Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-06-19
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Acting Commonwealth Attorney, G. V.
Meredith, who prosecuted Cluverius, has de-
clined to receive any pay for his services as
representative of the people in that case. He
recommends that Detective Jack Wren be
paid the 81, 700 he charges for his services in
ferreting out the crime. Bouquets of flowers
have been received by Cluverius since his
conviction, anonymously sent by mail from
Burgess P. O., Dinwiddie, and White Plains,
Brunswick. The addresses were in female
handwriting. In the meantime, every Sun
day, flowers are placed by sympathizers on
the grave of Lillian in lakewood Cemetery and
subscription is being raised in Richmond to
put a monument over her.
In his speech at the Norfolk banquet to q.
S. Minister to Brazil Jarvis the other night,
Gov. Cameron said: 'We fought for what
we thought was right and I don't propose to
nor do propose to beg anybody's pardon for
what am now. But will say this, that I
am glad that the present Administration has
found out there are some States South of the
Potomac. (Applause.'O
DIR. Grissom of the Raleigh Insane Asylum
says in a special report that, owing to a d.
minished appropriation of the last legislature,
his patients are allowed but three and three
tenth cents for each meal, "a sum less than
the smallest amount charged in the cheapest
possible soup houses for outdoor paupers"
The official losses of the Federal Army dur
ing the civil war, just published in the 'Army
and Navy Journal" show that there wer Q
67,038 men killed in action, $1,000 died of
their wounds, and 224, $50 died of disease,
making grand total of $50, 1876. OF these
4,017 were from West Virginia. Of the whole
number the colored troops lost 36,S
The "Virginias," Richmond's base ball
club, had quite reception on their return
last week from their triumphant Northern
and Western trip. A great crowd headed by
band wagon met them at the depot and es-
corted them to hall where a banquet had
been provided.
Gen. VIM. r. Terry was first informed last
Friday of the lynching of his son in Bedford
last month. His bosom friend, Maj. j. G.
Hill of the Scottsville "Courier,' was sent
for to come to Richmond to tell him. The
General bore the dreadful news with great
frmness.
Some time ago, Steve Wright, a colored Cit
izen of Brunswick, Ga, lost his life trying to
save property at fire. The white people
there have just erected a monument over his
grave, and bought house and lot for his
widow.
At the famous Vassar girls college in New
York, the subsistence account shows that dur
ing the past year the girls consumed seven bar
rels of mackerel, 1896 pounds of fresh fish,
1850 pounds of turkey. $4,000 pounds of
fresh meats, 400 boxes of sardines. 16, 600 Or
anges, SIG boxes of caramels 692 pounds of
confections, 81 pounds of maple sugar, and
forty bushels of-onions
J. D. Goshert, proprietor of a livery stable
at Winchester, was killed last week by falling
from the loft of his stable. He was valua-
BILE citizen and had served several terms in the
city council.
Mrs. Emily Fl. Tubman, a. wealthy lady,
died in Augusta, Ca, last week, aged ninety
one years She had for many years given away
$25, 900 every year to charity. She was
Disciple by faith and had given $4,000 to
build and maintain church of that denomi-
nation in Augusta.
Gen. Simon B. Buckner, the we'll known
Confederate General who surrendered Fort
Donaldson, was married last week to Miss
Della Claiborne, daughter of Maj. John H.
Claiborne, of Richmond.
Allen D. Travis and Annie Fuller, runa-
way couple, were married near Peekskill, N.
Y, by Rev. DIR. Taylor in his church where
he happened to be on Friday afternoon, wri-
ting. The minister left them in their buggy
N the church yard about shutdown and went |
nome. They talked love SO long that the sex
ON locked the iron gates of the church yard |
They shouted for assistance, but az the church