Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-11-11

aD0ut Three miles from Bad Axe, Michigan,
are in critical condition from poison taken
into their systems through drinking we'll wa
ter. Father, mother three sons, a daughter,
and two farm Hands are Frustrated, and at
least two OF them. the attending physician
says will die. An examination of the water
shows the presence of large quantities of Par
is green. No'cluc regarding the poisoner has
been obtained
After her suit for divorce had been dis
missed by the Tribunal Of the Seine, Willie
one was pending against her, Mrs. Deacon,
wife of Edward Parker Deacon of Boston,
Mass, took her eldest child, which had been
given into the care of Mr.. Deacon by the
court, from convent in the Department of
Marine, France, and disappeared. The French
police are searching for her. Mrs. Deacons
counsel says she will surrender the child on
certain conditions, but Mr.. Deacon declined.
The Orange Observer says a bridal couple
gave the young folks of that place great deal
of amusement last week The bride was from
Orange county and the groom from Washing
ton, and they were married at that place bv
Father Bolen. After the ceremony they pa
raded the streets for some time the bride
wearing a long veil made of white mosquito
bar. About Il o'clock they repaired to the
restaurant of James Crumpt. where they dined
sumptuously at an expense of thirty cents.
At prayer meeting held in New jersey
Just before the election Republican brother
prayed that God would cause the Republican
party to hang together, whereupon Demo
GRAFT present shouted: "Amen, amen" This
led the Republican brother to make the fol-
lowing emendation in his prayer: mot, o
LORD, in the sense our Democratic brother
means, but in the spirit of accord and con-
cord "Any cord will do, Lord; any cord
will do" interjected the Democrat.
1t is stated in New York that Mr.. j. Pier
point Morgan will use his great wealth and
social influence to make fashionable resort
and rival to Aix-les- Bains out of the Hct
Springs of Virginia. which he recently pur-
chased. The waters of this famous springs
come from the earth hot, having a tempera-
ture of lis degrees Fahrenheit, and are won
derfully effcacious in curing govt and rheu-
matism.
At Pittsburg, Pa, Friday, the case of Pri-
vate Iams against Colonies Hawkins and
Streater, for having him hung up by the
to the Jury who returned verdict Of not gull
ty against the officers, but ordered them to
pay half the cost in the aggravated assault
and battery case. A motion to set aside the
verdict which places the cost on the officers
was made.
Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson, of the Southern
| Methodist Church, has returned to his home
in Baltimore after an absence of four months
in Brazil Bishop Wilson went to Brazil ear
ly in July last to hold the Brazilian Annual
Conference, which met August 18th in Juiz de
Fora and to inspect the Southern Methodist
mission stations in the new republic.
A French scientist obtained the remarkable
yield Of 40 tons of potatoes per acre by treat
ing the seed tubers with sulphate Of ammo
MA He stepped the potatoes for a hours in
a solution Of six pounds of sulphate of am
monia and 25 gallons Of water. He then al
lowed them to stand and drain for day, in
order that their buds might swell, before
planting them.
A great sensation has been caused by the
discovery of baby farm at Macdonald, n.
S. W. The bodies of seven infants have al
ready been unearthed in the back garden OF a
house occupied by a family named Maxim.
| The principal members Of the family have
been arrested.
A novelty in counterfeiting appeared in
Sioux City, Where young man took new
silver quarters, cut out the GUAR and
changed the r to N, making it read stem dol
lars and plated the coins neatly with gold.
He bought or 10 cent articles to get change
till he was caught
Of the 4O47 millionaires in the United
States only 1856 are south of Mason and Dix
on's line, and Texas has 81 of these. The
real estate in New York city alone is worth
more than all the land between the Potomac
and the Rio Grande.
In the oratorial contest of the W. C. T. U.
for the Demorest diamond medal, Miss Mar
garet f. Badger of Atlanta, Ga, was the
winner. The young lady is but fourteen years
of age. There were four rivals, in the con-
test, the oldest of whom was twenty-four
years old.
General Beauregard, as his name implies,
is of French descent but his family was long
| ago deeply interested in this country. His
grandfather sent over from France 500, 900 to
aid the Colonies in their struggle for indie
pendence.
Mrs Simon Manack, an Eskimo, presented
her husband, last week. with fourteen
pound daughter in the Eskimo camp on the
Worlds Fair grounds. This is the first child
born on the grounds.
Fifteen revolutionary widows are still alive
and regularly draw pensions. Seven of them
reside in one pension district of Tennessee,
and four Of these seven are proud of the name
Of Nancy.
An advertisement appears in western pa
per which reads thus "If George William
Brown, who deserted his poor wife and babe
twenty five years ago, will return, the afore
said babe will knock the stuffiing out of him."
It is said that the peanut crop in Virginia
will only be about half crop, owing to the
dry weather in August. In North Carolina it
is also reported very short.
A snow-White deer was killed this week by
George Mccartney OF Clinton county, Pa.
This is the first white deer killed in that State
for twenty years. se'<7
About 400 men are at work at the tunnel at
Harper's Ferry, and four piers of the new
| railroad bridge across the Potomac river are
above water
1t is said that within the next three months
six new war vessels will be added to the Uni
| ted States Navy.
Thanksgiving Day.