Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-29
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It is stated that the Chesapeake & Ohio has
made traffic arrangement with the Richmond
& Allegheny railway by which the latter will
take good deal OF its through Western
freight from Clifton Forge to Richmond. AS
confirming it, we see that engineers are en-
gagged in stalking off line from the G. & o.
road in the Eastern end of Richmond to the
Southside of the dock, on which side the r.
& A. depot lies.
Saturday seems to have been the hottest day
of the season all over the country. In Bos-
ton at noon the thermometer stood at $40. In
New York there were twenty three cases of
sunstroke of which twenty were fatal and one
became insane. The death rate in New York
last week increased 1s1 owing to the heat. No
June on record has exceeded this one in heat.
There are already number of visitors al
the White Sulphur and Warm Springs. Among
those at the White have been two parties from
Europe; Gen. Proctor Knott of Ky; niece of
Roscoe Conkling and son of Justice Bradley
of the Supreme Court. At the Warm there
are number of Kentuckians.
Rev. DIR. J. B. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, has
asked the prayers of his congregation in view
of the fact that in the next two weeks he has
very important question to decide. 1t is be-
lieyed that the important question is a call to
another field which it is supposed he has re-
ceived.
The proper way to stamp a letter is to lick
the envelope and not the stamp. The tongue
carries off much of the mucilage when the
stamp is licked. All those who have had
large experience in sending off letters lick the
envelope, which makes it certain that the
stamp will not fall off.
When Miss Amelie Rives of Albermarle was
married few days ago at her home, to John
Armstrong Chandler, a grandson of the mil
honaire, VIM. Aston of New York, she wore a
rich costume of corded white silk, cut high,
with half sleeves. She carried prayer book,
with gold cross and monogram. The bridal
flowers were handsome roses. Her jewels
were two pins, with diamond and ruby setting,
which held her veil, gifts of the groom. She
will continue her literary labors at Paris,
France, her future residence.
| A few days since x. K CHARTERS of Spott-
sylvania Master of the State Grange, gave his
six months note to an adventurer for 1900,
| for sure hog cholera cure recipe. On a
separate paper the adyenturer gave him g
written guarantee that he would not be called
! on for payment until he had sold enough Of
the medicine to pay himself back the 81, 200
| The adventurer on getting the note immediate
| ly started to Fredericksburg and tried to sell
it. Some merchant notified Mr.. CHARTERS
who came to town, and after much trouble
succeeded in forcing the adventurer to give
up the note. Had it been passed to third
party he would have had to pay the whole O.
| it, the guarantee amounting to nothing.
At Sunday School picnic given the Chi
nese Scholars of the school in New York, the
Gospel Hymns, printed in Chinese letters
we're sung Hymn No. 70, Precious Name,
was special favorite among the scholars
The sound of the Chinese words of the frs
verse is as follows:
Vow foo hing die yoong gaw him nay.
| Dong VOW jip saw Yesu ming;
| Dong sue fon moon bin wy foon hay,
| Gayung Tong gymOO sum WOon ming.
| Mln8ly Uoi miHS nlHS 10y uHS
Ling 60 song sue VOW hay mOng.
Judge James P McTeer Of Wythe county
the Youngest Judge in the State and a bril-
liant orator, has been recommended by st
Paurs M. E. Church at Wytheville to tn
Holston Methodist Conference, as candi
date for the ministry of that Conference.
A Roanoke jury has given verdict TO
$40 600 damages against the Norfolk & West
ern Ry. Co., for the accidental death of S. S
Page, who was working for man who had
contract with the railroad company, TIL
verdict was given under the instruction of tn
Judge (Robertson) that contractor is I
dependent Of the company and therefore bi