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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02

When County Clerk William A. Burnett
prisoner and asked him if he was guilty or
not guilty, he replied Not guilty.
The afternoon was consumed in getting a
jury, which is composed of the following per-
sons =
Perry Anderson, Philip H. Rock c. Edward
Crawford, ]. Baxter Trimble, J. Newton Craw-
ford, Elias Riddleberger, William T. Baxter,
Adam H. Towberman, S. t Driver David
Hupman, Joseph Houseman, John NJ. CARRIER
1t was clock before the jury was com
pleted, and then the court adjourned to $50
OF clock yesterday-Tuesd morning, and
the prisoner was returned to the jail guarded
as when he was taken to the Courthouse
TuEsDAY-ExAMINATIoN OF WITNESSES FOR THE
COMMONWEALTH.
Court re assembled at $50 o'clock Tuesday
morning, when the examination of witnesses
for the wealth was commenced and
the whole day was thus consumed, and court
did no, adjourn till after O'Clock p m
when it adjourned to meet again this morn
ing at s o'clock.
All the witnesses for the Commonwealth
were examined, and those for the defense, if
any, will be examined this morning. 1t may
be that the prisoner will be put on the stand
to testify in his own defense. We know OF
no other witnesses for the defense The wit
nesses examined for the Commonwealth were
the following
DR.. A. NJ Henkel, who described the charac
ter of the wounds on the murdered girl; John
Brannon, colored; Edgar Dyer, colored; Mason
Doom, white; George Swartz, white; -
Bowers; Jacob S. Painter; Sheriff N. c.
Watts, Miss Marley Miss Huntley, ]. L.
Beck, Roger b. Atkinson, Hon. Jacob
Yost, Policeman R. A. Hamilton, and
Rosa Brown, the coored woman with whom
the prisoner has been living as his wife for
several years.
The testimony shows that the prisoner was
the owner of the deadly bludgeon and the hat
found on the ground at the place of the
tragedy. and of the clothes that his paramour
attempted to burn because of the blood of the
murdered girl Oh them.
The chain of circumstantial evidence against
the prisoner is complete, and establishes his
guilt as conclusively as would the evidence of
a witness who would testify that he saw him
committee the actin fact more conclusively,
for the witness might testify falsely whereas
the circumstances as in this case, cannot.
The testimony is such as to leave no doubt
as to the character of the verdict of the jury,
for there is no room for a rational doubt of
his guilt.
The trial will be concluded to day.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02

There is one consideration about the
great crank crusade, says the Alexan-
dria Sun that we earnestly commend
to the Southern people and that is the
favorable opportunity to do themselves
honor as conservative patriotic COM
munities true to the highest American
instincts of liberty and justice and
equally repugnant to violence and
license. If ever a people deserved a
restoration to prosperity and happiness
after three years of suffering it is the
people of the South and no amount of
immigration bureaus or boom adver-
Using could in any manner contrive a
plan of restoration better than to main
tain the perfect plan of law and order
during the troubles that are threaten
ed all over the rest of the country I'M
migration of our own American peo-
pie, capital, enterprise and all things
good for a good people and good coun-
try will come to the South if we hold
the even temper of our way amidst the
present troubles And all this applies
especially to the two States of Virginia
and Maryland that being neighbors
aud akin are able here at the focus of
the disturbance to show their charac
ter, set an example and call the atten
ton of the world to our advantages
and resources.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
OMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
rHE GRAIN TRADE-CROPs, sc

