Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-06-26
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On Sunday morning, HoustonsO of
Roanoke City, aged %, brakeman on the
N. & w. Ry., hired a buggy and drove ten
miles to the residence Of j. NJ. Trout, near
Troutyiile; saw his son Reese Trout, aged 81,
had pleasant talk, and afterwards took
Reese's sister and Miss Mamie Wright to
church. While at Mr.. Trout's he cleaned and
oiled a.revolver and replaced it in his pocket
After returning from church he hunted up
Reese Trout, shot him five times, then walked
to the church door and sent boy i'll to tell
Miss Mamie Wright he wanted to see her.
| When she came out he said 81 have killed
Reese Trout and intend to kill MYSELF He
walked a short distance, put a revolver to his
head and shot himself dead. Trout died that
night. The tragedy finds its origin in both
men being in love with Miss Allie Richardson
| of Troutville.
A story is being told in Paris about Mrs
Langtry and her most recent admirer, John
Baird, young Scotch millionaire, known ON
the turf as abingdon. Mrs. Langtry is
said to have displeased Baird by paying too
much attention to one of his rivals. He, ac-
cording to the story, taxed her with this, and
she resented his language, whereupon he
struck her twice, and as result of the en-
counter she is wearing two black eyes.-Nelo
York Sun.
Young men think they know just what kind
of a woman they will marry, and they are
sure that they will marry no other. The re-
suit is apt to prove them very much in error
as to what they think they will do and will
not do. You can tell better about the weather
afterward than before; so you can tell better
after marriage than before what kind of a
woman was to be your wife.-Neo York
Ledger.
A New Y DIRK dress maker says beer is the
best thing to wash old silk in. cit gives old
silk luster and new look almost like goods
fresh from the loom. Then too, it gives it a
little body which lasts for a while, long
enough for our purpose, anyway. At least
| half my trade is in making over dresses, and
so much better does the silk look after going
through the beering that my business is in
creasing wonderfully"
EX-U 5. Senator Mcdonald of Indiana,
died at Indianapolis Sunday night. lie was
a man of the people, plain, rough and honest
a typical Democrat. When told by his ply
stefan Sunday morning that death could not
be averted his serenity was not disturbed at
all, and he said he felt not the least concern
about the future which he left to God and to
whose saving grace he wished to testify.
The physician in charge of the American
missionary hospital at Ningpo, China, says
the Chinese will have anything done there
but tooth pulling, for which they go to the
native dentists. These are said to possess a
wonderful powder, which is rubbed Oh the
gum over the affected tooth. In about FIVE
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whereupon the tooth falls out.
Thomas Sylvanus, the first Chinese natural
lied citizen the United States had, died in
, Pennsylvania last week. He was the only
Chinese pensioner on the United States pen
sion list, having served four years in the
. Union army and was the only survivor of the
color guard of his regiment at Cold Harbor.
He was a Methodist and leaves an American
widow and three children,
AT the class day exercise of Harvard Col
lege, Boston, Friday, the college poem was
read by Mr.. Hugh Mccullough, Of Towards
vile. Albemarle CO., Va. 1t had been looked
forward to with great interest by large part
of the audience. and frequent bursts Of laugh
ter and applause showed that the witty points
of the poem were fully appreciated.
William R. Mystelus OF Philadelphia, has
left in his will to the Mariners Bethel val
liable house $50 long as such church shall
continue to conduct public-preaching service
without the use of any melodeon, organ OF
other musical instrument in the main audience
room. or room in which the preaching service
| is held
I Rev. Sam Small having settled his accounts
satisfactorily with the Utah University, has
at his request been transferred from the Col