Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-04-15
Valley News.


s ESCAPED. Nichols, the United States
revenue man who skedadlcd from this place
between two days, it will be recollected,
was arrested short time ago in Alexan-
drla; he was confined in Richmond but
succeeded in making his escape one day last
week. Clarke Courier.
ANOTHER FATAL Acc1DENr.-We learn
that on Wednesday morning last, Mr.. VIM.
| Crookshanks. aged upwards Of sixty years,
who lived on Spring Creek, in this county.
was Instantly killed in his stable by kick
| from his orse.-Greenbrier Independent.
WHEAT.-.'The wheat fields present a
eheerless appearance, being almost bare. =
Clarke correspondence Richmond Dispatch.
''Our information in regard to the wheat
prospect in Clarke. derived from several in
telllgent farmers, differs materially from the
conclusion of the writer quoted above. =
Winchester times
The conclusion Of the writer quoted
above is nevertheless, correct Clarke
| Courier.
DREADFUL DISASTER We learn from q
gentleman direct from Uppcrvilie, that Mr..
Williams, who lived about mile from Up
perville, left there about night, of the Both
ult., on horseback for home, and on the way
was thrown from his horse and dragged by
his foot in the stirrup some four or five
hundred yards; his clothing was literally
torn from his body and his brains knocked
out and scattered on the rocks in the road.
No one was with him, but traces of his fall
and the signs on the road of his having been
dragged to the place where he was fonnd,
were so manifest that the authorities did not
consider an inquest necessary. - Warren
Sentinel.
HOWARD Grove ASYLUM Our friend
and coutryman, DIR. T. VAN l.. Davis, is an
applicant for the position of Superintendent
of the new Howard Grove Asylum at Rich
mond. We hope that this new Institution
may have the good fortune % start under
such management as the appointment of
Dr.. Davis will guarantee DR. Davis was,
for many years, assistant physician in the
Western Lunatic Asylum, at Stanton,
and has ian experience in the treatment of
the insane that very few possess. He has
secured the highest possible endorsement
from Mr.. Niche and his associates Of the
Board of Directors of the Staunton Asylum.
| Rockingham Register.
We endorse all that has been said by our
cotemporary of the fitness of Dir. D. for the
position and could add the testimonials of
many besides,
PROMPT PAYMENT --The Southern hIu-
tual Insurance Company at Richmond has
promptly settled with Capt. A. c. Lincoln,
and paid him the full amount of his insur-
ance policy Of s2,5(o, without any abate-
ment. The energetic and intelligent Gen.
eral Agent of the Company Dr. II. G.
Davidson, accompanied by DIR. S. N. Dold,
local agent at Harrisonburg, visited Lacy
Springs on Thursday last; made an exami-
nation Of the loss sustained by Capt L. on
his stock Of goods. and arranged for the I'M
mediate settlement of his loss Our people
who are not insured can rely up,n prompt
adjustment of their losses by this reliable
Southern Company Rockingham RICHTER.
This company is one Of the most response
Bile and prompt in existence, and in addition
is purely Southern company and has net
with unparalleled success.
See advertisement elsewhere aud call on
the agents and ensure in it,