Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-07-16
CLEANED FROM THE MAILS.

CLEANED FROM IHE MAILS.
State Senator Wingfeld, of Albemarle has |
rendered his resignation, to accept the place
will leave Virginia for his new home the lat
ter part of this month.
On Saturday, Assistant Postmaster Caruth-
ers of Richmond received letter which was
recovered, along with other mail matter, lost
when the Inflated steamer Oregon went down.
The letter was postmarked Kilmarnock, Scot
land, and notwithstanding the tact that it had
been in the sea for several months, it was
in good state of preservation.
President Cleveland has nailed over his
wifes 6oalIzoir door silver horseshoe, sent to
him by blacksmith at Allentown, Pa.
The Prince of Wales daughters think moth
ing of riding tricycle. fifty miles in a day, and
not unjustly smile at the American girl, who
is all broken up by mile walk
A dispatch from Raleigh, N. O., says that
young man named Monroe Madison, of Vlr-
ginia, was some time ago found dead in Bun
combe county, in this State The matter OF
his death has since remained a mystery, but it
was supposed that he had committed suicide.
Yesterday man and woman, charged with
the murder were arrested in Buncombe and
bound over for trial. The woman volunteer
ed evidence against the man. She says he
shot Madison and left the pistol by his side
to suggest the idea of suicide. The story ID
plausible and may clear up the mystery. The
,o;1 Ac,1,o ,ri11o i11f that State
The New York ''Herald," in an editorial
reference to the elevation of Archbishop Glib
bons to the cardinalate, says ga priest,
bishop, an archbishop and a cardinal-these
victories he has achieved in rapid succession
in sight of his humble home. Those who have
iony known him, however declare that he es-
teens; it an equal honor that he is Yam Ameri-
can citizen, the legend on his crest reading
Loyalty and Piety. The Philadelphia
.Times" says 1.-THE Cardinal, who is COM
paratiyely young man. has the very highest
reputation both for his personal character and
for his learning and ability, and the honor
shown to him and through him TO the See of
Baltimore has given general qualification"
John J. Smallwood, young colored student
of Franklin, Southampton county, Va, gradu
ated lately at WILDER Fisk University, New
York, as valedictorian, with the honors of A.
B. His expenses were paid by four young
white ladies.
Mr.. John B. Martin, agent of the N. & W.
R. R. at Farmville, has in his possession the
telegraph instrument which was in use at APP
pomattox Depot in April, 1865. It is
very old Morse instrument, made under the
first patent taken out in America. On this in
strument were sent all of General Grants dis
patches, both before and after the surrender
of the Confederate forces, whose metallic click
told to attentive nations, that people had
striven for liberty and place amongst them,
and had failed.
The Philadelphia ssRecord" says, s'that the
officials of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Co.
state that the opening up of the Cripple Greek
extension of that road will bring the Bessemer
ores of Southwest Virginia within eighty miles
of the coke and coal of the Pocahontas region
where furnaces will be located. 1t is declar-
ed that iron can be made as cheaply at THAT
point as in any portion of Alabama. The
country there is now being inspected by
delegation of prominent iron manufacturers
from different portions of this State"
Rumor has it that Victoria furnace, at Gosh
en-, having been leased by G. P. Huntington
and others, will be put in blast within the next
sixty days
The United States Senate has confirmed M.
D. Ball. of Virginia, to be United States At
torney for Alaska.
Capt. Thomas Lenning has purchased Capt.
NJ M. S1bert's 150-acre farm north of Harri
sonburg, for $11 900.
Mr.. M. NJ. Pegram, of the Baltimore ''Man-
ufacturers' Record, is on a visit to Southwest |
Virginia, with headquarters at Wytheville.-
He is investigating our mineral resources and |
will furnish his paper series of articles upon
them.
The exports from Newport News during the |
month of June numbered thirteen articles, the |
value of which was $719,80 The products |
of the Northwest, Southwest aud West Vir-
ginia and Virginia were embraced in the list, |
had place. The exports from our own port |
during the same month exceeded eight hun |
dred thousand dollars. making together more
than a million and half dollars worth of |
goods which were exported to the markets of |
the world from what might be calledithe ports |
of Hampton Roads.
Temperance BarRoom" has been open
in Lynchburg by little boy named Elmer
Harris. 1t is place where both ''wets" and |
''drys' can get glass of ice-cold milk or lem |
onade for five cents
While DR.. Rufner was waiting at the Farm |
vile depot few days ago, to take the train |
for his home in Rockbridge, some mean fell
low snatched his valise from the platform,
where the Doctor had left it, and ran. 1t was |
found in field near by. Many of the valua- |
BILE papers in it were secured, but his clothing |
was appropriated to the use of another. That |
mode of stealing is something new for Farm
vile, says the "Journal."
A CARD.