Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-05-21
General News Items.

An earluQuaAc at qua, III fcucAuSld
killed 600 persons, Heavy shocks wer
felt at Caracas. The heat at Laguayr
is intense, and the health of the city i
bad.
The recent drought on Demerara Is
land, it is estimated, will entail direc
loss to planters Of from S3,000,000 t.
So, 100000.
At st. Louis Monday of last week
little Charley Cottrell, six years old
playfully pointed Sharp's revolver a
his aunt, Mrs. Bowler. and with tn,
remark, "Look out, Aunt Lib, I an
going to shoot you," pulled the'trigger
His aunt fell to the floor, shot through
the heart.
On Thursday morning, 10th inst, st
Agnes's Academy, at Memphis, was de
stroyed by fire, with valuable library
all the clothing of the pupils and a large
portion of the furniture. The sisters o
st. Dominic, who owned. the academy
were at prayers in the chapel, and it i!
not known how the fire originated.
During Secretary Thompson's lat,
visit to the wreck Of the Huron it was
discovered that instead of being buried
in the sand, as the wreckers reported
the hulk could be plainly seen at low
tide, together with the guns in her ar
manent. The navy authorities place
the value of the material still in ths
Huron at 100000.
At Moundsville, w. Va, Wednesday,
night, John w. Davis was arrested
charged with having committed numer.
GUS forgeries to the amount of several
thousand dollars in Green county, Pa
He was taken back by special detec.
tive to the scene of his operations.
A remarkable story in relation to the
printed in the New York Herald. The
Earl, it is asserted, was killed by the
relatives of a woman whom he had Sc
duced. They went from England to
Ireland for the purpose, and two of The
three men who committed the deed are
said to have escaped to this country.
The Atlanta ga Presbytery has de-
cided against Deacon Frank E. Block,
who appealed from the sentence of the
session of his church, suspending him
from membership for permitting round
and square,dances in his parlor; eighteen
members OF the Presbytery voted against
sustaining the appeal, eight in favor of
sustaining the appeal in whole. and
eight for sustaining it in part. Mr..
Block will appeal to the Synod.
The Orchestra at the Cincinnati Fes-
tival numbers los, divided as follows /:
First violins 16, second violins 16, vio-
las Il, violoncellos II, double BASES IL,
harps 2, piccelo flute 1, flutes 3, haut-
boys ), English horn l, clarionets 4,
bass clarionet ], bassoons 4, horns s,
comets 2, trumpets 2, bass trumpet /,
tenor trombOnes 8, bass trombone l, tu-
ba l, tympani 2, side drum l, cymbals 1.
The voices in the chorus number 7O7.
with the following distributions So
pranos, 263, Altos 155, tenors ITO and
basses 179.
Aberdeen, Scotland, has lately been
suffering from an outbreak of genuine
typhus fever. In the Industrial School
forty girls were attacked, of whom i've
died. One OF the girls, taking advan-
tage Of the confusion, ran away and
took refuge with her parents. Ignorant
or careless Of results, they kept her with
out allowing her whereabouts to be
known, the result being that the girl
herself died. Her father caught the
disease from her, and died also; her
mother likewise caught the same disease,
and, being nurse in the poorhouse, in
troduced 1t there, six of the inmates be-
ing nearly simultaneously attacked of
whom two have since died.
Gen. Grants visit to England has
given rise to a singular lawsuit. The
corporation of Sunderland entertained
him when he was in the North. aud
charged the fatepayers with the eXpers-
q oil ho vi 1
and the music of bands. When it was
done there was the bill to be paid; and
it was straightWay charged to the Dor.
ough fund. Some acute ratepayers Oh
jeeted to the payment of the expenses
out OF the borough fund, on the arounS
that the money collected was directed
by the statute to be applied to certain
purposes, OF which the reception OF Gen.
Grant was not one. The Queens Bench
DIVISION upheld the objection TO ths nav
n .si.i Anq o2nsegusQtiy the gentlemen
who promoted the reoention will ha
grained with the opportunity of pay
their own pockets.
ne English crown diamonds have
arrived at the Paris Exposition, and are
valued at IS, 500, 0o0. They are In a thick
iron chest, and are guarded by sentinefs
day and night. There is a diadem of
eighty-six diamonds of various sizes, in
the middle of which is the celebrated
Koh-i-Noor, alone valued at 1920, 900
also collar of l09 diamonds, in the
centre of which is an emerald, sand to
be the purest an5 most beautiful extant.
4 second diadem is q blending of dia-
monds and emeralds. In the centre is
the large Kaudavassy diamond, valued
at $780, 900. 1t would be rated at a high
er SUM were it not for q slight defaot.-
These, and many other valuables of the
kind, belong to the English crown. A
portion are used by the Princess of
Wales on special occasions; the others
are reserved for the Queen. The Kau-
davassy was formerly the eye of one
eyed Hindoo deity, and has been but
lately added to the collection.