck was.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Summer Hours for Closing.

We publish long list Of merchants this
June lst to September 18TH, at z. NJ, eX-
cept on Saturday nights. We learn that
nearly all the grocerymen have also come to
this agreement. This is a generous and con-
siderate concession to the clerks employe ed
in the stores who need the rest and recrea-
ton that early closing in the hot summer
months enables them to take. Those who
have purchases to make, whether town OF
county people, will do well to note the fact
of these early closings and visit the stores
before p N. The booksellers some weeks
ago adopted the same hours.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
Close Of the Session.

The annual concert at the D., d. & B.
Institution will take place on Tuesday
evening, June 9th, and the closing exercises
follow on Wednesday morning. The Board
of Visitors, including thenew members ap-
pointed by Gov. McKinney-H.G G. Moffett,
Washington, Rappahannock Co.; Dr.. B. L..
Winston, Hanover, G. H., and Maj. T. G..
Elder, Staunton, will meet June 9th.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
The Store Windows.

In the windows of Olivier's book store
are some very beautiful etchings from the
proofs. Nothing like SO large number
has been exhibited IN Staunton as he has
this summer. The Rising Tide, Deepen
ing Shadows, The Hillside Road and After
the Rain, are simply perfect.
IIang's window has followed up the high
teas with a suspended silver tea pot fol
parlors, with spirit lamp under it, which
is pretty and useful ornament.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-22
A. Fine old Homestead on the Market

The fine old Virginia homestead ''Flora's
Mount - near Fort Defiance in this coun-
ty. is announced fol- sale by Messrs. G. r.
and Jas. Mop. Crawford. 1t is a noted
and known throughout this sec
ton, and is located III the centre OF schools,
churches and every convenience of living.
No better home, OF farming property has
been offered in Augusta for many year.