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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

IMPORTANT CHANGE IN CATHOLIC
COUNTRY.-Ever since the establishm ent
of the Roman Catholic Church in this
country, questions between its members
and the canon law of the Church have al.
most uniformly been decided by the bis
hop IN whose diocese the question arose.
In a few isolated cases the bishop has been
appealed from. either to the law of the
land or to the Supreme Pontlff, to whom
the humblest Catholic is permitted to ap-
peal, and to whom is promised the same
hearing as to the princes of the Church.
Only in one instance in the history of
the Roman Catholic Church in this country
has Rome decided against the bishop,
namely, when Father Bax, of the diocese
Of Kentucky. appealed to the Pope against
the judgment of Bishop McCloskey, of
Louisville. The causes Of complaint from
this country have been mainly from priests
who protested against unaccounted for re-
movals.
1t has been lately decided to establish an
ecclesiastical court in This country. The
mode of procedure established by the Pro
vincial Council of st. Louis, aud after
wards approved by the General Council of
Baltimore, has proved detective. Under
the new decree issued by appreciation of
Leo XIII, by the Sacred College OH the
5th OF June, this year, the Roman proce-
dure vii! replace our republican subSti
tute.
In each diocese the Bishop will select
five priests known for their lie 'fning in
canon law and other branches of church
culture. who shall constitute the court for
the diocese. One Of these Shall be appoint.
ed by the Bishop president of the court.
and they will BE- known by the old term.
"Judices Causarum - When five priests
cannot be conscientiously selected three
will do. At Diocesan Synods these judge.
will be elected, and Iii case of vacancy the
Bishop can fill ad interim. No priest shall
be removed from mission without con-
sent of three OF this court. The selected
priests are also expected to assist the Bis
hop in coming 10 decisions.
This new court reduces the power of
bishops greatly, and PAGES the priests on a
footing never before known in this coun-
Try. This concession to the Church in the
United States is said to be the final &C
acknowledgement by Rome that the Church
in the Republic Of the United States is no
longer the same as in missionary coun-
tries,' but that the United States is fully
aud unequivocally acknowledged as a
Christian nation of the earth.
The brief from the Sacred College an
nouncing this change has just been re-
ceived in this city.-N. Y. Sun.
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Laduke's Square Meal.

HOW LEAN vERMONTER GAINED EIGHT
POUNDS IN NINE AND HALF HOURS.
On Wednesday evening wager was laid
between William I-aduke, of Vergennes,
VT, and Messrs. Norton u La Bombord,
as follows; Laduke was to eat in ten hours
two pounds of pork steak, four large pota-
toes, one half OF a pie, two slices of wheat
bread, each one and one-quarter inches
thick, one quarter pound Of butter, half d
bushel of apples, and to drink two cups Of
tea. At seven O'Clock on Thursday morn
Ing tie gormand began his task by eating
i've apples. He then ate one pound Of
pork steak, two large potatoes, enc slice
of brt ad, one quarter Of pie, one-eighth
pound OF butter, and drank one cup OF tea.
The remainder of the forenoon he spent in
walking about and eating apples, OF which
he had devoured twenty three at twelve
clock.
Al noon lie ate one pound Of pork steak,
two large potatoes, one quarter of pie,
One..sllce of bread, one-eighth pound Of but
ter, and drank BWo caps of Tea. He Was
then weighed, and found 10 have gained
Seven and tne-balf pounds. For the next
three hoars he averaged :: bout two apples
per hour At 81 P. NJ he ate the last ap-
pie and won the bet with half an hour to
SPARE. His weight when he began Was las
pounds, showing a gain Of eight pounds in
nine and Que half hours. Seven and oue-
half pounds f this he acquired in the first
FIVE hours, the last five hours adding only
one-haif pound to his weight. The half
bnshel of apples was "heaping'' measure.
and numbered just sixty five apples. La
duke is &c yeals old, five feet seven inches
in height, and has never experienced sick
day in his life. He is Il thin, spare man,
and has always worked out for his living,
usually among the farmers. He expert
enced no unusual difficulty from his
square meal, and offered to bet S. that he
could eat another peck of apples the same
evening
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Lett er from Greenville.

