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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
The MaSSeY-PiIOt Verdict.

The Richmond Dispatch of Sunday
concludes it's notice of the verdict in
the Massey-Pilot suit as follows -
1--WE never doubted that the jury
would find verdict for the plaintiff,
and we have always maintained that
the contract in question was honestly
awarded and is a good one for this
State. But what does surprise us is
that the jury did not make the punish
ment of the libellers more severe. We,
however, doubt not that it was the
wish of the majority of the jurors to
assess heavier damages than $1,000
Their verdict, we suppose, was the re
suit of a compromise, by which those
who favored larger sum than $1,000
yielded their opinions on that point
rather than incur the risk of seeing
hung jury"
The Richmond Times of Sunday
says =
No one, not on the ground and hear
ing the testimony, could form an opin
ion as to the real meaning and effect of
the verdict of the jury in the suit
brought by the Rev. John E Massey
against the Pilot newspaper, in Nor
folk. In order, therefore, to present
to our readers some reliable conclusion
on the matter, we telegraphed yester-
day evening to one of the most judi
cious and able members of the legal
profession IN Norfolk, who we believe
to be in no way connected with the
case, and asked him to give us in full
his impressions of the significance of
the verdict. In reply, our cores
pondent, after reciting the verdict,
said:
II find the jury thought Massey not guilty
of the charges published against him, and
therefore desired to punish the Pilot for reck
less journalism, but they thought Massey's
own testimony did not satisfactorily explain
many doubtful transactions brought out in
testimony. and were unwilling to give him
large damages for injury to character. 1t is a
complete vindication to the Board of Educa
ton ard the American Book Company, and
exoneration to Massey of this specific charge"
We accept the above opinion as
just criticism upon the outcome of the
case.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

TRIPLETs.-On East 18th street in
New York City last Thursday after
noon, Mrs. John Higgins gave birth to
three children, whom she named John,
James, and Mary. The Rev, Father
Brestin of the church of the Immacu-
late Conception christened them that
night. The father, who is butter
maker, is 81 years of age, and the
mother 38, and had children by a
former husband before she married
John Higgins.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

EXAMINATION OF CITY PUBLIC
II SCHOOL TEACHERS.-1 will hold ex-
aminatiOnS for the school teachers of Staun-
ton as follows.
For white teachers, Aug. 9th and 7th in
gust Sth and 9th, in school building No. 2. All
teachers not holding first grade certificates
will be required to stand examination; but
certificates will be endorsed in accordance
with circular letter of State Superintendent.
Examinations will begin at O'Clock
JOHN II. BADER, Supt. of
july 31-2ts City Public Schools.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

While the Governor of West Vir-
ginia is taking pleasure trip in lux
uriously furnished private car, the
people of Virginia are put to the ex-
pense of keeping troops at Pocahontas
to defend life and property there
against threatened assaults by organ
lied gangs of lawless men from his
State. But some must work while
others play, so runs the world away"
-AIeG. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

ESCAPED FROM CULPEPER JAIL
Culpeper county, who was several
months ago apprehended and brought
before a magistrate and forced to mar
ry the girl whom he had wronged, lived
with her short time and never con-
tributed to her support. Nichols re-
turned to the house of his wife and
created a disturbance. He was arrest
ed and fined, In default of the fine he
was sent to Jail. where early Thursday
morning by picking the lock in his cell
in the Culpeper Jail he made good his
escape. A reward will be offered for
his capture.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

AN INTERESTING RELIC.-Mr. James
F. Hammersley, one of our oldest and
best known citizens, has had in his pos
session for many years pair of drug:
gist's scales which were used in com
pounding the prescriptions for General
Washington during his last illness.
They were owned by DR.. Dick, one of
the physicians who attended the Gen
eral. The doctor was Mr.. Hammers
ley's great grandfather, and the scales
have been kept in the family ever since.
They are, as they should be, kept as an
interesting relic by the present owner.
-AIeG. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS will
II hold an examination for teachers of Au-
gusta county as follows: White teachers, Au-
gust 9th and 18th in white school building in
Staunton. Colored teachers, August Sth and
9th, in colored school building i'll Staunton.
All teachers not now holding certincates IN
animation Certificates will be endorsed in
accordance with the State superintendent
circular letter. Those taking the examination
must come prepared with legal-cap paper,
PEN and INF and a self-addreSsed stamped
envelope.
Work will begin promptly at 9 O'Clock a. m.
No allowance made for hardness on the part
of teachers. Respectfully.
E. o. PEALE, Supt.
july lists Augusta County Schools.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

