Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-22
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.


Pa, Sunday, was taken to Winchester, Va.
for burial. In his will he leaves two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars to the city of Win
chester, Va, for "Handly Memorial Ii
brary" and an equal sum for its maintenance
He remembers all his relatives literally
His estate after paying all fixed charges is t.
be devOted-one-third ca ch-to the city O
Winchester. the House of the Good SHEPHERD
and st. Patrick's Orphan Asylum. At thu
end Of twenty years his real estate is to b.
sold, and the proceeds invested for the fur
Their benefit of the two charities named, anG
the city of Winchester. The library to b.
erected at Winchester is to be free. Hi
whole estate is valued at 81. 100000.
Miss Anna Gould, one of the heiresses t,
the late Jay Gould's millions, will be mar
ried in New York on March 4th to a Frencl
count named Castellane. They will be mar
ried at the Gould Fifth Avenue residence b!
the Roman Catholic Archbishop Corrigan O
New York. After wedding breakfast, a
which there will be 100 guests. they will sal
for France. The costumes of the bridesmaid
which have been designed by the count, will
be of white cloth, trimmed with sable, com
pleted with big black hats and plumes. Mrs
Gould will wear white satin and old lace.
The treasurer of Roanoke College, Salem
Va, has received a check for 5000 in pay
ment of the bequest of Mrs. George K. Crock
EFT, of Springfield, Mass, and also, as con
trihntion to the endowment fund. 80 900, al
ready we'll invested in first class mortgage
bonds, the gift of Morris K. Jessqp, of New
York, who has been a generous friend OF thu
college for number of years.
Miss Susan B. Anthony spoke in the Acad
envy Of Music at Culpeper last week, to an
audience of 500 people, mostly ladies, on wo
mans suffrage and rights. She was accorded
quite an ovation. Miss Anthony is seventy
Ave years of age. Her birthday was celebrat
ed in Washington by grand banquet given
her by the women snffragists of that city.
The east=bopnd express train on the Balti
more & Ohio Railroad struck trolley car al
Pittsburg Sunday night, demolishing the cal
and killing Miss Anna Cusack. who had just
arrived from Germany to see her father, who
had not seen her since she was four years
old.
"0n Wednesday next, Messrs. sotheby will
sell snuffbox once belonging to Dean Swift,
which appears to have an authentic pedigree
1t is of mother-pf.pearl, mounted in silver
The outside of the lid has representation OF
Venus CD and lion, with the MOTTO "Amo1
vincit Omnia. London Academy.
Mrs. Harriet A. Eskins, whose father reign
ed as king of Guinea, died in Lebanon, Pa,
last week, aged Ill years. She leaves two
besides n grandchildren, 81 great
grandchildren, is eat-great=granachildr en
and IA great-great.great-g
Partisan women are some of them, wearing
hand painted gowns. One in which a we'll
known leader of fashion in that city appear
I'd was of dnll white silk, and had over the
plain hariag skirt laFga painted baskets
loaded with flowers.
The large silk plant of Doherty and Wads-
worth of Patterson, N. j., was destroyed by
fire last week. The loss on the stock, build
ing anq machinery is estimated at $500, 900.
Insurance about $240,QOQ.
The resolution instlucting the German
government to call an international monetary
conference for Tho rehabilitation of silver
passed the Reichstag on Saturday with the ap-
proval of the government.
The committee on woman suffrage of the
legislature last week decided
TO report, 8 to 8, in favor of municipal suf-
frage for women.
Fred Douglas, the noted Freedman, died
in Washington, Wednesday. " "