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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

A SINGULAR PENANCE.-Those who
happened to be in the Boston and Provi-f
dence depot at O'Clock Thursday after
noon witnessed sight which caused many
to. feel sad. At that time there came plod-
ding into the station an old man not less
than sixty years of age. barefoOted, bare
headed, and, in fact, with nothing on but
q pair of we'll worn Overalls, which reached
nearly ia his knees; and thin white shirt
which was thrown open i'll front. With
the unfortunate man was small Child,
warmly clad, which he seemed to take
great care OF. On entering the depot he
went into the gentlemen waiting room,
where he placed tile child near the stove,
while Q pr ceeded to purchase ticket.
After huyi,g his ticket hA took a seat near
the child. :,nd was soon surrounded by a
large crowd. One gentleman anxious to
see il the man WAS in heed 0f money, asked
him why l., VAS ", poorly clad. 10 this
nes:inn ~ ii st he seemed not inclined to
r.ply. but ne finally said that in his early
DAYS h. h; Il been very. wicked, and that he
as now Insisting himself for IL by going
l., AN Am, st naked CD dition. He further
stated BIZ his intentions were tn 60 in
that cond sinn during the remainder of
the white At this rOnt he took the
child viii, :, accompanied him by the hand
and board L tina 80 train on the New
! York and New England Railroad for Ber-
lin. A &c tlemah present who seemed to
know info med those who collected about
him that e fellow was really worth con-
siderable inon..y. he being the owner of
three hous es on Smiths Hill, and small
farm neaf Berlin, C0nn.--Pronidence
Press.
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Rat KILLING BY AN EXPERT Last
evening there arrived in our city Thomas
Fullerton, a young gentleman from New
York, who Is FRAT exterminator. He
was brought here by Mr.. James H. Loeb, Of
the st. Clair Hotel, at the suggestion of
several gentlemen whose business houses
are infested by rodents. and the first place
he went to work upon Was the st. Clair
Hotel. Armed with pair of small tongs.
he, about nine O'Clock the next night,
started around the hotel and with pecu-
liar squeak, near a rat hole, induced a fat
rodent to come within reach of the tOngs.
He crushed the head of the rat, and drop
ping him, Stayed another, and another;
which appeared to answer his Call in rapid
succession. At O'Clock in the morning
he quit work. and count disclosed the
fact that 100 rats had been slain. He ex-
poets to rid the st. Clair OF the pests in
three nights. Fullerton is quite young
man. On one occasion he killed an i'm
mense number in New York hotel. and
two or three days afterward he was mott
fed that he had missed two. He returned
to the hotel and captured them, since
which time there has not been a rat in the
hotel.-P 5ttSburq Post.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

A Cows VICTORY OVER AN ALICIA
ToR.-On last Saturday a man here was
looking for some of his hogs that he had
missed for several days, and had neared
the river when he heard a COW believing.
Upon going to the bank of the river and
looking on the opposite side he saw. on a
sand bar, an alligator, COW and a young
calf. The alligator had the COW and calf
between itself and the river. He made a
dart for the calf, when the COW rushed be-
tween them, and d fearful fight ensned.
While this was raging the calf got into
the woods aud faced about, bleatiDg plain
tivelya The alligator was not more than
seven feet long, and struck at he COW fu-
riously with it's tail. The COW avoided as
many OF these blows as possible. but yet
received quite number, one of which
knocked her rolling over for about ten feet.
The alligator rushed upon her with open
mouth, and tried to seize her by the nose,
but she was up in time to catch it upon
the horn under the throat, and threw it
over backward, and before it could get
another lick at her, or defend itself. she
was on it again; tossing it high into the
air, it fell into the water with a splash,
and did not venture to the land again
The COW, after rushing aroui.d looking
for the enemy, ran to her calf and made
tracks through the woods for home, look
ing back occasionally to SEE if she was
Observation-Disclosures (Ga.) Republican No
ycnber IL.
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The entire Catholic world is preparing