The RIGHT VIEw.-The Norfolk
Landmark expresses the view we enter
tain when it says "the injection of the
coinage question into State politics is
certain to do the cause of Democracy
and of good government harm. and
should be deprecated on every hand"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

ELECTION CASES IN ALEXANDRIA
CoUNTY.-On Friday, Judge Chichester
settled the Alexandria county election
cases in favor of the incumbents, Rich
ard W. johnson, Commemorative at
torney, and William W. Duncan, super
visor. Messrs. Douglass and Hume,
the contestants, will not appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
H0W'S This :!

We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY, & CO.,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
WALDING. KINNAN s. MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold BY all Druggists,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
Iron Activity in Allegheny.


The Coyington correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch writes that paper
as follows =
1.-The Covington Iron Furnace, op-
Grated and owned by the Low Moor
Iron Company, is now in full blast with
Its quota of men. The same company
owns and operates two large mining
plants in this end of the county in ad
dition to the one near its Low Moor
furnace. 1t has put in operation at its
Dolly Ann mines one Of Barnhardt's
steam shovels. This machine cost about
$4,000, and its capacity is to handle
1900 cubic feet of material in day of
ten hours. 1t is the first of such ma
chimes ever operated in this section of
Virginia. Mr.. H. q. Merry has charge
of all these operations.
The Messrs. Shanahan have added
largely to their force of hands at their
Rich Patch iron mines, four miles from
Low Moor, and are making prepare
tions to erect a large furnace for the
manufacture of pig iron about two
miles below that place. In the mean
time they have leased the furnace at
Buena Vista"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
The Richmond Times saws =

sit is understood that the officers
WHO were at Lunenhurg courthouse
with the Richmond military will Join
Major Derbyshire in a report to Gov
ernor O'Ferrall, setting forth these and
similar facts, and plainly state, as their
opinion, that Mary Alternately, Pokey
Barnes and Mary Barnes were con
victed on insufficient evidence and
that, without counsel, they were at the
mercy of a people overwrought by
prejudice and thirst for vengeance. -
Governor O'Ferrall may be trusted
to do what is right and just. And now
that there is a grave doubt as to the
guilt of the women, the wisdom of pro
tecting them during the trial must be
conceded even by those who growl
every time the Governor orders out the
military for any purpose. 1t would
have been an outrage if the women
had been hanged by mob even if
their hands had been dyed with the
blood of Mrs. Pollard, as charged. But
it would have been an unspeakable
shame and disgrace to the State of Vir-
ginia if they had been lynched when
there was no evidence of their com
plicity in the crime except Marable's
statement. The Governor has done
LIS OuUy anu pTOteCl0O LIE WOm0u Will
the military power of the State. If the
officers of the First Regiment shall
convince him that the women have
been unjustly convicted. he will have
another duty to perform and he will
not hesitate to do it.--Petersburg IN
deG-Appeal.
The Governor did precisely right in
sending the military to protect the
negro women in Lunenburg from the
mob. The officers have done their
duty in presenting to him the evidence
which they have to show that the
women convicted were probably not
guilty. The fullest investigation
should be made of the whole matter,
and if it turn out to be true that justice
has miscarried and wrong been done,
then the Governor should not hesitate
to use his pardoning power. We ap-
prove entirely of the comment above
quoted from our Petersburg con-
temporary.-No2Jol Landmark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
Poor Time for Calamity Howling.

