Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-11-29

A quack doctor is travelling in Ohio,
accompanied by a remarkably beautiful
young woman. Her complexion especial
ly is perfect He tells the pt ople. in free
lectures, that this fair creature was once
rather ugly, but has been improved by the
use Of his elixir, Which he offers forsale at
So I. bottle. Nobody buys any at the con-
cusion of his lecture, but On the following
day, when his agent goes from house to
house, the Sale is large.
The Countess Rosina Mirafiore lays elab-
crate wreathes of flowers, Gecked with
Emanuel. in the Pantheon She was a
beautiful woman in her day, aud his NOR
anatic wife; she is now considerably
wrinkled, but wealthy, through the liber-
atty Of the late King, whose vast debts
were contracted mainly on her account,
Rev J. NJ. ochwrar, formerly rector of
the Episcopal Church at Annapolis, but
who died recently at Somerville, Tennes-
see, Of yellow fever did what is known to
have been seldom if ever done before-read
oven his almost extinct body the service
for the dead Then, with the simple ut
terance, ''All's well" he expired
The Montgomery ''Messenger,'' states
that at Pilot Knob, in that county, last
Thursday, a little daughter of Mr.. Wyatt
Akers, got bean down her wind pipe and
died from the effects. She had the whoop-
ing cOugh-WaS where this children were
getting out beans-put some in her mouth,
and drew one in her lungs while coughing.
Fayette McMullen announces that e
will contest Col. Richmond's seat, and
gives the opinion that the corruption in
the election in Les, Wise and Scott, ex-
ceeded that of any election ever held in
Virginia.
Mr.. John L. Brady, who for the past six
years has filled the place of local editor of
the Wytheville ''Enterprize, "has purchas-
ed a half iul crest in that paper, and it will
now be conducted by the firm Of caldwell
Il Brady.
A Nebraska minister preached an hour
and three. quarters last Sunday, and by
that time the pews were-about emptied
and. as the last woI shipper colared his hat
and Slid out, the disguised preacher asked
the choir to sing Noting but Leaves y
They have orga izad fire company at
New Market with D. S. Henkel, Captain {;
George W. Grim. LIST Lieutenant: George
Guard. End, Lewis F. Tilder, lst Engi-
neer; J 'hn D. Henkel, 2nd Ambrose L.
Henkel, Secretary John A. Roller, Treas
urers
Near Luray Page county, on the 18th
inst. Spencer Blu Ter, the County Survey
Or, shot Thornton Burns, with whom he
had an old feud, inHicting d severe wound
in the hip.
Tom Hood y only daughter. Mrs. Fran,
ces Freeland Rfoderip. a clergyman's wild
ow, has just died, aged forty nine. In con-
junction with her brother, she wrote and
published her fathers life.
The sale of the Salt Sulphur Springs
property, W. Va which WAS purchased bv
MIR. .Jno II. Council, of Richmond. has
been confirmed by the y. 5. Court, which
is in session A. Charleston.
A Blttsburg willow has married for the
fourth time. He and she pooled their CAPT.
tai in the shape of fifteen children and
about $4,000 in cash.
The balance of trade Is slightly against
the farmer who comes to town with a load
OF new wheat and returns home loaded
down with "old rye.''
Mr.. Jonas Walker, a brother of Hon,
Gilbert 9. Walker, of Virginia, has Just
completed residence near San Francisco,
California, costing ssoo,aoo.
"Look out for paint p shouted boy in
the gallery of a Chicago theatre when the
hero of the play kissed the heroine
Thomas Moore, for many years magis-
trate of Shenandoah county, under the
old constitution, died on the 18th inst.
A shrewd old turkey gobhior walked into
a drug store ia this City the other day and
called for bottle Of santi-fat,''
Forty-two lawyers, twenty-seven clergy
men and thirteen physicians are conyicts
in the penitentiary at Auburn, N. Y.
The toor OF the Pantheon at Rome was
recently overlooked by rise in the Tiber.
Won Moltke says only the dead and the
defeated are happy.