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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
Death of Miss Winnie Davis.

The death of Miss Winnie Davis,
whilst expected, has nevertheless cast
gloom over the south. More than any
living person did she link with the pres
ent those terrible days, when the people
of the south were battling for their
rights and holding back an invader,
which was spreading death and distruc-
ton over our fair land. AS our down
trodden and blighted country rose from
its ashes, she grew with it, and her
name was always cherished as at least
one heritage war had not swept away.
| She was person of no ordinary intel
lect and her pen had begun to tell and
the south particularly hoped she might
add new star to her galaxy of litera-
teurs. But the pen is laid down to be
taken up no more, the tongue that has
always been so loyal and true to the
southland, is hushed aud still, life oil
lsweet promise is ended, and we join oul
tears with those who like us sorrow
over this untimely death.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
Judge CHARLES Speeeb.

We publish today complete synopsis
of the speech of Hon. J. NJ. Quarles de.
livered at Buckingham Courthou.e Oh
last Monday, which we have clipped
and revised from the Richmond Dis
patch. 1t may appear a little STATE
coming as it does several days after It's
delivery, but we find in it SO much gooC
sense, reasoning and good for reflection
that we gladly give it space. In il
there is not sentence of abuse. From
the beginning to the end it is sound
reasoning. The money question il
presented in clear, forcible manner
demonstrating his familiarity with the
subject. The tariff, and in fact al
questions affecting the people are dis.
cussed in manly, dignifed style, show
ing that the Democratic party has q
candidate worthy of support and d mar
who Will at all times be found in the
forefront in thought and action, clear
in his ideas, strong in the presentation
of them, aud bold in his advocacy OF
right,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
sTAUNTON SPECTATOR AND vINDICAToR.
no rHE CLERK OE AuGuSTA CouN.

TO THE CLERK OF AUGUSTA COUN-
TY COURT hereby make appli-
cation to. you to purchase the real estate re-
turned delinquent for State and county
taxes in the name of Lillian M. KOOgler, on
about three roods of land, Lear Summer
DEAN about IA miles S. w. of Staunton, for
the years 1892 to 1896, inclusive, said taxes,
interest and costs amounting to S. 40. de-
posted with you this day. This application
| is made under Section 666 of the Code of
| 1887, as amended by act of Assembly ap-
proved January Goth. 1896, and also the act
amendatory thereof, approved February
| 18th, 1898.
Aug. I'd, 1898. Signed o. s. KNOPP.
The Commonwealth of Virginia;
| To the Sheriff of Augusta county greeting
| You are hereby commanded to serve o
COPY of above notice on Lillian NJ. KOOg
Ter, or if she be dead, then on her personal
representative, if to be found in your BALI
wick and make return thereof according tt
law. Witness my hand this 10th day Of
June, 1885, WILLIAM A. BURNETT,
Clerk
Sheriff's return:
Defendant Lillian NJ. Koogler. not founi
nor, as l am informed. is he resident o.
the State Of Virginia, nor has he any per
isonal representative in my county.
Aug 31st. 1898. N. q. WATTS. Sheriff
The above named Lillian NJ. Koogler. Is
required. to appear at the clerks office O
Augusta county court within four month";
, after due publication hereof and to do VIVA
, is necessary to protect her interest.
WILLIAM A. BURNETT,
Aug. 31st, 1898. Clerk.
] sep Is At
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
A Back Number.

The StauntOn News says the silver
issue is "a back number" but we notice
that for a back number it is paying 1t
more attention than any future number
now in issue before the people. 1t is
now industriously engaged in knitting
Fitz Lee 10y asserting that he is ''at
heart" a gold man. Just how the News
knows what is in Fitz Lees heart, it is
hard to say. for bolter can hardly be
a competent judge of what is in loyal
Democrats heart. The patronizing par
agraphs about Fitz Lee that have al
ready appeared in the News have suffi
GENTLY irritated his real friends without
this last effort at organship. The News
we'll knows, if it knows anything at all
of the sentiment of the Virginia Demo
cracy, (Which is very doubtful) THAT
no man can be elected by it to any Of
flee who does not stand on the Demo
cratic National platform of 1896. This
article is not intended as espouSing any
cause in the senatorial fight, but to cal
attention to the fact that the News
with its peculiar facilities for informa
ton, has gotten into Gen. Lee bosom
and worked out a fact nobody ever ar
rived at. 1t seems strange, too, and thi
we wish to call to public attention, tina
the News which is certainly opposed t.
Gen. Lee, should find fault with hin
because he is a gold man. Has tn
, News. too, ceased to worship the golde
/ calf =? Has it deserted that dear stand
: ard, as it deserted the Democratic pal
ty? Has it put On sack cloth and ashe
for its past offenSes and come begin
at the Democratic gate for admission
If so, it had better drop the ''bac
t number" fallacy and other heresies, an
, study the creed, because the Democrat
are going to run the party according t
thir own ideas, and silver will be til
guiding principle of their action in til
approaching campaign.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
Grave Robbing Trivial.

