Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-03-16
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DR.. David Jayne, the wealthy patent
Medicine Philadelphia, died on Monday,
leaving an immense fortune to his son.
Gen. B. F. Cheatham, of the Confede-
rate army, has married Miss Anna B Rob-
ertson of Nashville.
DR.. A. P. Browns residence in the village
of Hillsboro, Albemarle, has been purchased
by DR.. W. B. Alexander. of Salem, for
$4,000.
The "Citizcns" ticket in the municipal
election at Alexandria beat the 'Union"
ticket (so-called) on Tuesday, by about 500
majority.
General Joseph E. Wheeler, the famous
Confederate cavalry officer, has taken unto
himself help-meet-Miss Ellen Jones, of
Lawrence county, Alabama. They were
married on the 9Th ult.
Basil Duke, we'll known during the war
as toe confederate of John Morgan, has set
tied down in Cincinnati in general produce
and commission business, with partner of
the same name, under the firm of Duke &
Duke.
George A. Trenholm, late Secretary Of
the Treasury for the Confederate States, has
presented to Bishop Davis. of South Carroll
ma, the handsome property known as the
Orangeburg Female Seminary, for the pur-
pose Of Theological Seminary.
LARGE SALE OF LAND.-Between six and
seven hundred acres of land in Spotsylvania
county was sold last week at from eleven to
twelve dollars per acre. 1t comprises the
estate of Joseph Sanford, Esq, and was
purchased by Pensylyanians.
They tell of an enormous pigeon roost in
Martin County. Indiana. 1t covers terri
tory of ten miles long and two miles wide.
and the trees being literally broken down by
the weight of birds When they take wing
the roar is heard for miles.
When our war began, or little later, ma
ny Americans converted their property into
gold, and sent it to England The amount
of money thus thrown into English business
is variously estimated, the highest figures
being $500, 900, 900, and the lowest $500,
000,0 900;
A terrible case of exposure on the prairie
occurred during the recent cold snap on the
Iowa prairie. A lady lay in snow drift
thirty hours, with the mercury varying from
fourteen to twenty-eight degrees below zero,
and was taken out alive, her feet being badly
frozen, but her prospect for recovery being
good.
SHOE SoLEs-A new material for soling
shoes has made its appearance. 1t is sub
stance of which India rubber is the basis,
but it is heavier, and whilst as solid as iron,
is flexible and elastic 1t is said that one
pair of shoes soled with this article will out
wear four pairs soled with the best English
leather.
In Amherst, where oil is thought to exist,
few days since gentleman owning somo
four Or five hundred acres of land, which
some eight or ten years ago cost hin two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, positively and
absolutely refused an offer of seventy -fve
dollars an acre in specie.
The CHARLESTON South Carolina states that
on the 23d ultimo, three thieves were found
dead behind the counter of Messrs. Pratt
and Wilson, druggists in that city. Itseems
that poison had been put in some food and
placed in convenient position, which the
robcers had eaten of and died.
De learn that about 20, 900 colored troops,
from the Department of Texas, are to arrive
shortly at City Point, and to be paid off and
mustered out of service. 1t is also stated
that number of vessels have already arri-
we'd and active preparations are going on
with view to carrying out the order dis
banding these troops.
A Washington special says that the Pres
ident's peace proclamation is ready, and may
be shortly looked for to make its appearance.
The President in this document, declares the
war as successfully closes, peace restored to
the country, and the Southern States entitled
to representation in the councils of the nation.
A bill has been introduced into the Lou
isinia House of Representatives granting to
G. 7. Beauregard and any other persons
the sole right to excayate and keep free from
distractions the mouth of the Mississippi
River. A depth of water of eighteen feet is
to be constantly preserved on the bar. VAL
liable franchises are granted to the corpora
ton thus formed.
At the Ohio river village of Smith Ferry
a colored man named Orme, with his two
sons, sunk an oil we'll last spring, which
they sold for $4,000 cash, and invested
$4,000 in one of the best farms in the coun.
try. They sunk a second we'll, which prov
ed to be of great value, and sold recently
for $40, 900 cash.
The louisville Journal having published
a paragraph stating that "Mr. and Mrs
Brewer, Of Kentucky, have twenty-five chill
dren," correspondent writes The remem-
brance of the above paragraph in your paper
some time ago induces me to tell YOU of
an old man whom we see coming to knox
vile about once week. We call him
grandpa Davis. He is upward of ninety
years old. His wife has given birth to TWEEN
ty- nine children, twenty eight of whom are
living.
The LARGEST FARM IN TIE WoRLD.-Mi-