Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-02-25
The appropriation to the Printing Blu

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The appropriation to the Printing Blu
reau was made by Republican Congress
to last until next July, but the prodjgality
ofexpenditure made way with the money
and now the discharge Of 1900 employees is
made and operations stopped with a view
of creating Il pressure on Congress for an
| immediate deficiency appropriation.
A fire in Danvllle, Va, Thursday, de-
sJroyed the machine shops of Crews, Ro-
denheiser Il Co., leased by Clarke Il Co.
The first named firm lose 900 on ma
chinery and building, and Clarke Il Co.
lose on machinery and stock 5000. In
surance on the whole $4,000.
| The grand jury of Shenandoah county,
| Va, recently found an indictment against
Mary W. Fagnett and Amanda jenkins
| for the murder of their infantS-the former
living near Strasburg, and the latter in
| Woodstock.
It is suggested that Stern Leaf" from
the spirit-world would now he mighty in
teresting reading and the belief is ex-
pressed that it would embo6y the assertion
that there can never be any Parton in
Heaven.
At Detroit, Monday night, Amelia Fos-
ter, beautiful girl, was shot dead by Aus
tin Parks, former lover, who found her
! walking from church with his rival.
Among the Virginia ladies who atten-
ded a Miischianza at the Baltimore Acad-
envy of Music, Tuesday night, were Miss
Mildred Lee and Mrs. Gen. Pegram,
Prof. VIM. Preston Johnston, Of Wash
ington & Lee University, was present at
the Inauguration ceremonies of the Johns
Hopkins University, at Baltimore.
Mr.. Beecher's last law suit was to ga;u
possession of a hog and curing establish
ment attached to his farm.--Eaacoh. Oh,
Lard !-St. Louis Republican,.
The Franklin Society Of Lexington, de
cided by ayete of II to last Saturday
night in favor of counties and cities paying
their own criminal expenses.
Rev. J. Quigley, Of Shepherdstown, W.
Va, has accepted call to Presbyterian
church at Charleston, S. G., and has en-
tered upon his duties there.
The largest flour mill in the Valley of
Va, is located in Waynesboro, with ca
pacity to turn out from 5000 to 10000 bar
rels Of -four annually.
Moody is going to make it hot for sim
ners in Gotham. He has applied for de-
tail OF firemen to serve at the Hippodrome
during the meetings.
Senator Conkling may as well give 10 up.
No &C" can be Presidenh. Think of
Crawford. Clinton, Calhoun, Clay and Cass.
People don't ''C2@i5.
Andrew Muller, a sporting man who got
some privileges in the Richmond Jail by
giving his parole not to escape, success
fully bolted Friday.
Measles is prevailing at Woodstock, and
two deaths have. occurred from it, one of
them daughter eleven years old of Mr..
Samuel Gocheno Ut.
A couple, each nearly seventy years old,
and che bride trying matrimony for the
fourth time were married near Weston,
W. Va, last week.
Rev. R. ], Moonnan, paster of the Me-
thodist Church, at Culpeper Court House,
was married there last week to Miss Hat
tie Jameson.
Jno. Blair Hoge Campbell, prominent
citizen of Cumberland, Nd. died last week.
He had many relations in the Valley, of
Virginia.
AAo AAAeeioe'eAoha GtO yE-es1 gPlS u0utOCIdtS
have carried the State of Texas by a ma
lorlty Of fifty thousand. That viii do for
one year.
Samuel II. Hubbard, an actor with the
CARA W1ldman Comedy Company, died
suddenly IN Lexington, KY, on the 18th
instant.
Isaac Griffin, colored, for rape is to he
hung Friday, March I'd, in Norfolk eoun-
ty, Va. The Governor has. refused to in
terfere.
Bayard Taylor, says that black-eyed wo-
men. can never lcve as fondly as those with
Que eyes. So don't give your wife a black
eye.
The Grafton W. Va, ''Sae941tinet" states
that an aged lady. vtho resides in that
place,is now cutting her third set of teeth,
Hen. James Spriggs Payne, a Richmond
Va born negro has been elected President
of Eibarit. He was educated in Liberia.
The Dey ct AAggiers says red-heaaed wo-
men a;YA the raost beautiful. And this
shows ehaf AZ is not a Day of Judgment.
Sol. slssith Aussel and the Berger family
have besn drawing good houses at the
Olympic Theatre, New York.
AS much as le5,ooo' pounds of tobacco
was sold IN one day, at one warehoas6, in
Lynohburg, Friday last.
The new Internal Revenue bill proposes
to have only fYe collectors in Virginia.
An attempt is to be made in Charleston
to indict the Woot .yT;rr.;,,;o 1,,.,,l,o,n