Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-08-14


lives and friends in this city of the deceas-
ed poet would prefer that any monumenG
erected over his grave, should be that, anu
that only, proposed by the teachers ana
public school officials and other admirers
of Poe's genius in this city, and for which
Il considerable sum has been for some time
in the hands of the proper committee.
Victoria Woodruff and her sister Tennie
G. Clafin, whose names have figured so
conspicuousiy in the Beecher-Tllton affair,
were arrested Saturday i'll New OK, just
as they were about to depart for Europe
The plaintiff in the case is Achsah M.
Truman, who alleges that in 1871, when
Woodruff and Clatlin were doing business
as brokers, she deposited with them at IN
sterest, for investment, $400, and that she
has never been able to recover either pflll-
cipal OF interest. The prisoners gave yer-
bal bond, but subsequently slipped eff on
the steamer Lafayette.
Sunday the prisoners confined in the
Pittsylvania county jail made desperate
assault upon the Jailor, Carter Collie, and
four of them, including Joseph Clark, the
murderer, succeeded in effec ting their es-
cape Clark headed the attack and after
desperate struggle choked the jailor and
threw him down the steps. AS soon as
the alarm was given the citizens gave
chase but only succeeded i'll recapturlng
| an alleged forger, named William Smith.
Under the caption of Mercantile Fail
! ures the New York 'sTribune" says
| s'There were several reports of mercantile
| failures Wednesday, but the names i'll sew
eral instances were not obtainable. The
most important one was that of Sutton 4
| &C., publishers of the ''Aldine," Il journal
at No 5S Maiden Lane. The firm will
give no information that concerns the pub
| lie, but it is understood that they owe
$1S0,000.
Anegro named Bill Morley was hung Fri
day night, seven miles from Jonesboro',
| Tenn, by negroes, for raping a white girl
( thirteen years old. The outrage was perpe-
| trated on the I'd. instant, and after the con-
summation of the terrible act he cut her
| throat from ear to ear. Her body was found
| in the woods on the 9Th. The negro was de-
tected by his wearing the girls carriers on
| his arms.
The commission of Military and Civil
Engineers appointed by the President to
determine on some plan for the improve
ment of the mouth of the Mississippi
river, have decided to visit some OF the
European rivers where important works
have been constructed, for the purpose of
|
mitted to them all the practical knowledge
to be obtained.
Counterfeits of the new fifty and ten
cent stamps are now in circulation. The
counterfeit of either note is hardly calcu
lated to deceive persons who handle much
money. The paper is poor and the green
color is paler than the genuine, and the en-
| craving very clumsily executed. Alto
gether the counterfeit is easily detected be-
cause Of numerous imperfections.
Gen. Rogers, the Second Auditor has re-
ceived from J. d. Brewer, of Lycoming
county, Pa, two plans or patterns for fish
ladders, such as the last General Assembly
certain of the rivers Of the Commonwealth
whose course has been INSTRUCTED by falls
the object being to facilitate the passage O.
fish up stream.
The New York ''Herald' gives wha
purports to be an interview of one of it
correspondents with Don Carlos, at Ellori
Spain. The Don favors abolition Of SLAYER
in Cuba, and amnesty 10 the lnSurgent
there, with promise of such Il govern
| ment as will protect the material interests
| Of the island.
| The Italian barque Suez has just arrived
in Baltimore, having amongaher cargo sew
| enteen eases of plaster casts, being MAIN
| ly copies of the Antique groups of the
| Vaticans and Louvre. They were executed
| by well known Italian and are intended
| for the Corcoran Art Gallery at Washing
| ton.
Mrs Sarah Epps Cabell, relict of the
late Gen. B. w. S. Cabell, died in DAN
vile on the 5:h instant, aged IS years.
She was a lady Of rare intellect and varied
accomplishments, and a member of one of
the most prominent and highly esteemed
families in the State.
William P. Harris, of Missouri, ha S been
elected president, William r. Abbott, of
Virginia, secretary, and A. R. Marble, of
Massachusetts, treasurer, of the National
Educational Convention which met in De-
troit, Michigan, last week.
In Saxony fellow is required to court
| his girl by daylight, the old woman sitting
between them; and she allows no wink
ing or nodding. Sitting down upon a
buzz-saw can be rendered pleasant in COM
parlSOn.
The Democratic Convention of Pennsyl-
vania, will meet at Pottsville on the Goth.
Ex-Governor Bullock, of Massachusetts,,
refuses the Republican nomination for
Congress in MI. Hoar's district.
Mr. G. L. Rowan, of Craig, killed on
Little Rocky Mountain, in that county,
one day last week, three bears. Four dogs
were killed in the fight, and he was con-
siderably hurt himself.
New Y ork, determined not to be out
done by Boston, has a ten-year-old boy
murderer. His name is Kelley, and the
boy whose head he busted open with a
rock. is named King.
1t seems that the solitary Radical from
North Carolina destined to take seat in
the next Congress is Hyman, a man of
color, who succeeds MI Thomas, white
Radical.
Recently in Kansas, man was treated
to an aerial suspension by the neck, and
perforated with twenty-one bullet holes.-
The man that stole the horse lived next
door and made his escape.
The Right Rev. DR.. Whittle, Assistant
Bishop of Virginia, will visit the Episco-
pal church at MiddletoWn early in Septem-
Der.
Portsmouth fired one hundred guns in
honor of the North CaIolina victory.
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