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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-11-29
POLITICAL NOTES.

A Richmond special in Mondays New
York Herald says: Governor O'Ferrall
believes that President Cleveland will be-
the nominee of the Democratic party next
year. He has maintained this all along,
and six months ago remarked to promi
nent Democrat that the nomination would
be forced upon Mr.. Cleveland-"Cleve-
land is the man," said the Gov
ernor. "That is what believe,
and 1 will stake my reputation as
political prophet on it, g. V. Meredith,
City Attorney Of Richmond, vino went as
a Cleveland delegate to the Chicago Con
vention in 1892, when asked il he was ready
to go to the convention next year to vote
for Cleveland, replied: Yes, sir; l would
gladly cast my vote for Mr.. Cleveland
again. l think he will be nominated and
elected. 1 take no stock in the so'called
third term opposition. The spirit Of the
unwritten law is that no man must hold
the office three successive terms"
The Republicans were out in force at the
meeting of their State Central Committee.
in Petersburg, Wednesday. to elect new
chairman and member of the National
Committee. From this section, Hon. Jacol
Yost, s. Brown Allen, J. G. Scheffer, Col
w. E. Craig, Rev. A. M. Funkhouser and
others were present. Early in the day a
strong feeling was developed fol- Col. Craig
for Chairman. Later, it looked like VIM.
Lamb of Norfolk, for chairman, and Judge
Waddill of Richmond, for National Com.
mitteeman.
The South Carolina constitutional con
vention has decided to increase the judges
of the Supreme Court to four instead OF
three, and their terms of Office are changed
to eight years instead of six, as at present.
An effort was made to have all judges elect
ed by the people instead CT the Legislature,
but this was defeated. In case Of a tie in
the Supreme Court all the circuit judges
are to be called in to decide the issue except
the one making the original decision.
It is stated that Judge Grimsley of Cul
pepper will be a candidate for the Democrat
ic nomination in the Sth Va, compression.
al district, and that he will have Culpeper
Orange, Louisa and probably half of
Fauquier.
Elk Congressman John Wise, now Of
New Y ork, has heretofore been considered
a Mckinley man. but he was In Washing
ton Tuesday, and called upon, and had {
private conference with Mr.. Speaker Reed
Senator Hill of n. Y, will keep house il
Washington this winter.
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A Constitutional Convention
Norfolk Landmark Nov. 2lst1

Norfolk Landmark Nov. 21st1
Some days ago The Landmark referred to
the increasing demand through the State that
the coming Legislature take steps to provide
for convention which shall remodel the
Constitution under which the affairs of Vir-
ginia are now administered. We spoke Of the
men who framed this instrume MT, and we ex-
planned why the people have been content to
remain quiet under its provisions SO long.
The Democrats are assured of a good
working majority in both houses of the next
Legislature and they will be easily able to
overcome the opposition Of the Republicans to
any step in the direction of improvement.
The opportunity must not be lost. 1t is re.
cognized ON every hand that the dissatisfao-
| tion whether just or unjust, produced
! by the Walton election-law, alienated some
votes from the party and kept numerous
others from being polled at all. In the
proposed reconstruction of the Constitution
all this can be remedied. and statute can be
offered to the people which will be entirely
fair and which will accomplish the desired
end of RELOCATING the influence of the negro to
| its proper station.
| The judicial system of the State is more
palpably in need of reform. probably. than
any other branch of our public service, The
number OF Judges is far too great, and the
| relations of the Supreme, Corporation and
Circuit Courts to each other are fearfully and
| wonderfully complicated. The jurisdiction
of County Judges in criminal cases involving
capital punishment and the absence of au-
thority on the part of these same magistrates
in civil procedure, is popularity of our sys-
tenn that can be characterized only as absurd.
1t would make it appear to a stranger that in
Virginia we regard a mans property as more
valuable than his life. There are methods Ct
unravelling this intricate judicial mesh, as
may be seen by reference to the constitutions
of other States which have endured the same
burdens and there is no excuse for
its continuance here. The Courts thems
selves do wonderfully we'll considering
the state of ENHANCEMENT, lut 70
human power could. under the circum-
stances. mete out justice without the most
irritating and interminable delay. The pro-
cess Of collecting debts by legal means is so
slow and involved that it is temptation to
men who wish to avoid their just obligations
and when creditor essays to obtain judy
ment he is very little nearer his money than
he was at first.
Enough could be saved by the remodelling
of the judicial branches alone, to give the
State of Virginia magnificent network of
public highways.
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Good Prices for Apples.
From the Richmond Dispatch.]

