Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-08-29

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United states Army, died suddenly in the
drawing room of the Grand Union Hotel,
Saratoga, Monday. Heart disease is sup
first supposed that she had only tainted
away. She was carried across to Congress
Hall, where, with her husband and two
daughters she had been stopping since
August 2.
The Loudon County Agricultural fair,
10th exhibition, is to be held sept. 10th,
18th and 18th. The Directors have adop-
ted rule that "any lady sending for exhi-
billion, five or more articles, of her own
handiwOrk. will be entitled to free tick
ct during the exhibition
In a building that now, dilapidated and
weather-WOrn, stands in the midst of q
corn field near Browns x reads, in Ran
dolph county, North Carolina, Andrew
Jackson made his first speech. We do not
know how much 'sOld Hickory" was used
in const ructing the historical tenement.
Colonel John s. Mosby in his consular
Office at Hong Kong, finds that the govern
ment has been robbed by his predecessors
of several Thousand dollars belonging to
the emigrant fee fund. The administra-
ton has ordered the matter to be investi-
gated.
The furniture of the La Pierre House,
one of the leading hotels of Philadelphi,
was sold Monday under the auctioneer's
hammer. Its misfortunes date from the
civil war, when an extensive Southern
patronage was withdrawn.
Eben Waterbury, aged y, fell in love
with young woman at Ellsworth, ILL.,,
and gained her consent to marry; but his
stern son interposed, and the old man
co mmitted suicide.
Mr.. W. c. Dreher, of South Carolina,
brother of President Dreher, arrived in
Salem few days ago preparatory to en-
tering the Theological Seminary at Roa-
nOke College at the opening OF the ses-
sion next month.
Bob McCorcle, lately hanged at Taylor
vile, N. c., was one of the few murderers
who did not feel sure of going from the
scaffold direct to Heaven. kind friends"
were his last words, remember me in
your prayers tonight, for I don't know
where I'll be.''
A little boy, aged nineteen months, of
A. T. Stephenson, on JacksOn's river in
Bath county, was given by its little sister
phial to play with. The child drank its
contents-opium-and died IN few hours.
Its mother died but few weeks ago.
The D. S. Terry who has just been nom
mated for State Attorney General by the
Democrats of California is the man who
killed Senator Broderick in 1859. Terry
at that time was Chief Justice of the
State,
The Anderson WA, Enterprise comes
toius this week in full mourning for the
failure of the Anderson bridge, a project
which the editor espoused very warmly.
The heading is ''Sacred to the memory of
the Anderson Bridge"
The wife of the Confederate 1t. Genera
J. b. Hood died IN New Orleans, Sun day,
of yellow fever. The General and his
daughter are down with the same disease.
The leading Chicago papers Saturday
and Sunday last had nearly 500 advertise
ments from people who wanted to engage
labor in one capacity or another, and less
than One-third that number of advertise
ments from persons seeking employment.
A farm near Ninevah, in this county,
assessed at $1,000, has been sold for Sc, 900.
Does this look like the terrible reduction
predicted. in the reassessment of land in
lS8Op-W Warren Va.) Sentinel.
Professor, in law recitation: "Mr:
what is excusable homicide?" Senior,
promptly: "Excusable homicide is when q
man kills himself in self-defence.
In Tazewell county last week, Gen. Rees
T. Bowman, formerly member of Con-
gress, fell down stairway and broke one
of his thigh bones.
Gov. Randolph. of New Jersey, who
was one of the parties to buy the canal for
railroad, says he has lost $60. 900 in Vir-
ginia improvements since the war.
"Old Lewis" for forty-two years the
ianitor of the Medical College at Richmond
is dead.
Gen. James A. Walker will remove from
Newburn to Wytheville in October.
At the Meem sale 292 sheep sold for So
$3.50, an average Of $19.O3 per head.
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