The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-11
STAUNTON.

r.su,o0,pts WEDDING BUSINESS OF THE
sTuNTON POST.oFFIcE-AN ENBAtMED
aony yEoN coLORADO-NEw TRADE FOR
ptCuvoND-ELECTION OF OFfICERS-RE-
-yARKABLE SURGICAL OPERATION, &C., &C.
rt,orrcspondencc OF the Richmond Dispaicd
DECEMBER 10, 1850.
very large number OF invited friends
,,d curious spectators gathered at Trinity
roisc0pal church last night at O'Clock TO
Wines the marriage Of Mr.. {. McH. Whit
lie and Miss Resale Il. TamS. Mr.. Whit
ne /. a nephew OF Bishop Whittle and a son
~ the lale Commodore Whittle, and Miss
rams is the Youngest daughter OF Mrs.
William Tams, of tbs city. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. w. q. Hulihen.
There were i've ushers and twenty at
,epdapts. Tue bride, who was richly
dressed. being given awaS by her brother,
". u. Tams, Esq, cashier OF the Augusta
National Bank The chancei was band-
,omely decorated with growing flowers and
beautiful aTch, Surm0unied BY the SYM
hoHcal horseshoe 10 flowers, beneath when
was suspended n large marrla9e-bell MADE
NJ maVnONa.leaYes, with tongue oil me-.
Aftertbe ceremony was over large num-
her Of invited guests repaired to the resi-
eence of the brides mother, on Beverly
,,reet. where they partook OF an elegant
simmer and Iemained until late hour.
During the firsf seven DAYS in December
the following matter was sent from Inc
Ssunton post-office: 7,IS7 letters, 2,2'2
po>fal.elrdS. l0j packages OF merchandise,
l.5ij packages Of printed matter, COOS
newspapers. the fetal number being lS,26S,
which is 4, 767 more tban for the same time
last year.
The body OF w. Mel IIarman, the son-n-
aw OF Mr.. Richard Hawkins, whose sud.
den death In Leadville, Colorado, was no.
iced in this correspondence last week, ar
rived i'm Stanton Tuesday in charge OF
his widow. The body had been embalmed
and The features were but little changed.
lie was buried from the Baptist church
wednesday by Rev. j. Nj. Frost, Jr.
Mrs. Robert Taylor, an oSiimable lady OF
,hi. county, died a few days ago. a re-
markabe incident is remembered OF her.
Several wears ago, being afflicted with iu-
sanity, she drove an eighl-penny nail
through her skull into her BRAN, hut after
/, was extracted she recovered, and was en-
iirey sane until her death.
Al least 600 barrels OF -four have been
shipped TO Richmond over the Shenandoah
Valley road uia Waynesboro' and the CheS-
apeake and OHIO railroad since the new road
ba, been opened 10 COnrad's Store. the brst
carload having been shipped by b. Il L. j.
Mines.
There are large number OF mills along
South river, on the east bank OF which the
Shenandoah Valley railroad runs; and the
millers who formerly wsgOned their Hour 10
IIarrisonburg and shipped 10 Baltimore are
now sending il 10 Richmond. II your city
will look after this section she will get
large trade which properly belongs to her.
Owing TO the freezing Of the canal at Lex
ington, heavy wagon freight between that
point and has been going on ioI
some days past. and since the present cold
snap has set in promises TO continue iDdeh'
ntey.
Moses Turner, cOlored boy from Nely's
Ford. in Nelson county, was found dead Oh
The track near Alton yesterday morning Dy
Captain Pat. Woodward, who runs tue early
accommodation train from StauntOn 10
Charlottesville. The boy was last seen as
sisting in driving some cattle towards
Waynesboro' Wednesday. His body was,
il is said, literally mashed TO jelly, nearly
every bone in IL being broken.
Mr.. Tom Burke. OF stanton, purchased
the John ID. Brown farm, about a mile
from staunton, on yesterday, for about
20, 900.
Mr.. NJ. McAIur, who resides in the SUI
burbs OF Staunton, has discovered that
pig can fast nineteen days and live. TINS
porker fell into a dry well and was mol
found until nineteen days after be disap'
peared. lie was not strong enough TO raise
good squeal, but was restored and fatten'
ed for the knife.
Yesterday the thermometer stood here oil
100. on Wednesday at lSo, and on Tuesday
atI7o. The same days Of last December II
stood go. $40, 500
The Horse-Thief. Detective Club. at koiu
er's Store, in this county, has elected the
following officers for the ensuing year: IA
B. Koiner, president; +. Barger, vIce-presl'
dent: :. n. Patterson, treasurer, and w
A. Hanger, secretary.
Miss SNYDER, OF this county, from whom
DIR. A. NJ. FauntIeroy several weeks age
removed an ovarian tumor weighing forty
pounds, Is recovering" rapidly. This re
markable case has been watched with
great deal OF interest by the medical IRA
ternity here and elsewhere. PENN.
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