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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11
& WEST MICHIGAN Ry.
JAN. 8, 1892.

Week days. 'Daily. Except Saturday.
300 a. m. has through chair cars to Chicago
No extra charge for seats.
1906 p. m. runs to Chicago solid, with Wagner
buffet car; seats. so cts.
5:l1 p. m. has through free chair car to Manistee
via NJ. Il n. 4. X. X.
1905 p. m. for Indianapolis only.
IL 10 p. M. is solid train with Wagner palace
sleeping car through to Chicago
GEORGE DEHAvENs,
Gen'l Pass. Agent
Grand Rapids.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
MiDDLEB ROCK.

We have had some very hot weather. The
crops are doing tolerably well. Some thresh-
ing has been done The wheat has turned out
very well.
There will be some Prohibition votes polled
here this fall. There is talk of Club being
organized. Those who believe in it will soon
have chance to sign the list.
The marriage spoken of in our last letter
did not, from some cause, materialiZe. The
prospective groom disappeared the night be-
fore the ceremony. He turned up in Staun-
ton next day and presented the license at the
Clerks Office and asked if they would take it
and give him his money back. But ffihng in
this, he was next seen to board train and
sBeedaddle for more congenial CLINE. We
suppose he thought working on a farm for 81
per month poor chance to support wife
In the first place, it is a wonder what a
woman would want to marry man or boy
of about 20 years for, when he did not have a
trade or any money and working On farm
| for 81 per month. Such is life.
The truth is often like barriers Rasp,
cuts keen going and coming, and he that is
cut deepest raises the loudeSt howl.
|
dition they have been i'll for a long time. The
work done on them this spring was all use
| less The road from here to J. S. Garrison
is in a most horrible fix. The more officers
! for the poor overburdcned taxpayer to pay,
! the worse the roads, and that's what's the
| matter.
d. B. Engleman, of this place, accompanied
by his wife, is spending month at Capon
Springs, and while away they will visit
| Washington and New York and other cities OF
prominence and interest He has earned a
rest surely, as he has been close at hard work
| all the time He sells big lot of goods every
year
Rev. Clarke, of the NJ E. Church, preached
| an able sermon on Sunday last at Oakland
Chapel.
| We stated in our last that the District Con
ference would be held at Asbury Chape
| August 15th-it is the 25th of August. We
had the date wrong The quarterly meeting
of this Circuit will also be held there at tina
time
There was a good deal of loud swearing &c,
on the streets here last Saturday night. SOM
people say Local Option is failure We'll
all the drinking, &C., is done by fellows whit
voted wet, or may be few dry men. But tn
failure is due principally to the wet side AM
not the dry, if there is any failure. But w
cannot see any failure yet. Only the failur
to get something to drink as handy as it use
to be- that's all.
When church won't attack drinking an
Eintemperance along with other sins there
a screw loose somewhere, and people, eve
those who drink, will have contempt fo
that church. and the Lord will not prosper il
either God is.not pleased at service with tn
devil as cupbearer.
There is considerable sickness around hel
) at present.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Death OF Maj. Ed. Mcmahon Post.
master of Staunton.

This well-known and prominent and highly
respected citizen, who has been Postmaster OF
this City since his appointment by Harrison
in May 1890, as the successor of Mr.. VIM. a.
Burke died at his residence on North Angus
ia street at 10 o'clock last Saturday night, July
23rd, in the list year of his age, and was bur
led i'll Thornrose Cemetery by the side of his
wife, who died 5 years ago, from theS Fran
els Catholic church, the funeral services by
Rev Father McV cry. The funeral services
and burial were attended by great many
friends He was very popular and his death
is greatly deplored by all in this community.
He was kind and generous and cordial in his
friendship. He was q native Of ireland and
came to this country when about thirty years
of age He was stonemason by trade, and
being a skilled workman and a man of good
Judgment and industrious habits he succeeded
in business, and afterwards becoming Il con-
tractor for the stonework for bridges and
railroads accumulated large fortune, Il great
portion of which he lost by going surety for
others, but was the possessor of comfortable
fortune at the time of his death; and his life
was insured for $4,000 each in the Valley Mu-
tual and Staunton Interstate Insurance COM
panies.
-Four children survive him-Mrs Clary, Mrs.
John McQuaide, and George Mcmahon of
this City, and Ed. Mcmahon, of Lynchburg
deputy collector of Internal Revenue.
For about a quarter of a century he had
been a resident of this City. RequiescM IN
pace.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
City Delegates to the Congressional
Convention.

