Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-06

Friday afternoon. A freight train pulled out
of siding right in front of the 60 mile an
hour Presidential train. Every effort could
not prevent a slight collision. Superinten-
dent Clements discharged the whole crew of
the freight.
small land tortoise was captured near
Ringgold, Ga, last summer, which carries a
little history engraved on its shell. On the
smooth, hard surface of the belly is the in
scription, carved in distinct characters
Union: Co. K, Goth Regiment, Ohio Volun-
teers, Nov. IS, 1864"
The q. S. Court of Illinois has decided that
liquor dealer who has paid the special tax in
lis own town, but who sends G. O. D. to anoth-
r. town must also pay special tax In that other
town as retail dealer.
While Mrs. W. d. Curtis was sitting for her
lotograph in Chicago, thief snatched her
tshel, containing 500 from her lap, and got
+ safely. The photographer had at that mo.
ment pulled he trigger, taking an instanta-
neous pictu On the negative were two faces
1t was taken to the police station and the 9TH
er face was ientifed as VIM Burns, well
known thief who was arrested.
Sixty yea ago the German language was
taught in tn old field schools of Page county,
Va, and ma ~ of the teachers did not teach
English at all. because they did not speak it
themselves. Some of the most venerable and
best citizens If that county now living, did not
leArn English until they were grown, and are
,till more familiar with German than the
English tongue.
When John M. Fleming of Knoxville. Tenn,
broke his leg in 1872, the kindly hearted An
drew Johnson gave him his cane which had
this inscription: To Andrew johnson. Presi
dent of the United States, from A. c. Swift
Idaho silver and wood" Fleming, after john
sons death, gave it to Michael McGrath of
Lynchburg, Va, who still has it.
The american Machi1sist gives the number
of locomotives belonging to American rail
roads at 20, 227 Reckoning the life of loco
motive at twenty-five years, there should be
], 1853 of them constructed annually IN order to
maintain the stock. A car wheel lasts about
eight years; we are using 10 900, 900 of them
and produce 1850, 900 yearly.
In the city public schools of Piqua, Ohio,
the Superintendent, on investigation, found
that in two grades of seventy three boys from
- to Is years old, thirty-one habitually
smoked cigarettes and only seven could say
they never had smoked. Of ninety-six boys
from 10 to - there were sixty eight smokers,
and in the primary school, from to 10, forty
per cent. smoked and in the class many
had begun the practice.
The wife of J. Willoughby Reed, the elocu.
zionist, died in Richmond last week. She was
inferred at their home, Wytheville
Capt. Philip Haxall and 1t. Asher W. Gar
Der of the Stuart Horse Guard of Richmond
have resigned their commissions
Rev. John Blackwell, the first graduate of
Randolph Macon College, and widely known
in Virginia, is dead
Two nieces of President Cleveland teach in
the public schools of Peoria, ILL.,
Rev. DR.. T. H. Lacy. rector of st. James
church Lewisburg, W Va, has received a
call to ST. Pauls at Trenton, N j.
Hon. VIM. H. Turner, the richest man in
Norfolk, and former Delegate and Senator
from that city, is dead.
George j. Gould, a son of Jay Gould, was
admitted to a membership in the New York
Stock exchange Thursday When he signed
the roll the brokers gave him the usual shal-
ing up and knocked him about handsomely
for ten minutes.
Major Sutherlin President of the Danville
and New River railroad, has voluntarily re-
duced his salary from $4,000 to $4,000 per
year.