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IN THE STATE, AS CIRCUMSTANCES
INDICATE.
Mr.. EDITOR I'm recent visit to
Winchester, we had several interviews
with a lady-friend, native of this
county, in her eighty-1aiqeth year, who
has been most extraordinarily blessed
with health of body and mind. Indeed,
she was most wonderfully protected by
a kind Providence. Almost the last
survivor of large family, she was liv.
ing alone, near the banks of Middle
River, when, on the night of the great
flood of 1870, aroused by the roar of tn
angry torrent, she found her humble
tenement flooded, and waded to bel
waist to terra .frmG, when, in few
moments,
SHE SAW 1T FLOATED OFF AS
FEATHER,
with all of this worlds goods and the
precious heirIooms treasured up through
q tide of nearly three generations.
Some months before, she had visited
her friends in this county, and spent
some days with Mrs. Mary Norman
near the "Old Stone Church" the last
survivor, but one, of the late Maj. John
Crawford's family. She spoke with
deep Interest of her interviews with
"Uncle Sid" She is perfectly satisfied
in her own mind that he is at least
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS OLD
and perhaps several years older.
Mai. James Crawford, the Oldest sor
of Mai. John, if alive, would be about
her age, She went to the famous old
field school, a mile or more from Maj
Crawford's, and perhaps boarded in his
family. She remembered that when
six or eight years old, she, with the
other children, would ride on Uncle
Sid.'s back in playing prisoners base,
think it was called. She says his hail
on the side of his head and his whiskerE
and beard were grey, and he had the
appearance then of man who was q
or 80 years of age.
The late Rev. I. w. X. Handy, D. d,
who was familiar with the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, from which the ole
man says he was brought, when three
years of age, to Richmond, with neal
two hundred others, to prevent theil
falling into the hands of the British be-
fore hostilities reached that part of the
State, he was greatly impressed with
the strength of the old mans memory
"Hu0gefS" cnurcu, II we nave Iuo VI
biography correct, and number O
names the old man then mentioned, The
Doctor said he recalled. 1t is to be re-
GREETED a note of them was not ther
taken, inasmuch as we believe they
would have afforded clue by which
moaV the immediate section in which hf
was born might be identified.
In an interview with the old man OIL
Sabbath evening, the 22nd of April, ht
mentioned "Hungers" church, neal
which his master, Daniel Hall, lived
who owned a ship yard, and mentioned
one Th0s. Coward, Benz. Stratton. Boil
Jacobs, - Upshur, and others.
His memory is astonishing. Familiar
with the names of families of the broth
ers and sisters of his old mistress, Mrs
Maj. John Crawford, I asked him wht
Jane, Ann Elizabeth, John, Mary
Margaret. Rebecca, James, Nancy, anC
Sarah Allen married? Unhesitatingly
and correctly he replied.
AS he referred to hauling wheat sew
eral times from Col. Robertson's, (Al
eXanCer think
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VALLEY RAILROAD
~ TIME TABLE-In effect April 9Th, 1888.
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r. For the SPECTATOR.
sUncIe Sid. Crawford

THE OLDEST PERSON IN AUGUSTA BE-
YOND ALL PERADvENTURE, AS ALSO
IN THE STATE, AS CIRCUMSTANCES
INDICATE.
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A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER,

