Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-02-06
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three years ago., made bitter attack on Gov
Pattison's nominee for Notary Public, E. d.
Stone, because he had been in the Confed-
crate Army Senator Biddis of Pike, asked if
Cooper had forgotten the cordial reception at
Richmond. Cooper said he had not forgotten
that every Virginian, except the Governor,
who spoke on that occasion commenced by
saying that he had nothing to apologize for.
When the Governor ventured to say that he
had an apology to make, he was Kissed by the
e1- Confederates. Biddis denied that such a
scene occurred, and said Governor Cameron
stopped because he was drunk, and the Kisses
rere from all, in shame at the condition of the
head of the Commonwealth. The Senate re-
fused by vote of "a to 16, to confirm the ex.
confederate Notary.
The Orphan Court of Philadelphia has
finally decided the Asa Packer bequest in
favor of the Virginia Military Institute, and
against Washington & Lee University 1t
seems that in 1866 Judge Packer through Col.
Lyell, of the Institute, presented check of
81 900 to rebuild it. In 1873, Col. Bolivar
Washington & Lee, wrote to Judge Packer
soliciting a donation towards increasing its
endowment fund. Judge Packer made nc
answer to that letter, but in making his will
got the two institutions SO COMPOUNDED that
there was doubt as to which he left the 81, 000
bequest. Both claimed it. Judge Penrose
decided for the Military Institute.
Though scarlet fever creates a panic in
every mothers heart, it is the fact that the
last census of Virginia showed that there were
421 deaths from measles; 568 from diptheria
and 419 from whooping cough, to only 1853 OF
scarlet fever In England it is also observed
that deaths from scarlet fever fall largely short
in late years of those from the other diseases
named
In Charlottesville last week Willie Wright,
the little son of G. & o. Yard Master, Wright,
sat dead in chair with the blood flowing over
his clothes from a gun shot wound in the head
little way off, stood Willie Sne.1 little
son of L. R. Snead, pale with fright and crazed
with grief at the disaster he had unintention-
ally brought about in showing his com
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along.
Miss Mary Lee, a daughter of Robt. E.
Lee, attended President Arthurs reception
last week-her first visit to the White House,
Buchanan occupied it. Miss Lee was intro.
duced to Gen. Sheridan, who spoke in the
kindest and most familiar terms of "Custis"
her brother.
The Baptists of Warrenton have improved
on the old slipper presentation to pastors, and
last week presented theirs with ''slumber
rug'' made of velvet, silk, flowers and en-
broidery. 1t is family connection of the
''crazy quilt"
1t will be very annoying to William Tecum-
sch Sherman to know that Hon. Jefferson
Davis has copy of every letter he wrote
while President of the Confederate States.
They were saved for him, by Catholic priest,
and hidden until Mr. d. was released from
prison. They will greatly facilitate Mr..
Davis in the reply he is preparing to Gen.
Sherman
The people of Winchester are literally sub
scribing to new outfit of overcoats for the
Light Infantry, which is going to represent the
town at the Inauguration. Besides private
subscriptions, an oyster supper and concert is
to be given.
The late DR.. J. J. Norman, the resident
physician at the White Sulphur Springs, left
behind him a volume of manuscript, prepar-
ed for his own amusement, entitled ''Men and
Incidents at the White Sulphur Springs
during period of Forty Years." which will
be published. As the Doctor made the &C
quaintance of q large number of the celebrat-
ed men and women of this country and
Europe in that time the volume is likely to
be intensely interesting.
The first marriage that has taken place at
the Executive Mansion of the Governor of
Virginia, since Judge Robert. w. Hughes was
there married to the adopted daughter of Gov.
Floyd, took place on Friday night last when
VIM. G.. Forbes, Commonwealth Attorney of
Prince Edward, was married to Miss Robertine
B. Freeman a niece of Governor Cameron
The parlor of the Mansion had beautiful floral
decorations, including the horse shoe under
which the couple stood.
little steer of T. Mccormick, of Clarke
county, Va, congratulated himself last week
when he was pulled out of a straw stack where
he had been nineteen days without water. that
he had beaten the record But the later
champion is q turkey of J. s. Davis, of Scots.
vile, Albemarle county, which, accidentally
locked up in cellar, went twenty-one days
without water or food, before being rescued.
The Grand Jury of Richmond has brought
in fifteen indictments against W. r. Smith
the basement clerk in the capitol, for felony
The Ninth Connecticut regiment are about
to return flag which they captured from the
Fourth Mississippi during the war.
Magistrate VIM. A. Hansell, of New Bruins
wick, N. j., having worn his celluloid collar
long enough, attempted to use it to kindle a
fire. 1t blew the stove and some of the furni-
ture to pieces.
MIR. F. J. Campbell, the father, and Misses
l.. A. Campbell and L. E. Campbell his two
daughters, were all married on the same day
and in the same house in Nelson county. Va.
January 10Th.
Fourteen years ago it cost the Massachusetts
State Republican Committee only $1,259 to
run campaign, but it has gone up gradually
until last November it cost $21, O66.
Generals VIM. Terry and James A. Walker,
both old Stonewall Brigade commanders, are
among the signers to Call for q meeting at
Wytheville of ''citizens favorable to the cree
ton of statue to Stonewall jackson"
Burnett Graham Burnley, the London ssTele-
graph" correspondent, who was wounded in the
Soudan, was in the torpedo service of the
Confederacy and we believe engineered In