Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-02-27
James F. Lucas is appointed postmaster

1t Stony Man, Page county, va, VICE ).
NJ Huffman, resigned. Mary r. ). HICKS
IS appointed postmaster at MOUNTAIN
Grove. Bath county, Va, wee +. U. Al
ieIinan.
Wilmer Lancaster, SON Of T c. Lancas.
ter. formerly proprietor of the pledmone
House. in Lynchburg, Va. srot hlmStif
through the heart, in Bristol, .ehl., oa!-
urday, and died instantly. NO cause Is
assigned.
Rev. DIR. A. B. Woodfn. late chaplain |
to the University of Virginia has accept
ed Il call to the past crate OF the Faptlst
church of Mont gomery, Alabama, recently |
vacated by DR.. j. B. Hawthorne.
DIR. W. s. Strew, who has been removed
from the position of Superintendent" f the
Insane Asylum at Blackwells Island. N.
T.. has sued the N. Y. 's'aerald'' for $50
600. alleging that his removal WAS caused
by false publications in that paper.
Col. Samuel A. Swami. late Superinten-
dent of the Peniteltiarv. " no was displaced
by the legislature last winter, died sudden
" while attendinga wedding IN Louisa
county last week. He was for many teI ms
represent .tlve in the legislature from
Caroline county.
Leyburn's mill in Rockbridge has been
ought by Jacob Beard for 5 $50. and the
'CutW iler property in Lexington has been
purchased by g. M. Fggat and Jos. u.
Steele for SIS 900 and ST 700-the amount
If the resps ctive purchases.
At st. Paul's Episcopal chulch in South
west Virginia. Rev. G. G. Randolph. the
rector, has requested that collection De
made every day in the families connected
with his church, during the 4ason OF Lent,
for the benefit of the sufferi0g in Ireland.
A Richmond letter says that Poindexter
has been assigned to the tobacco factory
In the penitentiary, where he brands the
boxes He wears the prison uniform, and
occupies the same cell with Geo. Il. Shlnn,
ex-prssident of the Alexandria city cOun-
Gil.
Scarlet fever is decidedly on the de-
crease. There are but very few cases in
the neiehborhood. The malignant form
was confined to the colored population
Front Royal Sentinel, Feb. 10th.
Mrs. Adam Murray. of New Glasgow.
tja0dUa. gave UlItu w Two CIiIluACu VI SuO
10Th inst.-three girls and two boys and
| all alive and we'll developed.
Cardinal Manning's brother, whose
death has just been announced, was man
of cultivated taste and a staunch Protest
ant, so much so that he had provided the
money to build Protestant church. He
and his brother, the Cardinal, had not
spoken for many years.
George Wright and several other cattle
shippers of Ontario have just recovered a
verdict in London against the Greenwood
line of steamers for $4,000, for cattle
| thrown overload pending storm in mid
ocean.
Last summer DIR. Warren Du Pre-, Of
Spartansburg, S. g., died and was buried al
Abingdon. va. Last week the grave waf
opened to send the body home. AID the
hair and whiskers of the corpse were founC
to have grown much since the lnterment
The colored people in Virginia, instead
of diving out. are in a fair way to get thu
prize for long life. Betsy Hopkins, color
cd, of Waterford, Loudon county, hal
lust ended life of one hundred and Sl1
years duration.
Stephen Longfellow, the bad nephew Of
the great poet. who was arrested on thu
charge of forgery. has jumped his bail ant
gone to South America.
A meeting of Readjusters is announced
for the Albemarle March court to be ad
dressed by Auditor Massey and Senate
Paul
The Wisconsin egislature has adopted
in amendment to the constitution by
vote of Al to II, giving females equal SUI
frage with males.
Charles Hoffman, of New York, was t.
have been married Sunday evening, blu
when his friends went to his room the!
found that he had blown his brains out.
Hon. Samuel J. Tilden sustained
severe fall Thursday last by coming il
contact with Il messenger on the steps
the Third National Bank, on Nassa
street. New York
The Irish citizens of Richmond have or
) ganized a soc al society known as the ST
PatrickS Society. with Hon. A. M. Kelle
: President, and John IL. Dinneen, Secrets
ry.
The catalogue of tho Western Mllitar
Institute of Georgetown, KY, for 1S4e
contains the name Of James e. Blaine, b
) A who was then tutor in the prepare
, tory department.
In Richmond last Saturday they ha
snow, sleet and hail in the morning. an
at night May atmosphere and moon pr
vailed.
Auditor Massey reports that the count
and city treasurers of Virginia show d.
| linqusncy of 1881 900 in the last eigt
, years.
DR.. Evans, of Paris, the famous Amer
can dentist, has just been plugging an
t boring away at the teeth of the Crow
Princess of Germany, in her villa ;
3 Prigli, near Genoa.