Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-11-08
court was due to the anti Catholic feeling

| The first wife Of Senator Zeb Vance of North
Carolina was an active Presbyterian. His
second is Catholic. One of his Presbyterian
| friends in North Carolina said to him recent
| ly: 81 hear your new wife is a Catholic.
How in the name of common sense did you
come to marry Romanist? 1t caused much
SORROW in the church. "Well, said Zeb, 81
have tried rum and rebellion, and thought |
would like to try Romanism."
Jas T. Woodward has literally walked into
| the Indiana penitentiary to serve term. In
| 1884 he was sent there for embezZlement, and
three years later was pardoned by Gov. Gray
on condition that he leave the State. He came
to Virginia, but soon returned to Indianapolis
| and engaged in the lottery business. Saturday
| he was rearrested and taken to Michigan City
| to serve the remainder of his term.
| Gov. Fitz. Lee of Virginia has proved him
self in the matter of criminals, fair and
humane man. Last week he drove thirty
miles to visit colored man, Simon Walker,
under sentence of death in the Chesterfield
jail, in order to better judge whether to COM
mute his sentence OF not. He had long talk
with the condemned man and respited him
until his case could be further looked into.
Rev. Oscar S. Bunting, for eight years rector
of the Episcopal church at Harrisonburg,
preached his farewell sermon last Sunday
night, previous to his departure to his new
charge at Trenton, N. j. After the benedic-
ton the congregation waited while Miss Lalla
Thurmond of the choir sang, "May God be
with you till we meet again. The scene was
| very touching.
| George Early and four other colored men
are in jail at Lynchburg, for the burning of
the large tobacco warehouse and other build
ings at Rocky Mount, Franklin, after Lt.-Gov.
Massey had spoken in the warehouse on the
night of October It'll. Early has confessed the
crime and said it was done because the use of
the warehouse was refused to Gen. Malone
and granted to Mr.. Massey.
The mode of travel that shows the least loss
of life by accidents, is the steamboat. The
report of the U. S. Inspector General of
steamers shows that during the past year they
have carried 55O 900 Of people and only
3O1 have lost their lives. So man only
stands about one chance in fifteen hundred
thousand of being killed on a steamboat.
Mai Burr Powell holland, a well known
lawyer of Middleburg, Loudoun county,
| d., dSco o0FCLpy -OiiC SSolo, uiOU ouNoShAy
while attending the Loudoun Circuit Court al
Leesburg He had represented that county
several times in the legislature, and during
the war was on the staff of the Confederate
Commissary General.
am lying, Egypt, lying, in my own pecu-
liar way. l acquired the habit lately, but
do it every day. Every morning to the river
with my tackle l repair to beguile the
speckled troutlet from his deep and placid
lair. In the evening on returning l describe
my victims size; and I'm roaming, Egypt.
roaming in wilderness Of lies.-ErchGnge.
| Rev. J. NJ. Armistead the colored pastor OF
the Zion Baptist church at Portsmouth, Va,
and member of the council of that city, is
under arrest charged with running Selena
Whiting member Of his congregation. He
has become we'll known in Virginia in the last
few days from the fact that his name headed
the Malone address of the colored ministers.
When Mr. Latehours got home the other
night, he answered his wife's sleepy inquiry
by saying it was about 10 o'clock. His wife
who suspected it was later, asked him please
stop the clock as Its ticking kept her awake.
He did it, The next morning as she took out
her curl-papers she sternly pointed 20 the ST.
| lent witness which stood at A. NJ.
Capt George A. Ainslie a prominent car
rage manufacturer of Richmond, and one of
its most public spirited citizens, died On Mon
day. He had been President of the Chamber
of Commerce, President of the Mechanics In
stitute, and eX-Grand Commander of Knights
Templar of Virginia. His death is loss to
the capital of the State.
Lula Hyer, aged eleven years, was taken
charge of by the Board of Childrens Guar
dams of indianapolis some time ago. She had
beautiful head of golden hair which was
cut of by order Of the Board. Her mother
later obtained the custody of her,by order of a
court, and is now suing the Board for 81, 800
damages for cutting the child's hair.
Judge Perkins of Kansas, has grieYous
story to tell in Washington of his canvass of
Virginia. At Orange G. H., the hotel keeper
named Stevens ordered a pitcher, that was
used at the meeting, to be taken out and
broken, saying he 'wanted no pitcher in his
house that had been used at black Republic
can niger meeting"
The burning point of celluloid is 1900 and
those who wear combs and bracelets made of
1t, should remember it. In Paris, as little
girl wearing celluloid comb was sitting be-
fore hot fire studying her lesson, the comb
burst into flames burning much of her hair off
and disfiguring her for life.
1t is estimated that over s., 800 900, 600 is
invested in the dairy business in the United
States; that 100000 cows supply the raw
material; that to feed the cows 60,000,0 900
acres of land are under cultivation; that
| in no b,1cip nd
over 1000, 900 horses.