residing on the head of the Long Glade,
over ten miles, to the two points to
Which he hauled it, to Maj Crawford's
and to Col. James Aliens mill, Samuel
Cline's Of late years, may be parGoned
for some minuteuess of detail.
Col Robertson vas of prominent
family, Of which the late Mrs. Charles
A Stewart, who lived on Middle River
many years and dice iii Greenhrer, was
member. Col. Robertson had one
clsiid, who married the late Capt. David
Bell of the Long Glade, a soldier of the
var OF 1912 His only daughter mar
RED the late Bethuel Herring aud nae
been dead so years, aud her husband
recently. Kp0wing that "Uncle Sid :"
would pass Capt. Matthew Biair's, as
One of the most prominent places, who
IVES a man of Herculean size, six feet
six or more inches, aud weighing over
300 pounds, to test his memory ] ask ed
whose houses he passed when hauling
wheat? He said promptly. MIR.
B!air's." Was he not . small man, I'm
Gle Sid?
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Having refitted my stables and added num-
Der of fine horses and vehicles to my stock, ]
am prepared to accommodate the summer
travel in the most elegant and handsome style
at reasonable prices.
AS- Hunting, Fishing and Pleasure Parties
generally will be supplied with any kind OF
vehicle desired, at low prices.
respectfully invite my former customers
and the public generally to give me call.
may1S.t * s.. T. THORNBURG.
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TO CINCINNATI and LOUISVILLE
Connecting direct for all points in the WES1
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Schedule i'm Effect Dec. Gath, 1882.
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CCHEDULE OF TRAINS ON VALLEY
y AND ID. IL D. RAILROADS.
E asst.

ks- On and after Monday, June 10th, the
trains on the B. & o. r. R. will leave Ssauntop
as follows
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mo; He WAS A GREAT ZIG MAN"

Recently, there has been much said
about caving-in of the earth near the
residence of Mr., Robert S. Harnsber-
gers, on the Ben. T. Reid farm, some
three miles from StauntOn. 1t discloses
tunnel a number of yards long Con-
lecture as to what it was, when, and by
whom constructed, has puzzled every
oDe. Mr.. Wm. Moormau thinking of
ii. in our interview with "Uncle Sid :"
told him of it. aud asked him if he had
ever known of any such hole or tun-
mel? Yes, chile, that was the way
they had to go 10 the we'll or epriDg."
Sure enough it terminates az Or near a
spring This gives rise to Tie belief
that there may have been fort there
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IN THE DAYS OF THE INDIANS

IN THE DAYS OF THE INDIANS
New, why made or when, or by whom,
40 one for at least ten generations has
DRAINED.
TO talk of Old Father Craig and his
contemporaries, the old nan seemed per-
fectly At home. TO ask Who lived at
such ard such y place ct q date that
Tve can't but believe must have approxi-
mated hundred years ago he answers
promptly and uuhesltatingly. sad from
potemp0raneous farts that sustain and
<3.ffrobOTate, he answers correctly.
The preservation of person, faculties,
aad health IS most astonishing. The
thickness of the hair on his head, that
does not seem ever to have lost any, as
also Of beard, and his seeth arc remark
able. He shaves every Saturday and
without glass, and az the right hand
is little unsteady, he supports it with
the left. He distinguishes his acquaint-
snces, riding or walking, at "a greater
distance than Mrs Moorman or her
son. In illustration, last summer, there
was corn near the top of the hiil north
Of the house. He said:
''NIss MARY, THERE'S A MAN IN THAT
CORN"
She and her son both strained their
eyes for some time, when William saw
him plainly enough. The distance was
at least third of mile.
The night before cur interview, we
were under the roof of a grandson of
the late James Bell. He said that he
had discovered in the old cemetery a
stone with this inscription, ITO the
memory of David Bell" such date
Can yoI tell me who he was? I re-
piled, I could not. Thinking of it, l
asked Uncle Sid, who replied why,
he was son of old Mr.. Joe Bell" So
be was a great uncle of our young
friend.
It occurred to me to enquire who lived
at remote date where Billy B. Craw
Crawford now lives. 1 have forgotten
his reply, but it awoke this reminis-
cence: A negro man belonging to the
party, perhaps, set off at full speed for
q doctor in the direction of what is now
Mt. Meridian he was leaning over past
nerpeudicular when bis head came in
contact with tree that split his head
omen, He mentioned it with that vivid
ness of memory, as though 1t had Oc'
Cured few weeks or months ago.
1t is astonishing what daguerreotyp
ing memory does in our early years
that amid the cares, anxieties, and per-
pIexitles of a protracted life, modern
events of the most important character
are effaced with the ease that the sun
scatrers the mist, whilst the others, at
the close of life, stand out in
BAssO RELIEVE.
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WESTWARD. No. 8. Daily, Mob.
Daily. Elk. Sun. Daily
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DAILY,
NOrthward.

