Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-01

moose around MS neck, ana MS WIFE pull
ing at the rope, which ran through sta
Pile in the wall of the room. She intended
to hang him and make people believe he
had committed suicide.
During the sermon in the Baptist Church
at Grand Rapids, Mich, a few days ago, a
fve-year old child left its seat, walked up
to the pulpit, and stood beside DR.. Graves,
the past orSwho inquired: What do you
want my tie man 2, , glass of water,
out glass of water, and the child drank
| it and left the platform. The incident
created much amusement among the con-
gregation. which the child, in returning to
his seat, noticed, and thinking the people
were laughing at some mistake OF his, he
made bow to the pastor, and said,
"Thank you, sir,'' and took his seat.
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington recently despatched sack of
new variety of wheat, which it requested
might be distributed among farmers for
trial. It was found to consist of wild
tuckwheat, mustard, black oats, white
oats, rye. pigeon grass, barley, cookie, wild
peas, and Indian wheat and now. the re-
cipient wants to know who will give the
sample a trial. 81 50
Victor Emanuel, who did more than any
potentate in Europe to encourage their
| breed, was possessed Of 800 horses at the
King of Italy will sell a large number, as
economy will be the order of the day with
| him, owing to his desire to pay his father 8
debts, if possible, without Applying to the
| country.
The Rev. DIR. E. Wentworth. one of the
most learned and venerable Of Methodist
clergymen, has turned playwright. A
drama translated by him fromthe Chinese,
and called 1.-The Clever Marriage" was
performed in Clifton, Ohio. The Chinese
costumes and manners were retained as
neatly as possible, and the orchestra played
Chinese music.
The Rockbridge Mutual Insurance Co.
has been organized at Lexington with
| $l25, 900 of stock subscribed. and J. ID.
| Paxton, President; j. G. Boade, Secre-
| cretary; J. P. Moore, Treasurer Q. ).
Bell, J. S. Gibson, Fred. Mohler, r. G..
Mcclure, S. Montgomery and w. A. Ruff.
Directors.
Rev. R. H. Fleming, the promising
Young pastor of the Presbyterian church
| at Woodstock, Shenandoah county, has
| declined to accept the call rendered him
| from Tennessee, much to the qualification
of his congregation, which highly esteems
| him.
The late DR.. VIM. E. Munsey went to an
old field school in Bland county, Va, four
months. This was allthe scholastic train
ing lie ever had. He had to work hard
every day to support his mother and fam
lily, yet he got an education. and Was
man honored of all.
Mrs. Lucy Nichols, of Waterbury. Con-
necticut. celebrated her hundredth BIRTH
day on Sunday. At 10 P. M, as the New
Haven Palladium narrates, when the
company thought of retiring, she was still
afresh, and wanted to make a night of
it," saying: ''When l get started, like
to go the rOunds.''
Miss May Fisk, an actress, and a cousin
of the late James Fiske, Jr., delivered
lecture on Womanly Duties" in Pull
nan palace car ON the Goth inst, between
fremont and Omaha, part OF through
train from the West. At the close the
| passengers gave her vote OF thanks.
A few days ago farmer rode up to the
postoffice in Madison Va. and gave the
pos master letter to be stamped, then,
handing him two sweet potatoes, rode off,
| leaving the P M. standing in blank aston
ishment, wondering whether Congress
had remonetized sweet potatoes.
At an early. day there will be a rolling
! mill started at Winchester, Va, under
the auspices of Anderson Brothers & Co.,
Of Willlamsport. Pa The business men
of Winchester presented the firm with the
land on which to erect the mill, and the
blooms used will be drawn from the valley
| furnaces
An official of the Boston Board Of
Health who has been called to examine
| nearly two hundred houses in that city in
which diphtheria occurred reports that in
every instance he has discovered a derange-
ment of the waste pipes either above or
below the surface before they entered the
| sewers.
The debating society of the district
school in the most obscure corner of Clark
| county. KY, after an exhaustive discus
sion. have definitely decided that there is
| a hell. Thu society is soon to settle the
question of the nature of eternal punish
ment.
Sam Howard was importuned, in reli-
gious meeting in st. Louis, to go forward
| for prayers. He declined, and started to
90 out. A sturdy revivalist stopped him
| in the aisle, OBTAINING him by force. A
| fight ensued, and the upshOt was the ar
rest of the sinner by policeman.
Temperance women in Pittsburgh have
again taken to raids on the barrooms,
beginning with an unannOunced visit to a
low music hall. They met with no oppo-
sition, and the employees and patrons of
the establishment joined heartily in the
sing ing.
The Winchester papers chronicle the
deaths of Jas. Hiner, Co. K, 5th Va,
Stonewall Brigade Henry Bowles. an
officer of Co. H, 18th Va, same brigade.
and Mrs. Elizabeth Weaver, the Oldest in
habitant of the town, aged 81.
A little man known as Major Tot is on
exhibition at Buffalo He is thirteen years
of age. weighs 104 pounds, and is % inches
in height, eight inches taller that the mid
get Zarate. He is native of MaSsachu
sets, and consequently intelligent.
Mr.. Acklin, the new mepber from
Louisiana is one Of the few Southern Re
representatives. in Congress who could take
the iron clad cath. He was a minor dur
ing the whole war:
John Fluke, chairman of the church
council of the Lutheran congregation al
Glade Creek, Botetourt, Va, died on thu
18th inst.
t Miss Maggie Meyers, of Wytheville
Va, during the year 1877, worked on
+ thousand six hundred and fifteen buttol
holes.
a To such an extent does smallpox pre-
r vail in Bremond, Texas, that nineteenth
}. OF the inhabitants have left the place, an
business is closed.
til When mail bag was opened at Ann,
s polls, N. S., on Wednesday last, ca
J. Jumped out, and is now duly established
the good graces of the postmaster.