Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18

lynched in New Orleans, have begun suit
against that city In the y. s. court for $50, 900
damages each, of which they say $4,000 is
punitive damages for the city not having
done its duty in putting down the 'mob."
Judge Houston has, on petition Of the
''wets,' ordered local option election for
April 2.th, in South River District of Rock
BRIDGE which has been "dry' for the last six
years.
The Greenbrier Military Academy at Lew
isburg, W. Va, g. W. Bidgood, Principal,
took fire from the furnace at o'clock Thurs
day morning and was totally destroyed No
one was hurt. Loss $40, OO0 insurance $15, 900.
Rev. Geo. W. Easten of Northampton Co.,
Va, has accepted call to the rectorship of
All Saints P. E. church at Union, Monroe
Co., W. Va, and will take charge on the first
Sunday after Easter.
The suit against the Gordon Land Go. by
Jonson and other stockholders has been dis
Missed by Judge Lamb at Richmond, on the
,rOund that their bill asks inconsistent relief.
The suit will be renewed in different form.
Miss Lalla Harrison of Leesburg, Loudoun.
mas been selected as the most beautiful woman
IN Virginia to represent the old Common
wealth as one OF the thirteen original States
the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Gov. Thos. Ii. Jones of Alabama, has had
the editor OF the Alliance Herald at Mont
gomery arrested for criminal libel, and has
also brought three $4,000 civil suits
against him for libel.
Mrs. r. S. Barrett, wife Of the rector of st.
Luke's Episcopal church at Atlanta, Ca,
TOD; IN, I:a;,,
Medical College there few days ago, is a Vir
gnian, aud was Miss Waller from near
Fredericksburg.
j. Marshall Rye who killed John ],
Wheeler, the school teacher, in Charles Co..
Nd, has been sentenced to Is years in the
penitentiary. AS he is 60 years old 1t is about
equal to life sentence.
Mr.. John W. Harper of Fauquier has sold
the McCaull property, better known as the
Bloody Angle" in Spottsylvanla county, to
Northern parties for the sum of 50, 100, The
farm contains 500 acres.
A. Jack Accord, we'll known contractor of
Clifton Forge, has made an assignment with
liabilities Sl1, 900, assets $1,000. The trustees,
Duncan & King, have put MI. Accord in charge
Of the business to carry it on
Messrs. J. A. Loewenback & Sons, mer-
chants OF Harrisonburg, made an assignment
last Thursday. Liabilities about $1,000. as
sets about $4,000.
The ladies of All Saints church at Union,
W. Va. have resolved to spend Lent at work
for the Sheltering Arms Hospital at Paint
Creek. A we'll spent Lent.
OF the whole number of Alumni of the
Theological Seminary at Alexandria, 1888,
there are 342 dead and 1876 living. 1t has 81
students this session.
At the Lexington, Va, horse market last
court day, fairly good young horses averaged
$50 and Percherons $500.
The Lutheran congregation of Winchester,
Va, have raised S571.SO to aid the starving
peasants in Russia.
The Grottoes Company have sold to Messrs.
Bell. Hotchkiss & Catlett the mineral lands
of the Abbott tract near Shendun, for $50, 900.
The town council of Hinton, W. Va, have
decided that no liquor license shall be issued
there for the year beginning May 1st.
The maple sugar making season in High
land has begun, and it is thought will be one
of the best for several years.
Journeymen BARRIERS get higher salaries in
Philadelphia than in any of the other cities.