Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-12-24

Tx. OlbLIlCC ANY harrington, OI w ASH
ington City, while suffering from delirium
trenens, attempted to commit suicide by
leaping from the dome of the Capitol. We'd
nesday AFTERNOON, but his effort was frus-
trated by one Of the Capital policemen.
up and overlook him just as he had gotten
astride of the upper railing. near the top
OF the dome.
Father Ryan, the poet, is giving read
ings in Baltimore. He is native of Nor
folk, Va, was born in '39 and is described
as cOmpactly built. with STOPPING should
ers, a high forehead. dark brown hair.
dreamy grayish blue eyes, face medita-
tive and somewhat sad, quiet manners and
graceful speech.
Laurel Station, Md, of the Baltimore
M. E. Conference, has in nine years furn-
ished three ministers to the Reformed
Episcopal church-Rev. Messrs. Y. p.
Morgan, Arthur Foster and W. Fl. Barnes
The last named minister was installed as
rector Of church in Wheeling, w. Va,
last Sunday by Bishop Latane.
There is vacancy at West Point for
cadet from the 9Th congressional district
of Virginia, to enter in June. 1881. The
applicant must not be l~ss than seventeen
years old, Those desiring to compete for
the appointment, must address J. Ran
dolph Tucker, at Washington. before Feb
ruary 1st.
In oakland, CAL, Monday night, Miss
Elizabeth Tyler, IL years old, was shot
accidental discharge of pistol in the
hands Of her affianced, John Scotchler. son
of well-knOwn commission merchant of
San Francisco.
At Independence. Mo-, Monday night,
Mrs. James Jones, the wife of q wealthy
farmer, attempted to ell a lighted lamp
with kerosene, when both lamp and can
exploded, causing thealmost instant death
of herself and two children, aged respect
lively years and 6 months.
Gen. Wade Hampton. in q letter to RI.
Rev. Bishop Howe. of South Carolina,
says that in his letter to Secretary Sher-
man, 1T never occurred to me for mo-
ment that anyone would construe my Ian
guage as giving or inviting challenge
What Mr.. Labouchere lightly calls tan
epidemic for marriage among the aged" is
still raging in England. The latest vic
tim is the Rev. DR.. Close, Dean of Car
Isle, the NestOr OF the Low Church party,
who is in his eighty-fourth year, and has
just married widow Of slxty-ive.
The post office at Estillville. Scott coun-
ty. Va, with all its mails. was destroyed
by fire on Sunday night the 18th inst. A
key Of powder exploded after the fire got
good Roadway and tore the Office to pieces.
Inn a. @RA ha
loses 5000. and is without insurance.
a. ". Fosser, Of the Cornell University
class of 1877, has just married Lyra II.
Peck Of the Cornell class of 1879. She was
freshman when he was junior. "This
is what comes of the eOzedUcati0n Of the
sexes" remarks the Buffalo Courier"
Charles d. Howe, a veterinary surgeon
has obtained verdict in the Supreme
Court Of New York of $1,000 damages
against the proprietors Of the "Turf. Field
and Farm" (newspaper) for having called
him quack.
r. s. Renick, Of LewisburR. Greenbrier
county, W. Va. was swindled in C:noin-
natl by the ''lottery game" out of $40 and
q check for $500. The check was on the
stopped i p ti !s
The weight Of cord Of Ice has been as
eertained to be q triAe more than two and
a half tons. Thus we find the average Ice
house to hold about sixteen cords, which
costs q little lesa than 80 many cords of
wood.
During the recent visit of Rev. B. S.
Highly to Southwestern Virginia he bap-
tized and received his. father, who is
seventy-four years Of age. into the church.
Charleston ". Va.) Free Press.
Lafayette AcLaws. a former division
commander in the CAnlsderate army,. has
ersn naIrnoipatea BY FFssidsnt Hayes for
tsapRolhtnept ~ PostmasteE Of Savannah.
The engineers Of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad are still in Botetourt. They have
run one line to Big LICK, branching off
the Macadam road at Cioverdale.
Mrs. L. B. Kellogg is the first lady to
practice at the bar in Kansas, she having
been admitted last week after passing Q
very creditable examination.
Zach. Taylor. Of the firm Of TAYLOR &
Hatcher, prominent business man of
Lynchburg, is dead:
. fGTanS RAPIDS finest
A Builder . Testimony.
Chas. s. Strickland, ESQ.,, Of Boylston
Place, Boston, Mass, after relating his
surprising recovery from rheumatism by
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