Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-12-23
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

John r. Moffett of Danville, continues to
awaken great interest. Recently Rev. L. B
Thawes, the pastor of the First Baptist church
of that city, published a card in which he de-
Tended the liquor dealers of that city from
the current charge of accelerating the death
of Mr. Moffett. Mr.. Thawes' card has itself
awakened some criticism.
The question of making special efforts next
year to induce good class Of immigrants to
locate IN Virginia will be agitated this win
ter. The Legislature last session made special
provision to carry out this object, but the
agricultural board will do all it can in that
direction. It is believed much can be done
successfully in this way during the World S
Fair at Chicago.
The large amolGt of tax paid into the New
York State treasury by the estate of Jay
Gould, has revived in Richmond the question
of an inheritance tax. AT various times the
State has had such tax and only within the
last or years has it been without one. 1T
now seems probable that an attempt will be
made to revive the law at the next session of
the General Assembly.
The new State bonds issued under the Oh
colt settlement have been received at~the cap
itol. The Treasurer and Second Auditor are
filling up the bonds for the Olcott committee
as rapidly as possible and forwarding them
to New York. Thus far bonds to the amount
of about one hundred thousand dollars, net
included in the Olcott pool, have been funded
The State of Washington can boast of 16.
year-old outlaw. In the neighborhod Of Dun
geness he has terTorized the ranchers tor
miles around. When deputy sheriffs went to
arrest the boy he intercepted them, covered
them with mis- rifle and forced them to lay
down their arms and turn back with their
hands above their heads.
Developments show that the late George
Woodbridge, cashier of the Savings Bank of
Richmond, who committed suicide few days
ago, was short in his accounts as trustee for
his sister-n-law, Mrs Richards, and as trus-
tee in another instance. The amount of his
defalcation is placed at from eighteen to
twenty-eight thousand dollars.
Mr.. Cleveland has been asked to make a
speech On May l, 1898, at the Worlds Expo
sition. At the close of the speech, if he &C
eepts the insitation, Mr.. Cleveland will touch
an electric button, starting the $4,000 horse
power plant in the Machinery Hall that is to
run all the whirling wheels OF the Fair.
The first car load of black marble, quarried
at Litha, Botetourt county, was shipped last
week. Specimens from this quarry have been
sent to dealers in Northern cities and pro.
nounced equal to any in the worlds market
The property is operated by a Roanoke syn
dictate.
Governor Tillman of South Carolina, Mon
day signed the Wilson railroad bill, which
passed the legislature last week, giving to
the railroad commission the power to fix pas
senger and freight rates and otherwise con-
troll the railroads OF South Carolina.
The safe in the store of }. W. S. Smith, at
Shenando ah. Page county, was blown open
Monday night and $500 taken from it. The
next day a man named Tom Read, alias
Grimsley, was arrested and most of the mon
ey was found On him.
BY the last census the total wealth of the
United States is $62, $40, 100000, and the total
capital invested in manufacturing 50, 800 1885,
SSi, or about 5 per cent. of the whole. After
thirty years of legislating for the ). it is time
to give the 95 a chance.
Ernest and Harvey Painter, two little boys
and their uncle, James Painter. living in
Page county, were all bitten last Thursday
by mad dog belonging to the family The
parties bitten have been taken to the mad
stone in Fauquer county.
A joint stock company has been organized
to be known as the ''Virginia Marble and
Iron Company" to develop the marble depos
its adjacent OF Clifton Forge, situated on the
Warm Springs road, and commonly known
as the encore and Haynes Survey
1t is now admitted that eX-Secretary Blaine
is suffering from Bright's disease and that his
life is trembling in the balance. During Sun
day last he had sinking spells and his physc.
ians entertained little hope at one time thai
he would survive the day.
There is prospect OF struggle in the House
over the proposed national quarantine law
between those who favor putting the whole
matter in the hands of the marine hospital
service and those who favor Representative
Rayner's bill.
Representatives of the trans Atlantic steam
ship companies appeared before the Senate
committee on immigration and protested
against the bill introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. Chandler suspending immigration from
the Old World for one year.
The Supreme Court Of Louisiana has de
clared constitutional the law passed two
years ago, and known as the Jim Crow
law, making it compulsory on railroads tx
provide separate cars for negroes.
j. e. Crockett, for the killing of Mollit
Crabtree, at Biuefield, was found guilty O.
murder in the first degree, but the jury sug
gested to the court life imprisonment as {
punishment.
The first cargo Of oranges shipped direc
from Florida to England was made on ven
ture few weeks since and proved a com
plete success. The fruit kept we'll ant
brought good prices in the London market.
Doc. Taylor, who was to have been hung OF
Dec. 10th, will not swing now until after the
June term of the Court of Appeals at Wythe
Vile when it will be decided whether he is
entitled to new trial or not
Senator Randall. Gibson of Louisiana
died at Hot Springs, Ark. on the 10th inst
He served four terms in the National House
of Representatives and has been twice elected
to the U. S. Senate.
Mr.. Jos. Bryan, chairman Of the committee
on invitation, has received a letter from Mr..
Cleveland saying that it will be impossible
for him to attend the banquet given in his
honor at Richmond Oh the 25th of January
Coyington claims the largest tannery in the
State. II will employ 70 hands when in full
operation and tnrl out 400 hides of sole leather
per day. A smaller force Of about 50 hands
have been at work for the past three weeks,
The troubles on the Mexican border are re-
ported to have started at dance at San
Ygnacio, at which a fight took place. Two
thousand Mexican troops have been rushed to
the border.
One day last week one bank at Roanok