Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-08-05
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THE NEWS OF THE DAY,

Tie mortality from the heated term was not
confined to the cities. In Shenandoah county
Annanias Good was engaged in saving wood
in his yard while his family were absent at
tending funeral. When they returned they
found him lying ON the woodpile unconscious
and he died in a few minutes. In Abe
marie, Q. w. Roberts of Nelson county, was
found dead sitting in the corner of fence, his
horse grazing nearby. He had gone to Able
marie on business and been overcome by the
heat dismounted and died. Amos Senseney.
formerly of Lexington, Va, died of sunstroke
at Concord, Tenn.
The blue laws of Connecticut are not dead
yet. A citizen of Fairfield, Ct, was arrested
on warrant charging "That in the town of
Fairfield, the day being July II, 1892, the day
being the Sabbath, or Lords day, said Jere-
mia b. Osborne. between sunrise and sunset,
engaged in vain sport and recreation by then
and there riding about said town upon a GER
tain vehicle known as bicycle, to the great
disturbance Of the good people of the State,
and against the peace and contrary to the
form of statute in such cases made and pro-
vided.'
The wealthy American, Livingstone who
lied at Florence, Italy, had reputation
among the walters at the restaurants as very
stingy man. Instead Of giving them, he would
remark to them, ''I'll remember you in my
will" 1t proved to mean something, for
when he died last month it was found that he
had left $500 to the walters Of the Cafe Bot
tegone. So, 900 to the walters of the Cafe Douey.
S25, 900 to the manager of the Cafe Borghesi
"who was always very attentive to the tesla
tor" and So, 500 to the walters of the same
place.
The hammer with which Mrs. Potter Pal
mer will drive the last nail in the Woman's
building at the Worlds Fair will be furnish
ell by the women Of Nebraska. 1t will be
typical claw hammer with the national flag
draped i'll folds about it. This will be wrought
in gold. The staff of pearl will be surmount-
ed by the bird of liberty, the stars are to be
set with diamonds and the head of the ham,
mer is to be silver The nail is composed of
gold, silver and copper, and has an adjusti-
BILE head resembling brooch, and containing
a Montana sapphire.
The late Lewis g.. Hammersley OF New
York, left S6, 900, 900, the interest OF which is
to 90 to his widow (now the Duchess of Marl-
borough), and at her death the principal to
go to a son OF his brother, j. Hooker Ham
mersley, if his brother should nave son. Ii
his brother had no son the millions were to go
to public charities. At Newport, r. l., last
Wednesday, after several years without chill
dren the welcome little son came to Mrs
Hammersley. 1t is perhaps the richest baby
in America.
Ri n a r1 RpVQr1Qv who for SoSO a toll i.
the mail from Buena Vista to Pleasant View
in Amherst county, carries it the distance of 1e
miles on his back. Every day except Sun
day he walks from Buena Vista to Pleasant
View and back, distance of &c miles, and On
Saturdays walks back again to Pleasant View
to be with his family Sunday, that days walk
being 81 miles. He is 80 years of age, feet
3 inches high, weighs 1850 pounds and is in
perfect health. He has been carrying the
mail for two years and three months.
A wind, hail and rain storm in Page county
few days ago, did great damage in an incred-
ibly short time. A blacksmith shop in which
John L. Hooks son had taken refuge on his
way to mill, was blown down, killing
both the boy and the horse. The pottery at
Stony Man was blown down. The funeral
procession of DR.. j. b. Brunswick S daughter,
Miss Estelle, was caught in the storm on its
way to Luray and had to turn back, the burial
being postponed till next day.
Mrs. Abner Taylor, wife OF the millionaire
| Chicago congressman, has unique fad about
autographs. She sent one of her skirts around
to members of congress requesting each one
to write his name on the garment Her in
| ton is to embroider the names in silk and
thereby have an autograph skirt of the pres
ent congress. The passage of the linen from
desk to desk of the members of the House
created much amusement, but none refused to
sign.
The world moves slowly but surely. Last
Saturday at Rev. e. B. Rice's church in Dan
yers, Mass, was commemorated the 2O0th
anniversary Of the burning of Rebecca Nurse,
one of the victims OF the Salem witchcraft
delusion. A granite monument was erected
to her memory seven years ago, and in the
church, on marble tablet are the names of
the forty of her friends and neighbors who had
the courage to attempt to save her from her
doom.
Albert Mitchell, driver of the q. S. Express
at Havre de Grace, Nd, surprised his friends
and grieved the church of which he is an
active member, by disappearing with S., 900
money package sent by a Philadelphia bank to
the bank there. He received the package at
the cars, went to the Office and accounted to
the agent for all the express matter of the