Brigadier-General Davis has disap-
proved the finding of the court martial
which found DR.. Louis g. Duncan,
guilty of robbing and desecrating
Confederate graves at Manassas. He
says :
1.-THE reviewing authority approves
the holding of the court, but dlsap-
proves the Duncan case and character
ICES it as trivial and ridiculous, and or
ders Captain Duncan released from ar
rest and restored to duty"
This is about as was expected. Gen.
Davis could see no harm in such desc
Grafton. He might have said that Dun
can was not guilty, but he does not do
this, he takes the only view one would
expect bitter partisan to take. lie
says, 1.-The case is trivial and ridi
culous" The act of DIR. Duncan Is
therefore, nothing more than if he had
dug up the bones of a dog, or hog, OF
any other animal. 1t has been the Gus
tom in this country to regard grave
dissertations as showing much depraVl
ty OF mind as any act an ordinary hu
man being could commit. With Gen
Davis, however. such thing is trivia
and ridiculous. He does not say Dun
can was innocent-indeed, ther
never was more conclusive evidence
Men haye been hung on not one halt a
much, but as this is the grave OF a Con
ifederate soldier, it was ''trivial."
Had such dissertation been made b
Southern people upon the grave OF
Union soldier, the William Lloyd Gal
risons and Harriet Beecher Stoves an
| Barbara Fritchies, and all other loyf
humanitarians, would have rent the ma
: ton with cries and anathemaS.
. Duncan may go free, but few decor
people will have any respect for perso
with so base mind and heart.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
GRAIN TRADE AND CROPS.

The Cincinnati Price-Current OF laet
Thursday says
From high temperature in the preced-
ing week there has been quite change
the past week in the Central w lest to
cool weather. and frost to some extent,
although the latter does appear to have
perceptibly disturbed the situation of
leading crops. The cool weather will
serve to arrest any tendency that might
have existed here and there to injury
to corn which had been cut in green
condition, and which moisture and
warmth threatened to affect unfavor-
ably.
The outlook Of the corn crop has not
in fact been changed in any essential
manner by conditions prevailing the
past week, and we know OF no occasion
for ii change in the general view hereto
fore suggested as to the promise of the
crop. The Septem Der estimate CT the
government places the condition at 81 /.
This estimate, applied to the understood
acreage, suggests about 1857, 0J0, goo
bushels us Tie present official View OF
the crop, which is Ii reduction OF G0,000,-
coo in C mparisOn with such data a
month ago. TIE corn crop has not been
lowered i'll condition the past month,
but the official work is getting more
nearly in line with conditions as they re-
ally exist. There is margin for a further
reduction of the official estimate relat-
ing to this crop.
The official data concerning wheat
suggests reduction in the estimate OF
yield compared with preceding state
ments, and this is quite consistent with
understood conditions. 1t is difficult,
however, to reach conclusions as to the
production, as it is intinated that the
acreage estimate is likely to be changed
| Ga the basis OF previously stated acre
age the present data point to about &c.,.
| 600, 900 bu shells as rejecting the Officia
view 1t is safe to regard CSC, 100000 as
q basis tor calculations.
Th9 wheat markets have been shap
ing Oh tirmer basis the past week, but
it is hardly rea sonable to expect mucl
| in such direction until later on. Far
merS have most likely been busy il
autumn work, and believing confident !,
| in better prices Tor wheat have continu
ed to market this grain sparingly, as Z
rule. The week closes with tair ad
! vance cOmpal ed with week ago.
The cora market in the latter part u
the wee * now closed lOS5 strength, tnett
being rather more evidence Of a DISPOSE
ion to move this grain on the part d
farmers. The general situation relat
ing to this grain has not radically chang
Ell, and there appears no sound reason
for declining tendency in values, un
less it be argued that an unusual pro
portion OF unmerchantable grain vii
have a depressing influence on prices.
December wheat at Chicago closed J.
below the highest point of the week, 2SSt
above the lowest point, and 25c higher
than week ago.
Corn at Chicago for Decembel
ed closed lie below the highest point O.
the week, the lowest point, and {
lower thsn week ago.
Wheat rec -ipts at prim Try marketi
were $4,000 bushels for the week
against 6,69l 600 the preceding week
anu 6 $3.50 last year.
Corn receipts were $685. 600 bushels
against 1865 600 the preceding week
and 5sS,000 last yea3
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

