Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-25

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In addition to this, to say nothing of the
one who goes to the penitentiary for ten
years, the four men lose more than a year S
time each, besides their attorney s fees and
the expenses of their witnesses.
Now, it is morally certain, that if there
had not been licensed bar-room here, the
white men would not have been here that
night yelling and swearing in the public
highway, as some of them were doing, until
a late hour. Or if for any reason they had
been here, they would not have disturbed
negroes if they had not been intoxicated.
In other words, if the bar-room had not
been here the murder with it's long train of
sad consequences, would not have occurred.
Can any one believe that bar-rooms in the
country where there is no police force to
keep order, are good device for replenish-
ing the public purse?
The Augusta Mining and Investment
Company, engaged in mining manganese
about two miles east of Vesuvius, has a
fair prospect of doing large and profitable
business during this year. The work is
done under the management of Capt. b. r.
Reyes of New Y ork. A great deal Of pre-
liminary work has been done, the principal
part of which was the erection of a very
expensive and most ingeniously cOntrived
wash, which not only washes the clay off
the ore, but separates all kinds Of small
stones from the small Jumps Of ore. Some
of it is broken up almost as fine as saw
dust, and yet successfully separated from
the gravel with which it is mixed, appar-
emily about half and half. Capt. Reyes has
persevered through all the bad weather of
the winter, and has shipped about twenty
besides getting the mines opened, so as to
be able to send off from sixty to one hun
bred tons per week when good weather
comes. Success to those who will bring
out the ''hidden wealth."
MI. Garland Bryant will remove his fam
longing to the estate Of the late David
Steele, to Lodebar, Nelson county. The
mill will probably be closed, for time at
least. The mills, like so many of the small
industries which fourished in the country,
are feeling the effects of the large ''new
process" mills on the railroads. The ''big
fish are swallowing up the little Ones"
Miss Hope Ervine, to whom the late DR..
Z.J Walker of Brownsburg. willed his es-
tate, has gone to the training school for
nurses at the Johns-Hopkins University of
Baltimore.
DR.. VIM. M. Crawford of Mt. Sidney,
paid short visit Monday to Alexander
son of the Rev. A. H. Hamilton. He
found him doing well though lacking a
great deal of being well. He is on crutches
in the house, but can go out when the
weather permits.
By the way, the toughest weather of the
winter has been during the past week. The
boys enjoyed the coasting on the 18th and
10Th of March.
The marriage of Mr.. E. Ashby Thomp
son of Buena Vista and Miss Nettie Hum
phries to-day, was very pleasant affair.
: The ceremony was performed by the Rev
P. S. E. Sixeas. assisted by the Rev. A. Fl
Hamilton. The presents were numerous
and pretty, the dinner was excellent, an(
the happy couple heard many good wishe!
from the friends of the bride in this com
munity. They left on the Norfolk
Western at 5 O'Clock for their home al
Buena Vista. Mr.. Hugh F. Lyle and wifi.
of StauntOn were present.