Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-04-11
NEWS MATTER.

cost the Commonwealth 81. 04J.
DR.. W. H. Triplett died at Woodstock, Va,
last week.
EXIT. Gov. VIM. l.. Jackson of Virginia,
who was on Stonewau Jacksons staff, died
in New York last week
The richest negro in the West is Edward J.
Sanderlin of Denver, who has made fortune
of 5000, 900 out Of his barber shop.
Some of the signal service officers predict
that in three weeks the flooded Mississippi
will sweep over the streets of New Orleans.
Senator Brown of Ca, lately gave $50, 900 to
the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis
vile, Ky.
Muscoe, the Charlottesville murderer, is the
sixth criminal carried to Lynchburg Jail for
safety in the last two years
At Richmond Monday, Judge Hughes of the
L. S. District Court, will give his opinion on
the constitutionality of the Virginia meat in
spection law.
One result of Rev. H. M. Whartons revival
meetings in Charlottesville, has been a sub
scription of 81, 600 to the erection of Y. NJ
G. Association building there.
| Miss Gwendolyn Caldwell whose marriage
negotiations with Prince Murat caused so
much comment, has been very ill of typhoid
fever at Rome,
| Lit Cotton has been expelled from white
military company at Mobile, Ala, for refus-
| ing to retract his charge Of theft against the
negro janitor of the armory after the real
thief had been found and the money recover
ed
W. W. Astor thoroughly appreciates the
| fact that he is now head of the house. One of
the first things he did was to order a supply
of visiting cards simply inscribed, "Mr.
Astor.''
Mrs Cleveland at the opera in New York.
the other night. wore a gown of peachblow
satin, made with Vatican train, square cut
corsage and short pulled sleeves. She had on
diamond necklace and quaint gold buckle
in her dark hair, which was brushed straight
back from her face.
| Kilrain, the prize fighter, sentenced to two
months hard labor in Mississippi, is having a
fine time. The law there hires out such pris-
oners, and Z. W. Rich, wealthy Mississippi
friend of Kilrain. has hired him and is feed
ing him on champagne and oysters.
The Cash Tin Mines in Rockbridge have
been leased for two years, at $4,000, to Moses
Joy, Jr, of Boston, Mass, and Judge Nc
Laughlin has confirmed the lease. Joy also
has a two-years option on the property at
S1SSO0O.
John G. Douglass of Cincinnati, one of the
most widely know lawyers in Ohio, died last
week. His will contained this remarkable
clause: 81 desire that no bar meeting be held
for me, as they are only used to explode the
eloquence of attorneys without cause.
The West Lynchburg Land Company has
been organized with $500. 600 capital stock, and
W. W. Flanagan of New Y ork, President.
i Three hundred acres of the "Gunston Hall
estate in Fairfax county, Va. have been sold
at s24 all acre to Col. Edward Daniels.
The House of Representatives has defeated
a bill postponing the opening of the Worlds
Fair at Chicago to May 1, 1898.
The Invalid Pension Committee of the
House has reported in favor of giving a sepa-
rate pension for each wound a soldier received
where any one of them creates total disabil-
ty
E. A. Abbey the artist, who is soon to mar
ry Miss Gertrude Mead of New York, is tc
) receive $40, 900 from the Harpers for illustrat
ing the entire series of Shakespearean plays
MI Abbey will reside in London after his
marriage.
The Northern Neck Of Virginia, embrac-
ing thirteen countless including Loundoun
and Fauquier, was once owned by Lord Fair
foxr md of &c I,x-o do
scendant of the family.
At Morris City, ILL.,, on Monday, Rev. r. j,
Sinner the Congregational pastor, leaned his
head on the pulpit at the close of his sermon,
and was thought to be in prayer After
waiting some time in silence some one went
up the pulpit steps to him. He was dead.
Alta swell colored wedding in Charleston,
5. c., the groom wore black cut away coat
Around his waist was a rich sash of cream
silk, the bows and tassels of which hung on
the left side. In place of cuffs the groom
wore lace ruffles. The knickerbockers were
| black and were Topped with white cord. The
stockings were black, with perpendicular blue
ish stripes. and the shoes were ornamented
with silver buckles. The waistcoat was worn
open, and on the left lapel Of the coat there
| we're two roses in a spray of geranium.
While marriage is not failure, it may yet
be tried too often. Gould Saunders aged
eighty, of Norwalk, Ct, who had some mon
ey, determined to marry second time and
took the widow Sanham, aged thirty five, to
wife. He is now suing for a divorce on til e
ground of cruelty, setting forth that among
other amusements his wife INDUCES in, is to
sit on the edge Of the bed, sharpen carving
knife on her corset steels and prod him
Herewith.
The Emma Juch opera company on a train
running to land them in Cheyenne, Col, an
hour before the curtain rose, made thirty-six
miles in twenty nine minutes over one part of
the road. But that they were afraid to try to
cross the platforms some of the company were
so frightened at the speed down the moutain
side, that they would have gotten to the en-
CINE and shot the engineer to put an end to the
race.
The English Viscount Vaudeville who mar
ried Miss Yznaga of New York, has become
Duke of Manchester by the death of his father,
but is none the less of bankrupt and black
guard by the change, Lady Vaudeville (the
new Duchess) has long been earning money
by fees accepted for presenting Americans at
Court. The other American Duchess, the
Duches of Marlborough (the widow Ham
mersley) is now in New York raising more
money for the improvement of the estate OF
the noble and bankrupt rake who married her
There is a Home of Rest for Horses in Lon
don, regularly incorporated and with lord
for it, T. 10 l,o,-