Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-03-08
Personals.

Personals.
Hon. VIM. Mines of the Shenandoah Iron
Works was in the city last Friday.
Reuben E. Gardner. for several years a mem
Der of the Virginia House of Delegates from
Hanover county, died Saturday last.
The livery at the Rockbridge Alum Springs
will, this coming season, be under the charge
ofour experienced livery.man MIR. s. T. Thorn
burg and Mr.. John Sheridan of Lexington.
Miss Lizzie Paris, daughter of Capt. Jas. R.
Paris, of this city, who has spent the past year
in visiting friends in Missouri and Illinois re-
turned safely to her home on Saturday week.
Rev. John II, Taylor preached IN the Baptist
Church in Bridgewater on Sunday last, and al
SO on Sunday when the sacrament of the
Lords supper was administered.
On last Friday, in the Va. Conference United
Brethren Church, held in Boonsboro,' Nd, ].
E. Holt, ]. X. Nelson and A. P. Funkhouser
were elected presiding elders.
Rev. Mr.. Alex. Sprunt. of the Augusta
Church, preached an interesting sermon to the
pupils of the Augusta Female Seminary in the
Chapel Hall of that Institution on last Thurs
day.
We had the pleasure last week of meeting
Mr.. Holmes, the contractor for the erection OF
the depot buildings on the Shenandoah Valley
r. r. He was here to see Messrs. Bissell &
Shomo with whom he has contract for a large
lot of lumber.
Prof. J. j. Laid left on yesterday for the
South, under orders from the Peabody Educa-
tional Board. During his absence he expects
tostravel along The gulf-coast, and up the valley
Cfthe Mississippi, visiting and lecturing before
institutes in all the counties along the gulf, and
in the principal cities along the Mississippi RI
yer.
On last Friday Mr.. James Alexan der, now of
the Charlottesville Je0ersosiaaa entered upon
his seventy-eighth year. During his long life.
rising from the case to the editorial chair, ne
has enjoyed the goodwill and kindest feelings
of all who knew him. May the space of his life
be extended and even when he has Qlodrupled
his score we hope to see him still epainent in
his life long profession, and aperfect proof that
all typoe may safely copy. for he is one among
the few who is justifed and needs no revise.
FATAL COLLISION OF RAILROAD TRAINs.-On
last Thursday morning, the first section of
train No. 9. through freight. on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, collided with a material
train in a cut between the White Sulphur
Springs and Caldwell Station. The casualties
as reported by the Anderson Enterprise are as
follows:-
was caught beneath one Of the tenders and kill
ed instantly. His body remained under the
wreck from about $50 until l O'Clock. During
all the time his arm prOtruded above the rub
a thn hrdH q
buried from sight. He was horribly mangled
It Is supposed that he tried to jump off and wa
killed by the flying missiles. His body was
sent to hinton. He was firing on the through
freight.
Robert E. Noel. engineer through freight. was
terribly scalded and received other INJURIES
His face, head, neck, arms and hands were
scalded into q blister.
NJ. Pennington, engineer on the material
train, was severely bruised and Scalded. His
hurts are not Of serious character.
John Coheen. a young man about 20 years of
age, from Washington a fireman on the mate
rial train jumped from the engine and crawled
into crevice in the embankment. but the
crev1ce was only sufficient to protect his body
and the flying debris completely crushed his
E. G. King brakem on through freight had
a leg broken and received other injuries.
James Miller colored, of the material train,
was SO badly scalded that he died during the
day.
Another colored hand whose name, we did
not learn, was horribly crushed and it is
though he will die.
Neel Snead, the conductor on the through
freight, was not mi ed.
Capt Glenn received slight cut on the
cheek.
THE SrAUNToN OPERA HoUsE.-Our Opera
House is undoubtedly one of the handsomest
in the State, in its appointments, general ap-
pearance, and seating capacity, and there is
only one thing In which it is defective, and
that is In its acoustics. We do not wish to be
cautious, but facts are facts, and one of these
facts is, that there are but very fe places in the
auditorium where the utterances on the stage
can be heard with any distinctness, and these
are in the parts most remote from the stage.
Now, if this were an irremediably defect, we
might cornmiserate our misfortune. but should
make no complaint. Acoustics, however, is an
exact science, and any defect in the acoustic
construction of the Opera House can be reine-
died. This we know to be so, for Chickeriug
Hail in New York, we believe, when first COM
pleted, was found to be utterly useless because
of It's acoustic defects. These were afterwards.
however, remedied by man of science familiar
with the laws Of sound, and now it is regarded
as the finest Hall in New York.
Now, since cur city has spent SO much money
in fitting up this handsome Opera House, why
should it be allowed to lack the one thing need
full to make it perfect? We do not know how
much it will cost to remedy the defect above
referred to. but it should be done. or else the
Opera House be closed. Let US have first
class House in all particulars, or none.
If you want u nice buggy and horse, hack
spring wagon, or anything in the livery line
go to Thornburg's. je22-tf
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