Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-07


him and who sprang to his assistance. The
sick priest was assisted into the vestry-
room behind the sanctuary and before
medical aid cRLld be summoned ne nad
expired. Father Merrck returned to the
church and, announcing to the assem-
blage that Father Pelletier had been taken
suddenly ill, performed the marriage cere-
mony for the waiting couple al dismissed
the congregation, who were greatly ex-
cited at what they had Witnessed, without
informing hem that the priest was DEAD.
Father PeIie6ier was 43 years Of age and a
native of Quebec. He was a member OF
he order Of Jesuits and had been i've
years attached to st. Francis Navler's
church. He was very lear ed and de-
voted priest and his associates are greatly
shocked DIT his sudden death, which IS be
lieved to Rave resulted from disease OF the
hearty. 7. 1aanes, Jan. 80
WOULDN'T KISS HIS BelDG BEFORE
FoLks.-Justce Alexander W.. called ny
on Saturday morning to unite ~ Wedlock,
| sMelican fashion," All Yung and To
Wing. at the conclusion Oft e ceremony
the Justice suggested that in order that
everything should be done strictly in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF section
500 900 OF the code, it would b. incumbent
upon the bridegroom to kiss IT, Drlde then
and tter-, OF get some one else 10 do So
The bridegroom, who had no 'HAa OF TAX
ing the Judges hint as TO the some one
else.'' quietly intmated that lac was Will
ing to do all necessary kissing ut he pre-
ferred to have the Chinese sl's ctators of
the wedding invited out doo's first, as
they did not consider it the right thing
exactly to kiss ones wife b'fore folks.
The Celestial spectators TOOK Walk TOT d
minute or two accordingly, and the new
| made husband gave his wife II series OF
such earnest snacks as to lead to the be-
lief that he had been waiting months for
a good chance After the wedding, cake
| and wine, cigars, &C., were artaken OF,
| the Benedict doing the hosptabe in first
| class style-Sacranaento Cal.. Union.
A locomotive, perhaps the largest ever
| made, IS now Ell route for work on the
| long, heavy grade on the r cky Noun
tains of the Atchison, Topeka aud Sante
| Fa Railroad. 1t has ter wheels of paper
with steel tires, and the frebox is ten feet
long When in working order it weighs
| $4,000 pounds. Its weight is so great that
! the Western roads won't let it go over
bridges. ard it will have there fore to be
| dismantled. 1t ran, however, over all the
bridges of the Pennsylvania road.
At the final meeting of the Centennial
( Commission in Philadelphia, Il few days
ago, the Finance Committee r-ported the
gross receipts at ST. ,1G1 GIL 55. Among
the items are 1926, 036 ,06 from concessions;
| 1904 3S1, 10 for royalties; tea PARTY dona-
tions, &C., s79, 403 %; forfeited stock, $685.
| $40 so; sales of medals, furniture. and
buildings. $34l 1855 16; money taken at the
gates, So 1884 ,29O,99.
| Adam Symes was married in FitZroy,
Ottawa. The wedding party dispersed late
in the evening, leaving the bridegroom in
al apparently pleasant mood. At O'Clock
the bride alarmed the household, and said
( that her husband had gone away without
word of explanation HIS footprints
were followed for mile in the snow and
then lost sight Of. He was not found I'M
| til several days afterward, having wan
dered many miles, and was then insane.
We have received a copy of the last an
uual report of the Institution for the Edu-
cation of the Deaf and Dumb aud the
Blind, which shows the institution to be
in a prosperous condition undev the man
agement of Capt. Z. D. McC y. and his
efficient assistants. We feel assured that
lis affairs were never better handled than
icle.
On the 4th inst. the wife of Alexander
Trobaugh near Cross Keys, Rockingham.
died leaving her husband with four small
children, all sick. Six days after, the
house was burned and he had to carry the
little ones out and lay them on the snow,
till the neighbors could gather.
Robert Mazele died In Cohoes, N. Y,
while saying "Thank you.'' He was very
i'll, and his family had been without food
or fire for twenty-four hours. The neigh
bours brought in some provisions, and his
joy was so great that, in trying to express
his thanks, he brought on fatal attack of
his malady.
Mss Lee, daughter Of the late Gen.
Robert E. Lee, is said to be al. energetic |
aveler She was not long ago enter
tanned by Lord and Lady Napier, at Gil
braltar, and few weeks before was with
in the Russian lines in Turkey.
Judah P. Benjamin, x-Confederate
Secretary of State, has declined a $4,000
iudgeship in England, because his practice
yields him $150,000. He has summer
residence in Paris.
President Hayes has appointed Jos. H. }
Sloss, former Democratic member of con-
gress from Alabama, U. s. Marshall from
the northern district of the State.
1t is stated that the Academy of NJ usic
recently erected in Lynehbura, Va, by
Hancock and Norman, has been leased to
a number OF leading citizens of that city
at rental of $4,000 per year.
81 walked the floor all night with the
toothache.' said he; to which his unfeel-
ing listener replied: "You didn't expect
to walk the ceiling with it, did you?"-
Syracuse Times.
Imitation honey is made of paraffine
comb filled with glucose, according to the
Scientific American" which has ana
lyZed several samples.
Examination of 5000 grammar school
pupils at Boston shows that about five per
cent OF the boys are colOr-blinc, and only
about one-half Of one per cent. OF the girls.
The next session of the Baltimore an
nual conference of the M. +. Church
South will convene in Salem, Va, We'd
nesday, March 5.
The Washington SUNDAY Gazette"
dominates Hon. John T. Harris, one of
our most prominent members OF Congress,
for next Governor of Virginia.
The "split in the Blue Ridge near
Green CO., Va, is now de-
'cribed as only 800 yards long and ten
inches wide.
The people near Dayton, Rockingham, i
we're surprised last week to see snake
,laying on the ice.
VIM. l.. Early, venerable lawyer and