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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-04-17

A CHIP OF THE OLD BLoCK.--George
Lockhart Rives, scholar of Trinity College
of England land who won the Harness prize
of the University of Cambridge, is a grand
son of the late Hon. VIM. G. Rives, of Vir-
ginia. A London letter says:
In the London Times of the 18th of March
it was announced that the Harness prize of
the University of Cambridge, open to all
undergraduates and graduates of not more
than three years standing, for the best
English essay ON q subject connected with
Shakspearean literature, had been adjudged
by the Vice Chancellor, the Master of
Christ's College, and two persons appoint
ed by grace of the Senate, to George Lock
hard Rives, of New York, B..A., scholar
of Trinity College. The prize awarded
once in three years, consists Of the accu-
mutation Of interest ON the foundation, in
1870. of $500 given for a memorial of By
ron's friend, the late Rev. VIM. Harness,
Prebendary of St. Paul's, and an editor of
Shakespeare. One Of the conditions of the
prize is that the essay Of the successful
competitor be published. The particular
subject given out for this year was the au-
thenticity of the first, second and third
parts of the play of Henry vi. MI. Rives
is a grandson of the late Hon. William G.
Rives, of Virginia.
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MURDER IN BAR RooM.-A dispatch
from Lebanon, Tennessee, on the 10th,
gives the following particulars of the kill
ing OF j. r. Breckenridge, student at a
law school in that place, and son Of the
late DR.. r. J. Breckenridge, of Kentucky
Young Breckenridge was shot and mortal
ly wounded at one O'Clock in The morning
by John L. Anderson, son of Dr. J. NJ.
Anderson mayor of Lebanon. The diff
Guilty originated from some trivial matter
Breckenridge survived but a few hours
He and some companions had been drink
ing during the day, and u seemingly play
full dispute arose between Breckenridge
and John Anderson, about the possession
of an umbrella belonging to Breckenridge.
This was finally quoted, and Breckenridge
asked the party to drink. While they were
leaning over the bar Anderson suddenly
drew a Derringer, and placing it at Breck-
inridge's head fired, the ball penetrating
the brain. Anderson fled. A posse is
now after him.
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A WOman's RetributiOm--FolE
ing a Man for Twenty-Five
NA.su,ss