Mr. j. Addison Porter, private secre'
tary to President Mckinley, has been
badly defeated for the nomination for
Governor of Connecticut by the Repub-
lican convention. This may be SLAP
in the face of the present admin ira
ton, but anyway it was just too funny
to see Mr.. Porter fighting 'the ma
chine.'' The machine in Connecticut
seems made of buzz saws, and they who
monkey with it get hurt as the Hon. j
Addison can now testify.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

When the Spaniards saw their sol
diers returning without shoes and rag
ged and starved, they stoned the ship
Gen. Toral was on and then stoned his
house. The corruption of those in
power in Spain will give even the
United States pointer or two and the
treatment of their soldiers by the Span
ish government is sad commentary oil
civilization.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
TGlGglapllc News dtlG Week

Washington, Sept. 10. = President
Mckinley, General Miles and Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohu today agreed up
OH the occupation of Cuba. Forty
thousand volunteers are to be sent to
join ten thousand regulars, who are 60
ing first The bulk of the volunteers
will be taken from Graham's corps at
Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and Gen.
eral Lees corps. Orders have been sent
both Generals to weed out the dlssatis-
fled undisciplined volunteers. General
Graham will probably embark at New
port News and General Lee at the
southern ports.
Washington, Sept. 19.-The five regi
ments now at San Francisco the Fifty
first Iowa, Twentieth Kansas, First
Tennessee, First Washington and de
tachment of the First Oregon will bt
ordered to Manila. Arrangements fOl
their transportation will be made i'm
mediately. The army authorities ar
greatly exercised over the situation il
I the Philippines. 1t has been decided tt
strengthen the forces under Genera
Otis because Aguinaldo is adding
strength There seems to be SOM
doubt regarding his hons sly in bis pro
LESSONS of friendship towards tn
Americans.
Manila, Sept. 19.-The Philippine
government desires to inform the Ameri
can government that many rumors ar
bsing circulated regarding the straine
relations between the Fi!ipinos and til
American forces. Aguinaldo has il
sued note of this purport.
Narragansett. Pier, R. l., Sept. 49,
Miss Winnie Davis, the daughter OF til
Confederacy, died at noon Sunday c
acute gastritis.
Messages of coincidence are pourin
in upon Mrs. Davis from all parts of tn
United States. She is bearing up pa
ticularly well. Miss Davis was th
youngest daughter of President Jeffe
son Davis and was born in Richmond
: 1868.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been able
to cure in all its stages, and that is Ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
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ternity. Catarrh Being a constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken IN
ternaIly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprletors have so much faith in its GU
rative powers, that they offer One Hun
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cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F.. j. CHENEY q Co..
Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

Senator VIM. Lindsay, of Kentucky,
is one of those who has left the Palmer
and Buckner wing and returned to the
true Democratic fold. He is still a be-
never in gold standard and is for ex-
pansion. 1t is little difficult to recon
Gle the gold portion of his creed with
genuine Democracy, but the Senator
will Weld much before he will be joined
to the Republican Ephraim and biz
idols
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

We hear that Paymaster General
Stanton says if the white soldiers do
not take their pay from negro officers
they can do without it. Why not put
the money in jar of Stops and require
the men to root it out with their noses
One is about as distateful to them as
the other. This is very small thing
on the part of the administration, and
is done for the purpose of humiliation
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
sep 22-3t7

