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FKOM STRIBLING SPRINGS.
Steibling Springs, Oct. 3rd, 1896.
Editor Spectator and Vindicator:
Pardon me for asking space in yoar
much esteemed paper, claiming your
charity for myself as an old subscriber,
not that lam a patriarch, but from
being a continuous subscriber and
reader of the "Spectator" since 1848
in prosperity and in adversity, in dark
days as well as in sunshine, and of
course there have been many changes
in the years gow by, but through a
kind providence we have been brought
to the present for which we are thank
ful.
We have now been brought to face
the most troublesome times since the
dark days of the civil war, through
which so many passed, and those yet
remaining can but feel a solicitous in
terest in the affairs of this great coun
try of ours. It appears to my humble
judgment, that as great a revolution
in political parties is now being enact
ed as in 1860, when the democratic
party had governed successfully so
long.
I claim to be a democrat from honest
conviction of right, believing it to be
the national States rights Jeffersonian
party handed down to us by the wise
fathers and founders of our beloved
country, whose wholesome laws have
been, and are being so ruthlessly
changed, altered and. set aside. I am
no lawyer, but this is the way the past
and the present appear to my feeble
and humble mind, and would now
earnestly ask those who are disposed,
simply for the sake of change, U> stop
and deliberately consider the great is
sue before the American people which
seems to be gold standard and the free
coinage of silver. Gold and silver seem
to me to be the precious metals used
in the days of old, and also the metals
to be coined into'money as recognized
by the Constitution of these United
States, and to my mind the only re
demption money, and now to talk of
debasing the currency of our country
by such money seems to me to be only
rediculous and foolish.
My only apology for writing this is,
that I have taken "ho active parfrin
politics for some time, and up to the
time of the Chicago convention ex
pressed no interest in free silver, and
for quite a while after said convention,
took sides neither way, until after the
Indianapolis convention which I look
ed upon as a few seceding sore-heads,
a few of whom are my personal friends
and whose friendship, I much esteem,
and now fear their course is only detri
mental to the great democratic party
which will continue to live on and on
without them or me.
Further, if I am not trespassing too
much upon your valuable space, would
like to say, I think the Chicago con
vention was a representative body of
men, feeling and realizing the interest
of the masses of the people, and the
overwhelming majority by which they
arrived at their conclusions, I think
should control at least their own party
and the party who sent them, and so
delegated them.
I must also say that I most heartily
approve and endorse the income clause
in the platform, and think it righteous
to require those who have the ability
to support the government with some
of their extra surplus, and not to op
press the "hewers of wood and draw
ers of water."
I close this by informing kind friends,
who have been somewdat solicities to
know how I stand as to candidates for
the Presidency, that I shall most
heartily support Bryan, Sewall and
Flood believing them to be thoroughly
capable and entirely honest.
"Very truly,
T. S. Hogshead.
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The family doctor inquires first con
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A Bold Highwayman.
Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 24.—A bold
highway robbery occurred in Amherst
county just across the river from this
city, about 1:30 o'clock this morning,
and was followed shortly afterward by
another outrageous robbery of a differ
ent character. Mr. W. S. Taylor, an
Amherst farmer, accompanied by his
wife, was on his way to Lynchburg
with a lot of produce for sale. They
were delayed on the road and decided
to camp for the night. While the
couple were sleeping an unknown
white man, who was masked, struck
Mr. Taylor on the head and when he
attempted to rise struck him down
again. The desperado then tied Mr.
Taylor's hands behind his back and
robbed him of all the money he had.
After securing the money, the robber
ordered the couple to walk along the
road in front of him, warning them
that if they made any outcry or at
tempted to run he would shoot them.
They stopped in front of Mrs. Poore's
home. The frightened couple were
forced to knock on the door, and when
it was opened by Mrs. Poore the rob
ber knocked it further open, marched
his victims in and closed the door. He
then pointed the revolver at Mrs.
Poore and made her get down on her
knees and tell him where her money
was concealed. She had $25 saved up
toward going to pay for her house and
this the robber secured. She had
commenced to scream from the time
the robber entered and kept it up
until the neighborhood was alarmed.
