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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
TONEWSPAPER M EN-.
THE STAUNTON SPECTATOR FOR SALE.
A GOOD CHANCE FOR A BARGAIN.

Some months ago we announced
that, in consequence of needing rest
from close confinement and constant
labor for great many years, and i'm
paired vision from age and too much
reading late at night, we desired to re
tire from business, and would dispose
of both the newspaper and job offices
of the SPECTATOR. Since then a mum
Der of persons wishing to purchase
have correspondent with us on the sub
ject, but as we have not, up to this
time, effected sale privately, we have
concluded, if not sold privately before
that time, to offer them at public sale
on the premises on Saturday, June
Sth, at o'clock P. M.
NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
The sale of the newspaper Office will
include the good will, subscription
list, &c., besides the engine, presses
type, cuts, &c. The size of the paper
is 27x41 inches. 1t is printed on a
power press, run by three-horse
steam-engine, with shafting to run
both the newspaper and job presses
There is a proof press. Both the body
type-Brevier, Minion, and Nonparei
and the advertising display type are
nearly new, with full equipment o.
cases, stands, racks, composing
stones, &c.
JOB OFFICE.
The sale of the job office will include
one half-medium Gordon press, one
eigth-medium Gordon press, one Wash
ington handpress, two paper-cutters
and good and varied supply of both
metal and wood type, with composing
stones, cabinets, stands, racks, sc.
The newspaper and job offices viii
be offered for sale separately and also
Jointly, and the mode that brings the
most will determine the sale.
The purchaser of the newspaper of
flee will be obligated to complete the
advertising and subscription contracts
TERMS OF PAYMENT :-One-third
cash within thirty days, and the bal
ance in two equal instalments at si1
and twelve months, with interest from
day of sale, the purchaser executing
negotiable notes with satisfactory en-
dorsement and lien retained on the
property sold as ultimate security.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

Seven stores, comprising the Oldest
business block in Bennettsville, S. c.,
were destroyed by fire Monday. The
loss is about $4,000.
The North Carolina monument tic
the Confederate dead was unveiled
Monday at Raleigh. The exercises
were elaborate.
1t is reported that Count Kalnoky's
resignation has been finally accepted
by the Emperor of Austria.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
Death of W. l.. Powell.

The Washington correspondent of
the Alexandria Gazette says the Indian
Bureau is informed of the death of W.
L. Powell, Indian agent in the State
of Washington. Major Powell was a
brother-in- law of Mr.. J. Ran. Tucker,
of Virginia. Before the war he and
Mr.. Charles Tyler, son of Judge Tyler,
carried on business in Alexandria.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

AS anticipated by those who keep
their eyes open, the Roanoke confer
ence turned out to be a complete tizzle,
as well IN point of numbers as of ac-
ton. Very few people We're present,
and the resolution that was adopted,
while declaring, what everybody agrees
to, that the State constitution needs
amendment, leaves the time for sub
hitting the question of calling con-
vention to make the required amend
ments, to the discretion of the Legis
lature to be elected next fall. which
discretion the Legislature would have
exercised if the conference had never
been held.-Alec. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

Judge Benjamin Watkins Lacy, late
of the Court of Appeals of Virginia,
died last Wednesday night at Mari
Springs, his home, in New Kent coun-
ty. He had been ill with heart and
dropsical troubles since some months
prior to his retirement from the bench
in January.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

Prince Ching, on behalf Of the En-
peror of China. has called upon Ameri-
can Minister DENLY to thank him for
his personal services and those of his
government for their assistance in the
mediation for peace between China
and Japan.
The natives are again attacking the
British posts at Chitral. Only few
casualties, however, have occurred
Lieutenant Limond, of the British
force, has been stabbed to death by a
fanatic.
An outbreak between Christians and
Mohammedans has occurred at Soor,
Syria, and the Governor of Beyroot
has gone to the scene to quell the dis
turbance.
Consul General Jerrigan, at Shang-
hal. has sent to the State Department
report on trade relations with China
President Cleveland has written a
letter to the Secretary of the Interior
in which he displays his interest in
the Indian question. He is favorable
to gradual suffrage.
At Danville the jury in the case of
Jacob E. Modlin, tried for killing his
wife, returned a verdict of murder in
the second degree and fixed his SEN
tence at eighteen years in the peniten-
tiary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

