Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-06-12

ly become insane Two or three of the train
men, including the conductor then got On
the engine and stood by the insane engineer
until 1t came to its final destination safely.
The news had in the mean time gotten to the
passengers who were terrified at the situation
The engineer, who is one of the Oldest and
best on the Pennsylvania road. was sent to the
kirkbride asylum at Philadelphia.
Last fall, in the big tent of the MONTGOMERY.
Ala, Christian Union, while Rev. Sam Jones
was preaching, gale blew down an electric
light i'll it, painfully injuring VIM. Rogers
and cutting his little sons hand. Nh Rogers
wrote to Mr. Jones demanding damages. Mr.
Jones wrote back that he was not running an
accident insurance and had nothing to do
with it. Rogers has now brought suit for
$4,000 against Rev. Sam Jones and large
number of gentlemen Of the Montgomery
Christian Union
W. d. K. Duval, the ingenious swindler,
who last winter brought silver cups, $40 bills
and other spoils out of U. S. Senators on
writing to them that he had named his boy
after them, was last week arrested i'll Balti-
more working new dodge. He would go to
house and tell the lady of it that her hus-
band had burst his shoe in stepping from the
car and had sent him home for another pair.
He scooped at least dozen pairs of shoes
before he was caught. He is now in jail.
Sylvester L. Stockbridge, a lawyer of Baiti-
more, has just recovered in the Washington
(itxr (roIit ri a yardi of for $50 ipc Il
the Richmond & Danville Ry., for injuries
received in an accident OH it in 1883, by
which he was seriously injured, paralyzed
and prevented from following his profession.
He testified that his income before the acct
dent was $1,000 year from his profession.
The case will lie appealed.
John A. McCaull, former member of the
Virginia legislature, and later successful
operate manager III New York. has been for
many months lying in Baltimore Frustrated
by paralysis. He is not now we'll off and his
dependence, a royalty for the use of his name
in connection with an opera troupe, is now
cut off.
Gen. Jno. NJ Schofield commander of the
army of the United States, aged sixty-two, is
to be married on June 18th to Miss Georgia
Kilbourne of Keokee, Iowa, aged twenty six.
Miss Kilbourne's sister, aged twenty two,
married Gen. Barney of N. Y :, aged seventy
four, two years ago. Both young women
have large fortunes in their own right.
Ex-Speaker Thomas b. Reed is staying at
quiet clearinghouse i'll Paris At the re
quest of Minister Reed, NJ. Floquet put his
private gallery i'll the Chamber of Deputies
at the disposal of the ex-Speaker, who is seen
there frequently following debates with close
attention.
MI. John B. Moon, who has been appointed
by Governor Mckinney, of Virginia, the agent
of the State in the matter of the direct land
tax, is i'll Washington city engaged in having
copies made of the Treasury books containing
the names of the Virginians from whom that
tax was eXacted.
Thomas Dollhouse, an insurance agent,
committed suicide at Rochester, n Y, Sat
urday night by jumping into the canal. The
Last thing he did before sucding, was to pawn
his wife's Bible and take the proceeds to pay
up an insurance policy.
The first United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals under the new law, to meet in Virginia,
will assemble at Richmond next Tuesday.
Judge Hughes, it is thought will be chosen
as an assistant on the new bench, until reg
ular appointment is made.
John E. Lovejoy, the last member of the
no5ed abolitionst family of that name, died
Friday last, aged fifty. During the past tif-
teen years he had been railway station agent
at Center Junction, Iowa.
''UncIe George Newman, sixty-nine years
old, Confederate veteran of the 18th Va. in
fantry, as was his custom walked four miles
election day to vote at Orange, and returning
home was run over by the train and killed
Poor George S. Knight, the actor, of ''Over
the Garden Wall'' memory, has just been re-
moved by his devoted wife from an insane
Asylum to his mothers home where he is in
charge of two nurses.
Edward E. Rice, writing of singing comedi-
ans, says Louis Harrison gets seven per cent.
of the gross receipts of 1.-The Pearl of Pekin''
with guarantee of $3.50 week.
Robert G. Hazltwood has been convicted in
Lexington of the malicious shooting of Chas.
G. Burke, and been awarded one year in the
penitentiary.
The trustees of the Charlottesville Female
Seminary have bought the Shackelford prop
eltS Inele lol S',uoo, anu Will occup9 IL sWlth
the school next session.
DR.. Benz. j. LOSING, the author Of that de-
lightful book the 'Feld Book of the Revolu-
ton,' died at his home in Poughkeepsie, n.
Y. last week.
Rev. DR.. Gordon, of Omaha, said in the
Northern Presbyterian Assembly that "God
is not acknowledged West of junction City,
Neb."
The Florida water-melons are already in
Virginia. The Georgia melons are expected
in Richmond, June 10th.
Hon. Jerry Simpson of Kansas, is visiting
Capt. \. M. Chichester at Leesburg, Loudoun
county.
The Florida legislature has made Jefferson
Davis birth day legal holidayin that State.
FIVE thousand acres of timber land have
been burned on the Cheat Mountains, w. Va.
Enema Vista went wet at tIp election for