The Cincinnati Price Current of April Goth,
says -
1.-THE past week has been generally favor
able in winter grain regions although the
temperature has not been high enough to be
forcing, and the season is getting to be some
what backward The moisture of late has
improved the outlook for wheat in many
localities, notably in Kansas where the better
promise appears to equalize any drawbacks
attending the crop in California.
In the Northwest cool temperature and ex-
cessve moisture have delayed seeding and
terminating operations, but conditions may
become adjusted favoraby very quickly, and
admit of a promising start for crops in that
region.
The extensive replanting of oats has been
accomplished under favorable conditions as
rule and the situation of this crop is promis-
ing for the most part.
1t is gratifying to note that the late returns
indicate that fruit was less seriously injured
by cold weather in the latter part of March
than was feared, many localities having fair
promise where it has been regarded as practi-
cally destroyed
In the wheat trade the special feature of the
week is that the May price at Chicago on
Tuesday dropped lower than on any occasion
previously, touching sic. Some reaction was
developed subsequently, but the week closes
15a14c lower than a week ago for May and
July deliveries. This interest, with Others is
suffering from the distempered condition now
existing in our land relative to labor affairs,
and there is no certain ground on which cal
culations for the future can be made.
The corn market was well sustained for
several days of the week, but subsequently
became easier closing slightly lower than a
week ago at Chicago. Quite likely the offer
ings of this grain will be reduced for awhile,
but if the plans for an enlarged area for this
seasons planting be realized and the crop
secure good start there will be little ground
for counting on much higher prices for this
grain.
May wheat at Chicago closed 1sc below
the highest point of the week, II above the
lowest point, and &c lower than week ago.
Corn at Chicago for May closed &c below the
highest point of the week, &c above the
lowest point, and &c lower than a week ago.
Wheat receipts at primary markets were l.,
S53, 900 bushels for the week. against ,287 900
the preceding week, and 3, LAC, 900 last year.
Corn receipts were 2,8130OO bushels. against
2O56, 900 the preceding week, and 1,517, 600
asst year."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02

| Mrs. Cornelius Boyle, who BECAME a
wife only two months after the first
Mrs. Boyle died, says she has been
driven from her home in Pennsyl-
vania mining village by the spirit of
her predecessor.
No State can levy tax on inter-
state commerce in any form,o was the
gist of a decision announced by Justice
Brewer in the U. S. Supreme Court on
Monday.
President Cleveland will visit Fred
ericksburg, Va, May 10, to attend the
unwilling of the Mary Washington
monument.
On Monday Senator Teller, Of Colo
RADIO, made the frank statement in the
Senate that the democratic majority of
the Senate finance committee had
adopted practically the same course
with reference to the tariff bill as pur-
sued by republican majority of the
committee under similar circumstances.
Senator Daniel and Representative
Tyler, of Virginia, have recommended
the appointment of Captain Murdaugh,
of Portsmouth, Va, as supervising in
spector of steam vessels for the Mary
land Virginia district.
In the Senate Monday, Mr.. Voorhees,
made statement in which he utterly
repudiated the reports about radical
notifications of the tariff bill and
stated that the income tax would be
retained.
In Mcdowell county, W. Va, Ben
jamin Martin was clipping with Eliza
Trent, when he was overtaken by
Champion Trent, who shot him with a
Winchester rifle, causing him to die in
the arms of his intended bride.
At Charleston, W. Va, Wood Davis,
charged with killing Gordon Sampson,
was sent to Jail to await the action of
the grand jury.
Hon. George d. Wise has written to
a friend in Richmond that the report
that he will not be candidate for re-
election to Congress is without founda-
ton. He will ask the democrats of the
third district to return him for another
term.
The Kanawha City Company on
Monday sold their property, consisting
of $500 acres of hill and bottom land,
to the Kanawha Improvement Compa-
ny, composed of Governor MacCorkle,
Supreme Judge Horner Holt, Hon. j.
H. Huling and others. The price paid
was $4,000 and taxes 50, 200.
| The project for the erection in Capt.
| tol Square, Raleigh. N. c., of a monu-
ment to the memory of the late Sena-
| tor z. B. Vance has taken such form as
| to leave no room for doubt that q fit
| ting memorial to the great North Caro-
linian will be the outcome of the effort.
Mr.. William Fitzhugh Meade, of
| White Post, Clarke county, who died
| Saturday week, was the son of David
and grandson of Richard Kidder Meade,
an aid to General Washington in the
revolutionary war. He was nephew
of Bishop Meade. He commenced the
practice of law in Alexandria before
the war between the States, but did
not return after the war
| Rev. DR.. Lafferty, of Richmond. who
| lectured recently in New Orleans, said
that at Shiloh, if Albert Sidney John:
son had lived thirty minutes longer,
| General Grant would have surrendered.
| DR.. Lafferty had his information from
Blair, then a member of the Lincoln
| cabinet.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Home and Country.

