Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-01-23
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and hail from the Goth to the 25th, and snow
rain and wind from the 26th to the 31st.
Staunton contractors should remember that
the bids for labor and material, including
stone brick and wood work required for the
United States Court House, in that town, will
be received by experimenting Architect, NJ
E. Ball, up to the Oath of February. Drawings
can be obtained at the Office of J. P. Hyde
Harrisonburg.
When the Smith defalcation at the capitol at
Richmond came out, it was found that w. H.
Crawford county clerk of Bland, was reported
as in arrears He claimed to have sent the
money to the Auditor and to be able to prove
by the postmaster that he sent it in registered
letters at the times it was alleged it did not
come. Six weeks ago Crawford was summoned
| to 90 to Richmond to testify before the inves-
| tigating committee. He took the train at
| Wytheville going towards Richmond, but he
never reached there. It is not known what
has become of him.
| The Board of Visitors of the University of
Virginia, on Friday last, elected ex-County
Judge James a. Gilmore, of Marion county,
Professor of International and Constitutional
Law and Equity, in place of Prof. Southall,
| deceased, and elected DIR. J. w. Mallett to his
| old Chair of Chemistry.
Rev. J. M. Farnum, colored minister of
| Charlotte, N. c., weighs 40 pounds, is six
feet ten inches high, and his shoe is twenty
inches long and seven and half inches wide.
His shoes are made to order at Lynn, Mass,
and are No. 35's
| The ladies will want to know how Miss
Cleveland, sister of Grover Cleveland was
dressed at the Charity ball at Buffalo. She
wore pale blue satin en- traine, with corsage
cut square and edged with bands of creamy
| ostrich tips The laces which trimmed the
neck and sleeves were run with gold threads.
The gown sloped away in front from cream
brocade satin petticoat, the figures on which
were outlined with gold threads Long tan
colored mousquetaire gloves met the lace-edged
| elbow sleeves. She wore band of velvet
around her throat, fastened with an antique
brooch, and carried a bunch of long -stemmed
Catharine Mermet roses. Miss Clevelands
hair is short, slightly tinged with gray and is
curly.
One of the results of Mr.. Moody's visit to
Richmond has been that $15, 900 has been sub.
scribed to erecting building for the Y. M. G.
Association there. Mr.. Moody subscribed
81 600 for himself, saying he would raise it
easily from liberal minded men at the North.
The University of Virginia has more gradu-
ates in this Congress than any other institu-
ton of learning. 1t graduated nearly all the
college men from the South Harvard comes
next with one Senator and fourteen Represen-
tatives, and Yale next with two Senators and
four Representatives. The smaller colleges
of the country have one or tw each, includ-
ing one from old William and Mary, of Vir-
ginia The leading men in this Congress of
both parties-Bayard, Edmunds, Pendleton
and Wilson in the Senate and Randall, Kelly,
Carlisle. Curtin and Reagan in the House, are
not college men.
The will of Miss Sarah Ellen Smith, who
died in Philadelphia on May 18th last, con-
tains some peculiar items. Among her be-
quests was one to her niece, with a provision
that lat the age of 80 when she will, if ever
and not having a husband who uses tobacco or
intoxicating drinks" the property should be
given into her possession. ''But should she
have husband who can afford to indulge in
rum and tobacco, of course he can support
her without this bequest, and the house and
grounds shall be gi. en- to the Women's Branch
of the Home Missionary Society for the sup
port of an INDECENT preacher who shall not in
du1ge in such practices"
Fairfield, Rockbridge county. Va, CORE
spondent writes to the Lexington ''News" that
he pens his letter in sthe historic old Nc
Dowell mansion-perhaps in the very room in
which James Mcdowell, Thomas H. Benton,
William G. Preston and other great men of
the era just passed away, have written words
that will not die. Some old citizens assure
me that Jesse Benton was married to John G.
Fremont in this very chamber"
The Earl of Aylesford, dissipated English
nobleman who went to Texas with the apparent
view Of ending his life ia drinking, has just
died there of hardening of the liver. He was
man of magnificent personal appearance who
| lived in little pine cabin, drank whiskey in
enormous quantities, and threw money away
like water. He was only thirty-six years of
age and left two daughters in England. His
life was insured for 100000 in England His
BROTHER to whom the title falls, sent a tele-
graph money-order for 80, 600, to pay the ex-
pense of the body back to England.
The Virginians who are interested as heirs
in the French Spoliation bill, are quite numer-
ous. Senator Paul Edmunds of Halifax, a
member of the D., D. & B. Institution Board,
is interested in a claim of 100000, with in
terest for seventy years. A citizen of Green's
vile county is interested in claim of $50, 900,
and one in Norfolk in one of $l0O, 900.
Londoner made bet that he would in
vent question to which fifty people would
all give the same answer. He won the bet.
The question was, "Have you heard that Smith
has committed suicide?" and the answer in
every case was, ''What Smith ?''
The general merchandise firm of Douglas &
Sellman, Leesburg, Loudoun, has failed for
$4,000.
Capt. Isaiah Rynders, whose name was once
powerful in the New York City Democracy
especially among the roughs, died last week.
He was very old but, took an interest in poll
tics to the last.
President Cleveland, that is to be, 'tcast an
anchor to windward' last Friday night, by at
tending the Buffalo Press Club ball To
public man the press is like the doctor; you
may not want it often. but when you do, you
want it worse than anything in the world. The
President is beginning his new career judici-
ously
William H. Vanderbilt, W. W. Corcoran.