Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-02-03

by his wound, sitting up, and KIND nursing |
brought him through.
In Baltimore en- Thursday night last, the
millionaire bachelor, jesse Tyson, aged sixty
five, was married to Miss Edith Johns, aged
nineteen. Both bride and groom are promi-
nent in the fashionable world of their city,
and the brides father is we'll known lawyer
there.
Maj. Andrew Beirne, the only brother of
Col. Richard F. Beirne of the sRichmond
State" died at Lewisburg. W. Va, last week,
aged fifty-eight During the war he served
in the 22d Virginia regiment.
Congress is after the Louisiana Lottery in a
lively fashion. No less than three bills have
been introduced to put an end to 1.-two for
prohibiting lotteries anywhere in the United
States, and one to prohibit the use of the
mails for letters or circulars concerning Iotte-
ries.
The Y. M. G. Association of Roanoke en-
gagged "Bill Nye," the humorist, to lee ture for
them, but the papers having heard him, COM
plain that 81 for the three quarters of an hour
he gave was entirely too high. The Ladies
Auxiliary of the Danville Association, formal
ly opened its new rooms Friday night with a
reception. One of the features WAS singing
by very fine glee club of young men belong
ing to the Association. At the bazaar being
held by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. M. G
A. of Norfolk. enc day last week Freder-
lex Warde gave them a reading from the
Merchant of Venice" in the afternoon at
I e hat
night, gave another reading at the bazaar
both as his good will contribution to the
cause.
The Local Option Executive Committee o.
Rockbridge county have determined to make
another fight and hold an election on A. ril
26th next. The two years since the last local
option election expires April 23d, and this
election has to be held before licenses are
granted on the LIST of May. The committee
has already gotten its petitions in circulation
through the county.
The New York Supreme Court has confirm
ed the verdict of $45 900 damages against
Charles Arbuckle, the millionaire coffee mer-
chant, for breach of promise to marry Miss
Campbell. The evidence in the suit showed
that the defendant was coarse sort of person
and that the plaintiff would have made him
congenial wife.
Benz Burton, aged twenty two, has just
been arrested in Atlanta, Ga, for blgamy. 1t
turned out after his arrest that he had mar
ried five women-two in South Carolina and
three in Georgia. He said he had started out
to marry twenty-five women in twenty-five
years, and if let alone would have dore it. ALI
five of the wives were in court.
In the Virginia legislature last week, bills
were read incorporating the ''Christian Null
titude" and the Omitted Sons and Daughters
of the Grand Army of Industrious Samari-
tans," colored organizations of Norfolk.
Sorghum is being manufactured in large
quantities in Campbell county, Va. Mr.. L. G.
Blankenship who owns mill, has manufac-
tured about 3, 500 gallons. Three other mills
have also made large amount, aggregating
in all upwards of 10000 gallons. 1t sells
readily at forty cents per gallon.
wedding showing the lasting powers of
affection, has just surprised Philadelphia. Mrs
H. W. Breckley, who is worth fifteen millions
of dollars IN her own right was married to
James E. Thropp, a workingman much her
senior in age. She fell in love with him when
she was girl, but her parents compelled her
to marry Mr. Breckley in her own social circle.
Thropp also married. Mr.. Breckley died and
the dark spot on the romance Thropp
got divorce from his wife to marry Mrs.
Breckley.
The Virginia Court of Appeals has just de-
cided point important to those who have
horses In case where horse and cart were
standing on the street, the driver being alb
sent, and the horse ran off and fractured
mans leg, the court has confirmed the verdict
of So, 500 damages against the owner of the
team.
The list of pall-bearers at the funeral of
Gen. Isaac r. Trimble, a commander of the
old Stonewall Brigade, in Baltimore last week,
are the names of Gov. Lee, Jubal Early, Wade
Hampton, Zeb. Vance, Senator Ransom, and
Secretary Bayard. The funeral sermon was
preached by Assistant Bishop A. NJ Randolph
of Virginia.
The faculty of the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary at Columbia, S. c., has forbidden
the students attending the lectures of DR..
Woodrow, who still retains his professorship
in the University of South Carolina.
The Legislative Visiting Committee found
among the patients at the Southwestern Asy
lum, Miss Madison, an aunt of Lillian Madi-
son. 1t is said she lost her mind on account
of the tragic fate of her niece.
Mrs Cleveland's new dress is the topic of
the fashion papers since she appeared in it. 1t
was gown of dark heliotrope velvet. The
front had side panels embroidered in pansies,
her fav orite flower. There were stripes of
gold passementerie on the front and around
the neck of the low-necked bodice. fringe
of gold beads made semblance OF a sleeve
The neck was cut just to display the fair neck.
series of strangely connected deaths have
taken place at Alexandria, Va. John B. Smoot
Mayor of Alexandria, died just as the year
1887, ended. Prof. Thos. Henry Brentwood,
of Dorchester, Md, brother of Mr.. Shoots
first wife, came on, attended the funeral, and
the next morning was found dead in bed in
Mr. Shoots house where he was stopping. A
day or two afterwards, Josiah Fl. D. Smoot,
cousin of the late Mayor, died of the same
disease that had carried him off And, finally,
last week Prof. J. T. Stephens was found
dead in his bath room in Brooklyn, N. Y, and
in his effects was found a letter from the
Board of Directors rendering him the place
vacated by the sudden death of Prof. Breer
wood.
Baron Hirsch has given 100000 900, depos-
tied in the Bank of London under the trustee
ship of Baron Rothschild and Baron de Worms