Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-26
Personal and General.

Personal and General.
The Amer of Cabul has translated
!" Robinson Crusoen into Persian.
The grave robbers are at work in all
directions. Scarcely day passes with
out fresh sensation.
Hug Me to Death, Darling" is the
title OF a new song. Its author says it is
intended for duet, and no audience.
Minnesota. has man who is SO pious
that he will not engage in sheep raising
because the lambs gambol on the green
Very few girls can spank a pepper
box as it should be spanked, and vet
| they all want to get married and raise
| families.
The Viceroy of Egypt, notwithstand-
ing his bankruptcy, is furnishings room
for himself in his Cairo palace in the
Queen Anne style, at cost of $4,000
| Ex- minister to Russia Hon. Geo. H.
Boxer is again in the service of the
country this week as foreman of the Uni
ted States grand jury at Philadelphia.
MI. Spurgeon is to receive a gift OF
S2o 900 from his congregation on the
| completion OF his twenty-five years of
theological labor, December 81.
| Miss Adelaide Nelson has postponed
her proposed American tour, in order
| to appear in a new drama at the Adelphi
Theatre, London. early next year,
Randolph Haiser is a new Boston bill
| liard prodigy. He makes runs of 300 to
700 easily at the three.ball game, and
has counted so without going to the rail.
Rev. Dr. Hoffman, of Philadelphia,
! has accepted the position of dean of the
| Episcopal General Theological Semi
nary, to which he was recently elected.
| United States Commissioner Daven-
port, of New York, is to be prosecuted
BY Tamnoany. forintimidation of natural
lied citizens on election day. Counsel
mas been engaged. ..-.,. s,
| The Marquis of Lorne brings with
him to Canada twenty-five personal SER
wants and bare legged Scottish piper.
On being presented to the latter indivi-
dual no gloves are necessary.
| According to DIR. Tarnier, milk diet
will cure obesity. To cure indigestion
cheW green leaves when you are out
Waikingg-Tany leaf you choose except
those of noxious plants, of course.
/ When Miss Mary Anderson was at
Hartford last week, a young fellow who
thought to cultivate her ACQUAINTANCE
sent her an INVITATION to dine with him
alter the performance, to which the
young actress replied that she was not
on a foraging tour. fsT f
a Ladies' Walking Club is the latest
novelty in New York. 1t has just been
organized with fourteen members who
made their first tramp Friday last
through the wooded heights of the Pali-
sades, OH the Hudson river front of Ber-
gen county, n. j. ai
Rumor has it that there is some dis
cord in Theodore Thomas's Cincinnati
orchestra, growing out of failure of the
management to remunerate the per-
formers according to contract==six dol
lars each for concerts and two dollars
each ior rehearsals. -,..:f...
1t is stated that the Indians are pulling
up survey stakes in Manitoba, and the
Dominion mounted police who went to
arrest Big Bear have been sent home
empty handed The fear is expressed
that the Indian war in the Northwest
Territory Is likely to become general.
Mrs. Catherine Hull has confessed the
murder OF widow Best, at Port Wash
ingtou. Ohio, last week. She says her
husband had been untrue to her for
many years, and she sent decoy let
ter to Mrs. Best. She met her victim at
a haystack, and beat her brains ont with
a stick. -5.-.'r'.-.
In all old churchyard not far from the
Tower OF London was found two weeks
ago Roman tomb of the fourth CEN
fury. The stone is ofpure white Italian
marble, and was found slaout four feet
below the SUR ace. Within the tomb is
place for a cinerary urn, and near it
was found a Roman coin. -aa1 5E
William Sack Vile. son of the late
Lord Henry Gordon and cousin to the
present Marquis of Huntley, died recent
ly st Melbourne, Australia where for
some years he had been letter-carrier.
A subscription was set on foot to ena-
BILE his PENNIES widow to return to her
/ friends in England.
Joseph, Chief ofthe Nez Perces, is de-
seFIbea "a T. ilan, who, by his distln-
| guished bearing, would attract notice
anywhere He has noble figure and a
clean cut, handsome face, with bright,
expressive eye, and a quick, nervous
manner, in strong contrast with the
Iutiianis usual stoiidity. gr7 81 3r.ie .s5
AT st. Paul, Mimi, Tuesday, Otto
Montgomery attempted suicide by shoot
ing, infiicthfg severe wound in the
head His son while attending at his
fbedsiue faintea, dropping Kerosene
lamp, Which exploded, setting fire to the
bed and burning the father to DEATH
Pie son revived and rushed into the
street with his clothes burning. The
fire upon him was extinguished after he
had been severely burned. 80 isd ists
/ One hundred and twenty one houses
were. destroyed by an earthquake in
Manizailes, capital Of the State Of Antio-
quia, South America, October 8, includ-
ling the church, the hospital, the princi-
pal school, the city buildings and many
others. Fortunately no lives were lost,
as the shocks were long sustained and
| the principal force was at its termina-
ton. = The damage will exceed 500, 600.
Away in the early history of Georgia,
when the laws were administered with
dispatch and with comparatively cere-
,meny, one of the Commonwealth,s not
! ed sons, Walter T. Colquitt, at the time
| of which We write, a Supreme Court
1 Judge. cpndenlned man 10 be hanged,
4 then preached sermon reviewed the
! sllilitiaa marriet. two couples at night,
then Conducted with considerable. unc
ton aTeusing prayer-meeting-al in
one day. sdi ~ ri efss,4s,. -
nDcnis Kearney) left Boston for San
Frar cisco Monday evening, He was
faceoiss panied by his wife, his youngest
brother and two children He left the
Hub, wept, unh0nored and Iunsung, so
far as politics are concerned. Two prime
Fcauses leito his suddepdeparture-the OPP
position expressed by the democrats who
followed Gen. Butler against his med-
ding in the municipal fight, and the
sudden appearance of discussions in the
workingnien's party in San Francisco.
Adviees from Salvador, Central Amer
lea, state that the VOLCANOES of Izalco an d
Santa An,ia are in state of tremendous