Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-29
CLEANED FROM THE NAILS.

During the cholera epidemic in 1S49 in Nor
folk, Va, Chas W. Consolvo died, leaving, it
was thought, no will. The property was
divided among the children. Last week his
will was found under the leather top of hair
trunk written by his own hand and witnessed
by Father Hit1eiberger, then the Roman
Catholic priest of Norfolk, j. B. Austin and
Charles II. Reau. The last named was an
editor and was The correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch during the yellow fever cpl
demic of 1856 in Norfolk, of which he died.
All the witnesses are dead, but the will is
clearly written and easily read as are the Sig
natures. 1t leaves all his property to his
daughter Virginia Consolvo, who will now
get possession.
The Northern Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, has adopted the following in its revision
OF the Confession of Faith: "Infants dying in
infancy and all other persons who are not
,,uilty of actual transgression are included in
the election OF grace, and are saved and re-
generated by Christ, through the Spirit, who
worketh when, where and how he pleaseth.
SO also are all other elect persons who are
not outwardly called by the ministry of the
word''
Miss Della Nicholas, the 1S-year-old daugh-
! ter of George Nicholas OF Franklin co., Va.
being refused her parents permission to marry
John Pinkard, went to the woods accompanied
by her younger sister whom she forced to re.
main with her until after delay caused
by the rope breaking, she succeeded in hang
ing herself dead. Her lover killed himself
the following day by taking poison.
Miss Florence Munday, living near Water
ford, Loudoun county. Va, will have no
trouble getting husband. For some DAYS the
whole family were down with grippe, during
which she did all the cooking, washing and
nursing fed and MIXED six cows, fed and
attended to six horses, carried qern a half
lille from the barn to feed the hogs, and fed
thirty head of cattle with corn fodder and
straw.
A carved cocoanut she'll cup made in Fort
Delaware by James Truslow of the 9th Va.
Infantry and presented by him to Stonewall
jackson, Dec. 25th, 1862, and used by him till
his death, has just been presented to Gen.
Fitz. Lee by Joseph b. Stump, color bearer of
the Stonewal1 brigade, into whose possession
it had come.
Miss Susie Ferrols was shot dead at Shep-
herdstown,W. Va, Friday, by Harry Smooth,
whom she refused to marry. He walked up
to her while she was coasting on sleigh and
putting one arm around her neck shot her.
She was member OF the choir and teacher in
the Sunday School of the Methodist church.
He is in Jail at Charles Town.
The will Of Martha Washington, written
September %, 1900, which was stolen from
info I,,ri l,x, f,J,
raj soldiers, it is said, is now in the posses
sion of woman who lives in the central part
of New York, and who says her father took
it from Fairfax. She wants to sell it for
S., 500.
W. NJ. G. Whitehead of Alabama, is the
latest victim OF the green goods" swindlers
of New York, losing 500 by them. He was
SO sure that he brought the little valise as fal
as Alexandria. We, before he opened it and
found paper and hay instead of counterfeit
money.
| 1t has been clearly established that the
poem eff l should die tonight" was written
by Belle E. Smith, June IS, 1873, and publish
ed in the Christian Union, with her initials
| signed, while she was pupil at Tabor Col
lege Iowa, where she is now a teacher.
Cider makers should remember that pint
of grated horse radish put INTO barrel Of
strained apple juice at any stage preserves
and holds permanently the apple juice in its
then condition. Put in when the cider is SHARP
and sparkling it keeps it in that condition.
A military company with Capt. Crown and
Lieuts. Shepherd and Brannan, has been
organized at Berryville, Clarke Co., Va, tG
be offered the government ''for the Chilean
war;
G.. W. B. Harris of Rock bridge, who won a
the competitive examination, has been ap
pointed by Congressman Tucker to be the
cadet at West Point from the 10th district.
| Patrick or Mark Mccarthy, workman OF
| the Valley Railroad from Harisonburg, was
killed Monday night by falling from bridge
three miles above Lexington.
A constituent Of the 10th district has writer
to Mr.. Tucker asking if their is to be wal
with Chilli, in which case he wishes to ''raise
regiment
Only one woman Of the upper class in Egyp
is permitted to see men. She is the widowed
Princess Nazal, for whom the Sultan ISSUED
an order granting her that privilege.
One-ffth Of the 10, 900, 900 families i'll Franco
|
one child, and Of those who have as many as
seven children the number is only 100000.
| The Norfolk & Western Ry. Co., is so little
alarmed at the Kent Railway bill that it ha'
just leased the Lynchburg & Durham Ry., IL
miles long.
| Mr.. Dos Parsons of New York, has bough
5000 acres on the Potomac and Wicomict
rivers in Westmoreland Co., Va, for duckine
and hunting purposes.
A wild hog weighing about 800 pounds
which has been hunted by Fairfax CO., Va.
sportsmen for a year, was killed Saturday by
NJ. g. Vandeventer.
The Atlantic Ocean is said to be higher
than the Pacific by exactly six and one-hal
| feet.
! One lady in New York city has nearly {
| hundred souvenir spoons, representing TIN
cities or villages she has visited.
Mrs. Stonewall jackson is at st. Luke'>
Hospital, Richmond, for treatment for neu
ralgia.
Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mason
in Virginia, Prof. Peasants of Hollins In
stitute has been disabled by a fall on the ice
j. r. Crummett has been appointed post
master at Headwaters. Highland, rice E. A
| Marshall removed.
During the reign of Queen Victoria Grea
Britain has had 10 wars.