Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-12-21
The revivalists are having a busy season

Moody and Sankey are awakening interest
in Providence. Needham and Gaia are de-
voting particular attention to children in
Newport. Whittle and NJ cGranaham
claim 800 converts in Rutland, and have
Just gone to Lawrence. Earle and Hodges
Mass. The Widow Van Colt is laborlng
single-handed in Illinois.
The week before last brought considera-
Bile prosperity to David NichoIl, of South
Union, KY. First his wife gave him pair
of twins, then valuable mare two colts,
next Durham cow two calves, and after
that he discovered ten little pigs granting
around his favorita SOW and in every case
the increase represented the male gender
Rev. G. T. Steptoe, of Brandy Station,
Culpeper, suffering from an old war wound
drank in the dark, Sunday night, what he
thought was spirits, from a bottle, but
what proved to be corrosive sublimate. He
died on last Wednesday evening. Rev.
VIM j. Elliot, of Abingdon, had his knee
cap shattered by the kick of a horse last
Monday.
The Editor of the Lee CO., Va, "Senti-
nel.'' suffering from wood larceny, loaded
stick with powder, Mr.. David Miller.
late candidate for Governor, got the stick
and everything in his room was blown
about. The editor says Mr.. Miller made
mistake in the pile, but the joke was too
good to keep.
Peter Spors is the acknowledged home
lest man in Unionville, New. He is round
shouldered. bow-legged, and is 60 years
old. His disposition is sour, too, and he
is shockingly profane. Yet his wife be-
came so jealous of a fancied rival that she
took laudaEum.
Robt. Smalls, the colored member of
congress from South Carolina, tried, con
yicted and sentenced to the penitentlary in
that State for felony and b2iled to await
new trial is occupying his seat in the
House. standard bearer Of the Republi-
can party.
The National Trust Company of New
York, that was reported, Dec. Z, by an ex-
aiming committee of the trustees. to
have clear surplus of 100000 over all liza
bilties, turned out last Saturday to be
1000 worse than nothing
Mrs. Elizabeth Bowyer. of Fincastle
has young COW, two years old last Au-
gust, that gave milk regularly for five
months before it had a calf, giving about
One-half gallon at each milking.
The death of Bishop Marvin Of the Meth
odst Church South. will necessitate the
election Of three Bishops by the General
Conference, which meets in Atlanta.
James Evans, of Richmond, Hon. Sid
ney S. Baxter, Ex-Attorney General, and
DR.. Jno. R. Purdie, of Isle of Wight, are
the three oldest Past Grand Masters of
Virginia Masons living.
Olive Logan writes: "It is really the
fact that jaunty English girls are now
raising the hat by way of acknowledging a
bow, the same as the gentlemen do The
hat used is the little round felt Oxford.
In an old building rented for the pur-
pose in Petersburg, there are cooped five
hundred live turkeys awaiting Christmas.
& barrel of corn and another barrel of OF o.
er grain are fed daily.
3. +. Walters, of Albemarle, was
drowned some weeks since while crossing
river in Montana territory.
The tannery of J. A. Lowenbach, in
Harrisonburg, which cost $50 900 has been
sold to H. C. Baker and e A. Wallis, of
Frederick CO., Va, for $4,000.
AS the law allows pay for only twenty
DAYS of extra session, the Tennessee legis-
lature will rattle off public businnss at a
pretty lively rate. ..r-
The Congregational Church of Walcott,
decided that the use of wine at the com
munion table tends to promote 1ntemper-
ance. Water IS hereafter to be used.
a party of 26 grown persons and six
children left Washington CO.. Va, Tues
day for Texas.
Lexington bell-punches yielded $57.6
tax the first week. equal to 1888 year.
The old tax was only 500.
Business has increased Sc at Winchester
that the postmaster's salary has been put
up to So, 900, in stead Of 81 800.
Salt is selling at $685. sack in Licking
ton, to which town it has to be hauled by
wagon from Stanton.