Under the heading above, the N. Y.
Herald says that the republican organs
which are making desperate efforts to
show by statistical jugglery that the
nation is running toward bankruptcy"
with a rapid pace and are trying to
work the calamity howl" in the face
of reviving prosperity assume that the
people have either very short memories
or very little intelligence.
That the country is happily again on
the road to prosperity is a patent fact
which finds new proofs every day, and
equal to its expenditures it is a condi-
ton of which no republican or protec
ton organ can attempt to make party
capital without stultifying itself, since
it is condition mainly the result of
reckless republican pension legislation.
When the republicans returned to
power in 1889 the yearly amount spent
ON pensions was less than ninety mil
lion dollars and there was no prctence
that the nations debt of gratitude to
its heroic defenders was not being lib
orally paid. But under republican
extravaganza, of which pension sharks
and bogus claimants were the chief
beneficiaries, the sum was swollen to a
hundred and fifty-nine millions the
last year of republican rule. In its first
year the democratic administration
had to pay a hundred and forty one
million dollars on account of this re-
publican incubus, and still the exces.
sive drain on the Treasury is kept up,
and to the extent of at least fifty or
seventy five million dollars a year it
can only be regarded as reckless extrav-
agance in which deserving pensioners
do not share.
Republican talk about the revenues
falling off and the nation running to
bankruptcy since the Mckinley law
was wiped out is worse than claptrap.
1t is not yet forgotten that the repub-
lican administration found the Treas
ury full in 1889 and left it empty in
1898. AS for the Mckinley tariff, the
customs receipts under it fell from more
than two hundred millions the first
year to a hundred and thirty-one mil
lions the last year of its blighting op-
Grafton, while the total yearly reve-
nues of the government during the
same period dropped nearly hundred
million dollars. AS to the excess of
revenue over expenditures the amount
declined from eighty-seven million dol
lars the first year of the Harrison ad-
ministration to two million dollars the
last year. There has since been a de-
felt, but it has been due to the blight
of protection, pension extravaganza
and the ruinous consequences of the
Silver Purchase law.
Thanks to the halt called on plotec-
ton and on the mischievous purchase
of silver, the country is on the highway
to prosperity With business reviving
in every quarter, financial stability re-
turning, mills and factories starting up,
wages advancing and other signs of
better times on all sides, and with ev-
cry prospect that the revenues of the
government will steadily improve I'M
der the new tariff, it is a discouraging
time for calamity bowling or trying to
show that the nation is running to
bankruptcy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

In SELF DEFENsE.-William J. Ur-
quhart, accused of numbering John E.
Gay, Nov. s, 1870, and who has been a
fugitive from justice since that time,
Thursday voluntarily surrendered him
self to the authorities and had a pre-
liminary hearing before Mayor Brewer,
of Suffolk. The Mayor, after hearing
the evidence by witnesses, and strong
pleas by counsel, sent Urquhart on to
the grand jury and committed him
without bail. Gay was found murder
ed near his home with pistol shot
wound in his breast. Urquhart left
the community and, Notwithstanding
efforts of detectives toward his capture,
he always eluded them. He has con-
fessed the murder but claims self-de-
tense. The accused is fifty-seven years
of age.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

FATAL ACCIDENT.-On last Satur
day, the boiler of an engine attached
to a thrashing machine, on the farm
of Mr.. Mumaw, on Swover Creek, in
this county exploded, instantly killing
Mr.. Samuel Miller, who happened to be
passing, and sat down for a few
minutes, and slightly wounding a
young lady, whose name we did not
learn. The hands were at dinner at
the time. Mr.. Miller was a young man.
He had recently lost his wife and leaves
one child. The boiler and engine was
completely destroyed. - Shenandoah
Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
The Norfolk Landmark saws :.

SIT is fully understood that there
was not a dissenting vote in the jury as
to a verdict for Mr.. Massey. The only
contest was over the amount. Some
were for the full amount and others for
q very small sum"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
Philip Norman Nicholas Hanged.

Philip Norman Nicholas, of Henrico
county, was hanged on last Thursday
morning for causing the death by
drowning of Jas. Mills and VIM. J. Wiki
erson in December 1892. He had bored
holes in the boat into which he had
persuaded them to cross the river with
him to cut bee tree. He had bored
the holes and stopped them with corn
cobs, which he pulled out when they
were crossing the river on their return
from the tree which they did not cut,
and as Mills and Wilkerson could not
swim they were drowned. His motive
was the fact that he was too intimate
with Mills's wife and wanted to get rid
of Mills, and also of Wilkerson as he
was aware of his conduct and would be
a witness against him. Nicholas was a
renter of the land on which these peo-
pie lived, and Mills and Wilkerson were
his sub-tenants. He was unmarried
and lived in the house occupied by
Mills, and Wilkerson lived close by with
his old invalid mother.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