gentleman from Albemarle county, who
was at the Office of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts yesterday gave a party OF gentlemen
some interesting facts in connec-
ton with the apple market just at this time
He said that while buyers on the ground were
paying only 81 to 81. so per barrel for apples,
some few of the growers were sending their
fruit away and realizing mnch better prices
One gentleman, he said, had made three
shipments Of Albemarle pippins, to England
the first netting him So. per barrel, the sec.
ond s. O2, and the third $3.50. One shipment
of winesaps to New York yielded $3.50 LEI
barrel net, and some dealers have received as
high as Sc. The apple-crop this year was a
very large one, and most of the buyers have
madetbeiI purchases of fruit Oh the tree S,
and the apples are gathered by means Of a
ladder and basket.
One fruit-grower, it is said will realize
about $1,000 from his crop this fall.
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DON'T TRUST TO LUCK.

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that you run chance of being dissatisfied
with Therefore / say, don't trust to luck
but subscribe for the paper that is admitted
by all to stand high as a farmers trade Jour-
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Err is authority on all agricultural and stock
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and stock raiser. Most of the leading market
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| nov 20 st
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fFrom the P,ney wood oak Clarion.

GIOm TIT 11ucJ w OVu \alAsJ OANAAo4AsJ
Some people grow down instead Of up. and
the bigger they think they are the smaller
they get. Such is Bill Turk, OF the Southern
road He took e rover Cleveland to Atlanta
and wined and dined him while the poor
free-silver people of that State was suffering
for food of the poorest kind. When Turk
had took old Grover back to Washing ton it
is said he had to come back South by sea, be-
cause his head had swelled so it wouldn't
pass through the tunnels on his own railroad.
We reckon this report is true. About the
ime such people swells up they begin to for
get their friends. Bill Turk has refused us a
pass to the Atlanta Exposition. We don't
mind the pass-a man has got a right to say
yes or no-but we hate to see pride on the
strut. 1.-THE fact that we went to school to-
gether," says MI. Turk in his letter, land
that you helped us about the tel minals at Fl
ney Woods may be true. but those things are
past and the Southern road cannot obtain
healthy and substantial nourshment from
diet of boyhood "reminiscences alone. think
we settled for the terminal matter under the
head of reading notices. tln-type
couldn't givea better picture of mans soul
than this letter of Bill Turks. "Those things
are past" are they? Well, not so long ago
that we disremember that even at school he
was popularity called Rubber Neck Boys
always knows each other, and there was
presentiment even then that Bill Turk would
turn out counterfeit. And it took just one
dose of gold-bug cure from old Cleveland,
and his Lombard-street pets to bring his
meanness to the surface. Well, Mr.. Turk
can keep his pass. If his road can get along
without the Clarion the Clarion will try to
get along without him. The in surance COM
panies have helped to swell him up. Tie
rate on the Piney Woods depot is far too low,
and if the raters knew their business they
would key.it away up in q and see the South
ern road squirm.
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PASSING NEWS OF THE DAY,

Eben Jordan of the great dry goods house
of Jordan, Marsh Il Co, of Boston, died
on Friday. He commenced life as pen
niless orphan. working on farm. In the
latter part of his life Mr.. Jordan made a
tour around the world. He took to Europe
twenty-five of his own employees, to show
them the world and to give Europeans ali
idea of the intelligence and capacity of
American toilers of both sexes. They were
received with marked attention by Presi
dent Grevy, Of France: by John Bright
aud many other famous men Of Europe.
William G. Harrison and w. j. GILES
pie, of Tazewell county, Va, who have
been on an extended trip in England and
France, have returned, much pleased with
the old country. They were conducting the
sales of about 900 worth of export
cattle. shipped direct from that county to
Liverpool, and familiarizing themselves
with the situation, SO as to learn whether
1t would lie feasible for the raisers toexport
without the Intervention of a middleman.
Edward Winn Jordan, veteran of Car
penter' battery G. S. A., died at the home
of his brother in Bedford, Nov. 18th, hay
ing been speeches. from paralysis three
years. He belonged to the old Jordan
family that pioneered iron mining in ALE
ghany and shipped ore in batteaux down
Jackson's river from what is now Iron
Gate.
Seven years ago two SONS, aged eleven and
fourteen, of Charles Dawson Of Amherst
Co.. Va, disappeared. The woods were
hunted, but nothing could be found of
them and they were given up for dead.
List week their mother received letter
from them saying they had been travelling
in the West and would he home to spend
Christmas.
In Judge Paul's court at Danville, Mon
day, four whiskey moonshiners from
Franklin and one from Patrick county,
were sentenced to year at hard labor in
the Kings county, N. Y, penitentiary.
The judge said he had found that leniency
with the moonshiners had no effect in de-
creasing illicit shilling.
Leesburg (Loudoun) Mirror :-''Durlng
the past few weeks several hundred stock
| cattle have been brought into this county
and sold. The cattle were almost all from
Tennessee and southwest Virginia and the
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, FRIDAY MORNING. NOV. 20, 1895
MIR. KOINER'S CONTEST

