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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15

One of the most remarkable reforms now
in progress in the Southern States is the local
option movement. Our staff correspondent
refers to it at the close of his letter ON "Life
in the Southwest" published elsewhere, and
the subject deserves more attention than It
has received in northern Journals. In Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi. Texas, Arkansas
and other cotton States. where there is large
negro population, the suppression of the
liquor traffic has been one of the necessary
consequences of the race conflict. The fact
has been recognized that it was liquor that
converted bad negroes into fends, and was
responsible for the Outrages which have in
stigated lynching and lawlessness. The clos
ing of saloons has been essential to the secu-
rity of life and the welfare of women and
children in districts where the whites were
largely out-numbered by the blacks. Local
option has furnished practical method of
accomplishing this object with the least pos
sible resistance from public opinion.
For example, in Arkansas the sale of liquor
is regulated % by the majority vote OF the
ments prohibiting the sale of intOXicants
within radius of from three to ten miles of
church or a school-Aouse, and (a( by petit
ton of ma jority of the ADULTS in a county or
town, every woman being permitted voice
in the decision of the matter. Through the
cooperation of these three laws the saloon has
disappeared from majority of the counties
of Arkansas. There is said to be only one
open saloon from Little Rock to Van Buren,,
on the border of the State-a distance Of 100
miles. In twenty-five counties the sale of
liquor is absolutely prohibited, and in the
greater part of every other county in the
State the traffic is regulated in the same way.
Local option is carried so as to enable the
people Of single ward of city OF town
ship of county to interdict by majority vote
the sale of liquor even if the entire county
cannot be carried against the saloons.
The same system has been introduced in
other Southern States with the most beneficial
results, although the women are seldom al
lowed an equal voice in the determination of
the question. From Georgia to Texas local
option is bringing about temperance reform
in practical way; and wherever saloons are
closed the race question is solved, for it is the
drink evil that instigates the worst negro
| crimes and is indirectly responsible for the
atrocious "nigger hunts and lynching out
RACES. Captain Tillman, in South Carolina,
has introduced another method Of dealing
with the same question, but it is less effect
i've. In that State saloons are closed, but
liquor can be bought at the State dispense
ries and consumed outside. There is less in
temperance In South Carolina because the
custom of treating is broken up and the So
called sociability of the bar-room is at an
end; but the dispensary law excites resist
ance everywhere in the State, and is violated
deliberately by thousands who consume
struggled liquor. Local option, wherever it
is fairly tried in the South, is more satisfacto-
ny in its results than Captain Tillman's pre-
posterous dispensary system.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15
RIGHT. MR.. WALKER.

A correspondent of the National Stock
man. MI. Walker, Of Ohio. says, in a re
cent letter to that paper, that he not long
ago made trip through England and Ire
land, and being farmer, he was observani
Of the different types of farming that came
under his view. After his return to Ohio
he accompanied friend to Virginia to look
at a farm his friend thought Of buying, and
Mr. Walker states that he was more pleas
ed with the lands in Virginia than any hi
saw in his extended European trip.
The Richmond State, one of the best
papers in Virginia, has recently equipped
itself with new perfecting press which
prints 20, 900 papers an hour. 1t also ha.
special wire 10y which it receives its
news. The State under its present man
ement, is credit to Richmond and tt
the whole State.
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BIG FIGURES.

A partial catalogue of farming lands and
other property for sale by Messrs. Fl. W.
Hilleary & Co., Real Estate brokers, has
been handed us. Among the advantages
of Staunton and the evidences of her pros.
perity we note that the amount of taxable
property is estimated at more than five and
half million dollars, and the amount ex
pended in building during the past foul
years reaches a grand total OF 81 .O65, 900 CO.
These are big figures and representing as
they do the four years of panic since the
collapse Of the Virginia boom-speak vol
umes for the activity and stability of oul
city. Times when other towns have lag
ged behind OF stopped altogether in the
march of progress, Staunton has kept ur
and even leads the vanguard.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15
No Cat With a White Tail.
TFrom the Baltimore Sun.1