The entire Catholic world is preparing
to solemnize the jubilee of the Imdaculate
Conception, which falls on the 9Th OF. De-
cember next, and Pope Leo XIII, by q de-
cree lately published, accordingly grants
to all Catholics plenary indulgence on
the day of the feast, or one of the days of
the octave of the immaculate Conception
B. S. Snyder of Washington, who SO as
tonished Congress last session by rising in
the gallery and d+nouucing it as den of
thieves has been committed to q lunatic
asylum.
The Leesburg "Wasbingtonian" says
there is an unusul scarcity of partridges
around there. A days hunt will not be
rewarded with more than two or three
birds, when in former seasons, the same
diligence would SECURE two Or three dozrn.
Briquettes, or compressed fuel of small
or waste coal, are now manufactured near
one of the English mines at cost Of
shilling ton They are an excellent fuel.
and haYe long been used in France.
There are now Fifteen new Presbyterian
churches in Dakota Territory, where two
IND 8 hsA years age there xas only one
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

VIRGINIA CONGREssMEN.-AnI Indiana
Congressman during recent interview
with newspaper correspondent, when
speaking of the Southern members of the
House of Representatives said:
''Tucker. of Virginia, perhaps, is among
the most scholarly. His diction is pure
and elegant, and he impresses one as
man of culture and refinement. HE was
long Professor OF Law at Washington and
Lee University, and. 1 think, prides HIM
self on his accuracy in stating PROPOSE
tion Of law. He is fine speaker, and
never fails to command the attention of
the House.
John Goode. Jr., of Virginia, is a very
pleasant speaker-smooth and earnest. He
represents William and Mary College, and
like Tucker. is scrupulously exact in what
ever he says. should put him among
the twenty who can always get full hear
ing"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

The NORTH CAROLINA FREEDMEN S
FA1R.-It would be worth a hundred thou
sand votes for the Democratic party could
each Northern State have dozt n represen-
tatives to walk our streets and visit the
colored peoples fair, to see the battalions
of we'll armed troops lawfully bull-dozed.
they look to bcD to see the Governor, a
Democrat and ex-Confederate, riding in a
four horse barouche. to open the proceed
ingS, to see the street corners crowded
with noisy and well dressed negroes, with
glossy stove pipe hats and big gold watch
es, to see the creditable display of farm,
field and shop products, to see the swarms
of excursionists from all parts nf the State
in short, to see what the Radical sheets
style ''the poor, down trodden, robbed +,
and inundated negro''-as We see him
here in our midst. Surely the sight would
send them home ashamed of themselves
for the flood of lies they have poured out
during the past campaign, and are still
pouring out.-Raleigh Farmer and Me-
chOnic
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A CHEAP TRIP TO ENGLAND.-Last
week Mr.. Dale e. Stuart, taking with him
as assistants, Messrs. Hickman, Heiskell.
Gearheart, Grant and others, left Abing-
don for Baltimore with train load of 6ne
cattle, to be shipped thence to Europe.
They were joined at Glade Spring and
Martins by other tram leads, making in
all four hundred fat cattle averaging l 400
pounds for the beef-eaters of ENGLAND.
One man is taken to every twenty five Cat
tie, and IN this way many Of the young
men of the country are travelling
abroad. It generally requires six weeks
to see the sights. They will doubtless re-
turn well filled with my Lud'' and what
the THE Blarsted States ought to do,
and what Hingland" does do.-Abingdon
Va.) Standard
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. DEATH OF AN AFFLICTED MAN.-Jas
Hodgson died at Cleveland, Ohio, on the
18th inst, after enduring for twenty-three
years the terrible infliction of being unable
to exercise any power over his limbs, from
allhis joints being united by bony matter.
When only 19 y airs of age he was taken
sick with bilious fever, and he attributed
his subsequent malady to the mercurial
Three years afterwards he was attacked
with an inability to use the joints of one
wrist; this extended gradually to other
joints. until at last, at the age OF 25, he
was compelled to resign himself to become
the tenant of living tomb. The rest of
his life was spent in a rocking chair. his
only exercise being the occasional back
ward and forward movement which the
weight of his body impelled. He retained
all the powers Of his mind until the last
day, when he became unconscious, and
passed away peaceably.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

