Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-04-01

deep in the sand that not even her masts have
been visible. She is perfectly preserved, and
her cargo of corn, while turned black is quite
sound. The clothing, watches, pipes and to-
bacco of the crew were all found in good con-
dtion. When she went down, she sank so
suddenly that her crew got Off nothing. Near
ly all OF them We're drowned in trying to get
to shore. The ship Will be put in order and
sent to sea again.
Joseph Kennedy, the 'sHuman Ostrich"
at the st. Louis dime museum, who could eat
glass, swallow tax and nails and the like,
died Thursday night. An autopsy showed the
stomach to be literally filled with broken
glass, nails and lacks, and strange to say they
were not encysted and in no instance had they
perforated any part of the stomach. Begin
ming from the base of the tongue back to the
@sophagus, and from there entirely down into
the stomach, the nails, tacks, glass, ETC.,
were found.
A singular scene took place during the per-
Torrance of theatrical troupe in Talboton,
Ga. The opera house had been used for
court room during the day. and the jury en-
tered the opera.house during the performance
to be instructed on some points which they
could not agree upon. Judge Martin took his
seat On the stage in the midst of the burnt.
cork artists and recharged the jury, after
which they filed back into the jury-room
The Plunkville Bugle makes the following
spirited statement: We attempted to say that
Deacon Podbury had run across den of rat
W. I, 10y 1oc
the printer made it read ''bottlesnakes The
Deacon came in and demonstrated with us,
and our eye is sight; but we have the salts
faction of knowing that the printer looks a
blamed sight worse.
Mrs. Sallie Meyer of Washington. Ind, has
just gotten verdict for 900 against John
Greater a wealthy man, for killing her hus-
band. Greater got off from the gallows Oh
the usual plea of insanity. After keeping him
a few years the asylum people decided him
sane and turned him out, and Mrs. Meyer at
once brought suit.
The West Clifton Forge Investment Cons
pany, land company, (not connected with
either the Clifton Forge Co. OF the Chesapeake
& Ohio Development Co.. owning about fifty
lots in West Clifton Forge, has turned its
property over to trustees to hold as long as
prudent and then sell for the benefit of its
creditors.
Shenandoah county also has new stock
law to be voted on. 1t differs from Augusta
in that 100 freeholders Of any magisterial dis
trict may by petition to the county judge get
vote in May on stock law in their magiste-
rial district. The same number may ask for
a vote in the county on a stock law for the
whole county.
Staunton seems to have started an epidemic
among the colored Express employees. Dick
Goode a colored employee of the U. S. Express
Co. in Lynchburg, who has been steadily rob-
bing the company for a year, was arrested
Saturday i'll the act of wrapping up package
to carry it off. At his home were found two
trunks belonging to the company.
Rev. W. W. Landrum, pastor of the Second
Baptist church Richmond, on Sunday tender
ed his resignation to the congregation. The
matter caused great surprise to Dr. Landrum's
flock The resignation was not accepted.
Monday the pastor, at the earnest solicitation
of his members, announced that he would
withdraw his resignation.
A Boston ''faith cure'' doctor stopping at
the Exchange Hotel in Richmond and raking
in as high as 81, 400 day from patients, was
arrested Thursday on the complaint of sever
al local doctors for practicing medicine
without license as required by the Virginia
law.
Rev. Jno. n. Mccormick of Winchester,
who left Baltimore Conference Of the M. E.
Church, South, last week to go to the Protes
tant Episcopal church. was confirmed last
Sunday at st. James Church, Richmond,
where he was baptized when child. He will
enter the P. E. ministry in October.
Last week in the Green Bank neighborhood
of Pocahontas CO., W. Va, the following
marriages took place: William Siple and Miss
Alice Rayburn, Jacob L. Arbogast (of Tray
ellers Repose) and Miss Leota Riley, Joseph
Kerr and Miss Lulu Rock, and William
Bright and Miss Minnie Greenhouse.
Seventeen years ago. DR.. Cabell Meredith,
then boy in Prince William county, Va.
stamped his name on silver quarter to see
If he would ever come across it again. Last
week lady clerk in the pension Office at
Washington, who had gotten it, gaveit to DR..
MS brother to send to him,
Gov. Mckinney has appointed DR.. W. W.
Parker, of Richmond; DR.. R. D. McIlWaine,
of Petersburg and Dr.. Oscar Wiley, of Sa-
lem, committee under an act of the late
legislature to report whether there is any
need of new legislation regarding the admit
ing of patients to the insane asylums.
Henry E. Barkesdale, Commemorative At
torney Of panville, a member OF the Presby-
terrain church there and q teacher in its Sab
bath school, killed himself with pistol at
the Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark,
whittier he had gone victim of rheumatism.
John Hanse. colored barber, aged 20, was
accidentally killed in colored barber shop
at Lexington, Va, Thursday, by the explosion
OF pistol in the hands of VIM. Madison,
colored waiter at the Virginia Military In
sttute.
The Warrenton Virginian says the scare
about mad dogs in that place is probably we'll
founded. Since that first one was there,
another has certainly gone mad. A calf be-
longing to Mr.. Shepherd also had hydropho-
bia.
+ While Bishop Whites health is as good as
it has been for several weeks. the eczema con-
tinues in his face and eyes; the latter are
bandaged to exclude the light. He is still
sufferer therefore and his nights are restless
and uncomfortable.
Massachusetts capitalists will begin the i'm
mediate erection at Nottingham, Ala, of
cotton mill tG contain 10000 spindles and
1000 looms, the plant to cost 500 900. Other
large cotton mills will be erected in the
South.
Thomas Wood Of Charlottesville, is said to
be the Oldest living graduate of the Universe
ty of Virginia. He graduated G2 years ago.
The number Of graduates since the organiza-
ton is 9,275.
Dr. Hunter Mcclure was one of the pail
haa reIs and Rev DR. Hnpe of RichmOnd one