Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-01-26
Three women are making more money

Three women are making more money
this season on the Americas stage than
.uy ten men. 1t is impossible to get at
the precise figures. rs the pay of perfor-
mers is so exaggerated. hut it IS assn ted
that Patti receives 81 600 night AS she
is tn sing thirty tlEes during her tour
through the States. she will therefore re-
caivr Sl2O.GU0. Nilsson will get about
s1O0 0OC for ii " concerts. Mrs. Langt,y
is said to It crive onr-thifd of the gross re
ceip,s, and will get about SIS 600
The Virginia Court of Appeals has
granted a supeIss IDEAS Oh the appeal of Jas.
A. Fla2 tr, AS We learn fTom the Rock-
fridge Enterprise.
The o iio legislature is consi iering the
adulteration of foods and medicines. It is
Informed by Cincinnati chemist that
liver and kidney COMPLAINTS s. common
and ST. destructive to human life, arr Iarg e.
ly due to the use of sulphuTlc acid in / he
manufacture of sugar and syrup. He also
declares that quin,ne pills are extensively
aduterated, aud that .nany other medi-
cines are not to be depended upon.
Mrs. Nancy Monroe Darlington, rela
tive of President Monroe, died few d ,ys
ago at her home in Chicago. Size had | we'd
through the administration of every Presi-
dent except the present one.
Mrs. Mary Ann Sheppard, native Of
Norfolk Va. and formerly of Charlestown,
Jefferson county, w. Va, d,rd in tincin-
nail on the 20tn inst, aged ~ years. In
youth she was a famous beauty, and was
painte q by the painter Peal-, as the orIgi-
nal of "Diana tho hunJless.
A CHICAGO negro has the trick OF appear.
ing Ii blow fire from his mouth, and per
forms it SO cltvsrlg that the faculty aud
stunents. of Il medical ill-ge were unabl-
to discover how 1t was ,ne. IL, preteuds
hat it is u phenomenon which he does not
understand, bqt high he surmiSes Is caus-
I'd by mysterious disease.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says the
Marquis of Lorne opp at the Univers-
ty of Virginia iii 1851, aud Was u sst of
DR.. Maupin. Wnlle tn re he str ,lled
through The cemetery. where thu Confede
rate aud Federal dead SLEEP side by side,
and arranging d b 'uqu-t IT wild fl Iwers,
placed it OH the grave of Turner Ashby.
In the Senate, Friday, Mr, johnston in
troducrd bills for the relief OF w. y. Mar
tin. OF B dford ,unty; j d Norris VI,
of Rnckbridge C ,urty; AID U. W. Button,
of Lsnchburg, Virginia; all Of which have
passed the House.
The Princess Louise was the recipient
while in Rchmo d, of a b title OF virginia
peaeh brandy. PIT up III 1854. IN aDtci-
age of Virginia honey. That was a morn
ing drink fl for the godsi
A movement is on foot to create new
county out OF portions of Carroll aud Gray |
son. and proposition to his effect will be
submitted to TIL gu ll'ti-d tiers CT The !
wo counties at the next election for menu
Ders Of tbs legislature.
Thomas D jsrnetJe, who figured as the |
murderer of his sister in the house of Leila
Lester, in Danville. and was tri-d and ac-
1nitteG on the pie Of Insanity and after
wards sent f6 the = G. Luuatic Asylum,
md .hpnce discharged seeHs nav to BE-
where he will do no more harm Ile
Raleigh Visitor says e has enlisted in the
Unit +, States army and will BE- seat to the
ropsIer.
Dr.. Sancnel Fl. Rixey, of Culpeper. he
vas paralyzed in drug store there, is
lead.