Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-01-02

tations to attend the banquet OF the Youn:
Mems Democratic Association in Philadel
pha on January 8.
The only petition for the passage of tn,
Force Bill that has been presented in III,
Senate this session, was that OF some ne
groes in Kansas.
GLE1NED FEOM THE MAILS.
Soski Nitu the girl wire walker of jap
anese troupe, died at Columbus, Ohio, las
week. The members of the troupe ATTENDED
the funeral wearing their best garments til,
feet being covered with white cloth stockings
having place in them for the great toe, an;
wearing wooden shoes about two inches high
held in place by white cord passing obi
quely from about the center Of the foot to
point between the great toe and thence to thu
opposite side, where it is again fastened to The
wood AS the Japs filed into the room they
gathered around the coffin, and, reyerently
clasping their hands, placed the tips of theil
fingers to their lips and offered prayer, after
which sister of the dead girl cut a lock OF
hair from the head of the deceased and the
services were ended.
Christmas eve handsomely dressed woman
drove to the store of Joel Putnam 6 Co., Bal
tir- :, selected $500 seal skin sacque and
rendered $1,000 bill The clerk took it to a
bank to be verified She became angry at the
treatment, and when he got back with the
note, which had been ascertained to be GENT
lie. snatched it from his hand, would buy
nothing and drove off. Two hours later she re-
turned and bought the sacque very reluctantly
after such treatment, but said that she could
find none elsewhere to suit her. She gave the
$1,000 bill which was instantly accepted and
$500 in,change given. She drove off at once
with the sacque. The bill was then discover
ed to be counterfeit. She had substituted it
for the good one during her absence.
AS was prophecied by experts some years
ago, the gas companies are going largely into
the electric lighting hus.ssaet~ They can drive
their dynaWrs under the producer gas sys
tenn wit1Sne and half pounds Of coal pei
horsepower per hour. Among the gas com
Vat have already put gas engines to
W, Qanner may be mentioned one at
Racine, n2ing 80 arc lights, with 90
- r W. ~ oa oiie az Fl" oo.iso'N'
G G e. T. one o, at Ro o and lncan
one at Oshkosh, 100 horse p, hlhere
are similar plants at Grand ForNE
Sioux City, Ia, Atlantic City, n. j., Han.
ton, Ont, and many other places.
Miss Frances E. Willard, President of The
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has written a letter in defence Of S
\. kean the Chicago banker who failed last
week and is under arrest for accepting depos
its when he knew his bank was insolvent
She says his thirty years Of good life and
bGotherly helpfulness ought to count fol
something. The W. c. 7. L. lost 81 900 ir
kcan's bank. 1t is alleged that he gave two
ministers Of the gospel, who were depositors
the tip 50 they could withdraw their de
posts in time.
The fact that the life of business nowadays
is advertising, leads to great competition
in this line Before Sucei, the italian, vino
Oh wager, has just existed foity-fve days
without food, completed his fast, the agent Of
beef tea manufacturer offered him $500 if his
Of his tea. 1t was accepted and the advertise.
mcnts were prepared for the papers. But
later the agent of brand of cocoa offered
him $50 if he would take a cup OF that first
1t was accepted and the beef tea man lost all
he had spent in preparing.
Rev. j. II. Davis, D. D.. of Halifax Co.
Va, when young Presbyterian minister fel
in love with Miss Annie Hunter at Presby
terry. lie sent letter to her by a frien(
Which was never answered, the friend having
destroyed Instead of mailing It, That ended
the affair, and later Dr.. Davis married some
oneselse. Not long ago, having become {
widower, he was visiting at Winchester where
he met Miss Hunter again. The past came up
and with it an explanation of the lost letter
Last week they were married at Georgetown
DC.
When Miss Jennie Demaway OF King vii
liam Co., Va, left her home last month t.
visit her married sister in Sussex her weddin.
day was fixed for December 23d. AT her sis
Tel s she met and was visited frequently by W
L. Thompson who was TO be the best man o
her atfianced at her wedding. On Decembe
10Th she and Thompson drove to Weldon, n
G., and were married. On December ODD he
Old love arrived in Sussex to marry her &C
| him. -"
Geo. ". Child of the Philadelphia Ledge
on Christmas eve night presented lis employ
eaS with ali aggregate of 1000. beginning a
SO with the Office boys and going up to hun
dreds with the editors. He then started HON,
With big pocketful of bank bills fer t;istri
button among his domestics. He had alread,
spent the morning in sending away to friends
i'll checks, SIC, coo, besides many presents o.
other kinds
Charles Foster of Jersey City, returning
home at midnight, Christmas eve. found il
the hallway paper bag which he thought
held Christmas turkey. He awakened his
wife and told her of the handsome surprise
some unknown friend had given him. She
lighted lamp and on opening the bag found
the nude body of dead baby. Mrs. Foster
tainted. Her Mortified husband took the
corpse to the police station,
A garter snake two feet long, crawling oyer
snow about three feet deep, was killed Oil tbs
W. X. Whitesel farm near HaTrisonburg, Oh
December 23d On the same day the Superin
tendent of " oQibne Cemetery at Woodstock
captured and bottled alive q large moccasir
baskiag in the sun in two foot square bare
spot Of earth in the cemetery surrounded by
great piles Of snaW.
Albert Med erman, a joWeler of Philadel-
phla, returning from Europe, attracted the
attention Of the New York custom house
Offices at the steamship wharf by his clumsy
walk. lie was searched aHd in his pockets
E@Ea Two quarts of rings and bracelets, and
seWed into the seat Of his pants were
tWenty-eght watches. lie had to pay tipe
Of $4,000.
On Monday nigfltof la.sssweelS, as Thomas
y Massey. well known real estate man of
ssseanoke aged sxtg=eigili. WIS walking from
his office home, he was assaulted by two men
ana ~, ms skali fractured Robbery gas frustra-