Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-03-23

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Ex-Gov F. W. NJ. Holiday. of Virgin
Ia, viii start for Europe the latter part, of
this month or early in May, for a six
months visit. -'N'~
&c. r. Huntington, Of New York. has
subscribed 81 OGO to the Zion African NJ.
ID. Church in Brooklyn.
James Graham an old man with q young
wife residing near Anderson. W. Va, last
week shot and killed Thomas Smith. Q
school teacher aged 81, from Fauquier
county, who boarded in his house and
taught school in the neighborhoOd. 1t ap-
pears that the old man suspecting undue
intimacy with his wife had dismissed
Smith fromthe house, and on his returning
there against his commands, he shot HIN.
a I'll. j: Eyres. Of Wythe county. Va. has
gotten verdict for 5000, from the Nor
sfolks& Western r. r Co., for ejecIment
from the. carsand assault.
Col. AZ. L: RIvss has been appointed Sec.
ond Vice President Of the Richmond and
;. Danyille r. R.. system With salary OF
$4,000. =. 80,
= The remains of General Robert e. Lee
and Mrs. Lee and Miss Agnes Lee, were
removed from the basement of the Wash
ington 6 Lee University Chapel to the
Mausoleum on Thursday, on the 9Th inst.
However strange it may appear to rea-
sonable speople, it is fact that Mary A.
Appleby is suing in a New York court for
divorce from her husband because Of a
quarrel which grew out Of naming their
first baby.
Ex-senator Davis, of Illinois, was mar
ried March 14th. near Fayetteville, N. G.,
to Miss Addie Burr.
Colonel Harry Gllmor the dashing Con-
federate cavalry officer whe died 10 .Balti-
more, left an estate valued at only $3.50,
which amount was absorbed by the fune-
raj expenses, His children will have his
portrait and sabre.
Maj. R. W. Hunter has disposed of .
half interest in the Winchester Times. to
be conducted by the Winchester Times
Company =
David Bowman, of Shenandoah county
sold twsnty-four head Of cattle aggregat-
ing 80, 432 lbs for 81 .597.es.
Local option. which has prevailed in
Shepherdstown, W. Va, for one year. was
defeated Monday last by 81 majority.
The Virginia Court of Appeals has
granted a new trial in the case OF Nc
Daniei, colored, who was convicted in
Amherst county, of the murder in the
first degree, of white man.
. Rev.. James B. Taylor has resigned his
pastoral care of the First Baptist Church
at Wilmington, N. Z. He will visit
Europe, spending a few months in Great
Britain. and at Rome with his brother,
Rev. DR.. George Taylor, who resides there
Iron ore of a superior character has been
found on the mountain place Of B. Pitzer,
near Salem, Va, and he has been offered
1000 for half interest. Henry Stew
ems has been offered $4,000 for his farm
in the same loo ,lity, aud David E. Trout
!. has refused $3.50 an acre for his farm near
by: There is q great land boom in Roa-
noke county.
!: L. Rinker, has sold his Adam Mill farm,
near Mt. Jackson $40 acres. to J. W. Zir-
kle and brother for $40. 500
Tie wife of DR.. E. NJ. Watts, Of Ports
mouth, had some teeth extracted last week,
and insisted on having ct,lorof0rm, having
used it on two previous occasions safely.
Her husband demonstrated, but she insist
ed and he: administered only two drach-
ms. She died in few minutes.
Or. Robert "A. Clement, aged seventy
three. the oldest physician in Bedford Co.,
Va, is dead.
! During the late fl ,od the Chesapeake &
Ohio freight depot at Huntington contain
ied fifteen feet of water.
! Col. B. F. Rittenhouse, U. s. A., bought
ll: Washington city last week pair Of
beautiful JET black horses. Currying after
wards showed they were dyed. A warrant
Is out for Fl. Gallagher who sold the ami
mails.
Few men go SO well prepared as did E.
B. Collins to whip W. J. Townsend q liy-
eryman of Lynchburg. He was armed
With q pistol and knife and his wife car
ried a buggy whip, but the liveryman took
away his, pistol, beat him over the head
and routed the party.
Samuel c. Wyman citizen OF Balti-
uhore Who made it custom to give $40,-
900 to the various Churches every year,
died last week He was buried by the side
of his. wife IN Clarke county. Va.
iRey. a.. E. Wren, formerly Methodist
minister of Fluvanna. is now pastor of the
Baptist Church at Kanawha Falls.
James Oliver aged IS, moved few years
'aeofrom Allegheny county to P"c4hontas,
WIS Last Wednesday his wife founI
him sleeping by her side in bed dead.
Conductor W. W. Payne, a son Of Gen.
WIN. Il. Payne Of Warrenton, was sefi-
Ousiy Injured by his train running OF, on
the Pittsylvania branch Of the Midland
railroad. - -~.i
!. /. The " idow Of DR.. Glenn, of California,
has wi itten kind and sympathetic letter
murdered bin: The two ladies, says the
Coiusa Sun, have been like sisters all their
lives. = s+s ~
Two hundred girls started from Lime
rick Ireland Saturday for New Hamp-
shire, Almost the entire population u.s.
sembled to bid them good-by. The scenes
at starting were affecting.
The trial of VIM. F. CROCKETT. the MUIR
derer of J.,s. e. F. Hunt in Wythe coun-
ty, Va, has been p 'stponed until Septem-
Der. The prisoner appeared in court 6ner
ly dressed and wearing kid gloves.
Gov. f,arstow Of Vermont. ordered the
flag at half mast on the State capitol and
the putlic offices to be closed, as mark Of
respect to the memory of Alexander II.
Stephens.
The Free Masons of Low Moor are TAX
ing steps for the institution Of a lodge at
that place. .~ 1