(Philadepa IFn1e) Express. Express.
No. 2. No. 4.
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FOREIGN News.

BERLIN. May 2n.-1he workmen's
sick fund bill passed it's third read
ing in the Reichstag to-day.
LONDON, May 29.-It is reported
that the Nihilists are preparing a
manifesto in reply to that of the
Car.
Zachoroff. agent of the Allen steam
ship line at Galway, has received
letter threatening him with death
unless he quits the city. He has
been engaging factory girls to go to
Massachusetts.
QUEENSTOWN, May ga flaw
was discovered in the shaft of the
Britannia on Sunday when 600 miles
west of Fastnet.
LONDON, May 29.-Mr. Harrlng-
ton, NJ. p, proprietor Of the Kerry
Sentinel, which was suppressed last
week, has started for Ireland in order
to give the Irish executive an oppOr-
tunity for justifying in person the
Governments action in regard to his
newspaper.
LONDoS, May 3O.-It is reported
that Lord Derby will not give his
sanction to the annexation of New
Guinea by Queensland; it is stated,
how ever, that he has agreed to allow
the establishment of English stations
on the coast of that island.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nav 3O.-A fire
has occurred in the Putiloff iron
works, causing the loss Of 100000
r0Lbles. The workshops are de-
strOyed in which iron rails are made.
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
President Dillon's Opinion Of
His Railway.
Iron Manufacturers Will Re-
main Firm.
Sympathy Of the People
With the Strikers.
What Dillon Says.

CHICAGO. May 29.-Sidney Dillon
president Of the Union Pacific rail
way, passed through the city en- route
to New York this evening, after a
tour of inspection overland. When
interviewed he said the company had
no immediate intention of extending
their line westward from Ogden ia
San Francisco; that such an extern
sion would not pay, as the roads
earnings on California business W ere
only 10 per cent. OF its entire earn
ings. AS to the extension of the
Burlington road to Salt Lake and the
building of other lines into the Union
Pacific territory, he said they un-
doubtedly had taken some business,
but that was owing to the growth of
the country. The net earnings OF the
Union Pacific had nevertheless
increased; the diversion of traf-
fic via :. the Southern Pacific
to New Orleans, and thence by water,
he said had not materially affected
his line. He asserted that only about
Is per cent. of the through traffic was
carried by this route and the steam
ship lines in their connection. He
said the eastern trunk lines could not
afford to carry out their threat not to
pro rate with the Pacific roads, as
such refusal would raise the rate
to such an extent that traffic from
seab0ard to seaboard would be di-
verted to the southern. route to a
large extent. He said the compile
tion of the Northern Pacific would
increase rather than decrease the
business of the Union Pacific owing
to the traffic it would bring from the
far northwest over the oregon Short
Line.
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Recommendation of the Bellevllle
Board of Trade.

Sr. LOUIS, May 3O.-The commit
tee appointed by the Belleville board
of trade to consider the relations ex
isting between the miners and mine
owners in that district, and see what
can be done toward settling present
difficulties, have made a report in
which they recommend that all rail-
road companies carrying coal to st.
Louis furnish copy of weights of
coal produced by the hand working
mines to Chas. Nesbitt, president Of
the miners union, on the 5th and
Goth day of each month, and that
Nesbitt furuish a copy of the same to
each mine; that uniform screen be
established at all hand-working
mines and that the owners of ma
chine mines be allowed to operate
them without any reference to the
regulations governing hand-mining.
The committee recommended that the
State Legislature provide for COM
mittee of arbitration to whom all diff
ficulties between operators and min
ers shall be submitted, and whose
decision shall he final. These recon-
mendations are simply what the
miners are contending for. Whether
the owners will agree to the terms
suggested is not known, but it is
quite likely that some action looking
to a settlement of the trouble and
resumption of work will he taken in
a day or two. No trouble is reported
yet to-day in any part of the district,
and there proba',ly y will not be any
more. The inquest is still in progress,
and may not conclude to-day. Two
companies of militia at Decatur have
been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to start to st. Clair county
at moments notice, but their SER
vices will not likely be needed.
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Miscellaneous.

