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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07
Old Time Story from Alton.
lAfton letter in the Richmond Dispatch. ]

lAftOn letter in the Richmond DlSpatcn.]
Many years ago woman named Betsy
Coyner was lost on. one of these mountains.
She lived near the foot of Humpback, on the
Nelson side and started out with a party OF
friends early one morning to pick "huckle-
berries 1t is not known how she became
separated from her companions, but when
the other young people gathered in from the
berry-fields Betsy was missing. They shout
ed for her, and hunted the mountain-side
about until dark, when the women OF the
party were taken to their homes in the valley,
and relief party of men, with torches, went
back for the search. 1t was five days before
the lost woman was found. She was down
on the Augusta side of Humpback, about
where the road now leads to Sherando, but
which was then an unbroken wilderness.
She was almost demented-her clothing torn
from her by the dense thickets, her feet bare
and bleeding from the rocks and thorns-but
in all her wanderings she had carried piece
of silver she had found. She could never
give any accurate account of where she had
gotten it, except that it was supposed to have
come from cave.
The ore was very valuable-a broken lump
as large as a goose-egg. There is an old tradi-
ton that such a cave existed, and that the
Indians made ornaments from the metal.
This poor womans description of her dlscov-
cry was something marvellous. She claimed
that the cave ran very far back into the noun
TAIN and that she had broken off her apron
full of silver nuggets, but they were too heavy
for her to carry. 1t was like fairy-tale, ex-
cept that the silver proved its reality. The
countryside went wild; mining expeditions
were organized, and every effort made to find
the wonderful cavern; but to this day ''Betsy
Coyner's silver mine," as it is called, keeps
its secret and the lightnings play above the
mountains boarded treasure.
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terminating in richly-caryed Romanesque.
Upon the north face is worked in incised
letters upon polished panel this inscription:
Erected to the memory Of the 5000 Southern
soldiers here buried, who died in camp prison
in 1926, Confederate dead
WHAT IT CONTEMPORARIES.
At Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-ffth
street, then in the outskirts but now in the
heart of the city, a stockade was built during
the civil war and named Camp Douglas, and
there many thousands of Confederate prison
ers were confined between the years 1862 add
1865. The men held there under the restraints
which befell captives of war had
spent their lives in that balmy climate of the
sunny South, and the rigor of a Northern
winter told upon them severely. AS con-
sequence 5000 of them were liberated by
death and were buried in lakewood Cemetery,
at Cottage Grove avenue and Sixty seventh St
1t was to the memory of these 5000 men that
the monument was dedicated by their com.
rades and opponents in arms.
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{ GOOD DEAL OF WASTED 11Mig,

a GOOD DEAL OF WASTED TIME.
We confess to have read Harvey s. Coin g
Financial School," Horace Whites sCoin 3
Financial Fool, y in reply to it, and much,
other matter on both sides of the financial
question. Much of this reading went, as
do the contents of the books, away back
into archaic depths about the origin of
money, when this dollar OF that became
the unit, the amount of the worlds pro-
duction, and all that sort of thing. In this
we wasted much valuable time and so will
those of our readers who undertake it. 1t
does not matter to-day one penny which
dollar was the unit, any more than it mat
tiers who signed the Declaration of indie
psndence first. The question we have to
settle is not one of antiquity, it is one OF
| to-day. 1t is whether the commercial
world will join the United States in estab-
fishing bimetalism. If it will, We'll have
it in spite of all the historic precedents Of
the ages If it will not, and we try it by
ourselves, we will walk right into panic
and hard times to which the ruin of
1s9O94 was prosperity itself, in spite of
"Coin S Financial SCHOOL, OF any soho oil
that ever was invented. And there you
have it
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07
POLITICAL NOTES.

