Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-07-30
Virginia News Items.

Richmond is Boosting over magni-
ficent picture of Pope Leo XIII execut-
ed by two Virginia artists.
Prof r. b. Smithey has been elected
professor of mathematics in Randolph
Macon College, to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the resignation of Prof. III. Estill.
The Chronicle says Several car loads
of fat cattle from Southwest Virginia
have recently passed through Charlotts-
vile to be shipped from New York to
Liverpool.
The Monticello Guard of Charlottesville
will go into their annual encampment
near the MILLER School' in Albemarle
county on the 9th of August and remain
three days.
Yesterday, a week, farmer of Char
lotte county, named, Phineas Lindsay,
quarrelled with negro named Jack
Collins, in his employ, and getting his
gun shot him dead. The murder seems
to have been brutal and unprovoked.
w. H. Hunt was not killed in poll
tical quarrel at Salem, Fauquier county,
Va, as reported by the Alexandria Gdz-
cite. He was struck on the head and
remained insensible for twenty.four
hours, but finally returned conscious
ness.
| In settling the accounts of the internal
revenue collectors of Virginia, q dis
crepancy of 5000 was found in favor of
the collector of the Fifth District, and
Sis in favor of him of the SEVENTH
This is quite change for the better since
it used to be thousands the other way.
The Petersburg Inder says: "Mr.
John Friend has at his livery stable a
most remarkable calf 1t is Of the AL
derney breed, is not over eight months
old, and gives now quart of milk at a
milking. It il beautifully shaped
animal and prettily marked, and will be
one of these days valuable one.
John Capper, the mail carrier between
Winchester and Capper Springs, Va,
has been arrested on the charge of hav-
ing robbed the mail on the 23d and 24th
of June last, and confessed his guilt
He was sent to Hapriaenhurg, Va, for
confinement and trial before the United
States District Court.
On Wednesday evening last, as Mrs
! Virginia A. Terrell; wife of Mr.. George
nj. Terrell, four miles from Charlotts-
vile, was riding young horse tp visit
her neighbor. Mrs. Wingheld, she was
thrown from the horse, and was so bad
~ injured that there is little Or no hn,,ee
of her recovery.
On last Monday morning, OH Wilson
Greek, near Cunningham Church, Flu
wanna aonpty, Wilson Hpuchens, white,
murdered his wife, his mother in law,
and one child, by cutting them to pieces
with an axe, and afterwards cut his own
throat. His eldest child seeing his faith
er attempting to kill his mother, seized
the baby, about one year old, and ran to
one of the neighbors. During the past
five years he has msda several similar
attempts Npen tleir lives.
A.nysterious tragedy occurred at the
village of louisville, in Accomac coun-
ty, Va, at late hour last Thursday
night Mrs. Richardson, an elderly
wldoW, residing at that place, while
seated on the porch of her residence a
bout O'Clock on the night named, was
fatally shot by some one unknown,
whether by accident OF design has not
tranapireti. She fingered during the
night and died Friday morning. The
county authorities were notified but
have not 90 yet succeeded n capturing
the guilty party.
Recently q party who were cutting
timber for railroad ties near finders
Crossing OIL the Marrow Gauge railroad
made remarkable discovery that is
worth relating to our readers. Upon
cutting into white oak about foot in
, diameter, and apparently sound, they
, We're surprised to find about gallon Of
water was discharged from tie body of
toe trse. An examination discovered
the interior of the tree was hollow Tor
the distance Of foqr and a-Aslf feet fSom
the li;7TDC ana InOYl4a ~ nro Woo not
even the smallest opening from the ex-
. terror to the hollow, the skeleton of a
squirrel covered with shrunken skin,
, and very much like 8 mummy, was
T21nnH eliaassd in this living tomb, We
ASH Our scientific men how they came
there
We are indebted to the Lvnchburp
Meas OF the Goth inst, for the folIowin9
J items:
A bright little eon of Mr.. J. Louis
Araeassa, aged about two wears, climbed
into a three-story window in the resi-
dence over Mr.. Hragassa's store, on Main
SIT eet, yesterday evening, and fell to the
yard below, distance of not less than
twenty five feet Several physicians
were at once summoned, and it was dis
covered that no bones were broken, and
no other injuries sustained of serious
character. The little fellow was doing
finely last night. and we are gratlfied 10
believe that he will soon be entirely
we'll again.
A difficulty occurred yesterday be-
tween James Clemens (whita( aud John
Campbell lco!orad,l both employees in
tho te.uaaeo factory Of Mr.. J. D. Holt, in
which Campbell received very serious
blow on the head with large
stick, used as a lever in working tobac-
co press. The difficulty is said to have
resulted from some insulting remark of
Campbell, addressed to Clemens.
Mr.. c. P. Levitt, who has been in this
city several months, building boats, left
yesterday evening, with three days
rations, far Richmond, in a tin. clad sail
ing vessel five feet long and two feet
wiGe. He disdained to sail in the
canal, and will walk around the
dams with his boat under his arm. He
started at 5 O'Clock yesterday evening,
and was last seen skimming down the
channel under full sail at the rate Of ten
miles an hour.
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