Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-05
About month AGO Dr. p n Talbot

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a prominent citizen of Maryville, Mo-, and
the editor of a Greenback paper published
at that place, was shot through window
of his residence and billed while he was
retiring for the night. On Tuesday his
son Albert was arrested on the charge Of
committing the murder, ard Mrs. Talbot,
the DOCTORS widow: and Edward TalbOtt>
another son. and hired man named
Wheth, we're also arrested as accomplices4
Rev. Levi Keller, who fractured his leg
by falling from an apple tree, died in
Funkstown, Md, few days since froh
the effects. He was buried at Strasburg,
Va, and among those officiating at his
funeral was Rev. j. l. Miller, of Staunton,
and Rev. l.. l.. Smith, of Mt Tabor. Mr..
Keller was we'll known in the Valley of
Virginia,
A paragraph in New Orleans paper in
forms us that Mrs. Cline, of Texas, (wid
ow of the man for whose murder Lucian
NOftsinger, of BOtetourt county, Va, was
hung, has brought suit for $50, 900 against
the newspaper that recently started the
report that she had been party to the
murder.
The lady whom Senator Mcdonald, of
Indiana, is about to marry is Mrs. Ber-
nard, described as about forty years old,
well preserved and handsome. She was
divorced from her first husband, and has
been consistently snubbsd and ostracised,
by society ever since.
Brigham Young, son of the late Joseph
A., eldest son OF Brigham Young, ended a.
protracted spree last w ednesday night. at
Salt Lake City by taking dose Of NOR
phine, which resulted in his death. He
was 80 years of age, and leaves wife and
two children.
Queen Victoria's latest appearance in the
English newspapers was when, accOmpan-
led by Princess Beatrice and attended by
Lady Ely, she drove to Invercauld, Scot
land, on visit to Miss Farquharson, and
inspected the stays killed the previous day
by the Prince of Wales, the Grand Duke
of II esse, and party"
The "Chronicle" says of Rev. A. G.
Bledsoe, of the LyAchbu1g Methodist
Oh urch, who has been assisting his brother,
Rev. j. w. BledsOe, in series of meet
lngs IN Charlottesville, that he lis ono of
the finest singers we have ever hearda
Sankey can hardly surpass him.
The Wilmington, N. c., ''Star'' says it
is almost impossible to supply the demand
from the North for pine straw, which is
used for stufing mattresses. The oil
pressed out OF 1t is also very valuable.
In coach in the B. & o. R. R. Divi-
SION OF the great parade in Baltimore were
the four Oldest locomotive engineers in
the World-one OF them the venerable JnO.
e. Smith, of Sandy Hook, near Harper's
Ferry, and still in the service of the Com
pany.
The wedding of Mr. William Bradley.
son of Justice Bradley, of the limited
States Supreme Court, and Miss Ida
Cameron, daughter of Senator Don Cam
eron, is announced to take place at Har--
risburg on Nov. IL.
Mr.. Victor Newcomb, the retiring pre-
sident of the LOUISVILLE, Nashville and
Great southern Railway, is but thirty-six
years ears 0io, ana IS reported to De worth
$6,OO0,00O. His retirement is caused by
impending blindness.
Thomas Julius Jones, a preacher and
Temperance exhorter, made two attempts
to Kill himself in New York on Wednes-
day, but the wounds are not serious He
had prepared directions for his burial, his
funeral sermon, and even his tombstone.
Chas, E. Bailey, the well known proprl-
etor of the .sPark House, at Charlottes-
vile, died suddenly on the 9th ult.
Rev. J. b. Davis, D. D., Lutheran
minister who labored long and aceeptably
in the Valley of Virginia, is lying dam
gerously i'll Of typhoid fever at Mt Pleasant
n, c,
The will of Mrs. Emma Strecker, of New
York, leaving about $4OO, 900 to be divided
among fifty charitable institutions, has
been admitted to probate after being twice
protested by the heirs.