Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-11-27
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Rev. Job Turner married deaf-mute couple
the residence of the brides parents, in Louis
Vile, on Friday night Rev. J W. Rocker
of the German Methodist church, read the
service in English very slowly. The mute
divine stood just to the side of the officiating
minister, and facing the betrothed. AS each
word was pronounced, the preacher traced ii
on book with his finger, and the mute di-
vine gave it expression in the mute language
to the contracting couple. The bride was
dressed in a handsome blue silk costume, and
wore and carried large bouquets Of flowers.
The Richmond Estate" speaking of the
way the Baptist General Association of Vir-
ginia came to select Staunton as its place OF
meeting in 1886, says: ''Five churches con-
tended for the next meeting, but DIR. Nelson,
of Staunton, made a still hunt, and won the
prize"
The Norfolk Landmark" says that 1t. P.
P. Powell of the Ninth Cavalry, U. S A, a
brother-in-law of Hon. J. r. Tucker, is the
only commissioned officer of the U. S. Army
who fought for the Lost Cause" having
when boy of fourteen shouldered musket
in the army of Northern Virginia. Our CO.
temporary is mistaken. Staunton furnished
another, 1t. Carter johnson, who after the
civil war entered the ranks as private and
went through all the grades up to his present
lieutenancy in the Sd cavalry.
Prof. Peterman's assisting with his cornet
-, kl,oo - O.. L.
Greene street Methodist Church, in Trenton,
N. j., has created quite division in the con-
gregation. Judge Yard has resigned his
Bible class on account of it. Some fifty mem
bers of the church propose to leave if the cor
net playing goes on, and fifty more are ready
to go if it is stopped A large majority of the
teachers in the school sustain the cornet.
In the Lecture room of the Presbyterian
church at Lexington, last week, there was a
spelling bee and arithmetical contest. W. e.
Waddell. Esq, formerly of Staunton, who
carried off the prize at a former bee, also won
this one which was SIS gold piece, and H. l..
Sellers won the So. so arithmetical prize. Two
University professors-Prof Humphreys for
arithmetic and Prof. Nelson for the spelling,
decided the contest. Both winners donated
their prizes to the Sunday school.
Two years ago Miss Melissa McCleary saw
in Cincinnati papers personal column pro-
position to open correspondence with view
to matrimony. She answered, exchanged pho
tographs, and commenced correspondence
Marriage was decided on without seeing each
other, and last week Mr.. Wilbur F. Richards,
proprietor of paper at Clarksburg, W. Va ,ap-
peared in person. He arrived on Tuesday
and they were married in the Baptist church
next day by Rev. S. A. Northrop. He bore
letters from well known Virginians including
Senator Malone, recommending him as
we'll known citizen of West Virginia,
editor and proprietor of an enterprising news
paper at Clarksburg, and until recently post
master at that place.
The Virginia universities have, in the last
three years. turned out three actors The last
is Geo. D. Fawcett, graduate of the Univer
s;ty of Virginia, who after leaving that iusti-
Triton went through course of hard training
and study in New York. He is playing in
the A Brave Woman" company.
Miss Minnie Turner, teacher in the public
schools at Somerville, Mass, is charged with
causing the death of Charlie Wiley, pupil,
by making him swallow red pepper The boy
told her fasehood and she made him eat the
pepper as a punishment. That evening he
was taken sick, and died the following Fri
day. The city physician informed the school
committee that the boy died from swallowing