L
AS you seem to be interested in cats, and as
am too, make bold to ask you question
Did you ever see cat with white tail? ]
have been looking for one, simply as mat.
ter of curiosity. for about fifty years, and
have never seen one, although have seen
many pure white cats, except that their tails,
or part, were not. was asked this ques.
ton when small boy by person probably
as old as am now, and he said he had never
seen one, though he was induced all his life
to look for one, just as have, and for the
same reason, SO this would make a search OF
considerably over century on this question
of natural history, and as in this long space
there is no authentic account of any one ever
having seen cat with a tail all white, am
almost tempted to believe there Is no such
thing
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton, January 2lst, 1895.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, January 2lst, 1895.
James M. Splitter, Plaintiff
VS..
J. R. McCutchen. Lydia E. McCutchen,
Geo. M. Harrison, Trustee, Alexander F.
Robertson and Carter BraxtOn, Trustees.
Defendants
All parties interested in the foregoing named
cause, pending In the circuit court of Augusta
county TAKE NOTICE thatI will proceed on the
Esd day Of February, mect,
to take and state lst What liza bility, if any, the
defendant. ], X. McCutchen, is under to the
3D. Whatconsideration, ifany, passed for the
two conveyaflces to Lydia E. McCutchen and
Carter BraxtOn, Trustee, respectively; and
whether either of the said deeds are tainted with
or vitiated in anyway by fraud or other defect
rendering them invalid as to the plaintiff. .
3D. An account of all liens against the real es-
tate of the defendant, j. r. MoCutchen: the an
nual rental and fee simple values of said real
estate, and other accounts. as required by the
order Of reference entered in this cause on the
9th day of November, 1871.
JOHN M. KINNEY, \
j. H. Crosier, p.Q. Commissioner.
jan 25-4t
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FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. Is. 1895
o11R DERELIcTs IN CONGRESS.

OUR DERELICIS IN CONUHLco'
To save the credit of the Nation the Ad-
ministration has just been driven to the
necessity of another bond issue Of $780,
600 900 for the purchase of gold. which in
no way ends the trouble Oh changes the sit
uation, but merely increases the public
debt. Stripping the treasury OF its gold
reserve Systematically day by day for the
purpose of forcing the Government to re-
purchase it at premium is fast becoming
the occupation Of unpatriotic spectators.
How long this is to be kept up and to what
extent the public debt will be increased is
a matter which only our recreant Congress
can decide. As far as the administrations
power is concerned, this withdrawal and
repurchase of gold at premium, must be
Indefinitely continued. In the meantime
business interests suffer and capital which
is ever sensitive to the least uneasiness re-
mains inactive, and all this because Con-
gress cannot OIL will not act, Oh even the
simplest measure for the commercial re-
lief of the country. Such a condition OF
affairs in poverty stricken country verg-
ing upon bankruptcy. can well be under
stood, but among people whose national
wsaftn IS pnenominai; aid Shhtse credit is
equal to that of the richest nation Oh. lne
face of the globe, there is absolutely no
sensible reason. If Congress could divest
itself of it's cliques of time'seving politi-
clans all would yet he well, but these have
their pet schemes, for the advancement OF
personal interests in certain localities. and
SO the country must endure while their
grip lasts. 1t is great pity these political
derelicts cannot be gotten rid of in like
manner as those which infest our harbors
and navigable rivers, but modus opero''-
d5 has not yet been discovered. Petitions
do not move them to action OF to reSlgna-
ton. resolutions of commercial bodies
from all over the land, alike fall unheeded
upon sOrdid motives. even demands foI
their resignation by their constituents III
mass meetings assembled fail to move
them They have been elected to serve for
a given term and they know that however
unfaithful in their representative charac'
ter there is no power in law to remove
them. A day of reckoning is coming, but
they probably calculate on being independ-
ent of politics against that day. Alas, pa
triotism seems to have taken unto herself
wings and flown from their presence, while
sordid motives move and rule them SUI
preme. Let the people bide their time and
let them remember the unfaithfulhusband
men.
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THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

A Peaksville correspondent of the Bedford
Democrat says: "Mr. J. II. Overstreet has
deserted his farm, in the Goose Greek Valley
in Bedford county, and moved to Rockbridge
county. He had comfortable little home
and until last year was contented and happy
One morning last fall he found that his spring
bad sunk. leaving deep cavern. at the bot
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15

VTIRGINIA-ln the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, in vacation,
February l4th 1885.
j. w. Sheets, Jr.. Plaintiff,
VS..
Madison Ellis, Defendant.
IN CHANcERY AND ON ATTACHMENT.
The object of this suit is to recover from Madi-
son Ellis the sum of S39.S9 due on bond, with
credit of $3.50 with interest from March 9th,
1885, and $7500due for building addition to house.
with interest from March LIST. 1893, and for that
Elllssn Augusta county and State of Virginia.
Affidavit having been made and filed that the
defendant Is non resident of the State OF Vir-
ginia, it is ordered that he appear hero within
fifteen days after due publication hereof and do
what is necessary to protect his interest in this
suit. -
copy-teste, ----.----- - -
---.z-.,. JOS. B. WOODWARD,
feb 15-4t Clerk.
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FOR CoNSTABLm.

To the Voters of Beverly Manor District !:
Having been urged by many friends and voters
in Beverly Manor District to announce myself
a candidate for CONSTABLE, L hereby do SO,
the Office faithful. Respectfully,
feb Side -s JOHN T. HANGER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15
LANDES,

Is in the lead, and has knock
ed the bottom out of high
prices. His work is equal to
the best. Give him a trial and
be convinced. LANDES'
Photographic Art Studio, %
b. Main St., Staunton, Va.
jan 11-6m
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TINsLEY & MORTON, ProprIetors.

published every Friday. Price $l.5o per year
~ cents for six months, and 40 cents for months
Invariably in advance.
Transient advertisements l211 cents per line
ZACH insertion and 81 cents each insertion there
AFTER. Contracts for longer terms made at tn
counter.
Local circulation in Augusta. RockbrIdge, Rockln
ham, Allegheny, Highland and Bath Counties.
Gives general and local news; stories and mis-
cellany: reliable commercial reports.
n. c. TINSLEY,
A. 8. MORTON.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15

~ To all aOhona 1t may concern:
hereby appoint Chas. E. Van Pelt my agent
to conduct the Job Printing business in Staun-
ton, Va for me.
Jan -, 1885, MRS. ROSA G. VAN PELT.
feb Lit.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FARM HAND WANTED

- A man-white or colored-to work on q
farm. either for share wages. One with q
small family, and with some experience in dairy
and garden, preferred.
JOHN w. DODD,
StauulOn. Va.
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Momdau, February 25th, 1895,

Monday. February 25th, 1895, o..
County Court Day.. That certain tract or par
county of Augusta near Weyer's 38S3
Cave, adjoining the lands of Black 3LA
burne, Mohler and others. containing VaSE
lI5N acres, and more particularly
described in deed from Jas. A. Pat -<n--
tersOn to the Grottoes Co. da ted Goth day of July
1885, and recorded in the clerks office of Augusta
county in D. b. 1885, page 1874, by metes and
bounds; included within which said metes and
bounds, but excluded from the quantity above
stated and from said conveyance and from this
sale, is the road bed of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad, as conveyed by deed from said Jas. A
Patterson, of record in the clerk Office of Angus
ia county, also certains lands conveyed by said
Patterson to the Trustees of Mount Vernon
Chapel OF the United Brethren in Christ, by deed
dated January 18th 1851, of record in said Office
in D. b. No. Is page 28l, and by deed dated June
18th, 1887, OF record in said office in d. B. us
page 45l. Il
TERMS-Cash sufficient to pay the costs of sui
and expenses of sale. and the residue upon q
credit of six, twelve and eighteen MONTHS EVIL
denoed by bonds of the purchaser with approved
personal security and the title to be retained a.
ultima tie security.
A. c. GORDON,
RICHARD P. BELL,
Comm issioners.
/, Jos. B. Woodward. Clerk of the Circuit Cour
of Augusta county, do certify that A. G. Gordon
has executed the bond required by decree of sale
in Patterson Sr ex or, VS.. the GrottOes Co.. &c
Given under my hand this 22d, day of January
1895. JOS. b. WOODWARD,
jan 25-4t Clerk.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUABLE
" REAL ESTATE.-Pursuant to decree
Of the circuit court for Augusta county entered
in the cause of Jas. A. Patterson, Sr.s tx ors US
GrOttoes Co., &c the undersigned Comm ission
ers will sell at public auction, in front of the
court house, in Stanton, on
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15
WAN