In the magazine world, Home and Country
New York;, James Tanner, Editor. occupies
unique place in light literature. Well illus
trated, and with a diversity of contents SURE
to please every taste, it covers field peculiarly
and entirely its own. Short articles, complete
in each number on intensely interesting sub
jects, many of them on leading topics of the
day, is but one of its many attractive features
The Table of Contents of the May Number
embraces the following:
In the Love-God's Domain, by Frederick
Hammond; Summer Days on Cape Cod, by
Alvan C. Nye; The Union Soldier-He Seek
Justice, not Charity, by Hon. John A. Pickler
NJ c.; The Sociology of Animals, by James F.
Richards An Error and its Consequences. A
Story of Department Life in Washington, by
Josie r. Nichols; People Seen in Constants
nople by Thomas NJ. Carpenter: How l Step
ped Onto the Platform, by Capt. Jack Craw-
ford; Are Women Mentally Inferior to Men
by f. J. Amy; Artificial Flowers, by Mary
SUrman, ETC., etc.
Published by Jos. W. Kay SO East 10th
Street, N. Y. City. Subscription, $3.50 year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
It VI IIIG bI ICIAIO
Staunton AS 1t Is And Was.

Who that contrasts Staunton as it is now
with its beautifully paved streets, its street
cars its electric lights, its beautiful park, anc
its excellent public schools. without any in
crease of the rate of taxation,-with what il
was before these Improvements and blessings
were obtained, can fail to have a feeling Of
gratitude to the Council that provided them
What sum would induce our citizens to dis
pense with them-to have no longer streets
electric lights, park, and street cars? Who
would go back to the State of things before
these were provided for our benefit convent
ence and comfort? If there be any such, LEI
them speak out now or forever remain silent
when the merits of the old Council are under
consideration. There may be objections te
some of its members on personal grounds, but
when it is considered as a whole and its &C
tons as such, it must be admitted that it de
serves commentator for what it has done fol
the city.
AN OLD CITIZEN.
Nav
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Personal.

The marriage of Mr.. J. W. McClung, o
Rockbridge county, to Miss Demaris lren
Berry, daughter of Mr.. c. G. Berry, o
Augusta county, will take place at $3.50 P. NJ.
next Wednesday, May 9th, at New Providence
Church in Rockbridge county near th'
Augusta line, to which we acknowledge the
courtesy of an invitation to be present on tina
interesting occasion.
The marriage of Mr.. John d. Henkel tt
Miss Susie White-both of Basic City-wil
take place next Wednesday at o'clock P. M.
in the Baptist Church in Waynesboro.
| Reception at Riverside" the residence Of
| ]. E. and F. NJ. White, brothers of the bride
| from $50 to II Z. NJ.
The Pocahontas headlight of April 9th
says
Mrs. Kate NJ. Smythe and Miss Josie, wife
and daughter of Minister Harry M. Smythe,
have returned TO the United States from
Hayti. They are at present in Staunton, Vir-
ginia, and, after visiting relatives in the Val
lev for short time, will return to their home
at Kelly, where they will spend the summer.
Minister Smythe expects to be in Tazewell i'll
June on vacation"
Mrs. Smythe is visiting her sister, Mrs. DIR.
H. NJ Patterson, of this city.
Rev A. NJ. Fraser of the First Presbyterian
Church of this city and Rev. J. n Vande-
venter, of the Augusta Church near Fort De
fiance, exchanged pulpits last Sunday-the
former preaching in the morning, and the
latter, morning and evening.
Their many friends regret very much that
Mrs. Sophie Switzer, widow of the late Solo
man Switzer, and her daughter Miss Emma
Switzer, will leave to-day for Baltimore, Nd,
where they will make their future home
Mr.. W. J. NEWMAN, of this city, Familiarity
known as Bob Newham, has been caught
in the tolls of cupid and Hymen will riyet
the bonds at O'Clock this evening near Fort
Defiance, when he will be married, by Rev.
J. D. Donovan, of the u. 3. Church of this
city, to Miss Ella Argenbright, daughter of
Mr.. J. S. Argenbright. May they live long
and prosper.
Bishop Alfred M. Randolph preached an
able sermon in Trinity Episcopal Church last
Sunday morning and confirmed a class of
thirty, and in the evening in Emmanuel
Church he confirmed thirty-two.
Mrs J. VIM. Jackson. of Greenbrier Co W.
Va, whose husband died within a few hours
after her marriage to him last summer, is on
a visit to her mother, Mrs. Silas c. Beard,
near Greenville in this county.
Mr.. Frank Hatton, editor of the Washing
ton Post who was paralyzed at his desk last
week, died at half-past 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon. He was an able editor, and his
death is greatly lamented.
Robt. Yancey, of Harrisonburg, visited
relatives and friends in this city last Friday
and Saturday.
Miss Harriet Blaine daughter of the late
James G. Blaine. was married to Mr. Truxton
Beale, of Washington, formerly minister to
Persia and to Greece. The ceremony took
place at one o'clock Monday afternoon, April
30th at the Blaine residence on Lafayette
square, near the White House in Washington
city.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Romance.