A CRILD's HAIR TURNS WHITE.-On
Barden Brook, near State Line, Pa, lives
gentleman named Orrin Crandall, who
has bright little girl about nine years of
age, with hair of beautiful auburn color.
Several weeks ago two or three drunken
men came along, and by their hideous
actions and dreadful appearance frighten-
I'd the little girl terribly. She broke into
a paroxysm OF grief and cried three hours
without cessation, though her parents and
friends used every means in their power to
quiet her. Shortly after this terrible
fright the girls pretty golden locks began
to turn gray, the change continuing until
now large portion is as white as that OF
old age. She is in good health and has no
physical ailments which might cause ibis
wonderful change, and beyond doubt it
can be attributed only to he serious fright
we have described above. -Olean IN. "
Times.
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GRANTS INCOME. -"Won't it be hard,
General, for you to content yourself in
Galenap"
mo, think not. When was IN Japan
I went up IN the mountains ten days
almost alone. 1t was novel experience.
for me, but l enjoyed it. snail not br
able to do much mure than cal. Galena my
hume aftel awhile. 1t IS a good place to
live now, as ON my income car live there
much cheaper than in large city, and
live better than most Of my neig ,bors thea.
My income is not large enough for me to
live as would like, and 1 will have to
find something IT, do after awhile. have
two farms near st. Louis, and some real
estate in Chicago. My land is thirty-one
acres, just outside the western limits of
Chicago. Eleven years ago was offered
800 an acre for it, and now, a! er paying
taxes on it all the time, could II get $3.50
an acre for 1t. But did better in some
other Investments, or could never have
travelled abroad as long as 1 have. | have
stock in the Adams Express Company,
which went up; and bought i.ht after
the fire in Virginia City, Nevada, Union
and 9 & 9 stock; when it had gone down
from 500 a share to $3.50, and made $50,
600 or 100000 there. "-CincinIuti Eaqati-
reT Interoieao.
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g.
We find an editorial on the affairs Of the
Blacksburg College in the Wytheyille En-
terprise." Its temper, perhaps, does not
recommend it, but the fact that such an
article does appear in the columns of a
paper of responsibility ought to be suAi-
cient to warrant some inquiry. The I'M
seemiy scramble about the affairs OF this
college, peculiarly the college of the far
mers of Virginia, which has been kept
before the public for some time, seems to
demand that they should be thoroughly
and made public. Let the
people of Virginia know what is the mat
ter. We trust the legislature will appoint
a committee to favestigate the whole at
fair, and give the people some light upon
it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28


A MONTH WITH A BULLET IN HIS
HEARr.-in July, 1878, Amos June, of
Greenwich, was carelessly shot in the left
breast hy colored boy named Eli Carpen-
ter. The bullet renamed in the body, and
on the last day of August 1878, June fell
dead while working in the field. An in
quest was held, and a verdict rendered
charging Carpenter with criminal neglect.
1t was found on the postmortem examina
ton that the. bullet passed through the
left lung, ruptured the pericardium. and
into the heart. The heart was subsequent
ly taken to the Pathological Society of
New York, and the bullet was found. On
Wednesday, October Goth, Carpenter was
arrested while passing through Mianus,
md committed to Bridgeport Jail to await
the action OF the grand jury:-Ne,o Haven
Courier.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

WHAT THIRTY YEARS HAVE DONE
Thirty years ago in Ohio 1.-THE eldest born
of the daughters of the ordinance of 1887 -
coIored man could not take up his resi-
dence IN the state without giving bonds
in the sum of $500, with two, good securi-
ties, that he would not be town charge
or pauper; ami the law of Ohio declared
that colored nan could not be witness
in any civil action or in any criminal pros
ecution where a white pei son was party.
On the:4 of this month colored man
George w. Williams-was elected men,
Der OF the legislature of the state of Ohio
from the county Of Hamilton. Who says
the world does not moves-James A.
Briggs speech IL, Brooklyn.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28


