Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-26

The known friendship existing between
Mr.. J. H. Tucker. of Virginia, and the
President elect, will, it is supposed. be OF
great advantage to the former in the next
Congress. It will be recollected that of
all the Virginia congressman interviewed
upon the subject of the Chicago nomina-
ton, Mr.. Tucker was the only one who
spoke favorably of the nominee Wash.
letter in Alec. Gazette.
Mr.. Dallas Furr, near Aide, purchased
last season thirty four cattle from South
western Virginia, which then weighed
little over 1000 pounds; the cattle, when
taken away last week, weighed 1880 by
average. They were bought by Mr.. Sam
uel Orrison and sold to the Baltimore
trade. The farmers in LoudOn county
have come to the conclusion, that there is
more money in grazing stock than in rails
ing wheat and corn.-Leesburg Washing
to7aidn.
= The people Of Staunton have not had
ences IN that place two nights this week.
If man attempted to gel up the Pinafore
in this city. he would run risk of being
dered.-Lynchburg Advonce.
Lucretia Mott. the famous Quakeress
preacher and advocate of woman's ad-
vancement, died in Philadelphia last week.
She was a woman Of great intellectual
ability and as an orator had few equals
among men.
Fred. Palmer, son of the manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Office at Elmira,
N. Y, has lost an eye from epizootic pois-
onlng. The other eye is endangered. It
seems the lad wiped his face with a hand
kerchief he had used to clean saliva that
his horse had coughed on his coat sleeve.
In Judge Rives' U. 5. Court at Danville
last week, Robert Carter and Joseph Car
ter, father and son, of Patrick county,
convicted of illicit distilllng of brandy,
were sentenced to pay fine Of 500 each
and to imprisonment in the penitentiary at
Albany for one year.
sBlue Jeans'' Williams, the plain and
honest old Democratic Governor Of Indi-
ana died on Saturday of inflammation OF the
bladder, with which he had been affected
for fifteen years. He was Seventy-thr
Governor Gray assumes the duties Of the
position.
An clipping couple in railroad train in
Pennsylvania were accosted by man pro-
Tossing to be justice Of the peace, who
offered to marry them on the spot for S..
They employed him to save time, and a
week afterwards discovered that he was a
fraud.
Charles Rutledge Whipple, who lately
gave lecture in Staunton on ''The Bo-
hemians" of literature, is telegraphed
as very low Of typhoid fever, in Nash
vile, Tenn.
Charles d. Morris, Esq.,. Of the Chesa-
peake u Ohio R. r. Co., was married last
Friday evening to Miss Carrie Willis, near
Hanover Junction. Gen Wickham ten
dered him special car to convey his
friends up from Richmond.
A clerk who is somewhat smarter than
his employer was heard to. remark, the
other day, ''Thank fortune, the boss has
stopped advertising for the season. Now
we'll have rest.''
Senator Bruce was feted and feasted by
his admirers of Memphis few days ago.
In his speech he urged the colored people
to do three things: To practice economy,
to buy land and to educate their children.
Mr.. John Underwood, of Occoquan, in
this State, formerly U. s. Marshal, has
notified the school trustees of his district
that his children shall not learn the his
tory of this country from the books now
In use in the public schools Of Virginia.
AS an evidence of the superiority Of the |
corn crop of Albemarle county, Mr.. R. H.
Rawlings. on his tine place, "Bentevar,"
raised upwards of twenty-four barrels to |
the acre.
The leader of the classes at Vassar COL ,
lege is japanese girl She is from the
elite of Japanese society, and is both sly
lish and popular.
Prof. Willoughby Reade, the reader.
gave an entertainment in Salem, Roanoke,
asst week.
The Page ''Courier" says: The cut at
Vaughan's Summit on the S. v. r. r. ia
nearly mile long and about AZ feet deep.
The freight traffic over the A., M. & o
R. r., has increased to such an extent
that on Monday last two extra trains were
placed on the road.
1.-THE latest' in the way of dinner cards
re handpainted IN satin, and only coat
$50 dozen:
D, G, Sanderson aold his celebrated pup,
Count Noble," for 81, 900 at. Vipcenpes,
nd. Saturday. $3.50
Baltimore = Ohio R. R. stock soM in
Baltimore, Monday, vt $50, sr ss per T,