The ex-Confederate officers who will
attend the dedication ceremonies of the
Confederate monument at Chicago, Oh
the 3Oth inst, will be the personal and
special guests of Mr.. Potter Palmer,
proprietor of the famous Palmer Hotel
in that city.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

FARM SoLD.-Captain J. p. Moore
OnSaturday weeksold his valuable farm
of 306 acres, three miles north of town,
to Mr.. Robert l.. Owen, of Halifax
county, Va. The price paid was $10,-
900, which included Captain Moore's
interest in the present crops on the
farm. Mr.. Owen has taken possession
of the ROckbridge NelUS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

PHOTOGRAPHED BYLIGHTNING.-At
Pensacola on Tuesday, May 18th, John
I. Wilkerson was struck by lightning
in his shop door and killed. He was
standing by a telegraph instrument,
which was disconnected from any wire,
his body. The other end of the wire
was fastened to pine tree about. 100
feet away. When Wilkerson's body was
undressed, a perfect picture of the pine
tree. from the top to the point at which
the wire was tied, was found photo
graphed on each side just under the
arms.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

POSTMASTER REMovED.-Congre
man Turner, of Virginia, succeeded
Thursday morning in having the re-
publican postmaster at Broadway, in
his district, removed and democrat
appointed in his place, and also in OBJ
tanning promise to have mail routes
established from Front Royal to Win
chester and from Winchester to
PoWell's Fort.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

Several earthquakes occurred Fri
day on the Island of Zante, Greece.
The people were panic-stricken, but
the damage was slight.
Henry R. ThurbeE, private secretary
of President Cleveland, has taken a
cottage for the summer near that of
the President on Buzzard's bay. Mass.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
Difficulty Between MasOns.

Mr.. William H. Sands, prominent
lawyer of Richmond city, was last
Thursday required in the Police Court
to give bond for $1,000 for twelve
months to keep the peace. Mr.. James
E. Goode, one of the best known
printers of that city, appeared against
Mr.. Sands and said that the latter hat
threatened to kill him. Both gentle
men are Masons and the difficulty oc
CURED at one of the lodge meetings.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

Bishop A. M. Randolph delivered an
address before the Episcopal Council,
in session at Charlottesville in honor
of the one hundredth anniversary of
the council.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

How TO CLEAN STRAW HATS In
cleaning straw hats, writes a Boston
Globe correspondent, l have used OK
allie acid and water, and do not doubt
but that it would answer equally well
for any kind, provided the hats or bon
nets are not of too fragile a texture to
bear the brushing necessary for clean
ing them properly. An ounce of OK
alic acid, dissolved in quart of water,
is the proper proportion, but if the
straw be very dirty add a little more
acid. 1t is applied with nail brush,
and the bonnet may be left to dry,
when it will be found to have regained
all its former stiffness, and freshness,
too, if not too much sunburnt to begin
with.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
Income Tax Unconstitutional.

When we went to press last week, it
seemedto be the general belief at Wash
ington that the constitutionality of the
Income Tax would be sustained at the
second hearing, but this has proven to
be mistake, as the court in its de-
cision on Monday declared it to be un-
constitutional.
This will cause the loss of great
deal of revenue, and will embarrass
the administration greatly. The ques-
ton now is, how is sufficient revenue
to be obtained.
The court stood five to four as fol-
Those against the law were Chief
Justice Fuller, Judges Field, Gray,
Brewer and Shiras. For the law were
Judges Harlan, White, Brown and
Jackson. Chief Justice Fuller read
the decision for the Court, while
Judges Harlan, jackson and Brown
each read dissenting opinions.
The taxes paid under this law will
be refunded.
The conclusions of the Court are as
follows =
a. 1--WE adhere to the opinion, al
ready announced, that taxes on real
estate, being undisputably direct
taxes, taxes on rents or income OF real
estate are equally direct taxes"
(2) 1--WE are of the opinion that taxes
on personal property or on income OF
personal property are likewise direct
taxes"
81 1.-The tax imposed by Sections ~
to 81 inclusive of the Tariff Act of
1894, so far as it falls on the income of
real estate and on personal property,
being direct tax within the meaning
of the constitution, therefore the said
tax is unconstitutional and void be-
cause it is not apportioned according
to representation, and all those sec
tions constituting one entire scheme
of taxation, are necessarily invalid"
The DEGREES hereinbefore entered in
this Court will be vacated
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

A building to be thirteen stories in
height is in course of erection at Hunt
ington.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
Grand Officers l. O. D. F.

