Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-08-15
DEATH OF A MINISTER John W

DEATH OF A MINISTER. Key. John w.
Jones, nephew OF the late Commodore Ap
Catesby Jones, born aul! raised in Loudoun
cou4ty, Va aud !i>5ngui bed preacher
ia he Baptist church, died suddenly iu Cen
trevlle, Pennsylvania. last week.
In Campbell county, Va, last week, a
man named More deliberately murdered
negro man named VIM Scott, for throwing
rock at his sen, in return for one thrown
by him. The papers that publish this say
"a prominent Lynchourg lawyer has been
engaged to defend him.
A number of Israelite citizens of Chicago
have ADDRESSED petition to Mayor Medill
asking protection from disturbance of their
Sabbath, by prohibiting the carrying on
trade in the vicinity Of their places of wor
ship. No action has yet been taken on the
petition.
The Carolina Life Insurance Company, of
which ex-President Davis is President, of
Memphis, has effected an arrangement by
which their entire business has been trans
ferred to the Sor hem Life Insurance Com
pany, the latter insuring all outstanding
risks of the former.
Mrs. Charles S. Stratton, the wife of
General Tom Thumb was seriously injured
at Der home in marlborough, Mass, on
Thursday, BY falling upon the stairs and
wounding her spine and head
j. H. Dixon, the body servant of the
late Covington, KY postmaster, Jesse R.
Grant, is the candidate brought out by the
republicans in the first district Of that city,
to beat Hon. C G Scales for the Legisla.
ture. a ..
The Rockingham, Va, County School
Board have appointed Andrew Wallace to
a students place in the State Agricultural
College.
Mrs. Hackworth, the unfortunate woman
who attempted to drown herself in the river,
near Mothers store, in Rockbridgc coun-
ty, few weeks ago, has been sent to the
Asylum for the Insane, at Stanton.
The London STANDARD states that the
late Dean of Winchester, who had well
nigh reached one hundred years OF age, died
at last Through taking medicine too strong
for him."
Lexington, Va, Presbytery meets at Old
Oxford, in Rockbridge, Septic mber 30.
It is said that more women are arrested
in San Francisco than in any other city in
the Union.
= A man in Galesburg, Illinois, has been
fined three dollars for publicly spanking his
daughter"
A new use for petroleum is for cleaning
guns, which it effectually protects from
rust.
John Hartman, aged 81 years, died in
Rockingham county, Va, last week.
Michael A. Ker, aged SO. and Elizabeth
Snider his sister aged 81, died the same day
in Smythe county Va, last week.
Gen. Hardee, Gen. B eauregard and Com
mander Semmes are all at the Montgomery
White Sulphur Springs, Va, and the first
named is quite ILL.,
Rev. DR.. Rosser is preaching at a camp
meeting near Winchester, Va.
Geo W. Cass, brother of Gen. Lewis
Cass, died at Detroit Mich, last week, aged
So.
Gen. Kirby Smith was visiting in Nash
Vile Tenn, last week
James Triton, the successful knight,
crowned Miss Emma Keyser, of Bolivar, at
the tournament in Jefferson Co., W. Va,
last week.
The Supreme Court of Appeals, of West vir-
ginia, is in session at Charlestown, Justice A. F.
Raymond presiding.
A. G.. Allen, well known az writer on
National Inteligencer and Better known as
"Aga" of the Baltimor Sun" died Sun
day.
Mrs Van Colt recently preached five ser
mons in one day at GAINESVILLE, Wis. That
shows. what letting woman loose in pull
pit will do.
R. T. Dunn, Deputy u. S. Marshall was
assassinated at his room at Corinth Miss. on