Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-12
General News Items.

A new Island has been discovered in
the Polar Sea.
Heavy snow storms have occurred in
France. Germany and Switzerland.
Mr.. Moody held the first of his pro-
posed fall and winter meetings at Mt.
Vernon Place M. E. Church, on last
Tuesday evening.
The extensive prostration of telegraph
poles by last Sunday weeks storm in
Austria revives interest in the under
ground system of wires.
So far this year nearly 1000 emf
grants from Europe have arrived at
New York, against 56,31S during the
same time last year-an increase of over
A. 600.
A little girl at Heely Falls, Ont,
while straying around her fathers farm,
came across young bear, and, mistak-
ing it for dog, tied a string around its
neck and lugged it home.
On the 4th inst, the extensive paper
mills of Wilkinson Brothers & Co., of
Birmingham, Conn.,. were destroyed by
fire. Loss 100000. Insurance $125, 900.
One hundred employees are thrown
out of employment.
An oil tank exploded at Canton on
the edge of Baltimore on last Tuesday
evening, killing three men and wound
ing one. A fierce confagration ensued
causing loss of about $4,000. The prop
erty belonged to the Baltimore United
Oil Company.
Gov. Wade Hampton, of South Caro-
lima, while hunting near Columbia,
Thursday, sustained severe injuries by
jumping from a mule he was riding
which became frightened. He will be
confined to his bed for some time.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart has offered re-
ward of $4,000 for the recovery of the
body of her late husband stolen from the
family vault in st. Marks Church grave
yard, and the conviction of the thieves.
A proportionate sum will be paid for the
recovery of the body.
The plates for the $1,000 and $4,000
greenback notes are being perfected,
and will be ready for circulation by the
day fixed for resumption. They are in
tended to do double duty for convent
ence of handling large amounts ofgreen-
backs, and to take the place of coin GER
tifiicates. Their size will be the same
as the regular greenback currency.
Thelong-pending case of Ex-Governor
Bowie, Of Maryland, against the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad for damages
to the racing mare Australian and anoth-
er horse while being placed upon the
cars, was finally decided by the United
States Supreme Court affirming the
judgment of the court below. The yer
dict was for ten thousand dollars dam
ages, with costs.
One of the boldest robberies on record
was committed IN New York Thursday
evening" robbers walked into a
jewelry store, closed the door, and,
drawing pistols, kept the proprietor and
his assistants in their places. Two
others smashed in the windows and
plundered them of 81. 600 worth of goods,
which they secured in sacks, while two
more, armed with pistols, ordered pas
sers-by to move on. The whole party
made good their escape.
The Number of Bankruptcies field in
the United States under the recent
bankrupt law from the time it went in
to operation, June l, 1867, to August 81,
1878. according to statistics published
by the Boston Commercial Bulletin, was
103, OO5, of which Is ISL were in the Eas-
tern States, 24.534 in the Middle States,
22.780 in the Southern States, 40097 in
Western States, and 433 in the District
of Columbia. These figures, large as
they may appear, dwindle into compa-
rative insignificance when it is stated
that the bankruptcies number only one
to every seven men engaged in business
for the period of eleven years and three
months, or for single year only one
bankrupt out of every one hundred and
one.