Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-03-22

making his church outnumber all others save
the Episcopalians, who have had nine. The
Methodists are third with four the Congrega-
tionalists fifth with two, while the Reformed
Dutch and Disciples had one each. jefferson
was non-believer.
During row in progress between the policy
holders of the Mutual Benefit Life Association
of New York at their meeting there, Gen.
Clinton b. Fisk one of the directors, was
hustled out, and the noted Anthony Comstock
Jared no better.
Miss Pauline Fuller, aged 10, the fifth of the
nine daughters of the Chief Justice of the T.
S. Supreme Court was clandestinely married
in Chicago Tuesday night to J. Matt Aubrey
a railroad clerk, aged twenty three. The OPP
position of the young lady S mother caused the
secret feature of the marriage.
j. E. Powell had so much confidence in his
own reformation that he resigned the cashier
ship of the Kansas City Savings Bank and
took the road as Temperance lecturer. He
died at Junction City, KY, Saturday, of deli
rum tremens.
Chloe Poland, aged thirteen, and Joe Snow,
aged fourteen, were married at Keyser, W.
Va, Thursday. The bride was attired in
short dress.
Judge Baker of New Orleans set aside
conviction for manslaughter, on the ground
that a jury with whisky and cards could not
possibly give a fair trial.
b. T. Terry, a son of the late Gen. VIM.
Terry of Wytheyille, was found dead in bed at
the Hoffman House, Radford, Va, Monday
morning. An empty phial of laudanum was
found behind his trunk.
Bishop Keane had special audience with
the Pope, Saturday, and introduced the Miss
Caldwell who gave quarter of million to
the Catholic University at Washington. The
Pope specially blessed her.
A vase with wet sponge in it, kept always
under piano, would render the need of
piano-tuner so rare as to be phenomenal
Noah Rhodes of Rockingham, Va, has just
lost by death buff-cochin hen, nj neteen years
Old and which laid regularly up to last year
New Hampshire voted down the Prohibition
Constitutional amendment last week by over
5000 majority.
The police force sworn in at New Orleans,
Friday is by act Of legislature a life-tenure
one on good behavior.
The congregation of P-Street PRESBYTERIAN
church at Washington, of which Rev. DR..
Fullerton, the Presidents college mate is pas
tor, is greatly excited over the hope that MI
Harrison will worship there
Rev. j. II. Eager and family, and Miss Sal
lie Board, sail for Italy in May next, where
MI. E. resumes his missionary work
Miss Bette L. Stout of Lee county, Va, has
sued Dick Wilson of said county, for breach
of marriage contract. She puts her damages
at $40, 900.
Rev. James 7. Fair of Charlotte, N. c., has
been elected pastor of Grace-street Presby-
terrain church at Richmond.
Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother of the Brit
ish Prime Minister, died in London Wednes-
day.
NJ ISIS Mary McCleary of Lewisburg, W. Va
who had gone to Alexandria to attend the
Baltimore Conference, died there Saturday
evening.
The estate of the late Jacob Bonsack, of
Bonsacks, is valued at 1897 900. His will
divides it evenly between his five children and
his granddaughter, Miss S. NJ. Poague
W. j. Calhoun, who was to have been hun g
in Delaware, to-day, has been respited by
Gov. Biggs, for twenty-five years.
The six great coal-producing companies of
Pennsylvania have reduced the price of stov e
coal 50 cents ton, and other grades in prop
portion.
The old Sutherlin Tavern at Danville, Va,
over century old, burned down last week.
Emma Juch and her troupe have been en-
gagged by the Richmond Mozart for one of its
musicales
Mrs Betsy Lewis, who died at Allegheny
Station, Va, aged ninety eight, had recently
cut three new teeth
Sim Reeves, the English tenor, is, at the age
of seventy, on a farewell" tour of concerts.
Abingdon Va. went ''Dry" Friday by 6s
majority.
Postmaster General Wanamaker says he isl
Prohibitionist ''from first to last
Russell B. Harrison, son of the President.
has purchased an interest in Frank Leslie's
Weekly from W. K. Arkell of the Judge
LESSEE Grant, son of General Grant, is
farming on large scale in Cali fornia.