Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-05-04

/ toned the U. S. Supreme Court, COT which
bar She IS member), to issue rule to con.
pell the Virginia Court to admit her.
The Rev. Dr.. Lafferty, in a lecture at New
Orleans, said that at Shiloh if Albert Sidney
Johnston had lived thirty minutes longer
General Grant would have surrendered. HI
had this from Blair, then member of thu
Lincoln Cabinet
On March il. son of DR.. Hurry, city chem
list of Indianapolis, Ind, took book from
the City Circulating Library. The boy wa:
attacked with diptheria. DR.. Hurry eXamin
ed the book and found marks of teeth, and
diptheria bacilli.
The Board of Supervisors Of Highland
county have, on account of the decision of thu
Court Of Appeals about enforced labor OF
roads, revoked all their road contracts, an(
now the people are wondering how the roads
are to be kept up for the next two years.
| Over fifty persons signed petition for E
| local option election to determine the sense Of
the people as to the sale of liquor at Ivy De
pot, Albemarle. The election came off and
only thirteen of them voted against license
the Vets carrying it by SO to IS.
DR.. Matthews Edmiston, assistent Superin
tendent Of the Weston CIV. Va.,) Lunatie
Asylum, and who had been elected Superin
tendent of the new Asylum at Spencer, died
Friday of typhoid fever
Commodore B. F. Day, u S. N, has bought
the 343-acre Hickory Hill' farm near the
Natural Bridge. 1t has on it the finest farm
mansion in Rockbridge. He will make it his
family home.
The Danville Times tells us that Mr.. John
Staples, Henry county farmer, never bought
a pound Of meat nor bushel OF flour, never
keeps store account, and, therefore, does not
feel the hard times.
In the Circuit Court of Richmond a few
days ago, Rt. Rev. Augustine Van De Vyver,
Bishop of the Catholic diocese Of Richmond,
was admitted to citizenship Of the United
States.
The Young Doctor-"Just think; six of my
patients recovered this week." The Old Doc
tor-"It's your own fault, my boy; you spend
too much of your time at the club. Life.
During the year 1898, there were 9,4S5, 585
pounds of cabbage shipped from Wythe coun-
ty, Va, which brought $780, 900 freight to the
railroad and 100000 to the growers.
The medical colleges turn out doctors at the
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ton is about per cent. per annum, against 8
per cent. increase in the number of doctors.
Rev. DR.. H. M. Wharton, pastor of Brant
ley Baptist church at Baltimore, has declined
81, 800 call to the Baptist Church of the
Epiphany in New York.
r. Perrin Graves, member of the Virginia
House of Delegates from Orange county, died
last week, aged seventy-two years.
Ten bar rooms in Hinton, w. Va, went
ont of blast last Monday night, the court hav-
ing refused to renew any licenses.
WV. Adams Of Charleston, a we'll known
lawyer and former State Senator of W. Va,
died last week.
Mrs. James Webster Of the village of Mil
ton, N. Y, aged 81 years, gave birth to twin
boys Oh Sunday evening last.
Gen. J. b. Kershaw of South Carolina, who
fought in the Mexican and Confederate wars,
died last week
Chauncey NJ. Depew of New York, will ad-
dress the literary societies of the University
Of Virginia at the finals this summer.
The bakers Of Hagerstown, Md, have in
creased the amount of flour in a scent loaf
from % ounces to "a ounces.
The legislature of Iowa has given women
the right to vote for city, town and school
officers.
The entire estate of the late Gen. Jubal A.
Early, is appraised at S1O6,OOO.