Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-06-19
was situated in lonesome spot their cries
we're of no avail. The walls around the church

were of no avail. The walls around the church
yard were too high to scale, and the iron
spikes of the gates forbade any rash fooling
with their points. Finally they decided to
make the best of bad job and spent the
night under the shed, hungry, cold and tired.
Next morning the sexton discovered them du-
ring his morning rounds and liberated the
bride and bridegroom.
q. s. Minister Phelps testified June 18th |
before the British House of Lords in the Lau- |
derdale marriage case, as to what the marriage |
laws of New York were from 1891 to 1880.
The Earl of Selborne, Lord High Chancellor,
moved that in consideration of Mr.. Phelpss
the body of the House. This was most I'M
usual proceeding for Lord Chancellor to
take, and the action is regarded as special
and extraordinary mark of honor, and as an
adequate recognition of the American Minis
ter's courtesy in consenting to appear as a
witness before the Lords When Mr.. Phelps
arose to leave the chamber their lordships all
rose and bowed deferentially to him, the
American Minister gracefully returning the
greeting.
Catharine Henrietta Marx, a wealthy widow
of New York city who died some time ago,
left will in which she bequeathed the great
er part of her property, about $150,0O0, to her
| rill. The will is contested by three cousins
living in this country and England who are
represented by Franklin Bartlett and Clifford
A. H. Bartlett. A sister of the testator made
similar will, bequeathing her property to
the Rev. Father Bradley.
An old lady over 80 years of age, and who
was once a great beauty, died recently in
Paris, leaving after her diary in which she
endeAvors to show up the alleged vanity of
woman. From the age of 20 to 80 she spent
three hours day at her toilet, which foots up
| for the period year 81 days and hours EN-
ployed in dressing her hair, powdering her
cheeks, and painting her lips. From 80 to SO
her toilet labors amounted to five hours day,
the extra hours being consecrated to the COW
ering of the tracks of time, including the OBJ
liberation of crows feet and other necessary
filling in and grading. Time, years and 40
days. After SO her efforts had to be redou.
bled. To the last she resisted the effects OF
| time.
Rev. r. L. Dabney, who was on Stonewal
Jackson's stat, writes on the subject of wheth-
er that officer thought Gen. Johnston ought to
have marched on Washington after the rout
at the first Manassas: II, myself, asked Gen.
jackson in June, 1862, his opinion of the in.
active policy pursued. Knitting his brows
he replied sternly and almost passionately
Sir, it was a deplorable blunder. Did not
10000 fresh men arrive on the ground ths
first day, burning with eagerness to pursue
the enemy, not one of whom was allowed g
chance to draw trigger As to scarcity oil
rations and teams his answer was: The "a.
tions were not created by sitting still; that
the country was then full of provisions. ;"
A farmer of Peacock, N. j., while plough.
ing recently, lost his watch out of his pocket
and sturned it under" He did not miss il
until night and next morning he commenced
ploughing the ground over again, and soon
plougbed it up. The watch had been under
|
ming.
The Philadelphia medical and Surgical
Reporter" gives report from San Francisco
of the death of DIR. Charles Pierce from MOI
phine habit He and his wife had been living
for months in a lodging house, spending most
of their money for the drug to which both
were slaves. They were discovered half dead,
after being four days without food. They
once held high social positions in Baltimore,
where the wife acquired the habit while nurs.
| ing her husband She will recover.
| The famous Panama hats are all made In
Guayaquil, Ecuador, and get their name be-
cause Panama merchants formerly controlled
the trade. They are made of the pita fibre, a
sort of palm, and are braided under water by
native women, of strands often twelve and fit.
teen feet long, and fine ones are very expen-
sive. 1t often takes two or three weeks to
braid a single hat, which sells for five or six
| dollars, and lasts forever. traveller speaks
| of one made of single straw or fibre, as fine
as thread and soft as silk The woman who
made it was engaged four months in the work,
| and it was valued at $3.50.
The fact in the curious prayer case which
has been frequently mentioned as before the
| Supreme Court of Kansas is that, when Jury
retired to deliberate upon its verdict, one of
the jurors proposed that their deliberations
should be opened with prayer, and, with the
consent of his associates, he led them in sup.
plication to God for divine guidance in MAX
| ing up their judgment upon the matter sub
mitted to them. The counsel for the beaten
party moved to have the verdict set aside on
the ground of ''undue influence exercised by
one of the jurymen by means of public prayer
in the jury room" He comedies that there can
be no valid objection to ga private petition to
the throne of grace earnestly offered by con-
| scientious juror, with motive of freeing his
! own mind from prejudice and passion" But
| he claims that "a public prayer in such a
place, made in the hearing of his associates,
| is not legally admissible" The theory of this
| claim is that Zone long practiced in the WELD
ing of this subtle influence can play upon the
feelings and Judgment Of his weaker brother,
| and the more gifted in prayer the leader is,
| the more powerful will be his influence" On
this ground he asked that the verdict might be
set aside and new trial ordered.
The Driver-Sillings Levy.