Some colored neighbors were the first
to arrive, but they were too late, the
desperado having made hie escape.
■' m % :
Why is It,
if catarrh is a constitutional affection,
as those claim who have a blood tonic
to sell, that physicians, in extreme
cases, frequently advise change of air
and climate to those suffering from it ?
Catarrh is a climate affection, and
nothing but a local remedy or a change
of climate will cure it. Ely's Cream
Balm, iv all cases of catarrh, is so ef
ficient as to do away with the necessity
of leaving home and friends, causing
instant relief and a perfect cure after
i short continuance.
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i Kinttm, N. C.— Senator Tilman
1 spoke Saturday to 10,000 people, rep
resenting several comities. It was his
first political speech in North Carolina.
Madrid.—The government is making
j preparations to send 8,000 additional
troops lo the Philiipice Islands at once,
and also to increase the garrison on the
Island of Fernando Po.
Norfolk, Va.—The bark Lillian, from
Baltimore for Boston,with coal, sprung
ft leak and was toyed in here by the
rug Little Nell. The crew refused to
■\\ut\i. ajud the captain noted protest.
i'
The Advance in Wheat.
The continued firmness of wheat and
the influence of the advance on the
general trade situation has served to
promote the revival of confidence and
a better feeling in commercial and
financial circles. This cereal has had
a steady advance for more than a
month, but tbe most marked increases i
have occurred since September S, as j
from that date to October 1 the gain j
has been 12 cents a bushel, t or an aver
age | cent per bushel a day. The chief I
cause of strength is found in the con
tinued foreign demand. Already the
foreigners have bought largely and
ocean freights for transporting these
purchases have been engaged as far
ahead as February. The outlook for
this carrying trade has caused a sharp
advance in freight rates, which are
now quoted at higher prices than have j
ruled for a long time. The vessels are
being pushed into the Atiat,tio ports
aud Icadod as rapidly as possible and
all available bottoms are being pressed
into tbirservice whenever found. For
a time it was thought speculators had
interrupted this foreign buying, as
domestic prices had been pushed con
siderably above those ruling abroad,
but evidently the speculators under
stood the situation, for the foreigners
soon accepted the advance and took
offerings freely. A recent report gives
the stock of wheat at Liverpool as only
1,496.000 bushels, a decrease of 500,000
bushels since September 1, and said to
be only sufficient for abont ten days
consumption. This is compared with
with holdings of 6,000,000 bushels at
the same time last year. Added to this
are reports of a short crop in India and
the announcement that engagements
of wheat have been made at San
Francisco for shipment to Calcutta.
With short supplies in Russia and
Argentina and a possible decrease of
40,000,000 bushels less than estimated
in the crop here, it is not difficult to
understand wby|the price has advanced
so sharply.— Bait. Sun.
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FT. DEFIANCE NEWS.
Fort Defiance, Oct, 3d.—Miss
Clara McCormick who has been visit
ing Miss Willie Bell, has gone to Staun
ton to visit Miss Sallie Roller, and from
there she will go to her home in Fair
field. Her brother, Mr. Herbert Mc-
Cormick, is a cadet at the A. M. A.
Mrs. Nash of Richmond, who has
been the guest of Mrs. C. E. Crawford,
has returned to her home.
Mrs. R. C. Byers is in Lewisburg, W.
Va., visiting relatives.
Miss Sallie Fulton of Mt. Meridian,
who has been visiting Miss Bessie
Richey, went home on last Monday.
Mrs. J. M. Harper of Mt. Sidney, has
gone to her old home in New York to
make a visit of a month or more.
Miss Virginia Richey and Mrs. M.«
R. Jobe have returned to their home
in Woodstock after a visit to their
brother, Mr. J. S. Richey.
The annual picnic of the Augusta
Church Sunday School was held in the
church grove on last Saturday.
Miss Maude Hopkins of Bath county
entered the Old Fort Seminary as a
pupil on last Wednesday.
Mrs. E. McK. McCue is in Lewisburg,
W. Va.
We suffered comparatively little
from the effects of the storm in this
section of the county. Several bridges
and a good deal of corn were washed
away, but the storm seems to have
been much milder here than in other
sections of the country from which we
have received reports.