At the session of the Grand Lodge of
Odd-Fellows of Virginia, held in Man
chester, the following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing term
Grand master, Hill Montague, of
Richmond; deputy grand master, T.
V. Turney. of Old Point; grand mar
shall, G. ID. Fox, of Roanoke: grand
secretary, T. Wiley Davis, of Rich
mond; grand treasurer, J. W. Fergus
son, of Richmond, and grand chap
lain, j. H. Robinson, of Lynchburg.-
D. A. Booker, Ct Staunton, was elected
grand representative on the eighth bal,
lot. 1t was decided to abolish the
Office of grand lecturer.
The New York Times insists that
one-half.of the amount which we an
nually spend for pensions would be
sufficient to pay the claims of honest
men who are entitled to the bounty of
the government. In other words, we
annually throw away on undeserving
persons-many of whom never smelled
powder--the immense sum of $40, 000,-
900. The pension rolls carry the names
of 100000 veterans of the war who
either received wounds or were rem
dered helpless by disease by reason OF
their efforts to save the Union And
yet the Confederate government never
enlisted during the four years of the
war more than 100000 men. Either the
latter did fearful execution, or the pen
sion rolls are honeycomed with frauds
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

British ships will be sent to Bering
sea to patrol against poachers
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

The New York Legislature adjourn
ed after increasing the tax rate more
than so per cent. and failing to pass the
greater New York bill and other bills
demanded by the reformers.
General Campos expects to restore
peace to Cuba by institutiDg reforms
in the administration of affairs which
will induce the rebels to submit. If the
plan is carried out partial home rule
will be obtained.
A final and satisfactory agreement
has been reached between Japan and
the European powers on the eastern
question. Japan expects to withdraw
her troops from Orea by the end of the
present year.
The morning times., 1895-07-19
WE WANT 4 FIRE MARSHAL.

Insurance companies doing business in
Washington have just cause for complain :
that there is no fire marshal to protect
their interests. Rates have twice beeI
raised in recent years TO prevent loss from
incendiaTy fires, and II If reported that
another increase is soon TO be made For
every dollar Of revenue received in Wash
ingtcn by insurance companies dollar
and ten cents has been paid in losses, and
the companies claim they can no longer in
sure at the present rates unless something
is done TO more thoroughly invest gate
causes or fires
Every city OF importance has a fire mar
shat whose duty it is to report causes Of
fires, investigate and prosecute incendi
aries, and protect the public as well as III
surance companies from conspiracies to
burn property for gain. Insurance men
say that an investigation would have de
velopec at least two inCendiaTy fires in
the last few months but that no attention
was paid to them because there was no
properly authorized Official TO institute
the inquiry.
one thing is certain; il would be cheaper
to pay the salary OF fire marshal than
10 submit to repeated advances Of insur-
Gnce rates, and as this is a question Of
considerable importance TO property owners
an effort should be made TO have the office
OF fire marshal created. Those in au-
thority can render a service by taking up
Ale matter.
The morning times., 1895-07-19

ARUTHLESS OUTRAGE.

But few people VIII commit hari-kari or
take refuge IN the moon because Commits
sionrr Roosevelt enforces the Sunday liquor
blue-law frenzy TO the extent OF shutting
off the soda water supply, even the sewer
gas viii rise up in mute remon STRANGE. 1t
may seem heroic to his Puritanic mind TO
deprive the pretty summer girl Of this
taste of Sunday bliss, but TO all except
her penuness dude Ioverjt looks like Roose-
veteran cruelty.
Then again, what Is TO become OF the
five-dollar-a-week young man who can
tell without asking the man that takes
coffee in his from the loose skinned
fellow who stands on one leg and absorbs
a pint OF mineral water? The closing
OF soda water fountains on Sunday would
not only deprive him OF means TO purchase
middle-hairpart pomade, but would also
rlIthIessly take from him the ineffable
pleasure OF beamiuG sweetly on every young
girl that comes TO his fountain.
There Is another reason why people will
object more seriously to closing soda
fountains than TO saloons. Snitz and
SIuutchins OF stimulants can be corralled
IN GROWERS and bottles the day before
Sunday, while human ingenuity has not
yet invented a pocket soda fountain, or
devised means for keeping ice cream or
any other kind of soda over from Saturday.
Until this is possible Commissioner Roose-
welt should open the Sunday soda fountain.
The morning times., 1895-07-19
A wOMAN'S WILL.
Not InvaIidated by Her Second Mar
rio peifM Made During Her First