Many OF our readers are acquainted with
the story OF a well known man named
Throckmorton and 'shis ghostn The sto-
ry is that it is alleged that abont twenty
two years ago Throckmorton deceived a
young woman of this city under the prom
Use OF marriage, and then abandoned her
to the cold charity of the world. She Wis
its the club room of which he is a member
and waits at the door until he appears on
the street, and when he leaves she follows
close behind. AS was said by Mr.. Joseph
this morning, Throckmorton visited New
DIRK ut the time he was there, and what
was his surprise to see the woman in the
same city. She follows him as a bloodhound
follows his prey, and whenever he has any
thing to do with another woman she is sure
ted several times on the complaint of diff
ferent parties, but meyer by him, and has
always managed to get clear.
She was again arrested last evening by
the Deputy Marshal of the City Court,
William MuSSleman, on q warrant charg-
ing herWith disorderly conduct, sworn out
by a Mrs. Pendleton, who lives in the up
per portion of the city. She was presented
to the City Court this morning, when she
gave her name as Mrs. Ella Goodman, when
Mrs. Pendleton and several others testified
against her. She refused to let Judge Price
try her case, and Charles Gill was elected.
Mrs. Pendleton said that on last We'd
nesday morning she visited her residence
and stood in front of the house during the
whole day, and until midnight. On Thurs
day she did the same, and on Thursday
night she came and rang the door bell and
asked if Throckmorton was there, Mrs.
Pendleton asked her if she was Jealous, to
which she made no reply. On being told
to leave the house she said that she would,
but that she intended to ''get away" with
her. Mrs. Pendleton further stated that
she has been there every night and day I'M
til she was arrested. She closed her state
ment by asking the court to protect her.
MI. Gallagher and several other gentle
men were introduced, who testified about
her following this man Throckmorton.-
Lieut.. Weatherford was introduced as to
her good standing, &c. She was represen-
ted by Judge Beard, William Beard, and
Selby Harvey, who spoke with great elo-
quence in her behalf, advocating the theo-
ry that she was crazy about the man who
had robbed her of her honor Sam. Atchi-
son, and the Prosecuting Attorney, LAT.
Joseph, ESQ.,, spoke at some length, and
with great weight. After hearing the case
Judge Gill find Mrs. Goodman S., and put
her under $500 bond for one years good
conduct, refusing to take her own bond,
and she was compelled to go to the work
house. -Louisuille (Ky.) Ledger.
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ROMANTIC ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD AN
INSURANCE COMPANY.-On the 10Th of
March the board of health at New York
issued permit for the burial of the body of
Louise Gervis, aged %, who had died that
day at the house of DR.. Ernest Euling, and
on whose certificate of the cause of death
the burial permit was granted. The funer-
al and interment followed. 1t was soon
rumored that Euling and Miss Geryis had
been engaged, and that the Doctor had
taken out policy of $4,000 i'll the Mer-
chants Life Insurance Company, which
policy was to revert to him i'll case of her
death. Suspicious followed that the death
of the Young woman was the result OF NAL
practice, and an affidavit to this effect was
made and submitted to the coroner. He
sent for Euling, who expressed great SOr-
row for Miss GerviS'S death, and insisted
that she died natural death. The insu-
rance company was not satisfied, and the
coroner ordered the body to be exhumed,
and issued warrant for the arrest of Eu-
ling, he to await when arrested the result
of the investigation. The disinterment
took place Saturday, and the coffin was
taken to the morgue and opened, when, in
stead of a body, were found nineteen bricks
wrapped in paper and kept in place by
laths. Charles Fink, the undertaken, is
arrested.
A dispatch from New FORK says: cdr.
Ernest Euling, charged with an attempt
to Gefraud the Merchants Life Insurance
Company Of $40, 0O0by the pretended death
and burial of Louisa Gervis, who was in
Sured for the above sum, was arrested to-
day at No. 22S East Twenty-ffth street,
where he was found secreted under bed.
At his residence, No. 100 Eldridge street,
the police arrested a woman 65years OF age,
who gave the name of Marie de Bagnicki,
and a young man named Aurel de Ivanyi,
who claims to be her nephew. A search
among the effects, which were being pack
ed up, was made, and cards and plates were
found proving that Euling's real name was
Ernest de Bagnicki, and the woman was
his wife. Bagnicki appears to be a mem
Der of a noble Hungarian family, and has
lived in this city since 1854. He has been
in several bad scrapes, and was tried twice
before for swindling, but escaped. The
police then arrested Louise Gervis."
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Too M1rcH MARRIED. w. w
Price. the millionaire brewer of New OK
CITY. can boast of the most remarKaoie
marital experiences Of any man hvlng.El
Thirty-fiye years ago, when a poor cIelA'
