Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-06-29
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

Rev. Jos. L. Spurlarke. colored, pastor OF
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church al
Roanoke, Va, died on Saturday at the early
age OF thirty-three. He was remarkable
man, having begun to earn money to educate
himself by waiting at the White Sulphur
Springs. Afterwards he went through Ham
ilton College IN. Y.,) High School and Au
burn, N. Y, Theological Seminary with great
distinction supporting himself by his OWL
labor all the time he was studying. At his
death, besides being pastor, he was Presi
dent of Davis College. At his funeral all the
colored ministers of Roanoke gathered
whilst white and black contributed flowers to
deck his grave. Rev. MI. Campbell of the
white Presbyterian church, delivered high
eulogy at his funeral.
A very distressing wrangle over the remains
of the late Senator Vance of n c., has broken
out between his children and their step-moth-
Ell. Mrs. Vance, on June 5th went to Ash
vile, N. e., and had the Senator's remains
removed from one lot in the cemetery to an.
other, and refused to let the remains of his
first wife, by whom he was buried, to be
brought to the new lot. Charles N. Vance
son, at once had the remains returned to the
old lot and distressing published cards are
now passing between him and the widow.
Sixyears ago George Blaisdell, of Monte
yuma, N. Y, while at funeral, dropped
dead, in Port Byron Cemetery Three years
ago a brother of Blaisdell's widow, while
walkingin the same cemetery, dropped dead
near Blaisdell's grave. The other day Mrs.
Blaisdeil went to the cemetery to order work
on the lot where her husband and brother
were buried. and while talking with the su
perintendent, dropped suddenly to the ground
and died almost instantly.
The Mennonite congregation of Salunga,
Pa, chose pastor last Sunday in a curious
way. Ten Bibles were placed on a platform,
one of which contained slip of paper The
candidate selecting the Bible containing the
slip OF paper was the person called to til.
ministry. The 10 were seated according to
age, and the slip of paper which designated
hial for the place was drawn by Hiram Kauff-
man of Landsvlle the youngest of the 10
and. therefore the last to make the selection
GA July 18th OF last year picnic party
Oh the Potomac. some miles below Shepherds
town, wrote the names and address of the
party and put the paper in bottle tightly
corked, and threw it into the river On June
4th, the bottle was returned by mail to
one of the party. having been picked up in the
Atlantic ocean near the mouth Of Chesapeake
bay, after eleven months Of floating.
Within radius of six miles around Paris
Fauquier lives Cornelius Hooffe aged 95;
Mrs j. Robinson, aged go; Mrs. Charles Glib
son, aged 80; Mrs: Thomas Frazier, aged 80
Benz. Chapalear, aged 90; b. Slnallwood, aged
81, and several others 80. One man in the
eighties now lives where he was born, raised
- children, house has one room, two doors
one window, never had pane of glass in it,
and he is the happiest man in the State of
Virginia.
Two years ego. Mrs. Minerva Mennick
the millionaire and spiriipalist, Of Gain
cy, H.. being then eighty-twQ years
old, presented "Prof." Charles Orchardson
OF Chicago, aged fifty, painter, spiritualist
and anarchist with $4,000 to marry her.
which he did: She has just died leaving him
all her property estimated at $500, Oc0 Her
relatives are about bringing suit to break
the will.
Carl A. Muller, tobacco manufacturer of