The clerk of the House of Representa-
tives has just prepared list of the contest
cases for the next House, of which there
are Is. Those from Virginia are as fol
lows: Fourth district-R. Z. Thorpe, con-
testant, VS.. VIM. r. McKenny, contestee..
Fifth district-Leo w. Cornet, contestant,
VS.. Claude A. Swanson, contestee. Sixth
DISTRICT. Hampton Hoge, contestant. VS..
Peter J. Otey, contestee. Tenth district
jacob Yost, contestant, VS.. H. st. Geo.
Tucker, contestee.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Norfolk Landmark writes that MI. Aston
Cabell who, as Richmond member of the
last House of Delegates. surprised and dis
appointed his constituents by voting for
Martin for Senator, will run for the House
again next fall in order to vindicate him
self. He has, the correspondent adds,
''enlisted the support of some of the most
active politicians in town."
The Board of canvassers in Appomattax
,, county have thrown out the precinct of
Spout Spring and declared MI. II. D.
Flood elected Commonwealth Attorney
MI. W. ID. Franklin, his Republican oppo-
nent, will contest the election. The pre-
cinct was thrown out on the ground thai
the constable was ousted as a result of vic
lent demonstrations by the Republicans.
The counsel in the Thorp- Nc Kenny con-
tested election case has been notified by
the Clerk of the House to be at his room
in the Capitol Oh the 18th Of June to open
the papers filed there in that case, and the
counsel in the Y ost-Tucker case, to he at
the same place Oh the 18th for the same
purpose.
The members of the Southern Wholesale
Grocers' Association at Atlanta, cheered
heartily the sentiment expressed by Capt.
J. II. Martin of Memphis. in d speech lie
fore the convention in Atlanta last week,
that P resident Cleveland should he elected
for life at a salary of 500, 600 Il year.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, May %, 1895.
Mary Weaver,
VS..
T. r. N. Speck. admir-, &c.
All parties interested in the foregoing named
cause bending in the circuit court of augusta
county, TAKE NOTICE! that will proceed at my
office in StauntOn, on
SATURDAY., the Goth day of June, aaeGt,
to take, state and settle the account of T. r. N.
Speck, admir- of Ann Maria Glenn, decd.
2d-An account of the personal estate and eff
fects of said decedent which has, or which ought
to have come into the hands of said Speck as
admir- as aforesaid.
3d-An account of the debts, if any, OF said
decedent.
4th-A distribution account of said decedents
estate &C.; which accounts are required to be
stated by the order of reference entered in said
cause on the 25th May, 1895.
JOHN M. KINNEY.
CS W. Barnes, 20. Comm issioner.
NAV 3I-4t
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A Hard Labor Convict Life in
England.

Oscar Wilde was taken. directly after con-
viction in London, to Pentonville. prison for
convicted criminals. He was examined
physically with great care, since on the med
icaI officers report will depend what labor
he is to be set to. Ii he is passed as sound
and fit for first-class he will take his first
months hard labor air on a treadwheel six
hours daily, making ascent of 5000 feet !;
twenty minutes on continuously, then five
minutes rest. The necessity for close med
zeal examination is obvious before a man is
subjected to this labor.
During the first month while on the wheel,
if put there. Wild will sleep on plank bed.
a bare board raised few inches above the
floor and supplied with sheets. This will be
his diet: Breakfast at 1880 a. m, cocoa and
bread; dinner at nO0n-bacon and beans one
day, soup another, cold Australian meat an
other, and brown fionr suet another; the last
three repeated twice week; potatoes with
every dinner.
After he has finished his spell on the wheel
he will be put to some industrial employ
ment. He Will exercise in the open air for an
hour. He will be allowed no communication
with the outside, except by special permits
sion, until he has completed three months OF
this sentence Then he may write and receive
one letter, and may be visited for twenty
minutes by three friends. Wilde will attend
chapel every morning, and twice on Sunday
He wi IL be visited, if he wishes it, by the
chaplain as often as he likes, also daily by
the governor or deputy governor.
On release Wilde if he has worked well
and behaved we'll, will have earned the
magnificent sum of los. (S2.5O), which he
can have all at once, or it will be doled out
to him by an agent of the Discharged Pris
oners' Aid Society, if he (Wilde) elects to ap
DIV to that excellent institution when enct
more free
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Great Nervous Prostitution
ID. D. & B. INST, STAUNTON, VA, Sept Is, 1891

ID & B. INST. SrAUNToN, VA. Sept 49, 1894.
Mr. PAUL PRATT Richmond Va.
SIn reply to your letter of August ed asking about
the effect myself OF the Eectropoe peg leave TO say
that the wonderful; got It, reco
iec about the first At that time had but lit
tie faith in it as agent friends who had used it,
the effects of the of Others urged
me suffering with Uer and kd-
ney trouble with great prostraton and taking
toe Ono less different kinds of medicine day. followed
the directions exactly faithfully My improvement has
When began the Of the Electropose
might Justly termed nvalid enjoy health
good for of and late enfeebled
condition Nothing would induce me to part with IT.
Yours truly, MRS. F. b. JOHNSON.
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Staunton indicator.
IlNsLEY & MORTON, ProprIetors.

