Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-12-31
In letter Mr.. J. E. Peyton, Of the

In letter Mr.. j. +. FeytOn, oI tuo
| Yorktown Centennial Commission,
says that in conversation with MI.
Huntington. president of the chesapeake
| and Ohio road, that gentleman told MN
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad would
be completed to Newport News in July
next, and that If the Yorktown cele0ra-
tion were kept up three weeks the compa-
| ny would run branch to that place Tor
the accommodation Of the pubic. Inc
Fall River Steamboat Company Will also
furnish several boats to be kept at the
| wharf and used as hotels, provided the Gel
ebration is continued for three weeks.
| The Presbyterian church Mlllboro, Bath
county. Va, is worshipplng in the store
house Of one of the eide which is crow
ded and uncomfortable. A church build
ing is a necessity. They have taken hold
with energy. Mr.. Warren, Of the hotel.
has given them lot, besides his wn sui
scription. and the members have secure
| about eight hundred dollars toward tn
erection OF a building. An elegant recep
Mr. Cooke and his bride on their arriva
! the whole congregation turned out ~
loaded them with marks OF affection.
Central Presbyterian.
Probably the first case Of two fema
lawyers pi tied against each other In cnu
will come from San Francisco, where Mr.
Clara Foltz has been engaged for the pro
ecution and Mrs. Laura Deforce GOrdo
for the de fence in the Case # George A
Wheeler. who is charged with stranglint
his sister-In-law, and packing her body L.
a trunk. The two w0me we're once very
cluse friends, sleeping in the same bed.
but lately GOODNESS has sprung up be-
tween them. In the recent campaign they
we're rivals on the political stump as they
are now at the Ear.
The completion of the Richmond and
Allegnany railroad, between Buchanan
and Willis mson's. Va. will be celebrated
by the pee ,ple of those two places and those
living ale 'ng the line by big !ollhcatlon
The ''ro usement" is to be closed out with
ball al buchanan.
Deaf h turks in pin point. An old lady
residI e in Brooklyn, N. T.. prlcked ner
hnger with pin last Sunday and died
from blood poisoning on Wednesday, such
lnsts noes are very rare, and it is possible
that in this case the point of the pin had
CON le in contact with some poisonous sub
sta nee.
John C. Calhoun, an inmate Of the In
me asylum at Stockton. CAL. recently
G ommitted from Esmeralda county, Neva-
la, was drowned near San Francisco Sat.
+ day. He had recovered his reason and
would hive heen discharged in few days.
He was nephew of the late Senator Cal
houn.
The editor of a Georgia paper wrote a
leader about the mineral wealth Of Geor-
gia An intelligent compositor made II
/ a ksok~ ND N
drums exist in considerable quantities. 1t
, should have read: Asbestos, manganese
, and corrundum."
Lord Beaconsfield sent presentation
copy of "Endymion to the Queen, te
!, which she devoted her mornings immedi
ately after her return to London from Bal
moral. Lady Chesterfield, who is specia
friend. and bis own sister. Lady Bradford
| also received early copies.
Princeton College has bought for SIC,
900 from Henry Ward, of Rochester. 8
rare collection in the way of natural histO
| ~, geology, mineralogy. ETC., including thu
| originals of wards Casts" of some o.
1 the most valuable treasures Of European
l museums.
An Englishman who lived alone In BOl
ton, Conn.,, for several years was found fro
/ zen stiff in his house the other day, having
J. \ been dead several days A dog which wa
), / guarding him had to be shot before tn
house could be entered.
" A fish preserving company has been or
ganized in Philadelphia. with capital o
> 1 5000, 900, whose objqc. is to freeze and keel
y in state OF preservation shad and othe
>, | saltwater fish in the United States ant
;, market them at times when such fish ar
not in season.
Mrs. McKinnon, wife Of Capt. W. P
4 McKinnon, was dressed for church, a
4 Rural Retreat, Wvthe county, Sunda!
1 morning last, and standing near red-hO
y stove, when her clothing took fire and she
was very badly though not fatally burned
Senator Burnside entertains like 6
! ! prince. He has retained his camp servant!
I ard cook since army days. The butter
, | and vegetables used at his Washington
!. dinners are made and raised On his RhOd,
Island farm.
DIR. William s. r. Brockenbrough. tn,
!. youngest and only surviving son Of Judg
= William BrOckenbrOugh, late judge OF tn
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
. died last week near The Hague. Westmore
? land county.
DR.. J. Daniel Payne, we'll known cit
zen of Fauquier county, Va. returne'
= | from fox hunt last week and feeling IN
| we'll called for glass CT hot water. Be
fore it could be procured he fell from hi
y chair corpse.
An old soldier named Henry Hank, VIII
:. had been unsuccessful in his efforts to Sc
n | cure pension, went to General b. +. But
ler's house in Washington last Saturda
night and broke all the windows within
r his reach.
D DR.. Henkel is having built large sheeel
: barn on hts farm near town. The Docto
and Mr.. Allen are giving considerable at
tention to sheep raising. They have larR
number, some of which are fine breeds
: Page Courier.
A pet deer, for several years owned b.
: Mr.. Elias Purcell, of Winchester, attacked
!. lady on Saturday and broke her arm
{ The deer was promptly dispatched ant
seut to market.
The McCurdy House (Williamson) re
: ceipts last month were about one Thousand
dollars. Three hundred and fifty name
were registered from the list to 18th o
! December. Alleghany Tribune.
= Two brothers named Mitchell, living il
: Campbell county, got to drinking Will,
e making their Christmas purchases il
Lynchburg, and on their way home one O.
. them persisted in the snow.
George N. Lewis, the former husband Of
p "Sylph," of whiskey ring notoriety, dice
recently at Jerseyville. Ill. Gen. Melon
: aid and the widow are said to be mated al
e Nokomis, Ill.
8 Died the other day in honorable age
Bashaw, Bishop Whipple's faithful black