Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-06-11

la! ttr, MilO lave SnOWi Jlat tnoY nave dill
equitable title to the Vast amount mvolv-
&c.
Mrs De Pas was Ill " it'll a tumor in SIN
F,auc!scu, and the only possible means IF
saving Der life WAS Sui glcal operailuii.-
1t was almost cert tln /! at she would NIT
survive this, according 10 the opinion OF
several physlcIaus, no matter now skliiul-
ly it might be performed. Dr.. Charles b.
Chapman, Il surgeon OF considerable note,
took the CASE, anu was ilnIemltting III his
attention. On the night after tile opera
ton, when it had bee me evident that
Mrs. De Pas must die. he Went into the
adjoining room AMI committed suicide, at
ter writing II have j lied Mrs. he Pas.
and for this will kill lnyself,'' There WAS
no proof that What he lad done for the pa
tient was wrong in any way.
Mr. Shryer Slower, census enumerator,
called on us on Wednesday. and counted
us in.'' The ''Old Family" fgura lively
considered. is not to be sneeZed at
by the enumerators. We ranged from
less than five months to more than 72years,
and were dotted all along through the
ages. 1t would b. pleasant for us to be
able to think that we m W all be counted
again, but we haven't ne slightest eXpec-
tation that the s'Old Family will be un-
broken when another decade is entered
upon.-Gulloher S Free Press.
Mrs. B. Nj. Davis, the wife of promi-
Eent citizAn Of Br> an, Texas, disappeared,
and it was supposed She had been acciden-
tally drowned in the :,ay. Her husband
and frien, mourned, and the funeral SER
vices were held. 1t now transpires that
she eloped to New Yolk with man NAM
I'd McGraw, who has recently become cor
science-stricken, ard c, Messed the impo-
sition to tile father OF Mrs. DAVIS. The
PAL lies are well known throughout Texas,
and the scandal has created a sensation.
On decoration day, at Lexington Va,
the cemetery at the Virginia Military In
stitute, where lie the five boys who were
killed at the battle of New Market, was
handsomely decorated. The Society of
Alumni of this instituion propose erect
ing a suitable monument to these boys aud
others OF its alumni who fell during the
war, and have now on hand for this pur-
pose nearly two thoasa dollars.
Henry Reed, a carpenter, of Ellenville,
N. Y, who had become crazy from the
loss Of money deposited with G. S. Card,
banker of Casanova, made an attempt to
kill Card on Tuesday. Reed entered the
office of the asSig. ee of the bankrupt con-
Germ, and fired at him. The ball pierced
Cards clothing, but was turned from its
course by papers in his pocket. Reed was
arrested.
VIM J. Jones, one of the colored emil
grants to Iowa, writes blck to Charlottes-
vile that they are d1ing well. The coal
mining company has built a church for
the colored miners and offer to board their
pastor and pay half his salary. The csl-
ored emigrants organize a brass band for
which the company furnished handsome
set of instruments.
The Rev. Joseph T. Massey, who has
State of Massachusetts, was in Char
lottesville on Monday, in company with
his brother. Auditor John E. Massey.
Mr.. Joseph i. Massey proposes to spend
the remainder of his days in Virginia, and
will L, side 1T ''Ashawn,' - which property
he owns charlottesville Chronicle.
e. V. Ynnce, a graduate of Roanoke
College, has been chosen to Professor
ship IN Luthervlle Female Seminary, Nd,
of which Rev. j. Fl. Turner; another grad
uate of Roanoke College is President.
There is an apple tree now standing in
Mr.. Abraham Funkhouser's orchard, near
Shenandoah Alum Springs, Shenandoah
county, Va, and in good bearing condi-
ton, yielding excellent fruit, which was
p lanted so years ago.-Shenandoah Valley.
Eph. Holland, whe figured so conspic-
uously in the election frauds of 1875. was
shot in the leg, near the groin, in Cincin-
natl, Monday night. by Marshall Wood
ing, a gambler, of Danville, Va. Tie
doctors have been unable to extract the
ball.
Hon. Alex. Ii. Stephens has been but
negro delegates on the way to
Chicago and electioneering them to vote
for Grant. Mr.. Stephens still passes with
some persons for Democrat.
We learn that w. s. Hammond. ESQ.,.
Of the Bath county bar, left on Thursday
the 9th ult., for the object of receivino
county fame, whose headquarters are at
The Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs.--Alle-
Jba1ay Tribune.
1t is announced that world IS fair of
sheep, wool aud wool products, under the
auspices OF the Pennsylvania State Agri-
cultural Society, is to be opened in Phlla-
ielphla September 81, immediately after
,he State Fair.
Willis T. Bocock, Esq, now residing in
4 labama, has sent cheek of $500 to the
University of Virginia for the telescope
und, aud other VlIginians who are not
Ilumnl, have Subscribed $780,, The sum
equired now is $4,000.
More than a thousand hands are at work
m the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
nd 10y July lst the track it is said will be
eady for tEit steel rails which are to ar
i've by that date.
Five years ago Charles Cdsssll, of Wythe
ounty, Va, mad his eye penetrated by a
lece Of nail. 1t was never gotten out.
nd last week it worked into his brain and
aused mis- dea tb.
Jas. II. Crowder, of Washington COUNTY
ITO s,me months ago Claimed to have
zen reiev, d by DIR " M iller of the main
his cancer, died of tl4at disease. last
uGday,
The Anderson ''Enterpi ise'' says a cat
81. measuring tWenty-on,: inches in Ieuoth
I'd ishing four poun IS, was cnnoht
st Saturday in the Gr1enbrier River.
.ar Aid rson.
Prince Leopold and Princess Louise.
lidren OF Queen Victoria, were in Obi
90 last week, accom- anled by Col. Nc.
ELL, Equerry to the Queen, and the.
lnce visited the Chicago Convention.
The wife of Mr.. MCLEOD Kasey, Mayor.
ct of Liberty, Bedford, died on last
nday. She has been in delicate health
some time.
At the late election M. W. Camper Of
, Fincastle HERALD was elected Mayor.
that town.