A DEBATING Lee ISLATUKE ORGANIZED
BUT AWAITING THE GOVERNORS CALL
CHURCH NEws-REvIvALs, &C.
Correspondence of the Staunton vINDIcASOR.)
GREENvILLE, DEC. 3.-Since last VIII
ting there has been very little in the news
line to interest the public. Our little fowl
has lately had the addition of a new store
10y new firm.
Sometime since at an assemblage of the
people here. a Governor. Lieut.. Governor
and Attorney General were elected, VIM.
Smith, ESQ.,, DR.. Davis and DIR Gilkerson
we're chosen to fill the offices in the order
named, but the Governor deeming it mex
pedient, or for some other cause did not
suffer the legislature to convene as was the
purpose when the election was held, and
so our great old State is to 60 through
another winter without the interest Of her
people being discussed by the denizens OF
Greenville and community.
A series of prOtracted meetings are be-
ing nightly held az this place by the Rev.
Messrs. GrAybllland Jones of the Methodist
church-as yet there have been no peni-
tents.
Communion was held at Mt. Carmel on
Dec 1st., Rev. A. II. Hamilton. pastor
who was assisted by tie Rev J. n. Camp
bell of onemariah church seven persons
corrected themselves with the church,
the result of series of. meetings held at
Sunny side school house by Rev. Mr.. Ham
ilton short time since.
The usual supper for the Methodist
church here is being talked of; it will be
at Christmas. Next Sunda. being the
second of Tie month the doors Of the Y
M. G. A. will be thrown open to the pub
lie and the ladies especially are expected
time of meeting 4 O'Clock P. M.
DELTA.
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That Southern Policy.

Ex-Governor Walker, Of Virginia was
lounging in the room of the MetfopoiiIan
yesterday morning when The hecoid
glove to'' alongside and drew forth inc
following interesting opinions from Inc
ta.ented Virginian, who, by the way mas
always been accounted IL conservative man
III SCOUT efn politics:
"Well. Governor" said The Record,
after lhe usual salutatio's, "the fresl-
dent seems 10 have changed his southern
l,,iicy. EX-Gov. Young, OF ONO, VINO
spent several hours with MN on
Monday evening, says his torthcomln,g
MESSAGE will suit the most stalWarC OIL eho
stalWalt
'Gooc enough. That suits me-" eJacu-
lated Gos. Walker.
"Why sop
For l,i,t this reason: 1t will solldlfy
us at the South, up in thu bud any lncl-
nation t. ward a break up in the Demo
cratic pa ty at the South and strengthen
the party 1t the North"
How SD -
by snlidiiying the Republican party
against u and showing us whaG we nave
to eXpecl from them"
"Won;t the cry OF Il "a solid South hurt
the Dem cratic party ?"
mo; why should it? Is it anything to
be ashamed Of? in fact, it is, i'll my Judg-
ment, something to boast OF. rather IMAM
to be ashamed of; and think it is a mis-
take either to try to conceal lhe 1act,
which is impossible, or to be frightened AT
the halo, nalou which Republican organs
raise ahost it Or course, they don't Ike
it, becaus there stand the 1873 electoral
upf go WIN ri, thay cannot rnIlnN MI
der, or over. Bat the people of this coun-
try are not fools; and it does not hurt our
party for the people tn know that we are
within forty seven votes of victory at the
start"
You don't believe, then. in trying to
cover up the fact that the South is solid?
mo; why should l ? The people know
it as well as do. and are fully able to I'M
derstand the motive which influences Re
publican politicians to make political
handle cut of the fact. The South is solid
and this reported change in the President
will make us more Solld."
do you think there is any doubt that
he has changed his policy p
s'Why, he never had any policy. His
| position in relation to the withdrawal OF
Tile troops from interference with the State
| governments of Louisiana and South Car
| DINA was no policy at all. It was simply
an attitude of acqulescence in the inevita-
BILE. He acquiesced gracefully in what he
could not help; that was all there was in
| it,
| "Do you think he has changed his atti-
tude, then?"
''It looks like it. 1 have heard, on pref
| ty good authority, that he will say in his
message that he is disappointed in the re-
suit which has followed the Withdrawal
I ..,,Ir 6r
Southern people have met his advances in
the right spirit; that he thinks intimida
tion and fraud were practiced at the late
elections at the South, and that the strong
arm of the law must be invoked to punish
all who have offended, and to secure the
right of suffrage to all citizens North anc
| South That is in the line Of what Gov
Young predicts. and ! presume it will
prove true. p Wash. Cor. Phil. Record.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

