Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-21

privilege of the public schools. The board
having decided that all pupils should
study drawing, and Tucker having mott
fed the teacher that his daughter must
not study hat branch, she WAS expelled \
Tucker then sued the board, with the re-
suit already stated.
Mr.. A. S. Abel, proprietor It the Bal'i
more Sun" and q. w. Child. proprietor
uf the Philadelphia Ledger have each
for the maintenance and educa ion of the
orphan children Of the late G0 Hood.
In the case of Beaver, tried for the MUIR
der of his wife in Louisa cou ty, the jury
brought in q verdict of murder i'll the first
degree. but Judge Cochran set it aside on
the ground that no preme, itation was
proven. Another trial will be had in De-
cember. So says the Louisa l.. II. RE-
cord" 4 Il
Matthias Slower who emig lated from
Botetourt county, Va, and Ocf Ipied one
of the FIRST six log cabins in wi It is now
the fluurishing city Uf South lend, Ind,
died on the 28th ult. He was state sur
veyor of Indiana and for a long time COM
missioner Of swamp lands. ~.
By way of joke somebod. put in one
vote in Elizabeth City. N. j., for Samuel
HOllender, for Justice of the Peace. AT
Trenton, in examining the l,w, it was
found that five such offices wer. legally va
cant, so HOl]ender's one vote 1t him one
of them.
A corps of engineers has commenced the
survey Of a proposed branch OF the Chesa-
peake u Ohio railroad from Gordonsyille,
Va to Fredericksburg, or 10 point on
the Rappahanncc OK river below Fredericks-
burg, where deep water can be reached.
This road, if built, will bring Inc Chesa-
peake and Ohio about 40 miles nearer deep
water than by any other route Y
At Lynchburg, last week, Gen. Fitz Lee
and Gen. W. B. Taliaferro. being in the
city, were given banquet, as,renade and
q salute of twenty guns. In a speech Gen.
Lee referred to the recent attempted burn
Stafford and said he was sorry that they
had not done it, for it would nave placed
him higher on the roll of honor.
There i'd at least one citizen of MISSISSIPPI
pi, who is:doing good work for the future
Of his State and section. DR.. G. M. Valid
en-, of Miss, is supporting and paying tut
ton for seventy five students in the State
University at Oxford. He is a wealthy
man, and every year gives thousands Of
dollars towards the education Of the youth
of his State. >
Rev. n. M. Jackson, of Richmond, Va,
who has just declined call to an Episco-
pal church inst. Louis, in q sermon last
Sunday strongly advocated free pews. He
said he believed rented pews meant an ex-
clusiOn of the poor. . ..-a.:.
. Twenty-Five barrels of the finest Ameri-
can winter wheat flour. made by the new
ly patented process, were sold in New
York, Friday, on the floor of the Produces
Exchange to fill an order sent direct from
the household of the Queen of England.
The price paid was 50 per barrel.
E' Mrs. Henrietta Weglein, Jewess of
Baltimore, left in her will 800 to the
Shearith Israel congregation of that city,
on condition that the mournefs' = Kadisch''
be repeated for her annually. -
In the Buford trial at Frankfort, KY,
it became necessary to refer to the origi-
nal draft of the State constitution. when
to the establishment Of all it. Was discover
ed that it is nowhere to be f''uud in the
archives of the State.
1t is not generally known that the pierre
ing of children's ears, preparatory to the |
introduction of rings, is sou,rtimes at |
tended with danger. A child died in New |
York a few days ago from gang enc caused |
BY having its ears pierced.
General Miles, the Indian fighter, has
recovered $2O,977 insurance in the st. |
Is N,1AI
of nine of his officers, which " " sunk in |
the Missouri river in May when the steam |
or Cameron struck a snag.
Gabriel T. Barbee, of Bridgewater, the
brother of the late sculptor has presented |
to his SOn-in-laW, Prof. II. III. johnson, of !
the W. Va. D. D. & B. Asylum, cane
carved with great ingenuity.
Mrs. Matte Potts, the pedestrian who
recently walked from PHILADELPHIA to New
suicide in the former city last week by lay
Ing down on the railroad track. She had |
letters prepared for the newspapers in her |
pocket. Want was her excuse. The police |
took charge of her.
1t is an open secret IN the oil trade that
most of the olive oil imported into this
Of American cetton seed oil. Recent sta
tistics show that from New Orleans alone
the exports of the latter article are 1.800,-
600 gallons annually to Italy and 100000
gallons to France.
The Charlottesville "Chronicle" says it
is rumored that the Rev. J. E. Massey
will open a law Office in Charlottesville.
= John Hay. of Ohio, the author of ''Little
&c., has been appointed Assis-
tant Secretary of State at Washington, in
place Of Fred. Seward. resigned.
Bishop j. N. Gallaher, former rector of
Trinity church, New Orleaua, has been
elected Bishop Of Louisiana to succeed the
ate Bishop Wilmers
MemphiA IA becoming haunted with
lrummers. Large amounts OF goods are
being received and shipped, Ss
The largest hog 10 far in Shenandoah, is
me sixteen months old, raised by NJ.
White Williamson and weighing $40 lbs,
II. L. Baxter, formerly a well-krownn
'itizen Of Winchester, Va, has been sent !
o the Pennsylvania Insane Asylum. |,
The "Old Catholics Of Europe have
hanged their name, and ave to BE- known
hereafter as the ''Chrlss VAtholies.'' ~.
Three CathbaalAia cures Of France have re-
emily Sh sQd Peg the Catholic faith and
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