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

Gen Alger, who has arrived in Wash
ington. says the Mckinley bill did for the
Republican party in Michigan.
CLEANED FROM THE MAILS.
In the summer of 1882, Charles ArbuckIe
banker of New York, used the terms My
dearest pet ''''Dear baby, 'Dearpet bunny, .
in writing to Miss Clara Campbell OF lronton,
Ohio, to whom he was engaged, and closed his
letters with capital ''K's" and his" which
he afterwards confessed on the witness stand
stood for Kisses and Hugs. Her wealthy
father failed and he then declined to marry
her On the morning of January 6, 1888,
Jury walked into New York court with
verdict against him of $4,000 damages for
breach of promise of marriage. lie fought it
up to the Court Of Appeals of \. Y, and last
week that tribunal decided against him and
that Dearest pet must have her $4,000 and
her costs which are 81 600 more.
The Warrenton (Va.) Index says: flames
NJ Wise died in Richmond on the 2Sth ultimo.
He was brother of Hon. George d. Wise
and nephew of the late Henry A. Wise. He
was principal of the WarFenton Academy in
1915, and was assisted by his brother George.
A friend recalls the fact that he had as pupils
E. E. Gray, Joseph II. Nelson, W. w. Page,
j. NJ. Vass, William NJ. Spilman, Markham
Marshall, Fred. W. Smith, II. NJ. McIlhany,
Meade T. White, and Leigh r. Kemper-all
subsequently soldiers in Confederate armies.
What changes thirty-fiye years work -
In Baltimore last Thursday night, Miss
Sallie Ross, rather than disappoint her wedding
oat af ED1top- p11JrQI,
from bed to which she was confined by
severe attack of infiammatory rheumatism.
was dressed, suffering agony at the touch, was
wrapped up and driven to tie church, down
the aisle of which she walked, hardly able to
stand, leaning on the5Q OF the groom. At
ter the ceremony shesaa 4taken back home
and put to bed again. No case Of equal nerve
is on record.
Awaking in his room at Chamberlain
Hotel in Washington city, one night last
week, Gen. Malone saw & man in his night
clothes crawling on his hands and knees to
the chair on which the Generals clothing
was hung. He cried out ''thief' and the man
fed. The alarm brought everybody out, and
the only man not known To everybody in the
hotel, and who said he was Mr. Smith Of
Newark was brought before the General
to see if he could identify him as the thief
He could not and the man was released.
jim Craney, colorad, who once served a
term in the penitentiary for stabbing the late
Dr.. Zach. j. Walker and last September
stabbed to death Charles Oliver, eolored, at
Brownsburg, isoclZbridge, was caught in a
Rockbrdge barn the other night. For three
months lie had been hiding in the woods, eat
ing berries and traits, and had been so badly
frost-bitten that portions CT lis feet Were
dropp'no OF.
\ marriage, peculiar in the length and
breyit5 of tie h Oh contractiA, p. u, as
celebrated a elAeraBurg, ". Va, last week.
NJ. V. Collins, forty-siX years DID, 6 feet and
inches tall, was welded to Bliss Martha
Farnsworth. The bride is feet / inch in
height-tall enough, when standing on a chair
to reach her liege lords shoulders.
The Postmaster Generals report of the in
crease OF miles Travelled in the mail service
for the year, says ,5Ss, s0j, must be credited to
Virginia. occasi3nei by the addition of 42s
miles of railroad in the State. Her increase
is three times that Of any other State
Virginia and North Carolina have more
tobacco factories than any States in The Union
the number operated in North Carolina last
year being 23l, and III il Virginia. Kentucky
has 49, Missouri, 58; New York 1f0, and Ten
nessee, 60.
There has been so much trouble in Cherokee
county. Ia, caused by the resignation OF
teachers for matrimonial purposes the past
year, that the school boardnow requires every
teacher to sign contract not to get married
during the school year.
Lionel IIodgson Barnet, the little son Of
the authorcss: Frances iIodgson Burnet, and
the boy which she took as the original for her
Little Lord Fauntleroy," died in Paris,
France, Of consumption last Sunday.
Representative Lanham, who has been re-
elected from the eleventh congressional dis
trict OF Texas-probably the largest in the
country-represents ninety-seyen counties
that are said to exceed in area ten States.
Geo. w. Delamater the defeated candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania, failed last
week for $500, 600. His campaign expendi-
lures direct and indirect, amounting to So, COG,
are said to have been partly the cause
The viii of Daniel B. FayerWeather, the
millionaire leather dealer, filed in New York
Monday, gives $1,000 to the University of
Virginia, 81 600, 900 to other colleges and s05.-
900 to hospitals in New York
Col Thomas Whitehead has been reappoin-
ted by the Governor, Commissioner of Agri
culture for the term Of two years from .Janu
airy 1st, next.
Pittsylyania CO.. Va, jury has given a
verdict of $1,000 damages against John T. Wal
ton, wealthy married farmer, for the be-
trayal of Miss Nettie Walters.
, Mrs. Mary furpie, aged 80, mother of L. S.
Senator Iurpe of Indiana. was burned to
death at her home in Delphi, Ind, last weej.
by her clothing taking fire.
AT a baby show in Norfolk, Va, last week,
two twins were exhibited, aged four months.
Martha, the largest, weighed three pounds
and her sister, Mabel, weighed two pounds.
John Novak, who was to have been hung at
Joliet, ILL.,, last Friday, and was respited, has
gone insane from the revulsion Of feeling.
Mrs Edward L. FAINT died Tuesday night
at the residence of her Son-in-law, Capt. Ham.
Shepherd, in Warrenton.
Mrs. Brockenborough, widow of Judge J.
W. Brockenborough of Lexington, was Slight
ly stricken with paralysis on Thursday.
The sale of lots at Mineral City, Louisa
county, on Friday last, reached 81 900, and
that at South Boston, Halifax, S2S.eeo.