Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-12-28
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The neighboring towns, though much
smaller than Staunton, are setting her an ex.
ample in the way of manufactures. In the
last few weeks Lexington has put e. chair fac
tory IN operation, and private company is
about to put up an electric light plant. In
Charlottesville a boot and shoe factory is
about to be started by New Jersey capitalists,
induced to go there by the liberal share
Charlottesville capitalists take in their en-
terprise. At Lexington paper mill is about
being started and at Roanoke cotton MILL
and zinc works are about going into operation.
In Staunton paper shaving foundry is about
the only thing always started and always in
operation.
James Dickey of Fannin county, Ga has
all his life scratched a meagre living out of a
red-hill farm he inherited from his father.
few months ago some Chicago men discovered
marble on his farm, and at once closed a bar
gain with him for royalty under which his
income is stipulated to be not less than
$1,000 nor more than 100000 year. This
is guaranteed by the company for one hun
dred years.
Sebastian Miller, "the strongest man in the
world" gave an exhibition before the faculty
and students at Jefferson Medical College.
Philadelphia, last week. With his bare hand
he broke street paving stones. He lifted 5000
with harness and 1, 800 pounds with his hands
alone. He is 26 years old, weighs PIG pounds
and measures 164 inches around the right arm
biceps.
young boy came in contact with fallen
electric light wire in Philadelphia and was
instantly killed. The contortons of the BODY.
caused by the wire being wrapping around it.
made bystander think him still alive and he
threw bucket of water on him. The cleo
trio current passed up the stream and knock
ed the man down and injured him severely.
1t is now stated positively that President
Cleveland, after March, will become resident
of Orange, N. j., and will have his law Office
in New York. It is said that he will be the
head of one of the financial institutions of
New York.
Some crank at Macon, Ca, during the ses-
sion of the U. S. Court, last week, nailed
U. 5. flag to telegraph pole, union down
After consultation with U. S. Judge Emory
Speer, the U. S. Marshal, Lucius M. Lamar,
sent his deputies out, got the flag and ran it
up over the building on flag staff furnished
by the jury in session. The Judge, Marshal
and jury are all ex-Confederates.
In wine cellar at Bremen there are - cases
of wine, 'Rosen Wein,' which were deposited
there two hundred and sixty -four years ago.
When it was put there the price was about
two rix dollars bottle. Taking interest into
account the wine is now worth $500 a drop.
Gen. Charles G. Dahlgren, who died in
Brooklyn, N. Y, last week, was resident of
Natchez, Miss, worth $3.50, 900, when the war
broke out. He raised and equipped a regi-
ment at his own expense and was appointed
Brigadier General by President Davis After
the war he was penniless, the government
having confscated his estate. He moved with
his family to Brooklyn thirteen years ago.
''Fort Hill, ~ the old homestead of John G.
Calhoun in South Carolina, has become the
subject of suit. His son-in-law Clemson.
to whom it descended, left it and 800, 900 to
to the State for an agricultural college, and
Miss Isabel Lee of New York, grand-daugh-
ter of Calhoun, is seeking to break the will.
The acceptance of the bequest was made an
issue in the last campaign in South Carolina
public opinion regarding it as robbery of
Miss Lees birth right.
The SOAK City Manufacturing Company"
of Raleigh, has turned out, the present year,
125, 600 pairs of pants. 1t employs two hun
bred hands regularly, and in the busy season
about five hundred. Its trade extends through
out the entire South.
London spends between 81, 900, 900 and 49,
O00,0 900 year on ported plants and cut flow
ers. Many of these flowers come from Holland,
France and even Italy. single culturist in
southern France claims to send every year
1000 worth of white lilacs, snowdrops,
lilies of the valley and roses to London.
A young man who was married at Burling-
ton, Ia. the other night, gave the officiating
clergyman a $50 gold piece by mistake for
$3.50 coin. He went to the preachers resi-
denoe in the middle Of the night and demand
ed restitution.
The following are the figures showing the
size Of the European armies. Russia 4,OOO,-
600; Germany, $500, 0Oo France, 2,43O, 1000,
with. perhaps, 100000 more if needed;
Austria, 1,o77,o0o Italy, 100000; Turkey,
800, 600.
A North Carolina Justice of the Peace fined
citizen SIS for contempt of court in not
bringing out pail of water for the Justices
horse, while he was travelling.
The Turks regularly cut open the outer