Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18

Democratic Governor, and the Democratic
Governor making speech to them. he saiu
IL would never be believed in his section.
Those Who have read the report of the Pres
idents wedding and:.all about the syiph-hKe
form of the bride will be rather surprised to
know that Mrs. Cleveland tips the beam at
one hundred and sixty pounds. She is quite
tall though and we'll proportioned. Both she
and her husband are models of perfect health.
Cen. Thomas L. Rosser, of Albemarle, lost
last week his twelve year old daughter, Eliza
beth Florence. She had been ill a long time
Mr.. W. Mcdowell, at Marion, Va, super.
intendent of the Southwest Virginia Insane
Asylum, wants bids for heating, lighting and
water supply for the Asylum.
The Secretary of State recently received q
cable message from Minister Cox at CONSTANT
nople, saying that the Sultan of Turkey desir.
| ed to send wedding present to Mrs. Cleve-
| land, and asking that it be received. The
| President, while approaching the motives of
the Sultan, felt that its acceptance would be
in violation of the spirit, If not the letter of
the constitution and accordingly telegraphed
his declination of the proposed compliment.
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond has had
| another distinction. Its former Bishop James
| Gibbons, now Archbishop, has been made a
| Cardinal by the Pope.
The Hon. Robert Wylie, late judge of the
county court of Bland county, who had just
been unanimously elected Mayor of his town,
died suddenly at his home in Seldom, Bland
county, last week. He was attacked with an
erileptic fit and expired in a few minutes.
It Wasn't Rabbit.-Doctor-" do
you think the dog was mad when he bit
you % Solomon-''Waal, sab, guess he war
rudder put out by de way he Quoted hissef.'
Doctor-'No, don't mean angry; mean
ra5id." Solomon-"Oh, no, sab, it want a
rabbit. rs shuah twas dog, sah."
Z Onancoc4 in Accomac, has not yet got over
the FESTIVE period of Local Option. little
over month ago the town went for Option
by majority of two to one. Last week the
Local Option candidate for Mayor was only
elected by two votes, and the Optionists only
carried the council by three to two, and they
by very small majorities. A local option cleo
ton was to held in Goodson (half of Bris-
tol-Goodson,) on the Virginia and Tennessee
line yesterday Last week there was big
joint discussion in the colored Methodist
church, there, Hon. Abe Fulkerson for
license and Judge Rhea and A. H. Blanchard
against it.
J. J. Duncan, aged seventy years, with a
wife, two daughters and seven grandchildren,
who has for twenty years held the Offices of
Clerk and Master for Scott county, Tenn,
has just eloped with Mrs. James Foster, the
wife of a prominent merchant, who leaves
her husband and nine children.
Hon. J. R. Tucker, Chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee, has informed Mr.. J. F.
Hume, of New York, Secretary of the Virgin
la bond holders committee that the commit
tee will hear the argument of the counsel of
the bond holders in favor of the payment of
Virginia for the territory out of which West
Virginia was created, at 10 o'clock on the
morning of the 25th inst, or, if that doesn't
suit, at the same hour on the succeeding day.