Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-08
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Forty-eight years ago, Hon. }. e. A. Hill and
George A. Blanchard, of Concord, N H.;
Hon. Charles A. Tufts, of Dover, N. H.; Jos.
S. Abbott, Of Washington, and DR.. VIM. W.
Hurd, of New York, all then young men,
agreed to meet on the last night of every year
at supper to be given by each in turn, and in
the city the giver should designate, and at
these suppers no liquors OF games were to be
used. Since then all have married and live
in different parts of the country. but they
have never missed supper. When they met
at the Everett House, New York, on last
Thursday night they were all gray headed,
the youngest being sixty-seven and the oldest
Seventy-twO.
Virginia Congressman whose supply of
the famous government "Horse Book had
become exhausted, being informed that he
could get a copy at a secondhand book store
in Washington, went there and was offered
as many as he desired at $50 a hundred They
had been sold to the dealer by members of
Congress at the rate of S25 hundred. This is
fair sample Of the way the governments
money goes.
The action of the Commemorative Attor-
ney of Washington county in moving to dis
miss the prosecution against Mrs. Marga ret
Gilmer, indicted with DR.. j. A. P Baker for
poisoning her husband, and the consent of the
judge thereto, is taken as an indication that
the Commonwealth has no hope of con-
victing DR.. Baker at his second trial, which
takes place this month
In 1890 Mr.. Alvin Nitsche became engaged
to Miss Sallie NJ Howe, aged fifteen, living
near Millsburg, Ohio. Shortly afterwards,
she fell before a moving machine AMI lost
both arms. Her lover chung to her through
the long spell of sickness that followed, and
on Christmas day last the two were married.
She wore two artificial arms covered with lace
sleeves.
The Crisp Theatrical Company had just az
rived at Luray in 1851, after playing month s
engagement in Charlottesville, just as Vir-
ginia seeded. 1t was thus that Speaker Chas.
Frederick Crisp enlisted in Co. K, the Luray
company of the 10th Virginia Infantry; his
brother Henry in Co. f., the Woodstock COM
pany, and their father joined an artillery COM
pany.
DR.. W. W. Reeves, Superintendent of the
Austin (Tex.) Insane Asylum was shot and
instantly killed by Henri, Purnet, a recently
discharged patient. Purnell loaded a double
barrel shot gun with buck-shot, and going to
the asylum met Dr.. Reeves coming down the
steps and shot him dead DR.. Reeves was a
native Of Craig county, Va.
Prof. Nothnagel, of Vienna, believes that
the grip is distinctly miasmatic in character
and that it is certainly infectious, and proba-
bly, contagious He gave this opinion in a
recent lecture that is being widely discussed
in Germany, and also stated that persons hav-
ing heart and lung affections have most cause
to fear fatal result.
At the brewry Of Phillip Endres. in Ionia,
Mich. a couple of days ago, Fred Brandt, an
employee, while repairing pump tumbled
into tank containing about thirty barrels of
beer, which was boiling at the time Before
lie could be rescued he was 50 thoroughly
cooked that his flesh fell from his bones
At Washington theatre the other night the
orchestra played "The Star Spangled BAN
ner, and the President and his family, who
occupied box, Immediately rose and re-
NAMED standing while the air was being rem
dered. 1t is stated that no one in the audi
ence followed their example.
Capt X. y. Poore, who was shot in the
ankle and breast by r. A. Forbes, keeper of
Appomattox Jail, in an alteration about how
long Captain Poore was entitled to remain in
consultation with client, is slowly i'm
proving.
Bishop Joseph p. Thompson, of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church, and his
| wife have just celebrated their golden we'd
| ding at Newburg N. Y. Bishop Thompson
was born in slavery at Winchester, Va, in
1878. He ran away at sixteen years of age
| Colonel O'Ferrall has accepted an invita-
ton from the Virginia Society OF Atlanta,
| Ga, to deliver an address on the life, charac-
| ter and services of the late General Robert Il.
Lee Oh the 10Th OF January, anniversary of
| the birth of Lee.
| The Episcopal church and rectory and an
adjoining building at Front Royal, Va, were
destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The con-
gregation were at worship when the fire was
discovered on the roof.
VIM g. Pratt, one of the'wealthiest citizens
of Caroline county, died Monday, aged eighty
three years. He was the father-in-law of
Rev J. B. Funston, former rector of Christ
Episcopal Church. Richmond.
Gen. NJ. e. Megs, Quartermaster-General of
the IT, s. military forces during the civil war;
died in Washington City Saturday of the