Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-07-15
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

The citizens of Haasdonk in Belgium, the
birth place of Ri. Rev. A. Van De Vyver,
Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese OF
Richmond. Va. had great celebration OH
his visit there June 9th. Cannons were fired
bells rung, the Belgium and American flags
were exhibited fntertwined, arches Of ever
greens spanned the streets having on them the
coat-of-arms of the bishop, and on triumph
al arch was ga most cordial welcome to
Augustinus, bishop of Richmond, into his
birth place" There was reception at which
the leading citizens were present, and the
bishop replied to an address of welcome made
by r. Van Eslrock, who presented him with
a bishops crosier, from his relatives
Col. H. Clay King, the author of 'King's
Digest of Tennessee laws and a leading
member of the Memphis bar, will be hung at
Memphis on August 10Th for the murder OF
David Poster, opposing counsel in case in
which he was engaged. The case was the
sensational suit of the widow of Gen. Gideon
Pillow against Mr.. King, and King shot
Posten dead ON the street in cold blood. He
was convicted and sentenced in the lower
court, but his counsel appealed on the ground
that insanity had been proven. The Tennessee
Court of Appeals, last Thursday decided
that insanity had not been proven, and reject
ed the appeal.
In the Senate, Saturday, Mr. Quay closed
an earnest argument against the keeping open
on Sunday Of the Worlds Fair at Chicago, by
sending up to the clerk the "reasons'' against
it. 1t was the Bible with the commandments.
The intelligent reading clerk read very i'm
pressively the commandment Honor thy
father and thy mother, that thy days may be
long in the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee" The mistake created some con-
fusion and amusement until Mr.. Quay pointed
out to the clerk that it was the Sabbath day
commandment he wanted read
The recent death of grandson of his in
Rock bridge, revives the fact that the late
John Knick, ST., of that county. when the
war came on went into the Confederate army
in July, 1861, with eight sons, the combined
weight of father and sons being |, 1887 pounds.
Six of the sons are still living. Two are dead
William, Lieutenant in the sd Va. infan-
try, killed at Cedar Mountain, and joseph
who died from wounds received at Port Re-
public.
Mr.. Frederick. johnson writes to Capt. J.
H. H. Figgatt of the Virginia Worlds Fair
Commission, that he has discovered at the
Natural Bridge in Rockbridge, what he be-
lieves to be the largest sassafras tree in the
country. 1t measured eleven feet in circum-
ference. He also found an oak TWENTY-FIVE
feet in circumference, an arbor vitae seven
teen feet, and one fourteen feet in circumfer
ence. He requested that these be provided
for at the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. James A. Blakey, of Stanardsville,
Green county, Va, is first cousin of Grover
Cleveland and very much resembles him. His
mother has, in pamphlet form. the first SER
mon preached by Mr.. Cleveland's father and
also the first sermon preached by the Presi-
dents brother. Mr.. Blakey did not know
that it was his relative who was nominated
in 1884 until statement was published Civ.
ing the names of his parents.
VIM. F. Powell, Prosecuting Attorney of
Indtanola, Indiana, went to New York last