Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-10-01
THE NEWS.

were burned out Mt Washington, N. 4;
loss 5000, 900. Five hundred hands
have lost employment by the fire.
A lively contest is in progress between
the business men of Louisville and Gin.
cinnati for the Southern trade. A large
delegation of Southern Merchants re-
Gently started for Cincinnati, but were
captured by Louisville drummers,
switched off to that city, and their
wants supplied.
In the State of West Virginia at least
thirty different railroads have been pro-
jected and charters granted to the COM
panies.
u. s. Senator Hill, of Georgia, has
been reported to be in critical condi-
ton. DR.. Gross, who performed the
operation on his throat, says: l am
perfectly satisfied with the result of the
last operation performed on the SEN
ator, and do not doubt that it will af-
ford him permanent relief. 1 see no
danger of his losing his power of
speech. He will probably leave the
hospital in few days"
The anti-monopoly people in New
York have had twenty thousand copies
of O petition in favor of the Reagan
bill, in favor of congressional control
of the railroads prepared for distribu-
tion for signatures in all the principal
cities of the Union.
A despatch from Santiago announces
that DR.. Santa Mari has been installed
as president Of Chill.
The most decided sympathy for the
friends of the late President are ex-
pressed throughout the entire country,
and in all European nations where the
telegraph reaches. The Queen of Eng
land has expressed the most profound
sympathy with Mrs. Garfield in her loss
and the nations loss.
As stated in the dispatches that the
guard at the jail was increased. Increase
was made on order of Adjutant- General
Drum. The latter stated that the present
guard was, in his opinion, sufficient. He
did not fear any attack upon the Jail
Upon the question of guarding Guiteau.
new point has been raised. The Jail
here is the property of the United
States. Under the law the army can be
called upon to guard that property and
all its contents, which include Guiteau.
But United States troops cannot be
used to guard Guiteau when he is taken
from Jail. The posse comitatus clause
of the Army bill passed two years ago
forbids such use of troops. While
Guiteau is in United States Jail, he
can be guarded by United States troops ;
just as soon, however, as he is taken
from jail he must be handed over to the
civil authorities, and upon them de-
wolves the duty OF protecting him. I'm
der the posse comitatus clause of the
Army bill, military jurisdiction will
cease when Guiteau is once taken out
side the walls of the Jail by the civil
| authorities.
John Blunt and Annie Peters were to
have been married in Pulaski county,
Kentucky. The preacher and invited
guests had arrived. There was a storm
) coming. During pause in the wind,
, the expectant bride vent to the door to
welcome the groom. She gave joyous
laugh of recognition, and ran to meet
him at the gate but at that moment Q
bolt of thunder shook the hills, and
Annie Peters fell dead from stroke Of
lightning.
A destructive confagration has laid
most of the business portion of Gaines
vile, Texas, in ashes. Loss 100000 tc
$4,000. Insurance nominal.
The Washington agent of the Equi
table Life Insurance Company said that
President Garfield had twenty five
7 thousand dollars insurance on his life
) in that company, and that he also hai
, policies in other companies.
Colonel Hollingsworth, superinten
dent of the Mount Vernon estate, hal
had the flag placed at half.mast and thu
mansion deliberately decorated. This il
the first time the mansion at Noun
. Vernon was ever placed in mourning OF
D the occasion of the death of presi
dent.
q Senator Jones, of Nevada, is in New
: York, and in an interview has expressed
= himself in favor of Senator Bayard TO
1 president of the Senate.
: The rolling mill of the Georgia Irol
{ Works, at Atlanta, was destroyed b
i fire. The loss amounts to about $3.50,
a 600, insurance $4,000.
k IA. III DdIudiuy VI ANhouflilC, 1Ouhs
announces the discovery at his observa
I tory, on til Goth Of September, 1881, a
: 2 o'clock A. NJ, Washington mean time
: of bright comet in seven hours forty
{ six minutes right ascension and thin
: teen degrees twenty EIGHT minutes mort
declination, with a daily motion q
: three degrees northeast,
Exhibits for the Atlanta Cotton Ez
y position are daily arriving in larg
h quantities. The main building wa
IL finished ten days ago, all the othe
buildings will be ready within weel
y The opening day occurs on the 9th {
'r October.
le The amount received by the E,
rs ecutive Committee of the Michiga
Ia Fire Relief Association in New York j
aid of the sufferers, up to this date,
$4S, 300 Other cities and towns al
literally subscribing to the fund.
The corroding houses of the Collie
= White Lead and Oil Company, at s
r Louis, were burned. Their content
ora aofi,n otad to bovo hoan worth G0O0