Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-05-14
Valley News.


R. A Gray, Clerk of the County Court
has been appointed President of the Board
Of Registration for Rockingham County
The Register speaks of this as . most excel
lent appointment.
The Warren Sentinel, at Front Royal,
says that johnson Lake, Of Warren county,
has with only five dogs, since january last,
caught sc red and 3 gray foxes within a
space of five miles square. On the 9th ult..
he caught seven.
We publish under our death notice, the
death of Mrs. Christiana Hottie, who died
on the I'd inst, in the 93rd year of her age,
being the mother Of 10 children, 81 grand
children, 118 great grandchildren, and 8
great-great-grand-children She vas born
in revolutionary times, in the year. 1776.-
Shenandoah Herald. tn
AccIDENT.-On Monday morning last,
Mr.. Dolphin Drew, employed in Mcknight
&Co's Sash and Blind Factory. met with a.
painful, though not serious, accident. He
was engaged at work at the large saw when,
he slipped and fell, stretching out his hand
in order to break the fall, it came in contact
with the saw, causing two of the fingers. to
be severely laccrated.-Spirtt. M
Our MAILs.-By the present running of
the train on the Manassas Railroad, E do
not receive our Alexandra, Baltimore,
Washington and other northern mails as ear
lyby eleven hours, as if it was sent by way
of Gordonsyille and Staunton and by stage
to this place by Trottcr's Stage line.
We would call the attention of the Post
Master General to this fact, and hope he WILL
promptly issue instructions to the proper
parties to send the Harrisonburg mail by
way of Staunton.-W Commonwealth.
ATTEMPT TO RoB.-One day last week,
Mi. VIM. II. Moore, who carries on the
butchering business in this town, in conncc-
ton with Mr.. Geo. w. Young, found it
necessary to go to the upper part of Clarke
County for stock. Returning with his wac-
On, on the road between Wildwood and Ber-
ryville, he was accosted sby a negro armed
with a club, who demanded his money!
Moore told him that he had none. when the
negro struck at him with the club, but for
%tunately the blow was lodged, and the mus
Gle and courage of Mr.. NJ. brought into
requisition. Being a man of great power
physically. he succeeded in overcoming his
assailant, and after pounding him to his sat
isfaction, left him lying iii the road.-Spiyit
Of Jefferson. 6
One Boyd, formerly a Colonel of the 21st
Pennsylvania cavalry, has been appointed
sheriff of Fauquier county, and was in town
last week seeking bondsmen, but failed
Boyd's reputation about these parts was
none Of the best during the war. He had
the "Kleptomania" on the horse question.
and it is said appropriated some Of the best
steeds in the Shenandoah Valley to his own
uses. A good story is told on Boyd as hay
ing occurred in the neighboring county of
Warren a few days since. By mistake, we
presume, he stopped at the house of a gen
tleman from whose stable he had stolen a
Of fine horses during the war. He
was ushered into tho dining-room, and found
tho family seated around the table. He
represented himself as having been comman-
der Of the LIST New York, cavalry, but a lit
tie son Of Mr.. RS. turning to his mother
said That's old Boyd. who stole all our
horses r. The Identification was too COM
plete for the gallant % Colonel, and he found
It convenientto leave soon after dinner
He is a sweet-scented youth, and will make
a Jolly sheriff for the noble old county of
Fauquief.- Winchester Times.