Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-26
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tagious. Last Tue day, at Vincent, n
c., four couples, all of whom bad been
forbidden to marry, met by appointment
and rode twenty miles away to another
village. and stood up in, d row before a
minister and were married. The brides
were the daughters of well-to-do farmers
in the adjoining county. Their ages
grooms were all Well-t0-do and respectable
young men,, The opposition of the parents
to the matches in all except one case is
said to have been on account of the ex-
IRENE youth Of the candidates for the
altar. ..,.. f|&. e. 81
The Vermont legislative committee to
canvass the votes for county and probate
officers and justices have decided to throw
out the vote of the town OF Colchester for
such officers, because barricade was
placed in front of the ballot box SO that
voters could not see the box, the right Of
challenge was defeated and the boxes were
taken away and the votes not counted till
the next day. ,eqA
The Hancock column. ," a political Or
ganization Of New York city, visited Gen.
Hancock last Thursday He received them
with great kindness. 's9'You came day
after the fair" he said smiling, land
am restrained by motives Of delicacy
which you can all appreciate from saying
more at present." - -..-. "a
AT Edinburg. Shenandoah, few days
ago there was Notification in honor of
the election of Hon. John Paul. Capt.
Rlddleberger. Capt. Paul and the Edin-
burg band, each received from the ladies a
large pyramid cake There were bon tires
and speeches and general good time.
Mrs.J H. Eager, of Bedford county,
Va, one of the passengers on the steamer
AnchOra for Europe Was so badly injured
by being thrown across the dining saloon
in storm that she had to lay over in Glas-
cow. t'. t "Fe
(. Prof. J. H. Mcdonald, Principal of the
graded school of Scottsville, Albemarle, has
accepted professorshjp in a female COL
lege at Keatchie, La, and left for his new
home.
Thomas Campbell and John O'Conner,
two employees at Geo. F. Eakles saw mill
had an affray near the White. sulphur
Springs IN which, being attacked. Campbell
broke bis antagonist skull with black
bottle. OConner died on Sunday from the
effects.
John Finney, a native of Amelia county,
Va, but for many years a lawyer of New
Orleans, died few days ago. He was
once the law partner Of Judah T. Benja-
min and S. s. Prentiss.
Burglars are noticeably numerous this
winter. Capt. W. H. Crockford' g residence
at Charlottesville. was broken into and
Capt. C's pants containing $50 in money
were carried off one night last week,
Lord Beaconsfeld has been paid $50, 600
for the manuscript of his new novel, EN-
dymion.n It. will .be published about the
end of this month. A novel to be written
in the future is to be paid for at the same,
rate. f'e - 49, -
) Louisa Leehuer. only fifteen years old,
attached to the Humpty. Dumpty troupe,
died in the hospital at Baltimore last Fri
day. s.s. sesf s
Rev. B. 3Arbogast, principal of the Val
ley Female College, Winchester, Va, is1ll
of heart disease. fe 80. ~
The residence of John Coffelt, in Shen-
ahdoah county, was destroyed by fire last
week; %
:; Hundreds of young men waste hour al
tar hour thinking over what they might
do if IL hey only had time. t
The Amherst .'Entei. fiss' ap ',s,ss nus
that q diamond Of vast s,ze a. - s.'"e . D''' :
been found in that county. =; 20
Mrs. E. A. Aylett. the widow of the late. /
E3tLaek Henry Aylett. died in Richmond.
wednesday, after long illness.