Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-08-08

Nor TO OUR CREDIT ---George Alfred
Townsend, IL d letter TO the Chicago 'Irl-
ouue, says IT tho students at tie Uui-
verslty o Virginia had Tie spirit Of North
ern boys, they would laarch sowe Saturday
with picks aad spades up to the side OF
Monticello and do u iltte wholesome gar
deDing around Jetfersou's grave"
AT "a tournament at Llnvile, Rocking
ham county, Va, last week, hiss EnAa s.
Rlueheart was crowned Queen OF Love aud
Beauty by Joseph Kratzer, the victor.
W. p Duprey, OF Farmvllle, Va, LOST
a child last week by giving 1t morp hiue for
qulnne.
Chief Of Police Kelly, OF Harrisonburg
Va, was tirea at while attempting to dis
perse crowd OF dlsorderiy negroes, the
ball lohicting flesh wound Charles
! Campbell, a bystander.
A cvlored aborer lighted his pipe near
the Military Institute gas works, at Lex
| lngton, Va, exploiting the gasometer
which, with several tons OF metal, was
thrown up 80 teet. The mau was not
hurt
A dispatch iroE. Salt Lake says that
Brig CHAM Young seems undistarbed by the
application for divorce on the part Of one of
bis wives.
Rev. DR.. Hoge, Of Richmond, is to be
associated with Rev. Charles F Beems. D
d IN tbs cdltorsip of the Curl tai n
Age" The hrst numovr Of which appeared
in Nea York on Tuesday
The three young ladies drowned at New
Market, New Hsmp>h hire, Wednesday,
we're Mile Moulson, Abbie Garland, and
Jennie Buruiam T@eoty-f ur persons
belonging to he picnic party were - The
boat when it capslzsL.
A Georgia gentleman has recovered Sl0,-
600 for staying i'll Jail teu weeks. He can
afford to GO agaia.
San Antonio has meat extract company
which congresses twenty eight pounds Of
bee into one pouud Of extract.
Wasb-tub baths have become general in
Red Wing since twenty six of the boys were
fined $l.25 apiece Tor bathing in the
river
Five youag ladies contested in the New
York swimming match for pair of gold
bracelets and some coral gold EARRINGS
John W. Brockenbrou h, LII D., pro-
poses 10 ,esume the duties Of his law school
at Lexlo: az, the. 18th day Of October
,xt, rpnu tn same ;,aSis as before the
war.
The vi 6 Il Senator Schurs is mentioned
IS basin l.t=iy Inherited S17O, 900 from
her uncle, now dead in Hamburg
II Butler should become Governor Of
Massachusetts, aud his son-in law. Ames,
Governor of Mississippi, two States at least
will be fixed for the Presidential success
sion
Antoine Ravel, of the famous 'Ravel
family 50 popula~ in America some tsen-
ty years ago died at Tedious recently.
Robert Carter, prominent citizen of
Pl,tsylvania County, VI dropped dead,
lat eek, Immediately after exhortiug at
a protraetsd meeting.
Bishop White. confirmed at Upion, W
Va on the Both inst,nt.
Roh'rt Duly, o. Upshro county, W
Va. aged 80 years. who recently married
youug wife, hupg himself in his stable
George M Dall@s colored. Of Washing.
ton. is suing the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad for S. 900 for election from
the cars on the Fourh of July
Il is sDia that thrEe ara aout 100 wag-
onS aud teams hsuiog copper ore from the
mi es in Ashe county, North Carolina to
Marion. Va ut 81 per hundred. The dis
rarce is As miles
W Rice Burnley qualified last week as
sheriff of Albemarle county and entered at
once upon his duties. These had been dis
chargea for several months by Andrew j
Brown the coroner Of the county.
A telegram from Columbus. Ohio, states
that Horace D. Via, alias Shiaett, indicted
in Albemarle for the murder of Lindsay
Shifett, last winter, is impris oned in that
city, and held subject to the requisition of
Governor Walker.
Owing TO the number Of clerks who OBJ
tain their leave of absence during the sum-
mer months, some of the Departments in
Washington are only using one-half of their
regular force