Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-12-13
Personal Bishop Johns who left here

PERsoNAL.-Bishop Johns who left her
Monday morning went straight through tt
Baltimore, in order to be in attendance at 'h'
bedside of the sister-in-law Of Judge II. W
Shelley, who was thought to be dying :
Judge Shelley himself also went to Bal';-
more, but has returned finding her recover
ing.
Mr.. Robt. W. Bickle, President of thu
City Council has returned from Richmond
Rev. Jno. D. Paris Of this county ha'
been placed at the head of Theological
school in the Sandwich Islands where be has
lived for 80 years. He is near relation
Of Mr. Jno. Paris, Clerk of the Court O.
Appeals.
Capt. L. L. Stevenson the veteran Free
Mason and Messrs. R. W. Burke and How
ard Wayt have gone to Richmond to at
tend the meeting of the Grand Lodge.
Gen Johu Echols, President OF the
Louisville, Cincinnati Il Lexington r 4
arrived here on Tuesday last. He returns
to Louisville, his headquarters for business
on Monday next. The West Va. Register
says the salary attached to the office is
$1,000 per annum and travelling expenses
which we take it is enough to get cigars
with even for Graut
MISCELLANEOUS Among the losses by the cpl.
xootic were a fine gray, one Of the arriage team
at sthe w. l.. Asylum, and Jack worth $500,
owned by Messrs. c. W. Blair and Daniel
Smith.
A defective fiue at the American Hotel Tues
day, set FIRE to some of the wood work Of the
steps. There was no damage to anybody except
an excitabe boarder who rushed up to his room
after the thing was over, and bore cravat and
hair brush into the street. where he stood guard
over Them until assured that there was no dam
ger,
The public schools of Staunton and the coun-
ty will suspend operations from Christmas until
New Years day inclusive--six days holiday.
he ladies Of the Methodist church, at Fishers
vile, are to hold a fair and festival there on
Thursday and Friday, the 10th aud Goth inst.
They have made every preparation to make it
worth visiting
The Mechanics Union holds a meeting on
Monday evening next the 10th inst, at Fire
mems Hall.
The ladies of the Lutheran church here hold a
fair commencing Dec. 10Th and ending Monday,
to help pay the debt on the parsonage.
80 p 49,
A LIFE INSURANCE BANK.-Tbe Pied
mont & Arlington Life Insurance Company
seems to be Saving Bank establishment
for the Valley of Virginia. They have
paid in cash 100000 for losses in this
Valley alone. In the last IL months their
agents, Messrs. Berkeley & Fountaine, have
paid out $l2, 500 in cash for losses in Au
gusta county alone, and it is but few days
since the same agents paid Mrs. Templeton,
of this place, $4,000 on a policy. OF the
system Of which these agents, of whom we
happen to know most, conduct their bust
ness too much good cannot be said. They
are in all things prompt and in some cases
more than prompt. 1t is not long since that
death left widow in very destitute circum-
stances, and she applied 10 those agents for
aid, policy in their company ON her hus-
bands life for $40, 900 having been taken
out. Without waiting they advanced her a
plentiful supply of money for present neces-
sites. and hastened the settlement Of the
loss. No wonder, with such generous man
agement as this, that tho agents have been
successful and the company popular.
RELIGIOUS INTHLLIGRNcE. AT Trinity Episcopal
Church on Sunday last, Ri. Rev. Bishop Johns.
of Va, confirmed 81 persons. Tho Bishop
preached from Peter, LIST chap. 9Th verse, and the
ceremony Of the laying on of hands was most
impressive one.
Rev. John F. Baker, brother Of the pastor,
preached at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning and night. The election of six ruling
eldersof this church takes place on next Sunday
week.
Rev. Geo. B. Taylor, of the Baptist church,
will commence on Sunday morning next series
of sermons relative to the history of that de-
nomination. They will be chiefly interesting to
Baptists, but the historical facts, treated as Mr.
Taylor can treat them, will interest every one.
On Sunday last, IN the creek near the resi-
R., Rev. W. Simpson, Of the colored Baptist
church, baptized males and females.
The rite Of confirmation will be administered
at the Lutheran church on tha first Sunday in
January.
At the Baptist church on Sunday night last,
there were four additions by immersion.
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FATAL RESULT OF HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Henry swartz, the little boy aged IL, sen
of widow Swartz, who was fatally crushed
on Thursday by falling frem freight train
at Millboro', died on Sunday last Of bis in :
juries. He fell OF the track with legs
crossed and the ponderous iron wheels passed
over them at the knee grinding ore to shreds
and tearing the flesh from the other. DR.
A.. NJ. Fsuntleroy went to MILFORD
and performed an amputation of one leg
~orv f,iut bnn. &c H. L..1.