Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-08-10
A GOOD BATH LETTER WITH AUGUSTA
ITEMS.

BATHS NEWSPAPER-MR. FRANCISCO (
NEW FARM-A SPECIFIC FOR COLO n
| HoRsEs-A PRESBYTERIAN BAPTIZINe
| AT A RIyER-Dg. CHERTsEY HOPKINS
MAN SHOT-CLERICAL, &C.
WARM SPRINGS. Aug. THE follow
ing items gathered in this famous Warm
Springs Valley will be of interest to the
readers of the INDICATOR.
Bath county's first newspaper is to ap-
pear this week. The Bath News, a weekly,
edited by Mr.. Jos. Gray McAlister, a
promising young graduate of Hampden
Sidney College last session. He took the
senior orators medal, and was editor-in-
chief of the Hamnden Sidney Magazine.
He is a son of MI. A. A. McAlister of
Covington, and nephew of MI. VIM. M.
McAlister of this place, is quite a young
man, and probably the youngest editor in
the State
Mr.. Harvey Francisco, an old and val
ued subscriber of the VINDICAToR, is pre-
pairing to move from his pretty residence
among the oaks, near Warm Springs. to a
fine place Of nearly 1900 acres on Jackson S
River, 5 miles from here, which he pur-
chased from Mr.. Carter Harrison of Staun-
ton. He is Offering his grass farm here for
rent, and building upon his river place.
Mr.. Francisco saved the life of a valua-
BILE horse by very simple remedy the other
day. The horse was rolling in agony with
the collie, when he happily bethought him
to seek the advice of Miss Becky Gray, a
sister-in- law of Mr. FoXhall Daingerfield,
and who has spent some years on his stock
farms in Rockingham and Culpeper. Miss
Gray who is visiting at ''Saints Rest, -
prescribed an ounce of chlorOform in a
pint of water, saying that MI. Danger
field had used it with never failing success,
and had regretted SO much not knowing of it
before Sam Purdy S death, as it could have
saved him. MI. Francisco administered it
at once, and says his horse was relieved in
stantly. and went to grazing. He wants
the VINDICAToR to tell it to every reader
who owns horse,
The writer attended an interesting
service at a Mission of Rev. VIM. C..
Whites the other night. The services
we're held in school house on the bank of
the river. The night was very dark, and
there were no means for lighting the house.
That difficulty was soon met, however;
every family brought lamp OF q lantern,
and placing them around the room in
the windows and on the desks, the house
was after while well lighted, On Sunday
four young ladies joined the church. and
two of them had to he baptised. Mr..
White used the occasion to illustrate
the baptism Of the eunuch by Philip,
as related in the Sth of Acts. Lead
ing the congregation to the river, he read
this incident as related in the Bible, ex-
planning how in the East, it WAS the Gus
tom for persons when going into the water
to remove their sandals, and then stepping
upon stone in the edge of the water, and
stopping down, he dipped up the water in his
hand and poured it upon the heads of the
candidates as is the manner of Presbyte-
rians when administering that ordinance.
The ceremony was unique and solemn
one, and all seemed to be impressed with
the view which the preacher took of the his
torical incident referred to. MI. White
left yesterday on his vacation trip to
Mortified, Mass, followed by the benedic-
lions Of his devoted people, who furnished
him the means for it. He is the son-in.
law of Rev. DR.. Finley of Thinking Spring,
and the nephew of Rev. j. E, Booker of
Hebron.
Dr.. Chertsey Hopkins of the Western
State Hospital, is not without old friends
in Augusta She taught two sessions at
Mrs. Winstons school in Waynesboro,
and is a grand niece Of the late Benjamin
Crawford Of Staunton.
Commonwealth Attorney, j. W. Ste
phenson has probably another murder case
on his hands. One John Liptrap was
brought before Magistrate s. W. Anderson
this morning on the charge of shooting
Chas. s. Vance, a son-in law OF county
clerk, A. &. Cleek, and sent to Jail. Lip
trap says some one had thrown rocks at
his house. Sunday. Later in the day,
he saw a man coming down path towards
his house, and going toan upper window
with his rifle, he, at the long range of 100
yards, took deliberate aim and shot Vance
through the right side, the ball going ELL
tirely through his body piercing his lungs.
Liptrap says he thought Vance was the
negro who had stoned his house. Vance
will probably die, if he is not already dead.
IF On II will he q cold Hooded murder as
the facts are now understood here.
Rev. J. w. Lafferty of Lexington Pres
bytery, now at Davidson, N. g., will be
here this week to assist NJ. White for two
months in the Hot Springs portion of his
charge.
City Legislation of General Interest.