The following appeared in the stauneoh
correspondence of the Richmond Times u
last Friday:
Jndqe Mclaughlin has issued second VIII
of error and supersedeas in the holnef-oillinis
.lact;on case The writ was served just as
the parties we're preparing to open the pal
lots. and his persistent effort to set aside the
result of the election is disgusting eVerypooy
and Koiner ir doing himself great harm.
This is doubtless the Republican view OF
#. and the idea that "Mr. Koiner is doing
himself great HARM must be very paln1ul
to MT. Crawford Simms and his RepuDll-
can supporters, almost as painful as the
fact that if Mr.. Koiner finds eleven
/ improper ballots net gain to himself 1t VIII
. do MI. Simms ''great harm"
We don't know a Democrat who gave
ten minutes active work to elect the Dem
ocratic ticket on November 9Th, who does
| not fully approve of Mr.. Koiner's contest
| and we don know Democrat who does
1not hope that that contest will end IN right
and legally unseatlng the Republican
who has rece we'd the return from Augusta.
4 The legal difficulties improvidently raised
#lsn the contest have not been MI. Koiner' s
FAULT. He was proceeding in direct line
8 with the law as construed by Judge Chalk
sssy, Judge Grattan and the Supreme Court
,s Appeals OF Virginia. The delays occa'
loned have been vexatious, but have been
met by Mr.. Koiner with determined per
istence which has gained him general
Jmpathy.
We have heard of a few Democrats who
sscountenanced the contest On the ground
1T the Democrats having had the contro
sjthe election machinery contest by d
Democrat would "hurt the party" OF al
the fatuous arguments that imbecility evel
i produced in politics that is about the worst
!. Every Republican in the State-and there
are several now doing it-may contest
return that defeats him, but no Democrat
must do it for fear of hurting the party
Every Republican may contest an adverse
| election return in New Y ork, Mississippi
New Jersey, Georgia. Indiana, Delaware
and other Democratic States where th'
I election machinery is generally in the hands
of Democrats. but no Democrat must az
e it for fear of 'shurting the party" Sucf
proposition is simply not worth seriou:
notice, and we shall not give another wore
to it. There are some six Democrats an(
about eight Republicans now contrasting
for seats in the Virginia legislature, an(
the six Democrats must retire from thel
contests for fear of s'hurting the party.
and let the Republicans go on with theirs
We wish Mr.. Koiner well in his contest
He was valuable member of the last leg
1slature and we sincerely trust if he ha
received the proper number of legal ballots
he may be valuable member in this. Ou1
sympathy with him is as earnest as is oul
disapproval Of the milksops who are 81
much under hack that they are opposed tt
contesting Republican, seat for fea
Of hurting the party"
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Preparing for Death.

[Greenbrier W. Va, Independent Nov. 21st.
A few weeks ago Sheriff Peter j. McGuire,
Of Webster county, who was suffering from a
cancer On the neck, went to Baltimore to have
it removed. The doctors did remove part of
it, but the balance was so close to the wind
pipe they could go no further without jeor-
ardizing his life. They informed Mr.. Nc
CURE that he had but short time to live,
probably not longer than two months. Act
ing upon this he went home, rendered his
resignation to the County Court and is now
going over the county calmly engaged in set
thing up his private and public business. thus
preparing for the inevitable hour, so near at
hand, when he must bid adieu to the cares
and business transactions of this.l life.
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THE COMING VIRGINIA LEGLSLA
TURE

