Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-15

LIGHTNING STRIKING Down AN IN
CoRRIGIBLE SCoFFER IN HOUSE OF
PRAYER. startling event that occur
red on Wednesday night last in the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church at Letters Ford
(lnd) is regarded by many people in Indi-
ana as a direct int -rposiJion of Divine
Prov idence for the punishment of the
scoffer. A revival had heen in progress in
the church for two weeks. Elias Bidin-
gtr, a married man. about twenty five
years of age and Robert King had been
disturbing the meetings by making sport
# those who led the services. On We'd
n,sday night about seventy-tive persons
were present. During tie exercises Bid
niger and King began to create a distur-
ba ce. Mr.. Jones, the minister. went to
expostulate with them, laid his hand up IN
Bidinger's shoulder, and urged him to
change his wav of life. Bidinger replied
his ways A few moments ait rward,
while Michel Shatle, member of the
congrea alton wa Leading in prayer, light-
ming flashed into the church, eXtinguiShed
all the lights killed Bidingtr, and pros
ira ed King upon the floor. King, assoon
as he returned to consciousness called upon
he spectators to pray for him, and decla-
red himself converted. The occurrence
re suited i'll swelling greatly the ranks of
sinners seeking salvation in the church.
A WOMAN TARRED AND FEAwHERED.
The Elmira advertiser" says: ''Some
time ago poor frail waif Of humanity
drifted into Canton Pa, in the person of a
young woman. She has lived around no
body knows how, sleeping at night, it is
said, over the boilers in MILL in order to
keep warm. a few nights ago some thlr-
ty young bloods of the town assem- ''led to-
gether, and at night seized her, stripped
her naked and proceeded to treat her in
an outrageous manner, tarIing and fea-
thtring her, burning her flesh and finally
| thrusin her into the street on a cold
! night without a particle Of clothing. Sev-
eral hours after, she made her way to a
negroes house, where the poor creature,
more dead than alive, was kindly heated
showing that in spite of his black. skin he
had winter heart than the others. One
Of the young men has turned States evil
dence, and disclosed the names of the per-
petrators of the act, and 10 they were the
big Ones-the 81 am hOlier than thOn.''
Some Of the leading citizens of the town
have, in the name of outraged humanity,
taken up the case, and will prosecute it to
the bitter end.
THROWING HER CHILD OUT OF THE
WINDOW OF A CAR Come AT FULL
sREED.-saturday night at Lovingston
station in Nelson county Va, on the Mid
land road, sallie Gay q white girl got
aboard with an infant and bundle. AS
the train approached N"rth Garden sta
lion, running at twenty five miles an hour
she hoisted the window and threw the
sleeping child out into the darkness. The
child was found by a track walker shortly
.fter it was thrown from the cars and
strange to say still lives. The GIL
90, off the train AT Charlottesville but
was arrested on Monday morning and i'm
pfisoned.
iIouis, T.. Stevens, a nurse laborlng
under the effects Of morphine taken to al
Ieviate neuralgia, made the fearful leap
from the sixth story Of her employers
house in New York Saturday and was
dashed to pieces on the paved street.
Mrs. nysls u. R9oseyelt, wife of the
man VIII, built the first stealpet that ,r4n
On the Ohio and MiBaissipp, and who, her-
self, was q passenger on jta fllpt voyage,
died ID New York state on Saturday last,
A Paris journal estimates at bo,coo the
number Of American yisitors VINO WIZ
spend freely lbe dollars OF their daddles Nv
..hA Paris worlds fair.
Rev. r, W. Ha,,,l. Of Lynehbutg' va,
has been called to the First PresSsS s4' ''''
cfuteh; Raleigh, n q.
The life Of the late judge fuieon, Of
Richmond was insured for Y M