THREE KISSES BY ELECTROMAGNETIC
other day Manager Chute Of the Western
Union Telegraph Office. invited party Of.
ladies and gentlemen to the office to wit
ness the workings of the telephone. Among
the party were three young ladies, who
were delighted with the way the operators
OF Philadelphia and Pittsburg could be
heard talking to each other. "A CONVERSE
ton was carried on between Harrisburg
and Philadelphia. and towards its close
the operator in the Quaker City asked who
was present at Harrisburg, and was an
swered, "Three young ladies'" ''I1l send
each KISS 2 said the telephonist, and di-
rectly afterwald could be heard the sound
Of three kisses, just as natural as anything
ceuid> be-. They may have suited Phila-
delpbia, but it is nevertheless true that
the Young ladies looked disappointed.
tEhey thought it was going to be the real
thing, and their mouths were set for it,
= Horrssburg telegraph. :
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It may be true that nobody in the State
of Virginia wants to repudiate the debt,
but it is just as true that if the promises
of the Affiliation party could be carried
out the State must repudiate. They say
that she can't pay three per cent. ,aoao.
Then they promise to repeal the prepay
ment of the capitation tax, to reduce the
assessment of the lands twenty-five per
cent and to use the receipts of the Moffett
Punch for lessening the rate of taxation.
We leave it to any fair minded man if the
result of this isn't rank reputation Let
any man figure it out and see how much
would be left the creditors. And if there
is nothing you would still see three sets of
Virginians endorsing 1.-THE negroes say
ing they didn't create the debt, some Read
justers saying that the State is paying
all she is able to pay, and the Repudia-
tors saying it just served the d bond
holders right.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

The fine short-hsrn cow Australia
Tenth which cost R. F. Harrison, Of
| Frederick CO., Va, $500 and which took
1900 in premiums at the Winchester
HagerstOwn, and Martinsburg fairs. was
so injured by fall last week while beiig
| driven home from the fair that he was
| compelled to kill her. -
Uncle Jimmie Houchins informs US that
he killed a hog on Monday last, that
| weighed $40 pounds, and had never been
/ fed anything but the mast which it picked
up in the woods. The hog was about one
year old. This is pretty good weight for
Herald
P. w. Bennett, the horse-thief, finally
succeeded in getting out of Bath county
Jail one night last week by picking hole
through the wall. He very coolly stayed
at farmers house near Millboro Springs
the next night. saying he had been balled
out the Monday previous.
Miss Bell Leyburn, who has been some
years in Greece as Missionary, but more
recently lived at Volos. in Turkey. has ar
rived at Winchester, Va, on a visit to
her brother. She has brought little
Greek girl to Virginia to be educated.
& Last summer little Myrtle Overstrcet.
OF Liberty, Bedford. was shot through the
brain, but wonderful to say regained her
health with the exception OF having occa.
siOnal spasms. Last Friday she had one
in which she died.
+ The Baltimore livery stable proprietors
and hackmen at meeting last week
agreed on a tariff for funerals, So for hacks
and 81 for small and Sc for large hearses.
Mrs. Ida Evans is suing in the Wash
ington City Court for divorce from her
husband and one of her complaints is that
he lis guilty of incorrigible late hours"
John Bright declares that if he was a
teacher in school he would make it "a
very important part of his business to
impress every boy and girl with the duty
of being kind to all ANIMALS.
It is said that Attorney General Devens
will In his forthcoming annual report re-
commend that all officers of United States
courts shall be- paid fixed salaries instead
of fees.
Samuel Aimes, of Chillicothe,' Mo-,
comedian, of the Globe Comedy Company,
was thrown from carriage and instantly
killed at Milledgevllle, Ga He was buried
there.
A party of deer hunters. Mr.. Jonathan
Circle and others, passed through Fincas-
tie en- route to their homes in Roanoke,
having killed twenty eight deer in the
mountains of Pocahontas, W. Va.-Fsm-
castle Herald
The Oxford "Torch Light" says: 1.-THE
mass of the people of Granville. A. C.,
are better fed, clothed hoased and enjoy
more Of the comforts OF ilIe than at any
Eight human skeletons have been found
in cave on the farm Of Peter Keyser. in
Page county. all partially imbedded in the
Known to b there ffty years ago:
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Six HUNDRED POUNDS OF MATRIMONIAL
BLIss.-R enry Moore and Lucretia Wal.
colt. of Harrisyille, Harrison county,
Ohio. were married at the Central Hotel,
Cadiz, Thursday morning at 2 O'Clock, and
left for California On the morning train.
midnight, and after carefully arranging
his toilet aud studying up the marriage
ceremony. at A. NJ. tied the fatal knot
in an elegant and substantial manner.
The groom WAS twice a widower, age
about fifty to sixty, weighs 800 pounds,
and clever fellow. except it is said he
stole the bride away from her home, she
little less than 800 pounds. The many
young men and women who were up
watching the shower of meteoIs did not
see the stars shoot, but took in the run
away match.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

