Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-10-18

tions for mission work. church Mantle
nance and miscellaneous charities aggre-
gated in excess of $3.50, 600. Rev. John
Hall, the pastor, receives salary of SIS, 600
per annum, which is swelled by presents
from millionaire members of his congrega-
tion. by requests and fees. to an equal
amount.
Gen. James Longstreet, ''Old Pete, y had
brilliant reception in Washington Thurs
day night, by the Confederate Veterans
Association and the Ladies Southern
Relief Association. Ormer's Hall, where
it was given. was decorated with flags and
flowers. Gen. Longstreet was too feeble
to speak and Gen. Heth spoke for him. He
paid a high tribute to the 'sWheeI Horse'' of
the Army of Northern Virginia and spoke
of him as saving both his own and Gen,
Wilcox's divisions from total destruction
by his timely arrival of May 6, 1864. Gen.
Longstreet made short address and the
rec ptiOa osed with dancing. There were
over three hundred people present.
Among the matters which will come up
before the Methodist Conference of Vir-
ginia, which meet at Richmond in Novem-
Der, will be the recent marriage Of Rev.
DR.. Geo. w. Carter now of Portsmouth,
the charge being that he being a divorced
man and knowing the rules of the church,
married again; another question will be
The controversy for some time pending be-
tween Rev. DR.. ]. j. Lafferty Of the Chris
tian Advocate OH one side. and Rev. James
Cannon. Jr., son.in law of the late DR..
Bennett (who formerly published that
paper) and Rev. R. H. Bennett, son of
DR.. Bennett, on the other.
Mrs. Amelle Rives Chanler, aged thirty
two, daughter of Col. Rives Of "Castle
Hil," Albemarle, and wife of Mr.. ]. A.
Ohanler OF New York, aged thirty,dve, has
obtained divorce from her husband on the
ground Of .incompatibility." Where the
divorce was obtained is not stated. Five
months ago Mrs. Chanler returned to her
mothers home in Albemarle, and Mr..
CAanler then bought the farm adjoining
and lived neighbor to her. Mrs. Chanler
wrote work 1.-THE Quick OF the Dead
which created a certain sensation. and later
two other works which fell rather fiat.
AT Washington city this year
Chemistry will lie resorted to by the
excise board in considering applications for
license. a collection OF liquors from each
bar in the District has been quietly made
by excise agents, and there is now at the
board room bottle from each establish
ment. The Analysis Of these liquors will
show who sold doctored drinks and will
guide the board in granting or refusing
licenses. A strong effort will be made to
increase the license tax from $500 to $500
on bar rooms.
A new gospel feature in Richmond is the
.'GOspel Wagon" built to seat some four.
teen singers and workers. with an organ
and little platform for the preacher, who
is Rev. Geo. F. Williams, Baptist city
missionary Of that city. 1t is driven tt
any part OF the city on Sunday afternoons
and hating, there is singing prayer, a short
sermon and the distribution of religious
literature. It makes several stops in one
afternoon in parts Of the town away from
the churches, and has been very successful
in it's work.
Of the "A governors of States in the I'm
| ion, twenty-nine are members of the
church. Among them are ten Presbyteri
ans, five Congregationalists, five Episco
palians, four Methodists, three Unitarians
one Disciple and one Baptist, Of the
governors who are not members of any
church, but attend particular churches
three attend the Methodist, three the Pres
bytarian. enc the Congregationalist, ONT
the Baptist ana one the Episcopalian.
At Woodward, Oklahoma. Temple Hous
ton from Texas oldest son of Gen. San
Houston) the Commonwealth s Attorney
and ex-Sheriff Jack Lone, got into a fgh
with lawyer Jennings and his brother il
the court room, and later In bar room
the Jennings renewed the battle, and Ed
ward was shot dead and his brother nor
tally wounded.
Last week. Joseph Bennett young maj
of Newport, r. L., at much risk stoppe'
the runaway horse of Miss Elsie Clews
!, daughter of Henry Clews the banker, ant
saved the young girls life. Miss Clew
sent him good sized check, her mothe
sent him gold watch, and her father set
tied life insurance on all the young man.
family
James II. Skinner, who farms the Rev
erly farm, near Upperville, LoudOun count.
bought last fall twenty cattle, for which b
paid 81 cents and sold them short tim
ago for 5 cents. The cattle when sole
averaged Las pounds and brought 1913 8
each. After deducting twelve months in
terest and the cost Of purchase they nette
$S15.s0.
Cora Van Tassell the actress, was slap
ped and kicked on the porch of the Banl
building at Charlottesville, Friday, by he
husband. VIM. Stuart, who is playing witt
her in "Tennessee's Partner" Two gen
tlemen lnterfered and stopped the assault
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ner' that night was very small.
A petition was presented to the court
at Clarksburg w. Va, Saturday and th
prayer granted, for the foreclosure of $25
0OO, 600 mortgage held against the Norfoll
and Western Railroad by the Mercantile
Trust Company of Philadelphia. Th'
action is supposed to be a step toward thu
reorganization of the road,
Capt. r. S. Parks, Commonwealth s At
torney of Page county, was thrown out o
his buggy near Marksville on the 9th inst.
cutting cash in his forehead and injurin,
his spine. He was taken to DR.. Koontz
nearby and the next day taken to his hom'
in Luray.
The marriage of Miss Mary Chastain