p,b,;sned every Friday. Price sl.5o per year
cents for six months, and 40 cents for 8 months
Invariably in advance.
transient advertisements 12H cents per line
zach insertion and ~ cents each insertion tnere-
after. Contracts for longer terms mace at III
counter.
Local circulation in Augusta. Rockbrldge, Roek'n
ham, Allegheny, Highland and Bath Counties.
Gives general and local news; stories and mis-
cel,any; reliable commercial reports.
n. c. TINsLEY,
A. S. MORTON.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

VTIRGIN1A-1n the CLERKS Office OF the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, June 4th, 1885,
The Basic City Bank, Plaintiff.
EFT. SWAIN ct ais, Defendant.
The object of this suit is to have taken an
account of the assets and liabilities Of the Basic
City Bank, and to have proper distribution of
the assets among the creditors and stockholders
of said bank, and to have done all that is nee
fairs Of said bank. And it appearing by affidavit
filed that E. I. Swain, VIM. P. Boyer, Eu-
gene A. Crale, II. r. Hicks, G. S. Jones' H. II.
partners, doing business under the style of
Holtzclaw Bros, A. r. Folz admir- of Augustus
GohI, decd, r. III. Waddell, Geo. W. Ryan, H. II.
Boyer and A. S. Garrett, are residents of the
State of Virginia, it is ordered that they appear
of this order and do what is necessary to protect
their interest in this su it.
A copy teste,
JOS B. WOODWARD,
]. M. Quarles, p.q. Clerk.
tune 7-4t
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Stanton, May %, 1895
McCorkle Bros. Creditors,
McCorlkle Bros. Il ais.
All parties interested in the foregoing cause,
pending in the circuit court of Augusta county,
TAKE NoTICE that have fixed upon the
2Sth day of June, neat,
at my office in Staunton, to take, state and set
tie an account of the real and personal estate
conveyed to Craig and Bumgardner. trustees, by
the deed of trust mentioned in the bill in this
cause; an account of the liens on said property,
the state of the title and the value of said real
estate.
2d-What consideration, if any, passed from
Jno. S. McCorkle, Jas. W.. McCorkle, Anna F..
McCorkle and G. 7. Jordan, respectively, to
McCorkle Bros, for the debts secured to them,
respectively, in said deed of trust.
3d-An account of the transactions of said
Craig and Bungardner, Trustees, and other ac-
counts as required by the order of reference en-
tered in this cause on the 9th day OF May, 1885.
JOHN NJ. KINNEY,
C.S. w. Barnes, p.q. Commissioner.
NAV II At
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

The Christians on their pilgrimage 10
Jerusalem, and the Mohammedans on their
to Mecca, are making their annual distri-
button of cholera. 1t has appeared at
Tarsus carried, there by Christians from
Russia, and at Mecca, carried there by
Mohammedans from Java.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUA BILE
" REAL ESTATE.-The undersigned Com
missioner, in pursuance OF authority vested in
him by decree of May 24th, 1885, in the chancery
cause of Gordon, J: W. vs. Hunters Infants,
will offer for sale at public auction, in front Of
the court house in the city of Staunton at II
o'clock noon, on
Monday, the eth dag of June, 1895,
a certain fract or parcel of land lying in the
county of Augusta on the West side of Middle
River. containing seven acres, more or less be-
ing the same tract that was conveyed to Adelia
A. Hunter by deed from A. b. Lightner and wife
and others, dated April 18th, 1885.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash.
RICHARD S. KER,
Commissioner.
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of Au-
gusta county:
L, JOS b. Woodward, clerk of said court, do
certify that the bond required in the cause OF
Gordon, j. W. VS.. Hunters Infants, has been
duly executed by the commissioner with securi-
ty according to law. Given under my hand this
18th May, 1895. JOS. B. WOODWARD,
NAV 3l-4t Clerk.
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YNREASURY DEPARTMENT-OFFICE OF
i COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY.

