Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-01-10

at Asheville, N. O.: OF long ago his
farm manager went to him and said he was
about to build = residence. How much is
| it to cost p queried George. Two thou
sand dollars, was the reply. Come and
| talk to me this afternoon, said the young
multi-millionaire. When the man went
George handed him check for $4,000,
saying, Now you can build a nice house. :"
| AS John Mccarthy, colored. from Port
Republic, drove into Harrisonburg on the
evening of December 26th, through a cross
street. near Capt. Lurty's residence, a bull
let struck him in the hip, and in a moment
more another struck him in the side. No
one was in sight. and it proved afterwards
that two boys practicing with ''cat rifle
in a lot near by, who did not see the man,
had fired the bullets. They were arrested
and fined.
The annual report of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture of Pennsylvania, says
that there are one hundred and one agri-
cultural societies in that State, but in the
last ten Oh fifteen years those OF them that
give exhibitions have found material fall
off in the attendance, the farmers insti-
rutes and grange meetings where the farm
ers can Interchange views, having pretty
well killed out the Fairs held by associa-
lions.
A disagreement has arisen in the First
Presbyterian Church Of Washington city,
between. Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage and
Rev. Adolos Allen, the assistant
pastor. DR.. Talmage is anxious
to preach twice on each Sunday, but Mr..
Allen declines to yield the pulpit. The
Elders of the church are with DR.. Talmage.
The Presbytery will be called upon to
decide the question.
Judge Harvey, of the Huntington Cir
ceedings instituted by Judge McGinnis of
the Criminal Court against the editors and
publishers OF the Huntington Times. He
held that press criticisms even of con-
temptuOus character, are not cffeDses
against which summary action can he
taken by a court. They are misdemeanors.
subject to indictment and trial by j juf -
The South Carolina State Supreme Court,
which was brought to standstill by the
springing of a question as to its being a
legal body, because a fourth justice proyid-
ed for in the new Constitution, now in eff
feet, has not elected, has sat on its own
case and resumed business. 1t holds that
the court is legal, and promises TO cover
the case in an opinion to be filed later.
The New York Herald celebrates the
advent of Leap Year by Offering a prize of
$1O0 to the woman who furnishes the best
answer to the question: How far may a
women 60 10 encourage a man to propose
MARRIAGE The chances are that it will be
captured by some girl who would sooner
die than offer any aggressive encourage
ment to a sutton.
The Richmond Va. city council has pass
ed an ordinance that is very distasteful to
the hotel people who are likely to protest
against its enforcement. 1t provides that a
stout rope shall be placed III every room for
guests and shall be securely fastened into
the wall OF to some other object SO that one
may let himself down to the ground with
ease in case of fire.
The New York Court of Appeals has re-
versed the judgment of theSupreme Court,
sentence Of five years Imprisonment in
the penitentiary, against Erastus Winans
for forgery, and Winans is now a free
man. He is the man that Charles Broad
~. he I1nl
helped Rouse in the old times when he was
hard up.
Jason Brown, one of the two surviving
sons of John Brown. is to leave his home
in Oaio for permanent residence in Cal
ifornia. The other son, Salmon Brow,
lives in Oregon. Jason Brown is now sew
enty-' hree years cd and somewhat feeble
Four Of his sisters are living in California,
and it is with them that he will make his
home.
Of the IS, 200 verdict for damages given
in the Richmond city circuit court to Miss
Louisa Gibson, a saleswoman against
Thomas Fl. Todd and wife, MI. Todd has
paid 81 600 and Rev. Dr.. VIM. E. Hatcher
the rest. 1t was through an effort of Mrs.
Todd to vindicate Mrs. Hatcher that the
suit was brought about.
The cattle raisers of Pulaski, Wythe and
Montgomery counties, have sent a COM
mittee to Richmond with bill to secure
protection against "Texas fever" and to
urge it's passage. The Southwest and the
Valley are the two sections not yet includ-
ed by the U. S. government in the Infect
ed district"
Michael Hairless of Amherst county,
with two jugs of apple brandy tied around
his neck in bag, leaped from a G. Il o.
freight train near Cornwall, Rock bridge,
Christmas eve, to walk to his home. He fell
under the train and his foot was SO mang-
led that his leg had to be amputated.
Neither jug of brandy was broken.
Warrenton Va.) Index: ''Ex Mayor
Grant was in town recently with the son
of the junior Senator from New Y ork, and
improved the occasion to call on Mrs. r.
W. Payne, He bought for young Murphy
from Mr.. Beyan, an English cross country
rider, a fine horse trained to the chase"
The coming marriage of Mrs. Alva s.
Vanderbilt, recently divorced from VIM.
K. Vanderbilt, land the mother of the
new Duchess of Marlborough, to Oliver
FL. Perry Belmont, just divorced from his
wife, is announced. All the parties are
New Y ork city Elillionaires.
AL the poor children in Wytheville, Va,
seventy-fye in number, dined free Christ
mas day at the Fourth Avenue
Hotel there Oh the invitation of |