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, Sept. 17til. 1898.
Catherine j. Beard.
VS..
E. A. Fulchers Trustee and ais.
All parties interested in the foregoing
named cause, pending in the circuit court OF
Augusta county, will fake Notice, that have
fixed upon the
10Th day of October, next,
at my office, to take and state an account
! showing the mount Of the debt due to the
plaintiff, by the bond filed in this cause; an
account OF the land OF the defendant e. A
Fulcher upon which said bond is lien; and
an account OF all other liens binding said land
| in the order of priority, and other account:
as required by the order of reference entered
In said cause on the 18th day of March, 1897.
| JOHN M. KINNEY, Commr
Harry H. Blease, J. NJ. Perry, p. q.
| sep 22-4t
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

The Republican State convention OF
Colorado has just declared for hi metal
lism and that the single gold standard
would work irreparable injury to the
people of the country. This is the kind
of back number silver is F.?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
BuckIen's Arnica salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guaran-
teed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale
B. II El,le
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
DARE CHANCE FOR A MERCHANT.

That va liable mercantile stand at Mid
|d1ebrook, Va, formerly occupied by Nc
COrkle Bros. will be sold to the highest
bidder III ONDAY, SEPT. Goth. next, court
day., IN front of court house. see advertise
ment in Spectator and Vindicator. Store
house large and commodi0us, fine basement
built of concrete, covered with tin. Office
and wareroom under same roof, glass front
main room about 2Sx82 feet, high ceiling
shelving we'll arranged.
At same time the resident lot and garden
directly across the street will be sold. also
pasture field, 10 acres more or less. within
say 200 yards of the store. The above is
| valuable property and offers a rare oppor
tunity to good business man.
j. LEWIS Blu MGARDNER,
92O-6td wit Surviving Trustee.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

Mr.. Bynum has gone over bag and
baggage to the Republicans and thus
snuffed out his political candle forever
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

The foreigner may pay the tariff
taxes, but we'll be bless ed if he pays the
internal revenue taxes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
SATURDAY.. the 24th day of Sept. 1898,

| the real estate conveyed in said deed, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary. to-w1t:
That certain tract or parcel Of land lying ana
River MagiSterial District, in the county OF
Rockbridge, Va. containing about SUI acres,
more or less, With all the buildings ana I'M
Furnace Property" This valuable property
| is supposed to contain about 800 acres, but has
| seouent conveyances by not over % or 30
acres: the sale, however, Will be sale in
gross and not by the ace: IN exposing g, said said
| lst. The portion unaliened by said Bryan,
containing about 175 acres, more or less;
End. Lots Nos. y ana is' B1; I No.; sec. Nc.
Bryan to W. L. Bryan by deed OF date FEB. 80,
1897 and recorded Feb. 9Th, 1897. in the clerk S
| Office OF the county court OF ltockbr1dge coun-
| ~ in d. 2. NO. 81, p. 4Ol-
| 3rd A small lot of landsat Vesuyius Station
ton conveyed by L. s. Bryan to To-; M "a, gar 3:
recorded Aug. 27, 1896, in the same Office in d.
| Il No. "a, p. 2z3
| No & at Veruvius Station, convened by L. S
Rryan to NJ. C. steele by deed of date April
| Is 1875 and recorded i'll the same office Aug.
21 1895 in D. 3. No. "a. p. 223, and (b) Lots NO.
md No. S and a portion of Lot No. in Bl.
| No ?. See No. 2, conveyed by L. S. Ryan to A.
| p. Thomas by deed dated April Is, 1896, and
recorded April q, 1896, in the same office in L.
stu IT, Lot No 90 81. No 3, Sec No. 2, at We
savins Station, conveyed by l.. : Bryan to
j L
1895, and recorded in the same office May 2F,
| S96, in d. B. No. 81, p. III.
| 6th Lot No. 10, 81. No. 2, Sec. No. 2, at We
suyius Station, conveyed by L. S. Bryan to z.
II Rawlings by deed Of cate June l., 1855, and
ecorded July /. 1895, in the same office in D.
| d. NO. 81, p.42t
If the portion first offered shall bring
enough to satisfy the debt secured in said
trust deed with interest and expenses, then
tie undersigned will sell no more OF the land;
but if not, then they will sell so much more in
separate parcels in the order named as above
set out until the same shall have been fully
met.
TERMS-Cash as to so much Of the purchase
mone0 as may be necessary to pay the expen-
ses of executing this trust and the amount
due and payable on account of the debt Sc
cured In the trust deed, viz: S3,2S74l and any
unpaid taxes. and as to the residue OF pur-
chase money upon such terms as to cash or
credit as the undersigned may de ermine, the
creuit payments, if any, to be secured by a
lien on the property.
| W. A. BURNETT,
| JOS. 3 WOODWARD,
| G. q. BERRY,
Trustees of the Augusta Perpetual
aug 25-lt Building and Loan Company
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

