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

Deferred News Items.
Maj. Alexander Hunter, of Alexan-
dria, will go with Col. Ball to Alaska.
The total yield of the Moffett Register
for seven months. at Winchester has
been $1,000.
bennington, the sire of Enquirer
Lynchburg, Eittleton, Longfellow, and
Parole, recently died.
The new church, Beulah, on Back
creek, Highland county, will be dedi-
Gated on the End of June.
Ex-Governor Packard has been ap-
pointed to the Consulship at Liverpool.
Salary six thousand dollars.
Gov. Holiday will deliver an address
before the literary societies of the Poly
technic school, New Market, May 3Oth.
It is proposed to levy capitation tax
OF 500 on Cinnamon. This will proba-
bly have the effect of stopping their en-
igration to this country.
May 10th was observed as Memorial
day at Richmond by the Ladies Oak
wood Memorial Association. The at
tendance was quite large.
Mr.. d. A. Plecker, of Mt. Crawford,
Rockingham county, has put up cattle
scales at Doe Hill, Highland county.
and will put up others in other parts of
that county.
In the Senate on Friday week the
bankrupt bill was passed by a vote of 26
to 21, after being amended so as to make
the bill take effect September 1st, 1878,
instead of January 1st, 1879.
Mr.. Ira D. Sankey publishes card
in the New Haven newspapers emphat-
ically denying the oft-repeated story
that he travelled about New England
some years ago vending patent medi-
cines.
An attempt was made on Saturday
week to burn the paper-mill of j. G.
Smith at Richmond. 1t had been set
on fire in six places, but was discovered
in time to be extinguished before more
than 800 damage was done.
The nominees at the Richmond Pri-
mary Election were: Mayor, w. G.
Darlington Commonwealth's Attor-
ney, q. D. Wise; City Collector, A. r.
Woodson; High-Constable, T. L. Whi-
ting; City Sergeant, n. M. Lee : Audi
tor, J. B. Royster; Sheriff, John w.
Wright. a...i
From the Highland Recorder we learn
that Mr.. David Snyder, of Crab Bottom,
sold forty acres of land to Capt. Fleish-
er, at the rates Of one hundred and sixty
dollars per acre, and that Capt. Hiner,
of Doe Hill, has sold sixty-five acres of
his farm for 1,S00. He hopes soon to
sell the remaining portion, as several
parties are making offers for it.
A correspondent of the Highland Re
corder from the head of Jackson's River
writes that as little son of John X.
johnson was out playing by the river,
he suddenly came upon a trout from Is
to IS inches long. with young gosling
in its mouth. The gos]ing had been
head-foremost, as far as the
shoulders, and, with the fish, was dead.
The Allen line steamship Sardinia,
from Liverpool, May 9th, for Quebec,
day week, at the entrance of London
derry harbor. She had over four hun
dred passengers, most of whom were
transferred. Forty persons were in
jured and three killed. Some steerage
passengers and some of the crew were
cut off from help.
In the almshouse hospital, at Rich
mond, there died, on the 9Th inst, Sam
uei Johnson, eolored. Three days be-
fore he stopped work and went to bed.
He was strong and healthy, and the
doctor told him nothing was the matter
with him. Sam. swore, however, that
he had been ''tricked" by barber, who
was his rival in the affections of mu-
latto girl. He said he was not sick, but
hot h< btrsa III L. e,rt
died of fright.
A little deaf-mute, Master Frank
Lindsay, aged 10 years, son of Prof. S.
G. Lindsay, of Monterey, who was en-
tered as pupil at the D., d. & B. In
stitution here last September, when he
did not know the alphabet, has recently
written to his home a letter which
the Highland Recorder says sis in
a plain, legible hand, correctly punc-
tuated. and, though in a style peculiar
to children, is somewhat remarkable
when we take into consideration that it
was written by little deaf and dumb
boy who, seven months ago, did not
know letter in the alphabet"
The Kanawha Gazette says: Last
week in the United States Court in ses-
sion here. Gen. Echols, of Staunton,
made a long and able. argument in a
chancery suit, wherein he commented
much upon the attributes of equity
When through, the opposing counsel,
Mr.. Snyder, of I.ewisburg, remarked,
General, your argument contained
more gospel than law" To which the
General replied: GAS your argument
contained no law, I thought 1 would
give You some gospel" Thereupon the
judge presiding pleasantly remarked,
"Gentlemen, you are both talking upon
a subject that you know nothing about. ~
All which created much laughter among
the lawyers and the court attendants.
Collector J. II. Rives, of Lynchburg,
forwards to the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue the following report of re-
cent operations against Illicit distillers
in his district. Deputy Collector Good
ell, who had charge of the raiding party
says:
II have just returned from q raid on
Runnett Bay, in Franklin county hal
two men and three horses wounded de
stroyed a large distillery; captured two
men, and was surrounded by a crow(
Of men numbering from fifty to seventy
five, armed with rifles and shot guns
wno demanded the release of the pris
oners, swearing they intended to xii
every enc of US. We refused to releas
the prisoners, and being armed witt
carbines, succeeded in keeping then
from taking the prisoners, although
they followed fifteen or twenty mile
trying to waylay u.s."
| Commissioner RauIn, in reply to this
has informed Collector Rives "that if an,
additional force was needed to enabl
him to enforce the laws against organ.
lied opposition in his district he coul
have it."
| FRIENDSHIP.-De not believe, becaus
a man smiles upon and seeks your soci
ETY., that he is your friend. Smiles an
professions, alas are so abundant as t
be of no value. He only is your frien
whose heart is in his words and who's
actions illustrate them; who stands b
lyOu in all the vicissitudes of fortune. i
sunshine and shade. When you fin
such a being, make him your secon
self; cling to him as your very life, ft
the jewels of earth are scarce, and ther,
fore precious; for the sand of life b,
r~1. ~ =.