A man in Portland, Maine, has
brought suit against another one, lay
ing his damages at twenty thousand
dollars, for hypnotizing and debauch-
ing his wife. AS a confessed murderer
has been acquitted in Western State,
and the man who hypnotized him to
commit the crime has been convicted,
it would the surprising if the Port
land man referred to should win his
suit. The fact that the hypnotic plea
is permitted in court is proof that no
humbug is too grotesque for belief
and is conducive to the idea that most
people have wheels in their head
Alexandria Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IN RICH
MOND.-Business was conducted in
Richmond Sunday as openly as prior
to the recent action of Chief of Police
Howard relative to observance of the
Sabbath. Names of all alleged viola
tors of the law were taken, however,
and their prosecution will be asked
should the court in a pending appeal
case render a decision upon the basis
of which conviction is possible. This
would indicate that they have no dread
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP,

The partnership firm of REEVES GAIT g. Co.,
expires to-day by limitation, and will not be
renewed. p. III. Trout, by an arrangement
amongst the partners, is to have charge of
the business for the purpose of winding it up;
and all persons Indebted to the firm or having
business with it. will confer with him, and not
with the other partners, as they will be other
wise engaged.
REEVES GAIT,
W. N. WILSON,,
p. HI. TROUT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

A HORSE THIEF IN LIMBo.-Stroman
Bowyer, aged Is years, on Friday, July
10th, stole a horse from Mr.. q. E. Reed,
who resides near Hollywood, this coun-
ty, and appropriating a saddle and
bride belonging to Mr.. Robt. Lynch,
made his way to Greenbrier White Sui.
Springs where he sold the whole outfit
to some one as yet unknown for 50 60
and watch. A warrant was sworn out
for his arrest and he was traced back
to Monroe. Last Tuesday he was ar
rested at the home of his uncle, Jas. n.
Bowyer. in Wolf Greek district, by
Messrs. Peck Crosier and Percy Kounse,
and brought to Union. Here Bowyer
made q confession and Justice Miller
sent him to Jail to be dealt with by the
Circuit Court. At last accounts Mr..
Reed had not recovered his horse nor
Mr.. Lynch his saddle and bridle.-Mon-
roe w VQO Watchandn
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

Dispatches from many points in the
Northwest tell of furious rain, hail
and wind storm Friday and Saturday
nights.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
The DUNSMORE BUSINESS COLLEGE,
And Institute Of Shorthand TYpeWIitng and PGnmanShip
STANTON, VIRGINIA.,


n Wa
g. Pesiden
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

Secretary Morton, of the Agricul-
tural Department, announces that the
free distribution of seed will be discon-
tinued during 1895 and 1896.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
NEW BUSINESS.

Referring to the above notice of dissolution,
REEVES GAIT desires to inform his friends
aud the public that he. as the AGENT of Mrs. A.
V. Gait, will continue the Fertilizer Business,
at the old stand of Reeves Gait & Co., where
he will be pleased to see the patrons of the
old concern.
REEVES GAIT,
july lofts Agent for A. V. Gait.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUABLE
" REAL ESTATE-By virtue of a decree
rendered on the 4th day of December, 1894, in
the cause of John Seawright's Admir- Us. John
Seawright's heirs, pending in the Circuit Court
of Augusta county, we will, on
Thursday, the goth day of August, 1895,
proceed, in front of the Court house of Angus
ia county, to offer for sale at public auction
Eighteen Acres of valuable meadow land be-
longing to the estate of the late John Sea-
wright.
This land is situated on Naked creek in Au-
gnsta county, about four miles west of Mt.
Sidney, adjoining HarShberger, Heller and
Others and is very valuable for farming pur-
poses.
TERMS Cash in hand to pay costs of sale
and rule awarded in the above cause, and the
balance upon credit of one, two, and three
years, the purchaser to give bond with ap-
proved security for the deferred instalments
bearing interest from date, and title retained
as ultimate security.
j. NJ. QUARLES.
ALEX. Fl. FULTZ,
Commissioners.
l. JOS B. Woodward, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, do certify that ]. NJ
Quarles has executed the bond required by de-
cree of sale, of date December 4th, 1894, in the
cause of Seawright'S adm r gainSt Seawright's
heirs.
Given under my hand this Goth day of july
1895.
JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk.
Wiseman and Wife 6 ais. u.s. Smiley and
w Wife & als.-PurSuant to decree of the
Circuit Court for Augusta county, entered in
this cause. November II, 1894, shall proceed,
at my office, in Staunton, on
Tuesday, August 81, 1895,
to take the following accounts:
LIST. OF the personal estate of Andrew Reed,
decd.
End. Of the transactions of Stuart s. Reed,
adm. of Andrew Reed.
3rd. OF the outstanding debts of said dece-
dent.
4th. OF advancements made by Andrew Reed
to his children.
5th. vi how the proceeds of sale of real es-
tate should be distributed, &c.
JOS. A. WADDELL,
july 31-4tS Commissioners
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

