Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-31

SON Oi tug pIobCCutOi hoh tuhut VIC Oihu-
der in the check, which was very care
leSsly drawn.
Governor Letcher. the other day, re-
lated an incident of the war. He said
that in one of the battles before Rich.
mOnd, four flag bearers had been shot
down, and a call was made for volun-
teer TO carry the cOlOrs. A STRIPPING took
the torn standard. In q few minutes u q
staff was snapped by 4 shot The boy
sat down, unlOosed a shoe string, and
tied it. He started in front again. An.
other bullet splintered the staff. IL Wal
then fastened by the other shoc-string.
he then hardly shook the folds out q
second time, when down fell the tag,
struck by ball The shoe-strings had
given out. lie unbuttOned his jacket,
ripped his shirt to ribbons, and wrapped
the broken rod and carried the tsttsred
ensign through the fight. Governor
Lechter said: When they brought me-
the boy with the shattered staff patched
up with shoe strings and shirt tails
made him an officer, and gave him the
best sword Virginia had.
A consolidated appeal from Madras
has been decided by committee OF the
Privy Council, in which three widows Of
9 man who had six wives and died intes-
tate, named Maker, claimed TO be enti-
tied to considerable property. There
was, however, q claim by Q son OF the
fifth" wife, and question was raised
as TO his legitimacy. The first wife wss
called the royal widow" and the other
widows "junior widows" The royal
widow had died, and under the Hindoo
law the second and third widows would
succeed, but there was son Of the fifth
wife" and the contention was whether
he was legitimate-noto only whether he
ives born in vedlOck, but begotten after
the marriage. The fifth wife had gone
TO the palace Of the deceased Zemindar
and it was alleged that there was either
no marriage, or that the son WAS not born
In wedlock. The case occupied q portion
Of two dsys, and authorities before the
Christian era were cited. 1t was held
that the SON had been born in wedlock,
and would succeed 10 tbs estates, and
not the widoWG
A short time since, Amy Mead, who
appears to be respectable widow, but
with sn inclination 70 take drop too
much on festivs occasions, was lately
locked up in London police station for
drunkenness. In the same cell were two
other females, imprisoned for the same
offence. Mrs. Mead took her incarcers-
tion to heart, and sat in q corner Of the
cell quietly. The others were in Q state
OF hilarious elsvation-they danced,
sang, and shouted-and when their com
panion declined 10 participate in their
high links they assaulted her. First Of
all they bit her on the ear, the lip. and
the cheek, taking ANAL pieces clean out /;
next the playing caanibalS beat her about
the face and body, giving her q black
eye, and bruising her limbs; finally thsy
knocked her down, and as she lay on the
floor of tbs cell they danced pirouettes
on her stomach ana chest. One witness
declares that shs had been bitten in the
ears Us if by dog; . piece Of one of he.
lips had been taken right cut, some of
her teeth loosened, and the whole shap q
If one Jaw altered. One OF the tipsy
viragoes WAS sentenced to twelve
months hard labor, and the other to ak.