Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-05-10

A BULLET IN A MANS HEAD ELEVEN YEARS -
Montgomery county, Va, Confederate soldier,
WAS shot in the head, the bullet entering the
temple, passing through the inner ear and lodg-
ing in the bone called the ''mastoid process, y
back of the ear. Not long afterwards the sol
dier exhibited signs of insanity and has since
been at both Of the Insane Asylums, being now
| at the one here. DR.. Stribling, the Superinten-
dent, determined to have an operation per-
formed end the bullet, if it could be found, ex-
tracted. DIR. A. NJ. Fauntleroy performed it on
Monday last After discovering the locality Of
che ball by the lead mark on a porcelain probe,
| he bored into the bone with a treine and found
it SO firmly imbedded that it was necessary to
chip it cut with chisel, The lead removed
weighed half an ounce. rhe patient did not
take chloroform and exhibited great GOODNESS
and fortitude during the operation. At one
time, while the surgeon was boring into the
bone, the patient exclaimed, Hhold oa," and af-
ter ejecting quantity of AMBER into the fire.
place, coolly laid his head back on the operating
table and informed the operator that he could
ego ahead" The operation was in all respects
successful and the patient is doing WELL
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JEpeEs OF ELEcrIoN The following have
been appoin ted Judges of election in the City
! and County:
STABxroN.- Ward No. III. A. Piper, P. N.
Powell, G. F. Click. Ward No. al. H. Black
ley, All. Taylor, F. NJ. Young. .4 ,...7
BEVERLY MANOR. Sandy Holzow.-J. Wayt
Bell, Alexander Anderson, John N. Opie. Boil
iuar.-A. D. Wren, John A. Hartman, William
H. Bailey. Foley MNs.-John Towberman,
James q, Cochran, Tho mas P. Eskrdge. Peaeo $
MU.-Edwin M. Cushing, Robertus Henderson,
William W, Peace. Hebron rch.-Jacob
Baylor, William W Taylor, Henry Edison.
PASTURES. -Bufalo Gap.-John Christian,
William NJ. Tate, William Hoover. Church.
viNe.-Dr. Joseph Wilson, l.. Waddell, John
Smith. Deerfezd. Craig, John M.
Irvine, Harvey Harris. Craigsuille. William
Armstrong, William Kunkle, John B. McCutch-
en-. Lebanon Springs. William H. Greiner,
James Cross, Nicholas Ryan. at
NoarH RIvER.-M. Sogon.-D. Newton Van
Lear, DR.. James T. Clark, Waller Oder. San
gersuiHe.-N. L. Blakemore, Henry Phillips,
John H. Kerlin. Parma ssus -Chesley Kinney,
Martin Whitmore, Ira P. Huffman. Spring
HW.-William q. Gamble, DR.. A. G L. Van
Lear, J. W. Yates. CsntreuiNe. -Cyrus Brun,
John G. Fulton, Senr., Joseph H. Craun.
MIDDLE River -Nee Hops.-Thornton q.
Stout, John G. Barger, David Myers. Mt. Sid
ney-Thomas Burke, Thomas P Wilson, Eras-
mus L. Houff. Mt. Meridian.-Silas H Walker
Joseph D. Craig, Thomas F. Hoy. Verona. =
William d. Anderson, William F. Meorman,
Samuel Cline. Bed AiUs.-Gideon Barnhart,
John Firebaugh, Hugh G. McCausland.
R1vERHEADs.- GreenviNe.-C. G. Merritt, A.
M. Hawpe, John Slor. Middle5rook. R.
A. McChesHey, William R. Dunlap Henry Msh.
Mdpay. -Jamison D. McGuftin, George W. Nc
Clure, John A. Spencer New Port james F.
Hite, A. S. Turk, William S. Steele
SOUTH RIVER Way,,es5oro-Joel S. Wallace,
George A. Bruce Robert Terrell, FshersOi0e-
Philip schmucker, David S Bell, zachariah F
Calhreath. sheraado Clinton Hail, James M.
Lewis, David J. Hyden. BarterJpoak. lillian
B. Patterson, Dr.. J. NJ. Watson, James Nee
Hall.
George 4. Bruce, William NJ. Tate, Nathan
L. Blakemore, John a. Hartman and John A.
Spencer are appointed Commissioners to canvass
vote at County Court Clerks Office, on second
day after election. e.-
PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO ATrEND.-Sec. ~
provides that any Judge, Clerk or Commissioner
of Election, who shall fail to attend at the time
and place appointed for such election, without
good and sufficient reason, shall forfeit $50.