Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-04-27

about them. They know the rest of us are
going to hell, but they are sorry for it, The
Presbyterians know we are going there, and
| are glad Of it,
| Dr.. Forbes Of the University at Rochester,
N. Z, recently appeared before the session
of the Central Presbyterian church there;
protested against the passing of general cups
to the congregation with communion wine,
and asked permission at the next conf
munion to take home one of the cups
in which wine was left. 1t was grant
ed, and in the cup he found undeveloped
germs of twenty-five diseases, ranging from
| humps to typhoid fever The congregation
at once purchased 400 small cups for use
at communion, only one person drinking from
each cup. Other churches in the same city
have also ordered individual cups.
A local shoe manufacturer Of Haverhill,
Mass, has received an order for pair of
shoes for Princess May, of England, other
wise known by her title as Duchess of York
The order was accompanied by an outline on
| parchment of the Duchess feet, together with
the necessary measurements for making the
shoes. The Duchess wears No. 4. The boot
which is for outdoor use, will be made of
straight grain goat, Butcher pattern, extra
high cut, on a full Pccadilly last.
Thursday, a gentleman near Alexandria,
bought for 50, a nice looking dog from man
in a wagon drawn by wreck of horse
After the man drove off, the buyer looked on
the collar around the dogs neck and found
the name on the plate "Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land" He at once telephoned to the White
House and the reply came that the dog had
been missing since early morning. The Cog
was sent to its mistress.
The United States keeps and supports over
three hundred cats in the post-of1ices of the
great Cities who keep the rats from eating
holes in the mail bags. Each of the post
masters in the large cities is allowed from SIS
to $40 per year for cat-meat to feed them, and
his account is allowed at the beginning of
each quarter.
Miss Van Pelt of Russell, KY, was to have
been married to Maryland man. He ddn' t
appearat the hour set for the ceremony, and
everything was in confusion. Later in the
day she got a telegram saying that he had
died suddenly on railway train. She has
been Frustrated with grief ever since
A swarm Of bees attacked funeral process
sion at Ronkonkman, n. Y, and deeply in
creased the grief of the mourners
Rev. JOS s. Loose Of Bridgewater, Rock
ingham, died on the 18th inst, at the age Of
seventy-three.
Few people seem to understand the law re-
garding postal cards, and how dangerous it is
to address an offensive one to any one. Rev.
E. \. Gibbs Of Big Island, Bedford, has just
been sent on to the U. S. grand jury for ad-
dressing such a one to g. L. Bidgood of Rich
mond. Va.
The Luray Union sadly notices the sale
there of some lots at from dollar and half
to seventeen dollars each, which in the boom
of 1890, brought from $500 to $1,000, and the
buyers then thought they were lucky.
There is one Irishman in the u S. Senate,
Pat Walsh of Ga, and eight in the House of
Representatives. In the House, Speaker Crisp
is al Englishman, and Jerry Simpson is a
Canadian.
The Wythaville Dispatch says that Gen.
Jas A. Walker, former commander of the
tent on his lawn, over which floats Confed.
crate battle flag.
A saloon keeper in Wheeling, W. Va,
gives away ferry ticket with every drink
He is building up a great trade.
Walter Lewis Ross, the brother of the lost
Charlie Ross. that caused so much excitement
in this country twenty years ago, was married
years old and playing with his brother in the
road, when the latter was stolen July 2, 1874,
and never heard of after