Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-07-11

ed by large cOncOurSe OF relatives and
friends. She was the relict of the late
Granville Gilman and the mother of Col.
Williams. Gilman. who with his sister
accompanied the remains to this place.
Fredericksburg NeUs
A Memphis physician advocates the
theory that free perspiratien will cure
nearly every disease by expelling it
through the pores. He advertises a resort
for invalids where ''the sun 'pours down
breeze is unknown, and the thermometer
indicates over 80 day after day. lie ad-
mits that life there would be uncomfortable,
but for the consciousness that the suffer
ing is incidental to cure
The Dunkard church forbids man to
marry divorced woman. George Hoover,
of HagerStoWn, Ind. was a Dunkard, yet
he married woman who had been di-
vorced. TIE Church warned him before
hand. and expelled him afterW ard. The
expulsion grieved him so much THAT he re-
fused to eat, and starved himself to deatl.,
in spite of his wife's entreates.
1t IS reported that our cotton crop this
year will amount to 5 $50 600 bales This
is decided increase over last year and is
400,0 600 more bales than the South produc
ed before the war, when in the full enjoy
ment of tie profitable slave labor about
which we have heard so much.-BdttinlOre
Gazette.
DR.. Cog Fly, a Chinese physician, of San
Francisco, at recent inquest in the case
Of a Chinaman. was asked, "How many
lungs has MANI" He replied 'sSeven-"
DR.. Cog Fly further stated that there are
five holes in the human heart, and that the
function of the heart is Ito catch air."
Mrs Rhoda Perdue, venerable mem
Der of the Mormon church, died in Bed
ford CO., Va, last week, and her funeral
was preached by Mormon "evangelist"
named Cowerly, who had on the day pre-
vious baptized three members into that
church.
When VIM. B. Ogden of Chicago, died
a few months. ago, he was thought to be
worth from $40 900. 900 to SIS, 900, 900 clear
of all debts. He left no children and the
estate has melted away in the hands of the
executor.
Daniel Moore, of Faystown, VT, believ-
ed Mrs. Foss to be widow when he mar
ried her thirteen years ago, and so did she;
but Foss has returned alive. and the wo-
man has sorrOwfully separated from
Moore, although she refuses to rejoin her
first husband.
The new store of Jos. s. Surber near
the White Sulphur Springs was fired by
an lncendiary on the night of the 1st inst,
but not burned. The side had been satu-
rated with kerosene, but Mr.. Surber
awoke in time to extinguish the flames.
]. M. McBryde. of Albemarle county,
culture in the University of Tennessee,
and q. P. Conrad, of Winchester has been
elected Professor of Chemistry in Arkan-
sas industrial University, at Fayetteville,
Ark.
Miss Lou Boiling, daughter of Thomas
Boiling, of Richmond, after lighting the
gas one night last week threw the burning
paper on the floor. from which her dress
took fire and she died fl ON her injuries.
The Hinton w. Va, ''Herald'' reports
the white oak and chestnut mast, in the
mountains, IS better than for many years,
which promises cheap pork next fall.
Hon. Monroe Young. of Ellsworth,
Me-. who attended the Name State Dem
ocratic Convention of last week, commit
ted suicide on Saturday by drowning him
self.
Judge Wingfeld Griffith has resigned the
judgship of the County Court of Roanoke
county, Va.
Geo. B. pefenderfer, 2 carpenter eighty
four years old, is building house 18th his
own hands in Winchester, Va.
Senator Jones. Of Florida. will spend the
summer at Wytheviils. Va,