Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-08-29

drunk and riding through the streets bowling,
he preached Sunday morning and officiated at
two funerals that afternoon. That evening
he left the town at the urgent request Of the
citizens.
A recent English bride, Miss Alma Paget,
was accompanied to the altar by a very dain-
ty little group of pages. These were her three
little cousins and her godson, all of whom
wore white sailor dresses and white caps,
with '"Alma'' on blue ribbon. Their little
faces were as cheerful as their clothes, for
MI. Bentinck, the bridegroom, had given
each of them watch and chain.
Rev. c. L. Morrison has had Rev. 2. Par
ker Richardson arrested for criminal libel in
reading from his pulpit letters derogatory to
the plaintiffs character. Both are ministers
Of the Disciples church in King William
county, Va, the complainant being an editor
of paper at West Point and the defendant
being pastor of church.
The Scottsville, Va, Courier says that thir
ty years ago white spots commenced appear
ing on the skin of a negress there. They
gradually increased in number until now her
body is as white as that Of any inhabitant of
the village. The doctors have been much
puzzled to explain why they don't know
what causes it.
The Richmond Times says that EXIT. Gov
ernor Massey, the Superintendent Public In
struction for Virginia, will be married in the
fall, to Miss Matte McCreary of Alabama,
whose acquaintance he made on the trip to the
City of Mexico, made by many delegates who
had attended the Baptist General Association
in Texas.
The widow of Peter Carpenter of Hopkins
vile, KY, who was accidentally killed on
the 18th day of August II years ago, has COM
memorated the fatal day by having religious
services at her home on that day every year
since, conducted by Rev. I. H. Shaw, who
oficiated at his burial.
The Cantonal Government of Schwyz,
Switzerland, has ordered that the story of
William Tell be henceforth excluded from
all school histories published by authority,
and it is officially proclaimed that the Tell
stories are only fanciful legends of German
origin.
At Bedford City, Va, Mrs. Joseph St.
Clair on her death bed, prayed that her hus-
band might die and be buried with her. He
was sta1wart, healthy man. About fifteen
minutes after his wife's death he was stricken
with heart disease and died. They were
buried together.
"Did you ever observe" says DR.. James in
the st. Louis GlobeDemocrat, "that a dys-
peptic person who has suffered with the dis
ease for year OF more is, in nine cases out of
ten, bald? The disease has peculiar effect
upon the hair. It causes it to become weak
and very dry
The wealth Of the United States is unoffici-
ally estimated at 81, 800. 100000 an increase
of 40 per cent. Englands wealth was placed
at $4,000. 900, 900 in 1885, but divided among a
smaller population than that of the United
States; while the value of Frances property
is put at S36, 600, 600 900.
Hon. Lewis B. Watson, member of Congress
from Pennsylvania, died suddenly of heart
disease at Washington Monday, while getting
into carriage to drive to the capitol. This
is the eleventh member of Congress that has
died this session, and the third from Pennsyl-
vania
The Virginia Dental Association met at
Roanoke last Tuesday. The Medical Society
Of Virginia meets at the Rockbridge Alum
Springs next Tuesday. The Virginia Phar-
maceutical Association meets at Old Point
Monday, Sept. 9Th.
The "Pearl of Pekin' company opens at
the Park theatre Philadelphia September
29th, with new scenery, costumes and people.
Louis Harrison, the comedian, isstill with it.
Jennie Winston appears at the same theatre
| later on.
The sale of lots at Harrisonburg aggregated
nearly $4,000, and would have been larger
but for rain storm. There were three bands
of music in attendance. Harrisonburg is a
pretty and enterprising town, and will not be
left in the general boom. -
Sam Small says of his present church rela-
tions: II am member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, have been duly ordained
deacon in the same by Bishop W. II. Ninde,
and located by him officially as President Of
the Utah University at Ogden, Utah.
Every topper in the land will experience a
pang of regret at learning that $4,000 barrels
of whiskey were burned at the Kentucky
distillery in Louisville last week. The blue
flames reached one hundred feet high.
Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt is building as gift
to st. Bartholomew church in New York, a
mission house to cost $3.50, 900, where religious
instruction and food are to be given free to
those applying. The women are taught trades.
Out Of ten men in Richmond, Va, who are
having $4,000 bridge built to improve their
property, eight, after the surrender of Lee,
walked from Appomattox Courthouse to
Richmond, and started life without dollar.
The $500 gold and jeweled smelling bottle
lost overheard by Mrs. w. A. Slater at New
London, Ct, has been recovered by diver
after hunting six days at the bottom of the
sea.
Miss Kate Figgatt, of Lexington, is the
adopted daughter OF Col. John A. Bridgland,
who died a few days ago at Richmond Ind,
leaving fortune Of $4,000.
Ex-Gov. Holiday has arrived in Winches-
ter, Va, from his second tour around the
world. In the last eight years he has tray
elled 40 900 miles.
The reassessment in Rockingham shows
that in five years the lands have decreased in
value S1O2 504. The average value of land is
put at S12 an acre.
| Capt. VIM. d. Erwin a member of the
Board of Supervisors of Bath Co., Va, and
who commanded the company of infantry
from there in the war, is dead,
Inv Hoioocoau Hedi syracuse, N. 1 :, OF
Alfred Wilkinson, Jr, who is to marry Miss
Winnie Davis next June, was burned last
week.
'Mose" Jacobs. Des Moines, Iowa, news
boy, has fortune of $4,000 invested in real
estate. He is one of the best known persons
in Iowa.
Young Mr.. Thurman, son of Hon. Allen
G. Thurman, is gray-haired and has but one
arm. He lost the other in an accident many
years ago.
Albert A. Howard aged eighteen, and Mol