A LONDON SHAvE.-It seems that peo
pie. as rule, shave themselves in Eng
land, and am sure if were to stop here
long would buy razor and learn how to
do so myself. There are very few shops in
Londcn-not one where there are dozen
in any American city. In these shops
very little shaving is done. The BARRIERS
business is principally hair cutting and
dressing. They have none of the Amerl-
can conveniences. They are generally
small, dark rooms in out Of the way places
having hardly any furniture. The chair
is a common wood-seated, straight backed
dining room chair, with a high back, on
the Lard edge of which the victim lays his
head while undergoing the torture, which,
thank fortune. is generally short-not over
two or three minutes. The lather is made
of plain. unperfumed soap. and as OFTEN
applied cold as warm. The razor rips
down one side of the face then the other,
and then tie china few finishing strokes
and the jolt is done. The villainous bar
b-r has no bay rum, but slaps on the raw
smarting face cold wet rag and washes
off the soap, rubs the moisture off with the
toughest side of crash towel, takes his
''tubbence" or ''thrippence" Is cents), and
turns the wretch out into the street with
his face smarting and only half dry, and
peculiarly sensitive to the cool air, "Wax?'
no, he has none. but my hair neads
brushing 80, yes.'' A half dozen
strokes with a brush. ga penny MORE"
and that is the end Of it. The man who
has just shaved me says that he does not
believe in the lazy American style OF bar
bering. AID he is sure that there are not
dozen American barber chairs in London.
THE COURT VS.. THE JUDGMENT.--Dur
the last term of the U. S. Court at this
place, good many men were convicted
and sentenced for illicit distllling, Among
the number was an old man from Scott
county, who was rather too aged to stand
as much hardship as he would necessarily
undergo under severe sentence. Judge
Rives was importuned by the lawyers for
clemency towards the old man, and his
sentence was curtailed to one year in the
penitentiary, that being the lowest limit
of the law. The Judge, after proDOunc-
ing sentence, in consideration OF his years,
lead him lecture on the folly of his way,
and concluded by hoping when he came
out he would be reformed man and be
better prepared to enter another Worle.
The old man couldn resist the tempta-
ton of replying, and in all solemness, said:
"Well, ledge, eff the Lord, in his good
ness, don't reform me, guess We'll meet
agin, Somewhere else.''
The bar and bv-standers enjoyed the re-
partee hugely.-Abingdon Standard.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

We give this morning in supplement
the Presidents message and the accompa-
nying reports. There is nothing in MI.
Hayes references to the intimidation of
voters and the punishment thereof that
any man can object to, except that he sin
giles out two Southern States. The people
of the South are perfectly willing that
every law Of the United States should be
carried out, but they are also determined
that it shall be done in all parts of the
country alike-the bulldozing of white
men in Massachusetts is not to be winked
at and that in South Carolina punished.
This is what the people demand and what
their representatives in the United States
Congress will see is done, the President
and his advisers to the contrary notwith-
standing. Mr.. Hayes has made good
President, too good a one to blemish his
record now by partlsanry that blinds hin
to equal justice.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06
D1srp rss1Ne acc,DENT-A mothe,

DISTRESSING ACCIDENTAL mother at
Newark, n. j., the other day left her in
FAINT in care of her sister. The aunt put
the child to sleep, and wanting to leave the
room, tied cord to the knob of the door
and hung the other end in loop loosely
around the little ones neck, thinking it
would be nice amusement for the infant
when it awoke to get hold of the cord and
pull the door knob, besides which the noise
would attract ber attention and SUNNI
her to the bedroom. The ciild, however i,
Instead of pulling at the door knob drew
the loop tightly around it's neck, and then
in it's struggles fell out Of bed. Wien the
mother returned and went to the bed TO
kiss her darling and meet the welcome Of
its outstretched arms and it's pretty crow
ing she found it's corpse on the floor. The
child was strangled.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