Mr. Robt. Byers lost about four
thousand bushels of corn.
Rex-
Port Washington.—The disbanding
of the naval fleet, at present concen
trated at Port Angeles for manoeuvr
ing, will occur at an early date. All
but two of the vessels will return to
Mare Island.
Yokohotna, Sept. 27 --Li Hung
Chang has arrived here on board the
steamship Empress of China from Van
couver. There was no formal recep
tion accorded bim, and he immediate
ly reimbarked lor Tien-Tain.
A Kiver of Uncertain Mind.
If there is a river that does not know
Its own mind, the Wabash is that same
rivulet. It winds about in the lowlands,
sometimes deep, sometimes shallow;
sometimes broad and again so narrow
that we could set our paddles against
the bank and pole along. It seems to
realize its mission is to run southwest
and to try steadfastly to follow its des
tiny. But the spirit of vagaries seems
to possess it, so that it bends about to
the north and tries to find the chain of
lakes. It strikes out boldly for the west
as if nothing less than the great Missis
sippi would satisfy its longings, and
then it swings away to the left and
glides over trailing mosses, wooing the
odors of the southland.
Sometimes it runs through woodlands,
where a fallen tree across its course
drives canoe and voyagers to dry land.
Sometimes the gravel grates against the
yielding cedar wood and passengers
must go overboard and follow, wading,
till deeper water runs beneath the keel.
Sometimes the currents are swift and
the paddles are scarcely needed, and
again the waters spread out into a dim
pling lake, and we cross with two di
vergent lines running from the prow—
the canoe at the point of a prostrate
pyramid. —Leroy Armstrong in New
Bohemian.
How They Got Wheels.
"It seems a trifle queer to see every- i
body on wheels nowadays," said a
member of the Curbstone club, "but no
doubt if we could get the private finan
cial history of many of these bicycles I
their ownership would seem a trifle j
queer. Out in my neighborhood lived a ]
thrifty old colored woman who had j
worked hard at washing and ironing for j
a good many years and had bought a lit- j
tie home place, a bit of a tumble down
old house, with ground enough for a
piece of cornfield and a cabbage patch.
She had four. daughters, very swell
young colored women, who lived out in
the city and wore detachable collars and
eyeglasses as a neat finish to their other
elegant attire. Not long ago the old
mother died, and bless me if those four
colored belles didn't go right to work,
sell tho house and lot and buy them
selves each a fine bioycle."—Louisville j
Courier-Journal. j
Portraits and "Me tares."
If one can give the portrait and make
a picture at the same time, so much the
better, but if the portrait be given with
frankness and sincerity, if the model be
rendered with knowledge and truth, the
result will bo a picture—a work of art
—whether the painter so designs it or
not. Holbein and Velasquez told the
exact truth about their sitters, and their
simpler portraits are today their better
pictures, Lawrence and hi 3 followers in
devoting themselves to "stunning" ef
fects not only compromised tho likeness,
but made the picture bizarre by em-
Kis in tho wrong place. The tale has
more than twice told in tho his! >ry
t. A simple truth is always better
ac ornate faiseiiood. —Soril'uer's. j
WHEN PC'.=.LY |.\K 13 THE AIR.
A littlo wicker basket ; "s
Along the priV'.nK-iit \:..'k, ■
And at tho siglit the y.j..ag mid old
Begin to Iruigu arid \..-.:\i \
And wave fair hands m..l kisses throw j
Audery: *>,Lo6khere!" "See there!'' j
"Thi»way it comes!" And all because
Sweet Polly take* the air. j
Tho newsboys run and shout with glee
And follow on behind.
Tbe coachman and the footman gaze
As if thoy had a mind j
To do the same. The good old priest i
Stands still with solemn stare
As down the shady avenue *
Sweet Polly takes the air. ,
And all the while sweet Polly sits ;
fci dainty gown r.ud hat . j
And smiles on one she loves the best—
Her pretty Jlaiiip.se cat—
And softly coos, v.iiun pussy purs,
llKhoat a thosgbl cr care
How i !1 the town turns upside down
When Pel./ takes the air. i
—a.ieilu Cocke's "A Doric Heed."
