Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-26
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

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Pokey Barnes all colored, convicted inLunen
burg county of the murder of Mrs. Pollard
and sentenced to be hung Sept. Goth, have
been carried to Richmond for safety. Anothe
colored woman, Mary Barnes. convicted OF
| participation in the crime, was sentenced to
| ten years in prison. Solomon Marable, un
doubleday the murderer by his own confes-
sion, implicated the women by his testimony
He told one story at the trial of one of them
and then when brought from Jail to testify
again, denied in toto the truth Of his former
story, and in five minutes admitted that hi:
last story was untrue. The women had nc
counsel. The military was there all through
the trial.
An ambitious young reporter on the Los
Angeles Herald. who had wearied of ordinary
assignments, conceived the idea of winning
fame by getting up a sensation. SO he feigneC
insanity. was brought before the court fol
examination, was pronounced a subject fol
the asylum, and was sent to the state in
stitution at Highlands. After staying long
enough to get material for good STORY" hi
release, was obliged to tell the whole story Of
his deceit. The Judge who had committed
him cited him to appear to answer the charge
of contempt of court, and sentenced him to
pay fine of $500 or serve 100 days in Jail.
A carload of iron beams intended for ust
in the rearrangm ent of the jefferson Davi!
mansion in Richmond, which is being pre-
pared for use as museum of Confederate
relics, has arrived in that city. The house
has been almost Quilted of its interior work.
The old walls and roof alone being LEFT
standing, the object Of this is to make the
floors and staircases fire proof and to secure
the building and its contents from all danger
from fire.
MI. Geo. w. Dressler, residing near Gov
ingtOn, Allegheny, while returning from
Sunday School with his wife, was thrown
from the buggy by the horse running away
and died the next morning, July 18th, from
his injuries. Mrs. Dressler was thrown out
but not much injured. Mr.. Dressler was a
prominent citizen of Allegheny, and at his
funeral from the Methodist church, all the
Covington ministers assisted.
In the county court OF Appomattox, Fri
day, the contest between Hal. D. Flood
(Dem. and W. e. Franklin (Rep.) over the
OicCGlOu lOl commonwealth AIlOlH WdS
decided in favor Of Flood, Judge Moss decie-
ing that Flood had five ma jority after dis
carding the Spout Spring precinct. Senator
Daniel and Judge Horsely were Flood 5
counsel. The case will be appealed to the
circuit court.
SHORTLY after the birth of the third daughter
to President and Mrs. Cleveland, Washing
ton newspaper offered a prize to the person
guessing the name to be given the baby. The
result was announced Saturday: Five thou
>and nine hundred and thirty people guessed
Il different names, but not one named Marion
The nearest to it was Miriam. Naomi was
the most popular, 800 naming that.
nine-year-oid negro girl, without ednca-
ton, has developed wonderful powers OF
preaching at Society Hill. S. e. At first she
only preached to negroes, but now the whites
are fiocking to hear her. She quotes Scripture
by the whole chapter, uses good language,
and shows amazing insight into the frailties
of humanity Her strange power only devel-
oped abont ten days ago.
On Friday week, ex-Mayor John r. Lud-
low of Norfolk, aged sixty-eight. and Miss
Drury Conway Of Alabama, stenographer
and typewrite aged thirty, both guests at
the Rockbridge Alum Springs, drove over to
Lexington in company with a lady friend and
were married at the Irvine Hotel. The groom
gave champagne supper at the hotel that
evening.
The members of the Unitarian church at
Shirley, Mass, are about placing in their
church marble tablet to the memory of
Oliver Holder, the author of the tune of the
HYMN "Coronation.' Shirley is his native
town, and the old organ on which he compos-
ed the tune is still there. Mr.. Holder was a
Baptist and not Unitarian.
DR.. Samuel L. Butler, Virginian, who
fifteen years ago began the practice of dentis-
try In Louisville, KY, under the name of DR..