Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-10-14
THE NEWS or THE DAY,


THE NEWS or THE DAY.
Friday last was hangman's day In South
Carolina and four criminals paid the death
penalty At Spartanburg John Williams
colored, who killed J, A. llennemum, mayor
of that city, in September, 1891. and Milbry
Brown, a tifteen-yearold colored GIRL who
killed the infant Of W. Q. Carpenter OF Gail,
ney City, in June last, were hanged on The
same scarold AT Newberry, Anna Tribble.
colored woman, was hanged for the murder
of her infant on February last She was con.
victed of having secreted the child In field
on the day of its birth and of having deserted
it, thereby causing its death. The condemned
woman raved continuously during the night
and the next morning and had to be forced on
to the scatfold. Death was almost instanta.
neous. The woman protested her innocence
to the last. William Wilson was hanged at
Anderson for the murder OF his wife on May
10, last. Wilson broke down while the war
rant was being read but recovered himself
His neck was broken by the fall and he was
pronounced dead in % minutes.
Last Thursday night at Homestead, Pa, a
dastardly attempt was made to blow up a
boarding house in which about 40 noll-unon
workmen were sleeping Dynamite was the
agency resorted to- and that it failed was due
to the force OF the explosion being expended
downward The explosion was so severe that
it was felt in camp and the front part Of the
building was wrecked. The explosion occur
red at the dead of night when the mill work
ers were asleep and created the greatest con-
sternation among them. All of them were
thrown violently from their overturned beds
and some were tossed into the street. The
workmen were thoroughly terrorized and
deputy sheriffs patrolled the streets and
guarded the non union boarding houses
1ncendiarism seems to be rampant in the
town OF Culpeper, Va, only few weeks
since we published brief mention of de-
structive fire thought to be of incendiary orr
gin. Last Friday night another and more dis
tressing loss of property occurred from the in.
cendiary torch. The flames spread rapidly
and not until the Baptist church and the
hardware and tin shop of Thomas & Co..
were consumed and the stores of S. Dener,
Nelson & Co., A. J. Armstrong, and Fray &
Co. had been considerably damaged were
they gotten under control The
loss is between $4,000 and $4,000, partially
insured. The Baptists lose the most. Their
church cost $4,000 and was only insured for
$4,000. Thomas & Co. lose about S., OOO Most
OF the others were fully insured.
A peculiar case of poisoning is reported neal
Charlottesville, Ind. At a party newfan-
gled kissing game was introduced and proved
very popular. The young men on arriving
drew strings of variegated colors from box
and then selected girls whose dresses matched
the strings. The young granger then took one
end of the string in-his mouth and the girl
the other Both then chewed up the strine
until they were mouth to mouth, when sew
eral kisses were exchanged. It seems that the
person coloring the string had used dyes. which
were not fast and the colors ran. Several
were poisoned very seriously and it is thought
one Oh two cases may result fatally.
Last Saturday. in Appomattox county, Miss
Annie Lee, beautiful girl of IS years, DELHI
erately suicided by throwing herself in front
of a rapidly approaching train on the N. &
w. road. The train was within few wards
of the young lady when she sprang into the
train, and met boldly her awful death. She
was caught under the engines pilot and
dragged about fifty yards, severing her head
and mangling her body beyond all recognl-
ton. The young lady had walked several
miles FROM her home to commit the deed, fol
which there was no apparent cause.
The famous Dalton gang attempted to rob
the banks of Coffeyvi,ie Kansas, last week
but the authorities got wind OF the raid and
were prepared for them. just as they were
leaving the First National Bank the Sheriff
met them at the door and all commenced to
fire. Bob Dalton, Grant Dalton, Joseph
Evans and John Moore of the robbers were
killed, and of the citizens Lucius NJ. Bald
win, Chas. J. Brown, e. T. Connolly and
George Cubine were killed, and four others
seriously wounded.
Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet-laureate OF
England, passed peacefully away early
Thursday morning. There was no artificial
light in the room, and with only the moon
light streaming in upon him, his spirit took
its gentle fight. His remains were inferred
on Wednesday last in the poets corner OF
Westminster Abbey, where they lie next to
the tomb of Browning.
Veteran Ashby, of the Confederate Soldiers
Home, has presented to the Ladies Holly
wood Memorial Association handsome COM
pany flag that was presented to Turner Ash
bys first command. 1t bears the inscription:
Presented to the Mountain Rangers by the
Ladies of Salem, Fauquier County. Our Libs
erty, Our Rights, our Honor The flag is
faded, but we'll preserved.
When Fancy, Stonewall Jackson's old war
horse, died in 1886, its body was mounted by a
taxidermist. 1t now stands in glass case in
the library of the Soldiers Home at Richmond
where the veterans as the look upon it, can
Imagine that they see again their beloved
commander as they had seen him SO often on
the field of battle
John Merryweather Tinsley, colored, who
was born in Richmond, Va, July 1, 1888, died
last week in Toronto, Canada, where he had
lived for the past fifty years. He had three
sisters, two Of whom are dead, one passing
away at the age of 113 and the other at the
age Of Ill. The third is still living in New
Orleans at an advanced age.
Boise City, Idaho, is to be heated In a novel
way in the future. About mile from the
city great volumes of hot water gush from
several artesian wells, and pipe is to be
laid that will connect with the town. The
cost OF heating with hot water it is estimated
will be 80 per cent. less than with COAL
The ink with which all the Government
paper money is printed is made only by Jas.
EDDY of Troy. N. Y, who alone has the secret
of its composition, the formula having been
given to him by his father, the inventor of the
ink, on his death-bed. The making of it re-
suits in a profit of $40, o0o year.
AT circus performance at Elkton, Tenn,
last week, man named George Tucker,
filled himself full OF whiskev and his pock-
cts with pistols, and without provocation be-
gan firing right andleft The police had to
summon assistance to arrest the bully, Tuck.
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