Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-05-10
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Emma Abbott (the widow Witherel), the
opera singer, is worth over $1,000 900, the
result chiefly of investments in Colorado, Cali
fornia New York city, Minneapolis and India
napolis. The bulk of her fortune has been put
in Government bonds. She is the richest
woman of thirty EIGHT years in the country
and twenty years ago, she was singing in a
Brooklyn church choir at 81 a Sunday.
Next week the Harrisonburg ice factory
commences its output. Retail customers can
have the filtered ice left at their doors at one
half cent pound, and the distilled ice at three
quarters of cent.
On Saturday night last, Winchester was
lighted for the first time with electric lights
by the Schuyler system. There was grand
parade of the military in full uniform, and
the three fire engines drawn by four plumed
horses each. The country people came in in
large numbers to the celebration.
w G. Gurnee of New York visited LeXing-
ton last week and received from J. D. Ander-
son, Treasurer of the Buena Vista Company
the balance of 500, 600, due of the S42 000 he
sold them the Harris Bottom tract for. He
gave the company a deed conveying clear
title to the land.
Every Virginian will feel proud to know
that the Richmond Locomotive Works have
gotten the contract for building the engines
and boilers of the war steamer Texas, now
2 being built at the Norfolk Navy yard. Theil
bid was 1894 800. These are the sort Of vic
tories that will push the old State to the
front.
Albert Hawkins, the colored coachman OF
4l,o 10 cpVn1a1 a1niDiStr1 tiOOS
past, should have position in the diplomatic
service The other day his carriage was
standing in front of the White House and one
of party of ladies who came along remark
ed: fsAlbert, Mrs. Harrison is not as pretty
a lady as Mrs. Cleveland, is she?" The dip
lomatic coachman looked straight at his
horses heads and replied, Madam, l aint no
Judge of women
II sounds very strange to read a cable tele-
gram dated att Nazareth April Goth, the early
home OF Jesus, and published i'll the American
papers of April 9th, announcing the arrival
there, after few days ride across the noun
tains of Galilee of the American pilgrims.
First Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son, got surprise last week in the invasion
of his Office by Col Cab Maddux Of Virginia
weighing 40 pounds. No chair i'll the room
could accommodate him and he had to take
the sofa The eyes of the officer filled will
wonder as he stared at the three-feet-across
shoulders of the Colonel.
Elmer Kendall, aged 26, of Spottsylvania
county, Va, on Friday last dressed himself
with great care remarked that he had forgot
ten to get cologne and walking up the road &c
the country store bought bottle of it. He
returned to his home bidding several acquain-
tances on the road good bye, and arriving at
home blew his brains out in the front yard
He had been in i'll health a long time.
So far, the accounts show that the New York
Centennial has cost $40, 900. 1t is thought
the bills yet to come in will absorb the re-
manning $780, 900 of the fund.
1t has been disclosed at the court martial
of Capt. Armes in Washington, that he was
one of 'ften picked men" who acted as a secret
body guard to President Harrison on Inaugu-
ration day.
Col Chas T. O'Ferrall has sold his inter
est in the Southern Planter and Farmer" to
Mr.. Jackson, a farmer in Albemarle county.
Grover Cleveland has sent $50 to the Con-
federate Home at Austin, Texas.
Rev. II. NJ. Wharton contemplates establish
ing another Chatauqua at his farm Oh the edge
of Luray for ministers in the summer.
Charles Jones, a Negro school teacher Of
Posey Co., Indiana, knocked out the eye Of a
pupil he was chastising, and later attempted
to cut the throat Of City School Superinten-
dent A. S. Layne, at Evansville, Ind, with a
razor.
Hon. VIM. G. P. Breckenridge of Kentucky
has accepted an invitation to deliver the ad
dress at the dedication Of the National Fore
fathers monument at Plymouth, Mass
August 1st
Rev. Jas. II. Leps, a venerable Presbyterian
minister, who WAS chaplain Of the 31st Virgi
MIA infantry during the civil war, is dead
The freight train on the G. & o. transport
ing portion of the old Libby prison from
Richmond to Chicago, was wrecked near
Maysville. KY, on Tuesday, by broken
axle. The people rushed in to secure memen-
to bricks and sticks of the old prison.
Rev. Davis NJ. Woods, the Episcopal minis
ter of Nelson county, Va, preached at Nor
wood, in that county, Sunday morning, and
left to fill his appointment at Trinity Church
He was found dead on the road near Variety
Mills. He was native of Botetourt, 50 years
of age, and died of heart failure.
EX-President Cleveland seal-broWn horses
with his brougham, landau and victoria, were
sold at auction in Washington last week. and
brought s., 3S2