Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-11
PASSING NEWS OF THE DAY.

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Hotel, near the Claremont stock yard il
Baltimore, favorite stopping place Of
cattle men, n. T. Hutchins, proprietor Of
the hotel; Chas. c. Wolf, a cattle buyer. Of
Glen Rock. Pa; J. H. Simmons. sheriff Of
Pendleton Co., w. Va, and G. Lee Rey
nolds, of W. Va. were sitting at a table
playing cards. The door opened and two
masked men with four revolvers entered
made the men throw up their hands, robbed
each one of them, then emptied the casl
drawer. and departed with cash. watches
and jewelry aggregating 800. No trace.
of the robbers have been found.
DR.. Geo. G. Rawlings Of Richmond. who
in his youth was the physician of Edgar A.
Poe when he got on his periodical sprees
in that city. died last week, aged seventy
eight. Ten years ago lie discovered that
he had heart disease, and announced his res
olution never to set foot on the ground
again as he believed any exercise aecelerat
ed the death of victims to that disease He
kept his word and had not been out of his
room since, preserving his life to the good
old age of nearly four-score. He was a
skillful physician and had been educated in
Europe and in this country,
A month ago Kathleen Coffee, an Irish
servant ''girl." aged sixty. Of Plainfeld
Ct, went to Ireland to bring over her old
mother, aged one hundred and four. They
arrived in New York Saturday. The OLD
lady speaks nothing but Gaelic, weighs
ninety pounds. has slrunk to four feet
eight inches in height. has never WerIlai spec.
tacles and is as active as anybody. She
had lived all her life in Shinim, County
Kerry, ireland.
Four weeks ago. Mrs. Jacob Weymang. a
farmer's wife, living near Akron, Ohio
gave tramp pair of old trousers in
which her husband had hidden 5000. Search
for the wayfarer was fruitless. Last week
he came back. He had tramped nearly LOG
miles to return the money, which, being
hidden in the lining, he did not at once
discover. The man was literally rewarded
and given steady employment. He is Jesse
ling Of West Avon, Conn.
President G. T. Huntington of the
Southern Pacific Ry. reiterates his prophe-
cy of good times made some months ago, and
adds: II look forward to several years
Of prosperity. The railroads, naturally,
are in more lourishing condition, and the
outlook for them is far better than it has
been for several years. think that the
improvement this fall and winter will be
very marked.
1t having been discovered that there was
no law in Texas to prevent the Corbett-
Fltzsimmons prize fight, announced to come
off i'll that State, Gov. Culberson called an
extra session Of the legislature which met
in Austin last week and passed one making
prize fighting penitentiary offense. The
extra session cost 100000. but the reputa
ton of the act is worth a million to Texas.
A young lawyer talked four hours to
jury, who felt like ]ynciing him. His op-
Donent, grizzled old professional. arose,
looked sweetly at the judge, and said !;
Your honor. will follow the example If
my young friend who has just finished, and
submit the case without argument - Then
ne sat down, and the silence was large and
oppressive.
Lizzie Goddard of Burnside, KY, aged
sixteen, took her first ride on railroad
train. She was in mortal dread of the cars
and when the train had proceeded a few
miles, jumped from her seat and began
She continued it until she lie.
came UNCONSCIOUS. She died just as she
was being removed from the train at the
next station.
At New Castle, Craig Co., Va, a two
weeks meeting conducted by Evangelist
Z. B. Strouse of Salem, closed last week,
there having been 275 professions of con-
version. The Salem Times Register says
that among those converted were ex-Con-
gresham Jas. w. Marshall, Judge Jones,
Col. Mcdonald and other prominent citi-
lens.
w. H. (''Teeny'') Miller of Shenandoah
who had served four years in the
Confederate army and four years in the
lostler department of John Robinson 3 |
circus, and been for many years in the en-
of L. M. and L. P. Henkel Of his
county, was killed last week by being !