Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-16

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/ single standard as 4 basis for the measure OF
values of this world. love life. but not to
that degree that forces me to conform to a
single gold standard as basis for money!
The report of the new assessment In Rock
bridge, brings ont The rather remarkable fact
that those dlstrict; which are in close prox-
unity to the three railroads in the county show
a falling off in real estate value; and the two
districts, viz, Buffalo, and ''Kerr's Creek"
the farthest removed from railroad facilities.
show an increase.
Dr.. Geo. F. Root, the author of Orally
round the Flag Boys Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp. the Boys are marching" 1.-THE Va
| cant CHAIR and other songs, died in Maine
| last week, while he was preparing for the
celebration of his golden wedding, August
| 9th.
Virginia is the fourth State in the Union in
the number of postoffices. Pennsylvania
heads the list, New York is second, Ohio
third and Virginia fourth. The latter has
over 5000 postoffices, and Pennsylvania has
over ,O0D
| Old Christ Episcopal church in Char, ottes-
vile, the plan OF the original building o.
, which was made by Thomas Jefferson, an,
| which was erected about the same time will
| the University OF Virginia, was torn down
this week to make place for a new one.
In Rotetourt county, near Haymakertown,
| the hand OF VIM. Lavender who was feeding
threshing machine, was caught by the cyl
| inder. His arm was torn off at the elbow,
| and passed through the machine to the straw
| rick.
! At the corporation election in Buchanan,
Botetourt. the "Wets'' swept the field, and
when the new town council goes in, Septem-
Der lst. the bar room license, put at 81 900 by
the DRY" council, will be reduced to 500.
The west Virginia watering place list of
guests stood last week as follows-White
Sulphur, 800; Old Sweet, 1885, Red Sulphur.
100; Salt Sulphur, 100, and Sweet Chaly-
| beate, 100.
Rev. r. Q. Way of the Southern Presbyte-
rian church, who was missionary to China
| fifty years ago, and assisted in the first trans
latiOn of the Bible into the Chinese Language,
died at Savannah. Ca, Aug. 9th.
! Governor Woodbury. of Vermont, has
brought suit for $4,000 damages against the
Rutland, VT. Herald, for publishing him as
a rum-seller and the owner of building in
which liquor was sold in violation of law.
State Senator Dabney Mai shall of Missis-
sippi, assisted by three friends. shot R. F.
Dinkers to death at the railway station in
Brandon, Miss, while he was fleeing from
them. They put nine bullets in him.
| Rev. E. e. Wheeler. the Baptist Evange-
list, who was returning from California with
his church car Emmanuel was killed in
New Mexico last week by the train running
into washout.
| Samuel &. Staples, ex-county judge of Pat
rick county. and ex-member Of the Legisla-
ture, died at Roanoke last week aged seventy
| four. He was brother of Judge Waller r.
Staples.
Capt. Henry 7. Miller. for many years a
shirt manufacturer in Richmond, and a
brother of Polk Miller, died there last
week.
Two 14-months old twin daughters of Harry
and Lucy Potts, of Hillsboro. Loudoun Co..
Va, died on the same day, August 7th, with
in one hour of each other.
/ The Admission, Ala, Pipe and Foundry Co
has gotten contract for 10000 tons of iron
pipe from okohama, Japan, in competition
with bidders from all over the world.
l Claud Welch, son of Lewis Welch, was
killed by lightning in Botetourt county last
week while pitching oats into the barn OF
James Munday. The barn was burned.
Workmen should remember that thin
piece of India rubber attached to each foot
of ladder, will make it impossible for it te
slip.
The sum of $40. 600, 900 will be spent in pre-
pairing for the Paris universal exposition fol
the year 1900. The exhibition of l. 89 only
cost S. 100000.
The proprietors of the Covington. Va.
tannery have advanced the wages of theil
workmen 10 per cent. They employ about
100 men.
1.-The bloomer,'' argued the Mean Thing, il
a loud, harsh voice, 'shows how little there
really was in the skirt to admire. Detroit
Tribune.
Daughter "Papa went away in very good
spirits this morning." Mother-"Good grac
ious! That reminds me that forgot to ask
him for some money!''-El Notice Universal
) Judge Brentano, of Chicago. decided in favor
of German Lodge of Knights OF Pythias
t which refused to adopt the English ritual a.
prescribed by the supreme body.
The Green county, Mo-. court has appointed
the widow of Sheriff Daniel II. Stewart te
fill his place until successor is elected.
Chas. Il. Wood of Rappahannock Co.. Va,
has refused an offer Of $1,000 for his apple
crop.
Prof. Alexander Crawford, Principal Of
the Charlottesville High School, has resigned
to take position in Mississippi.
The Chicago Presbytery has decided thai
unfermented grape juice only, must be USED
! in the communion service.
Mrs. Talmage, wife of the Brooklyn preach
er, left all of her estate of $4,000 to hel
husband.