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

burg. They travel ON foot, and camp out
at night. They said they were going
home for the Xmas holidays Hinton
nv. Va.) Herald.
Mrs. G. A. Taylor is known in Missis-
sippi as the $50 900 widow of Greenville."
she appeared as Il plaintiff in the office of
the Mayor of Greenvile the other day and
attracted attention by sitting with her
hand in her pocket. The counsel for the
defense suggested that the widow doubt
less wished the witnesses to believe that she
had a revolver in her pocket. thus seeking
to intimidate them. After a lengthy par
ley Mrs. Taylor drew forth her hand and
with it appeared a six barrel pistol, freshly
charged. She WAS fined $50 on the spot
for carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Mrs. James Bryant, of Bowno county,
Ala, until last year possessed the finest
head of natural black hair in her State.
In the summer of 1878 she cut off her
locks, donating them for the yellow fever
sufferers. She was soon enabled to send
seven hundred dollars to Memphis. A few
days ago the hair was returned to the orig
inal owner by the kindness of Boston
merchant, and is about to be raffled for in
Montgomery for the benefit of General
dOOQ B CnllQroQ.
Speaking of Stonewall Jackson's daugh-
ter who is at school in Baltimore an ex-
change says, "she is about sixteen years
old, tall, slender and graceful. She is a
blonde, with fresh color and fair hair Her
eyes are of exquisite clear gray, large and
expressive. Her manners are gentle but
not shy or reserved. There is not any
marked resemblance to her illustrious
father"
Secretary Sherman is qnoted as saying
that probably Mr.. W. H. Vanderbilt and
Mr.. J. w. Mackey are the richest men in
this country. Each of them owns So 600,
900 in the bonds of the United States-and
they are the only two individuals known
to hold that amount in these bonds. Each
of them receives 900 in interest every
three months.
Francis A. Dickens. aged u.s. son OF
the former Secretary of the U. S. Senate.
died in Goochland county, Va, last week, a
heavy creditor of the United States. His
father, who was in easy circumstances,
never drew his salary but left it to his
heirs: The son also, having great faith in
Senate, never drew his salary. The war
broke out, and the government has re-
fused to pay either.
During the preparation for the christen-
ing Of their q rst child, Patrick Collins and
his wife, Of New York, had a quarrel in
which he struck her in the face. She
seized him and threw him across red
hot stove in the room, and held him there
until he was so burnt that his death is ex-
pected. 1t took all the company as
sembled at the ceremony to break her hold
upon him and let him up.
Ned Murphy, formerly a slave, has made
a partial payment on a stone to be planted
in the graveyard at Due West, near Alb
beviile, S. G., over the grave of his old
mistress. who died about the beginning Of
the war. Upon The stone are to be cut the
words: ITO nv dead mistis" He has kept
her grave green ever since her death,
though it has been forgotten by others.
The association organized at Erie, Pa,
to induce immigration to that city will ad-
vertise in three hundred papers of Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland, Offering in
ducements to settlers At Latrobe, West
moreland county, Pa, $40, 600 will be SUBJ
scribed, to be used in inducing immigra-
tion to that place.
1t will be consolation to the married
men of this day to read a letter of George
Washington's Aug. Goth, 17S5, saying that
Mrs. Washington had ordered him to buy
six ''fine thin handkerchiefs with striped
or worked borders; also fine jaconet mus
lin, apron Width.''
A party of eastern capitalists, represen-
ted by J. H. Bromwell, of Quinnemont,
W. Va, have bought controlling inter-
est in the Iron and Steel Company of Irou-
ton, Ohio. The Pomeroy rolling mill has
been bought by Ironton capitalists.
Miss Maud Banks, daughter of Gen.
Banks, has made her debut at Brooklne,
Mass, as an actress in an amateur COM
pany. She intends to go on the profess
sional stage. The General was once all
actor.
Queen V1ctoria's Journeys from England
to Scotland are cs im..led to cost $4,000
apiece. A pilot 81 gne preceedes the royal
train. The express trains Oh the Dreside
Railroad only run when she is at Balmo-
raj.
The Staunton papers are filled with the
account of the Augusta Fair. A grand
old county is Augusta right in the heart
of the State. StauntOn is the place to
take Presbyterian paper, too.-Cemtral
Presbyterian.
A few nights ago the residence of E. M.
Riddle, in Gilmer county, w. Va. was
destroyed by fire. aud Miss Alice Miller,
aged sixteen, a visitor, was burned to
death, as was Floyd Rodgers, a boy stay
ing in the house.
DR.. Marcellus P. Christian. who up to
the war had been fourteen years Assistant
Surgeon i'll the U. s. Navy. and was a
surgeon in The Confederate Navy, died in
Lynchburg Sunday
There was snow in all the northeastern
States last Sunday hight. At Keene, N.
I'll. 1t Was fifteen inches deer and blocka-
ded the.railway trai lis.
The Rev. Henry Morgan. of Boston, has
formally warned Archbishop Williams
that prosecution at law will follow if lot
terles are permitted at coming Roman
Catholic chulph fair.
The grand jury of Richmond has presen-
ted four lawyers, one prominent one, for
practiclng law without a license
Rev, Jacob Abbott, the author of the
'sRoller Books,'' for children, died in
Pennington, Me-, last week.
President Hayes has sent telegram to
Gen. GRAFT Inviting him to be his guest |
when he visits Washington.
The Highland Recorder" has COM
menced Its third Year under encouraging
business prospects.
''Going OF toot" is vulgar Chicago |
idlom for proceeding on spree.
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