Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-20
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

THE NEWS OF THE DAY,
The Lewiston, (Me.) Journal says: "One
of the legends of Searsport which Mr. Il. G.
Towle has collected has for its hero mar
named Harrison, who was much bothered by
bears that invaded his planted fields. Meet
ing neighbor one day, he applied to him fol-
advice as to what could be done to keep them
out. The neighbor replied: Bears are fond
of molasses. You just make trough and
fill it with molasses and rum, and put il
where they come into your field, and they
will drink it for the sake of the molasses, ane
the rum will make them drunk, so you can 90
in the morning and knock them in the head
MI. Harrison followed this advice and went
F, to the field the next morning. There he found
not a bear, but his neighbor, as drunk as he
had predicted the bears would be-
| The trial of Richard B. Guard for shooting
Miss Laura Martin in the cars at Charlottes
| Vile, is now set for Sept. 18Th. Miss Mar
tins memory is so impaired by the shot that
she recoilects nothing of the attack, though
fine musician, she has forgotten every tune
she knew, and her relatives have to be intro
duced to her. 1t is now conceded that Guard
and she were engaged and the attempted muir.
der was through jealousy. So says the Chron.
icle OF that city.
An interesting wedding was celebrated al
Atlanta, Ca, one day last week, the contract
ing parties being Mrs. Mary A. Burke aged
sixty years. the widow of Timothy Burke, a
very wealthy man, and Mr.. Patrick O'Don-
nell, a well-known young man, aged 25 The
groom gave reception to the Hibernian
Rifles, of which organization he is member
and after the affair the couple left for Saratc.
ga, seemingly as happy as if there was no dis
parity in their years.
The lawyers tout has become such a nuts
ance in Louisiana that bill has been passed
at Baton Rouge making It a felony for any
sheriff, deputy sheriff, clerk of court, deputy
clerk, constable, deputy constable, or any
public officer OF any detective officer, whether
commissioned without pay or otherwise to
procure OF solicit legal business for any at
torney-at-law under the expectation OF
promise of pay by such attorney.
| Chicago'S Art Institute has received as a oil
from Harriet Hosmer the cast she made in
1858 CT the clasped hands of Robert Browning
and his wife. This is the cast of which Haw-
thorne wrote in :srhe Marble Faun." cit
symboliZes the individuality and heroic union
of two high poetic lives The autograph OF
elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rome, May,
1861 is Oh tie wrist OF one; ''ncbert Browr.
lug. Rome" on the wrist of the other. Miss
Hosmer refused in England an offer of S.. O00
for this unique cast.
in Fauquier county some OF the farmers are
very much pleased with the substitution of
rye for wheat and it is said that more than
half Of them will SOW rye instead of wheat
this fail. They claim that they can Craze the
rye in the early spring before pasture is ready
to turn stock upon, and thereby get their cat
tie into the earliest market in firstrate condi-
lion.
They attend to offensive tramps very promp-
tly in Rockingham county. tramp known
by the name Of Mullens, who has been very
impudent to ladies in the Singers Glen neigh
borhood, was arrested by warrant on last
Friday evening, but before he was given trial
liz was taken charge OF and severely t.flrashed
by number of masked men from that neigh
borh01d.
The Paris (France), Figaro proudly asserts
that it received the ether morning visitor
W nv Attt f1-o:uouUoo Al liio pOChGJ, composed
of a complete series of the American bank
notes which were issued by the North and the
South during the great war; Hi intention is
TO go to Antwerp to exhibit these notes at the
Exhibition.
A minister at the Chautauqua ministerial
meeting said that an evangelist had written
him, stating in substance that he would be
glad to come to his place, and for compensa
ton would take 81 per convert
concerning the statement widely circulated
that Mr.. Moodys royalty Oh Gospel HYMNS
has amounted to a million dollars, William
y. Dodge is authority for the contradiction to
the effect that neither Moody nor Sankey has
ever received cent from the sales of the
hook
Mr.. j. u. Childress, ministerial student at
Richmond College, has been elected teacher
for the Masonic Home of Virginia. 1t is IN
derstood that he will this summer visit LODGES
throug hQpt the State as agent for the Home
A sarcophagus monument OF white Georgia
marble weighing 1000 pounds, is being made
in Chicago for the grave OF the late Senator
H. II. Riddlebarger at Woodstock The IN
scrlptlon is simply Harrison Holt Riddle
berger; Get. 4, 1915; Jan. q, 1896 At Rest"
Patrick Eugene Prendergast, who as,assina
ted mayor Carter Harrison at Chicago year
ago, was hanged in that city last Friday. He
had very little to say and his death was in
Simultaneous.
"Aunt Nanny" the last of Thomas ,Jeffer.
sons slaves, died at Edgehll on Sunday night
last. She was born in 1888, the same year as
Heine, who died i'll 1858, and was thus in her
ninety-hfth year. She gave no signs of fail
ing even to her end, and her life went out
likea spark.
Clifton Forge Virginan of Tuesday,
"About fifty of Kelly's army arrived in Cliff
ton Friday night and have been hanging
around ever since. So far as known no den
relations have been committed but our citi
zens are tired of feeding them and it is time
they were made to move" Gov, O'Ferra1l
has been telegraphed to to remove them
A series of revival meetings at Montreal
Nelson, lasting month. has just closed. con-
Quoted by Rev. j. W. Lee, and resulted in 400
conversions in all, of which lao have Joined
the Methodist church, 4a the Baptist church.
% the Presbyterian, and q the Episcopal
church; in all 250 have united with the
churches; the remaining 40 will unite with
the different churches;
in the old court records Of Highland county
court there is an order providing that a GER
tain room in the upper story of Jacob liners
house in Monterey, should be used as a iail
fer the confinement of debtors of that county.
Miss Sophie A. Nordhoff former student
ri of Mo