Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-08-20
A professional tanner of wild beasts had

A professional tanner of wild beasts had
an adventure at Winches er, Va, the 9th
Ell day, which goes to show that the appre-
hensiuns of the more timid and credulOus
patrons of the circus are not wholly with
out foundation. The tanner in question
belonged to Coup's circus which was to
give performance in W Winchester on Mon
day. Early in the morning, while the Gus
tomary street parade was being organized,
he entered Il cage containing six hyenas.-
He had hardly got inside before one of
them sprang upon him, and, but for his
great strength and presence of mind.
would doubtless have killed him. AS it
was he escaped only with terrible injuries,
which may prove fatal.
Rev. E. c. Gordon, of Augusta, Ga,
who was recently called to the Presbyte-
rian church at Salem, Va, has accepted the
call and will enter upon his duties early in
September.
The health of Judge Moncure being
feeble, the lawyers practicing in the Court
of Appeals at Wythevi.le have very con-
siderately requested him to seAk the rest he
needs from his arduous lab IT'S f'r the. re-
mainder of the term, and he has gone to
Allegheny Springs to recruit his health.
Mercer Slaughter has been app ,inted
general ticket agent of the Virginia Mid
land railroad, to fill the place made va
cant by the death of j. M. Broadus.
Mr.. Cyrus H. Mccormick, who has 80
often been generous to the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary in Chicago, now Of
fers to give $50, 900 for it's endowment, if
other friends will give as much.
Lynn, Mass. has pear tree that is COW
cred on one side with ripening fruit, while
the opposite side is covered with blossoms.
The census man has found boy i ),
Troup county. Ga, who is only IL years of
age, but is married.
The "British Medical Journal says til at
garlic has always had great reputation
among neutrality-suspicious. remedies and is
found as principal integral portion in
large number OF formula long kept secret.
A young man bitten by mad dog was
shut up in loft. In his delirium he
seized upon some bundles of dried garlic,
ate greediIy of it: fell into a deep sleep,
and awoke calm and cured.
The wife of Mr.. Stanley March. in H.
inois, gave birth to five children in one
year. The twins were born dead, and
Mrs. March next gave birth TO triplets.
The triplets lived about thirty minutes
and died. All the babes were small. but
seemingly perfect in their organization.
The eldest daughter of Gen. N. P. Banks
Miss Mary Burney Banks. was married at
Waltham, Mass, on Thursday evening, to
the Rev. Paul Sterling, of Gambler, Ohio,
yonng graduate from Kenyon (Ohio)
University and the Episcopal Divinity
School at Cambridge. He purposes to de-
vote himself to the service of the Christian
missions in foreign countries.
The brick work surrounding the corner
stone OF the new Catholic church at Gull
pepper, recently laid by Bishop Keane, was
cut through last week by some thief, the
stone raised, and the casket with its con-
tents removed.
The proprietors of the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs have decided 20 pay for
the horses of guests lost in the recent fire
at that place.
Bennett. the church organist, who was
sentenced at Richmond to three years in
the penitentiary, has organized choir
among his felloW-convicts.
DIR. Charles Pitts, late member of the
Virginia Legislature from Richmond and
Lancaster counties, died last week.