Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-02-22

late sale by the Post Office Department of
unclaimed packages sent to the Dead Let
ter Office showed the extensive use made Of
of traders and others, the articles forward
being as various as those ordinarily in
trusted to express companies. An unclai
med package was recently received from
New Y ork Post Office, containing the fol-
lowing articles A roast spare rib, a large
piece of roast veal, several pounds of
jerked venison and several buffalo tongues
potatoes and onions, a pound OF butter, a.
loaf of fruit cake, a lot of candy, raisins,
nuts, oranges, apples, &c; several small
bottles of wine and WhiSkey, two boxes OF
There was also in this same package salt,
pepper, vinegar, &c, for the seasoning,
and cranberries for the sauce, and in ad-
dition an abundance of flour and yeast.
The election of a Poor Law Medical OFF,
Ger is dismally humdrum affair in Eng
land, but the more lively Irish often con-
trive to get a good deal of excitement OUT
of it. On a recent occasion the partisans
Of the rival candidates were so obstreper-
Gus that sixty of the Royal Irish Consta-
buiary from Limerick, one hundred from
Tipperary, a troop Of dragons, and three
companies of artillery were summoned to
keep order.
The Rev. John M. Chenowitch, alias
Wells, is the champion polygamist, judging
from the returns already in. He recently
married a woman in Auburn, Sangamon
county, Illinois when he was already mar
ried, and it now appears that he has wives
in Ohio, Indiana Kentucky, and other
places, seven OF eight altogether. Wells
was an eloquent Baptist preacher in San
canon county, and was greatly admired
by his flock.
A tooth the size of a small ham, and
similar in shape, weighing twelve pounds,
was extracted from the jaw of a white ele-
plant in Ceylon while the animal was I'M
der the influence of chloroform. The den
tai operation was performed to relieve the
boast of the great pain caused by exposure
OF the nerve owing to the decay Of a por-
ton Of the bone.
Rev. Dr.. John Hall lectured on Thurs
day evening, January 9th. before the
Young Ien's Hebrew Association of New
\ DIRK City, on ''Hhe Hebrew Scriptures and
Science" This is the first time in that
city, if not ID the country, where Il eminent
Presbyterian clergyman has beeu invited
to lecture before young Hebrews on the
scriptures.
A fr<sh scandal in the Navy Depart
ment, unGsr Robson, just brought to
light, is the protection OF defaultng pay
masters, names and specifications being
given in half a dozen cases, Including
grandson of Simon Can erOn's for $50 ,00O, -
and Frank II. Clark, a protege OF Gen
Buffers for $4,000.
Miss Susan Dicker, who has for. seven
years been confined as lunatic in the
Bloomingdale Asylum, at the instance of
greedy relatives, who coveted her large
property, has just been declared to be of
sane mind and to have all along been Of
sound mind
The Woodstock ''Herald'' has an ac-
count OF "a young man of rather prepus-
sessing appearance book agent and re-
pairer of clocks and sewing machines, from
Indiana, who has resided in Broadway,
Woodstock, Strasburg and Edinburg, and
though married has attempted to marry
two or three girls.
An energetic revivalist is conducting
meetings in Baptist church, in I.exng-
ton, Ky. He breaches sermon inwhich
the delights of heaven and the horrors of
hell are wildly described, and then, tax
ing out his watch, says, II will give sin
ners exactly five minutes to choose"
An ''oil smeller" of Titusville, Pa, has
over $100, goo worth of dry wells to remind
him OF his folly. He has delusion that
q Theoretically sealed bottle, held by a
string near the ground, will Indicate the
existence OF petroleum one thousand feet
below the surface. He located eight dry
wells last year.
There was an exciting scene in the
Brooklyn city council about hosting the
city flag half mast at the death Of the
Pope. A strong lobby present lnsulted
those members who voted against. and
cheered those who voted for hosting it.
1t was hoisted.
A Democratic paper down in Georgia
ridicules the idea of there being effective
opposition to the reelection of General
Gordon, and saws that his term of office
for U. s. Senator from Georgia is for
life.
A Northern lady visiting in Florida
writes enthusiastically home that they are
llVlng ON peas, cabbage, lettuce, and other
green vegetables, and that flowers of MANY
varieties are in full bloom.
CharleS Napier, an English scientist, |
.prescribeS a vegetable diet as cure for
intemperance. The REIMBURSEMENT of meat
Tor SIX or seven months, he asserts, will
destroy desire for alcohol in the most g.
gravated cases.
Before the Church of Our Lady of Alto
cha, in which the King ofSpain was lately |
married, a sentinel perpetually stands on |
guard. The Virgin of Atocha has long
held the rank of Colonel in the Spanish |
army. Hence the military honor.
An owl shot near Burlington, Vt, had
a steel trap and two feet of chain belong
ing to Hinsdale IN. Fl. ~ man, on it's leg. |
The trap was set five weeks before in the |
H1nsdale mans henhouse, and was carried !
about 100 miles by it's captive.
The large number of negroes who have
rented land in Alabama and gone to farm
ing Tor themselves, has caused a great |
scarcity OF hands among landowners who
desire to farm their own land,
President McCosh, of Princeton College,
according to the Independent" believes
that 1.-The body mot the soul of man was
formed by development from that of some
lower ANIMAL
A couple from Webster, Mass, each of
whom was Is years old, went to Warren.
r. l., laat week, and were married by
favorite clergyman, friend of their earlier
days.
Because one member Of Congress from
south Carolina opposes West Point. the
Philadelphia ''Press' argues that ssthe Con
-ederate Democracy propose to destroy the
school,"
Besika bay, where the British Mediter-
'anean fleet has so long been stationed. is
III the west coast of the plains Of ancient
Troy, in Asia Minor,
The Lynchburg s'Virginian'' sswould not
ike to speak positively but ''fears'' that