Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

A BIG RAILROAD MATTER The Nm :
phis "Appeal'' publishes the annexed rail.
road rumor
at is rumored that negotiations are psn-
ding between Mahoue. Capt Jaques, of the
Southern Security Company, and Gen. Ro-
secrans, now in this city. involving the con
solidatiou of the East Tennessee, Virginia
& Memphis and Chattanooga, and Bristol
and Norfolk and Memphis aud Little Rock
and Little Rock and Fort Smith roads, all
to be put under the management of General
Malone and Captain Jaques, to be extend
ed down the Canadian river to Albuquer-
que, and constitute the central route of the
Southern Pacific Transcontinental road"
Miss Nancy Adams, a member of the
Methodist church, and the oldest citizen Of
Dapvile, Va, died Saturday morning -
She was nearly one hundred years old, and
is said to have cut three distinct sets of
teeth.
The Radicals of Mississippi have nomina.
ted Ak Davis, negro, for Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, aud James Hill, negro, for Secretary
and they will do that in any State where
they once get in power.
The town of San Jose, CAL, was shaken
up by a heavy earthquake Sunday night.
A Newfoundland dog for Gen. Malone,
was brought over by the last steamer at
Norfolk, Va.
j. L. Morrow, the assistant Superinten-
dent of tn e Richmond & Danville Railroad
has resigned
A young lady at the Yellow Sulphur
Springs. while dressing for the dance Fri
day night was severely burnt by the over
turning of a kerosene lamp.
Bean, the jailor Of Waco, Texas, is to
serve four years in the penitentiary, having
been convicted of completely 10 the liberia
ton Of prisoners.
Gen. D. M. Barringer, Of North Carroll.
ma, former u S. Minister to Spain, died at
the White Sui phur Springs, Monday.
There have been three deaths Of cholera
at Wheeling, W Va, and Is at Mllers
burg, KY, this week.
Persons caught in France with pieces of
the castings from the Vendome Column are
sentenced to years imprisonment.
An Auburn IN Y young woman who
lost one of her toes in defective sidewalk,
went to law and got 81 800 for the tiny
member.
Mrs. Samuel Six.shooter Colts income is
six hundred dollars per day, and she can't
spend half of it.
A young lady at Lafayette, Ind, sings
all the popular songs while fast asleep, and
know. nothing about it.
Mr. Delafeld. the brewer, who carried on
the Royal Italian opera in London for two
seasons, lost about 100000 by the enter
prise.
Beau Hickman, the celebrated, died in
hospital at Washington, Tuesday He was
native of King William Co., Va
1t Con. Breckenridge called on Pres-
dent Grant at Long Branch Monday. They
talked over old times and Mexican battle
in which they were togather when Grant
was wounded
The corn crop of Iowa and Illinois does
not average two thirds Of what it was last
year.
VIM Robinson, the aged clerk of the
Confederate Bureau OF Exchange, died in
Richmond, Tuesday
A Madison, Wis, paper says every poor
man in that town has dog, and that every
very poor man owns half dozen of
them.
A Milwaukee woman forger, on being
convicted, applied to one Of the newspapers
for situation as penitentiary correspondent.
Charlottesville, Va. is shipping enormous
quantities of grapes to the northern mar
kets.
Alderman John Nichols has been con-
victea and sentenced to nine months i'm
prisonment, in Philadelphia, for extorting
illegal fees.