Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-07-18

arm, tearing the flesh from the bones. In a
twinkling it was done, and the victim suffered
no pain. His stomach was frightfully mutt
lated, and was literally burned out. Besides
every stitch of clothing he wore was torn to
shreds, and the shoes were wrenched from the
charred and bloody feet The boy was knock
ed down by the shock, but he managed to rise,
and he had been on his feet again but a mo-
ment when another current struck him. This
rendered him insensible, and he lay in semi
conscious state for over an hour before he was
discovered by some one who was passing.
A strange wedding ceremony took place at
Chicago last week. The contracting or re-
contracting parties were Mr.. and Mrs. Ayers,
who, after two years of separation, had
agreed to remarry. The ceremony was wit
messed by crowd of people who paid
rs cents each. After the Rev. Mr.. Scoville
had offered prayer a little boy in little
Lord Fauntleroy suit sang the appropriate
song, "Where Did You Get That Hat?" Then
two young ladies sang seven stanzas about
Wedding Bells, after which tall blonde be-
gan to recite, la Mrs. James Brown Potter
the affecting history of poor one eyed girl
who had never been able to carry on in mat
rimonial way. When this part of the show
was over, Mrs. Ayers marched her ex-hus-
band up in front of the minister. The cere
mony was gone through and the curtain was
rung down on the evenings entertainment.
A new colony of strange people are farm
ing southeast of Pierre, S. D. They are I'M
der the leadership of a woman, and hold their
property in common. The woman is
rather handsome and Of commanding pres
ence, and rules over the colony of about two
hundred in rather despotic manner. Their
religion savors somewhat of the Mormon and
the old Jewish religion. and on Saturday last
they offered burnt offerings in the way OF
calves, etc. They positively refuse to allow
strangers who will not be one of them. in
their midst, and all attempts to gain any in
formation from them by ordinary means
have failed. They have called their town
Moab.
Fincastle Herald Mr.. Andrew Huffman
who lives near Tinker Knob, tells us thai
while out hunting recently for honey in the
mountains he discovered a rattlesnake OF
enormous size, which he dipatched, after a
hard fought battle with the reptile. Accord
ing to Andrews statement the snake measured
twelve feet in length, and when he got him.
These snakes are numerous in the mountains,
but are seldom seen, we believe, away from
them"
James B. Swigert, Of Carlisle Springs, Pa,
is the possessor of an old turkey gobler which
is now doing the duty of fowl of the femi-
nine gender. Mr.. Swigert few days ago
missed the gobbler, but subsequently found
him in the field Matching nest OF eggs. The
old fellow sat very contentedly, and seems
greatly pleased with doing the duties of a
mother. The turkey hen which laid the eggs
which the gobbler is Matching is now laying
in another nest.
Miss Molly Elliot Seawell, the author, is
young lady now living in Washington city.
She is a niece of eX-President Tyler, and her
father was lawyer OF distinction in Virginia.
Although now living in the whirl of great
capital, Miss Seawell is proud of being coun-
try-born and country bred, and looks back
with pleasure to her childhood spent in the
peaceful provincial life of Virginia country
neighborhood.
Another forgotten Toltec OF Aztec city has
UCCu uloCOfO1Cu Ill hCAlCO. LII Is 1OCdU6u
among the mountains of the State of Vera
Cruz, and does not seem to have ever been
visited in modern times, except by Indians.
Some of the buildings are four and five stories
high, and the cornices and windows are skill
fully worked out. The buildings are frescoed
in colors that appear as bright as if just put
on. Many inscribed slabs of stone are found
August promises to be busy month in Lou
doun, Va. On the 9th, the temperance bush
meeting at Pursellville commences and will
continue three days; on the 18th, August
Court will engage public attention; on the
Goth the Democratic congressional convention
assemblies in LeesbuIg; and on Tuesday, the
26th the fair of the Loudoun Live Stock Ex-
hibition Association will open and continue
three days.
Bishop Louis Marie Petit, s. j., chaplain
of the French fleet, arrived in New York last
week on La Bretagne, as Storage passenger,
having travelled in that manner in order to
study the treatment such passengers received
on shipboard. The bishop will remain in
New York one week, and will then make a
tour of the United States and go hence to
South America and Africa.
house in his district where the lady of the
house was the only one at home to reply to
his questions. She gave the necessary ans
wers, and described her own children, when
she added, 'But am second wife, and there
were several children by my husbands first
wife, "Oh never mind them,'' said the Off
cial. eve don't go back as far as that
Nettie Hunt of GAINESVILLE, O., was mar.
ried to Lou Merrill at the Jail of that town on
Monday. 1t was the day set for their wed
ding, and LOUIS arrest on the evening previ
Gus was not to deter Nettie; SO she got Rev
E. Hollingshead to 90 with her to the jail and
make her and the prisoner one, while the lat
ter, from inside his cell, reached out and hello
her hand.
few weeks before the census takers begar
| the regular census the citizens of Elm Grove
W. Va, thought to enumerate their popula
ton preparatory to incorporating the town
The following is the remarkable result Mum
Der of males over q years of age, 14S; number
of males under q years of age; 148; number O.
females over 16 years of age, 14S; number un
| der 16 years of age, 14S; grand total, 592.
Chicago is to have the highest tower OF
record. 1t is to be Columbiana of course an(
will be ready for the great opening in 1892
1t will be 600 feet higher than the Fife
Tower. This great Chicago affair will contain
hotel of tour thousand rooms and elevators
of immense horse power and soda-watel
fountains of equal proportion.
A terrible hail and wind storm occurred
Sunday night in the towns of Highland, elias
gov, and Boyer, MIMI, cutting cross to thu
ground clean. Farmers who had bought har
vesting machinery and Irvine are bringing
them back to the dealers, as they will have
no use for them this season.
An Auburn (Me.) business man was sur
prised the other day to see an old custome,
come into his store and pay him bill, with