Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-21
The Richmond and DanyiIle (Var Rail.

road Cemrany have paid interest due on
their bonds since the 1st of May, and have
retired $500, 900 of the debt of their road.
Rush Burgess, q. S. Commissioner of
the Richmond, Va. district, who in six
Years has handled S16,000,000 without a
cent wrong in his accounts, has resigned.
Col. Anthony, the editor who was shot
in Kansas by rival editor, in the theatre,
is brother of Susan Anthony. Business
jealousy was the cause Of the trouble.
Jay Cooks splendid country residence,
"Ognotz," near Philadelphia, is to be sold
at public sale On the 25th instant. The
place has cost MI. Coke 81 1000 900.
The funeral services of the infant daugh-
ter Of the Japanese Minister at Washing.
ton. were conducted by Presbyterian
Minister. The coffin was white.
Colonel John B. Billups, prominent
citizen, and former member Of the Virginia
Legislature from Matthews county. died
suddenly of paralysis Monday.
Chas. Davis, postmaster of Union
Springs, Ala, and an ex-lnember of the
legislature has been convicted Of embez
zling the funds from letters.
Samuel White, a prominent citizen of
Ludlow, Mass, was bitten in the thigh by
ii boar, Sal urday, and bled to death before
assistance could reach him.
Cabell Martin, son of Rev. I. F. Martin.
of Woodstock, has secured the prize of a
Foundation Scholarship iH the Episcopal
High School at Alexandria.
The hard times are killing the news
papers. The two Republican papers of st.
Loris have consolidated. The famous
Danbury News is dead.
Rev. NV. Wilson, late of Grace street
Baptist Church, Richmond, is conducting
a revival at Wheeling, w. Va, with large
and attentive audiences.
The election for mayor of St, Louis, on
Saturday, resulted as follow: J. H. Brit
ton, democrat. 1871; Henry Oversteiz,
independent, 1904.
Jno. E. Bossieux, late President of the
Dollar Savings Bank, of Richmond, has
been acquitted by a jury of the larceny OF
the banks funds.
Robert C. Daily, for nearly thirty years
clerk of Spottsyvania, Va, county, died
on the 1st inst. He was widely known and
highly esteemed.
Hon. j. S. Black will deliver the grafton
at the unwilling of the bust Of the late
Bishop Campbell. at Bethany College, W.
Va, in June.
Rev. Dr.. J. G.. Cranberry, of Richmond,
has been elected Professor of Theology and
Homolities in the Vanderbilt University
of Tennessee.
A fair in Charlottesville, last week
cleared $500 ano gave Jno. M. Goodwin a
gold headed cane as the ''most popular
man.
Mr.. Beecher, while eating oysters at the
colered man Downing's restaurant, Fri
day, said he felt confident OF the verdict.
John W. Daniel, of Lynchburg, Va, has
been chosen orator for the decoration day
at the Confederate grave at Arlington.
The wife of Rev. Jnc. A. Scott Of JEFF
ferson county, W. Va, was badly hurt by
being thrown from buggy last week.
On the 18th inst. the General Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church Of the
United States meets in Baltimore.
Lake Erie continues covered with ice
as far as the eye can reaGh," says the Buff
falo ssCourier' of the 7th instant
Cadet G. s. Hall Was fatally injured a t
West Point on Thursday by being thrown
from his horse in the cavalry drill.
In Woodstock, Va, the weather was
warmer last month by four degrees then
for the same month last year.
General Slshone has been elected presi-
dent of the Petersburg, Va, Agricultural
Society, and has accepted.
Pat Seaman. for shooting NJ. Scribner,
in Albemrale, has been sentenced to three
years in the State prison.
SAT the Lexington. KY, races, Friday,
sSearcher'' won single mile dash in 1.414
The best time ever made.
w. G. Ralsbon has sold his interest in
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, for ST. |
75O. 900 to VIM. Sharon. 80
Col. John B. Larue. a prominent and
esteemed citizen of Clarke county, Va,
lied On the 9th inst.
Frost and the fly are noted in the vicini-
y of Lyuchsurg, Va, to stiaea up the
,rices of tobacco.
Mines & Co. shipped 1000 tons of blooms
n the Shenandoah river to Front Royal in
he last 60 days.
Bishop Johns confirmed % and Bishop
yhittls 10 candidates in Richmond Sum-
az night.
Congressman House, Of Tennessee, lost
70 prize in Nashville spelling match on