Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-12-25

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IL 70 fallen Of and changed that his friends |
would not know him. Attorney General Ayers |
says he will not be ready to argue the case of |
Cluverius until about Febru ry.
William Wood, an e1-member of the Louis |
lana legislature, who was arrested at Norfolk,
Va, for pensie frau DIS but escaped, has been
He intimates that prominent
Republican of Norfolk stood in with him in his
scheme and threatens to ''squeal'' on him.
Two cases of back debt memories are reported
this week. When Joseph R. Hawley, present
U. s. Senator from Connecticut left North
Carolina when boy, his father owed James
Patterson $40 for young Hawley's tuition
Lately, Patterson, now reduced in circumstan-
ces, found memorandum among his papers
of the debt and sent it to Senator Hawley, who
promptly sent him check for the amount.
In 1865 City Sergeant N. M. Lee of Rich
mond, loaned a wounded and sick Louisiana
soldier $31 to get home on. Last week the
ex-Confederate walked into his Office and paid
him principal and interest.
Rev. Elijah Hammett (colored) pastor of
the A. M. E. Zion church of Macedonia, n
j., found it necessary in church last week to
refer to the discovery that Charles and Peter
Rock had embezzeled the fund arising from
the cigar and temperance drink counters at the
congregation fair. Peter Rock Immediately
resented it and the pastor shot him through
the thigh. He was arrested but released on
bail.
A colored sailor named A. Saunders, captain
of the hold on the United States steamer
Swatara, fell dead In the streets of Portsmouth
Saturday. He was the first colored man ever
enlisted in the United States navy, and on
tered the service over forty years ago.
Julian Alvarez, the maker of the Henry
Clay" brand of cigars, died in Cuba last
week. His firm conducted business of
1886, 900, 900 year, and until the last few
years made only the Henry Clay cigar. He
had no special agents, but sold to all alike.
The entire sales in the United States, of that
brand, are estimated by the Garcia Brothers,
the senior of whom was once clerk for Mr..
Alvarez, at 81, 000, 900 per annum.
President Cleveland broke his rule last
Thursday night, and attended dinner given
by Secretary Bayard to DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, of Boston.
The widow and children of the late James
Thomas the millionaire tobacconist, of Rich
mond, who died about two years since, have
donated $40, 900 to the Richmond College as
memorial of the deceased.
Prof. John G. Draper, a noted physician
and chemist of New York, and we'll known
day after three days illness of pneumonia.
He was fifty years old, native of Prince Ed
ward county, Va, and the Oldest son of the
late Prof. John William Draper.
There are many scrimmages among the Maine
Prohibitionists over the efficacy of their laws.
Neal BOWS allusion to Bangor as the ''drunk-
enest city on the continent" leads the Bangor
Commercial" to print the police record of
Neal Dows city, Portland, beside that of Ban
gor for one day. Bangor had only lone
drunk, :" but Portland sent eight drunkards
to Jail for thirty and sixty days.
Several Atlanta saloon keepers are already
casting about for desirable quarters in which
to locate The Mayor of an Alabama city in
Wit d them to set up there. Many of the res
idents, however, are not in favor of an influx
Of saloon keepers, and held meeting day
or two ago, at which they openly disapproved
of the Mayors action.
The Prince of Wales has entered on his 45th
year. He was born ct As minutes past 10 on
tuesday morning. Nov. 9, 1871, the event
coming very OPPORTUNITY for the Lord May
or's dinner. From some crotchet of the Prince
Consort, intelligence of the Queen being in
labor was not sent off till SO late that some of
the dignitaries whose duty it was to assist at
the birth did not arrive until after all was
over, and the Archbishop of Canterbury was
.hus relieved of part of his task. Instead of
engaging in prayer for the safe delivery of the
child, he had only to offer the usual thanks
giving.
Ninety cigars in two hours was the test of
record by which an Orlando (Cal.) man en-
deavored to smoke himself into fame and some
cash. 1t is said he lost only on the ninetieth
cigar, which sickened him.
At the Methodist Missionary Society ami
versary in Brooklyn, Sunday night over
which Bishop Harris presided the choir con-
tanned four pretty girls who accompanied the
singing with comets.
The wives of the members of President
Cleyeland's cabinet have agreed this winter
not to return calls in person, but by card
This action has given offence to the wives of
Senators who point out the failures of the la
dies of the two preceding cabinets to carry
out this point. They say that if such vet
eran social leader in Washington as Mrs.
Blaine could not carry out such programme
it is more than probable that the present
cabinet ladies will meet with more than ordi-
uarY difficulties.