Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-07-16


All our Valley Exchanges report large
yield Of wheat
We are glad to learn that Judge Brock
enbrough, who has been suffering under a
partial sun-stroke is recovering .-Lening-
ton Gazette.
The Rockingham Register notices the re-
moyal of Robt A. Gray from the Clerlship
of Rockingham County and attributes it to
his earnest opposition to Gov. Wells.
SAD AcoIDENT.-We regret to learn that
Mr. Henry Crabill, living near Mt. Clifton,
in the upper portion of this county, fell off q
load of hay, ole day last week, and broke
both his legs, and otherwise injured hims IF.
Surgical attention was procured, and we
understand, is doing as well as can be ex-
pected -.Shenanloah Herald.
Acc1DENr.-Georgc Tabb, colored, on
Saturday morning last, in attempting to
cross the railroad at Engle's-two miles
West of town-was knocked from the track
by the locomotive fender, and severely,
though not fatally, injured. 1t was mar
velous escape from death. No blame at
tached to the engineer-the train moving
on time and at usual speed CAarlestoaen
Free Press.
DEAD HEADs.-Iti is an extraordinary fact
in this world that every man or woman that
wants something done for nothing goes
straightway to the publisher ola newspaper.
He is the free bridge over which merit and
demerit proposes to pass the stream Of troub-
lie. He is the free horse that every man
proposes to ride into the green pastures Of
prosperity Charzestown Free Press.
Rev j. L. NJ Curry, of Richmond Col
lege, one of the most eloquent ministers of
the Baptist Church, will lecture in Luray on
Saturday evening, the 18th of July. Sub
ject- Education. Our people should not
miss this opportunity of hearing him. He
will also lecture in Front Royal on the 10th
and in Little Washington, Rappahannock
county, on Tuesday evening, the 20th.-
Page Valley Courier.
The Lexington Hotel was not sold on the
LIST inst, as advertised, because of the ILL
ness of both Commissioners 1t will be seen
in our advertising columns that the sale has
been postponed until the 3Oth of the present
month.
COL NJ G. Hartman & Co. have rented
the Hotel and promise to make it comforta-
bic and attractive to visitors to our town.
We hope they will do all they promise, and
that their patronage will remunerate them
for doing it. -Lerington Gazette.
DEATH OF AN OLD C1rIzEN.-We are
panied to record the death of one of our oldest
fellow citizens, perhaps ''the Oldest inhabi-
tant" of the town. Mr. PETER HENEBERGER
died at his residence in Harrisonburg on
Wednesday of last week, in the 05th year
of his age. His health and strength had
been gradually declining for some weeks
past until ''the golden bowl was broken y
and il
'sThe weary wheels oflife stood still at last'
Rockingham Register.
PAID FOR HIS FoLLy-A young man
named Joseph Wagner, living in Charles
ton, West Virginia, protested to have the
power of charming snakes Last Thursday
having captured u rattlesnake, he was giving
some friends an exhibition Of this power
After fondling the snake for a time in his
arms, he threw it Oh the ground, and switch
ed it until it writhed with rage. He then
took the reptile up in his arms again, and
saying, ''are you mad kiss me and make
up" he put its head iu his mouth. The
snake bit his tongue, and he died in about
an hour afterward In fifteen minutes aftel
being bitten, his skin assumed the spotted
color of the snake. = Spirit Of Jefferson.
3. AN INGENIOUS INVENTION. A piece o
mechanism for transferring railroad cars
from one track to another without necessita
ting the running of the car several hundred
feet backward or forward, as the case may
be, and without the use of switches, has beer
patented within the last few days The
practical advantages of it are a saving o
depot room and Of time, and railroad mel
say that it possesses some intrinsic merit.
Religious Notice.