| Not InvaIidated by Her Second Mar
riageifMade During Her First.
That the will of a woman made during
| her first marriage is not invalidated by her
second marriage is the decision which Sur
! rogate FITZGERALD has made in the contest
over the will of Mary f. McLarney, who
| died April 8, 1894, leaving 500, ,0G0, says
the New York Sun It was contended that
the following statute applied to such a case:
"A will executed by an unmarried woman
shall be deemed revoked by her subsequent
marriage
Mrs McI.arney was sister OF James J.
| Phelan ex-dock commissioner and of Michael
Phelan She made her will on July %,
| 1884, while she was the wife OF Edward P
| Brophy This will made her brothers eX.
| ecutOrs and gave them them the bulk OF
| her estate She gave $1,000 to the Rev.
Martin J Brophy, of the Church of The
| Sacred Heart, and provided for the payment
| to her husband of 500 month for life,
| but the executors were empowered to re-
duce or withhold the payment in their
| discretion.
| Edward p Brophy died about four years
| after the date of the will, and she married
| James E. McLarney, ex-alderman on Feb
Tuary 8, 1894. She died two months later.
| She had signed on May 80, 1890, paper
| evidently lnleIQpu lOI q VIII, Dut was nOJ
| executed Her will was contested by Nc
Larney, who averred that by his marriage
| to her her will was inyalidated
Her brothers maintained that the statute
must be strictly construed and that as she
was not ian unmarried woman" when she
| made the will it must stand. The sur
| rogate says:
| Under the rule oflaw as it existed when
this statute was enacted t1S301, married
woman could not make valid will, ard IL
! she had made one previous 10 her marriage
it was deemed revoked by such marriage and
subsequent widOwhOOd did not revive the
will. The legislature in removing the dis
! abilities of married women might have re-
taiued the statute OF 1890, amending it by
striking ont the word unmarried, but it
did not do this Per1apS, to use phrase
in one of the decisions cited, it migat have
been overlooked We must take the situ-
alton and language as we find them. The
| testatriX was not an unmarried woman
| when she executed this will, but was q
| married woman and enabled under our
| statutes to make it, and the statute revok-
ing in case of subsequent marriage any
! will executed by an unmarried woman,
/. G., "a woman not in state OF marriage
at the time of such execution has no
| applicability to her case.
The morning times., 1895-07-19
ODD FELLOWS AFFAIRS.
Many Reports Presented at the Leg
tslatlVe Session.

The legislative session of the semi
annual meeting Of the District Grand
Lodge of the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows was he'd last evening in the han
oTthe organization ON Seventh street north
west On Wednesday evening, when the
meeting opened, the following officers were
elected Richard Il. SOrrel, grand master;
Thomas ! Jones, deputy grand master;
John l. Brown, grand warden; william L.
Hunt grand secretary; j. b. Esby, grand
trrISw r. ana Rev. Fred A. Steer, grand
representative to the Sovereign Grand
Last uiEht was what is termed "Iegisla-
tive night, ia which such action Is taken
as the state or needs Of the local order de-
mand. The chair was occupied by Grand
Master Theodore Mead The other officers
were. r II Sorrel. deputy grand~haster;
T. ] Jones, grand warden: John !. Brown,
grand marshal; R II. Crew, grand CON
ductor; ] G Durfee inside guardian; K. II.
McQuade. grand herald; j. c Grumley
grand chaplain; grand representatives,, W.
p Allen and T 4. SteiT There were pres
ent representatives from Federal City,
Harmony, Mount Pleasant, Easton, Beacon,
Oriental. Mechanics, Excelsior Washington,
Brookland, LangdOn, Columbia, Metro
politan, TakOma. Golden Rule, Covenant,
Centennial, and Friendship Lodges.
-
the executive session of the grand lodge
for every twenty-five members in the sub
ordinate bodies. and about seventy-five
delegates We're present although a much
large number were entitled 70 seats
The report of the committee on printin g
was sent in by a committee composed of
Andrew Turnbull. a. 5. Taylor and H O..
Donnell; report on the state of the order by
K. II. SorreIl, ]. 7. Jones, and j. H. Wood;
! Ia 7 n
and Levi Nagle: on returns, W. G. Platt,
F. F Friber. and c A Freedman: on finance,
NJ. d. Brainard, G G Durfee, and g b.
| johnson; on appeals, j. b. Ward, c. B.
! Durfee, and n T. Rollins; on supervision, II.
! c. Hazard, Andrew Turnbun, and John I.
| Brown.
The Officers who were elected on Wednes-
/ day will be installed tonight, and the
( executive committees for the ensuing term
/ be appointed The grand lodge will,
/ after meeting tonight, adjosrn for the
next six months.
The morning times., 1895-07-19
The Very Word He Wanted

