Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-13
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Bureau of contagious diseases, shows that out
of 2, 152 cases of measles in that city IN feo-
ruary, 4O2 died--every fifth person. In one
city asylum out of 157 cases, 63 died. Ihls
rate of mortality in measles is appalling and !
unprecedented.
The venerable DIR. Leonidas Rosser of VIZ
ginia, is preaching twice a day at the Peoples
Church revival meetings IN Boston, MASS
The lions Herald of that city says: lit is
difficult to remember under his white locks,
the dark haired and lively student that we
knew half a century ago, but his eye is Still
bright, his voice has much of the old rlng ana
his fancy s not shorn of its vigorous wings"
Edward Burwell of Roanoke, Co., Va, ven
cradle d mocrat on his way to the Inaugural
ton at Washington, was robbed at the depot
in Lynchl urg of his pocketbook with $o5 ana
his round-trip ticket to Washington. The dis
appointe old man had money enough left to
buy l. cket back to Salem, and returned
home.
At the Inauguration ball Miss r. e. Cleve-
land wore robe of white surah silk, with
long train edged with tiny plated ruffies. The
low waist V shaped back and front, was edged
with MARI ow folds of the silk and with point
lace, held upright by narrow satin ribbon.
The sleeves were short and displayed prettlly
rounded arm, covered to above the elbows, with
| long white gloves. She wore a band of black
velvet al out the throat. Her corsage was held
| by glittering stones.
| Mrs. Mary Brock, an old lady, buried at Rap
| taIio w ST Co
| over 600 pounds. She had been an invalid
for years. Her coffin measured three feet
wide by two and one-half feet deep. 1t re-
quired twelve pail b carers to carry her to the
grave.
On Friday last DIR. Goersen was hung in
Philadelphia for the murder, by poison, of his
wife and her mother. After the hanging Jos.
Barrett, convict whose cell is in sound of
the gallows, was found to have died of fright
there. In the adjoining cell, few feet from
the gallows Joseph Taylor, who is under SEN
tence of death, was found to have become a
raving maniac from fear, and was having con.
vulsion after CONFUSION.
On Presidential Inauguration day the ma
tional colors were hoisted on the High School
building at Hoboken N. J. A little Republi-
can scholar took it SO hardly, that with a COM
panion. he climbed ont on the roof and hauled
them down. running up an umbrella in their
place. A crowd of angry Democrats gathered
| in the street. with threats of tearing down
the building, but the Principal made all things
right by running up the flag again and ex-
planning to the crowd that it was the freak of
| boy
The National Theatre in Washington City
burned down last week for the fourth time.
Each fire has occurred just previous to OF at the
time of the Inauguration of President, name
ly, Polk, Buchanan, Grant and Cleveland, in
the years 1916, 1857, 1878 and 1885.
Mark Twain is forty-nine years old He is
Missourian by birth and has been practical
printer, a steamboat pilot, an editor, private
secretary, miner, reporter, lecturer and
| book writer.
Miss Emma L. Henderson of Hopkinsville,
ILL.,, performed the enterprising but tickle feat
of clipping with one lover, ana then marrying
another. She ran off with W. H. Martin to
Springfield but while he left her at a hotel, to
|
lord to send this telegram to Hopkinsville:
| Mr.. O. s. Stevens
| Come to Springfield first train. am waiting for
| you. EMMA L. HENDERSON.
She put off Martins requests during the day
for the ceremony to be performed, on the plea
of sickness, and only when the train bringing
Stevens arrived told him the truth, which was
that she had thought it over and preferred
Stevens. The disappointed Martin took it
easy and attended their wedding which came
off at once.
Harry Rodefer, member of the Anderson
Guards of Woodstock, which went to the inau-
guration fell off wall of the Interior Depart
ment building at 3 o'clock A. M. Wednesday,
March 4th. He lay there till A. M. when
he was found by member of his company
He was quite badly injured.
| If President Cleveland employs as many Of
ficials about the White House as his prede-
cessors have done, there will be many fat
places for the Democracy to keep an eye on.
The President private secretary is paid So, $50,
his assistant private secretary $2,25O, his
stenographer $500, five messengers each
$1,000, steward 1880, two doorkeepers
who each get 81 200, four other clerks at good
salaries, one telegraph operator, two ushers,
| getting 81, 200 and 81, 400, night usher get
ting 81, 2OO Waterman who gets 5000, and a
man to take care of fires who receives 1864.
great deal of money could be sometimes
saved by talking instead of writing Lady
Claude Scott, widow of the English nobility,
has sued Capt. Spicer of London, for breach
of marriage promise. The captain was inclined
to stand the suit, but rather than have his
love letters read in court and published, as
Lady Scott threatened, compromised it by
| paying her ladyship $32, 500
Z. S. Arthur, the well known writer, died
in Philadelphia, Friday, aged seventy-six. He
had been writing pretty much all his life, but
the famous ''Ten nights in bar room" was
themost widely known of his works. He
4 wrote up to within three weeks of his death.
The new pronouncing dictionary, compiled
by Rev. James Stormouth of England, assis-
ted by Rev. P. II. Phelp, of Cambridge, is
now the accepted authority. 1t gives the pre-
ference to ee tier over i-tAer, and makes
''depot' depot, not day-pot.
Hon. John S. Barbour has been presented
by the employees of the Virginia Midland
road, of which he was for thirty-one years
President, with an elegant gold watch and
chain.
Mr.. W. w Corcoran has given 81, 900 to
aid the jackson Memorial Association in erect
ing monument over the grave of Gen. Jack
son in the cemetery at Lexington, Va.