GALVESTON, May 3O.-It is said
the Gould system proposes to estab-
lish this fall, at Palestine, general
car building shops for all ITS lines.
PIr1sBURG, May 3O.-Ira Howard,
of Franklin, Pennsylvania, was nom-
mated to-day for State Treasurer by
the Prohibition Home Protection
party. The State convention now
in session here has adopted as a plat
form the declaration of principles
enunciated in the platform of the
National Prohibition Home Protec-
tion party.
NEW YORK, May 29.-Ten thou
sand children attended the twenty
third yearly meeting of the Baptist
Sunday school.
Ex-Assemblyman Jas. Irving, one
of the proprietors of the notorious
Empire saloon, is. sentenced to the
penitentiary for two years and to pay
a fine of $3.50.
ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-lt is reported
that the militia fired on the mob OF
rioters at Belleville, Illinois, tonight
'tne min was killed and several
wounded. Particulars will be given
later.
MINNEAPoLIs, May 8.-A fire broke
out about a. m. in four different
places, and at this hour disastrous
fire is in progress, The loss is $780,
0D. Averill, Russell & Carpenter,
warehousemen, lose $4,000. The
other losses are small but numerous.
PROVIDENCE, May 90. Senator An
thony seems to be still mending.
NEW YORK, May President
Arthur will review the decoration pa
rade tomorrow.
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PITTsBURG, May 29.-The protect
i've association of iron manufacturers
west were in session five hours to-day.
The meeting was held with closed
doors. After adjournment it was
learned that resolution had been
adopted leaving all matters pertain
ing to the settlement of the strike in
the hands of the executive commit
tee. No dec cded action was taken on
anything else. Nothing was done in
regard to shutting down, as the man
ufacturers have been preparing for
it the past three weeks. A prominent
iron master said no offer Of compro-
missed will come from them: they are
firm and have presented their ultima
tum. If the Amalgamated assOcia-
tion want compromise they will
have to come to the manufacturers.
In some of the western mills offers
have been made to run the mills con-
ditionaIly, but no such proposition is
known to have been made here. AS the
1st OF June approaches interest in the
coming struggle increases. Both sides
appear as firm as at the first confer
ence. Tomorrow being decoration
day number of the mills will be
shut down tonight. not caring to
light up for one days run.
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torn. I was exhausted. When ]

torn. I was exhausted. When
last saw my husband he was holding
our youngest child up in the air and
was being carried toward the steps
by the crowd. I clupg 10 the railing.
At last some one grasred my wrists to
hold me up out OF the crush. A few
moments later they got my two boys
up. At that time the bodies lay deep
at the foot of the steps. One man
who was as white as q sheet strug-
gled out of the mass with his dead
child above his head. He was
screaming. I stood by the rail look
ing for my husband and our other
child. I do not yet know whether
they are safe.
Mr.. III. Abercrombie, of Skaneat-
elias, said: "After seeing the parade
yesterday went on the bridge at
2:3O p. m. L was 25 yards from the
steps and walked towards them. I
noticed jam on the steps and stood
watching the immense throng. A
man got on the iron work and beck
oned the crowd to 60 back. He was
not policeman. I saw no police
men. Then I heard a scream, and
several other screams followed. The
crowd surged back. jumped over
the fence. The jam centered on the
steps. 1 went along the side, and
hung to the railing with one hand.
Just as 1 got up on the north side of
the fence the crowd sway ed toward
New York, and threw girl down in
the right hand corner. She went
over silewise and forward, and fell
on her face. Then four men and wo-
men fell on hel. The crowd cried,
Everybody come over and get
away for Gods sake" have been
used to handling small gangs of men.
1 yelled for them to get over the rail,
and pulled a man over. I got him
over, and a woman next to him, and
after a hard struggle got them
SO they stood along the iron walk.
Meantime the throng was wedged at
the scene of the accident. The tide
was from Brooklyn, as the New York
entrance was closed to all but report
ers and those engaged in carrying off
the dead and wounded. It was not
until quarter of six that a squadron
Of police wcr" Sc # on the bridge and
The cruHd Vas .uIuued.
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Foreign News.