INREASURY DEPARTMENT-OFFICE OF
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY.
WASHINGTON, May 9Th, 1895.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented
to the undersigned, it has been made to appear
that "The Augusta National Bank of Staunton,''
in the City of Staunton, IN the County of Au-
gusta. and State of Virginia, has complied with
all the provisions of the "Act of Congress to en-
able National Banking Associations to extend
their corporate existence and for other purpos-
es." approved July 18th, 1882
NOW THEREFORE l, James III. Eckels, Comptrol-
Ter of the Currency, do hereby certify that 1.-THE
Augusta NATIONAL Bank of Stanton" in the
City of Staunton, in the County of Augusta, and
State Of Virginia, is authorized to have success,
articles of association, namely until close of
business on May 6, 1915.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and
seal of office this 9th day of May, 1895.
JAMES H. ECKELS,
Comptroller of the Currency
may lost
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

The suggestion of Mr.. Charles L. Mel
son, member of the House of Delegates
from Frederick county, is tohavea new con-
stitution prepared bya committee appoint
ed by the next legislature for the purpose
as method by which expense would be
saved. We hardly think that would be a
popular measure; we have never seen a
time in Virginia when the people them
selves wanted to have SO much to do with
the work Of changing the constitution,
from start to finish.
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Universitu OF Virqinio

SUMMER LAW LECTURES twelve weekly, 26th
year of continuance. Begin 9th June, 1895. end
2Sth August. Are of signal use-lst, 10 students
who design to study at this or OF her Law SCHOOL,
Cd To those who propose to read privately; and,
3d. 10 practitioners who have not had the ad-
vantage of systematic instruction. For circular
apply (P O.. University of Va. Charlottesville,
Va.)to JOHN b. MINOR,
may I7-4t Prof. Com. and Stat. Law.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

Over one hundred and sixty lives were
lost last week by the wreck of the steam
ship Colima. on her way from San Fran
cisco to Panama. Of these some twenty
were helpless women and children. And
now after all, it turns out that the wreck
was caused by the ship being overloaded.
The officers were lost, but there still re-
main the owners to be held to account
ability.
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Photographic Notes,

1have recently occupied the SECOND FLOOR
of the new brick building opposite the Augusta
National Bank. Owing to the stringency OF the
times, have reduced Cabinets to So per dozen,
or 81 with an enlargement thrown in.
Smaller work in proportion. have all the IA
cilities for king the best work.
e. BERK ELEY,
may2t No. 8 West Main Street.
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FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 7. 1895.
APEMARKABLE CELEBRATION.

REMARKABLE CELEBRATION.
In to-days paper we give considerable
xnace to the dedication of the monument
to The Confederate dead at Chicago last
week. Tt was an occasion the like of which
was never seen in this country, and as the
orator of the day remarked. could not lie
witnessed in any other. We must remem-
her to appreciate it at it's fullest. that the
monument was not the gift OF our own
people, but the result, almost wholly, OF
the voluntary contributions OF the people
Of Chicago. And to this we must add the
hearty participation of the troops OF that
CITY in the ceremonies-not even the mem
hers of the Grand Army of the Republic
were absent, though strenuous efforts had
been made by some of their comrades to in
duce them to stay away. 1.-The speech OF
Wade Hampton was in excellent taste, and
everything passed off so well that nothing
was left to bring regret to anybody. The
speeches, the ceremonies, the monument.
were all befitting the noble dead in whose
memory they were. The comrades OF those
dead men, though far away from the spot,
will send Chicago kindly greeting. She
has set a bright example OF that true
American patriotism that finds in the
bravery of every American soldier, with
out regard to whether he wore the blue Oh
the gray, fit subject fol- American pride.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

The Virginia Agricultural Society at
its October Fair in Richmond, proposes to
''make racing one of its principal features. Il
According to the Richmond correspondent
Of the Norfolk Landmark it will give
Sc, 900 to be contended for by running and
trotting horses. AS big racing purses have
sucked dry the treasury of every Virginia
county fair and bankrupted it. and as the
interest-either financially or as stock
owners-of Virginia farmers in these purs
es may be represented by the figure naught
the announcement will not create much en-
thusiasm out in the country.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

That was a fine "Woman's Edition" that
the Richmond Times got out for the bene-
fit of the Virginia Hospital, and SO was
that the Charlottesville Progress gave for
the Piedmont Hospital. This only con-
that women can do anything if they are
only given an opportunity.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

