Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-11-02

ton city last week In 1870 he became Secre-
tary Of State and Adjutant General of Vir-
ginia, with the rank Of Brigader General.
and part Of the time was acting Governor OF
Virginia
The Coving:on, Va. Improvement Com
pany, a relic OF the boom times. has decided
to sell all its real estate, including the In
termont Hotel, and wind up its affairs. AT
its sale, which will probably be in November,
stock will be received at par for any property
the stockholders may bid on.
The Emperor Of Russia has four separate
services of horses and carriages. Fifty
horses comprise each set, and in one the
horses are perfectly white, with blue eyes,
and anything more magnificent IN the way of
trapplngs than their harness can hardly be
conceived.
DR.. Henry Il. Helmbold. the bIchu patent
medicine founder. and at one time million
t.e died in the New Jersey Insane Asylum,
q, Friday His eccentric proceedings furn-
=ed paragraphs for the newspapers of the
country for many years before he was COM
mi4ss d to an asylum
Ex-Governor, William +. Cameron of Vir-
gnia, now Of Chicago. is visiting Gen. V. ID.
igrner, at Norfolk. He is little changed by
time, save that his hair and beard are tingcd
with gray. lie has prospercd in Chicago, and
is in Virginia with view of buying home
Ii re.
Dickey was overheard saying his prayer
the other evening at bedtime in this fashion:
"Oh, Lord, bless Johnny and Billy Holiday
and me, and don't let any of US die, but II
any of us has got to die, Id ruther it was
them. Amen"
A woman physician from X kentucky, dis
tingushed graduate, has rented handsome
house lust built in the fashionable locality Of
Grace and 9th streets, Richmond Va, and
will locate there for the practice Of her pro-
fession.
John James Howard, the English coachman
brought over by eX-Vice President Morton,
has been shipped back to England by direc-
ton of U. S. Circuit Judge Lacombe Of N. T.,
his coming having been a violation Of the
contract labor law.
Charlottesville Progress: ut is reported
that Mr. j. A. Chanler has purchased
"Hawkwoed'' in Louisa county. The price
agreed upon is said to be $50, 900, about the
cost of the mansion on the estate, which is
one of the finest in Virginia.
Earl Grey, who died recently at 90, was the
oldest living peer and the last survivor of
Lord Melbournes Cabinet, the Cabinet which
held Office when Queen Victoria assembled the
throne.
Mrs Rosetta Safton. woman OF great
wealth, who claimed to have been born in
Virginia Oct. 18Th, 1892 and to be one hun
bred and two years old, died at st. Joseph,
Mo, last week.
The London Times announces that the Bar
ing liquidation will be extended over another
year, when, it is expected, it will be termina-
ted The liabilities are now reduced to about
81, $50, 900.
Dr. William H. Shield of the medical staff
of the Eastern. State Hospital, at Williams
burg, died Tuesday, after an illness of nearly
five weeks.
Rev Geo. NJ. Jamison, aged sixty, for many
years Dunkard minister, died in Allegh any
county, Va. last week from injuries received
bv being thrown from his horse.
The Emperor of Germany is a proficient
drummer, and can give lessons to the best
army drumners in the art Of beating the
tattoo.
The Governor upon the recommendation OF
Superintendent Lynn, has appointed MI NJ.
NJ. Sterrett Of Rockbridge, manager of the
convict farm in Goochiand.
Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, who was one ct
the ladies of the famous Woman's crusade
against saloons in Ohio some years ago, died
in Chicago Friday.
According to the German papers, Professor
Leyden, the famous Berlin physician, recelv-
ed 5000 for his first visit to the Gar.
Mr.. LeonidasS Rosser, a son Of the late Rev.
Leondas Rosser, the great Methodist revival
ist, died in Bedford City last week.
j. Meyer shoe dealer in Roanoke, has made
an assgnment-liabilities over $4,000.
The State Exposition at Richmond came
out about S., 900 ahead.