Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-01-11
Trenton, N. j., is the possessor of a b


with wooden leg It was run over by
passing coach and was given up for dead
until the extent of its injuries was found
to be only broken leg. Amputation be-
came necessary, and after some days the
fowl recovered, but could not walk. With
loving ingenuity it's owner, Mrs. Dooley,
securely attached a piece of stick to the
upper part of the hens leg, and the bird
walks forth rejoicing.
A musical convention assembled at
Monterey, Highland, Dec. 2Sth, presided
over by Rev. ]. Kyle Gilbert, and appoin-
ted a number Of gentlemen to instruct
classes in vocal music at different points
in the county. A permanent body was
ORGANIZED with S. A. Gilmor. President !;
j. D. Butcher, Vice President j. g. Ma
theny, Secretary and Thomas III. Slaven,
Treasurer.
At ''select reading" given by Prof. J.
FL. Siddons, in Leesburg. Va, Monday, in
Association Hall an alarm of fire left the
reader without an audience. Prof. S. pub
fishes in the January number of the
"Galaxy" an Interesting article on "Ne-
gro Labor in Virginia." in which he tells
some honely truths in regard to the de-
predations on the property of the white
people.
A lawyer and his wife IN Lafayette, KY,
got drunk on New YEARS. day. They
smashed the windows of their dining room
ana the glass of the pictures. tore down
the curtains. killed two birds, broke a
dogs leg, and whipped a servant girl
Theif case is to be considered by the church
of which they arc members.
Miss Josephine A. Stone, colored girl
who graduated from the High school at
Newport, VT, last summer, took the gold
prize for the highest scholarship, gave the
valadictnry and did the last two years.
study all in one. She is the daughter of
a cook and supported herself by her own
labor.
The Petersburg Index says that forty
of the largest Taxpayers of that city, by
spontaneous impulse, on the appearance
of Governor Holidays inaugural address,
united in sending him a congratulatory
dispatch, in which they thanked him for
the sentiments expressed therein with re-
spect to the public credit. q
The city Judge of Portsmouth has sum-
moned % liquor sellers to say why their
licenses should not be taken from them for
small returns. Judge Guigon Of Richmond
did that two months ago and last month
the returns OF sales by the summoned ones
were six hundred per cent larger than for
November.
In more than one of the Presbyterian
churches in London the service is per-
formed in a way that would have sent J ohm
Knox into fits. The psalms are intoned,
and the Lords Prayer repeated by the
congregation present, as in the Church Of
England.
Agents of the Russian and the Turkish
Governments met by chance in the Bridge
port Mass. Steel Works the other day,
whittier they had gone to contract for bay
onets. One ordered 100000 and the other
100000.
Last years wheat crop is estimated at
three hundred millions of bushels, and is
said to be the largest ever grown in the
United States. Of this amount one hun
bred and ten million bushels can be spared
for expectation.
At Whitesville, KY, the body of S. A.
Savage, ayoung man, was found sitting
rigid and CHASTITY in death on stump in
field. There IS every indication that he
died of heart disease while in that position.
Rev. DR.. William Newton, rector Of the
Church of the Nativity, Philadelphia, has
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Episcopal ministry, and has unite with
that of the Reformed Episcopal.
The iron furnace at Quinnemont, on the
c. & O. R. r., was to 60 into blast again
last Tuesday, having been thoroughly re-
paired.
Col. VIM. SKeen, of Covington, ALE
ghany county, is out in card correcting
rumor that he was candidate against
Judge Mclaughlin.
The latest Washington City sales under
deeds of trust are the National Republi-
can newspaper, and the furniture of Will
lard's Hotel.
The u. S. Marshal of the Eastern Dis
taict Of Virginia. has been ordered to
lodge all convicted prisoners in the Mary
land instead of the Albany penitentiary.
Judge VIM. G.. Williams, has sold his
brick residence and sixteen acres of land
in the suburbs of Culpeper g. H., to Jas.
M Nc ore, for $4,000.
The treasurer of Augusta, Me-. has hung
big banner across the street, bearing the
device: "TreaSurerS office. Have you paid
your taxes!'
The report Of the State auditor Of Ken
tucky shows that the valuation of the State
has decreased $13,521 ISL during the last
year.
A Berlin firm is making a number of
telephones for experimental use by the
Russian army.
Mr.. Brown Ayres gave an exhibition of
the telephone in Charlottesville, Thursday
night.
..Men. ;" says g witty French writer. ION
NV remember women who forget them
selves"
ATexas dog left in Missouri found his
wav hack to his masters house, distance
of 500 miles,
The fair in Boston for the Old South