LONDON, May 30.-Alexander Ken
nedy Isbistor, who was instrumental
in freeing British North America
from the Hudson Bay Company and
annexing that section to Canada, is
dead.
LONDON, May 30.-In the Com
mons this afternoon bill empower
ing local authorities in Ireland to inn
prove the dwellings of Iaborers was
passed after second reading.
Moscow, May SO.-Fhe Emperor
and Empress to-day received the con-
gratulations of the Grand Duchess
and ladies of the court. The scene
at the reception was very brilliant.
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A Destructive Fire,

LyNCHBURG, Va, May 3O.-The
most disastrous fire which ever Wis.,
tied this city broke out at 10 o'clock
this morning and is now raging
furiously. Over $50O,GOo worth Of
property is already destroyed, in
Guiding the daily EIryiaidn build
ing and fixtures, Commercial Bank,
large hardware establishment Of
Jones, Watts Bros. & Co., large to-
bacco manutactory OF Flood l. Peters,
and other business houses. Several
residences We're also destroyed. A
strong wind is blowing, ana the fire
department is unable to cope with
the flames. kilograms have been
sent to Richmond for assistance.
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Protests of Irish Catholics.

CHICAGO, May ga movement
which has been organized to hold a
mass meeting of the Irish Catholics
of this city to protest against the
Pope's bull relative to the participa-
ton Of the Bishops and clergy in the
Pa1nell testimonial fund, is causing
some stir among the Irish-Americans
here. There exists apparently q diff
ference of opinion as to the wisdom
of such a course; the more conserva-
tive urging that action be delayed
until the full text of the Papal note
is known, others of the leaders in
sisting on immediate action. A meet
will be held on Tuesday to decide
whether a mass meeting be called.
The priests join in urging that no
layman or prelate should engage in
any crusade against the head of his
church.
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The End Of One Strike.

CHICAGO, May 29.-At conference
tonight between the bricklayers and
master builders, terms of a comprO-
mise by which the strike is ended. 1t
is agreed upon that the master build
ers are to pay 81 rsr day, and the
bricklayers undertake to make GER
tain notifications in the rules gov
erning their union. The agreement
also stipulates that all disagreements
in the future be settled by arbitra-
tion; and in case of disagreement by
the board Of arbitration the matter
shall be referfed to one of the judges
of the United States court, whose de-
ciSiOn shall be final.
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Funeral of the Dead Striker
Testimony at the Inquest.

ST. LOUIS, May 30.-The funeral
of William Anderson, the miner
killed by the military, took place at
three o'clock this afternoon. Over
fifteen hundred miners attended the
funeral. At the inquest this morn
ing several witnesses were examined:
among others deputy sheriffs Rag
land and Anthony. The testimony
was con ndicting as to who began fir
ing, although deputy sheriff Ragland
stated he saw q man pointing a
revolver at him and then shots were
Immediately fired. All quiet at
Belleville and other mines to dav.
1t is believed that some way out of
the difficulty will be found and work
resumed at all the mines next week.