Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-10-12
THE NEWS or THE DAY.

LII the cQulnOCClal gaze u IL lew uaNS ago
the colored delegates from the Second District
Republican nominating. convention, were re-
turning from Newport News to Norfolk, OH
the steamer Louise. Many of them were al
most crazed from fright. They gathered in a
group under the rack in which the life pre-
servers are kept, and, led by tall raw-bon-
ed delegate from Surry county, they prayed
| and sang hymns as if expecting to go down
every minute. The steamer rolled and pitch
ed terribly, ard every time there was par
tcularly heavy shock. the cOlored delegates
all over the boat would yell, 'Lord save us
DON'T let us 60 down. and Il can't swim"
The spray and waves dashed all over the up
per deck, and frequently the wheels were en-
tirely out of the water.
One day last week Mrs. e. X. Willis, wife
>, lie secretary of the Virginia State Insur-
ace company of Richmond, went with her
.n-year-old baby boy to Abingdon to visit
iiends. Wien the train was some distance
.eyond Roanoke, negro woman in the car
sscaMe suddenly crazy. snatched Mrs. Willis
-, from her arms, and pressed it to her
III breast, calling it her child. She paid no
zi;ion to the ties to give the child
p, and it had to be taken from her by the
combined force OF three or four men. The
excitement completely Frustrated Mrs. Willis
Photography over 100 miles OF more of dis
ance is literally new thing under the sun
yet they are doing it. From the hill at Po-
| land. last week, Photographer Seaver,
at Newtown. Mass. obtained fine view of
Mount Washington. The lens used was an
imported novelty bought by the Rickers for
this express purpose. 1t is a telescope lens
and will take a.recognizable picture of a per-
son on the hotel veranda at distance of half
mile. The view of Mount Washington was
perfect.
| Last week the Columbus relics loaned by
the King of Spain, the Pope and the Duke de
Talleyrand. for the Worlds Fair, were ship
ped from Washington to Norfolk to be sent
home on the U. S. steamship Detroit, under
the care of Horace l.. Washington and guard
Of marines. One of the packages Mr.. Wash
lngton took under his arm in cab and it will
share his state room Oh the steamer. 1t
weighed less than five pounds, but it contain
ed the famous codicil to Queen Isabella's
will and is regarded as absolutely priceless
A husband who had been out shooting but
who had not been successful, rather than re-
turn home empty handed stepped into shop
and purchased a hare. "There, my ducky.
he said to his wife Oh returning home, "you
see am not SO awkward with the gun after
ALL ''Let me see.' isn't he fine fellow?'
''My DEAR said the wife, as she carried the
animal to her nostrils, and put it down with
grimace, 'you were quite right in killing
him to-day. tomorrow it would have been too
late y French ErchGngo.
For gallantry displayed in battle, the
| Chinese Emperor has presented General Teil
with gifts consisting of the White Gem pea
cock feather holder, small knife, pair Of
large purses and couple of finder boxes.
The Empress Dowager directed that forty
chests of preventive pills be handed to Lii
Hung Chang who will forward them with
the greatest dispatch to General Teh for dis
! tribution among the soldiers.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Balti-
more, last week, Geo. W. Lucke late cutter
for clothing house in that city, obtained a
verdict for $500 damages against Clothing
Cutters and Trimmers' Assembly No. 75O,
Knights of Labor, in that city, for having
caused his discharge from his situation by
threatening to boycott his employers if they
retained him.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge L. o. O. F.. at
their session in Chattanooga. voted to admit to
membership through the Rebekah lodges,
"ail white women over is years of age who
believe in the Ruler OF the Universe Here
tofore only Odd Fellows wives could join
the Rebekah Lodge, the feminine branch OF
the order.
h Mary r. Thurman, daughter of ex-senator
Allen &. Thurman of Ohio, portly middle
aged lady with piercing black eyes, snow
/ white hair and violent ideas OF independence
of public opinion, was married last week to
T.. Il. Holiday, the base bail player, at Los
Angeles, Cal. She has divorced her first two
husbands and this is her third marriage.
At the Woodstoc! fair Thursday, the attrac
ton of the day was the marriage in front OF
the grand stand, of George Bowman and Nix
Katie Snarr of Shenandoah Rev. MI Bow
man Of Toms Brook, performed the cereino-
ny, which took place in pavilion furnished
by the Fair Association, which also made the
couple present.
The Bath News says that the Virginia Hot
Springs Company will assume charge Of the
Warm Springs Hotel property at the expia-
ton Of Mrs. NJ T. Eubank's lease the first of
November. The price asked by the company
for its rent another year it is said, was $40, 000
and the amount offered by the present lessee
$500.
The London Daily News says: as there
anything new? Our Secretary of Legation at
Picking writes: I hear Of the existence in
Picking, as we'll as at Canton, of large and
ancient establishments for the artificial incu-
| hat nf c. Ac pt
have not been able to visit and inspect
| them.
The United Brethren Conference at I4eba-
lon, Pa, struck "a blow at the old Christmas
friend of children all over the world. A res
olution was introduced by Rev. j. Ii. John
son prohibiting, wherever introduced in the
church, the traditional character of Santa
Claus at Christmas festivals. The resolution
was agreed to unanimously.
1t is stated that the income of Col Thomas
F. Goode, from the Virginia Buffalo lithia
Springs water, of which he is the owner, is
| sixty thousand dollars year. Last year hs
gave 81 900 to pension Confederate soldiers of
.Mecklenburg, and he gives literally to the
poor.
The robbery of A. d. Burnett the cattle
dealer in Southwestern Virginia, was a put
up job by three Of his neighbors in Pulaski,
-Oieli, Lundy and Cox, who watched for his
return from Baltimore where he sold his cat,
tie, and waylaid and robbed him Of over 81,
900. All three have been arrested.
Ellsworth Hupp, farmer near Parkers
burg, w. Va, quarreled with his wife last
week. and half hour later she found hin
hanging by the neck to tree, She cut lin
down, and when she had succeeded In leviyina
him, he took the long end of the rope and
beat her SO that it is thought she will die
Thos. }. Severn of the ID Louisiana infan-
try, who was nursed at Williamsburg, Va,
during the war by Miss Louisa w. Petit,