Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-15
General News.

There are 1853 convicts registered at the PEN
itentiary.
Jay Gould has bought the VineIand, N. j. i,
railroad for $4,000
DR.. Charles I. jackson. of Boston, the eminent
chemist, has become an inmate of an insane
Asylum.
A subscription is on foot 10 South Carolina
to erect monument over the grave of the late
J. L. Orr.
John s. Merriman was shot and accidentally
killed by James S. Diamond in Lynchburg,
Virginia, on 9Th inst.
The deaf mute. recently injured by the cars,
in Lynchburg, is 10 critical state His name
has not yet been discovered.
Province Mccormick, ESQ.,, an able lawyer
and useful citizen of Clarke county. Va, died
at his residence in that county on 4th inst.
The Richmond IVA. State Journal, repub-
lican, has call for the republican State con-
vention under the head of bankrupt notices
The Shenandoah (Va.) Valley says: Gen
erals Gilbert and John Meem will, we learn,
make 10000 bushels of wheat on their farm,'
Mr. Robert Il. Canaan. prominent citizen and
temperance advocate of Johustown, Pa. COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat on 5th.
The Roanoke Times suggests the swinging
on 'sour apple tree" of the next horse thief
caught in that section Good idea.
The Society of Alumni of the University of
Virginia have resolved to hold alumni meetings
in Richmond during the coming State Fair.
Thomas Adams house was burned in Hart
ford, Conn, on the 9th. One child was burned
to death, and two others, it is feared, cannot
live.
William and Merry College has conferred the
honorary degree ct Doctor Of Laws on Gen.
Francis q. Smith, Superintendent of the Vir-
GINA Military Institute
Master r Powell Fauntleroy, son of DR.. J.
E. Fauntleroy, Of Leesburg, has been recon-
mended at large by President Grant for cadet
midshipmanin the naval academy at Annapolis.
A recruiting Office for white and black cav
airy regiments of he United States army has
been opened in Richmond Those who are
willing to dig for thesr country may now enroll
their names
The Girard estate, in the city of Philadelphia,
is appraised at SO 702 900. and the valuation is
quite as high as, and perhaps higher than, the
average of other property. The gross rental is
| $500, 800 annually. being nearly nine per cent.
| The taxes paid amount to $6S,272
The BARRIERS of Richmond, W., VhQ Kept
| their shops open 10th, and who were all dis
charged by Justice White few days ago, be-
| cause shaving on Sunday was considered pub
lie necessity. have all been indicted by the grand
| jury of the Hastings Court of that city.
Half a mile Of the Missouri and Pacific
Railroad track near Eickapoo station dropped
into the Missouri River and sunk out of sight
in the flooded stream without any warning to
railroad men. The water where the track was
situated is now forty feet deep. Railroad men
say it is the most fearful rent ever made. The
escape Of trains was almost miraculous.
Teleeraphic crop reports from numerous
points in Illinois and Iowa covering the greater
part Of these States show that while the recent
severe rain-storms have considerably damaged
the wheat crop particularly in localities where
it is just ready to be harvestedl there will be
fully an average crop. Che oat crop has suf.
fered more, being badly lodged, and in many
places will have to be moved The corn looks
we'll, and with favorable weather will make 2
full average crop.
WOMEN RAID ON LIQUoR-SALooN.-The
ladies of Remington, Ind, made raid on the
saloons there last week for the benefit of the
families of few habitual drunkards. They
proceeded in body, armed With hatohets, to
L. Ford s saloon, which they catered, and COM
pietely cleaned it OF all intoxicating liquors, not
leaving q barrel or bottle unemptied. From
there they marched to the Fountain saloon, and
partly destroyed his stock, when he promised
to clear ut in thirty days and never sell anoth-
or drop Ia the place - Ciacin natl Commercial.