Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-08-07

partmef1t of the Worlds Fair, is of Southern
birth, aid was graduated at Yale i'll 1851 In
1854 he became secretary of the American le
cation in Brussels, and from 1856 to 1858, was
secretary of the legation in Mexico.
While the funeral of his wife was being
preached in the Methodist church of Tower
Hill, ILL.,, Sunday. Rev. W. B. F. Corley
suddenly fell from his seat and died in n few
minutes. The funeral exercises We're sus-
pended. and Mr.. and Mrs. Corley were buried
together.
The Board of Visitors of the Eastern Vir-
gina Insane Asylum at its late meeting voted
to allow the attendants two weeks vacation
in every SIX months, and the elective officers
two weeks in twelve months The vacations
will be taken at the discretion of the Superin-
tendent.
In the White Hills school district near Biz
mingham, Ct, with population of 500, there
has not been child born in nine years. The
youngest child attending school is years old.
and as she advances from grade to grade no
scholars will be left for the lower classes.
The Georgia Legislature has passed bill
disqualifying drunken doctors from practic-
ing. The method of the Indictment has been
framed, and upon conviction of drunkenness
the accused is made subject to a heavy penalty
if he should attempt to practice again.
Alexander Brown, of good family in Balti-
more, has gotten divorce from Laura Hob
son, demi-monde, whom he shocked his fam
lily and society by marrying some years ago
no of a al tbo
year as long as she lives.
A firm in San Francisco recently received
from life prisoner in the San Quentin (Cal. }
prison check for $50. 1t was in payment
for goods that he bought from the house TWEEN
ty-four years ago-just prior to committing
the deed for which he is imprisoned
The salary list of the Lyceum Theatel
(New York; Company is nearly 81, 900 week
Augustin DAILY pays his company 81, 800
Charles Frohman's costs little more; A. Nj
Palmer's salary list amounts to $1,000, and
Edward Harrigan's to S1.6O0.
The New York Board of Education has Off
cally declared the use of pet names by female
teachers to be undignifed and improper, ana
has recommended that they be directed tC
furnish the Superintendent with their actual
names for use in the records hereafter
u s. Pension Commissioner Raum announ-
ces that before the year is out he will put
through $50, 900 original pension cases in his
department. That will be more irritating
news for the tax payers OF the United States
The residence of II. G. Joyner, County
Treasurer OF Amherst county, was burned OIL
the morning of the 18th ult., and his sister
Miss Helen Joyner, lost her life by leapine
from window.
| Governor Mckinney and family are at the
Blue Ridge Springs. They will remain away
from Richmond until late in September, anc
will probably visit many of the Virginia
mountain resorts.
A verdict for 100000, the largest ever giveT
in a similar case in this country, has beer
awarded Cecil A. Deane, of Denver, Col
the alienation of his wife's affections.
Mrs. Elizabeth Coffman living near Mt
Clinton, Rockingham county, found crows
nest, and took her children to see it. As they
passed dead tree standing apart from the
rest, it fell killing Mrs. Coffman instantly.
By running single thread of worsted
through all the silk he imported, a New Y orb
merchant saved more than 81, 100000 in Gus
toms duty. His lawyer, with whom the idea
originated was remunerated with $4,000.
Miss Rosetta KILLER aged nineteen years
and weighing five hundred and eight pounds
died at Newton, Ill. Her size annoyed her by
the attention it attracted, and for four years
she had not been off the farm
Michael Cullen, aged seventy. workman
| in the Bristol, Ct, clock factory, rides to an6
from his work, a distance of three miles, on q
bicycle, on which he only learned to ride il
the last year.
AS VIM. Hanlon, one of the gymnast Han
lon Brothers, was performing in Forepaugh' 5
Circus at Clinton, Iowa. the crane broke and
he fell outside of the net, breaking his neels
and dying instantly.
A piano stool belonging to Lena Weinberg,
who committed suicide, at Winona, Mimi,
was broken recently and found to contain
Sl3, 600 in gold. Her executor had previously
found $4,000 in sofa cushion.
Capt. w. W. Brand OF Roanoke Co., Va,
invested $40 in 80 ewes and one buck Sep
TENDER, 1889, and the investment has, up to
this time, yielded him clear profit OF S199. 80
Robert E. Lee, when in the United States
Army, over fifty years ago, prepared river i'm
provement charts which are still in use in St
Louis.
Hannibal Hamlin, the recently deceased
ex-Vice President OF the United States, was a
lifelong Democrat up to his Joining the Re
publican party in 1858.
Judge Grattan ON petition of the "Wets'
has ordered a Local Option election in Linn
vile district Rockingham, which is now dry
to be held August 18th.
Gen. Harry Heth of Va, and Major ]. G.
Stearns of VT, have been appointed by SecIe-
tary Proctor to mark the lines of battle of
the two armies at Antietam.
David Boogher, colored, has been sentenced
in Rockbridge county to three years in the
penitentiary for trying to shoot railroad
brakeman.
Mayor Holmes of Kansas City, has been
formally censured by resolution of the bar
bers for having been shaved in shop on Sun
day.
The town council of Salem, Roanoke coun-
ty, has granted the franchise of a belt line of
street cars to the Salem Street Railway Com
pany, A. NJ. Bowman, President.
The man who lets his wife split all the
wood may mean well, but he shouldn't be al
lowed to do all the talking at prayer-meeting
The RAMS Horn.
Lillian Russell, the comic opera singer,
weighs 40 pounds and is compelled by her
CONTRA of with mo 10 of bar
self so as not to get over her present weight.
Frances M. Baal, a dentist, died in New
York, suddenly, from blood poisoning. result
ing from female patient having bitten his
hand while he was pulling tooth.
At the restaurant of Paul Summa at Shen-
andoah, Va, the safe was blown open and