Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-22
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Among others who spoke were Rev. Jas. P.
Smith, Col. William Allan and Maj. Jed.
Hotchkiss of Gen. Jackson's staff. Among the
ladies in the procession in carriages that
moved from Charlottesville to the monu-
ment, were Mrs Jed Hotchkiss, Misses Bessie
and Elsie Smith, and Mrs. S. T. Mccullough
of Annapolis, Md. Col. J. D. Lilley and J. N.
Mcfarland were present from the Augusta
Memorial Association, and so was MIR. Foley,
of Mt. Crawford, Rockingham, war member
of the Stonewall Brigade Band.
The theory that every seven years there is
hot summer, seems to he borne out by 1867
when the grass in August crumbled when
walked upon by 1874 when it was extrem ly
hot, and by 1881 remembered as the sunstroke
summer from the number of cases that occurred,
and as the dry summer from the fact that ex-
cept in few localities, no rain fellin the United
States for nine weeks. The summer of 1883
is beginning to show symptoms of adding its
testimony to the others named.
In West Virginia. near the Buchanan coun-
ty line of Virginia, few days ago, W. IL.
Pudler murdered Tom Gillespie, weak
minded man. Gillespie was about fifty years
of age and had been in the Asylum at Staun.
ton. His murderer made his escape.
former popular pastor of Staunton seems
to be a fine gardener as we'll. Rev. DR.. r. r.
S, Hough, pastor of the Methodist church at
fredericksburg, has raised from a patch of
ground twenty-five feet long and ten feet
wide, one bushel and six quarts of strawberries,
three of the berries weighing over two ounces.
Rev. R. A. Goodwin, the white rector of
st. Stephens (colored) Episcopal church at
Petersburg, has resigned the rectorship,
thinking colored rector would be best. The
colored Vestry adopted resolutions very CON-
plimentary to him. They have called Rev. w.
P. Burke the colored assistant rector, to the
rectorship. 1t will be remembered that at
the Diocesan Council in Staunton, Mr.. Good
win advocated separate organization for the
colored people with rectors Of their own color,
and expressed the opinion that they would
never have fair show until separate organ
ization was given them.
In the Circuit Court of Richmond, last
week. verdict was given against the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Ry. Co., for So, 500, for the
death by accident near Lindsay Station, June
18th, 1877, of John W. Buchanan, brakeman.
misplaced switch caused the accident.
'sBen Hur" was given in Norfolk for the
benefit of the Woman's Work Exchange and
the Retreat for the Sick, few nights ago, and
realized 5000.
The $15O,O00 government building in
Lynchburg, completed, was turned over to
it's custodian, Collector Ham. Shepperd, last
week. 1t has been four years in construction.
The Richmond Local Optionists have fixed
on the latter part of July for their cleo
ton. They had to get 3,417 signatures and
have gotten 1000. The vote in April, 1886.
was-Wet, S,941; Dry, 3,216.
Capt. W. E. Peery, of Tazewell county, is
the possessor of a powder horn once owned
and carried in the wilds of West Augusta by
Daniel Boone. It is q large cowhorn and
worn as thin as paper.
LII u COupOu-pTOfluS CttS0 Ill tuC dy dSAOuAS
Hastings Court, where the party had rendered
the money and coupons with it, and was
proving genuineness of coupons, the court de
cided, following the Virginia Court of APP
pealsl, that the party must produce the bond
from which the coupon was actually cut. AS
they could not, OF course, do this, the cases
went against them.
On and after January 1, 1889, persons con-
demned to death in New York will be executed
by electricity instead of hanging, as is now
the case.
At Mentor, Ohio, last week, Miss Mary Gar.
field was married to J. Stanley Brown, who
was Private Secretary to her father when he
was President and Harry Garfield, her
brother, was married to Miss Belle Mason of
Cleveland, O.
The growth of the Protestant Episcopal
church in New York city, in the last fifteen
years, has been phenomenal. It increased from
49, $50 to 80, 903. In the last five years the
Protestant denominations in that city
have increased 1O,929, and of that increase,
four-ffths-or s, 100 was made by the Protes-
tant Episcopal church. So says the New York
Sun"
The tobacco commission firm of S. B.
Rucker & Co., in Lynchburg, has failed with
liabilities between 900 and $4,000. In
the recent assignment of Peake & Graves, 6
dry goods firm in the same city, with an in,
debtness of $36, 900, the creditor firm of Witt
Biedler & Co. of Baltimore have filed suit to
break the three deeds of trust made by the
firm and the two individual members, as
fraudulent. They also ask that the Trustee
be removed and the court appoint Receiver.
J. G. Moomaw & Co. of Cloverdale, Roam
oke, last week, packed 1000 cases of greer
peas. This firm has 20 or 25 acres in peas
and employed last week ITO hands.
Hawkinsville, Ga, is remarkably proud OF
Miss Annie Mccormick because she can play
two tunes on the piano and sing third, al
at once. 1t is said that s'she can sit with hel
back to the instrument and play most beauti
fully"
A son of D. M. Shiplett, of Mt. Crawford,
Rockingham, caught in creek near there
German carp twenty-six inches long, seven
teen inches around, and weighing pounds
ounces.
An envelope found few days since in the
desk of City Sergeant Smith, at the Rich
mond Jail, bore the following inscription
''Thomas J. Cluverius, ESQ, Attorney -at-Law
Little Plymouth, King and Queen county
Va"
Rev. Sam Small has presented Emory ant
Henry College, of which he is an alumnus
with memorial tablets of its students who fel
in the war. He also proposes to erect "Wile.
Chapel" there next year, in honor of the forme
President. He says he has spent $4,000 Oh
liquor, since he graduated under DR., Wiley
| and will not rest until he spends that sum OF