Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-08-13


eolMl Church. His reasons for this action,
it is learned, will be shortly set forth in
letter to the bishop. Efa thi4 '-6p' II.
Chambliss for the Senate, from Motto
way Lunenburg and Brunswick and Jos.
n. Vaughan, of Nottoway and d. NJ. Bar
nard. Jr.. Of Brunswick for the House,
have been nominated by the Conservatives
Young Englishman recently drove a
velocipede four miles in twenty minutes to
bril- the fire department of Il neighboring
village, thereby saving much property from
destruction by fire which was raging.
The Lexington "Gazette" protests
against the numerous arrangements for
gouging farmers who try to sell their
land through the agency of the State Inn
migration. Too many fees, it says.
VIM. Mosby. of Bedford CO., Va, a
brother of the famous Col. Jno. S. Mosby,
had his left arm badly mangled by q thresh-
ing machine, on the 18th ult. He will not,
it is thought, lose the arm.
Mr.. S. T. Van Buren,, son of ex-Presi-
dent Van Buren,, has been taken to the
Hudson River Hospital FOR the Insane.
intervals for some time.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe receives a
good sum of money each year for copy
right on s'Uncle Toms Cabin" Since The
close of the war the sale of copies has been
large in the South.
Lynchburg, Va, is doing lively divorce
business. Last week Mrs. Rose Black OBJ
toi liunraa from rNtrnmcC O. kloct
and James IL. Saunders obtained one from
Susan +. Saunders.
Thaffenberg, late U. S. Marshall for
Colorado territory, has been ordered to be
arrested on the charge of swindling the
U. s. Government out Of 100000. He has
fled the territory.
Gov. Kemper has refused a Communication
of punishment TO Tom Witlers, coldred,
wllogis to be hung in Campbell CO.. to-day
for the deliberate murder of Agnes Thomas,
a cOlored girl.
Saml Gray and Frank Ward, two strong
and young colored men, were drowned
near Moorfield. w. VA, on the 24ch ult.-
the former in trying to save his friend.
Prof. II. l.. Davies, an A. NJ, of the
University of Virginia, who had spent a
long life in teaching, died at Campbell c..
H., Va, Sunday, aged So years. lisf
The venerable mother of Major r. F.
Walker, Superintendent of Public Print
ing of the State of the Virginia, died in
Lynchburg, Saturday night. 1t.
Mr., Seth Woodroof, the head of the
banking firm of Woodroof Il Spence,
Lynchburg, Va, died in that city on We'd
nesday. aged seventy years.
There is little talk in Tennessee of
urging the Governor to appoint Jefferson
Davis to the seat Of Andrew johnson in
the United States Senate. alIt1 3 95a"
/ The gloom of Mrs. Lincoln's insanity is
lightened by the delusion that her two
dead sons are with her, and she is continu-
ally talking to them. 1870 01
Charles H. Porter, ex-M c., in card to
the Richmond Estate Journals says he
will not serve in the Legislature if nomi-
mated by his party. 4ar
A club of 25 persons, including ladies,
left Alexandria, Va. Saturday, in sloop,
for a three weeks cruise to points on the
Chesapeake Bay. .1+lf.I,.........
Mr.. CASTOR e. Lecompte, young gentle
man well and favorably known in Norfolk,
died very suddenly i'll that city on Thurs
day night last.
Joseph A. Young, eldest son of Brig
ham, died at Manti, Utah, very suddenly
Thursday night. 1t is supposed he died Of
heart disease. f4aH
Rev. Jas. A. Latane, of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, organized church at
Sheppard's, in King and Queens county,
on Sunday -.lll1 s-.ssi &. - !
Miss Agnes Livingston, eldest daughter
OF the distinguished African explorer, was
married on the 2Sth of July, at Hamilton,
Scotland. nf fHd4 -Isag. f5Elff ~
Gen. VIM. B. Bate, an Ex-Confederate
officer, is likely to be Andrew Johnson's
successor in the Senate. He is not a
Bourbon. ,.f
Willie Cliff, aged about fifteen years, son
of Rev j. Cliff, was drowned while bath
ing in the canal, near Lynchburg, on Fri
day last. ...,.t
The Episcopal Female Institute at Win
chester [Rey J. g. Wheat'sl is being en-
larged To accommodate the increased pa
trOnage. ~
Chas. Smith of Fauquler county, q stu
dent of the Virginia Agricultural and Me
CHI .nical College, died at that place on
Friday. HI.f l ~ ihs
Rev. pr. Deems, Of New York. is to de-
liver the address at the dedication of The
Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Oct
ODER l. .t
Gen. W. H. F. Lee and Robert B. Boil
ling are the administrators of the estate of
the late COL. Robert Boiling Of Peters
burg.
Last week the residence Of Mrs. David
Plane, at Bonsacks, Va, was struck twice
by lightning, though little injury was
done.
Capt. c. c. Thompkins left Roanoke CO.,
Va, Monday, for Colorado, of which ter
ritory he has been appointed U. s. Mar
shall.
Frederick Kramer, Of Baltimore, won
the silver goblet in the international shoot
ing match at Stuttgart in Germany, Mon
day.
The spoke factory in Fredericksburg has
been purchased by Mr.. Torrance McCrack-
Ell for $3.50, and will continue to be opera
ted "t