Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18
MEMS ITEMS.


General w. j. Hardee is now living at
Macon Station, Marengo county, Alabama.
Minnesota will export this season ten mil
lion bushels of wheat Two years ago she
raised none whatever.
It is stated that the Government will lose, |
by the failure of the Merchants National /
Bank of Washington, some $500, 900
: The latest style in New York is different
colored stockings. The effect when the skirt
is tilted, is said to be 6 very funny"
Among the jurymen of the Rhode Island
Supreme Court, empannelled on Monday,
was Reconstructed negro.
Raw mutton or beef, given in conjunction 1
with diluted alcohol, in small doses, is now
used in the treatment Of consumption in
France. 49, rs ,s. ss.eo
- A church and schoolhouse in Henry coun-
ty, Indiana, have been burned by incendia-
ries because negro preacher lately held
forth in them by invitation.
Ex-President Pierce was confirmed mem
Der of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, by
Bishop Chase, at Concord, New Hampshire,
on Sunday.
A colored man at Cincinnati sued the Judge
at an election for refusing his vote He
claimed ten thousand dollars damages, and
the jury gave him one cent.
u GeiIgpFw Fae W ATS GoBss, v The bark
the parts will remove all corns or excresen-
ces on any part of the body .-ErcAange.
James Dun, an extensive horse and mule
dealer in St. Louis, died recently of CHAMBERS,
having contracted the disease from two mules
he had in his possession which had the dis
ease.
Twenty thousand Poles want to emigrate
to this country, and efforts are being made
to settle them in Virginia. They are tired
Of Muscovite rule. They will get freedom
in Virginia with a vengeance.
Mr.. Greed Taylor was shot on the 9Th inst.
at Christiansburg, by his cousin Charles
Bowyer. Taylor complained to the latter of
being slandered by him, when Bowyer shot
him in the groin, wounding him very dan
gerously. Bowyer was arrested and COM
mitted to prison
The Texas WHEAT CRop. crops
throughout the wheat region of Texas are rep
resented as promising beyond those of any
past season at this period. Wheat will, it is
thought, not bring fifty cents per bushel.-
y for the railroads. Galveston Civilian.
21st ultimo.
CROPS IN THE VALLEY.--A month ago it
was dlsheartening to look at the wheat crop
OF TINS section but the late refreshing rains
and genial sunshine have so much improved
it IN appearance that but little COMPLAINT is
now heard. Cereals of all kinds are present.
ing healthy appearance -Clark Journal.
Mrs: Jefferson Davis had engaged as her
cook the former cook of General Butler.
When she learned of his once having held
thus position, she told him he had been in
bad company, hut she hoped to make a good
man and a good cook Of him notwithstand-
ing.
Rev. John Ross, negro school teacher,
VINO came to Appomattox county about
year ago, and claimed to have been a chs;.;;-
lain IN Sheridan's corps, stole a horse from
another negro and ran off. He was arrest
ed the other day at Campbell Courthouse
whilst teaching school. He managed, how,
ever, to escape from the officer.
Andrew Broadpan, Wisconsin patriot.
went to the war, 4 brought home. among 9th.
er plumber Gas we learn from the La Crosse
Denocrat, young negro. After keeping
the darkey at mental labor for some months,
the model Republican who had brought him
out of bondage into freedom, sold him to
fellow Republican for dog actually swap |
ped him off for dog. 4
WHAT CAN EE DoSE. The editor of the
Sait Lake Telegraph says that on two and
halt acres, Brigham Young, raised last wear
100 bushels Of peaches, 400 bushels Of an
pies, ~ bushels of plums, 25 bushels Of
strawberries, 2 bushels of pears, Is pounds
OF cherries. $50 pounds of grapes, and goose
berries, raspberries and currants in multitude
ninnies. f
GoLD OF THE RICHMOND BAxKs.-We re-
greet to read in the New York Times. which
generally speaks by authority, that the Gov
eminent has finally determined to hold the
gold claimed by the Richmond banks. The
Times adds: The proofs seem to establish
clearly that the gold belonged to the so-called |
Southern Confederacy, and was On deposit
with the banks e,h,ac+ n ~. I-.c. "a -