A NoTED PIGEON Roosr.-The cele-
brated pigeon roost in Scott county, Indi-
ana. is this year, as it has en- for the last
seventy five years. the roost Of millions of
pigeons. They fly away in the morning to
their feeding grounds in the Wouds and
fields OF Indiana and Kentucky, many of
them to so great distance that they do
not return till midnight. The timber on
thousands of acres covered by this roost
is broken down badly, large limbs being
snapped off like reeds by the accumulated
weight Of birds upon them. Throughout
the entire night there is heard the crack,
furry and drumming of wings. the explo-
sion of firearms and the confusion and bed
lamic thrashing sounds caused by people
beating the birds from the trees with long
poles. Thousands of pigeons are killed
nightly, but all this slaughter seems to
make no diminution in the vast flocks that
congregate at this roost.
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The forthcoming estimates fix the
revenue which will be required to run the
U. s. Government next year at s136 900. 600
Of this the State of Virginia will pay in
one nineteenth-$7, 900 900. That's the sort
of State that the Republicans. who have
the spending of the money, think ought
not be trusted in affairs of the national
government.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

w. R. Lyman, Esq, of New Orleans,
who Is well known in this section, has re-
signed the Presidency of the New Orleans
cent Mutual Insurance Company. The
Directors of the Stock Exchange adopted
series of resolutions, expressive of their
regret, at the withdrawal of their most
estimable President.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

Col. VIM. Allan, who by the bye was a
former resident, of Staunton, has, as
Principal, made the McDonogh Farm
School, near Baltimore, founded by be-
quest, for poor boys, so efficient and popu-
lar, that many citizens of Baltimore have
applied for admission for their children Of
fering to pay for tuition and board. The
applications had to be refused The
sSun'' says the graduates of this school
are much sought after by business men,
and all of them have obtained situations.
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RESISTING SUBsCRIPTIoN-The board
Of supervisors Of Page county, Va, acting
upon legal advice, has made an order
directing the attorney for The Common
wealth for that county to notify the presi-
dent OF the Shenandoah Valley railroad and
the contractors in the county Of Page, that
If they persist in constructing said road
through said county they do SO at their
own risk. as the county does not recognize
its obligation to pay-and will refuse to
pay-the 100000 subscribed by it to the
capital stock Of said railroad.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-28

In the late meeting of the Board at
Blacksburg College, We are Informed that
DR.. Martin Was removed from the PROBES
Nelson Conrad was appointed in his place.
MIR. Conrad was also appointed to a new
office Of Audi or, in which he will hold the
control and super vision over the expend
lures OF money which has been heretofore
the duty of the President. Mr.. Giles D.
Thomas was removed from the office of
Treasurer. The Board is to meet in Rich.
mond On the 10Th of December to appoint
a new President.
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AMERICAN GIRLS MARRYING LORDS.
Two m're American girls are about to
acquire coronets by marriage. Don Phil
ippe de Bourbon is to marry Miss Aver,
daughter of the inventor of Ayers Cherry
Pectoral, from the sale of which an enor
nous fortune has been made; and Lord
Wentworth is engaged to the daughter Of
q Presbyterian preacher, a. Miss Fletcher,
who, under the name Of George Fleming.
has written TWO novels. American coin
and talent are making their wav among
the aristocracy OF Europe.-N. Y. Sun.
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A NEW RAILRoAD.-Atla last Lexington
is to have new railroad accommodations.
The company of capitalists. who are about
to develop the California Furnace proper
ty. fourteen aud half miles from this
town on the Alum Springs road. will make
"a branch road from Goshen 70 their works;
distance of seven or eight miles, next
spring and summer. This may be set down
as certain. With change in two places,
sef ade, the present Kerr's Creek road
may be made one OF the best in the coun-
eJy, and thereby Lexington will have a
great Improvement over the present break
neck road to Goshen Rockbridge Enter
nTiSe
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The Judge having refused to confirm
the sale of the White Sulphur Springs, it
will be put up at auction again next sum-
mer at the starting bid of $500, 900. Mr..
w. A. Stuart, Of Russell county, Va,
who holds nearly two-thirds of the indebt-
edness against the property, will doubtless
be eventually the purchaser. In the mean
time the lease of Geo. L. Peyton Il Co..
has been extended another year.