Nothing truer than this, from DR..
Currie's book, 1.-The Vindication of the
SOUTH" has been written about the
civil war: Zone Of the most singular
illustrations ever presented of the power of
literature to conceal and pervert truth, to
modify and falsify history, to transfer
odium from the guilty to the innocent, is
found in the fact that the reproach of dis
union has been slipped from the shoulders
of the n orth to those of the South"
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We tender our respectful sympathy to
COuncilmen Goode and Crimmens at the
fate of their salary reduction report in the
council, which was not only defeated, but.
so to speak, stood Oh it's head. 1t may be
a consolation to them. however, to know
that if their report had been before the
people, three fourths of its recommends
tions would have received the votes of nine
out of every ten tax payers. Before the
Council, the two PERFORMERS stood pretty
much as the babes in the wood-snowed
under.
The Democrats who think that their
party is the one most troubled by the free
silver question, should not make their
minds up too quickly; the Republican Or
ganization at this date is in situation not
dissimilar. Neither party, we think, need
distress itself; by July 1896 when the two
national conventions assemble, there will
he good deal less heard about free silver
than there is now. Greenbackism and
Knownothingism, as political ventures,
also kept the old party leaders in great anX-
jety during their short lives.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

When majority Of the Supreme Court
of the United States decide that to tax
income from real estate is direct taxation.
but to tax income from personally is not land
when the same court after deciding one
way, in a few weeks decides exactly the
opposite, it may we'll puzzle layman to
express an opinion of what is and what Is
not law But unless that court, OF its
representative at Richmond now i'll session,
can find some clause in the constitution
hitherto undiscovered, we think it will be
hard to decide that the action of South
Carolina in requiring all her voters, with
out regard to trace, color, orprevious con-
dition of seryitude," to register four
months in advance of an election and to
present the certificate of that registration
at the polls as a proof of their right to
vote-is contrary to the constitution Of
the United States.
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FOR SALE.

14O-Acre Farm near Fshersville, Augusta
Co., with good improvements Or
chard; good water: about As acres seed
ed down in wheat included. Price,
$45 per acre.
l2O-Acre Farm near Fishersville, Augusta
Co., with good improvements. Fruit.
water, etc., everything in good shape
Price $50 per acre.
265-Acre Farm within miles of the city on
splendid road. Good house of rooms,
granary. stable. corncrib, etc.; young
apple orchard of 300 trees coming into
bearing; several hundred peach trees
set out this last spring, with other
fruit. Possession given at once. Price,
$40 per acre-a big bargain.
1873 2-3-Acre Farm within 5 miles of the
city on good road. This farm is very
desirable indeed. Brick mansion of9
rooms. 4O acres of splendid rail tim
Der. An orchard of about 1900 fruit
trees. Price, S3u per acre.
7c-Acre Farm at Hebron church, Augusta
20, Va. Quality OF land excellent;
improvements ordinary. Price, $2.200
155-Acre Farm near Swoope Depot-no i'm
provements on this land, and for that
reason will sell low down. Good wa
ter timber. orchard. etc.
77-Acre Farm, with improvements. ado1n-
ing The I55 acre tract-a very desi. D.
BILE home-can be bought at $50 per
acre.
IS IA Acre Farm splendidly located, withs
in miles Of the fn city, One Of the best
lnents good; water fruit, etc. Pri
$50 per acre.
149 1-2 Acre Farm well located, within
miles of the city. Brick house of
rooms; large barn, good orchard, wa
ter. etc; productive land. Price. 81 200,
one-half cash.
SO Acre Farm near Fishersville. Good i'm
provements. This is very desirable
home. Price, $l.2O0: worth more mon
ey.
Many other farms in our hands for sale. Cor
reSpOndence solicited. Address
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-06-07

Our Prohibition friends of Norfolk
would seem to have accidentally stumbled
Oh the very man for Mayor. 1t is clearly
M. Glennan of the Norfolk Virginian.
The editor who could knock out Prohibi-
ton Major in one round, hand him his hat,
and then step around to his desk and write
two editorials on ''The Gospel of Peace
and 1.-THE Depth Of Mother Love- for the
Sunday edition, seems to be just one of
those all-round men that the Pros OF Nor
folk need to get them out of their troubles.