Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-21
N. Board for his vote.

A oniet inoffensive looking man, who later
events showed to be insane on statuary, enter
ed the capitol at Washington, last Friday
morning, and went into the dark stairway
leading to the dome. In brief time he
emerged perfectly nude, ran to the marble
slab in the centre of the rotunda, and assum-
al statnesoue and absolutely motionless at
titude. The police threw waterproof cloak
over him and hustled him off to the lookup.
The Virginia State Board of Pharmacy met
in Alexandria, last week, and registered 400
druggists, residing in different portions of the
State, But two or three hundred are yet to
he Registered. and the time is limited by law
to the Oath of June. 1t is stated that the Board
will hold meeting in Richmond in June to
finish up registration.
An old log building at Wytheville, the first
Methodist church in Southwestern Virginia,
has lust been torn down to make way for a
| handsome church building. 1t was there,
when Dr. McAnally (still living in st. Louis)
was pastor, that Andrew jackson, who had
arrived on his way to Washington, and was
eating his breakfast at IL o'clock, Sunday
morning sent message to the preacher
please to sswait fifteen minutes till he could
get there. DIR. McAnally complied with the
request and promptly at the expiration of the
time. in walked Andrew jackson. the first and
, last President who ever visited Wytheville.
The Diocese of Pennsylvania recently elect
ed Rev. Philip Brooks, D. D., of Boston, a
&c uorrord TInivorci+v on1 Of bo
Virginia Theological Seminary at Alexandria,
to be Assistant Bishop of the diocese. DR..
Brooks declined the same, preferring to re-
main in Boston.
William Mathews, a prominent lawyer OF
Leesburg, Loudoun, who, for several sessions
represented that county in the House of Dele
gates and later in the Senate, shot himself
| through the head, about 5 o'clock, on the
i morning of the 18th inst He had been sick
some days from nervous prostration. He had
| gotten up, put on clean shirt, and fully
dressed himself before committing the fatal
deed. His funeral took place on Saturday.
| A hail storm similar to that which visited
Greenville neighborhood in Augusta county,
| Tuesday evening of last week between and {
o'clock, passed over Winchester at precisely
the same hour. The rear portion of the resi-
dence of VIM. e. Russell, Jr., was crushed in
In Nelson county, at the same hour, hal
storm did great damage. James Harvey lost
| $4,000 on his crop, and house was washed
away and two colored children drowned
Away down at Reidsville, N. c., at precisely
| the same hour, hail storm cleaned out almost
every pane of glass in the town and wrecked
the growing crops around there. The mex
evening, about the same hour, a tornado swept
over Ohio, Indiana, and Kansas, destroying
both life and property.
Those who in one sense follow the fortunes
of Patti, say that during her tour in Spain
and Portugal her receipts were $250.000.
BARRIERS near Mono Lake, California, whose
water is heavy with salts of sodium and borax,
use it as natural shampooing water, to the
satisfaction Of their customers.
| There is said te be in one of the German
wards of Springfield, Mass, liquor club
called Observation-Disclosures elpfannen
kuchenverein." One of the bylaws requires
that member must spell the name of the
club after every drink. If lie spells it cor
rectly, he is sober enough and thirsty enough
| for another drink.