The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-09-02
Severe Earthaueke shock.


g. telegram received yesterday morning
at the Baltimore and Ohio Office, il tits
place, states that the earthquake shock
which was severely felt here. and through
out Virginia and all along the sea coast
states to New England demolished over
half of Charleston, S. c., and killed or
wounded at least so people. mostly coIored
people. The inhabitants of the city leff
their houses, some intheir' night clothes.
and camped out on the streets and in the
suburbs Somersville,.;a thriving town
about % miles from Charleston. was
almost entirely destroyed. 70 Theshock was
felt in Richmond and at the Penitentiary
great excitement was caused. 1t is the
severest known shock ever felt in this
country. The extent of the damage can
not,at this writing be stated, but the scare
was widespread. IS a's5.ssI 13,szi' fi4i
Mr.. J. w. Scott, managing editor of the
Baltimore Price Current, committed sui
eide by hanging himself Sunday night. r
DR.. Sylvester Buchanan. formerly a
practicing physician at Moffett1s Greek,
in this county, died in California. August
13th.es.,. ..,s,. ~ ...,,.,e =; s4rqs,i.sr -
Rev Thomas Hampstead. who was pas
tor about thirty years ago of Ben Salem
Presbyterian church in Rockbridge county,
died at ,Fairburg, Illinois, l4th of July
last. ,g.ses.s.5+esgf.- 81. .sg.fr @Ysd 81 -
Ex-President Arthur has :regaineiss his
health and has increased inflesh IS pounds.
He is bright, cheerful and chatty, which
will be a source of qualification to his
many admirers throughout the country.
ThesPetersburg hadest appeal, has the
following gentle warning 1T reasurers
would do well to move very cautiously
in the matter Of seizihg and selling PEG
pies property contrary to law, or some of
these fine days somebody's sureties viii
have toput up good round sum-. Mark
this l. I$sio j, .l.;ti@ 81. = i'-iti 2 si-g
The tempe rance basket picnic near OBJ
seryatory mountain, Albemarle, last Sat
urday, was a great success. Over 2 900
people were present, and able addresses
were made by Rev. DR.. Hawthorne, Rev.
J. e. Massey, Lieut.. Gov: Of the State,
and Rev. Paul Funkhouser, Of Harrison
burg. '"' s's* s's f3f' 'i# .
Maj, Heaton. chairman of the Demo
cratic Committee for The Sth district,
called meeting of that body to assemble
in Alexandria on the lst Of Sept. to, de-
termine the course to be pursued to Sc
cure a nominee. The convention which
met on the 18th failed to make a nomina-
tion and adjourned sine die. It is a nice
squabble as it stands.
An earthquake occurred in Greece on
the ,29th, which was very destructive. The
area of the earth's disturbance was phe-
nominally wide. AT least six towns were
entirely and score of others partially des-
troyed. On the islands it is estimated
that 800 persons were killed and 1000 in
jured. The-shock lasted twelve seconds.
People everywhere are camping if the
fields. A dispatch from Naples says that
Vesuvius is again in a state Of eruption.
The people Of Naples and Bari are fleeing
to the country and gathering in the open
space to pray. At Bari the priests pro-
claim the earthquake a visitation of God.
The hicago Banner. of the goth, con-
tains the following Attorney General
Garland esterday appointed Graham II.
Harris first assistant United States Attor-
ney for the Northern District Of Illinois
in Chicago, to succeed Chester M. Dawes.
Mr.. Harris is quite well known in the
Eleventh Ward as having been for the last
five years associated with w. S. johnson
in the practice of the law. The appoint
merit is compliment to the Government
as we'll as to Mr.. Harris. Mr. Harris al
though a young man has made many
friends and clients by his genial manners
and sterling ability" Mr. Harris is the
son of Judge Jno. T. Harris, of Harrison
burg, and a young gentleman whose many
friends here will be glad to learn of a just
recognition of merit and professional
ability. fi' sfaii''.sta'iS ''1's' ''''5l'.5' Z
A special dispatch to The Chicago Times
alleges that Special Envoy Sedgwick, has
disgraced himself and brought Scandal
upon the American colony in the city of
Mexico. The dispatch charges that he
availed himself Of the Inequalities of the
political and fashionable Clubs to an ex-
tent that resulted in an exhibition of him
self in an intoxicated condition with
hilarious companions, and that he has
been snubbed by Minister Jackson and
denied introductions which he has asked.
This report, however, is not believed at
the State Department. Mr.. Sedgwick
bore the reputation of a gentleman, is a
married man. and for him to have dis
graced himself as he is reported to have
done, is not at all probable. If it turns
out that he has, he will be promptly re-
called. 1898 ''.''''.< 's''
The Democratic newspaper correspon-
dent profess to have found that the Pen
sions Bureau was very corrnptly man
aged by the Republicans, for the fea son
that some of its employees participated
in election campaigns. At first it was
alleged that the Treasury Depart ment
was a cesspool of corruption, but whe II
the investigation revealed the hitter false
ness Of the charge, the accusers re
tired to the rear. All now that the Dem
ocratic Investigators can find On which
to base campaign is that few pension
employees took an active partin elections.
This has been done from the foundation Of
the government /; is being done now under
this reform administration, and will con
tinue' to be done until political parties are
made up of another kind of human ma
turef to shat which makes olif., common
humanity. The Republican party is not
ashamed to compare records either for
brains or honesty with any other party
that has ever existed, and as 70 legislation
in the interests of the people ana for the
elevation of national character, it is
without an equal in the history of the
country. - i''''
The conspiracy which effected the
seeming abdIcation of Prince A lexander
Of Bulgaria, has worked to the discount
ture Of the principal participants in it.
His sleeping apartm ent was surrounded
10y soldiers in sympathy with Russia, while
the Bulgarian troops were in quarters. and
finding fhaf no was in their mower he was