Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
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a Boston tailor Who made the suit, ana the
parents of the man, have identified portions
of the coat and trousers worn by the man who
threw the bomb at Russell Sage, as those OF
Henry l.. Norcross, who had a home neal
Boston, Mass, in which city he was a curb
stone broker. He disappeared from his home
on the day before the bomb was thrown, say
ing he was going to New Haven. In the let
ter he left with his mother which was after
wards opened, was this sentence: 81 go to
New York to-day to get 81 200, 900. If dc
not succeed, shall kill myself"
A suit was entered on Dec. 1 in the Rock
bridge circuit court clerks Office by S. II
Letcher, attorney for VIM. A. Sittlington and
wife, to set aside the will of the late Dr.
Zacn. J. Walker, of Brownsburg. Under Dr.
Walkers will his late estate was inherited
by Miss Hope Ervine, young lady whom he
raised. Mrs. Sittlington is DR.. Walkers
sister.
Not long since, Roy W. Vienna, (col. living
near Leesburg Va. had a dream in which. he
avs the Lord told him there were valuable de-
posts of mineral paints on DR. Shirley Carter's
farm sMorven" in that neighborhood. He
went to DR.. Carter with his dream. who told
him he might go prospecting on the farm fol
paint and he would give him half the net
profit arising from his discoveries. The result
has been that Vienna found eighteen deposit.
of paint, which experts from Washington and
New York pronounce very valuable. The
Loudoun Telephone, which gives this. add.
that it is reported that Dr.. Carter has offered
the colored man large specific sum of money
fO; his interest in tha discovery
The Board of Supervisors of Shenandoah
county have offered reward for the capture
CT VIM. Wjndle, the lunatic. They describe
llim as" Height, about it. 10 inches; bald
headed-what hair he has is a dark brown
well-mixed OF nearly gray; had chin whiskers
when last seen; is somewhat stopped; walks
rather staggering, and is about 80 years old. "
The piano manufacturers of New York
have unanimously adopted the standard
French, Austrian and Italian pitch of 455 A
double vibration in a second of time, sixty
eight degrees Fahrenheit. 1t is to go into
effect July 1, 1892.
A burglar broke the window of jewelers.
store IN st. Paul, Mimi, Saturday night. and
made Off with tray containing 81 diamonds
His foot slipped and he fell and got none OF
thediamonds. But the crowd who had pur.
sued him, stole 30 out of the 81
Ex-Treasurer A. J. Parish of Albemarle
county, now seventy years of age, who broke
his thigh by fall in Richmond last week, il
is not now thought will ever be able to walk
again.
VIM. F. MERCER of I4oudoun, who was the
State Senator from that county in the Pierre
point legislature when it assembled at Rich
mond, died Friday, aged 16 years.
About 1000 persons attended the sale in
Baltimore, Friday, Of 16o unbroken Oregon
horses. The prices ranged from $50 to
s112.5o, and averaged about $50.
In the county of Roanoke, including the
town of Salem, the State taxes and the State
school taxes paid by the whites are -S25, 00o
that paid by the blacks, 81 900.
Dir. Edwin Barbour. younger brother OF
Senator John S. Barbour, died at the Waiver
ly Hotel, Culpeper, last week after long i'll
ness.
The South Carolina House of Delegates on
Saturday last, by a vote of 40 to 81, passed {
bill prohibiting the manufacture or sale in
that State of any kind Of liquor
Chicago's Y. NJ. G. A. building will be Il
stories high, and with the ground will cos
| 81, 565, 900.
According to the law in New Hampshire,
man convicted of murder has one year to live
between his conviction and time of execution
MI. j, Tate McClung Of Buena Vista, dice
last week, and was inferred at Lexington.