Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-01

lar to that he was about to die for and of
which he admitted his guilt. He willed
his body to physician. His neck was
broken and he died instantly.
Sister Harriet Ann Glenn is one of the
most devout of the colored Methodists in
Louisville. She went to prayer meeting
in the Rev. W. W. Taylor's church, and
sat in the midst of party of scOffers.
Brother Taylor stopped in his sermon and
said, "Who's doing dat talkin' over dar?
l think it's de woman in de white hat -
The woman in the white hat was Sister
Glenn; and she subsequently sued the
preacher for SANDER, but the jury refused
to give her any damages.
It is a rule OF Masonry that man to
join that order must be physically Ter
feet. uHmutilated man, at least to the ex-
tent of having his arms, legs, hands, fin
gers. &C., and the Grand Master of the
State of New Jersey has just censured the
Patterson lodge fol admitting candidate
who had lost the thumb of his right hand.
The master Of the lodge was suspended for
year, and the initiation declared void.
A widow in New York, whose little son
of eight years was much given to lying,
written in large letters; This Boy is an
Inveterate Liar,' and compelled him to
stand on the front step other house all one
Sunday morning, while people were pass
ing to and from church, exposed to the
gaze and the ribaldry of every passer.
1t is proposed to convert the old Capitol
building in Milledgeville, Ca, into a hos
pital for lunatics. The people of Milledge-
3lo ,afr 1lx1r ,hioot tn C,Jnh q of tho
venerated pile, and their objection seems
to be sustained by public opinion in the
State. The Capitol of Virginia has for
some time you know the rest?
A creditor in Maysville. KY. sought to
get an attachment on the ground that his
debtor had said, I'm going TO sell out
and go to HE'LL thus justifying belief
that he intended to quit the state. The
Justice decided that the remark was no
indication that the debtor meant to go
out of Kentucky.
Mum parties are new Massachusetts
device for raising money for church pur-
DOSES. The admittance is ten cents, and
those who talk after they get in must pay
fifteen more, which entities them to
plate OF oyster soup.
Milking machines have become so i'm
trial of them at the Bristol show yard next
portanl that there is to be competitive
July. with Judges appointed bv the Royal
Ag. icultural Society of England. Dolly,
the dairylnaid, may soon find part OF her
occupation gone.
Steps are about to be taken to obtain
quantity of good tobacco seed from the
United States for cultivation in the north
western provinces Of India, in time for
this years sowing.
The Illinois State Agricultural Depart
ments reports that there are 342.682 acres
of orchard in the State, and that the pro-
duce last year was worth s3.5S9.672, or
$10.47 per acre.
Mr., Brandt, member of the Minnesota
Legislature, accepted a bride of $50, gave
it to the clerk. and exposed the corruption,
which related to the supply of books for the
public schools.
An Ohio schoolmaster marked a pretty
girl nine in the examination in chemistry,
although her real grade was SIX, and
wanted her to kiss him as recompense.
She told her mother, and now the school
master is in trouble.
1t was, supposed in Paris, that owing to
war. there would not be more than 800
Russian expositors al the coming exnlDl-
ton 700, however, have demanded space,
and the section devoted to Russia, threat
ems to be quite insufficient. =
Notwithstanding the immense grain trade
of Odessa, Revel, and st. Petersburg, there
is not an elevator at either OF those CENTRES.
But an American firm has just made a
contract to build one at St. Petersburg as
soon as peace is declared.
On the Sunday before 1.-THE Exiles'' was
produced in the Boston Theatre, the Rev.
Edward Everett Hale prayed in his pulpit
for s'the exies in our midst" The man
ayers rewarded him with an offer OF free
tickets and he accepted eight.
The Crown Prince Of Austria has been
travelling in Ireland, where everybody ex-
cept Queen Victoria goes nowadays, one
has paid two visits there, and probably not
fewer than forty-two to Scotland.
The Joke on Gov. Bishop, of Ohio, who
was a member Of a grocery firm before
being Governor Of the State, is that ne
stoned a bill Orchard M. Bishop Il Co.,
Governor"
A proposal to re-establish the whipping
post is before the Kentucky Legislature,
and the people of Oakland, supposlng that
the the measure had become a law, pup
licly whipped petty theft.
Just as Virginia is trying to evade her
obl;oations. Louisiana, which was in the
hands of the enemy up to six months ago,
is making arrangements to pay hers IN
full.
Bayard Taylor, who has just been ap-
pointed U. S. minister to Germany, besides
being an author has been IN diplomatic
life. He married the daughter OF frol'
Hansoi. the eminent German astronomer,
Some years ago.
Two white men and one colored, have
been whipped for stealing, under sentence
of the county court Of Patrick in the last
month.
WI, TAYLOR, night telegraph operator
at Louisa G. H., challenged j. b. Levy
the depot agent, to duel, and on his DC
clining fred couple Of shot at him In the
street.
Prof. Sumner, of Yale, after critically
examining some of the boys story papers
is convinced that they are extremely per
nicious.
The Fredericksburg "NeWs'' says tina
although the municipal elections :. in tina
ancient burg are three months on, cano
dates are looming up in all directions.
While the snow covered the ground
flock Of cartridges found comfortable qua
tiers about the stable OF Maj. 5. j.
Moore, in Berryville, Virginia.
Patent 200 600 has just been issued; br
tbatdoes not represent the total number,
previous to 1886 the issues were not nun
bered.
A. D. beavers is appointed pcstmast
Of snsxa Root. Mcdowell county. We
Virginia. vice Rebecca Rose. deceased.
A bill to abolish actions for preach s -