Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-07-01


that for the first time sees light.
There was row in the California Den
tai Convention about a tooth which DR..
Younger had put in and DR.. Lundborg
had pulled out. The trouble began when
DR.. Younger read to the convention a pa
per on TRANSFORMING teeth. He asserted
that he had performed the operation many
times, and always with success. DR..
Lundborg followed in an address con-
demning the practice, claiming that there
was danger of transferring diseases with
the tooth, ard finally declaring that most
Of the attempts had proved failures. In
proof of the latter point, he said that he
had found it necessary to pull tooth out
of a woman's mouth which DR.. Younger
had placed there. The alteration which
ensued was remarkable chiefly for the vgor
of the swearing, and the meeting closed in
disorder.
An Old Kentucky la " makes it possible
to sentence man to imprisonment for
life on his third conviction OF grand larce-
ny. The first time that this extreme pen
atty was imposed in many years was in the
case Of Elijah Carter, who stole dozen
pigeons, and the Court of Appeals has just
decided that the statute is unconstitution-
al, because the punishment is unusual.
ing house in Cincinnati, when she engaged
herself to J.. Warren Kelly, one of her
boarders. She fell heir to 5000 600 and
uow he finds himself obliged to sue her
for $3.50 damages fol breach Of promise.
She alleges that she has discovered that
his habits are bad.
A pair of lovers at Brownstown, Ind,
were ordered by their parents to give up
their counting because they were only 6f-
teen years old. The girl dutifully obeyed,
and forbade the boy to see her, telling him
that in three years she would again receive
his attentions; but he would not submit
to such delay, and committed suicide
under her window.
Mrs. O'Leary, whose cow kicked over
the lamp which started the great confa-
grafton in Chicago ten years ago, was in a
police court in that city Saturday as de-
PENDANT in an assault and battery case
This is her first public appearance since
the event which gave her worldwide
fame.
Mexico is becoming the favorite field for
missionary enterprise. The Methodist
Church South appEopriates $50, 500 this
year, and other denominations are show
ing increased energy in that direction.
Mexico will, at this rate, soon outrank
China and Africa in missionary estima-
ton.
Upon the conclusion OF the commence
ment exercises at Washington and
Lee University chapel, splendid recep-
ton was given at the residence of Gen.
Lee, president. The silver service used
was the property of the Washington fami-
ly, and is of magnificent workmanship and
design.
Lieut.. G. B. Gatewood, of the sixt h Uni
ted States cavalry, was married at Cum
berland on Thursday, to Miss Georgia
McCullock, of Frostburg, Md. The newly
welded pair left for brief visit to the
parents OF the groom, in Woodstock, Va ,
after which they will proceed to Arizona,
where he is stationed.
In 1888, W. E. Miller, of the Green
Sulphur Springs, W. Va, caught a. terra
pin, cut the date on his shell, and turned
him loose. Last week, walking over the
farm he came across him, after forty-three
years, and dated him again.
Geo. 1. Seney, of New York, has dona-
ted in all, in the last few months, $4,000
to the Wesleyan Female College of Ma
con. Ga. James Thomas, of Richmond,
Va, has just given $50, eco to the Rich
mond College.
The Cincinnati Commercial" has been
notified by the postmaster at Bozeman,
Montana, that the copy of that paper ad-
dressed to J. b. Douglass is not taken out.
s'Reason: He was hung at Virginia City
last Friday"
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has sold his
ded for Is years, for $4,000 subject to
mortage of ST. 900. He now lives with
his son, Col. Benz. B. Beecher.
Mr.. q. P. Huntington has purchased 45
acres of land near Memphis, Tenn. as
lCAation for the monster machine shops of
the southern division of the combined line
from Memphis to the Chesapeake.
Lawrence Payne, of Culpeper county,
about twenty-five years of age, while cut
ting wood on Friday last, was struck by
lightning. He died the next morning from
the effects.
Miss Bette Green, of Forsyth county,
Ga, has two silk dresses which she made
herself. having raised the worms, spun the
silk, colored and woven it with her own
hands.
G. Watson James, Esq. the editor of
the Richno nd standard" has been hon
Ored by Washington-I4ee University with
the degree of d. L., of Doctor of Letters.
A paper, on which was written 'sMrs.
Sophia Lopez is my heiress,' with date
and signature, was admitted to probate as
a will in New Orleans.
DR.. Chaplin of Charlotte, Mich, literally
got tired of life. He had reached over
a hundred years of age and last Friday
committed suicide.
T. J. Kilby, who for many years repre-
scented Portsmouth in the Virginia legis-
lature, died in Alamance, N. c., last week
aged seventy-six.
Married-At Osceola, Iowa, in a circus
ring. Major Littlefinger, 80 inches high to
Mollie Shade, 81 inches high.
Rev. DR.. E. E. Wiley has been elected
President of Martha Washington College
and has accepted the position.
An eight year old son of Harvey Etter,
of Wythe county, Va, fell from a cherry
tree Monday and died of his injuries.
John Fields, a clerk in the Kanawha
Valley, Bank at Charleston, W, Va, died