Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-11-12
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field, Ohio, dated Saturday, says the long In
dian Summer in Central Ohio has ripened
second crop of strawberries and brought
violets and ilacs into full bloom in some
places-a circumstance never before known
there in November. The berries are of good
flavor and sell for thirty cents per quart.
Rev. W. B. Derrick (colored), formerly of
Staunton. was in the Police Court of New
York. Thursday, as a complainant against
some members of his charge, the Sullivan
Street Methodist church.
Miss Eugenia Blair, the leading lady of the
at Richmond, Saturday. The troupe met with
great success in that city, where Mr.. Warde is
a great favorite.
Miss Florence Bigh, travelling agent for the
''Sunny South, " who has canvassed Staunton,
was interrupted in her canvass in Lynchburg,
last week, by the authorities and made to take
out State license. She appealed to Judge
Latham, but he decided that he could not in
terfere. Miss Bligh is reported as having
been very indignant.
The Vermont House of Delegates has passed
bill giving females, twenty-one years of age,
and paying taxes on 5000 worth of property,
the right to vote. canvass of the Senate
shows that the bill will also pass that body by
a vote of II to 10.
Mr.. Joseph Reherman of Evansville, Ind,
seems to have entered the marriage relation
without sufficient reflection. The day after
his marriage he attempted to get out of the
world by laudanum and last Friday, only six
weeks after, he made more successful at
! tempt by shooting himself through the head.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Hon. JEFF
ferson Davis, arrived at New York city on Sat
urday, in company with Gen. JOS r. Ander-
son and wife of Richmond. Miss Davis is on
her way to Syracuse, N. Y, to visit the family
of Mr.. Thomas Emory, who is a son of Gen.
Emory of the q. S. Army. In another car of
the train on which Miss D. travelled from
Washington, was Mrs. President Cleveland
and Secretary Endicott The two ladies did
not meet.
Frank Siddall, the Philadelphia soap man,
says: "I have confined my advertising en-
tirely to newspapers. The man who does not
read newspaper does not use SOAP"
VIM. Effnger. formerly of Harrisonburg,
Va, but now of Oregon, has been appointed
one of the .. S. Commissioners to examine
completed portion of the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
Mr.. Butler Malone, son of the General, won
81, 200 at the races here last week. At Fri
days races he won S., 400, of which he gave
$4OO to the negro jockey who rode the win
ming horse. So says the Washington letter of
the Alexandria "Gazette"
Rev. Mr.. Storrs of Brooklyn, pastor of the
Church of the Pilgrims has been ministering
as such for forty years. When he was first ap-
pointed, Brooklyn contained 10000 people.
Now it contains 100000
The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry is to have a
line of steamers at it's Newport News terminus
to commence running to Liverpool December
1st Several of the steamers of the Ducal
Line are under engagement to make regular
semi monthly sailings from Newport News
the first being the Duke of Westminster about
December 10, to be followed by the Duke of
Buckingham two weeks later
A petition has been sent to the Chamber of
Deputies of France asking that an extra tax be
laid on unmarried men of whom it saws there
are 369, 900 in Paris alone 1t was the law in
France many years ago. This movement
against bachelors has many precedents in an
tlqulty In Sparta the women were allowed
to drag bachelors into the Temple of Hercules
and give them q sound thrashing. Plato con-
nnmnaH them f0 fine 10
round sum. Camillas went farther, and
forced them to marry the widows of citizens
killed in defending the country
The offices do not always go to the spoils-
hunters. 1t is semi-officially announced that
the President has offered the position of sur
geon- general of the army to Lieut.. Col. John
Moore, now stationed in San Francisco. He
is said to be the only officer of the medical
corps above the grade of major who has not
presented his application and also brought
influence to bear upon the President in his
behalf.
VIM. B. Hazelton, well-krown in journalism
| IN Baltimore, died there last week of softening
OF the brain. He was man of varied talent
and wrote the sweet and popular song of "In
the fragrant Summer time," in the comic
| opera of the "Electric Light"
Lady Aylmer, wife of Sir Arthur Aylmer of
| London, Eng. has just procured divorce
from her husband, for brutal treatment from
| the day of their marriage in New York in
1884 She was the daughter of wealthy
citizen of Chicago. Upon DISCRIMINATION
Lady Aylmer admitted that Aylmer had mar
ried her believing she was widow, although
her first husband, who had obtained divorce
from her in Chicago, was living.
Charles Starr of Danbury. was rather skep-
teal about the the power of electricity, SO he
just touched his finger to well-charged wire,
and was instantly knocked down, and didn't
recover for several hours. If he had grasped
the wire he'd undoubtedly have been killed.
| The Rev. J. P. Shaud, who died in Column
bia, S. c., at the age of Sc, was the Oldest
clergyman in the State. In early life he was
a lawyer, was member of the Notification
| Convention in 1882, and remained a Nullifier
all his life. In 1884 he became the rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church of Columbia, and
was its rector up to the day of his death.
| Eight months ago George W Davis of Nor
folk fell about ten feet and injured his spine.
He went on with his work, though suffering
much, until six weeks ago, when he became
paralyzed. He died on Saturday, and the
| post-mortem examination showed that he had
lived eight months with a broken neck, the
third cervicle vertebra being fractured.
correspondent asks: SIS it wrong to cheat
lawyer?" First cheat the lawyer, and then
| we will answer the conundrum,
An earthquake shock was felt about noon,
| Friday in Richmond Charleston Annnstn