he married Susanna Butler, IN blrhlins.
ham, England but separated from lle 5
bv mutual agreement year a1terWalu'
and came to New York, Susanna marry
ing shortly after one Samuel GpeeH. LII
1913 he married Miss Caroline 6aT1on,:
young lady of respectable family IN biooh-
lyn, who was not aware OF ms HIS. I In"
riage They had in the family an lris s,l
servant named Bridget Fallon, WIN
whom, as it afterward appeared, the Golo-
mel became favorably impressed. Mean
while wife No. 2 learned that wife NO. L
was living, and left her husband, Wneie-
upon he applied for an annulment OF tle
marriage, which was granted, and since
that time the Colonel has supported heT'L
Subsequently a report reached him thai
ried Bridget Fallon. Bridget, however,
was not refined enough to adorn his home,
and trouble began to arise. Wife NO.
made an attempt to open the decree adj
Judging her marriage void, upon the
ground that it was obtained by fraud. A
commission was sent to England i'll the
course of the litigation, and wife No. l
was found, with a whole flock OF little
Greens about her. Thereupon the Colonel
took measures to annul his marriage to
wife No. 8, in which he has succeeded, al
though he has to support her and the chill
dren. The Colonel now finds himself sup
porting two families, with two women ON
his hands who have borne him legitimate
children, and yet were not legitimate
wives, and the legitimate husband OF
legitimate wife who is another mans wife.
1t is highly probable that the wealthy New
York brewer is now entirely satisfied with
the marrying business, and will hereafter
devote himself simply to beer.-Chicago
Tribune.
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The Charlestown West Virginia) Free
Press states that HI. B. Davenport, has re-
Gently proffered to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, provided they erect
shops at OF near Charlestown, as much
land as they may need for their purposes.
The Modocs, Scarfaced Charley, Shack
nasty jim, and all, are peaceably living in
cabins on the Quapaw reservation Indian
Territory. There are ITO of them being
''civiliZed" by the Government.
Col. Gary Breckenridge in Botetourt coun-
ty, Va, last week-the mother in the hol-
low and the cubs having taken refuge on
the limbs of the tree.
A car load of cattle raised by G. D. Car
ter, of Smyth county, Va, averaging $50
pounds each, passed through Lynchburg
Friday for Baltimore, and if that market
didn't suite Philadelphia.
T. T. Brooks, late President of the Mer-
chants National Bank of Petersburg, in
dicted there by the Grand Jury for en-
beZzling it's funds, has been bailed in S25,-
600 to answer.
B. II. Warthen, formerly of,the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad, has been appoint
GU dSGllb VI CIl6 dIlU OlllO Idll-
road at Winchester, to succeed Mr.. Haase,
removed to Staunton.
Prince Bismarck lately informed Herr
Won Jokai, the eminent Hungarian poet
and statesman, that he (Bismarck) is "a
Protestant of the strict Calvinist persua-
sion.n
On Friday last the clerk of Hanover
Nv Nr- , n,,rioo 1ioo,,
to Mr.. VIM. Gardner, aged so, to marry
Miss Mary Lambeth, aged so years.
Andrew Harris, the colored mail wagon
driver in Richmond, convicted.of robbing
the mails, has been sentenced to four
year in the Albany penitentiary.
The official statement of Auditor Tay-
lor shows that the Virginia penitentiary
has cost the State, in the last eight years,
beyond it's income $399037.
The Fayette MOI Banner has an edi-
torial notice of the death of Geo. Yates of
Randolph county, Mo-, an cold school Vir-
ginian," born in Caroline county.
The statue of Gen. Winfield Scott, cost
ing 900, has just been put up at the
Soldiers Home in Washington.
n son, aged IL, Oh GOV. JACOBS, OF w.
Va, named Donovan, died at Charleston
KanaWha, last week.
The Winchester (Va.) papers announce
the failure of Gen. Wm. 0. Callahan, with
liabilities of $4,000.
J. W. Mcfarland of Strasburg, Va, has
kill 76 snakes in the last year-the largest
being feet inches.
A cynical Western Radical paper calls
Treasurer Hunter, of Virginia, IAN ex-
rebel general. -
In a good portion of Virginia the peach
es and cherries have been "nipped in the
bud"
Mrs Gilmer, widow of ex-Gov. Gilmer,
of Virginia, died at Charlottesville, Va,
on Friday.
Brick Pomeroy's fortune has dwindled
from million to less than thirty thousand
dollars.
The Richmond people have subscribed
$4,000 to the erection of first class
hotel.
Strawberries are selling in Wilmington,
N. c., at seventy-five cents per quart.
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VICTIMS TO ROPE JUMPING.--Katie Mar
tin, whose parents reside at Newark, NJ
went to bed very much exhausted, after
jumping a rope three hundred times in sue
cession, and the next morning was found
dead in bed. A similar fatal accident, the
result of exhaustion from the playful exer-
else of jumping rope, occurred Friday in
South Washington, the victim being girl
nine years Of age, named Mary A. shugh-
been indulging in the sport above named,
and, in her ambition to excel the rest, fell
to the sidewalk, congestion of the brain
setting in.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-04-17

