Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-06-21
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Two years ago John Pheyten of Detroit
married Miss Nettie Rockford of that city
whose golden hair was the admiration of the
neighborh0od. Last year he suddenly left
her, and after waiting for months she filed a
| bill for divorce on account of desertion. He
in return filed cross bill in which he sets
forth that after his marriage he found that
his wife got very angry if he touched her hair;
that she refused to let him be present when
her toilet was made; that finally he got a
chair and peeped over the transom and saw
| her yellow hair hanging from gas Jet while
she stood before the mirror absolutely bald,
and that then he left the house. He expresses
regret that he did not apply for a divorce first
as he firmly believes he should have done.
Jewish pluck has just had a good illustra
ton in the case of Eleazer S. Mashbr, a Rus
sian Jew who left that country in 1882 on ac-
count of the anti-HebreW riots there. He land
ed in New York not knowing word of
English, supported himself by work on a
sewing machine, then went to Dakota where he
labored on a farm. By this time he had mas
tered the language and taught little school.
Then he was made professor of German in a
large school in Dakota. The school was burn
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law class at the New York University, gradu-
ated, and last week was admitted to practice
in the Supreme Court of that State.
JohnstoWn is rising again. barber shop
and jeWelry store were the first two places of
business opened. Last Sunday morning in
front of the wreck Of the PRESBYTERIAN church
Dr.. Beal, the pastor, mounted large dry
goods box at the usual hour for service About
100 survivors Of the congregation were present.
The opening prayer OF the pastor referring to
those who had been swept away was very
touching. Then was sung II need the every
houI," but it was greatly interrupted by the
sobs of the women.
A little railroad is now being run by cleo
tricity at Laurel, Md, which is to revolutions
ize the raiIroading Of the world. The car is
eighteen feet long, only two and half feet
square, and runs at three miles minute. The
track is only two feet wide and costs but
$1,000 mile. The company is soon to build a
railroad between large cities to run it. 1t only
carries packages now.
John w. Bardsley, the man who first
brought English sparrows to America, died
near Philadelphia Monday. He brought 1000
of them to Philadelphia in 1869, on an order
of the City Council, to destroy caterpillers in
the parks.
The Charlestown CIV. Va.) Democrat saws.
that on memorial day there, Saturday, the
| CharlestoWn Cornet Band played the hymn
Nearer my God to thee" at the grave of Mrs
E. Brownold, formerly Madame Schneider,
the prima donna.
A Grateful Citizen.-Citizen Ito country
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you gave me in this week paper, Shears, and
called TOTO" Country Editor r-to
subscribe for a year?' ''No-no, to see if
you had an odd copy lying about anywhere y
prohibition was defeated in Pennsylvania
last Tuesday by 100000 majority, of which
Philadelphia furnished $4,000. Johnstown
gave about half its usual vote but gave three
majority for Prohibition
In twenty years the South has paid more
than S3l 900, 900 for the education of the Negro
according to the calculation of the Memphis
Avalanche. Of this amount 81 per cent. was
paid by the whites.
The American Executing Company has been
incorporated in Chicago. 1t proposes to take
charge OF all executions by rope OF electricity
IN the country and take the work off the hands
OF the Sheriffs for reasonable sum.
Lit Francis Riyes Heath of Va. who was
on the Vandalia at the Samoan disaster died
in California last week He was grandson
of the late John Y Mason.
The board of regents of the University of
West Virginia by a unanimous vote on last
Tuesday, decided to open the collegiate de-
partments to female students
Capt Percy t. r. Ware who was a Confed-
crate naval officer in the battle of Hampton
Roads, died in Stafford county, Va, last
week, aged 76.
High license in Philadelphia reduced the
number OF saloons from 5000 to 1900, and
gave the city an additional revenue of over
100000.
Benz. F. Murray, proprietor Of Murray