TURE.
The legislature will convene at Richmond
on Wednesday, December 4th. The Dem
ocratic majority in it Oh joint ballot will
be sixty-six. Besides the officers of the
two houses, there are to be elected First
Auditor, Second Auditor, Treasurer, Sec
Rotary of the Commonwealth. Register of
the Land Office, Superintendent of Public
Printing and Railroad Commissioner.
In the matter of officers Of the Senate,
{ Mr.. Jos. Button of Appomattox, who came
within one vote, two years ago, of defeat
ing DR.. Pendleton. the incumbent for
Clerk Of the Senate, is again candidate;
Mr.. Frank B. Watkins Of Charlotte, is up
for Sergeant alarms, as are Capt. W. Il.
Woodson of Buena Vista and Mr.. Price;
Mr.. Michael Burke of Richmond is a can
didate for Doorkeeper.
In the House, Mr.. Ryan of Loudoun.
who filled vacancy in the Speakership for a
short time after Judge CardWel retired last
session, will probably hayea competitor
in Mr.. E. W. Saunders of Franklin The
resolution to elect a temporary Speaker in
1898 was resisted by Mr.. Saunders friends
and was only carried 10y one vote. But
the present House is composed largely of
new members and the vote Of '93 is no in
dicatiOn now. The candidate for Sergeant
alarms is McKendrick of Washington
county.
The candidates for some of the State
offices are numerous. Geo. NJ. Helms of
Franklin Unternal Revenue Collector I'M
der Mr.. Clevelands first administration
is candidate for Superintendent of the
Penitentiary. For Register of the Land
Office, Maj. Blanton of Cumberland. An
other candidate for that place was MI.
jesse Irvine Of Lynchburg, who died sud
denly few days ago, and yet another candi-
date, Maj. Phil. F. Brown of Botetourt,
has removed to Florida. For Secretary of
the Commonwealth, MI. W. I. Robins is
a candidate. For Superintendent of Pub
lie Printing, W. II. Tuomney of Washing
ton county, and A. W. Tyree of Richmond
are candidates.
For all the places named except Sergeant
alarms of the Senate, the old incumbents
/ are candidates for reelection.
The contests for seats are numerous. r,
S Thomas (Opposition) Of Madison and
Green, contests the seat of Delegate Geo.
W. Groves (Dem.); Parish (Dem.) of
Goochland, contests the seat of Senator
Flanagan (Rep.): Koiner Dem of Au-
gnsta. contests the seat of Delegate
Simms Rep; and there ere several other
notices of contests by candidates Of differ
ent politics.
In the House, Randolph Harrison of
Lynchburg, will probably be chairman of
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
lions. and Pitcher of Roads and Internal
Navigation. In the Senate, MI. Echols
will probably he chairman of the Commit
tee on Roads and Internal Navigation
Little of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, and Stubs Of Public Institu-
lions and Education.
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To Preserve Cider.

In reply to the question "How to Preserve
Cider?' the Country Gentleman replies
Salicylic acid, about one ounce to 40 gallon
BARREL has been found to be not only an ex-
cellent anti ferment, but sometimes of value
in conjunction with cider as a medicine. II
it is not wanted to ferment at ALL put the
acid in as soon as taken from the press. Some
perfer to have it ferment little, keeping the
barrel we'll filled so that it will work out
and cleanse ITSELF Then draw three or four
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pals I'LL out 81 the barrel. put IN The acid and
bung 1t up. The acid should be mixed we'll
with little cider with spoon to get it we'll
soaked before putting it into the barrel, as 1t
will not mix thoroughly if put in dry. Sui
phite OF lime will prevent fermentation. but
it Injuries the flavor. Several correspondents
who have experience in preserving cider say;
Take good, sweet cider; direct from the press;
boil and skim it until perfectly clarified, and
no more (say about Is minutes), AMI while
hot put into bottles or jugs. filling them as
full as possible and corking tight but do
not seal, and set in dark, cool place.
Treated in this manner, cider has kept as
long as wanted, becoming better than when
first made"
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We have received the first number OF
Miscellany, a monthly journal published al
Buena Vista by MIR. Thomas d. Ballle
formerly of Staunton. The title page. fol
it is in book form, is pretty and striking
one. and the matter between the covers is
interesting. 1t gives an excellent half tone
portrait of Gov. o. Ferrall, the first OF a
series of portraits of prominent Virginians
it contemplates publishing.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-11-29

We have received copy Of the address
delivered by Mr.. Armistead G. Gordon OF
this city, before the Scotch-Irish congress
at Lexington, last June, on Gen. Daniel
Morgan. 1t is graphic word picture,
prepared in moments snatched from the
life of busy lawyer, of one of the most
picturesque actors in the American revo-
luton.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


tME would like to look into the pleasant
W face of some one who has never had
any arrangement Of the digestive organs. We
see the drawn and unhappy faces of dysper.
tics in every walk of life. 1t is our national
disease. and nearly all complaints spring
from this source. Remove the stomach diff
Guilty and the work is DONE
Dyspeptics and pale thin people are liter
ally starving, because they don't digest thell
food Consumpti on never develops in people
of robust and normal digestion. Correct the
wasting and loss of flesh and we cure Il Q
disease Do this with food.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial contains al
ready digested food and is digester OF fooc
at the same time. Its effects are felt at once.
Get pamphlet of your druggist and learl
about it.