Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-08-17

Miss Majendie, owes her entrance to royal
favor to curious bit of chance. She happened
to be singing in church choir one day when
the Queen was present at divine service, and
Her Majesty was so greatly pleased with the
fresh sweetness Of the girls face and voice
that she invited her to fill the place coveted
by the young girls of the English aristocracy.
The offer was the last thing Miss Majendie
herself expected
AT Danville, ILL.,, striker accOSted Debs
in the station lunch room He shook hands
with the leader and then said to him: 'Y Oh
ordered me out on strike, and now I've lost
my job" 81 didn't order you to strike" re-
piled Debs. Eyes, you did, you o.
- was the angry retort and with it came
blow which Debs lodged. Others interfered
and Debs aped.-Ch9dago Tribune.
Herr Krupp, the great gun founder, has
commissioned a Munich sculptor to model a
statue of the Chinese Viceroy, Iii Hung Chang,
which he means to present, when completed,
to the Asiatic diplo.na as token OF
respect for the pains taken by him to intro
duce European ordnance into the Chinese
army and navy.
The Hebron, KY, baseball team was play
ing game with neighboring club last Satur-
day, when the sky became overcast. John Tan
ner, fielder for the IIebrons, ran to catch fly.
AS the ball was settling into his hands there
was flash Of lightning, and Tanner dropped
dead. The electric bolt struck him in the
forehead
J. W. Hartwell (Rep.) commemorative
Attorney, and J. S. Pattee (Rep.) Commits
sioner of the Revenue, the contestants who
were decided by Judge Horsley to have been
elected in Roanoke, entered on their duties
Monday.
The youngest member of the Georgia Bar
Association is Edwin Harrison Bleckley, the
6 months sen of s0-year-old Chief Justice
Bleckley. This infant of the Justices old
age was unanimously elected member of
the association week ago.
The police Of Baltimore ON the 9th inst,
went to the Coxeyite camp near EVANSVILLE,
Nd, arrested the whole army consisting OF
eighty men, and landed them in the Mary
land House of Correction. They have been
put to work at road making
DR.. Garland p Moore. appointed in 1899
postmaster at Cape Charles, Va, made an
unsuccessful attempt at suicide with NOR
plllnC, looO WCCh, Ou UCluS dIICSlCu 1Ot all
$500 shortage in his accounts. The Office was
turned over to his bondsmen.
The message by bicyclers which left Wash
ington at noon Monday, August 9th, arrived at
Denver, Col, 2058 miles, at 1857 P. NJ Sun
day, August 10Th, beating the schedule time
by nearly thirty eight hours
A Boston music firm has been enjoined
against printing and selling two hymns,
Lead Kindly Light, and ooh We that love
the Lord" they being copyrighted by New
York firm.
Miss Madeline Pollard has signed con-
tract to appear on the stage the coming sea.
son, opening at Chicago in play Of ''strong
ly emotional character"
Bcyclist Z!mmelman's great success is SAID
to be due to his abnormally large heart, which
is declared by the doctors to be two inche.
longer than the average.
William Lynch of Gloucester, N. j., was
left an orphan last week at the age of eighty
four. by the death of his father aged an ever
one hundred years.
The narrow gauge railroad between Orange
and Fredericksburg is to have third raj
laid, by which Chesapeake & Ohio cars may
run over it.
Ceasario Santo, the anarchist, who assassi
mated President Carnot. was guillotined a
Lyons, France, yesterday morning at
O'Clock.
The house in which Martin Luther died al
Eisleben. Germany, bore no mark to indicate
this fact until few weeks ago.
The Pullman shops at Chicago are nov
working $50 hands, about one-fourth thei
usual force.
Chicago's Masonic Temple has population
of 5000, and 50 janitors are employed. TIT
outside windows number 1929.
According to the report of the British in
come tax officials, there are only Il English
men with an annual income of $780,