As was plodding along the highway I
was overtaken by a farm wagon with eight
men in it, all armed with rifles and pistols.
The driver kindly pulled up and invited me
to ride into town with them. After
was seated inquired of one OF the men:
Are you people out on a hunting expe-
dition?"
No. we ar not huntin' anything" he
replied
After q horse thief"
mo, not after a horse thief"
Perhaps it's a shooting match?"
persisted.
No, not a shootin match"
/ didn't like to ask further questions,
but after q silence of five minutes the
driver turned and explained:
Its nuthin' but a law suit Of mine which
comes off in town to-day"
And these are your frieHds?"
'These ar my friends"
| didn't like to ask why they Were armed
from head to heel to attend law suit, but
he saw me looking at the weapons, and
added:
THE vardict in this law suit orter to be
in my favor without question, and there
ar two or three weakened critters on
the jury"
And YOUR object is to brace them up?"
Exactly. That's the word 1 was tryin'
to think Of Yes, when they see the eight
of us walk in and take front seats the
Jury will brace right up, and the yardict
viii be accordin' to law and evidence,
and I'll git my hoss back Couldn't think
of that word brace to save my life. /
knew it wasn't intimidate,' but l couldn't t
think of brace Glad We picked you up"
Detroit Free Press.
The morning times., 1895-07-19
Amateur Editor's Labors

The National Amateur Journalists con-
vention at Chicago decided in favor of
Washington for the next meeting Of the
association. The selection is said TO be
largely due to the efforts of Milton Tibbetts
OF No. 1874 d street northeast, Capitol Hill,
the editor Of an amateur paper that has a
circulation in every State in the Union.
His paper the Weekly Bulletin, is in its
third year, and although he is but fifteen
years of age, his editorials advocating
Washington for the 1886 convention, hav,
attracted the attention of every amateur
Journalist in the country The young editor
is now taking vacation in Maine, but on
his return he will resume his editorial
duties, which consists of setting up all
the type, the press work, ana, in fact, all the
labor connected with publishing miniature
paper
The morning times., 1895-07-19
TIE KEY TO SUCCESS.

Each successive day records additional
advances of wages by various mills and
factories. aud new era OF prosperity is
certainly AT hand Such a favorable pros
pect after so long depression should
awaken a general desire 10 discourage the
proposition Of impracucable theorists, and
cause wholesale deserion from the leader
ship OF demagogic politicians.
II seems strange under any circumstances
that people VIII listen TO these schemers,
ana il can only be accounted for on the
ground that they like TO be humbugged by
extraordinary and impossible methods OF
reform
Snould any refomer who proposes to
abolish landlords OF do away with The
money power advocate following out the
earth 70 provide an asylum for worthy poor,
be wou3a br looked upon as a rantng, raw
ing maniac Yet il would be as feasible
L. do that as TO bring about either OF the
uh9va r.posijious. ReGouuers should he
maa-ur.1 by the pracl lcabilitv OF their
schemes. II reasonable, and results can be
obtained without too much DELAY their
propositions are worthy OF consideration,
but life is TOO valuable and too sborl 10 be
waSteI m sowing The problems Of dreamcrs.
Especially is this true al present. 1t
would he much better 20 drop politics and
ali questions Of reform uuul debts are
paid and the future provided for Ouly
cranks aud people OF wealth can afford 10
lose opportunities iu such prosperity as is
cunning. aud sensible persons who have
suffered from hard times VIII Try TO make
Upaar past losses. The secret OF this coming
success lies in stunning theorists and pro-
fessioHal politicians.