Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-04-17
tents were necklace and bracelets of gold


coins.
Mrs. Letitia Garfield widow of the assas-
sinated President, has written letter to her
brother-in-law, contradicting the rumor that |
she is about to marry again. She says; "This
cruel rumor, which seems to have been afoat
for two or three months, did not reach me till
three days ago. Nothing that has ever been
said about me, has SO hurtiand offended me as
| this, and the deepest humiliation of it is that
SO many are ready to believe it."
| Like many non-professors of religion, Pres
| ident Cleveland has an almost ideal reverence
for certain of its forms and appliances. For
instance, he thinks great deal of being pray
ed for in churthes When he was Governor
! at Albany and his sister had CHANGED to at
tend church some Sunday when he did not,
his question to her on her return would always
be, 'Did the minister pray for me to-day,
Lizzie?"
At meeting of King Solomon Lodge of
Free Masons in Toronto, Friday night J.
Harrison, member of the lodge, was accused
of being secularist, agnostic and free thinker
and should therefore be expelled. After q
very warm discussion he was, on vote, ex-
PEELED. He will appeal to the Grand Lodge.
Charleston Is. Co. Presbytery has, by a
large majority, adopted the overture sent
down by the General Assembly of 1884, (mak-
ing the marriage of deceased wife's sister
proper striking out from the Confession of
Faith the following words: s"lhe man may
not marry any of his wifes kindred nearer in
, blood than he may of his own, nor the woman
of her husband kindred nearer in blood than
her own
Queen Victoria has manifested her interest
in Gen. Grants condition by the following
cable telegram:
AK LES BANS, April 8, 1885.
r Mrs. Grant, Gen. Grant, Neao YORK.:
The Queen, who feels deeply for you in vou1
anxietes, commands me to inquire after Gen
Grant. DowAGER MARCHIoNEss OF ELY.
Col Fred Grant sent this answer:
, NEW YORK, April 9, 1886
Mdrch50ness Of Ety.:
), Mrs Grant thanks the Queen for her sympath!
and directs me to say Gen, Grant is no better
FRED d. GRANT
, The trial of Cluverius, for the murder O
- Miss Madison will be costly affair to him, nj
matter how it terminates. He is reported tt
have already raised 81 500, on notes endorsed
by Mrs. Jane Tunstall with which to pay hi
: counsel. The endorser owns fine farm, ant
some Sc, 900 worth of Richmond city bonds
; 1t has already been shown that although tn
prisoner denied having written to Miss Madi
son since September, the King William mai
. carrier often received letters from him for he
this winter and young lady in Bath says Lii
Il liam read to her many she received from hin
every week, and on the morning she left TO
Richmond burned them all at the lamp, sayin
she did not know what might happen ant
didn't want anybody else to find and real
them. Cluverius falsehoods about writing he
and seeing her, will have much weight with
r jury.
r Butler Malone, the son of Senator Malone
s has been indicted by the Grand Jury O
n Washington City for shooting at John Willis
/ three times. Willis is the colored waiter a
8 Welkers Hotel and the shooting took plac
3 last February.
9 The Observatory and Mccormick telescope
i at the University of Virginia were inaugurate
on Monday last. Many distinguished mer
9 were present, including Prof. Newton of YAH
College. Mr.. Mccormick was not present
n Letters were read from Hon. A. Fl. Fl. Stuar
of Virginia, W. W. Corcoran of Washington
Prof. Young of Princeton College, and others