Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-11-22

his cattle at stated price to h PAID When
the old wagoner's election should be an
nounced 1t hasn't been announced as yet,
and we believe all the precincts have been
heard FROM Wgthepille Enterprise.
Cooking" is the term for neat job in
photography by which beautiful young
lady's head may be attached to the nude
form of Diana, Venus or any other female
in the symptoms of dress worn by female
divinities. A young New York girl saw
herself as Mazeppa The other day in shop
window in London. and it cost her papa
five hundred dollars to buy up all the
cooked" pictures.
Ex-private Jno. J. Corbett, who was
locked up by Gen. Gibson, will lie in com
mand of Fort Wadsworth, 1or annoy ing
the daughter of Louis de Comeau, a
wealthy French gentleman, ing near the
barracks, by following her alb. ut and ma
king love to her, has sued the General i'll
civil court and gotten I, verdict for
800.
1t is not probable that whipping will be
recognized as a mode of legal punishmen
in the new Constitution OF California.
Many of the delegates to the Constitutions
al Convention declare that such d provis-
ion, in their estimation, would disgrace
the State, and they threaten tn fillibuster
rather than to permit its passage.
The defeat of A. M. Waddtll, Democrat
for congress in North Cdrolina, which was
only accomplished by some fiji y votes, was
caused by the fact that his fat ler died the
day before, and it was industl ously circu-
| lated thu ougll the district that 1T was the
| candidate oaucjnu II tunpr9tS tO
scratch their tickets.
An examination of the ''par,ion records
at W Washington shows that Ed in l.. Mar
tin, Congressman elect from Delaware,
was pardoned by President Johnson, and
thereby relieved from his alleged disabill-
ty to claim a seat in Congress, by reason OF
conviction of aiding and abetting the
rebellion.
The expectation of butter f ON France
has increased from $50. 600 cws. in 1872 to
SOC, 600 cwt. in 1876. A large proportion
| is supplied from Normandy, which also
boasts the best qualities. That is one of
the ways France gets rich.
A Nashville widow saw her lover riding
with another woman. and was so angered
| by the sight that she desired t., kill him.
| Having no pistol she pawned his watch
and bought one, but by that lime he was
not to be found; then she shot herself.
Miss Fellows, who recently left Licking
ton suddenly, causing alarm to her friends,
has been heard from, having arrived at
her home in Fincastle, after walking the
entire distance alone. 1t took her two days
| to do it.
An interesting ceremony at Big Lick,
| Roanoke CO., Va, Friday, was the ordina-
| ton by Montgomery Presbytery, to the
| full work of the ministry, OF Leroy Fl.
! johnson, colored. His first sermon is spo-
ken Of as one of marked ability.
| The smallest expense of a candidate for
congress in Virginia is supposed to have
been that of Mr.. Lewis Cabell, who run
against Ran Tucker, being only $3.50,
| three fourths of which was spe. for print
ing tickets.
| Among his other mementoes, Dean
Stanley carried away from the United
States, wreath of frost-tilted maple
leaves, gathered near the place where Maj
Andre, who is buried in Westminster Alb
hey, was captured.
Miss Strong is a California lady, who
pdlIllS Llllndlo oO WCll GilhU CNFll Ill UutS0
days of money-lack she sells the portrait OF
d dog for $3.50, and all her other paintings
for equally excellent prices.
The Coleman Sisters gave benefit per-
Torrance, last Monday night. at Salem,
Roanoke county, for the Salem Silver Cor
net Band. The Band realized only about
$50.
The congregation Of Broadway Presby-
terrain church Northern Gene al Assem-
blv) of Cincinnati, has eXtende.i call to
Rev. DR.. J. w. Pratt, of Central Universe
ty, formerly of Lexington. Va.
London has had snow storm this sea-
son already, on the morning Of Oct. 80. La
parts of Shropshire and Nortn Stafford
shire at the same time heavy fails of snow
occurred.
A mob in Wilmington. Ohio. could not
get at the murderers whom it wanted to
hang, and 50 vented its fury Oh the house
in which the murder had been committed,
teari ng it to pieces.
Mrs. Hayes has had the White House
cellar fitted up with potato-b.ns, shelves
for pumpkins and squashes, and racks to
hold apples, after the manner OF her own
cellar at nome.
Judge Rives' Court, which adjourned at
Abingdon after two weeks, made eighty
indictments. disposed of fiIty-llne crimi.
nal cases, and cost the U. s. government
1000.
One of the articles shipped from India
to China is sal ed rats, which are, as is
we'll known, highly appreciated in China
as an article of food.
Nine Theirs and her sister, who are on
a visit to En- land, CHANGED strangely
enough to travel 10 London il the tram
with tie ex- Empress and her son.
The Piedmont Agricultural Society of
Culpeper, has sustained heavy less in the
resignation of its President, Col. S. S.
Bradford.
Rev. G. A. Apple, of Suffolk, Va, has
withdrawn from the Christian denomina-
ton and prop ,ses to unite with the Meth
odist Episc' pal Church.
Francis Gardner, who owned l 200 acres
of the best land in Jefferson county, W. /,
Va, died Monday, aged ninety-three |
years.
Pork has been selling at Front Royal,
Warren county, at So per hundred and
new corn at 50 per barrel.
Mrs. Denison, author of ''That Husband
Of Nine" has received $4,000 from the
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