Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-11-09

4 he CTORM In toOUTHW ESIERN lRGlNlA.
! A telegram from Il. IL. Gill, Superintendent
Of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,
says that the damage to that road by the
storm will not exceed in cost $4,000, and
that the trains will resume their regular
trips early next week. The Superintendent
has made an Inspection OF the road, auu his
statement is made from actual observation.
There are now 800 hands employed repair
ing the gaps in the road. The Wythe-
vile Times says:
The food produced BY the immense guam
tity Of rain which fell in this section on Sun
day night, Monday and Monday night last,
was Of the most destructive character
nothing like It has been witnessed since the
memorable nood Of 1870 On the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad, some ten bridges,
we learn, were swept away, whilst great
quantity of the embankments were totally
destroyed Along Reed Greek the damage
can hardly be estimated. Messrs G.. G..
Kent, 5000 bushels,) Randall McGavock,
Stephen McGayoelS, and Maj. Robert Say
ers, we understand, lost large amount of
fencing and corn-the latter gentleman
alone, we believe, lost 5000 bushels of
corn. New River lie said to have surpassed
itself, being some five or six feet higher
than it was at the time of the fresnet of 1910
Great damage, we fear, has been done along
this stream.
The Abingdon Virginian says:
Owing to the heavy fall of rain on Sun
day night, and throughout the day on Mon
day, a heavy slide occurred near Max Mead
ows. and two bridges were swept away on
Peak Creek. Conseeu, ntly, we have had
no through mail since Monday morning. =
We cannot learn full particulars OF the dam
age, as portion Of the telegraph line has
shared the fate of the bridges. All The wa
ters in Southwestern Virginia are said to
have been higher than for years, and great
damage has been done to nails, fences, aad
to corn crops On the bottoms.
THE MoDUs OpERANDI OF THE PREsIDEN-
TIAL ELECTION A Southern eotemporary
thus briefly explains the proceedings in
VOWED in the election of a President and
Vice President of the United States, to
wit =
1. BY the act Of Congress Of 1915, the
electors for President and Vice President of
the United States shall be elected in each
State on the first Tuesday in November.
2. BY the act of 1892, these electors are
to meet on the fist Wednesday in Deem
Der AFTER in their respective States, to cast
their votes.
g. These votes, when cast, arc to be GER
titled by the electors, and sealed up, and
sent to the President of the Senate
4. On the second Wednesday in Febru-
airy after the sealed certificates Of the elec~
tors are to be broken open, and the votes
counted, and the result declared in the pres
ence Of Congress
From these arran gements it will be seen,
that shonld the election of President be
thrown into the House, they will have to
come to an election in quick time, or the
Vice President who will have been elected
IN the meantime. will become the President
Of the United States
James Marley and John Manley were
killed in the tunnel, near Clarksburg, Va,
on Wednesday last, by the falling Of a guam
tity Of rock. James Cunningham was very
badly injured at the same time, and is not
expected to live. John Buokly, Thomas
Reynolds, Patrick Lotus and another man,
were more or less injured, but none danger
ouslv