Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-01-16

In t. st suit now on trial in the Supe-e
rior Court Of New Y crk city to dete1mir
the right of property owners along the
line of the Elevated railroads to cOmpen-
sation for consequent injuries, Gen. Ben
iamin F. Butler, eX- Federal general. and
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, ex Confederate gen.
eral. appeared as associate counsel for
plaintiff. Gen. Pryor made an able and
earnest argument Wednesday, during
which Gen. Butler twice cried "Bravo!''
at some ELOQUENT PERIODS,
The danger of runaway matches has jus
been illustrated in Bath, Penn. Miss
Alice Beers, the daughter Of prominent
citizen of the town, fell in love with a
printer named Geo Youngs, ran away
with him and was married in Binghamp-
ton, N. Y Last Saturday the discovery
was made that he was already married
man and that bogus clergyman perform
ed the ceremony. The young bride fell
fled.
A young man in Bellevue Hospital, New
York city, is undergoing Treatment for
grating his middle left-hand finger t. the
spot where his nose used to be, with the
intention of eventually amputating the
lays in the new Surgical Ward with lis
hand immovably fixed to his face.
Miss Rosalie Gelston, granddaughter OF
the late Mrs. Hugh Gelston, who died re-
Gently, leaving the young lady an income
of nearly $4,000 per annum is at present
attending school at the convent in Abing-
don, Wa shington county, Va.
Gov. Garcelon, of Maine, writes that he
will be in Washington in about three
weeks, to escort his daughter home, she
now being on visit to Mrs. Congressman
Frye. w.
In the present federal Senate out of rs
members SO are lawyers Out of PIG men,
bers of the House of Representatives 219
are lawyers.
/ Fayette McMulIen, of Va, made a
speech, following Dennis Kearney, at the
Greenback Convention in Washington last
week.
Prof. David Duncan, the venerable
father of the late DIR. Duncan, of the Vir-
ginia Conference, has given his very valu-
able library to WoffOrd College. The
South Carolina Conference gave him vote
of thanks,
Col. Frank Huger. Master of Transpor-
tation of the Virginia & Tennessee Divi-
sion of the A. M. Il o. r. r., has been pro-
NOTED to Superintendent of Transporta-
tiOn over the whole line.
Andrew Boyd, of Lynchburg. who dis
appeared a few days ago, has turned up
safe at Washington.
james Burns, Sr.. Of Virginia, who is
nearly so years of age, has shucked about
$50 shocks of corn this fall. How is that
for fOur-scOre?
General Grant has ordered his Ethan
Allen colt, now on the farm Of General
Beale, near Washington, to be sent by the
next steamer as a present to the Mlkado
of Japan.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague has rented the
house in Washington, which formerly be-
longed to Senator Sargent.
A Paducah, KY, woman startled by
some occurrence. swallowed thirty-tWO
pins she had in her mouth.
The first car load Of pig iron over the
newly opened Southern Railroad reached
Cincinnati OH Saturday from the Roane
Iron Company Of Chattanooga. Tenn
eSSee. s
John N. Meade, nephew of the late
Bishop Meade, and prominent citizen
and magistrate OF Frederlek county, Va,
died suddenly OF paralysis last week.
Moses B. Montgomery, of Loudoun
county, Va, has purchased he McCros
sin farm of 217 acres, near Jamestown,
Montgomery county. Md, for $23 per acre
Thomas E. MARYLAND, for nearly thirty
years conductor on the Virginia Midland
railroad, died in Washington city last
week,
Writ Harrison, fer many years Sergeant
alarms Of TIE senaste Ct Virginia, died in
Riehnaand last week: -
Two large cigar factories are to be re.