We learn from Mr.. Peter Windle,
who was present a few hours after the
accident happened, that Irwin, aged
about 9, who was living with his grand
mother, Mrs. Stricken, Criglersville,
Va, met with a severe accident, on
Friday, July 10Th. He was removing
some saw dust, at the saw-mill of his
father, Mr.. Robt. Stricken, when his
right hand was badly cut and lacerat-
ed. The doctor hopes to be able to
save several fingers and part of his
hand ShenqndoaA Halley.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31

LEG BRoKEN.-Several young men,
among the number Mr.. Lee Wilson, of
Mt. Jackson, have been camping at
Orkney Springs. Monday evening, in
a friendly wrestling match, Mr.. Wilson
had both small bones in his right leg
broken. He was brought to Mt. Jack
son Monday night, where he is con-
fined to his bed. -Shenandoah Valley.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
WANTED! WANTED.

w 10000 Bushels Wheat,
$4,000 Corn,
$4,000 90 Oats
10000 - Rye,
10000 Barley,
5,006 Tons Hay.
Stock of baling wire on hand.
p. B. SUBLETT & SON,
july 31-3mos Cor. Middlebrook Ave.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
HOW DOES 1T STAND AT HoMl

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-19
Mansnelds Magnificent Methods.

Speaking Of Richard Maps1elds pro.
duction Of "Thc Story OF Rodion the Stu.
dent, the New York Herald says: "Mr.
Mansfield invested IL with something like
tragic grandeur. He Is incomparably the
subtlest, the most imaginative, the most
interesting actor on the American stage.
VIC hope we may yet see the day when tho
public's taste will have become purified,
so that its substantial patronage will en-.
able this most worthy artist 10 take his
revenge say in Shakespoaro's Macbeth,
n character for which he sccnls TO be pre-.
destined" And The World comments:
"Thcro are fow actors on tho English
speaking stage who could play Rodion as
Mr.. Mansfield played it ut the Garrick.
lie exhibited In II a degree rs we'll rs
quality OF dramatic power such n ono as.
sooiates only with great actors OF tho
world The hnllucination scene Is acted
with such force of expression that IL suf.
fees To make the actor famous"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-19
The Cost of Grand Opera.

1t costs Sc, 600 10 lift the curtain cact
night on grand opera. This sum seems
moro remarkable II we compare 1t with the
expenses of an ordinary thoater. After his
scenery Is paid for a theatrical manager
may compute his weekly outlay at amounts
varying from $4,000 to 1000, according
TO the talents Of his company. The ordi.
nary playhouse will hold from 81, 500 to
81, 500 night, and II he fills his theater
every evening tho manager has certainty
Of considerable interest on his inyestment
after paying actors salaries and authors,
royalties.
For example, II Mr.. DAILY, Mr.. Frohman
or Mr.. Palmer takes IN 81, 900 a night, he
is sure TO earn an income Of about $50, 000
a year But grand opera Is quite differ.
ent matter. Good actors may he manu-.
facturcd almost anywhere. Good singers,
however, arc born, and born ut rare inter
walls Adelina Patti, the greatest lyric art.
ist that any age has produced demands
81, 600 for each performance.