Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-07-30
Personal and General.

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Lord Dufferin will end his term of Of
nee as Governor General of Canada in
September.
senator ingalls,, of Kansas, is spend
VIZ ene season at the Healing Springs,
Samson was an eminent tragedian in
ms day. and in his last act brought down
the house.
IL took 10000 of the ancients twenty
years TO build a tomb for certain high
toned female of Agri. Those were the
good old times.
a church costing 5000, 900 is to be
Dullt near the Royal Palace at Madrid,
IN which will be magnificent mauso.
leum in memory of the late Queen.
1t is rumored that Mr.. e. C. Willard
OF Inc Ebbett House, Washington, is
making arrangements to erect a large
hotei at Cid Point Comfort, Va.
On Friday, July 5, the Emperor Will
lam resumed, for the first time since
Noblling's attempt, the military uni
form which he habitually wears.
There are over q, 600 Touring mills in
the United States, giving employing nt
to $1,000 men. These mills turn out an
nually 50,O0O,OOO barrels of flour.
The Potter sub committee at New Or
leans has decided to give Secretary Sher-
man the benefit Of the testimony of the
n1nety-three witnesses he desired to have
subpoenaed.
A fire at Cattlettsburg, Ky, on the
go inst, destroyed nearly the entire
business position of the town. Loss is
estimated at 100000, with very little
insurance.
= farmer near Fairbault, Mimi, shot
ana instantly killed two tramps, whom
ne caught in the act of setting fire to the
harvesting machine in his wheat field.
ne gave himself up, but was instantly
After sharp, quick thunderstorm in
BragOrla county, Texas, search was
made fpr Willie 'Jamison, young man
OF nineteen years. He was found sitting
astrlde his horse, but dead, with two
hoies forked.b by lightning in his skull.
A woman calling herself Mrs. Eair-
ourn, living in Roane coustY, W. Va,
Killed her fovr-y aaF-old child ON the
lsI;i AAs was recovering from an at
tsck ot sickness, and the child was =, .v.
ing by her belsitie. .un Zen size suddenly
sp'hu1 -" >, seized it by the feet and
! dashed its head across the head board of
the bed, killing it instantly.
The Queen has conferred the order of
the Garter on Salisbury. Strange things
times whirligig brings about. The lost
garter OF the Countess of Salisbury was
the origin of the order, when Edward
Inc Third made memorable It's motto
HON. soft qati NAL y pensc-and now a
salisbury receives back the same garter
IN llneal descent!
4 half-bred from the Sisseton Agency
| Dakota Territory, who has arrived ut
gne White Earth Agency, Minnesota,
reports that be was informed by Sisseton
indians that eight different bands of
Sioux have joined the hostile confederaz
ton, and that Sitting Bull himself has
| visited Standing Roc,. this sunl1ne, in
disguise in seesssseiil OF recruits. A general
oioHv war, they said, was imminent,
tanG would soon be anncanced. Wheth-
er there IS any train in the statements
made ~ siese Indians the half breed
oon1d not say, but he saysthey certainly
MADE such such Statements,
Mss. "Conmodore Nuttu minnie
Warren, the welI-remembered dwarf.
died at Fall River, Mass, on Tuesday
as announced already by telegraph, in
childbirth. She was the sister Of Mrs.
Charles S. Stratton Lavinia Warren,
and acted as her bridesmaid at the ia.
nous Tom Tllunlbh wedding in Now
York, February 10, 1868. She was re-
ceiyed by nearly al the potentatss of
tHqrope during the tour with Mr.. and
Mrs. 4numb. She Was married to Com
ntasosesaQre Mutt abroad, and about 1865 was.
III company with her husband and Mr..
ana Mrs. Tom Thumb, the guest of
Napoleon III, at the TuDaries. Stree
hef return 20 this country she hes resided
With her husband at Br:dgenort and
Fail River. She was aged about twen-
ty-six years.
a grand reunion Of soldiers, North
and South, of ali branches ofservice, and
OF all sections, is to be held at Marietta.
Ohio, September Sd to 9th Congress
passed resolution authorizing the SEQ
rotary OF War to send, from some con-
venlent arsenal, cannon, tents, muskets.
etc, to be used OH the occasion. The
circular sent abroad contains this invi-
tation to the x-Confederates ITO the
veterans of the Confederate army sim
oere greeting is extended, as fellow citi-
zens OF common country, and they are
cordially invited to join this national re-
union. 1t is believed that great interest
will he added to the occasion by their
presence, and that, in the renewal of the
memories Of common experience of
suffering and achievement, between the
men OF the opposing armies, there will
be mutual pleasure. It is believed, also.
that in an exchange of sympathies and
sentiment nearer acquaintance and a
better understanding will be promoted,
and devotion to the interests of com.
mon country stimulated