Honest, temperate. energetic men to solicit or
ders for Fruit and Ornamental Nursery
Stock. Permanent employment and good
Varieties especially adapted to the South. Stock
warranted true to name. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Write at once for terms and territory.
Address r. G. CHASE g. CO.,
1890 South Penn Square, Philadelphia
ian l1-l3t
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15
| VALUABLE SMALL FARM

FOR SALE.
Containing about IS acres, with an elegant
house on it, a large barn, tenant house, gar.
dens and 20 acres in orchard, 300 apple trees
mostly Johnsons Fine Winter, 500 peach trees,
cherry trees. Situated miles from Stanton.
For Price, &C.. apply to
ian ll-2m DIR. E. f. WAYMAN.
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TO THE VOTERS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY
AND The CITY OF SIAUMIQN.

beg leave to announce myself a Candidate
for reelection to the Office of Sheriff of Augusta
County. at the election to be held on the 23rd day
perform the duties of the Office during the period
have held it. and now ask your endorsementof
my official acts by requesting your support at the
polls Promising to use my best efforts to per-
form the duties Of the office If elected to your
satisfaction, and to the best interests Of the
County and City, with an understanding of
these duties that can only be derived from ex-
perience, earnestly solicit your votes, and re-
main, Very truly yours,
jau 25-tde, N. G. Warts.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-15
Temperance in the South.

From the New York Tribune. ]
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-06
ONE WILL CONTEST ENDED.
THE ,MESICK CASE DISMISSED ON
ACCOUNT OF A SATISFACTORY
COMPROMISE.
LOUISE, THE CONTESTANT, Will
RECEIVE FIFTEEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS.

The contest of the will of Richard s.
3Mesick, the well-known attorney, who died
over year and a half ago. has been dis
missed by Judge Slack. A compromise
had been effected, and the dismissal was
ordered accordingly.
Louise Mesick, a niece of the testator,
was the principal contestant. The grounds
of her action were undue influence on the
part of the legatees and unsoundness
of mind in the testator. The will was as
follows:
Last Will and testament of R. S. Mesick
First, revoke any and all wills by me hereto
fore made; second, of all that belongs 10 me
give and beGueath to George H. Maxwell, my
former partner, one-half, and to my servant,
John Rivers, the remaining half; third, l APP
point the said George II. Maxwell my sole ex-
ecutor.
This will is written by my own hand at my
room, No 112, in the Palace Hotel, city and
county of San Francisco, Cal 1t is written and
signed by me this, the 9th day OF February,
A. D. 1898. r. s. MEsIcK.
After death wish to be cremated r. s. NJ.
The compromise was effected by giving
the contestant just what her father, the
testator's brother, would have been entitled
to under the law. This amounted to about
$500. The estate was originally valued
at $21 ,533 80, but scarcely $4,000 will be
realized from it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-06
What Esau Hunted.

About noon we saw beast standing on
a mountain top looking down at US. When
we saw it we thought that it was a camel,
but Callnus said that the beast was rhi-
noceros or unicorn. 1t hath horn set in
the. midst of its forehead, four feet long,
and whatsoever it butts at it runs him
through and pounds him against the rocks.
1t Is said by writers on natural history
that they place young virgin in his way
whereat he puts away from him all his
fierceness and lays down his head and is
held thus entranced until he be taken and
slain''
Thus wrote that delightfully."- naive OBJ
server, Father Felix Fabri, who visited
Sinai 400-years ago. Modern pilgrims who
have followed in his footsteps with their
eyes open will at once recognize that the
animal he saw was the bedan, or Sinaitic
lbex, which gazes down on passing cara
vans from the cliffs which tower above
their route. He is seldom visible to them
unless his shapely figure, happens to be
silhouetted on the sky Line. This wild
goat inhabits the mountains on either side
OF the Red Sea and the steep gullies of
Moab and is the only representative of the
deer or goat tribes in these regions. Esau
doubtless hunted it and those few sports
men who have followed his example will
not be surprised that the uncertainties of
the chase cost him his birthright.-The
Nineteenth Century.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-06
ALAMEDA.

The Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment submitted his annual report to the
City Trustees, which shows the losses for
the past year to aggregate $500. Facili-
ties with which TO fight fire have been
greatly improved during the past year by
the building of a sixty-foot splice ladder,
the purchase of hose patch to stop leaks
in hose when in service, heater to keep
the water in the boiler of the steamer hot
while standing, and the location of addi-
tlonal tire-alarm boxes.
A hose wagon sufficient to carry 1900 feet
OF hose and steam fire engine have been
recommended for the district west of
Grand street. The Chief recommends that
the pay of the prominent men be placed at
figures more in accordance with the
salaries paid to other employees in the
different departments of the city En-
ployes of the Fire Department are ex-
pected to be nervy and skillful in the dis
charge of duty, but the pay accorded them
is not equal to that of street laborers.
New Sub Station.
Postoffice Inspectors Monroe and Irwin
have visited the places of business OF appli-
cantS for the appointment as Deputy Post
master of the sub-station at the West End.
The pay of the sub-station agent is 500 per
year, with bonds fixed at $1,000. The APP
pointment will be made on the recon-
mendation of the inspectors.
An Important Departure.
The Union for Practical Progress, sup
ported by the Good Government Club, has
caused the principle of the referendum to
be incorporated IN the city government of
Alameda. There was no opposition to the
ordinance and it was unanimously
adopted.
Native Sons.
R. B. Tappan and o. A. Bremen have
been elected delegates of Alameda Parlor
No. AZ, Native Sons of the Golden West, to
the Grand Parlor, which will convene in
Oakland during April.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-06

from his employer, entered plea of guilty
to charge of ENLIGHTENMENT and was SEN
fenced to San Quentin for one year by
Judge Prick yesterday.
She Didn't Like the Climate.
Norman B. Phillips, whose wife, Hen
rietta Phillips, liked the climate of Los An
geles better than that of Oakland, was
granted divorce from his willful COM
panion yesterday on the ground of deser-
ton.
The Petition Denied.
The petition of George Lennule, who
asked the court to allow him to take his
daughter, Louise Fauseler, from the Ukiah
Asylum and care for her at home, was de-
MED by Judge Prick yesterday,
Worked the Cash Register.
The shoestore of w. H. Nolan, at 1071
Broadway, was entered by burglars Sun
day morning and the cash register, con-
tanning SIS, was opened and the contents
taken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-06
THE DISTRICT FAIRS.
A Meeting of Delegates Held Last Even
ing.

A meeting was held last evening at the
rooms of the Breeder and Sportsman, 313
Bush street, of the delegates of the differ
ent district fairs. with A. H. Cohen of
Alameda presiding in the chair, and Will
ford Page acting as secretary. The prinei-
pal business transacted was the arranging
of dates OF the different associations and
the drafting of set of resolutions regard
ing the State appropriations to the district
fairs.
Delegates were present from the follow
ing fair associations: Golden Gate No. l,
Vallejo No. SO, Napa No. 25 Sonoma,
Marin No. 4, Woodland No. 40, Monterey
No. L San Benito No. 80, Humboldt No. 8,
and Yuba No. ID.
In the resolution the Legislature was
requested to allow the different district
fairs the full amount of last years appro-
priation, or, if there is any reduction made,
to reduce the State Fair Association pro-
portionally, or let them remain as they
were.
s. Dates were definitely fixed for the fol-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-06
BERKELEY.

The Town Trustees Monday night de-
cided to macadamize San Pablo avenue and
open Bancroft way to deep water. The
Marshal filed his report, showing ne col
iected during the month of February
$3971 80. Bills to the amount of $661 were
ordered paid. The attorney was instructed
to prepare a resolution effecting certain
changes in the offices of Justices and con-
stables. Heretofore it has been the Gus
tom when prisoners were fined to deduct
the costs and turn the balance into the
treasury In case the fines are not paid
the officials are paid by the town. By the
new resolution all fees and fines will be
turned into the Treasurer hands and the
officers will be paid monthly on presenting
itemiZed bills.
Charter-Day Speakers.
The speakers at the Charter-day exer-
cises will be as follows: The Rev. DIR.
Blackwell, chaplain; W. E. Lloyd, for the
class of 49, DR.. Mary E. Morrison, medi-
cal department; Professor Greene and Rev.
Robert Mackenzie.
The first of the preliminary contests for
place in the intercollegiate debate takes
place this evening in Stiles Hall. The
subject will be "Our Representative Sys-
tenn of Legislation" The affirmative will
be upheld by Flaherty, Ramsdell, Schmidt
and Blanchard. They will be opposed by
Clark, Sherer and De Laguna.