Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-28

HORRIBLE MULBERRY Hinton, w.
Va, "Heraldn publishes the following &C
count of horrible murder in Raleigh
county, in that State:
On Sunday evening last, about sun
down, a stranger stopped at the house of
John Patton and asked to stay all night.
MI. Patton told him that it was not con-
venient to keep him. This seemed to put
him in rage, whereupon he siezed an axe
near by and started for Patton, but
young man named Burgess, standing be-
tween the two, was promptly felled by a
stroke of the axe. Patton seeing this
started to run. He was overtaken, the
first blow with the axe severed his right
arm, and the second took Thea old mans
head off. The murderer then took the
body into the garden, covered it up with
rails and leaves, scraped the blood up into
a pile and covered it up with earth, washed
the axe, went into the house, set the axe
at the head Of the bed, barred the doors
and went to bed, Mr.. Patton IS family hav-
ing fled to the woods. The neighborhood
was aroused, and about midnight the doors
were broken open, the murderer captured
and carried to Raleigh jail. He gave his
name as J. K. Vaught, is about twenty
five years Of age, very stoutly made.-No
reason is assigned for the act, and the i'm
preston prevails that the man is deranged.
THE HEAVIEST MAN ON RECoRD-The
Wilmington, N. c., "JournaV says: "Dar-
den Miles, probably the largest man on
record, born in North Carolina in 1890,
died in Henderson county, January 49,
1875. He was seven feet nine inches high,
and in 1915 weighed ST. pounds. At his
death his weight was little over thous-
and pounds. Until 1843 he was active and
lively and able to labor, but from that
time he has been compelled to stay at
home, or be hauled about in two-horse
wagon. In 1889 his coat was buttoned
around three men, each Of them weighed
more than two hundred pounds, who
walked together in it across the square at
Lexington. In 1850 it required twelve
yards of cloth to make him coat. His
coffin was eight feet long, thirty-ive inch
es deep, thirty two inches across the breast,
eighteen inches across the head, and four
teen inches across the feet, and eighty-fve
yards Of black velvet was requisite to cover
the sides and lid. He was twice married,
and his children are. very large, though
none of them will ever reach the weight
of their father.''
THE BIRTH DAY OF QUEEN VICTORIA.
The British Association of Virginia
commenced the celebration of this event
at Richmond, Sunday, when the annual
sermon was preached by the Rev. DIR.
Wall, Of the Monumental Church, eight
Episcopal clergymen, fully robed, taking
part. Monday the annual meeting of the
Association was held, Mayor General Bar
ton, late of the British army, presiding.
A banquet followed in the evening, and
was attended by Gov. Kemper, Mayor
Tuesday night a grand concert and ball
closed the festivities. Fraternal messages
Mere exchanged Monday with Englishmen
in all parts of the Union and elsewhere.
Henry j. Goings, of Waynesboro was
elected one of the vice-presidents Of the
Association.
Rev. Mr.. Meade, rector of the Episco-
pal church, addressed the Jefferson, w.
Va, county court last week in opposition
to granting liquor licenses. The court re-
fused all applications except for hotels,
and stipulated that the hotel bar rooms
the liquor should be sold on the street
floor, without screens Or curtains.
Mr. John G. Within, Of Whitinsville.
Mass, has made free gift to the Normal
school in Hampton, Va, of $4,000 for
chapel in memory of his dead wife. The
building will take the name Of the Within
Memorial Chapel.
The road from Rapidan to Charlottes-
vile is being surveyed by Maj. Randolph.
When it is built the Midland R. R. will
not use the Chesapeake e Ohio road be-
tween Gordonsville and Charlottesville.
Minnie Florence Radcliffe and Morris
cisco palace Varieties,'' were married
before the footlights, by Rev. e. q. Sim
mons, of the Baptist church, last week.
Oscar F.Wainwright, of West Virginia,
who was convicted of perjury on February
18th, 1874, and sentenced to four years i'm
prisonment and to pay a fine of 500, has
been pardoned by President Grant.
Rev. DR.. Rosser commenced revival in
Danville, Va, Sunday night. The Lynn
Street Church was crowded and the throng
in the street outside made it difficult to
get within twenty yards of the door.
Rev. James Shields, assistant pastor of
ST. Johns Church, Richmond, has accept
ed a call from st. Pauls and Lambs Greek
churches, in King George county, to sue
coed Rev. Melville Boyd, resigned.
Henry Johnson, colored, tried in Mar
tinsburg, W. Va, for rape ON colored
girl, has been acquitted. Charles James
Faulkner was his counsel. The prisoner
was over 70 years old.
The marriage license of Thomas Jeffer-
son, in Charles city, Va. county court has
been transferred, at the request of the le-
gislature, to the Office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth.
Rev. G. W. Andrews, on his way to the
Episcopal Council at Richmond, died in
Fredericksburg, OF pneumonia, Monday.
He was IS years old. He was from Shep-
W. Va.
The funeral of General Breckenridge,
Wednesday, was the largest in Kentucky
since the days of Henry Clay. The Ma.
sonic services were performed by the
Knights Templar.
broke out in one Of the st.
Louis street car stables on Friday. In a
few hours twelve horses were on the sick
list and four dead.
A row has been created in the Episcopal
church of st. Esprit, in New Y DIRK, by the
charge that the assistant rector. a former
Roman Catholic priest, is still member
Of the Jesuits. Il
The marriage of General Sheridan to
Miss Rucker, which will take place in
Chicago during the first week in June, will
be attended by President and Mrs. Grant. |
Mrs. H. J. Harrison, widow of the late
Harrison, of Leesburg, Va, last
week received $4,000 from the Piedmont |
L Arlington Co. on her husbands life.
A druggist in Harrisonburg, Va, offers
IS cents d hundred for the potato tugs for
)listers One boy gathered 900 in day.
Hon. Chas. H. Lewis, late minister to |
VT, Will +o