Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-05-20
ALL SORTS.

A-shooting-boys in blue.
ALL SORTS.
The Indians are turbulent in Texas.
TIE palm is said to be . very handy tree.
Michigan has 81, 900 mere men than women.
The Texas border is to be worn only On the
outskirts
Smith g. Noyes, large New York tea dealers,
have failed.
There is an Hon. John G. Underwood in
Kentucky.
Yale College hasreceived 8 present of peril
fed Indian.
A Minneapolis druggist was fined for selling
toothpicks On Sunday.
American artists find profitable market In
England for their oil paintings.
4 Georgia judge fined four lawyers S. each
for laughing 10 court, the other day.
They are thinking about appointing women
police inspectors 10 Chicago.
A three minute earthquake happened lasi
week in Wa.eryliie village, Maine.
Ginger beer is becoming popuarin Wisconsin
since EQucr laws have been enforced.
Umbrellas have gone Up more than any other
class OF goods this spring.
A Wisconsin minister struck his balky horse
SO hard that the stubborn animal fell dead
Cincinnati beer drinkers are camoring for a
reduction in the price to three cents glass.
A steamer recently launched, to ply in Oregon
waters, is named the Don't Bother Me-
Judge Pierrepcnt, Of New York, has been
rendered the mission to st Petersburg uice
Hon. j. L. Orr, deceased.
Stokes says be does not want or expect com
mutation Of sentence if the Court Of Appeals
decides against him.
The French Government supports England S
efforts to suppress the slave trade on the east
ern coast Of Africa.
The Spanish Monarchists abetained every
where FROM voting in the election for copsti-
tuent Cortes.
The constant use of tobacco and whiskey for
one hundred and FIVE years killed William COT.
fage, OF St. ice, Missouri
1t is to be hoped there will be new deal
with the Modocs, and Jack upturned at the
first cut.
The new cable is to be laid across the At
lantic under the auspices Of the Cotton Elk
change Of New York.
The Modoes are reported to be located four
miles below their last stand In a very strong
position. They are near the foot of Snow noun
tain.
One hundred and six congressman have &C.
copied invitatioas to attend the Congressional
Convention IN St. Louis.
Sheriff Kane of Baltimore has concluded to
Withdraw his resignation and to continue In Of
fee for the remainder of his term.
The supplemental elections in France in all
cases indicate radical or republican success.
John E. Dooley, of Richmond Va, is dead.
Mr.. Doo!eey vas the con Of Maj Dooey, of
Richmond.
Gen. Imb0den, of Virginia, is in London
making speeches in favor of Emigration to Viz
ginia.
There is no baseball club in Danbury, and
30 Pine-street Gentleman was obliged to fall
from stoop to break his thumb -Daabury
Neics.
The report of the national Temperance So
ciety sets forth that during the past twelve
months I,9l2,563 pages Of matter have been
printed.
It is said that in Scotland one man in every
thousand gees to college; in Germany the pro-
portion is one Tor every 1900; in England it is
one tor every $500.
Spicer says the only time he felt like a real
estate owner was when he had The neuralgia.
and then be had ever dozsn achers In his
mouth.
w. w, Wood, OF Virginia, aud A. r. Botel.
er, OF West Virginia, have been elected mem
bers of the Executive Committee of the Ph;la-
delphia Centennial Commission.
The New York Herald speaks editoriallv Of
the University Of Virginia az that noble insti
tuition from which many statesmen have
sprung"
Emperor William, Of Germany, while review |
ing the troops at St. Petersburg, received a
bullet II his helmet, and his adjutant was Sc |
Verely wounded. The shot was fred by priest. |
Gen. JOHN G. Breckenridge has been selected
to deliver the address before the anpual meet |
ing of the Association of the Army of Northern |
SHgln!a' at Richmond Va. during the next
State fair.
=, The 3, Dill to submit to vote of the people of
New YORK the question Of licensing the sale of
liquor in that State has passed both houses of
the General Assembly. 1t includes lager beer
aud cider.
Hon. J. Fl. Sloss, (dem. Of Alabama, en-.
joys the distinction of being the only Southern
member OF Congress who has refused to keen
his part of the back pay grab. He has donated
1t to the poor people of his District.
The American plug hat is used to measure
potatoes In by the Sandwich islanders, while
IN can Demlngo It serves as a nest for setting
nehs: IL is pleasant to know that somebody
mas found use for the ugly things
An old minister the other day asked q woman
what could be done 10 induce her husband 70
attend At. CHURCH. Il don't know" she said
tnness you were 10 put a. pine and a inc If
whisky in the pew jug VI
Two pro!ihc matroas living near each othsr
n Columbia county, Ca, simultaneously nr,.
dueed seven children between them on N onpd Lo,
Of last week; one Of them bearing four and tbs
,ther three. -'A- ~nu 'he :
The roof of Westminster Abbey. in Iondon v
ong supposed to be Of oak, when recently ex
lniDed as to its souudness and found to he ner.
eet, was at the same time discovered TO he of L
'hestnut 1t has stood for eight centuries Al. 8
eady. @"