Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-25
If Mrs. Talbot Coleman Of Staunton.

of Mrs. Talbot Coleman of Staunton
A letter from Louisa G. II. to the Richmond
Dispatch" says the Disciples church there
presented beautiful scene of decoration and t
light on Thursday evening last, the occasion
being the marriage of Judge W. s. Gooch to |
Miss Mary Anderson Stuart of that county. |
The groom is nephew of G. G.. Gooch, Esq.,, |
Of Staunton. The Rev. L. A. Cutler of Rich
mond, performed the marriage ceremony.
The newly married couple have gone on an
extensive Northern tour.
The Highland Recorder" says that Miss
Lille Patterson, of Staunton, is visiting
Staunton, is guest of Mrs. Dill of Mcdowell.
Capt. John Stack, Jr., and Mr.. Jno. Powell. of
Staunton, are in that county buying up horses
to ship to railroad contractors in Kentucky.
The members of the Capital Bicycle Club
OF Washington city, who passed through
Staunton recently, on their way from the Nat
ural Bridge, have reached home While rid
ing down the tow path of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, mule attached to boat kicked
one of the bicycles to pieces, without, how
ever injuring the rider.
Bishop whittle, of the Diocese of Virginia,
has forwarded the fee, 81, to Geo. W. Hawk
hurst, its Secretary, with the request that
ssyou will enroll my name as member OF
The Virginia Anti Liquor License Alliance"
Capt. W. H. Sale, the proprietor Of that IA
nous watering place. the Capon Springs, has
erected another building with thirty-six
rooms. Several car loads of new and hand
some furniture have arrived at Capon Springs
station, for furnishing it. 1t took 400 pieces
of furniture to go around the thirty-six
rooms.
A relic of the war is exhibited at Warrenton,
Loudoun County war bond, issued on the
LIST day of July, 1861. The bond is for 500,
and is signed by Asa Rogers Presiding JUS
tice, and Geo. K. Fox, Jr., Clerk. The inter
est was payable semi-annually. but as none of
the coupons have been cut from the bond it is
probable the county defaulted in the payment
of the same from the start.
Gov. Lee writes in reply to some resolu-
tons of Wytheville meeting on the subject,
that since the law passed he has had only four
applications for convicts, two of them from
supervisors of counties who desired the use
of them on the, public roads, and two from
railroad companies-the Atlantic & Danville
and the Virginia & Kentucky roads. One
county has already gotten its convicts and
the Supervisors of the other county been no.
tilted that they can get theirs.
The committee in charge of the recent
meetings held by the Rev. Sam Jones and
Sam Small in Baltimore, have made their re-
port, showing that the receipts were Sd, $751;
Sc and the expenses 81, 497, 35. OF the ex-
penses 81 ,977 was paid for the board of the
evangelists and rent of the rink, and $500
was paid to 'sRev. Sam Jones for the services
of himself, Mr.. Small and his other assistants
President and Mrs. Cleveland last week
gave another reception, this time to the peo-
pie at large. There were, by count, 4, 593 per-
sons who came and shook hands with the Pres
ident and his wife, passing them in line at
the rate of Is per minute the first hour, and
IS per minute the second hour. The white
silk mitt on Mrs. Clevelands hand was black
in the first hour. There was brief interrupt
ton at the end of the first hour and when it
expired the President wiped the perspiration
from his brow, and, turning to his wife, said
ssCome on, Frank, y and an instant later the
procession was again in motion.
Rev. S. W. Bickwell, minister of the Bap-
fist church at Hampton, W. Va, lately heard
that Miss Clarke had circulated reports re-
flecting on his standing as minister. On
Sunday while in the pulpit, he denounced her
in severe terms. The next day she and her
brother went to his residence and the young
lady attacked him with cane. The minister
has carried the matter before the grand jury.
Among the deeds admitted to record in the
Clerks Office of the county court of Jefferson
ferson Davis, Secretary of WAR;" to John B.
johnson, dated September 18th, 1856, convey
ing lot on Shenandoah street, Harper's
Ferry.
The Rev F. K. Brooke was rector of Grace
Episcopal church in Sandusky, O., and the
great majority of his congregation were Re-
publicans as was Mr.. Brooke. There was
great indignation, therefore, when he voted
for Cleveland for President, and it is said that
since that time he has been the victim of po-
litica1 persecution which has at length result
ing in forcing him to resign his pastorage.
At church festival in Pittsburg, Pa, nine
young ladies. wearing masks, stood behind a
screen with only there head and shoulders
visible. From the neck of each was suspend
ed cord on which was printed musical note.
It did not take the audience long to discover
that the ''humaniphone" was simply human
piano. It was played by Miss Nellie Schoyer.
With wand she walked back and forth and
each young lady uttered different note as
she touched them with it. In this novel man
| ner Miss Schoyer played Home, Sweet Home,
Yankee Doodle and number of pleasing
melodies.
The Philadelphia "Record," in referring to
Hon. John S. Barbour's refusal to be candi-
date for the next Congress, trusts that she
| will reconsider his determination to retire
from a field in which he is capable of doing SO
much good"
The Baltimore "Sun" publishes weather
record, showing tnal tHe present. d une Is Ine
coolest since 1878. The highest temperature
then ranged from IS degrees to 83, and the
lowest from 81 degrees to 60. The range of
the therm ometer in June, 1886, SO far has
been from SO degrees to SO maximum, and
from So degrees to 70 minimum.
At a Tory meeting held in London, Eng,
last Friday, the Liberals got possession, broke
mp the furniture of the room, stoned the
speakers platform, seized the Duke of Nor
folk by the back of the neck and after jam