Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-08

most without a parallel. The address
to which [ have referred is in per-
feet harmony with this character, and it
has been read with deep qualification by
millions OF your countrymen."
The suit of Gen. G. W. C. Lee, for the
recovery of Arlington, was begun in Judge
Hughes court, Saturday. Francis L.
Smith and Leigh r. Page, spoke for the
plaintiff, and District Attorney Lewis for
the government which bought the proper
ty at a sale for taxes.
Two card sharpers unwittingly picked
each other up in train from Bath to
London and played ecarte. "It's' very
singular" observed one, THAT | haven't
seen a King YETI E'Not at all,'' replied
the other: you have one in your sleeve.
and [ have the other three IN my boot"
Somebody has sent to this office a tract
entitled ''What it is to be damned!'' Such
things are useless to newspaper men. All
of the profession who have been any length
OF time engaged in the business, are very
well aware eghatit is
| Ex-President Jefferson Davis writes
letter to Congressman Singleton. of Mis-
| sissippi, asking that his name be- stricken
from the Pension Rolls of the Mexican
War Bill. as it may interfere with the pas
sage of the I'LL by Congress.
Samuel Valentine, Jr., colored, of Man
chester, laid his head on the rail of the
Petersburg road Sunday evening and let
| The engine cut it off. In his pocket was
| letter from his sweetheart returning his
| ring and discarding him.
TIE Southern Churcfman,'' of Alex
andria, ''Times,'' of Winchester, "Wash-
ingtonian,' Of Leesburg, dispatch" of
| Wytheville, and. News" of Bristol have
petitioned congress to abolish the duty on
type,
"A little Sabbath school boy, in Burke
vile, was asked where Christ was born.
| After a deep study for some time, he
| frightened up and replied, Sin Balti-
more"
At the present rate, under the Moffett
law, Mecklenburg is likely to pay $1,000
| liquor tax yearly, which is about four
| times as much as retofore.-Mecklenbu
| Democrat.
The editor Of the ''Southside Sentineln
writes that Lynchburg has nearly nehun-
| dred tobacco factories in operation, giving
| not less than 5000 persons constant and
lucrative employment.
| General Robert Toombs, in the opinion
| of General Longstreet, was one of the
| braveSt and most dashing soldiers he ever
saw on any field. but he adds that Toombs
"had literally no idea of subordination, ;"
Miss Mary A. Shumate, daughter Of an
| officer of the revolution died at Elizabeth
| n. j., Thursday after making business
| like bargain with the undertaken as to the
| cost of her funeral.
Last week Rt Rev. Bishop White con-
firmed a class of thirty-eight many of
whom were pupils of the Valley Female
| Institute and the Shenandoah Valley
Academy.
| General Butler appears Oh the Demo-
cratic side of the House more frequently
| now then formerly, and seems to be more
cordially welcomed than of yore.
John Willis, of Lee county Va, while
drunk Tuesday night murdered J.. II.
| Reason, a quiet and respectable citizen by
| splitting his head open with an axe
| Ex-senator Ben Wade, of Ohio. died
| Saturday, aged IS years. He was a severe
| reconstructionst towards the South but
| the growing generation hardly knew him.
| Edmund Baker, saloon keeper in Man
chester. has been fined $40 for his bell
punch being out of order, and selling on
without registering
The special grand jury of Harrisonburg
has indicted every liquor dealer in the
| 10 80
! his trade.
Danville, Va, has an active mayor. He
| not only sentences petty thieves to be
| whipped. but lnftcts the stripes himself,
so as to be satisfied they are well laid on.
| In Lee county, Va, and some of the
Tennessee counties on the border, last
week, the us. revenue officers seized
twenty illicit stills and their contents.
The council of the town OF Gordonsville.
Va, has just completed and furnished
building for graded free schools capable of
accommodating 200 pupils.
Specimens Of the Moffet Register or
''bar-keepers' bell punch" have been put
In the bar-rooms of the Astor House and
Earle's Hotel, New York.
The average length of life of Quakers is
remarkably high in England. The greatest
number of deaths occur between seventy
and eighty years of age.
Mr.. A. E. Bancroft, retired English
naval officer, has purchased the farm of
Dr. J. W. Stephenson, in Clark coun4y,
containing 270 acres, for $500.
A policeman of Washington some years
ago killed man for speaking insultingly
OF his wife, and while he serves term in
the penitentiary she is seeking divorce.
The widow of President Tyler assisted
Mrs. Halves n receiving her guests at re-
ception in the White House last Saturday.
The death of John Janney, aged "a in
Loudoun CO., and of Edward Jacqueline
Smith, aged SO in Clark CO., is announced.
Mr.. J. W. Dear, formerly of Fairfax
county, Va, is row the proprietor of the |
stage line to the Black Hills,