Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-06-24

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as Republican should be ii efficient guar
antee. The interview then terminated.
In reply to inquiries as to the probable
action of the Virginia Republicans, Cen
eral Wickham said that the State Central
Committee had been called to meet in
| Richmond on Tuesday next. the 21st inst,
| at which. no doubt, it would be decided to
call state convention, for the purpose Of
putting straight cut Republican ticket
| in the tield Mr. Bennett, of buckingham,
| states that at a meeting Ut over eleven nun
| bred colored Republicans at Buckingham
| Courthouse, last Monday, it Was decided
| to await the action of the regular Republi-
can convention and that the colored voters
will undoubtedly abide by the action Of
that body.
Mr.. Cook, from the country, fell asleep
| in his chair on the veranda OF the st.
! James Hotel, st. Louis, and did not awake
until 4 CLOCK A. M. His watch and $500
| in money bad in the mean time been sto-
len. He was very angry, and resolved to
catch the thief at any cost OF time and
| trouble. On four successive nights he
| feigned sleep in the same chair, with the
brass chain of brass watch hanging ont
! remptingly. but nobody touched it. On
| the fifth night, however, the pickpocket
| returned. He had scarcely pulled out the
watch when Cook opened fire with re-
| vOlver, and when surgeon looked the
| thief over critically, four bullets were
: found IN his body.
Graft lounged into Chicago bar-room
| and called for pint of whlskey, which
was given to him in bottle, under the
superstition that he meant to carry it
away He poured the liquor back into
| the measure, and drank it without paus-
| ing to take breath. A startled bystander
| commented on the size of the drink
| Graft said the only hindrance to drinking
| quart more was that he lacked the mon
ey to pay for it. That difficulty was over
come. and the quart was gulphed down,
but with an instantly fatal result.
DR.. Hodges of St. Louis, lately took a
pound of adlpose tissue from the neck of
| well-known real estate agent of that city
| who weighs 249 pounds. The fat, accu-
mulating around the neck, had begun to
push the head forward. The wound be-
ing closed, cauterlzed Ito prevent forma-
tion of new tissue), and bandaged. the
patient, who did not seem to suffer much.
| lit cigar and sat down to read his paper.
So unreliable has been the labor hereto
fore engaged building the Chesapeake &
Ohio r. r. between Richmond and New
port News that the company has secured
1000 German labOrers. One-thlrd of the
new laborere arrived and went to work.
but in their turn, became dissatisfied with
the accommodations and refused to
re main.
In the life of Bishop Wilberforce, by his
son, the Bishop writes that an Arcbbish-
op, who was entirely unmoved by the de-
nunciation of an antagonist in discus
sion on ecclesiastical affairs, turned ''ashy
pale" when he threated to pray for him.
NO" he cried, don't do that, pray you;
that is unfair-anything but that"
"Now I've fixed you,'' said Jim Hogan
to his wife, at Monticello, Ohio. He had
good reason to think SO, for he had shot
five bullets into her body; yet he was mis-
taken, for she revived soon after he had
killed himself with the remaining charge
| in the revolver. and is now as well as ever
Rev. Philip l.. Shuler, minister of the
gospel for twenty years in Grayson coun-
| ty, Va, but who lately had gone into pol
itics, has run off with white girl en-
ployed in his home. He leaves behind him
a wife and children. 1t is thought the
guilty pair have fled to Texas. So says tn.
GraYSOn Clipper"
A Springfield pastor went into his pull
| pit to preach in bright red dressing gown,
AMI was obliviuuS to the establishment of
| the congregation, until an usher handed
| him card on which was written: "You
| have forgotten to change your coat" He
hastily retired, and returned in his custo-
mary suit of solemn black.
A Washington girl has highly interesting
hair. Its color used to be a light blonde
DR.. D. W. Prentiss reports to the Smith
sonlan Institution that he gave her jabo-
randi, Brazilian plant, as cure for
| blood poisoning. Her hair soon began to
darken, and in four months was almost
| black.
Besides being the most quiet, the Dunk
| ards are one Of the most liberal of religious
| denominations. At their annual meeting
| at Ashland, Ohio, last week, hearing that
| funds were wanted to erect a meeting
house 10 Denmark, $4,000 in cash was
| contributed on the spot.
William Weller, prominent citizen of
Hlnkletown, Pa, died suddenly on Thurs
| day morning, of consumption. He arose
| in the morning, but Immediately fell over
eccentric. He would never take off his
hat even to eat, and died with 1t on.
In the suit OF Fertilizer Company in
Botetourt county, the other day, thirty
odd witnesses were heard four DAYS con-
sumed, and the jury disagreed. AS the
company has 81 cases yet to be heard
young lawyers are needed to grow up with
the case.
The death of a woman at Portsmouth,
r. l.. revealed the unsupported fact that
for sixteen years she had kept a maniac
SOD concealed in an attic room, attending
to his wants herself, and never letting
another human being see him.
At the last term Of Fayette, W. Va,
Circuit Court, the Grand Jury found 1852
indictments, of which four hundred and
fifty-three were for violation of the liquor
law. one man, VIM. Prince, being indicted
in 303 cases for that offense.
In Richmond, Va, Thursday evening,
DR.. Meade c. Kemper, son of Ex-Governor
Kemper, was married to Miss Alice Tay-
Or, of that city. The future residence of
the newly married couple will be near
Lexington, Va.
1t is reported that Mrs. James, the wife
of Postmaster General James, will shortly
visit Petersburg, Va, as the guest of Mrs
Senator Malone.
witness in an Ottawa court refused
to be sworn on the old version OF the Bible,
and the Judge allowed the use of revised
New Testament.
Mr.. Jos. B. Vanmeter, of Berkeley