Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-12-19

recovered 81 900 which he had lost during
three years at Che gambling room Of Zelback
Slap & White in Louisville.
Two years ago Miss Nida Of Allegheny Co,
Va, aged sixteen, married Mr.. Samuel Dyer,
aged eighty. The aged groom lived a year
and left her widow. In a short time W. W.
Rose. ex-Sheriff of Allegheny, about the same
age as Mr.. Dyer, courted her She married
him Oh Thanksgiving day, Nov. 9th. Rev.
John B. Davis performing the ceremony.
Mrs Joseph Biume of No. 220 Franklin ST.,
Allegheny City, Pa, in the first year OF her
married life presented her husband with
twins; in the second year Qse9) she again
bore twins, and last week she bore trlplets-
two bows and girl-seven children i'll three
years.
A colored brother once applied for license
to preach, on the ground that he had seen
sign in the sky, the letters &c. 2. c. which
he regarded as a call to go preach Christ. j."
But an aged minister assured him that he had
mistaken the reyelation that it meant, eco
plow corn. +"
Miss Ida Dunnaway of Spottsylvania &C..
convicted OF betrayng her was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. The wronged
woman, though urged on behalf Of the prison
er, positively refused to have the case settled
by marriage.
A Liberal IIusband.-"George dear, said
a loving young wife, "what are you going to
give me for a Christmas present ?" ''Im
thinking of insuring your life for $4,000"
"Oh, you dear, lovely old thing, that'n just
be too nice for anything %
Mrs. Cumso-'' What are you going to give
your husband for Christmas present, Mrs
Gazzam?" Mrs Gazzam--" Really l don t
know. thought of giving him an umbrella,
but can't find one that I would like to carry,
for less than seven dollars
Mrs. Lucy Fayreweather, widow Of the mil
lionaire who left 500 900 to the University OF
Virginia and two millions to other colleges,
is contesting the will. She does not object to
the bequest to lhe colleges, but thinks he left
! the two executors too much for their services.
A stock company has been formed to ''de-
velop'' a cave found near Timberville, Rock
! ingham So far, 400 feet OF its length has
been explored. VIM. Moffett of Staunton
was among the first visitors who entered the
cave.
The new Virginia towns have rival in the
| Northwest for industries. A st. Paul syndi-
| cate has bought for $780, OO the Roadway &
Burton stove works, for thirty years located
/ in Cincinnati, and will remove them to st.
! Paul. They employ $50 men.
The first life lost in Christmas festivities
this season is that of Miss Annie Heckle OF
! Crawford, Ga. She was dressing fora Christ
mas Tree party last Monday night when the
arapery of her dress took fire and she was
burned to death.
A. L. Miller of Staunton, in boring an arte-
sian we'll at Lanlbert's Point. near Norfolk,
last week, struck northumberland Iona
minute stream at about 600 feet below the
surface
Rev. DR.. James B. Taylor, pastor of the
Lexington Baptist church. has been elected
Superintendent Of the Baptist Orphanage
which has been located at Salem. He has
not yet signified whether he will accept it.
Gen. Malone, Senators Plumb, Cameron
and Sherman, and Maj. Harmon Newberry,
have purchased 1900 acres Of land near Taze-
we'll c. H., Va, including part of Buck
horn mountain. for $4,000.
DR.. j. S. Irwin, the Oldest physician in
| Woodstock, fell through an open trap door,
ten feet. into the cellar of Geary's store last
week. He is not thought to be seriously III
| jured.
| j. H. Hidy, ex-postmaster of New Hamp-
den Highland CO., Va, received from the
Department last week check for the amount
due him on accounts contracted from the year
1882 to 1888. The amount was cents
In the State of Virginia for the year ending
| yyi+ 1oc ct Iun a In In of l.
Ions of fruit brandy were made-Apple, 70, 100;
Peach, 1.o7S, and Grape, ,64S.
The death of eight consumptiye patients in
| Paris, after an injection of DR.. Koch's lymph
has produced strong public feeling in that
city against further experiments with it.
G. A Sullivan editor Of the Radford, Va,
Democrat is Mayor of the town, and r. E.
| Hardwick of the same paper, is Chief of
/ Police. 1t ought to be a we'll governed town.
! An Atlanta, Ga, jury have given Lumpkin
colored fireman on the Richmond & Dan
Vile BY. system. S6.250 damages for injuries
received in an accident on their road
Miss Halle VOORHEES, of Terra Haute Ind,
daughter of Senator VOORHEES,, has left the
Protestant Episcopal church and joined the
! Roman Catholic church.
/ John R. Hume the mail carrier between
| IIarrisonburg and Leander P O., distance
of eleven miles, foots it every day, making
/ twenty-five miles daily.
Of 1j4 pound man, forty-three pounds
would set up small apothecary shop, being
composed of magnesium, chlorine, sulphur,
potassium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, &c.
| Maj. Gen. Terry, q retired U. S. officer, who
commanded in Richmond for some time after
the surrender, died at New Haven, CT, Tues
day.
Mrs Dr.. Burke Chrisman, of Rockingham
county, Va, one of the proprietors of the Mas.
sanutten Springs, died in Philadelphia, Sat
uTday.
Capt. J. G. Culin, who commanded the
Monticello Guard of Charlottesville up to
the closing battle of Five Forks, where he
lost leg, died on Saturday last
Mrs. Bell johnson, of Bedford county, a
daughter Of the late Hon. VIM. L. Goggin,
died last week OF consumption.
The Christian church just completed at
Manchester, Va, was burned Thursday night.
| loss $4,000.
One hundred bushels of corn just housed by
Capt. Camm Patterson of Buckingham, was
burned on Thursday night.
Hughes & Co.'S general store, post office,
&c, at Greenfield, Nelson, six miles from
Alton, was burned Thursday night.
Don Pedros throne was recently sold at
auction in Rio de Janeiro for $500.