VOLTS DO NOT HARM PEOPLE. j
It Is the Amperage That Does the Deadly
Damage.
Newspaper reporters, copy readers
and head writers are in need of a pri
mary education in electricity. Every
now and again the newspapers record
the death of somebody from the effect
of a give* number of volts, or tell of
another's wonderful survival after re
ceiving the shock of many thousand
volts. Strange enough, in the news
paper accounts nobody is ever killed,
nor has a remarkable escape from am
peres of electricity been chronicled,
nor is the damage often done by a cur
rent, nor has anybody ever seen
• "watts" figure in the matter. The num
ber of volts in a current of electricity
is its speed or pressure. The number of
amperes is its volume. Volts with
out amperes would be speed without
substance.
' A light molecule moving with a
speed or voltage of 185,000 miles per
second strikes the eye without injury,
but if the molecule had a weight or
amperage of one two-thousandth part
of a giain it would have the same effect
as an ounce ball moving 1,000 feet per
second. Any number of "amperes" with
out voltage would be a dead engine in a
roundhouse.
An article in a New York paper was
headed, "Net Killed by 2,000 Volts."
It told of h boy who had become locally
famous because "2,ooo'volts of electric
ity had passed through Joe's body with
out killing him." Without the am
perage of tho current being known the
statement means nothing. Another story
of escape from electricity was headed,
, "Shocked by 2,080 Volts."
The-electriciil current used in the Ed
ison flucroseope hs.s a minute fraction
of an ampere, but au alincst incalcula
ble voltage of perhaps above 150,000.
To receive these 1 CO, 000 volts in the
body would feel like the prick of a |
needle.
At the state peniientiary the victims j
of the law are given about 1,800 volts I
of electricity, but it is the electrical en- ,
ergy, as expressed in"watts, that kills, i
Tho amperes multiplied by tho volts
give tho energy of the current, or watts.
He who would caress a "live wire"
need care nothing ior the volt 3or am
peres it i:;;iy have concealed about its
person, but let him carefully calculate
its watts before he grab 3 hold.—New
York Mail and Express.
SPLITTING LEGAL HAIRS.
Tale by a Philadelphia Lawyer Whioh
Would Puzzle One to Decide.
This is an after dinner story told by
a well known lawyer the other evening,
illustrative of legal difficulties that may
arise even in the carrying out of the
most amicable contracts:
There were once four brothers, who
had inherited a storage warehouse from
their father and who equally divided
the property among them. Among the
appurtenances thereto was a cat, a fine
animal, excellent for mousing, and this,
too, was divided, the elder brother own
ing the right front quarter, the second
brother the left front quarter and the
younger brothers the two hind quarters.
Now, unfortunately, tho cat in one of
its nocturnal prowls injured the right
front paw, and the elder brother at
' tended to that portion of his property
by binding the injured member with a
greased rag. The cat, thankful for this
relief t(> its suffering, went to sleep
contentedly beforo the fire, but in the
midst of its slumbers a falling coal ig
nited tho rag, and the animal, howling
with agony, dashed through the ware
house, and, coming in contact with some
combustibles, set the building on fire.
When the loss came to be figured out,
the three younger brothers wished to
throw it all upon the elder, upon the
ground that had he not tied up his part
of the cat with the inflammable rag the
building would not have been destroy
ed. He, on the contrary, contended that
had the cat only been possessed of the
front right paw—his property—it would
have stood still and burned to death. It
was the three other paws that caused
the damage. The brothers argued the
case until they died, but could never
reach an agreement —Philadelphia Rec
t\*A
Falso Report.
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just come, Lulu? They say he's cashier
tif the Tenth National bank.
liaia —What! Ho? I've met him al
ready and he's only its president!
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of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophos
phites, can be taken as easily in
summer as in winter. Unlike the
plain oil it is palatable, and the
hypophosphites that are in it aid in
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For sickly, delicate children, and
for those whose lungs are affected,
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so many little time
and - strength - taking
chores that have no
names. And it must
all be dene whethet
the housekeeper
feels like it or not.