On Monday night the following delegates,
with authority to appoint their own alter
mates, were elected to the Congressional Con-
yention at Clifton Forge August 4th.
First Ward.-John 7. Hartman, J. ]. Kill
galen, Fitzhugh Elder, and Roger B. Atkin-
son.
Second Ward.-William A. Burke, John n.
Opie, C. S. W. Barnes and William Wholey.
Both Wards favor fuckers denomination.
In the meeting of the Second Ward, the
following resolution offered by Hon. A. C.
Gordon was unanimously adopted
Resolved. That recognizing the ability,
earnestness and attention to the duties of his
office of our representative in congress, Hon.
H. st. George Tucker, it is the sense of this
meeting that the delegates elected to the Cliff
ton Forge conventlan from this Ward be re-
quested to vote for Hon. H. st. George Tuck
er as the nominee of the Democratic party
from this district.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
John n. Hounihan Killed.

On last Wednesday night, July Goth, John
H. Hounihan of this city was struck by a train
in Clifton Forge, by which his left arm and
leg were broken, his face bruised, and his
skull fractured. He had been in the West
and was returning to his home in this city.
As he was about to board the train to come
on here, he was struck by another train pass
ing at the time. He was put on the train, but
died on the way before the train reached here.
He was about 80 years of age, and leaves a
widow and three children. He was son of
Thomas Hounihan and brother of Michael,
Superintendent of streets, Thomas, William,
James Kate, May, Annie, and Lizzie Houni-
han The funeral was from st. Francis Cath
Ollie church at o'clock Thursday afternoon,
by Rev. Father w. G. Payne.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
A Strike at Another of Carnegie's Works

Seven hundred and fifty men en-
ployed in the Carnegie Company's
Duquesne Steel Works went out on Il
strike ut six clock Friday evening
Not a bit of work is being done in the
mill. This leaves only $500 out of the
Carnegie Company's thirteen thousand
steel workers active in the company's
mills. Out of the seven plants in the
Carnegie's possession only one is in
operation-the Braddock Steel Works,
across the Monongahela and below
Duquesne. The Duquesn men pluck
ed up enough courage Friday morning
to tell Superintendent Thomas Morri-
son that they would strike unless Chair
man H. G. Prick would consent to hold
one more conference with the Home
stead locked-out men. Mr. Morrison
fastened to Pittsburg and presently
returned with word that Mr.. Prick re-
fused to confer. Then came the strike.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Election of Teachers In tho High
School,

The position of Principal of the High School
of this city vacated by the resignation OF Prof.
John H. Bader to accept the position of Assis-
tant Principal of the Fishburne Military AGA
denny at Waynesboro, has been filled by the
promotion of Prof. W. H. DeBell, and that
formerly held by him has been filled by the
election of Prof. G. B. NJ Zerr, who was last
session a teacher in the Staunton Military
Academy, of which Prof. Kable is Principal,
Prof. ]. Robert Weaver of Rockingham has
also been elected one of the teachers OF the
High School He is a worthy gentleman, and
graduate of the Peabody Normal Institute OF
Nashville, Tennessee, with the title OF b. s.
bachelor of Sciences) conferred by the Van
derbilt University of the same city.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27

Over one hundred workmen in the
coal mines of Mercer county, w. Va,
have been discharged because they
failed to spend as much as $50 month
of their wages in the store operated by
the company employing them.-Ba1ti-
more Sun ---------
Ii this be true, it is an outrageous
wrong. The laborer should be allowed
to buy his supplies where he can buy
them at the lowest prices. Upon the
system of requiring them to buy from
the stores of the company, portion of
their wages is taken from them by the
company who pay them wages with one
it with the other, Under this system the
labOrer cannot know what amount of
net wages he receives, because he can
not know what amount is taken from
him by the Increased price of the sup
plies furnished him by the stores. This
is wrong which should not be allow
ed to exist, but it is difficult to see how
it can be prevented by law, as the law
cannot regulate the contracts of the
companies with their laborers. The
laborers can refuse to make such con-
tracts or to work upon such conditions,
but if they agree to accept such terms,
they have no legal right to complain
The Companies should pay the la borers
just wages, for the ''laborer is worthy
of his hire" and the laborer should be
allowed to spend his wages where and
in what manner he may choose, for
they are his, won with the sweat of his
brow, and it is for him and for no one
else to determine what he shall do with
them.
The IndeG-AppedJ in reference to the
case in Mercer Co., w. Va, says "the
same abuse exists in the coal regions of
Pennsylvania in a greater degree than
the isolated instance reported from
West Virginia, but, notwithstanding
frequent exposures by the newspapers,
it has been found to be impossible to
check the eviln
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Personal.
: Miss Alice Henkel of Waynesboro was Vi
it;ng friends at New Market last week.

