Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-04-09

and the Waterman murdered. Thomas Jones,
oolored, employed in the company's stables,
disappeared at the time. Rev. Mr. Shepherd
of the colored Baptist church there, has been
receiving letters from him regularly. On
March 18th, Shepherd got two letters from
the post Office and was arrested before he could
make way with them One proved to be from
Jones who was working at Lowmoor, Va. Sher-
if Purcell started for Lowmoor and last week
found Jones and arrested him. He confessed
the murder, and said he had been living In
Albemarle part of the time since. He was
taken back to Augusta.
Gov. Fitz Lee spent Sunday and Monday al
Fortress Monroe. The commander issued the
following order: "a salute of seventeen guns
will be fred at II A. M. tomorrow in honor
of the arrival at this post of the Governor of
the Commonwealth of Virginia
detachment of the Salvation Army includ-
ing Capt. Bryan, staff officer, who plays the
cornet, Capt Fanny Briggs who plays the
tambourine. Cadet McElroy, and Capt Newton
and wife, has arrived at Richmond. The corps
have hired Williamson's Hall as headquarters
and intend to stay, according to their ac-
count, until judgment day"
Mrs. Minnie Scott, of Cambridge City, Ind,
being rather proud of having few days since
given birth to three little girls, wrote to Pres
ident Cleveland asking him to name them
The President sent her letter enclosing $40.
| but added: 81 am SO little accustomed to mat
ters of that kind that must ask to be excused
| from the attempt to give names to the three
| little girls"
| Gen. VIM. R. Terry, has been selected for
| the position of Superintendent Of the Soldiers
Home at Richmond, and Mrs. Terry for the
position of Matron,
The Rev. G.. A. Wilson of Blacksburg, has
received unanimous call to the passionate of
Cookies Creek Presbyterian church in Rock
ingram county, near Harrisonburg.
The wife of Secretary of the Navy, Whitney,
! is wealthy herself and has wealthy relations
The Secretary has spent 5000 in entertain
J ing since he removed to Washington. But
| one man, Senator Geo. 81. Pendleton of Ohio
who used to spend $75, 900 year, has ever
| exceeded this
| Last Saturday night the party sitting up
with the remains of Martha Devine at Allen
dale. Pa, heard noise in the room where the
coffin was. They went in and the supposed
corpse was found sitting up with head and
shoulders partly out of the glass covering
over the coffin. She had been in a TRANCE.
After getting out of the box she walked, and
appeared perfectly well. She relates many
curious things that she saw while in the
trance.
The Liberian Renublic has 100000 in
habitants, of whom only Is, 900 are American
negroes the rest are natives. The two politl-
cal parties are the Wings and National Repub-
licans. President Johnson Wing, has been
reelected for two years, his opponent being
Prof. E. W. Blyden.
Joseph Waddel, of Steubenville, Ohio sixty
years old, was born blind. He can tell the
! color of horse by the touch; recognises
everybody he is acquainted with by the senses
of touch and hearing, and has been known to
| recognize stranger whom he had not met in
ten years, by the sense of touch alone.
| The wife of one of the clergymen of Sara
nae, Mich, supplements her husbands mea-
gre salary by driving wagon and peddling
milk from door to door.
| good housewife in Ridgeway, Mich, says
that for family of six she has in the last
year baked 4, 905 cookies, 592 pies. 263 cakes,
9S7 doughnuts, 698 loaves of bread, not count
ing johnny cakes, short-cakes, pancakes and
buildings.
Those gentlemen who spent their time in
trying to get up car factory in Staunton,
will at least have the consolation of knowing
that they were right, when they read that five
hundred new, standard size, box and gondola
! cars, for the New York, New Haven and Hart
| ford, railroad. made at Roanoke passed Way
nesboro junction on the Shenandoah Valley
| R R., last week going North.
| The President of the American Humane
Society declares that ''three generations of
men will pass away, before the birds can be
| restored to the number and condition of four
| years ago, before the women of the country
caused their most wanton and cruel destruc :
I tion." Hg.