THE New VIRGINIA TREAsURER.-The
Baltimore Sum speaking of the election of
Hon. r. M. L. Hunter Treasurer of Vir-
ginia, says:
1t is rare circumstance that man who
has occupied so large share of public at
tention as statesman is selected to pc
sition of comparatively such apparently
limited Importance. But passing events
continually advise us that men of wisdom
and experience ever should be entrusted
with offices of public trust, whether ma
tional, State or municipal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-04-17

Jno. May, aged So, a lunatic, astonished
Dayton, Rockingham, at daylight Mon
day morning, by leaping out of bed and
running through the streets crying, tear
ing his hair and performing many other
frantic maneuvres, to the terror of every
one who happened to be out at that early
hour. He was arrested.
Jno. W. Cole, late postmaster at Pitt
sylvania G. H., Va, sentenced to six
months in Jail, for an infraction of the pos
tai law, has been pardoned by the Presi-
dent.
The daughter of Mr.. James F. Weir of
White Post, Clarke county, Va, has dis
appeared, and a highly respectable family
is plunged into the deepest distress.
Thirty car loads of live stock passed
Winchester on Monday night, from the
Upper Virginia valley, the largest ship
ment ever made at one time.
Robt. Garrett, President of the Valley
Railroad company, was in Richmond
Monday.
J.B. Ficklin, ST., of Falmouth, Va,
died suddenly on the Sth inst.
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New Advertisements.


MENTAL NOTICE.-Dr. VIM. Chapman has
- retired from the practice of Dentistry
in the city of Stanton and returns his heart
felt gratitude to his friends and patrons for their
liberal patronage, during his long residence
among them.
Now, | introduce luy friend DR.. ]. T. WILL
SON, of Lexington, Va, who is eminenty quail
lied to take my old established office. DR.. Will
son is a graduate of the old Baltimore College
of Dental Surgery, where he stood at the head
of his class, and has had four years. experience
in the practice of his profession. have no hes
itation in saying, he will give entire satisfac-
ton to all who patronize him.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to
me, will please come forward and settle as early
as convenient, as after the LIST of May, my books
and accounts will be placed in the hands of a
collector.
Or. Wilson, or Mr.. R. S. Harris will recent
any accounts that may be paid them.
aprl7-st WIN. CHAPMAN.
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On the 9th inst. Capt, David Cooper was

On the 9th inst, Capt. David Cooper was
knocked overheard by a revengeful negro
and drowned in Albemarle Sound, and his
widow coming out of the cabin seized the
tiller and continued screaming until the
negro, in sheer despair, leaped overheard
and was drowned
B. F. Johnson, a telegraph operator, was
fatally shot in Memphis bagnio Tuesday
night, by Samuel Oldham, a Methodist
class leader, who he had accidently discOv-
cred there, and who shot him to prevent
exposure.
Prof. M. w. Humphreys, of Washing
ton & Lee University, now in Germany,
has received the degree of Doctor Of Phi
losophy at Leipsic-the highest German
University.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows met in
Lynchburg, Tuesday-75 delegates pre-
sent, presided over by Grand Master j.
II. Waters, of Stanton.
Hon. r. NJ. T. Hunter, gave 100000
bond as State Treasurer, Wednesday. r.
L. Montague and Lewis E. Harvie were
among his bondsmen.
The marriage of Philip Haxall to Miss
Mary Triplett, the belle of Richmond, was
ciety.
The new registration in Lynchburg
shows clear white majority of S4. The
old registration showed 299 black majority.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis has arrived in Paris,
and is staying with Colonel Dudley A.
Mann, 81 Rue du Luxembourg.
A bill to charter the town of Waynes.
hon in, OF hoe tod
the Senate by Senator Cochran.
1t turns out to be a mistake that Rev.
DR.. Munsey had received $4,000 appoint
ment from the Bishop in Georgia.
A schooner load of camel cool has just
cleared from the G.. & O. R.. r. wharves at
Richmond, on Spanish account
Last Thursday, the voters of Wytheville.
by vote of 1873 to 50, decided in favor of
licensing the sale of ardent spirits.
Rev. Florence McCarty has opened
new Church in Chicago, the ladies being
the majority of the membership.
Gov Baxter, of Arkansas, has been for
chilly elected from his office by JOS Brooks
who claims to have been elected.
Ex-President Johnson passed though
Lynchburg, Va, Tuesday, going home to
Tennessee.
James Bogardus, who invented eight-day
day clocks, died in New York on the 18th
inst.
The Boston Base Ball Club played their
first game of the season last week.
The sales of the Cincinnati brewers fell
off SAC, 900 last month.
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Commercial.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Flour FIRM
Wheat advancing. Corn one cent better.
- BALTIMORE, April 16.-F'lour and Wheat
strong and in good demand at unchanged
prices. Corn strong white southern &c.
Oats slow-southern 68(072. Rye firm
with an improved demand at $10$1.O5.
/, Hay unchanged.
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The managers of the Virginia Midland,
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads, Richmond
& Petersburg Il Richmond 4 Danyille Rail-
roads were in consultation in Baltimore
Saturday upon general transportation.
Hugh Latham, it is announced, has de-
termined to run for Mayor Of Alexandria,
regardless of the Conservative party"
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THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAIL
Road.-A letter to the Richmond Dispatch
from Rockbridge county says:
Captain Hubbard. a scientist, who has
been prospecting. along the South and
North rivers, i'll Rockbridge, for minerals,
in the interest of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad Company, left here last week to
report to his company. He said before leav-
ing that he would report most favorably,
and predicted that the cars would be run
ming on that line down what is called the
''South-river route, :" before they We're on
the Valley railroad, but it will have to
make good time, for, at the present rate of
progress, the cars will enter Lexington on
the Valley railroad in eighteen months.
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BY Telegraph.
Loss of Il Steamer.

