Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-01-16
Tohn Mcsweeny, a noted Ohio LAWYER, went to

John McSweeny, noted Ohio lawyer, went to
st. Clairsville to defend Mitchell, the MUIR
| derer of Charles Griffith but was objected to
as co-counsel by the leading attorney for the
| defense. He then accepted retainer to pros
! ecute Mitchell.
| Ex-Vice-President Schuyler Colfax walked
swiftly to the depot at Makota, Mimi, on
Tuesday, and tuning pale, fell dead to the
ground Congress adjourned on receiving the
intelligence.
| One of the saddest and most awful results
of the opium habit ever recorded, took place
at the New Orleans Exposition on the LIST inst.
Mrs. George McChesney, twenty-four years
old, came from Iowa with friends to visit the
Exposition. She strayed away from them on
Friday; and was found on Monday dying in a
house in the adjacent village of Carrolton. 1t
seems that bewildered by opium she fell into
the hands of man who took her to the house.
She had only been married year. The cause
of her death was menigites
The report is out that Prof. J. W. Mallet
who lately accepted a professorship of chem
istry in a Philadelphia college, will be an APP
plicant for his post at the University of Vir-
ginia again.
A very phenomenal symptom of the times
is the arrival in New York of John Cooper
a weaver of Nottingham, England, bringing
with him his entire force of 140 men, women
and children. Hard times in that free trade
count try forced him to abandon his factory
there. He will erect new factory at Provi.
dence, R. I.
On recent visit to Scotland Queen Veto.
ria drove to John Browns grave and deposi
ted wreath of flowers thereon
Harry A. Garfield, son of the late Presi
dent, is appointed class-day orator at Will
liams College. The other son, J. R.. is to be
one of the marshals on the same occasion.
Last Friday night a number of the guests
at the Virginia Hotel in Staunton were mem
bers of the West Virginia legislature, on thei,
way to the Wheeling capital for the last time
On the LIST of next May the capital of that
State will be removed to Charleston, Kanawhs
county.
Miss Olgo Burchard of Philadelphia, wants
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notorious speech of her namesake she is wor
ried past endurance. The neighbors sheer al
her and the children call out rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion" as she passes along tbs
street.
Six hundred and fifty-two pounds net, is the
weight of the largest hog yet killed in the
Valley of Virginia this season. Last year
seven hundred and over was often reached.
Fluvanna and Buckingham counties are al
last connected by railroad. The first trair
passed over the bridge at Bremo Bluff a few
days ago.
Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth is i'll her 65tk
year, and engaged upon her sixty fifth novel
She writes with gold pen in heavy hand.
Less than twelve months ago, Mrs. Hugh
Blair, of Chattanooga, Tenn, gave birth te
three children, all Of which are living and il
good health. Saturday evening the same lady
gave birth to two boys and girl. making six
children born to the lady in less than year
"Uncle" Silas Savage, who died in the
almshouse at Hartford, Conn. this week, an6
was buried on the day the Senate passed the
the Court of Claims, had a claim for prop
erty confiscated by the French amounting te
$175 900 without interest, and to several mil
lions with interest. He had been in the aims
house eighteen years, and had correspondent
on the subject of his claim with every Presi
dent from Van Buren, to Arthur.
In their assignment, T. & B. Mayer, cf New
York, made Martin Clayburgh, of Chicago, a
preferred creditor for $11 200. The promis
sorry note on which this preference was claim
ed to have been given was dated July 18th,
1881. Fraud was suspected, and on the trial il
was shown by the water mark on the paper OIL
which the note was written, that the paper
was not made until May, 1882. The Mayors
have been in licted for felony.
The body of Joel T. Hart, the Kentucky
sculptor, who made the Henry Clay statue at
Richmond, is on its way to Kentucky from
Italy, being brought there at State expense
for interment. Mr.. Hart was also poet Of
note.
Mrs. Laura A. Shrewsbury, grand niece
and ward of George Washington has just dice
at Charleston, Kanawha, W. Va, at the resi-
dence of her son-in law, Maj. N. Fitzhugh
She was seventy-fve years old and once pos
sessed letter of Washington to her father ap
proving of her marriage to Mr.. Shrewsbury
and also the gold snuff box presented to Wash
ington by the city of New York, both of which
were lost when her old residence was burned
The famous and venerable litigant, Mrs
| Myra Clarke Gaines who, at various times ha.
been plaintiff against pretty much all the
real estate in New Orleans, died there las
Saturday. Strange to say, though all of he1
suits were based on the will of her grand
father Clarke this will was never seen in court
but its execution was only proved by an ole