This is true of men's
work too, but men's
manual labor is
never so complicated
as housekeeping. In
some way or other
"the world's work
must be done."
This iron-clad rule is
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i can't be as sick as a woman.
s a man's organization is simpler and
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a woman is in good health there is no
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AND
Buy Fresh Seeds from
B. F. HUGHES.
who has just received a
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stock from that celebra
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Don't forget tbe place,
B. F. HUGHES,
DRUGGIST.
No, 6 South Augusta Street.
aprio
Buy of the Maker
and have the Profits yourself.
W-For Bargains in
Furniture, Mattresses, Easels.
Screens. Curtain Poles, Baby Carriages,
Refrigerators, Fancy Chairs,
Church Cushions, and Medium
and Low Priced Goods to suit
all tastes and purses, call on
J. P. KICE,
(Successor to Lushbaugh & Klce,)
102 West Main St., Staunton, Va.
lam fully prepared to furnish everything in
the
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VIRGINIA HOTEL RESTAURANT.
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Nice newly furnished rooms, private for
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nov 21-lv J. C. SCHEFFER, Prop'r.
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absorbs the tumors,allays the itching at once,
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lny for Plies and Itching of the private parts,
nd notb.ot; else. Every box Is guaranteed.
old by druggists, sent by iuai:,f«r 6n<\ aud ?l
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mar 20-iy Cleveland, Ohio. !
All.tint Glitters is not Gall!
and yarns about high class musical instru
ments sold at a sacrifice—away below cost
—should be swallowed with a large grain
of salt, .People do not handle musical in
struments to lose money, but to make it.
Our method of making it is to deserve a
good and large trade, and make a very
small profit on each instrument or upon
each piece of music that we sell. Fine
finishing is sometimes resorted to. Re
liable dealers handle reliable goods,that is
the kind we sell.
Our Parlor Organ for $45 Cash,
or $55 on.time, can't be beat if you
look the world over. But "There are
others." We make Ten other Styles.
Come and see them at ~~
PUTNAM'S "sr o^
Staunton, Va.
A. PRATT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
No. 11 Lawyer's Row,
Notary Public. Staunton, Va
iov 15-lyr
if Store. New Store.
1 am now receiving and opening at.
No. 27 South New Street,
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A full line of
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Selected with special reference to the wants
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ALL FRESH GOODS,
Embracing everything Kept in a first
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A fine line of California Canned and
Evaporated Fruits.
Choice selections of Tobacco and Cig
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aprSl-lyr G. W. SUTLER.
P. O. DRAWER 58. S. O. HARDY
1848—1895.
Hardy's Old Reliable
CARRIAGE FACTOEY!
Cor. MAIN and MARKET STS.,
STAUNTON, - - VA.
Manufacture all kinds of work in
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superior workmanship.
REPAIRING
Executed with Neatness and Dispatch
The largest and most varied
stock of all kinds of vehi
cles.
Second-hand Work at low prices.
• John M. Hardy & Son
Spectator & Vindicator,
Advertisements are inserted at the rate U
12X cents per line, for the first, and «X cent*
for each subsequent insertion.
Local Notices are inserted at the rate of 20
cents per line for the first, and 10 cent! for
each subsequent insertion.
Business Notices are inserted at the rate ol
16 cents tor the nrst and 8 cents for each sab
aequent Insertion.
: A liberal discount will be made on all orders
for 3.6, or 12 months.
Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates
If or office, auiil all Couimunlcatious of a person
al or private character, will be charged for an
advertisements.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick St
between New and Market streets, services
II a. m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. A. M. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder
ick and Lewis streets. Services at 11 a. m
and 8. Pastor, Rev. Wm. pCummlng.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship on
West Frederiok St. Services at 11 a. m., and
p. m„ Rector, Rev. R. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church. Main street, be
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
11 a. m., and Bp. m. Rector, Bey. W. Q. Hul
lihen
United Brethren churta, Lewis street, be
tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at
11 a. m and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. J. D Don
ovan.
Methodist church, Lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at 11 a
m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Hey. J. H. Boyd, D. D
. Christ Evangelical Lutheran church, Lew-
Is street, between Main and Frederick streets
' Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Pastor. Rev
H. F. Shealy.
Baptist church, cornei Main and W a shlng
1 ton streets. Sorvices at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m
; Pastor, Rev. M. L. Wood.
