Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-08-13
Virginia News Items.

leading merchant of Danville, Va, il
dead.
The house and barn of Mr.. beavers
near Danville, was burned Wednesday
night; loss not stated.
The Wythevilie Enterprise announces
the death of Samuel Shepherd, highly
respected citizen.
Capt. w. b. Hinton has received thu
nomination for Congress in the Fourth
District, and will doubtless be elected.
Simon Macke, colored, was struck by
beam Of bridge on the Richmond ant
Fredericksburg railroad, Friday, knock
ed from the platform and killed.
Three ladies-Misses Annie Layton
Ella Layton and Lucy Rawlett-wert
thrown from carriage near Fredericks
burg, Va, few days since, and all re-
ceiyed painful injuries.
Messrs. ]. B. Ficklen & Saps have
just received an order from Halifax
Nova Scotia, for 200 barrels of flour
Fredericksburg flour stands well abroad
as well as at home
One Mr.. GearheaFt, living on Elliott's
Greek, in Montgomery county, Virgin.
ia, one day last week found ten rattle
snakes coiled snugly under huge rock
and distinguished himself by extinguish.
ing the snakes.
Married, in Warrenton, Va, on July
s2d, by Rev. st. George T. Abrahams,
Mr.. Charles Sing, s4n Of Hong WAh
Sing, ESQ.,, South Canton, China, to
Miss Ida V. Wilburn, of Fauquier coun-
ty, va.
Over three miles of the track of the
Shenandoah Valley railroad has been
laid, commencing at a point on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near DUFF
fields, in Jefferson county, w. Va.
The Rev. DR.. Pennick, a Virginian,
who is the Protestant Episcopal Bishop
in Liberia, not only breaches and prays,
but works with bis own bands at tim
Der cutting for the building necessities
of his mission.
Joseph d. Tate, of Drapex's Valley,
Pulaski county, q prominent citizen, fell
from the west bound passenger train q
mile end half west Of Marion, on Fri
day the 9th ipsb., fgIshjpg big skull and
breaking his arms and shoulders.
News was received few days ago
that the Schooner Robert Portner, OF
Alexandria, loaded with rice, was run
on Coros island in the Bay Of Bengal
on the 9Th of August. and was lost, the
crew h6wGyef vas saved.
A good many cattle are dying through
out the country from some strange dis
ease, which is beyond the knowledge OF
cattle men. Some valuable stock has
been lost, including some milch cows
about town. So says the Abingdon
&agqgrd.
The Piedmont faEgigigr says "a me-
gro man named Willis Jackson was
committed to Jail few days ago, oharg-
ed with robbing the dead body ola Mr..
Gibson, who was drowned few weeks
ago whilst bathing in Crenshaw's Mill
Pond few miles east of Orange, e. H.
The Richmond Wig says :-The
Southern Historical Society has suffer
ed considerable loss through . fGEmsr
clerk in the Office of the Secretary and
Treasurer, who converted much of the
money which came into his hands to
his own use. A case for the grand jury.
The Supreme Court, now in session at
Wytheviile, Leciaed last week the La
than divorce case from Aynshhurg.-
Judge Garland's decision granting tine
child to the father was affirmed. Tie
ladies generally are very indignant ut
the decision - edford Sentinel.
Culpeper Neaos. There Is colored
boy living on the farm of Major Throck-
morton. near Cedar Mountain, about
seven miles from Culpeper, whose skin
Is exactly Ike that of q snake, the creases
and diamond shaped scales being plain-
" discernible on all the unexposdH poF.
lions of the body.
A horrible murder was committed OH
week at the Bates farm, some
ave miles west OF Hampton, Va. Two
solored men, brothers, named John and
William Bird, got into an alteration in
reference to wages, amounting to 81,
when John drew large pocket knife
Ind cut his Erpther's throat and stabbed
linn I'd the back of the decE and through
he heart. The murderer wa5 arrested.