lagANTED.-To rent farm, or will work
w on a farm for wages. Best of refer
ences given. Apply or write to
X. e. MILLER & Bro,
sep % ST. Valley Mills. Va.
aAIANTED.-A strictly practical overseer
w or manager, with small family, that
is honest, good judgment as to work and at
tending to all kinds of stock, to take charge
where all the improved machinery. &c is
at hand. References required. Address
d. b. TAYLOR.
sep 22-3t* Deerfield, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
TRUSTEES SA|

By virtue of the terms of deed of
from W. Ii. Glare and wife to the u
signed and Lucien E. Diggs, as trus
bearing date September 10Th, 1884, and
recorded in the clerks Office of Aug
county court, default having been mad
the payment of the notes thereby sec, !
and either Of the said trustees by the te
of the said deed being authorized to
upon being required so to do by the bel
ciary in the said deed or his assigns, l.
ing been required so to do by the assil
of the said beneficiary, and the pre-
holder of the notes remaining unpaid,
sell at public auction to the highest bid
in front of the court house in Staunton !
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 1881
at 10 NJ. the real estate conveyed byt
said deed.
TERMS-Cash for sufficient to paY}
costs and expenses of sale, including
missions to the trustees, and the SUM
$3.50, with interest from date of sale.
CONWAY r. SANDS.
Sole Acting Trustt
w ct d lit 9-15
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., t5s3o0CoGii
3 This paper has the largest cir
5 culation of any Newspaper pub
z lished in the Valley of Virginia.
The subscription list is open to
3 inspection.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-22
COMMISSIONERS SALH
OF SEVERAL
VALUABLE TRACTS OF REAL HESITATE
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

The undersigned commissioners in pursu
ance of authority vested In them by decree o
the circuit court OF ugusta county, virginia
in the chancery cause OF J. 7. Shields Adm =
VS.. Shields Infants, of date June 3rd, 1898, vii
proceed to sell in front of the court mouse Q
Augusta county, in the city of Staunton, Va
about the hour OF twelve o'clock M, on
Saturday, the 9Th day Of Oct. 1893
the following real estate of which the late y
T. Shields died seized and possessed, VIE:
First-TwO tracts of land in Pastures D1strly
near Craigsv1lle, one containing One Hundre}
and Thirty and three quarter acres, the otha
Two Hundred and Five and One-Q uarter acre
SecOnd-A tract of sixty Four and one ouaI
| ter acres in Pastures District on Little "
Pasture river about twenty four miles wS
from StauntOn.
l lhird-A tract of land in Riverheads
| trict containing One Hundred and F1fty-th
| acres, adjoining the j. L. Shields home IA
/ distance about eight miles from Staunton
| both sides of the road leading from Staun
to Lexington, AID known as the LION
| Tract
This farm is we'll watered and has ON
good frame dwelling, good barn and ten
house.
| TERMS OF SALE-On any sale or sales NJ
hereunder SO much cash will be required
may be necessary to pay the costs of sale
the residue in three equal instruments at
eighteen and twenty seven months res
lively from the date of sale with interest
that date, for which instruments of defe
purchase money the purchaser or purch;
will be required to execute bonds with
| proved personal security anu inc titles WI
| withheld as ultimate security.
FITZHUGH ELDER,
| THOS. &. ELDER,
Sale Commission
Clerks ONCE of the Circuit Court of Au
County, tO-wit:
/, Jos. b. woodward, Clerk of the
aforesaid DO certify that Fitzhugh
has executed the bond required by deer
sale in the chancery cause OF John II. !
Adm'x, VS.. John L. Shields infants, now
ing in said Court.
TENDER, 1888.
| sep l5-tdS,