Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-12-18

danger Of q repetition of this experience Is
afsr off.
Col. John Willis, great-nephew of Presi-
dent Madison, died suddenly in Orange coun-
ty, Va, last week, at the advanced age of sew
snty five. He was the father-in-law of W. W.
Scott, Esq, Secretary of the Democratic State
Central Committee.
The Office of Vice President has become
vacant no less than ten times. Calhoun re-
signed; Clinton, Gerry, King, and Wilson died
in Office, and Tyler, Fillmore, johnson, and
Arthur became Presidents.
few months ago, Dr. D. H. Gregg Of
King William county, died very suddenly at
hotel in Richmond. He left an estate valued
at something like 1926. 1000 Upon investiga-
ton it was found that after making bequest
of $4,000 to the Magdalen Association,
$40, 600 to Lucinda Hall, and only $500 to
Miss Mary Gregg, his only daughter, the bal
ance of his estate was given to st. Joseph's
Orphan Asylum of Richmond. The daughter
declared her intention to contest because some
property willed away from her came from her
mother. Bishop Kean, on behalf of the Or
phan Asylum, wrote her: "Not for any con-
sideration would we wish to receive one dol
lar, even for purposes of charity, that ought
Justly 90 to you" The matter was com
promised by Miss Gregg being paid $4,000,
the valuation of her share of the estate.
Robert Garrett, President Of the B. Il O.
Railroad. who is proving to be one of the
most remarkable men in railroad affairs in
this country, is very fastidious about his
clothing. He has nearly hundred suits of
clothes Mr.. CARROTS tailor has his shop in
New York. This parsonage keeps the railroad
President constantly in receipt of samples of
the latest styles of goods. So soon as he
finds anything that pleases his fancy, he
wires his tailor few days before a contem-
plated trip to New York to make him suit
of that sample. When he reaches New York
the suit is made and waiting for him at his
hotel. Mr. CARROTS collection OF hats, canes
and umbrellas is practically numberless.
The National Dress Society draws attention
to the inconvenience of the ladies' riding habit,
the strained, unhealthy and firing position it
forces woman to sit in, and the injury to the
horse, which has to bear the weight of the
ing of both horse and rider would be vastly
increased if the weight of the body were
equally balanced on both sides Of the horse,
the rider having a dress in which she could
assume this position.
From time immemorial picked cabbage has
indigestible. Of late, however, that dietic
preparation has grown to be quite respscta BILE.
It has risen to the dignity of an alkaloid pro-
Queer. NJ Tuyapogu has isolated the SUBJ
stance and finds that it suppresses the deliri-
UNI due to prolonged use of alcohol. So the
saloon keeper in placing picked cabbage upon
his lunch table, has been for years unconsci-
ously engaged in providing his guests with
proper scientific treatment.
The youngest telegraph operator on the
operator at Eagle Rock. on the R. & A. rail-
road. He is only nine years of age.
Thomas NJ. Alfriend, the oldest underwater
in the South, died in Richmond, Friday even
ing aged Is years. For years before his
death he was an authority upon questions per-
tanning to insurance, and up to few years
before his death was the only marine adjuster
south Of New York.
A Charlottesville merchant, John A. Con-
nell, had party of men disguised with large
aud cGc nd ~
carriage to parade the streets to distribute adj
vertisements and otherwise drum for custom
for his store. When the party reached the
public square the police authorities ordered
the turnout off the streets without giving any
reason, and the merchant has entered suit for
damages against the city.
During the last twelve months Mr. G. Mil
Ter has received for his Orphan Homes at
Ashley Down, Bristol, England, sin answer
to prayer" nearly $2OS, 900.
Ralph Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfeld's only
surviving brother, has been made Clerk of
Parliament to succeed Sir William Ross The
salary is $4,000 Duty, nothing.
Miss Smith, wealthy old lady, who died
recently at Chapel Hill, N. c., bequeathed 100
acres of land and 1925 in cash to each of
| six of her old slaves who are now living.
The business of painting the huge signs
upon fences and barns which assault the eye
in all parts of the country is in the hands of a
few contractors in New York and Chicago.
One firm in New York spends from $40, 900 to
5000 year in this way, paying from one
and one half to two cents square foot for
the work. The bigger the sign the better.
Many can be found reaching 300 feet in
length, and the biggest of all lat Newark,
Ohlo) is more than 800 feet long and contains
only one word.
At Anshell, Ga, Monday night, a fast ex-
press train on the Georgia Pacific r. R !, ran
into the sleeper of another train, killing twelve
persons, among them Bernard Peyton of
Charlottesville, Va, a son of Maj. Green Pey-
ton, and distinguished graduate of the Uni
versity of Virginia. He was counsel for the
Georgia Pacific, and one of its directors.
John Craney, (col.) who stabbed DR.. Zach
Walker on election day at Brownsburg, Rock
bridge, has been sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary.