Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-04-30
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Lady Milton of England, who, a few
years ago resided with her husband, Lord
Milton, and suite, for a summer, in the Tate
mansion, on the western suburbs of Staunton,
and later, built handsome residence at Gala
hans, near the White Sulphur, died in Eng
land in March last. Last summer she was the
where her brother, Mr.. Beauclerc, still re-
sides. Her husband died two or three years
since.
The Presbytery of Montgomery has just
concluded its session at Salem, Roanoke. Rev.
Frank Il. Gaines, formerly of Hebron, in
Augusta, was chosen Moderator. The ven
cradle Bishop Glossbrenner of Churchville, of
the United Brethren church, who is visiting
his daughter in Salem, visited the Presbytery
and was invited to seat as visiting brother.
The burial of the wife of DIR. A. q. Coiner,
formerly of Augusta county, who died in
Roanoke city, took place in Salem, her birth
place. The funeral was large and number
came from Roanoke to attend it. The services
were performed in the Lutheran church, the
pastor, Rev. L. G. M. Miller, being assisted
by Rev. J. E. Bushnell of Roanoke, and Rev.
L. A. Fox, D. D., of Roanoke College.
The dramatic profession is laughing over a
suit, now pending in Philadelphia, in which
Charles L. Davis (''Alvin Joslin"), the actor,
swears that Freidenberg Brothers sold him
diamonds that were not of the weight represent
ed by them. Freidenberg Brothers swear
that Davis bought only $4,000 worth of dia-
monds from them; that they were of the rep
resented weight and that the suit grew out of
the fact that he wanted them as an advertise
ment, and asked that bill be made ont Is e
lin placing their value at 81, 600, which re-
quest they refused.
The trial of J. Speed Thompson for killing
editor Ebert Fo wler, (brother of l. G. Fowler,
last year, has commenced at Lewisburg, W..
Va. Ex-Attorney General Frank S. Blair of
Wythe Co.. Jas. d. Johnston Of Giles Co.,
Va, and John W. Arbuckle of Lewisburg, ap-
pear for the prosecution, and U. S. Senator
Jno. E. Kenna, Robert F. Dennis, Jas. W..
Davis, Alex. F. Mathews, and Jno. A. Preston,
for the accused.
Twenty-four years ago, in this Valley,
snow fell all day on Easter Sunday, April
goth, 1862, and it was in that month that the
armies of Banks and Shields first made their
advance up the Valley-the first Federal
troops seen in it.
The Duke of Sutherland of England in his
private yacht, and Count Won Molke and some
other counts and barons on German war ships,
were in the port of Norfolk, Va, last week. The
German naval cadets on the training ship
went ashore and drilled on the parade ground
of the fort
Cincinnati and Baltimore capitalists have
organized a company with a capital Of
5000, 900, with judged. I. Lee of Roanoke City,
President, and with the headquarters there, te
mine zinc and silver in Roanoke county
Their mines are near that city.
Charleston, W. Va, is about. to go through
hot ''wet'' and 'dry" season. The county
commissioners refused to grant licenses for 6
year. The saloon men say they will sell
come what may. The prohibition party say
they will do all in their power to prosecute
those who sell. There was a great demonstra
ton upon the decision of the court.
The information comes from Western New
York that the bottom has fallen out of the
apple market, because thousands of barrels
which the farmers have stored all winter
| hoping for higher prices, are now being rush
ed upon the market at very low figures
Gentlemen of the jury" said a lawyer OF
San Bernardine, CAL, while defending q
client, 'you would not send man tt
|. Jail for little thing like this, would
you? Why, gentlemen, if some of you had
| been punished for the little offences you have
committed you would be in the penitentiary
to-day" This did not seem to strike The
| jury as good argument, and they found thu
| accused man guilty at once.
On the 4th of last September, three little
German boys disappeared from Quincy. Ill
1t was thought they had been kidnapped
Last Friday, sand-hauler loading his wagon
at the bank of the river, dug their remains
ouI VI d Sduu-DaHk IL WAS eflueH1 tudG tue
poor little fellows had dug cave in the banl
| in play and that the sand had caved in upo1
| and smothered them.
A record kept in central Dakota shows that
| the past winter was unusually mild. There
| were out 80 days when the mercury stood al
or below zero. The preceding winter had Sc
such days; the one before, so, and in the win
ter of 1928 there were 81.
Jacob Miller of Fountaindale, Pa, married
his first cousin, and between 1860 and 1874
eleven children were born to them. Of these
all were of unsound mind save one, a daugh-
| ter by no means bright, who is married. Eight
others are alive, and five of them are idiots,
and the others little better. Mrs. Miller il
dead, and her husband, prosperous farmer,
lives alone with his eight unfortunate chill
dren. He says that his misfortune is ''stroke
of providence"
Several years ago an Illinois man quit chew
ing tobacco, but recently he began again.
The first day he enjoyed it SO much that he
used up thirty-fve cents worth of navy plug,
and then was taken sick and for two or three
days acted very like man with delirium ire
mems.
''My pa" said one small boy, sis preach
er, and is sure to 60 to heayen.' Huh II