Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-04

peal of his counsel, Holmes Conrad end w
r. Alexander of Winchester for dicharge on
the ground that four terms of the county court
had passed without a trial of the indictment
on which he is held. Judge Turner rejected the
application, deciding that the October term of
the county court, being the first term OF that
court held after the last new trial was awarded
by thecircuit court, was the first term at which
the prisoner was held for trial, and that term
could not be counted as one of the four terms
emitting the prisoner to a discharge, and that
in fact only three terms Of that court had
passed and the prisoner was not illegally de-
tanned in custody. Myers was taken back
to Woodstock Jail.
At a dinner given by Mr.. De Lamar of
Idaho, the Monte Cristo of the National cap
itol this winter, the guests sat under a canopy
of smilaX and asparagus which twinkled all
over with electric lights in pink globes Cor
sage bouquets of pink roses were at EACH of
| the lady's places, tied with long pink ribbons
upon one end Of which the name was stamped
i'll silver letters. A silver and enamel true
lovers knot pin, to hold the bouquets on, was
the souvenir for each. When dinner was over
Mrs. Russell Harrison touched an electric
button under the table, and the table and
guests were showered with all the roses in the
se-balls above their heads.
Rev. VIM. Godfrey Kell, a native of Stras-
burg, Va, and prominent In the Lutheran
church in Ohio, died at SenacaviIle, O., few
days ago. aged ninety-three. When young, he
bought the unexpired five months of his ap-
premiership to a cabinet maker at Strasburg
by paying at the rate of SIG month and re-
linquishing his claims to freedom suit and
bench of tools. He then went to Winchester
and studied theology and became one of the
most prominent ministers of his church in
Ohio, whittier he emigrated in 1896 being
opposed to slavery in Virginia.
Rev. n Il. Martin, for fifteen years pastor
of church at Chatham, Ontario has dsap-
peared under circumstances of great embar-
rassment to several ladies of his flock Ills
marriage to Miss Portia Kitchen, prominent
member OF the congregation, had been set for
Tuesday night; to Miss Demage, a teacher in
the Sunday School, tor Monday night, and to
Miss Sara Bonet for Monday night. He left
the city on Sunday night. All three young
ladies had purchased their trousseaus, and
all three were keeping the secret at his re-
quest.
MI Marcellus Shifflett of Shenandoah and
Miss Lavinia Station of Buena Vista, were
married in Lexington, Friday, under highly
educational circumstances. They applied atth
county clerks Office to be married. Some fif-
ty students Of Washington and Lee UNIVERSE
ty got wiud Of it and escorted the couple from
the clerks Office to the residence of the otfici-
ating clergyman, Rev. Mr., Prettyman with
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| few yards on the route.
| The burglars who visited Staunton seem to
have been going the rounds. In Luray they
broke open the safes Of the hardware stores of
F. W. Berry and Ii. V. Hudson and got S24
At Charles Town they broke open the Nor
| folk & Western Ry. ticket office and got $780,
At Frederick City, Md. they blew open the
safe of the Union Manufacturing Co. and got
$3.50 At Newport News they blew open the
safe of the Milling Company and got S..
Mr. Porter B. Critchley of Monstdale, Pa,
will hereafter stand high with the young
girls of his nelghborhood. His wife wanted
their daughter Minnie to marry Paul Meeker,
rich neighbortwic her age, much to her
grief, but kind hearted papa" last Friday
night helped Minnie to run off with and marry
set.
Mrs. Marshall Q. Roberts, the millionaire
widow Of New York, who recently married
| Capt Vivian, handsome English society
swell and man about town of London, having
no means beyond her income from the estate,
which dies with her, has insured her life for
| S1O0, 600 in favor of her new husband that
being the only way she can finally ''settle'
anything On him.
In one neighborhood in Greenbrer Co., W.
| Va, says the Lewisburg independent, there
are 81 people, the oldest 81 years and the
youngest 20 years old, all of whom except
| five are able to walk about and do consider
able work. The Oldest, Curley Alex. Nc
Chung, is the father of Hon. VIM. Ii. Nc
Chung, and three of his sons are ministers of
the Gospel.
Mrs. Annie Margaret Montagu, daughter
in-law OF Lord Montagu, was found guilty of
mansiaughter at Coleraine, county London
derry, Ireland, by causing the death of her
three year-old daughter, who she tied in a
dark room as punishment, and who was
afterward discovered dead. She was convict
ell in eleven days after the preparation of the
act.
/ At the cremation of the remains of Freder-
ick Most wealthy German ee-thlnker at
Buffalo, N. Y. Thursday, there was present,
under the terms of his will, a band and double
quartette which played and sung popular airs
during the cremation, and then adjourned to
a cafe and enjoyed feast prepared with
funds he left for the purpose.
Since the restoration of Christ Church at
Alexandria, handsome new silver plates, bear
ing autograph copies Of the names of George
Washington and r. E. Lee have been placed
upon their respective pews so that strangers
may no longer have any difficulty in finding
their way to them.
Capt John q. Mason of Fredericksburg,
Va, for several terms Commemorative At
torney Of that city and during the war aid on
Gen. Maury's staff, committed suicide Mon
dav morning at his room by blowing out his
| brains,
The sale of the personal property Of Gen.
Gilbert S. Meem at 'Strathmoor" in Shenan-
doah, brought nearly thousand people
| together Gen. Meem and wife will leave fol
| the Pacific slope in few days to select a
place of future residence
A prisoner in the Covington, Allegheny,
| Jail, learning that he was suspected Of steal
ing the suit OF clothes lie had on, destroyed all
chance of trouble on that score by burning
them and calling ON the Sheriff for another
suit.
A search of the pockets of the boys in the
Townsend-street public school at Lansing,
/ Mich, discovered that eighteen habitually
carried revolvers. The search was brought
on by ten-year-qld boy drawing pistol on