St. Francis Roman Catholic, North Augusts
street, Mass at 7 and 1U.30 a. m. Vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at
1 p. m. Pastor, Rev. Father McVerry.
Young Men's Christian Association, corner
Main and Water streets. Services at 4 p. m.
Sunday.
A NEWSPAPER
OUTFIT
FOR SALE!
Having consolidated the Staunton Specta
tor and Vindicator I now offer for sale prl
vately the entire outfit of the latter named
paper consisting in part of large cylinder
Campbell press, steam engine, proof-press, an
unusually large quantity of job and newspa
per type, Cases, stands and all other necessary
office fixtures. Full particulars given by ad
dressing.
R. S. TURK,
Editor and Proprietor
Spectator and Vindicator.
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
Staunton, Va., Sept. 15th, 1896.
John Christian's Creds.
vs.
John Christian et als.
All persons interested In the above chancery
cause wUI take notice, that in pursuance of a
decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county
entered in said cause on May 18th, 1886, I shall
at my office in Staunton, Virginia, on
Thursday, the 23nd day of October, 1896,
proceed to take, state and settle the following
accounts :—
Ist. The lands owned by Jno. Christian and
its fee simple and annual rental value.
2nd. The liens binding tlie same in order of
priority.
3rd. Whether the rents and projects of said
lands would satisfy the said liens in five years.
4th. Whether the sale of the 275 acre tract
near Buffalo Gap will satisfy the said liens.
sth. Any other matters etc.
K. E. R. NELSON,
Commissioner in Chancery.
H. G. Eichelberger, p. q.
sept 23-4ts
V'IKGINIA :—In the Clerk's Office of the Cir
cuit Court of Augusta county, Sept. 29th,
1896.
J. N. McFarland
vs.
G. W. Williams and A. C. Rosen.
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to enforce the
specific performance of a contract between A.
C. Kosen and the defendant Or. W. Williams
for the sale of 111 X acres of land in Augnsta
county of date February 23, 1891, and have a
decree for the sale of said land to satisfy the
unpaid purchase money.
It appearing by affidavit filed that G. W.
Williams is a non-resident of the State of Vir
ginia it is ordered that he appear here within
fifteen days after due publication hereof and
do what Is necessary to protect his interest in
this suit.
A Copy teste,
Jos. B. Woodward, Clerk.
Patrick & Gorpon, p. q.
sapt 30-4t
VIRGINIA :—In the Clerk's Office of the Cir
cuit Court of Augusta county, September
10th,1896.
Jas It. Taylor, Guardian of Lizzie
Fisher, <lc Plaintiffs,
VF,
Sarah C. Taylor et als Defendants.
In Chancery and on an attachment returned
executed.
The obiect of this suit Jjrtc recover from
Sarah C. Taylor and li.MHftylor, the sum of
fcMU.U) with inteeeat thereon from October 11th,
1895, due by negotiable note and $3.60 costs of
protest clue to Jas. R. Taylor, Jr., Guardian as
aforesaid and $250.09 with interest thereon
from AuKUst IS. 1894, dne to Jas. R. Taylor, Jr.,
as trustee for Lizzie Fisher by judgment re
covered against E M. Taylor and Sarah C.
Taylor, and to set aside a certain deed of con
veyance from said Sarah C. Taylor and E. M.
Taylor to Ann E. Jessup, trustee for Warren C.
Jessup.
It appearing by affidavit filed that Sarah C.
Taylor, Ann E. Jessup and Warren C. Jessup
are non-residents of this State, it is ordered
that they severally appear here within fifteen
days after due publication hereof and do what
is necessary to protect their Interests ln this
suit.
A copy-teste,
JOS. B. WOODWARD Clerk.
Blease & Perry, p. q.
sept IC-lts
Tour eyes fitted with suitable glasses. Will
straighten your spectacles and charge yon
nothing, if not too much bent. Watches and
clocks repaired and put in first-class order.
Don't forget the place, |Q2 SOUTH AU
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