Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-24
Brief News Items.

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Ington from, his Florida trip Sunday
night in excellent health.
1t is said that W. E. Chandler went
to Florida to see that there is 'fair
count" of the fish the President caught.
Bishop White will ordain Rev.
J. Cain, colored, to the priest
hood, in Richmond, April 10Th.
The accumulation of silver dollars at
the mint in San Francisco is so great
that the Storage room there will have
to be enlarged.
The Iowa Supreme Court made decis-
ion Saturday re-affirming its previous
decision declaring the prohibitory liquor
null and void.
Daniel Curley was convicted in Dub
lin, Wednesday, of completely in the
Phoenix Park murders, and was senten-
ced to be hanged on May s.
A dispatch from New York reports
the death in New York of the widow of
Benjamin Watkins Leigh, of Virginia,
In the s1st year of her age.
The Arkansas Legislature has passed
a bill prohibiting the sale of liquor
within two miles of any church. But
the churches are far spart in Arkansas.
A worthy and venerable Bishop, who
put $500 into mine and never saw ii
come out again, now advises his people
never to invest in mining stock any
money they are not prepared to lose.
Judge Thoman, one of the civil-ser-
vice commissioners, says that the law
does not prohibit removals from office
1t only provides that ell appointments
must be made from persons found to be
competent.
Liquor dealers In Wilmington, DEL,
before they commence business are
compelled to get the consent of certain
number OF citizens residing contiguous
to their places of business and publish
the names of the same.
Miss Katie Griffith, a school teacher
at Martins Ferry, w. Va, in attempt
ing to correct VIM. Beck, a fifteen-ye
old pupil, was assaulted and so severely
beaten by him that she is thought to be
fatally injured. The boy was arrested
Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, cousiu
of the King of Italy, was married Mon.
day to Princess Isabella, of Bavaria
cousin of the King of Bavaria. The
King of Saxony and the Duke of Aosta
ex-King of Spain, were present at the
ceremony.
A WISCONSIN paper relates that two
little boys. aged twelve and six years
were dosed with liquor Oh train neal
Eau Claire, that State, by facetioul
passenger, as it calls him, the other day
until the elder brother became deaC
drunk and the younger died outright.
The New York Canals, it is now ex
pected, will be open for traffic by the Is
of May, though it is posi- BILE there ma.
be delay of few days. The Chesa
peake and Ohio canal was opened TO
traffic about the 10th of March, and hai
been doing lively business ever since.
Forty eight cities and towns in Hi
pois voted upon the liquor question o.
Tuesday. In balioting for municipa
officers seventeen declared for prohibI
ton or anti-license, thirty one declared
for license, six of which were for higl
license, and four towns ignored tn,
political issues.
A raid was made on the New YOrl
gambling houses Monday night ant
SIC, 600 worth of implements were seiz
ed, The police commissioners have dis
covered that the seizure of gaming i'm
plements was illegal. The code pro
vides that the implements can only b,
seized when the owner is arrested, ant
cannot be destroyed until he is convict
ed
The trouble between Frank Mordaunt
the actor, and his wife has eliminated
In suit for limited divorce on the par
of Mrs. Mordaunt in one of the New
York courts. She charges her husband
with cruel and inhuman treatment
desertion, and refusal to support he
and their child. Her counsel will ap
ply for $40 per week alimony and 500
counsel fee.
By the provisions of the will of tn,
late Capt. John Brooks, of Bridgeport
Conn, his estate, amounting to $175
600, will go to the First Presbyterian
Church of that city on the death of hi
wife. Mrs. Beecher, a niece, is contest
! ing the will on the ground of menta
incapacity and undue influence on tn
part of one Mary Marley, an intimst
friend of the deceased.
The friends of s. c. Neale, who is re-
ported to be in very bad health, mental
ly as well as physically, have secures
him quarters in Providence Hospital
Washington, D. c., for an indefinit
period, and it is expected that he will
occupy them during the next week o
two 1t is understood that Mrs. Neale
his mother. has instituted suit for tn,
recovery of all her property.
VIM Dorsey, machinist, at Mont
gomery, Alabama, shot his wife earl,
Tuesday morning. He had been on tn
lookout for burglars and had put
pistol under bis head to be ready TO
them. During the night his wife lef
the room in the dark while Dorsey wa
asleep. AS she was coming back b
awoke, and hearing noise in the room
fired. The ball struck her in the breas
and she died in a short time. Dorsey
is overwhelmed with grief.
WARNED TO LEAVE THE STATE
The lynchers of Bob Crockett, the
Wytheville murderer, have warned
Pnhert MOvnrs an aJInood acoOn n1ics