Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-06-19
PASSING NEWS OF THE DAY.


platitude.
PASSING NEWS OF THE DAY.
Kate Field, the journalist, who died O
pneumonia at Honolulu, was fifty-sil
years of age. She was writing up tn
Hawaiian islands for the Chicago Times
Herald. U. s. charge de affaires and Con
sui General Ellis Mills, met the steamer OF
which she was very ill, at the wharf, and
had detail from the U. S. ship Adams tt
take her on shore. Miss Field died just
after she landed. Her dearest friend was
the wife of Consul General Mills, and they
were much together while Miss F. was Wis,
iting Honululu. Miss Field had, during
health, expressed desire to be buried by
the side OF John Brown at North Elba,
New York, of whom she was great adj
mirer.
Mrs. ANA Dyer, ''baby farmer" was
hanged in London, England, Friday, fol-
numbering many babies entrusted to the
care of her and her son-in-law. They lived
in Reading and had great reputation there
for piety. Over the door Of her home was
figure of Jesus Christ, beneath which was
the inscription: "Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not, for of
such is the kingdom of heaven" Mrs.
Dyer had been arrested on four previous
occasions, but somehow she not only man.
aged to escape punishment, but succeeded
in maintaining her reputation for piety.
She had murdered sixteen out of the TWEEN
ty babies entrusted to her care since last
Christmas.
Robert r. Preston, son OF R. A. Preston
school Superintendent of Washington Co.,
and who had been in the Marion and Will
liamsburg insane asylums, escaped from the
latter on Wednesday of last week, and went
to Richmond. He took a room at Mrs.
Peek's on Ross street, and that night took
both choral and morphine. Late in the
night be was found to be dying, and died
in the ambulance Of the city almshouse
which had been sent for. When put in the
ambulance he spoke Of coming to Staunton.
He was twenty-five years Of age, weighed
200 pounds, and was fine looking. 1t is said
that his mind became unbalanced from
over study at Hampden Sidney College.
Wheat harvest has already begun in sew.
eral quarters of Virginia. 1t is going on
in the Fredericksburg and Abe
marie sections, and from the fol-
lowing in the Wytheville Dispatch it
seems to have made an unusually early
start in Southwest Virginia: 1.-The earli-
est wheat harvest known in this section is
now 'on.' Of course there is some wheat
still unripe, but in many cases the farmers
are as busy as possible with the cradle, SC
In fact, one field OF wheat was cut on Grip
pie Greek last Saturday, June 9th. Re.
member this. 1t is unprecedented.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson of New
York, last week announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Grace Wilson, tt
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. At the
same time MI. Vanderbilt, ST.. made pub
lie the fact that the engagement did not
meet the approval of the young mans
father, that is to say himself. 1t seems
that Miss Wilson is eight years older than
young Vanderbilt. The Wilson's went te
New ork from Georgia just after the wa
and have become mluionaires. Their two
other daughters have made matches OF
great wealth.
Rockbridge News: SIT has developed
that at the meeting of the board of trustees
of Washington & Lee University, held 6
month ago, committee Of the board Was
appointed to wait upon Senator John w
Daniel and tender him the professorshlp Of
the new chair of commercial law which il
is proposed to establish at Washington
& Lee University. Senator Daniel took
the offer under advisement for severa
weeks ard then declined to accept it,"
In Richmond the juries seem to regard
hanging as ''played out" VIM. Meadors, 9
trifing fellow, who had for long time lived
on the earnings of Maggie F. Driver, gain
ed by prostitution. and beaten her dread
fully at times, finally wound up. when he
feared the woman intended to give him up,
by inviting her to a saloon and shooting
her to death. The jury only gave this mon
ster twelve years in the penitentiary
The community OF Alexandria was
shocked Tuesday morning to learn that
Reverdy johnson Daingerfield had killed
himself in the bath room of his residence
In that city. He had shot himself in the
same place as did his brother Henry on the
21st of August, 1894, in the same house and
about one hour earlier. He was in good
circumstances, grand son of Reverdy
Johnson of Maryland, and leaves wife and
four children.
Pope Leo XIII takes snuff and it is man.
ufactured specially for him in Baltimore.
The Baltimore Sun says that it is put up
in one pound and five pound packages and
shipped direct to the Pope at Rome. Many
of the packages he presents to his friends.
The same firm often has orders from dis
tinguished church dignitaries in Rome fol
''a package of the same snuff his Holiness
uses.'
Capt. Allan V. Reed, U. s. A., has been
retired from command of the Portsmouth,
N. H., navy yard, and will be placed on
the retired list, his trouble being his per-
sistence, when at sea, in slowing his po-
tatoes in the officers bath tub, and doing
his own washing and hanging his clothes
to dry from the rear port holes. 1t has
been the most remarkable case the Navy