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


expected to get as many as he desired
He expects to employ about twenty or
twenty-five for about fifteen or twenty
days.
WHY THE MORTALITY AT ST. LOUIS
WAS EXCEssIvE.-It doubtless has oc-
CURED to many that the mortality at st.
Louis during the recent heated term was
out of all proportion to that in other
cities of equal temperature, and it is sug-
gested that the cause of this excess may
possibly be due to the presence of lime
stone dust in the atmosphere of st.
Louis, its site being an entirely lime
stone formation. This dust is, of course,
impalpable, and is said to be peculiarly
injurious to the lungs. Upon this point
the Washington Capital remarks:
1.-The impalpable dust from the lime
stone pavements fills the air, and. sn-
tering the lungs, makes carbonic acid.
This dust, as fine as it is. will not leave
the lungs with the breath which Is ex-
hailed, but sticks there on the moisture,
and with deadly poison causes the
madness and torture of which we read,
symptoms that have nothing to do with
sunstroke."
This may or may not be so, but the
explanation is at least plausible. It GER
tainly was remarkable that there should
be fifty-four deaths at st. Louis il, one
day from the heat, while, with as high
a thermometrical record, Baltimore cs-
capped with but three
A BOLD ROBBERY IN PENNsYLvA-
NIA.-Iu Cumberland county, Pa, on
Monday night of last week, six dis
guised men went to the house of jacob
Eckert, aged rs years, (whe was alone,
with the exception of his wife and a
widow lady, Mrs. Pagan, both near his
own age,) and forced admission. The
ruffians then bound the old man and
Mrs. Pagan, hand and foot, and tied the
former to the bedpost. They then forced
Mrs. Eckert, with large knife at her
threat, to show where her husbands
money was, and obtained over $500 in
cash, a silver watch and other valuables,
then took Mrs. Eckert up stairs, tied
her hands, threw her on the floor, and
departed. When the robbers had gone
Mrs. Pagan, by untying the knots with
her teeth, worked her hands loose and
crawled over to another room, where
Mrs. Eckert lay, and released her. The
women at this time screamed for help,
and the neighbors put in an appearance,
but no clue has yet been obtained as to
the identity of the bold burglars.
FATHER RYAN ON JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Father Ryan was present on the &C.
casion of Jefferson Davis's meeting of
the Army Of the Tennessee. at Missis
sippi City, and made some remarks.
The New Orleans Times says: "The
speaker paid an eloquent tribute to Mr..
Davis's worth, although expressing re
greet that the unkindness of some has at
times caused even the great to need tn e
helping voice of the servant of Christ.
He defended him from his detractors,
stating the highest point of his career
was that marked by his great humility
and patience in misfortune. The first
Washington was right, and Mr.. Davis.
the second Washington, was right
This expression and another-'Mr. !
Davis, you were never Investigated p
ELECTED round after round of applause"
The Philadelphia Times says the Re-
publican campaign committee, located
at WashingtoD-to which the President
is expected to contribute a part of his
salary one of these days-has got out
great variety of campaign literature
with which to delude the unsuspecting
voter. Whole cart loads of soft money
documents are going West, and almost
as many hard money tracts are making
their way into the money centres. The
North is being dosed with bugaboo stuff
about Southern claims, while the small
amount of literature that is being wasted
in the South is just boisterous in behalf
of internal improvements. The party
is keeping general variety store this
year, and if any voter doesn't see what
he wants, let him ask for it.
A u H Silly STORY.-A telegram
from San Francisco, dated July 23rd, f:
says that the schooner Parallel reports
that ON the It'll instant, off the coast,
about one hundred miles north of the :
port, she fell in with japanese junk.
Not living person was aboard, but
number of corpses were found, some Z
hacked together. They must have
,een dead month at least. Some of q
ha hodine uara droscnd in noaflu rnofa-l n