: Miss Alice Henkel of Waynesboro was Wis
ting friends at New Market last week.
g. Gen Wade Hampton and daughter have en-
ga sed rooms for the summer at Hotel Royal
Front Royal, Va.
Mrs. Ella Carmody and daughter Mamie
who have been visiting the family of Mr.
| Edward Burke in this City, returned to hel
home in Roanoke, Monday.
Mr.. Marion Watts and wife, who have been
on Il visit to his father at Strasburg, Va, fol
the past ten days, returned to his home il
| this City last Saturday
The Grcenbrier independent of July 21s
says
Misses Sadie Van Lear and Katie Eichel
berger, of Staunton, Va are at Mr.. J. d. Ar
buckles, near Lewisburg.
Prof. c. L. Young has returned home from
Charlottesville Va. Miss Bessie Young is al
SO at home from visiting friends in Charles
ton
Rev. DIR. Beattie preached at Olivet Chapel,
few miles east of this City, last Sunday af-
ternoon.
Rev. J. d. Donovan, Pastor of the L. B.
church of this City, was too unwel to fill his
pulpit last Sunday,
There was general feeling OF regret that
Hon. II. st. Geo. Tucker wa. too unwell in
Washington to fill his appointment to speak
here on Monday last with Hon John c..
Tarsney, of Kansas City Missouri
Rev. DR.. ". y. Scott of Galveston, Texas
preached last Sunday in the First Presbyter-
ian church in the morning, and in the Sec
ond Presbyterian church in the evening
Rev. f. Brooke, evangelist of Lexington
Presbytery, in the First Presbyterian church
Of this City last Sunday evening gave an ac-
count of his work in West Virginia
The Shenandoah Herald published at Wood
stock says
Six young girls from Baltimore were sent
to this place some days ago for few weeks
of pure country air by the Kings Daughters,
of that City. -Four of these little ones were
most kindly received by Col. +. E. Sticky
and wife, and the other two by Rev. A. X.
Kline, and they are now enjoying themselves
finely and spending happy days at these hos
pitable homes"
The Cross Keys correspondent of the Spirit
Of the Valley says
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Moses Car
rier, who lived in keeZletown, but who mov-
ed to StauntOn about year ago, has lost her
mind, being seriously deranged This is quite
4 shock to her many friends in keezletOwn,
but we hope that she may soon recover.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Temperance Lecture.

Luther Benson, of whom Daniel Voorhees,
says, "On the subject of temperance, he Is
one of the foremost orators living" will de-
liver a lecture in the OperaHouse ON Monday
eve1 ing, Aug. LIST. He will also hold a Cos
pei Temperance meeting on Sunday afternoon
Jnly 31st., at $50 oclock i'll the Lecture Room
of the Second Presbyterian church.
The Atlanta Constitution says of him. Mr..
Benson is the most pleasing lecturer that ever
appeared before an Atlanta audience"
The Los Angeles Times says, ''Mr. Benson
is undOu btedly the most successful lecturer
on temperance that ever visited this City.
He is full of good stories, and one minute he
will have his audience in tears, and the next
they will be roaring with laughter.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Serious Accident.

About 10 o'clock last Saturday morning
Capt John T. Long, Supt. of Gas Works, met
with serious accident. As.he was coming
out of his office at the Gas Works. he slipped
and fell upon the steps, when his back
struck the edge of metal step which so af-
fected the nerves of the spinal column as to
paralyze his legs. 1t is hoped that thesparaly-
sis will be Of short duration, and that he will
soon be well again. His genial humor and
the sterling qualities of his character make
him universal fayorite, and he has the
sympathies of the whole community. If he
should be permanently disabled, it would be
a great loss to the City.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
VIM, Raines Released.

VIM Raines who was arrested on suspicion
of having been implicated in the murder OF J
G. Leech near Goshen on the night of the 3rd
instant has been released from imprisonment
having established that he was elsewhere at
the time of the murder, and has returned to
the home of his father several miles East OF
Port Republic in Rockingham count, leaving
the mystery of the murder as profound as
heretofore If it be true that murder will
out the guilty party will ultimately be dis
covered, though some time may elapse before
the discovery will be made.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
EyanQeiistic Work.

The Rockbridge county Ne,cs says that Rev.
Frank j. Brooke, evangelist of Lexington
Presbytery, occupied the pulpit of the Licking
ton Presbyterian church Sunday morning and
evening of last week. In the morning he de-
livered an address showing the history of his
work in the mountains of West Virginia and
the great demand for the establishment OF
new churches among the rapidly growing
population there He remained here several
days, and $500 were voluntarily subscribed by
the congregation to build churches in Ran
dolph county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
DEATHS.


