Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-21
A scandal is being aired in Syracuse, N


A scandal is being aired in Syracuse, N.
Y. that at the commencement of the
Medical College there. one of the graduates
wore neat suit OF broadcloth taken from
the body of a well-to-do citizen which was
removed from the grave Immediately after
burial. 1t fitted him very well, except
that the coat was little too long.
The golden rose which the Pope blesses
on the fourth Sunday in Lent and sends as
a special mark of favor to one OF the Cath
olic Pfincesses is this year destined by
Leo XII for the Princess Stephahie, wife
of Rudolf. Prince Imperial of Austria.
JIM. Orr, of Lee county, Va, arrived
March oath at Rogersyille, Tenn, rail-
road station, on his way to Bath county,
Va, to visit relatives. at Rogersville
Junction he took the wrong train and
when next heard from was found IN the
streets of Dixon, Mo-, badly wounded.
His Virginia friends are unable to solve
the mystery.
Frank Barnum, Of Baltimore, who was
left $4,000 by his brother Genus, condi-
tional upon his leaving the Catholic priest
heod, has refused the legacy which now
goes to the cause of education.
J. Massie Smith, near Shadwell on the
q. & o. road, last week sold lot of sheep
for SITS, the purchaser to pay for them
next morning when be came to take them
away. When the buyer came and went to
the field to look at them again, they were
all lying dead. The dogs had done the
work during the night.
The Attorney General Of Pennsylvania
has applied to the court for rules compell-
ing 213 grave yard insurance companies to
show cause why their charters should not
be revoked. This is done at the instance
of the Insurance Commissioner.
Harvard College proper, has been living
beyond it's income for four years to the
average amount of $12,500 year. The de-
felt Of 18S0-'S2. amounting to $34, 469.19,
ia the largest the college has ever in
CURED.
Mr.. Elliott Curlctt. of Fauquier county.
near Delaplane station, says the the Front
Royal Reddjuster, had twelve ewes, from
which he had twenty-six lambs. They
are three weeks. old, and are in a thrifty
condition.
George W. Hamilton and Thos. E. Tur-
pin were instantly killed by slide in az
iron mine in Allegheny county last week.
Their dinner buckets, with the contents
untouched late IN the afternoon, induced
their fellow wOrkmen to dig into the slide
in which it was not before known they
were engulfed.
One of the once wealthiest landlords in
Connaught, who was well known in the
hunting fields there before the Land
League rose into power, is now driver OF
one Of the London omnibusses plying be-
tween the Bank and Kilburn. He was
Boycotted out of his belongings. He has
taken very kindly to the knife board, and
looks fat and fourishing over his $12, so 9
week.
DR.. Geo. c. Cabiniss. Of Nottoway Co.
whose mind has for some time been impair
ed, hung himself last week, being the
fourth Virginia physician who has ended
his own life in the last six weeks.
R. H. Summers, for many years Sheriff
of Loudon county, is dead he was IN his
S8th year.
The Highland Recorder says that more
than thousand cattle passed over the
Stanton aud Petersburg pike last week
going to find pasturage ia the counties Of
Randolph, Pocahontas and PendIeton w es1
Va.
BeDtly Mott. a son of D r. A r. Mot
of Leesb urg. has received the appointment
of cadet to West Point from that congress
Sional district.
The famous dry goods firm Of A. T
Stewart & Co.. Of which the head is long
since dead, is closing up It's business pre-
paratory to going on. of the trade. Besides
its magnificent headquarters in New York
il has stores in five European cities, aD(
mills in both Europe and America. 1t EN-
pioys over 5000 persons. 1t offers it's stocl
and good will fOr sale.
Mrs John G. Coffman, Of New Market
has IN possession, probably the oldest East
er egg anywhere. 1t has the date of 1925
and is fifty-seven years old.
The sincerity OF James Powell's CONVEX
sion cannot bs doubted. After attending
several revival meetings at Layfayette
Ind, he confessed the unsupported CRIME
OF stealing horse, delivered himself up u
tie sheriff and provided evidence for hi
ICsecutiOn.
A Utica clergyman ha occasion to re
fer in a sermon to tae prophet Jonah, an(
the report says that he dslcately spoke O.
him as having passed three days aRe
three nights in the whale 's-ahem-socie
typ
The Mormons have now six preaching
places in London, and are sending eu
large bodies OF English girls to Utah.
It costs something to enter the British
House of Commons even when the caDdi
date is unopposed, as is shown by the fac
that the cost of Lord Algernon Percyi
unopposed return for West minister in the
first week Of the present session was So,
$50.
The st. Louis Medical Society has beer
considering the question of 80 amending
nomeopaths. The majority of q commit
tee reported that the change ought to bs
made soon, but not just yet, and the mi
Rorlty favored immediate action.
Although Samuel D. Evans, Of Hayer.
hill, Mass. was 70 years old and had bu.
ried two wives, he put himself into such
sentimental relations with Nora Hurd
aged 40, that she has obtained a verdict OF
81, 900 in breach Of promise suit.
Pools were sold in Frankfort, KY, OF
the failure or success Of John Rocketty IN
resisting the efforts Of Barnes. the evan
sslist, to convert him. The limit OF time
was ten days, and before its expiration
Rocketty was among the penitentS.
Alexander H. Stephens gave a dinner
party one evening last week ia Washing
ton in honor of Mrs. Chapman Coleman
John Randolph Tucker, who is noted for
mis- talent as a story teller, narrated some
humorous incidents. Senator David Davis
so greatly enjoyed them that he exclaimed
Il would give $50 if Lincoln were alive
to hear that story
VIM. H. Delbert, of Leadingville, Pa.
is wonderfully deliberate and imperturba-
BILE. After eating dinner in his usual