Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-02-01

OdGuludys
Capt. A. X. Long, U. S. A., who was
pardon clerk at tt e executive mansion un-
der President Johnson, ended three days
frolic in Washington, Tuesday, by shoot
ing himself through The heart.
Rev. Jas. g. Mnnegerode, Of Culpeper
q. H., has accepted call to Louisville
Kentucky.
1t is again stated with much appearance
Of authority that Mgr. Silss Chatard, OF
Baltimore, will be, if he is not already
Bishop of Richmond.
Mrs. Hicks says, with the royal psaimst
1.-THE Lord is my shepherd, and shall moi
want"
Colonel Gilman, correspondent of thu
Richmond dispatch at Washington, il
winning wide reputation by his CORES
pondence from the national capital
Washington Capital.
She sat upon the parlor lounge,
And William he sat by her,
And neither spoke a single word,
But both gazed in The fire.
At length he casped her dimpled hand
And told her OF his love,
And sWore that he'd be true to her
BY moon aud stars above,
He said he could not live without
Before he could say more,
Ihs father came and with club
Enticed him out the door.
The Rev. DIR. Stephen Fl. Tying, for 8
third of century the rector of st. Georges
Episcopal Church, New York, has announ
ed his determination to retire from the
pastorate on the first of May next.
Charles Minnie, the colored cadet al
West Point, has been dismissed because Of
deficiency in mathematics.
A sneak thief entered ex-Gov. Tilden'
house last week and stold his overcoat. I
was recovered from pawnbroker.
Miss Annie Louisa CARY sang one even
ing in Pottsdam, New York, eight or ter
years ago, for $25 and expenses. For hel
two evening singing at a recent concert in
that village she received 500.
Mrs. Kicker, the Washington lawyer
makes it rule every noon to pay for lunch
for the prisoners in the dock of the Crimi-
nal Court.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Herbert of
Evanston, Illinois, when she speaks at fe-
male suffrage meetings, puts one hand be-
hind her back under the skirts of her cloth
sacque, after the manner of the immortal
Pickwick.
Miss Elizabeth West, of Cleves, Ohio,
has recovered Sc O00 damages Second trial
and the same verdictl from the estate of a
dead lover, Enoch Hays, who had promised
to marry her, but failed to keep his prom
Use.
Two rules for the government of life, as
cribed to Sir Ashley Cooper: 1. Keep your
bowels clear-that will carry you through
this world 2. Keep your conscience clear
that will carry you through the next.
The relatives of deceased lady of
Glenn's Falls quarrelled over gold neck
lace that had been buried with her, and
the lady was exhumed in order to obtain
it.
Capt. Frank L. Blair, of Wytheville. &C.
cording to a letter to the Richmond
"Whig" will be ''urged by the readjusters
OF the 9th district for the next congress. y
What would readjuster have to do in
Congress Repudiate the National Debt?
DIR. Madison, Of Madison, Ca, owns the
watch that President Madison wore,
Mrs. F. A. Wood, daughter of ex-sena-
tor Il: 5. Foote, has been appointed to a
clerk ship in the Dead Letter office at sal
airy OF 5000 per annum.
A telegram from New Orleans, says, the
contract for making the Moffett register
for Louisiana will be awarded to a Cnl-
pepper, (Va.,) firm.
Col. J. q. A. Nadenbousch opened his
new Grand Central H otel at Martinshurg.
on Monday of last week.
A new way of fastening on ladies' hats
is to bore the top of their ears, put in gold
loops, and have the hat strings tied through
them.
Forty sheep, save six, owned by DR..
Alex. Harris, Of Jeffersonton, Va, went
to the dogs Friday night.
The Winchester ''Times" quotes corn at
4S and oats at 80 cents, and says a large
quantity of both is IN the hands of the far.
mers IN that vicinity.
Henry F. Bradley, of Page CO., Va.
died at Greenford, Ohio, on the 18th inst.
He only emigrated there last fall.
Middleton Jordan, who lives near &C.
darvllle, Warren CO., Va, has lost five
children with diptheria-three in one day.
oNAOU ~ cciiuoOu3 VI MCulO0 co., w.
Va, started 10 head of cattle to market
last week, averaging 1,761 pounds. "
Sixty-four clergyman of the Episcopal
Church dnd during last year, and of the
forty three whose ages are given in the
"Churchman's Almanac" the average age
was over sixty-oEe years.
Mr.. W. W. Coreoran haa given $500 to
the Virginia historical Society.
A man wrote to the Buffalo Express
to say that he wanted che paper. but had
no money, and offering to send for it two
undershirts worth So, which were present.
to him, but were too small. He cot the
paper.
The rector of a fashionable West-End
church is now affeetionately spoken of in
clerical circles as 1.-The Apostle of the |
ienteels. ''-Phsl0, Bulletin,
Mr.. P. T, Barnum IS said to calculate
hat he has sold since he began his bust
less OF amusement, no less than S83. GOO
100 worth of tickets.
The "Clark (Ky.,) Democrat" records
The assignments of w. D. Sutherland, I.
}. Robinson, S. W.. Brock, and J. v.
fsigsby, Cause, short horns, -