LONDON, ENGLAND. April 16.--The
steamer Amerique which sailed from New
York April 4th, for Havre, sank last
Tuesday, one hundred miles from Brest.-
Nobody was lost save one of her officers
In six months the Trans Atlantic Com
pany have lost the Vile du Havre, the
Europe and now the Amerique.
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MAGNIFICENT BEQUEsT.-Wm Shaks-
peare Caldwell, ESQ.,, is in the city from
New York, and has announced his inten-
ton of paying to the Catholic Church
here, for the establishment of the est
Sophias Old Woman's Home" seven hum
bred and fifty thousand dollars. This sum
was a bequest from his sister. Mr.. Cald-
well is a native of Richmond.-R Richmond
Ia. Whi0
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A Richmond correspondent states that
the Hon., r. NJ T. Hunter was elected
Treasurer through combination of his
friends with those of Maj. F. M. Boykin,
a member of the House of Delegates, who
was also an aspirant for the place, with
the understanding that Major B. is to be
made chief clerk to the Treasurer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-04-17

The Hygeia hotel at Old Point has been
sold to Mr.. Jno. M. West. of Petersburg,
Va, $27 900.
East, West and Middle Virginia that
doesn't sound well.-Fsncastle Herald.
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The Petersburg appeal" discussing
the proposition for a State Lottery, says it
'can conceive of no greater folly than that
of aggravating the decentralization, now so
sadly and widely prevalent, of depending
for precarious gains on the chances of lot
teries and prize and gift concerts and such
like adventures of fortune" Evidently
the ssAppeal'' has one Of the Louisville
.SOuY67&1HS in it's pocket.
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WAsHINNToN, April 16.-The Senate
discussed the Louisiana bill this morning.
The House briefly discussed the Railroad
bill and then took up the Naval appropria-
ton bill.
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Death.

ELIZABETH N. j., April 16.-Rev. DR..
Thomas Coalition, late of the Methodist
Book Concern, died here this morning.
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A TROUBLESOME CoLoRED DELEGATE.
delegates came near expelling Syphax, the
colored member of Alexandria, for insult
ing the member of Fairfax on the floor,
and would have done so but for S. apollo
giving. On Tuesday night, at Alexandra
he assaulted R. D. Becky. the colored
mail agent, for having said that he Syphax
had remarked that alexandria girls
might be id, as the Richmond girls were
i'm love with him.
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SPRING STOCK BOOTS SHOES, &C.-I
- tavejust received my first in-NxasN
stalment of SPRING GOODS, con- }V\
sistinng of the latest sly les and best 49,
qualities tues OF LADIES, ,GENTLEMEN'S MISSES
TIERS. My stock of frst-class goods is unsnr.
passed in the city. A'Di~
aprl7-lyr CT. WELLER
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WOULDN'T PATRoNIzE THE B. & O. r.
R.-Last week seven wagons heavily laden
with grain, were sent over the mountain
to Hamilton depot by our farmers, who
are tired Of paying what it costs to trans
port and sell grain in Baltimore.-Cldrke
(In1,o,jo1,