Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-07-05
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ana MISS Laura Duke omlIn, OF Lexington,
attended a social gathering in Ashland, KY,
one evening last week, and Young minister
and the county clerk were among the guests.
After a while some one suggested a mock
marriage and Mr.. Marcum and Miss Smith
volunteered to be the bride and bridegroom
The county clerk was appealed to and made
out the license and the minister performed
the ceremony. Nothing more was thought Of
the affair until Friday, when it was mentioned
to lawyer, who declared that the marriage
was legal one. This view is accepted as
correct, and the make-helieve bride and bride
groom are intensely distressed. To add to
the complication, Mr., Marcum was engaged
to an estimable young lady of Ashland. The
courts will have to be appealed to for relief.
Mr.. Marcum is editor of the CatlettSburg
Democrat, and Miss Smith, OF Mrs. Marcum,
is the daughter of Gen. Greene Clay Smith,
one of the best known men in Kentucky.
The life insurance people have listed the
men who carry large life insurance, and these
are some of the names that are printed in
their circulars: John Wannamaker, Phila-
delphia S1,OOO,0OO John B. Stetson, Phila-
pelphia, $1,000 E. H. Abbott, Milwaukee,
500, 900; William w. Gibbs, Philadelphia,
$500 900 j. Reed Whpple, Boston, 100000
Hamilton Disston, Philadelphia, S475, 900
E. 2. Allis, Milwaukee, S465, 900; z. IL. Glat-
felter, Spring Forge, Pa, S393,OOO; John j.
McCool, New York, S3S5.000; DR.. r. G.
Flower, Boston, 1926, 900 !; Charles A. Coffin,
Lynn, Mass, 1901, 900; Robert l.. Anderson,
Pittsburg, $500, 900; J. L. Gates, Milwaukee,
$500, 900; G. NJ Wakefield, Milwaukee, $780,
900; Julian S. Carr, Durham, n c., $3.50, 900;
Cyrus w. Field, New York, S25O,0OO; J. S.
Fogg, Boston, $3.50, O00 Pierre Lorillard, New
York, $3.50, 0O0 James B. Pace Richmond,
Va, 100000; E. j. Parish, Durham, N. c.,
S100,0O0
A woman whose matrimonial career stretch
ed across a continent and embraced six hus-
bands has just died in California. She lived
in Philadelphia for several years, and at the
time of her death her name was Josephine
Baxter. At the hour of her birth it was jose
phine Taylor, and in the fifty years that laps-
ed between her maidenhood and last marriage
she rejoiced successfully in the names of Odell,
Cushman, Williams, Wilkins and Esty. Her
first marriage was an elopement. She was
never divorced, but buried her husbands one
by one, generally finding some one to take the
place of each before many months were gone.
A school teacher, pork-packer, an army Off
Ger, a missionary, a sugar-planter and a law
yer successfully wooed and won her, and with
one OF another of her half dozen partners she
visited nearly every part of the world. She
resided with her brother in Philadelphia in
1875, and again in 1888, during her fourth and
fifth bereavements. Mr.. Baxter survives her.
| In Stamford, Conn. two children attended
service at the church of Which Rev. Mr.. Vail
is pastor. MI. Vail repeated the words:
''There is nowhere, no place, that God is not. "
In an audible whisper Pauline said to her
brother: ''He don't know, does he? But I'll
tell him about it after church" Just as the
preacher descended the pulpit steps breath
less little figure caught hold of him and said
pantingly: "You don't know about God
Mr.. Vail, an | must tell you. He isn't every
where Ike you think he is, cause the Bible
says: God is not in the thoughts of the
wicked That's why he don't always get into
ME, but I'm going to try to be very good this
week, so he Ii come.' And as Mr.. Vail took
the bright eyed little one into his arms she
added naively: "Y on don't know everything
do you, Mr.. Vail?"
On the 18th of November, 1861, William
Higginbotham, a ffteen-year old boy, wa.
riding along the road near Mt. Vernon, Ky.
shouting for Jeff. Davis, when he was killed
by j. Logan Sigaman, who fled and was no
heard from for twenty-five years. He wa:
finally located in Missouri and brought t.
Kentucky for trial. The case resulted in
hung jury and Sigaman was released on bond
The trial has been postponed from time tt
| time, until last Monday, when it was called
with Judge Morton, of the Lexington district
on the bench. The jury held out two days
eleven for acquittal and one for conviction
and finally agreed on a verdict of not guilty
This is the case in which the Grand Army OF
the Republic took such prominent part when
| Sigaman was arrested.
The following story is credited to Genera
| Wade Hampton: General Hardee, of the Con
federate army, was fine tactician and stric1
diSciplinarian. He deteSted struggling and
severely repressed all tendency to breaking
ranks. One day, as he was riding along the
rear of the column, he sped lank uncoutl
johnny, clad in butternut and perched dis
consolately on the rider of a siX-rail worm
fence. Riding up General Hardee broke out
with string of oaths: "You internal strag
gler, what are you doing here?" "Pn
a-restin'," was the sullen reply. "Well, who
in the devil are you? What is your regi
ment?" "Tm chaplain in the Eleventh
Arkansaw Volunteers. Who in the - are
you?"
In a recent number of the Century there
was an illustrated article from the pen OF
Hon. John S. Wise on the Virginia Military
Institute. Among the illustrations there was
picture of Gen. F. II. Smith, the venerable
superintendent. The picture struck the fancy
of We'll the artist, of Washington, D. G., who
at once wrote here for the original negative
from which to paint an Oil portrait. He Sc
cured the negative from Miley, and pro
nOunced it one of the finest studies for head
that he had ever seen. From that negative
We'll has painted a life-siZe bust portrait, and
the picture is now at the institute. Those
who have been Sofortunate as to see the paint
ing pronounce it to be perfect likeness and
work of art of the highest merit.
special from Russford, Mimi, dated june
2Sth, says: ga combined cyclone, waterspout
and hail-storm passed from one to five miles
east of here last night, destroying everything
in its path. A belt two miles wide in the
pathway Of the storm, and thirty miles il
length, is absolutely laid waste, the trees
being as bare of leaves as in winter. The los.
by the storm cannot fall much below 500, 900
Immense trees, two feet or more in diameter
have been torn up and twisted off For two
miles in width the mercIess hail pelteo
everything to the ground. 1t crossed rail
road track where section men were at work
and they say that it fell fully as large as
mans fist
Last Friday a vagrant Indian made his ap
pearance in the town of Gravity, Iowa, bu
was soon ordered away. He next went to the
residence of Young German named Franz