MOHLER-At his home near Shendun Friday,
July End, Mr.. Abram Mohler, for many years
proprietor of Weyer's Cave, aged 81 years.
He was well known and universally re-
Spected citizen.
WADDY-At Buena Vista, last Friday, July
end, Mrs. Mary E. Waddy, wife of Mr.. Joseph
w. Waddy, aged about As years
The deceased was daughter of j. J. Larew,
Esq, of Greenville in this county, and was a
most estimable woman. She left her devoted
husband and five children to mourn their If
reparable loss.
CABELL-In Greenbrier county, WA, We'd
neSday afternoon, July 10th, at the residence
of her brother-in-law, Andrew Stuart, Esq.
prOtracted illness of complication of dis
| eases, aged about As years.
| She was daughter of the late John Breck
mable lady, an accomplished musician, and 6
consistent member Of the Episcopal church.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Fair Grounds Become the Property
of the Cjtv,

The Baldwin District Fair Grounds have
been purchased from the Company by the
City Council at the sum of 10000, with the
right to the Company of holding their Fairs
there, with the condition that such right will
be forfeited if they neglect to hold the Fairs
for three successive years. The Council has
directed the Committee on Finance to issue 6
per cent $50 bonds for $4,000 to make the
payment. Some changes and Improvements
on the Fair Grounds will be made, among
which will be the removal of the Rotunda to
the Western side of the Grounds, widening
the race-track to so feet, the planting of trees,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Very Warm Weather.

For the past week the weather as been I'M
usually warm, and especially for the past
three days when the mercury reached each
day the altitude of 95 degrees in the shade
This dry and warm weather is damaging to
the growing corn crop and garden vegetables
This is the warmest weather we have had
here for many years. and it came from the
West whence we get both our warmest and
coolest weather. Last week the mercury in
Montana, which is as far North as Maine, reg
istered 104 degrees. 1t is hoped that the crss
of the warm wave has passed East of us.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
City Postmaster.

Maj Sam'l NJ. Yost has been appointed
Postmaster of Staunton to fill the vacancy
caused by the lamented death of Maj. Ed
Mcmahon who had been Postmaster from
May 1890 to his death. This appointment is
in accordance with the general expectation OF
the community. Maj. Yost is both qualiti-
ed and experienced, having been the prede-
cess 9r in that office of Mr.. VIM. \. Burke
He will be apt to fill not only the present I'M
expired term, but the next term also, if, I'M
fortunately, Harrison should be reelected, al
Gen Malone is not so potential with the ad
ADMINISTRATION now as he was when Maj. Nc
Mahon was appointed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
lmDIIre Breath

Among all the disagreeable conse-
quences that follow the decay of the
teeth, an impure breath must be the
most notifying and unpleasant to it's
pOssessor, and it is the most inexcusi-
BILE and offensive in society; and yet
the cause of it may easily be removed
by cleansing your teeth daily with
justly popular dentifrice, Fragrant
SOZODONT. 1t purifies the breath,
cOols and refreshes the mouth and
gives pearl like appearance to the
teeth? Gentlemen who indulge in
tmoking should cleanse teeir teeth
with SOZODONT, as it removes all un
pleasant odors of the weed. Ask your
druggist for it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Money-order Offices Established.

Money-order offices have been established at
the following places: In Augusta county
Churchville Greenville, Fishersville, Mt. Sid
new, Middlebrook, and Stuart's Draft.
In Rockbridge, Raphine, Midvsle, Rock
bridge Baths, and Rockbridge Alum Springs
In Rockingham, Mt Crawford and Por
Republic.
In Bath, Millboro Depot, Healing SPRING
and the Hot Springs.
In Highland, Mcdowell
In Albemarle Greenwood Depot and Me
chums River
In Nelson county, Alton.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27
Pastor Installed.

The Rev. Joseph A. Thomas, recently Or
dained and installed as pastor of Shemariah
church in this county, was installed at Walk
er's creek church in Rockbridge county last
Saturday, the 23rd, at II a. m.
The meeting was presided over by Rev. u.
A Wilson, who preached the sermon. Rev.
NJ B. Lambdin delivered the charge to the
pastor, and Rev. A. H. Hamilton that to the
congregation
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-07-27

The Rockbridge Ners says Mr.. S. P. Figgat,
book keeper of the Bank of Lexington, on
Friday week delivered to the purchasers in
New York the $4,000 of county bonds recent
ly sold them, and the cash therefor was
prOmptly maid