Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-02-17

cG.al Company. The building, in which
the beautiful Christmas decorations still
rsmain. was brilliantly lighted added to
To the gas. there being tiers Of candles In
three places i'll and around the chancel.-
VERY promptly, at the appointed hour, the
bridal party entered, tho bridesmaids and
sroomsmen being Mr.. Charles Selden and
Mis-. Mary Gillian. M. F. D. Dunlop and
Mi.s Mamie Leary, Mr.. s. b. Witt and
Miss Maggie Eustace, Mr.. BAIL Gordon
and Miss Virginia Randolph, of Char
lottesville; Mr.. Thomas n Page and Miss
CAMILLA Scott, Mr.. Dallam Barksdale and
Mis-. Cammie Cary. The ushers we're
Messrs. ". H. Grant, R. G.. Rennolds,
Samuel Z. Martin and T. NJ. Darlington.
Tho ceremony WAS performed by Bishop
Peterkin. of West Virginia. assisted by
Rev. Mr.. jackson, rector of Grace church.
Dr. Cowan presided at the organ.-Rach-
,nond Standard.
John ". Guiteau said on leaving W ash
in ston last Saturday, that his brother had
tnld him at parting that he thought senti-
me0t was so strong against him that the
President could not interfere even if he
wanted to- He says Guiteau seeMs will
ing to meet his dsath when the time Genes
and that he does not think Sboville will
persist in his effort for new trial. for the
reason that the people demand the prison.
sr's death.
Gen. William Preston has won the great
land suit of the "Texas Association. y
This suit involves the right and title to
9OO. 900 acres of Texas land, commonly
known as ths Mercer Colony Grant D
Thi. land was granted in 1874 by Prssi-
dent Sam Houston, and was protected IN
the articles of annexation concerning the
liabilities of the former Republic.
W. W. Corcoran. the wealthy philan-
thropist of Washington, tottered out
through tho slush from the sidewalk to an
street car the other morning, but,
putting his hand in his pocket for his fare,
aud. nnding that he had no money, in
stantly got out, though several lady friends
proffsred him tickets, remarking that ne
man without money ought to ride.
The General Conference Of the NJ. E.
Church, South, which meets at Nashville,
Tenn. in May next, will have from four
to SIX bishops to slect. Bishops Marvin
and Doggstt are dead and Bishops Whit
of KY, and Paine, of Miss, are incapaci
ted by i'll health from active duty.
DR.. W. Washington has recently sold
his farm known as "Clfton,' in Caroline
county, containing about 230 acres, to J.
Brown, Esq, of Rockbrldge county, Va,
| for 1874 so per acre. John Pierson, Esq.
has sold his farm, "Belle HILL" in the
same county. containing 100 acres to W.
Brown, Esq, of Rockbridge, for S42. per
acre.
When Rev Mr.. Yancey. pastor Of the
Campbell Street Christian Church, at Lou
isville. KY. Oh Sunday night invited SIN
ners to come up to the altar and seek sal
walton, "Abe'' Buford, a noted sporting
man, was the first to step forward and be
| baptised. He announced his intention of
retiring from the turf.
Ex-Gov. Smith, though over eighty years
old, hasn't lost his old time taste for
campaigning. He addressed the citizens
| of Prince William at Brownsville last Tues
day, in favor Of the local option alliance,
and at night on the same day he spoke to
large audience, on the same subj ect. at
| Manassas.
Gen. r. Lindsey Walker has resigned his
position as superintendent Of the Rich
| mond Division of the Richmond and AL
leghany Railroad, and Mr.. Geo. W. Agee,
| has been made superintendent OF the en-
tire line, with headquarters at Richmond,
Va.
King, st. Louis murderer, has had
| four trials during seven years, and is now
at last to be hanged. He was once con-
victed Of murder in the second degree and
sentenced to twenty-five years. imprison-
ment, but he thought he could do better
than that, and obtained new trial.
The Catholics Of Ma]lboro', Mass, have
handed themselves together to effect a re-
form in funerals. They have voted that
only two carriages containing friends be
| permitted with funerals Of deceased msm-
bsrs of the church to which they are at
| tached.
A young man has been committed to
the Maine State Insane Hospital who,
| having recently sold a tract OF land at a
profit of $4,000, was so much disturbed
| mentally, that he went about among his
| business acQuaintancss selling counties
and States
| Edmund &. Marshall, the only remain
| ing son OF Chief Justice John Marshall,
died in Fauquier last week at the age of
seventy-fve. He had surrendered all his
property to ante-war creditors and closed
his life in poverty.
| There is considerable excitement in
Patrick county, Va, over the discovery
| of silver there. 1t was found by a black
smith who built his fire place of stones
and on applying the FIRE, melted silver ran
out Of them.
! Rsv. G.. W. Motley, at the recent session
of the Virginia Conference, NJ. E Church,
| Sonth, when his name was called, an
swered, Present, by the grace of God,
for tho 6fty-seventh consecutive year.
| 1t is said that the Marquis OF Huntly,
against whom two warrants for obtaining
money under false pretenses are out, is
preparing to leave Greece for the western
section of the United States for pro-
longed residence.
Alexander n. Stephens, of Ca, held
az informal reception at Washington in
celebration of his SEVENTEEN birth day.
Nearly every public man called, from
President Arthur down.
| Edward Martin, young man of Blu
ehanan, Botstourt Ill with typhoid fever,
| Whose brother had just given him dose
of medicine, leaped out OF bed and shot
! himself through the heart.
Jacob A.. Bachrach, having committed
a theft in Charlottesville, whore he lived,
! fed to Baltimore. He was brought back
and the court ordered him TWO whippings
| of thirty-nine lashes each.
Gen. Walter Gwinn, who was the Chief
| Engineer of the James River and Kanaw-
| ha Canal, and was greatly distinguished
in his profession, died in Baltimore few
[ days ago.
An English statistician calculates that
every man on an average speaks So vol,
umes of 900 octave pages per annum. and
that every woman yearly brings out $40
volumes OF the same size in talk.
Elou q. Henkel, young and talented
journalist, with considerable experience:
has purchased the interest of Rev. J. Paul
Ct;ravol+ in tbA Newmarket "Valley