Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-02-06


yhe chIldrei of her former owners Thsy
were equally fond OF her and gave her affee-
tionate attention to the day Of her death.
Just after the result of the late campaign
had become generally known, the Sunday
School lesson in certain locality happened
to be upon the parable of the Pharsee and
Publican in the temple. After number oi
questions had been asked, bringing out the
various details of the parable, one lttla girl
was asked who was it, Clare, that went
back to his house justiied?" All her disgust
at the course politics had taken was manifest
in her tone as she quickly answered; ''Oh,
the Democrat Of course. They seem TO get
ecerythjng noacadays.''
Rev. Geo. J. HOLIDAY pastor of the Berkeley
Baptist church near Norfolk, has accepted
the Superintendency of the Baptist Orphan
age at Salem, Va. 1t gives a well equipped
family mansion, and gentleman of Salem
has offered him, as an inducement to accept
the place, a voyage to Europe free of expense
to him, for the purpose Of familiarzing him.
self with the workings and management OF
similar institutions on the Continent
When the prayer is said in memory of tie
dead of the congregation in the synagogues. it
is customary for only the members OF a fami-
iy in which death has taken place to rise
from their seats. At Beth-Ahaba synagogue
in Richmond (the late rabbi Harris charge
Saturday when the prayer was read, tie
whole congregation rose to their feet
The noted estate Hill" gold mine property
in Louisa Co., Va, has been sold, to J. j.
Wecher of Mexico, d. c. King of San Fran
cisco, and Rush Field and A. NJ Button Of
Chicago for $50, 900. The same parties also
bought the Louisa mine. The ore of the
first named mine yielded 5000 to the ton On
a test few weeks ago.
The road is open from Monterey to Poca-
hontas for the first time since the big Deem
bar SNOW. Two yoke of cattle and twenty
horses were driven over it January 9th, and
the big drifts in the Allegheny tramped
down.
Secretary Proctor has given furlough to
young Hugh Wise, son of Hon. John S. Wise,
cadet at West Point. He has not been in
good health for some time, and the rest
will enable him to continue his studies next
June.
man physician to 90 to Berlin to study Dr.
Koch's methods. She is a graduate of the
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania,
and visits Germany as the delegate Of the col
lege.
Ex-senator Malone, and eX-U. S. Marshal
| mo G. Watts, of Va, with Senator Plumb
of Kansas, have bought So, 900 acres of mineral
! land in TazewelI, Grayson and Pulaski coull-
ties in Virginia.
| Olivia Thorne Miller has within the past
four months posted from her home in Brook
Ign no less than 10000 printed slips asking
the women of New ork not to wear birds OF
| their plumage.
The crockery establishment of Philips &
Loss SIC, 900 on which there is an insurance Of
S23, 900.
Judge 6. g. Junkin, of the Court at Chris
tiansburg, Va, has declared the State law
prohibiting the running OF freight trains on
Sunday unconstitutional.
The Missouri legislature is now added to
the list Of those that will vote no money to
the Chicago Worlds Fair if the Force Bill is
passed.
4 bill has been introduced in the Senate APP
pointing VIM. Preston Johnston of La. Re
gent of the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton. to fill a vacancy.
Walter BudWell we'll known druggist of
Roanoke, and partner Of j. Fleming Chris
tan, died suddenly on Thursday. from heart
failure, produced by taking anti-pyrine.
ii. 6. Dunlap of Niagara Falls, n. Y, has
purchased for $50, 900 the Mclean house in
Appomattox county, rendered historic by the
fact that Gen. Lee surrendered there.
Rev. Colin Stokes of Collierstown, Rock
bridge county, has been calledto the Presby-
t,rian church at Covington Allegheny coun-
t., Va.
The students at Washington & Lee Univer-
sity burned the Force Bill in bonfire on
the night Of the 2Sth ult., and went to Prof.
Ran. fuckers and got a speech out Of him.
\ fire at Ronceverte, W. Va, Thursday
about dawn, destroyed the stores of Rodes,
Whitney & Co., loss $50, 900; II. n. White,
loss $3.50, and Williams & Co., loss 1890.
Wool-"How do you go to work to tell the
age of a hen?" Van Pelt-"By the teeth. :"
NTool-"A hen hash t any teeth, you idot!'
Van Pelt-''No but 1 have"
". II. Laughlin has bought the Agnor
i1tttI ittptIth III HON W y.
nor for 81 900 cash and farm in Rockbridge.
a. j. Garner, who had beard FIVE feet long,
reaching the ground, died at Hinton. ". Va,
Friday.
Capt. A. j. Parish, for twenty years Coun-
ty Treasurer Of Albemarle, declines to run
again.
l.. 3. Imboden, real estate broker at Fort
Worth, Texas, was arrested Friday for forge
res to the amount Of S12, 000.
The net receipts of the Stonewall jackson
Monument bazaar at Lexington, Va, wee
s., 772.4o.
Virginia has Obs square miles of land and
1926 square miles of water within her Dor
ders.
Dir. r. ". Raymond, Secretary of the Ame-
rican Institute of Mining Engineers, has gone
to the Mediterranean and the Nile regions.
Changing A Celebrated Watering
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