Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-07-22
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

An old Hampden Sidney College man who
was there i'll 1913 when Dr. Green, the father
of Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson, was President,
says of the two daughters that Julia, who
became Mrs. j. g. Scott of Bloomington ILL.,.
was years old, and Letitia, who married Mr..
Stevenson, was years old, and adds: ''Gov-
ernor Mckinney, Prof. e. II. Winston, Nh
W. I. Darlington, and others of Dr. Green's
old students in Richmond will certainly re-
call little 1SM, as she was known to the
boys
The last fight with Indians in the Valley of
Virginia, took place where the Narrow Pas
sage bridge Of the Valley Ry. now is. A one
horse wagon going to the fort which was at
Woodstock, two miles off, containing Sheets
and Snyder and their families was attacked
by seven Indians. The two men fought des-
peratelv, but were killed The women in the
wagon then commenced firing and shot one OF
the Indians, which demoralized them so that
the women whipped up and drove off to
the fort safely
The Corn and Flour Exchange men of Bal
timore played base ball last week, and the
Sun says that the next morning more dis
abled and sore set of men could not be found.
They had all played ball before. but it was
many years ago The chief subject OF their
conversation on Change next day was the
merits of Turkish baths, massage treatment
oils, ointments and other alleviators of sore
muscles and pains. A game very like the
Staunton Bankers and Insurance mems game.
Herr A. Noil of Berlingen, Germany, has
constructed the most marvellous timepiece
hot ~,
Calculations, based on two years of solid
going, prove what the maker claims for his
wonderful clock, viz: That it will run for ten
thousand years without winding. Hands on
the dial point to the time of day, the day, the
week, months, seasons and years. 1t also
calculates the changes in the moon and tells
when the sun is fast or stsIow.'' The
clock is the result of five years of patient
arduous labor.
The Winchester Times says that last week
two men Oh the farm of Henry Rowland of
Frederick county, saw mule kneeling on
and biting something on the ground in field
The cows in the field gathered around the
mule with loud cries and tried to horn it, but
it fought them off by kicking and paving, and
while the mother bawled frantically, ate the
tnTee-uayS-Olu Call WHICH he nad down, IoaV-
ing nothing but the bones.
Joseph w. Jones of Prince William county,
Va, who was dancing at party near Dunn
fries last week, in the same set with Thomas
Jefferson Florence whom he did not like,
went one step toe far in showing it. He pur-
posely stepped on Florence's toes to make
him resent it. Florence would not notice it,
he then stepped Oh the toes of the lady
Florence was dancing with. Florence drew
pistol and shot him dead.
Rockbridge county, whose finances have
been wisely managed by each successive Board
of Supervisors formany years past, the Board
persistently curtailing the county debt every
year, has just as result of the credit arising
from such a course been able to place $3.50, 900
OF her bonds at per cent. ($75, 200 being taken
in New Y orl) by which she is enabled to re-
tire her G per cent. bonds to that amount and
save 81, 800 year in interest.
Travellers arriving at Harper's Ferry will
soon see great change. The B. & 0. is to be
Strengthened and run through corner OF
Maryland Heights by a tunnel S75 feet long,
The present bridge will go, and new bridge