Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-01

ell, and in discharging killed an infant
n the arms Of its mother. Mrs. Roberts.
The baby's head was torn to pieces and
he mother sprinkled with its blood.
The mother was also wounded in the
breast and arms, and her little girl Ny
"a received three shot in her breast. 1t
was feared that her wounds would prove
fatal. A verdict of accidental death
was rendered in the case Of the infant.
The owner of the gun also received part
Of the load in his leg.
LOST HIS LIFE IN TRYING NO SAVE
A Negroes LIFE.-On Wednesday q
negro went down the shaft at the Pitts
Vile mines in Pittsylvania county where
the air was foul. Mr.. Newton M. Cooke,
a young man born and reared near Char
went down to save the ne
gro and lost his own life. He was a
brother-in-law of Maj. R. F. Mason and
was employed by him to assist in his
mining operations. His remains were
buried at Charlottesville. The funeral
services were held in the Episcopal
church.
ARREST OF ALLEGED MURDERERs.
Two negroes, named VIM. 8. Grooms
and James n. Clements, have been ar
rested in Louisa county, for the murder
of the colored woman whose body was
found in North Anna river. The body.
when found, had several bruises upon
it and the neck was broken. When
found the woman's head was enveloped
in bag, and around the neck was
rope plated out of hickory bark, with
moose in it. Her name was
Ellen Coleman.
MURDER IN NEW YoRK.-Elbridge
Ruey, a farmer, aged go, of Tioga coun-
ty, N. Y, was murdered "Wednesday
night by Daniel Searles, a young colored
man. Ruey lived alone. Searles asked
him for a loan Of money. Ruey re-
fused. Searles struck him down with a
club, cut his throat with razor, and
that breaking, finished the job with
Ruey's own pocket-knife. He then stole
$500 and watch. Searles, on being ar
rested, confessed the crime.
The body of Mrs. A. ROLAND, who
lost her life at Niagara Falls last Satur-
day week was found early last Friday
morning, floating nearly opposite the
Prospect House, on the Canada shore,
several hundred feet below the Horse
Shoe Falls. The body was entirly nude,
and only slightly disfgured. Mons.
ROLAND left the Falls for home on Tues.
day last, having despared of ever re COW
ering the body,
FATAL CONFLICT IN MIssoURI.-R.
s. and Robert Taylor, brothers, and B.
G. Wren, all farmers, between whom
an old feud had existed, met at Aullville,
Lafayette county. No., Wednesday, and
renewed the quarrel. The Taylor's
fred four shots into Wren's body. NOR
tally wounding him, and Wren killed
R. s. Taylor instantly and fatally
wounded his brother Robert.
SERIOUS INJURY.-In an alteration
in Charleston, Kanawha CO., w. Va,
on last Wednesday between Mr.. Thos.
E. Jeffries, insurance agent, and VIM.
Terry (colored,) the latter struck the
former on the head with brickbat, and
knocked him sensely and inflicted a
serious wound. Terry escaped.
KILLS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.-J
Burton shot and instantly killed J. T.
Kicks, his brother-in-law, in Merriweth-
er.Ga., Thursday. They met in the road.
Kicks demanded retraction of certain
reflections Burton had cast upon his
wife, when Burton discharged his shot
gun at Kicks, who expired instantly.
STILL ALIvE.-Mrs. Won Lowe, the
Austrian lady who fired into her brains
in Cincinnati last week with suicidal
intent, still lives, with strong preba-
bility of recovery. The doctors Monday
took half bullet and a number of pieces
of bone from her head. Nothing has
vet been heard from her husband.
A BISHOP BECOMES A CHAPLAIN
Bishop Thomas U. Dudley has been
elected chaplain of military organiza'
ton in Louisville, KY. In letter &C
cepting the position, Bishop Dudley
writes: "Tell the company if they are
sent to war, which God forbid, will go
with them.n
DROWNED IN KANAWHA.-On sun
day night of last week, a man named
Cooper from Pennsylvania employed at
the Brownstown Lock whilst bathing
in Kanawha river, attempted to swim
to boat in the Middle of the river was
drowned, and his body was recovered
on Tuesday.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-On Monday
night of last week, John Carroll, night
waIchman on the Ohio river bridge at
Wheeling, while lying asleep in front OF
the Matchbox on the bridge, got both
of his legs cut off by train No. 10, one
above and the other below the knee.
Ex-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, ex-
presses the opinion that the democratic
presidential nomination will be secured
by either Bayard, Tilden or Thurman,
whilst his opinion is that either Grant
or Sherman will be the choice of the re-
publicans.
Gov. Holiday has removed the poll
tical disabilities of Robert c. Ould, SEN
tence to Jail in Buckingham county for
w. M. Saunders. Young Ould
is son of Judge Robert Ould, of Rich