and to the holders of all the other classes
of bonds similar bond, bearing interest
at three and half per cent.-both bonds
and their coupons being payable in gold,
and the coupons to be received for taxes
or OTHER dues to tire State, and crowded
with a suitable sinking fund for their re-
demption, we have strong reason tn believe
that such a proposal would be accepted by
very large majority il nos the wnoie OF
the holders of Vlrgiui. securities.
We relL ,ln, with entiments OF high con-
sjderation, your xcellency's obedIent
servants,
BAKING. i;EUtE--ks, " CO.,
by SAG. u G. q. Ward, Attorneys.
AUGUST BELMONT.
and on behalf of the les u. De RJths-
child. nj london and Paris.
BROWN BROTHERS 4 Co.,
RICHARD IRWIN Il Co.,
CHARLES NJ. FRY,
President of Bank of New York.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

In Buenos Ayres they have plenty Of
paper money, but it takes $31 .95 of it to
buy gold dollar. A Thousand dollars is
not an extravagant price to pay for suit
Of clothes, and for five or six thousand
dollars year man may rent very snug
cottage
DR.. VIC. Dabney of Charlottesville.
Va, who left there six weeks ago as phys
ician to young Frederick Auchlncloss Of
New York, an invalid, on voyage around
the world, writes back that his patient
died two days after reaching Yokohoma.
Japan.
How ready the Republicans are to ap-
peal, for the sake of gaining a Congress
man, to the Supreme Court of Florida,
when they secuted the bare idea Of such a
court for the sake of gaining a President!
Boston Post
Mrs. J. H Bryant, Of Benton, Ala,
during the prevalence of the yellow fever
cut her hair, fOrty-twO inches long, from
her head, and sent it to New York city to
be sold for the benefit of the sufferers.
What official society shall do about call
ing on the colored wife Of Bruce, the ne
gro Senator from Mississippi. recently
married, is now the disturbing question in
Washington.
Russell, the Independent congressman
elected over Waddell in North Carolina,
announces that he is a Democrat and that
he will participate in the democratic eau
Gus.
Louis A. Cooley, the founder ard until
two years back, the proprietor Of ''Godey's
Lady's Book" died in Philadelphia Fri
/ doy, aged rs years.
Rev. Geo. H. Kinsolving. rector of st
Marks Episcopal Church, Baltimore, has
accepted call to st. Johns, of Cincinnati.
Rev. William H. Milburn, the noted
blind preacher has become a regular mem
Der of the Illinois Methodist Episcopal
conference.
Colonel VIM. Skeen, Of Allegheny coun-
ty, was on Saturday appointed a notary
public by the Governor.
Who Mrs once to take kiss has MI
thing he should not Miss.-St. Louis Times
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

The prize big hog of Virginia, weighing
nine huxdred and twenty-five pounds, net,
has just been killed by R. e. Latimer, of
Montgomer, county. The Lead weighed
sixty and one Of the hams onehundred and
sixteen pounds.
A young man named Hoffman, from
/ near Strasburg. Va, was caught by a
| heavy mass Of falling earth, on Tuesday
f! last, in the iron ore mine Of Larkin Lake,
! il Warren county, Va, and instantly
! killea,
Senator Johnston, Of Virginia, arrived
in Washington last Friday. He las been
emf. .~iug with malarial fever for three
Months mont and :: completely broken down in
health.
Mrs. H. W. Tillottson, of New Orleans.
who Lad Deem slmmering in Wytheville
VA, returned home Noy. 10Th, and was
taken dow n with. the fever. s.
George Muller, The man who with his
fait., ip PRAYER has accomplished such mir i,
acles OF el,aiipy IN Englapd. is to revisit
and preach III this country next year.
John Gum, aged ninety-6ye, living in
PocahoptaS county, W, Va. is reported
i'as brisk on lis feet as a boy of fifteen
!, nd without gray hair In his head"
Rev. Geo. W. Kelley, Of the Primitive
Bantist Church, died in Floyd county, Va,
m The 18th ult. He was with jackson at
the battle of New Orleans.
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 DAYS

AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 DAYS.
A gentleman of Lexington, Va. curious
to know how long it would take letter to
make the circuit of the earth, last year,
addressed a letter to his wife, in care of
an American consul. in Japan. with the
request to return it, if not delivered. The
letter was sent East, arrived in Japan in
due time, was returned via San Francisco
and arrived in Lexington in 100 days after
it's departure. Mr.. Blume was the sender
of the letter.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

A PRACTICAL JOKE.-The Norfolk
"Virginian" says that Rev. Mr.. Rose, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, in Ports
mouth, last Sunday night, repeated his
text, st. John, 18th chapter, 18th verse,
~ ct little while is the light with you;
walk while you have the light, lest dark
ness come upon you. He that walketh in
darkness knoweth not whittier he goeth,'
when suddenly the lights went out, just
enough to make darkness visible. With
much composure the reverend gentleman
directed the attention of his hearers to the
forcible Illustration of the meaning of the
text in the accident which had just hap
pened, and then dismissed the congrega-
ton with the usual prayer. The gas had
been turned off by practice joker.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06
A NOVEL WAY OF SELLING A HORSE.

A NOVEL WAY OF SELLING HORSE.
"A horse dealer from the county Of Mad
ison. brought to our town on last October
court day, very dilapidated looking horse
for sale. Meeting with colored individ-
ual who said he was in want of a horse,
they struck up bargain upon the follow
ing terms and conditions, viz: that if the
horse lived until the Dext court day, No
vember 25th, the Darkey was to pay the
dealer SIS in cash, but. if the horse died in
the mean time, then the Darkey was to
bring in the hide as an evidence of the de
mise of the steed. 1t seems the horse died
in the meantime and on last court day, the
old Darkey came walking into town with
the hide On his back and meeting with the
horse dealer, said; here-Boss-her is de
hide of dat old horse. dun bring it in
cording to de bargain and am clear OF 1T.
Yes says the horse man, that s alright, and
there ended the matter.-Orange @. III.
(Va.) Ne,Us.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

They manage monuments better in Ken
lucky than in Virginia. The appropria-
ton of $4,000 made by the Kentucky leg
islature for a monument to John G. Brock
enridge, has just been handed over to the
Breckenridge Monumental Association.
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Miss Mattie Belle Shreve, of Louisville.

MISS Ma TIC OS1A0 SHio'o, VI AOutSFlHo
KY, was married OH Wednesday to Mr.
Allen Polk Houston, of the same cry
For several seasons Miss Shreve was me
feignl1a belle. at the Greenbrier White
Sulphur SPRINGS. Congressman, Albert
Willis who represents the Louisville, KY,
district has just married FLORENCE DuIauey
daughter Of Hector Dulany. FORMERLY OF
As.olnlaon.
Fanny Louise Buckingham, the actress,
was DRUNK while playing !Y4ageppq in In
diaaapolis. Regain MCCARTHY annoyed her
by talking loudly behind the scenes. Just
as she was about to mount the fiery IN
ft--ned steed." She siezed q revolver, said
to boup heep loaded with powder and balls
and fired twice in the direction Of MeGap
thy.
Mr.. Wilber 3. Dyer, a lawyer. of Grant
county. W. Va, who accidentally shot
himself whilst hunting last week, submit
ted to the amputaEouo OF his right aFm at
the shoulder joint, and at last accounts
was doing well.
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Mrs Triton Excom INUNDATED.

MRS. T1LToN ExcoM MUN1cATED.--
Plymouth Church has agreed to adopt the
report accommodating Mrs. Elizabeth
r. TiIton, and which was presented at a
meeting held last June. It is based on
charges preferred a2ainst the lad y in ques-
ton hyg her qnondam friend, Mrs Barbara
Walton, who charges her with violating
her acknowledgement. It was adopted
napilaolsly after the prayer meetiqg last
Friday night, ~ raising the hand. Every
hand was lifted,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

RECRUITS posters are posted up
in the post office calling on able-bodied
men betW cen the ages of 81 ana IS to enlist
in the u. s. Army. They must weigh be-
tween 100 and $50 lbs. aud be physically
perfect. Lexington Gazette.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-06

In Vermont they seem to believe in the
old adage, "We are governed too much. "
The Legislature. which met only a couple
of weeks ago, will adjourn on Wednesday.
this week.
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