Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-10-08
THE NEWS.

| mite. Houses IN the city were wrecked,
glass in windows destroyed, at Omaha,
and for twenty miles around the loca-
ton of the explosion. The damage sus-
tanned will be two or three hundred
thousand dollars.
A man named Bayley, in Washington,
has made oath that he overheard two
men plotting against the Presidents
life.
Moberly, Mo-, was crowded to over
flowing to witness the reunion of ex-
Confederates. Over 1000 veterans
formed in line and marched to the fair
grounds, where Ex-Governor Reynolds
delivered an address. A permanent or
ganization was effected, and Governor
Marmaduke was elected president.
A contract was signed in New York
uniting certain Southern railroad PRO
perties under the name of the Virginia,
Tennessee and Georgia Airline Rail
read. All the roads cover 2, 1873 miles.
The fund for Mrs. Garfield now
amounts to 1924 CTS 67. The sum of
$3.50 was yesterday received in New York
for the late Presidents mother.
The Queen of England has sent her
cond olence to Mother Garfield, and a
request for a good photograph of Gen.
eral Garfield.
A gold memorial medal of the late
President will soon be issued from the
United States mint. There will be two
sizes, five dollar medal, which will be
half an inch in diameter, and a ten dol
lar medal, an inch in diameter. On one
side will be a medallion of Garfield on
the other Lincoln.
A fire at Bryan, Texas, destroyed one
of the principal business blocks of the
city, including the postofice and all its
fixtures.
The movement to secure subscrip.
tions for the erection of monument at
the Capital to President Garfield ap-
pears to be general throughout the
country, and rapidly accommodating.
Mr.. George M. Scoville, who will de-
fend Guiteau says his defence will be
insanity. He does not desire to defend
Guiteau, but does so in Difference to
the wishes of his wife, who is the sister
of the assassin.
There are about $21, 900, 900 of bonds
still outstanding which have been
called in and on which interest has
ceased.
The ex-Confederates at their reunion
at Moberly, Mo-, adopted resolutions
expressing full sympathy with the
nations grief for the untimely death of
President Garfield, and offering heart
felt coincidence and prayers for the
stricken family. They deny that any
ex-Confederate soldier desires pen
sion from the federal government or any
state, and reaffirm their acceptance of
the issues of the late war.
The extensive furniture warehouse of
j. M. Robinson & Sons, Elmira, N. Y,
was destroyed by fire. Loss over $780,
600; insurance 100000.
The Secretary OF War has ordered
one company of the Tenth Infantry
from Fort Wayne, near Detroit, Mich
igan, to go to Cleveland, Ohio, to guard
the remains of the late President until
further orders.
Rev. MIR. Power, pastor of the Chris
tian Church, was asked in regard to the
statement made in the pulpits of Ger
tain churches that he had been refused
the privilege of seeing President Gar
field during his illness. Mr.. Power said
he had nothing to complain about,
though it was true that he had never
seen the President during his illness.
He had never asked permission to do
so, and consequently had never been
refused. He had no doubt that the
President was fully prepared for death.
An information was filed in the Grim
inal Court of the District of Columbia
against L. J. Brady and others, charged
with conspiracy to swindle the gov
Garment in star-route contracts, and
warrants of arrest were ordered to issue.
The Commissioner of Pensions has
issued circular warning pensioners to
beware of the swindling devices of I'M
scrupulous pension agents.
The TOBACCO merchants of New York
have for some years been carrying on h
system of enclosing orders and money
in their packages of tobacco. Acting
under section 1858 of the Revised |
Statutes, which forbid giving out slips
for less than one dollar, Chief of Secret |
Service Drummond visited number of |
factories and seized nearly 100000 of |
scrips and 1874 plates.
The death of President Garfield has |
had sad effect upon the mental condi-
ton of the widow of President Lincoln.
She suffers intense anguish, frantically
declaring that an assassin murdered her
husband, and will soon kill her son
Robert if he continues to reside in |
She wants him to resign |
and leave public life altogether. He is
her only child.
The live stock firm of Homer, Stewart
& Burnside, doing business at the
national stock yard, East st. Louis, sus-
pended with about 100000 liabilities,
and assets unknown. Joseph S. Homer,
The senior member of the firm, drew
S6, 400 of the firms money from bank
since when he has not been seen.
The receipts for internal revenue for
the month of September were $12. $685.
219.4S, being an increase of $1,7S7,-
1882 over the corresponding month
last year.
A new gold mine has been discovered
On the farm of DIR. A. Fl. Majors, in
Mcdowell county, N. g. A piece of
rock from the mine weighing one and a.