Eleven of the sixteen attractive stories which
Romance presents in its May number are either
written expressly for it or are original transla
tons. Among these are the leading tale, a
society story, in the fresh setting of Central
Park in May, by Rhodes mcknight; and a
group of three admirable specimens of the
realistic style of fiction There are also beauti-
full love stories by Justin Mccarthy, Raymond
Hunt and others; vivid stories of adventure by
Edmond About and Henry W. French; hui
morous tales by Elizabeth W. Champney and
Charles Mouselet and others equally full OF
interest Romance is issued by Romance Pub
fishing Company, Clinton Hall, Astor Place
New York, at % cents copy or $3.50 a year
and anybody desiring to examine the maya
zine can secure a sample Of back number by
sending 10 cents
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
EIoped and Married .

The Clifton Forge Reoieec says that miss
Nettie Quinlon, the pretty daughter of Mr..
James Quinlou of Clifton Forge, and o. A.
Layne a steady aud industrious employee of
the c. and o. railway company, were married
in Washington on Friday morning, April 20,
1884, Rev. Mr.. Sunderlin of the Presbyterian
church officiating. The wedding was sur
prise, and was without parental consent on
the part of the brides people,-not that they
did not think Mr.. Layne a worthy young
man, but that the daughter was too young to
embark upon voyage fraught with conse-
quences so momentous'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Successful rendition of "Pinafore.'

The eyer-popular operetta "Pinafore,"
which grows in interest the oftener it is en-
joyed, was successfully rendered by the local
talent of this city, for the benefit of the Ath-
letic Club, in the Opera-house on Thursday
and Friday nights last to large audiences who
were delighted with the remarkably good
style in which it was sung and acted. We
published the cast of characters last week, and
it is needless to publish it again. Each one
of the actors showed proper appreciation of
the character assigned him or her and gave a
good Interpretation of it, and the chorus was
also we'll executed
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
"Pinafore" to be repeated In Char
ICtteSvjIje

The amateur actors of this city, who rem
dered ''Pinafore' so well in the Opera house
here on last Thursday and Friday nights will,
by request, repeat it in Charlottesville this
evening. The company will leave here at
o'clock p. m, and will return tonight after
the performance, on a special train. Other
persons, by application to Jas. Ker, jr., can
get tickets for the round trip at $780, The
Stonewall Band will go with the company.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02

The fact that every Republican in
and out of Congress is violently op-
posed to the passage of the Wilson
tariff bill and denounce it as free
trade" measure, ruinous to all the
protective industries of the country
ought to satisfy every Democrat that
the bill is a good one and should be
adopted as soon as possible. And yet
there are few Democrats in Congress
and Democratic newspapers at the
North that oppose the adoption of the
Wilson bill on the pretense that it is a
high protection measure and there
fore un-Democratic and inconsistent
with the pledges contained in our
national platform.-Lyaachburg Nea0s.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Harper'S Ma gazine.

Eighty years young" said DR.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes when asked his age on a now
famous birthday. For forty-four years HAIR
PER's New MONTHLY MAGAZINE has kept
abreast Of the best art and the latest knowl-
edge, 1t is new every month. Besides its
articles on general topics, the May Number
contains six complete short stories, generous
instalment of Mr.. Du Mauriers novel
'Trilby," half long story by James Lane
Allen, and more pictures than the average IL
Illustrated book.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Harper'S Bazaar,

No matter what other magazines and papers
the American woman bnys she subscribers to
HARPER's Bazaar for the information it con
tains about fashions It is her guide not only
in those matters which have given the reputa
ton of being the best-dressed woman in the
world, but in those other questions of mode
which are not less important-the fashion
able innovation in dinner-givng, in receiving
in furniture and decoration, and in the thou
sand and one things which distinguish the
cultivated American household. There is ne
other paper in this field. The BAZAAR has nc
rival; it has not even a competitor.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
HORRIBLE DOUBLE
Crime.
A Young White Girl
Outraged and MUIR
dered by a BurIy Me-
gro Man.
His early arrest and evil
dence Of his guilt.

PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT HIM FROM
TIES SUMMONED AND THE militia
RIsONBURG AND CHARLorTEsvls.LE
CALLED OUT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
A Man KtI,ed-Arrow.poI Found,

Man kiIIed-ArroW-PoIn Found.
CRAIGsvILLE, April 30.-The mangled body
of John Warner, a cigar maker, was found by
the track walker, on the C. & O. railroad near
Kings tank, on Sunday morning the GOTH
He had about him S102 % and a memorandum
book showing that he had been in nearly all
the larger cities of the West, and was
in Portland, Oregon, in 1885. He was q mem
Der of Cigar Makers Association. There is
no clue as to how he was travelling.
Mr.. Oswald Wallace, on tearing down an
old building two miles south of Craigsville
found a number of Indian arrow-points
broken off in the upper logs There are
small square holes in the building from
which the former citizens fired on the In
dams, when taking refuge within it,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
The trial will be concluded to day.
The EIckpocket Case.

The man who gave his name as Anderson
and who is charged with having picked the
pocket of J. NJ Kent of Harrisonburg, had a
hearing before Mayor Fultz Monday and was
bailed in the sum of 800 to be present fol
trial at the June term. He and his wife, who
came here from Philadelphia to see him after
his arrest have taken their departure, and
will most probably never be here again.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Burial ofLottie Rowe.

The remains of Lottie Rowe, who was bru-
tally ravished and murdered by Lawrence
Spiller, colored, last Saturday night near the
Federal cemetery, one mile cas-. of this city,
as reported elsewhere, were taken, on Monday,
to Middlebrook where the funeral services
were performed by Rev. ]. D. Donovan, of the
United Brethren Church of this city.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Killed on the railroad.

Near Craigsville in this county last Saturday
night, the body of a white man was found
cut to pieces on the railroad track, having
been run over by train. By means of g
cigar makers Union Card it was ascertained
that he was John Warner, of Portland Oregon
On Friday last, the President nominated to
the Senate Mrs Mary H. S. Long, widow OF
Gen. Long, for re-appointment as postmaster
at Charlottesville, the position she has filled
satisfactorily for some years.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
RENEWAL OF OUR LIBERAL
PROPOSITION.

To accommodate those who failed to avail
themselves of our proposition when open to
allow all who paid up arrearages and year
in advance, and new advance-paying subscrib-
ers, to have the SPECTATOR for the succeeding
year at only one dollar, we now renew it that
all may avail themselves of the opportunity to
get the paper at half price. Those who fail to
avail themselves of this opportunity will have
none but themselves to blame. We renew
the proposition for their accommodation, and
whilst this is published they can get the ad-
VANTAGE of IT,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
Resignation of Passionate.

Rev. A. f. Laird, who has been pastor of
Mt. Horeb Church in this county for II years,
has offered his resignation of the pastorate of
that church to go into effect on the LIST Of July,
and requests his congregation to mite with
him in asking the Lexington Presbytery at its
regular meeting on the Sth of May at Broad
wav To dissolve the pastoral relation
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02
May 2-1t%

WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
VIII be of value to the world by illustrating
the Improvements in the mechanical arts and
eminent physicians will tell you that the
equal Importance, and as Strengthening lax
alive that Syrup of Figs is far in advance Of
| all Others
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02

We are indebted to Mrs. S. S. Shelton, of
Birmingham, Ala, formerly of this county,
for copies of the Birmingham Age Herald, and
a souvenir sheet of the Confederate reunion,
containing an account of that interesting oc-
casion and the likenesses of the Southern
beauties representing the Southern States.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-02

A NNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIR-
"A GINA, with "reminiscences illustrative
of the vicissitudes of its pioneer settlers: bio
era phical sketches of citizens locally proliri-
nent, and of those who have founded families
in the Southern and Western States; a diary of
the war, 1857 and chapter ON RECONSTRUCT
ton.
By Joseph A. waddell, member of the Vir-
ssinia Historical Society. Seal of Augusta
connty), with three maps by Maj. Jed Hotch-
kiss.
Price $3.50. The.trade supplied or the vol
ume sent by mail on receipt of the price, by
W. L. OLIVIER, Bookseller and Stationer
sGaunton, va. Order at once, as the editionis
nearly exhausted. mar SITS