Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-07
THE CHAT OF THE WEEK.

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Greeley, leaves no doubt of his insanity be
fore he died. Mr. Alvin johnson, hi
friend, at whose house Mrs Greeley died
} testifes that he was first surprised at Mr.
Greeley's conduct while chopping wood a
Chappaqua: while up ina tree, trimming
it, he shouted emo" several times, and a
another time, out in the barn, he said
sMother, (meaniug his wife) is going to die
and want to take her to your house" Mr.
johnson suggested want of accommodation
when Mr. Greeley grabbed him and said
"Mother's dying, and you are going to let
me go to your house to die !" After her
death he alluded frequently to the fact that
he was ruined and bad ruined his friends,
and wanted Mr.. johnson to take charge OF
his property. Mr.. johnson found him in
his rooms packing his trunks, and asked
J where he vas going. He said, Il am 60
ing to leave" because you don't want me,
but do not want to leave until am taken
to Greenwood cemetery" Mr.. johnson
says on another occasion she said he want
ed me to tell everybody that he wasn't a
democrat, never was democrat, had moth
ing to do with the democratic party, but
that he was utterly ruined and had ruined
verybody with whom he had ever had any
| thug to do at another time he wanted to
know if 1 was going to stand by him ; I said {,
''Most assurediy; what do you mean p He
said he'd got to 60 to the penitentiary.
seid, "What do you mean, Mr.. Greeley p
He said, 81 shall have to go to the peniten-
tiary unless you stand by me" I said.
"What do you mean ?" He said, Il have
broken open mothers will"
GATHERING STAMPS. The Swiss Times
of the 7th instant says that some time ago
two youths of Berne add dressed letter to
President Grant asking him to aid them in
gathering collection of American postage
stamps. A few days ago the said youths
unexpectedly received through the Ameri-
can envoy at Berne fine assortment of
United States stamps, accompanied by let
ter. in which the President said that bis
many duties had prevented him undertaking
the collection himself, and that therefore his
youngest son had taken the matter in hand
A GREAT DEAL OF SAMENEss. james H.
Stuart and Eliza J. Hudson, of Sussex
county, Del, were married on the 18th in
slant. Both the bride and groom were born
on the same day of the same month of
the same year both on the same evening
at the same altar professed religion; and
both oa the same day joined the same
church. And to complete the phenomena,
they were married on the anniversary of
their birthday.
A Coop LAVA bill which seems
deserving of favorable consideration is
that introduced by Mr.. Blumenthal in
the New York Assembly making it a
misdemeanor, punishable by 6ue of $50,
to point fire-srm, whether loaded or not,
at human being, and making the penalty
for discharging it, without inteat to injure,
fine OF 500, or years Imprisonment
Mr.. Edward Mall, NJ. P, of England,
has always during his legislative career ad-
vocated religious equality. His friends are
about to present him with 100000, to
mark their appreciation of his earnestness
and consistent course.
Representative King, of Missouri, pro-
poses to introduce in Congress at an early
day bill to compel railroads to equip their
passenger trains with power brake, which
will place them completely under the con.
troll of the engineer.
For throwing orange peel at the ballet
girls during the performance of the panto-
mime at the Surry (Eng) Theatre, two
young gentlemen who had been dining
out have been fined fifty dollars apiece.
The legislature Of Ohio has lately passed
law which makes seller Of low test oils
responsible for damage done to person or
property by its use. This will drive such
oils out Of market if the law is enforced.
West Virginians complain that the do not
know where to address letters to their Gov.
ernor, the capital is go migratory, and in
formation of the change travels so slowly in
the absence of telegraph and railroads.
The Philadelphians are grumbling over
their 81 Is tag rate. Some of the manu-
facturers are trying to escape this heavy
burden by moving their establishments to
Delaware.
The St. Louis Democrat says that the
actual cost of e aewing machine that retails
for $50 will not exceed S8-the rest goes
to pay for patents and close corporations 2"
During the Governor General of India s
recent official tour, a military band Of 800
native musicians performed Kelar Belar's
march, "The Alpine Hunter"
A contest between five pancake-eaters
took place at Newton, N. j., recently. The
successful competitor devoured sixty.eight,
and his nearest rival sixty.
A Woburn Mass woman has called at
the post Office twice day for the last II
years for letter that does not come.
A Portland clergyman was lately seized
with the small pox in the midst of a ''socia
ble'' at his own house.
Davenport, Iowa, has a thousand els.
terms that are as dry as an oven.
Street railroads are being rapidly con-
struoted in Calcutta.
Mrs. sickles, the young Spanish wife Of
our Minister in Madrid, has presented her
husband with SON.
There are seventy thousand one hundred
aud seventy-eight miles of railroad in the
/ United States
From present Indications February and
March will be good unusually good months
for hanging.
All the gamblers in Salt Lake city have
been arrested ard fined one hundred dollars