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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

The following letter to a Richmond lady
from friend iu Charleston gives compact
account of the earthquake and IFS con-
sequences:
CHARLESTON, September 9th, 1886.
My Dear Mrs. E.: We have passed
through terrible and eventful scenes-aw-
FIJI in the extreme-and language fails to
give description. l had been very sick
for near week. On Tuesday l was well
enough to sit up. My son and his wife left
US at P. Ma beautiful, clear, starlight
night, but close and scarcely breath of
air stirring. l retired and had slept about
twenty minutes. At 9:53 (the moment my
clock stoppedl 1 was startled by my bed
rolling from side to side, and the most un-
earthly sounds ever heard, with crash upon
crash, and a mass of brick and mortar fall
ing over me. Jumped from the bed, and,
as / stopped to crawl under, my heavy press
tottered and fell, striking me on the head
and fastening me to. the bed. The foot
board did not give way, and left a space of
six inches between, which saved my chest
and back from being crushed in. God had
saved me, and to Him be all the praise and
glory. My children and the servants rush
ed upstairs, and was rescued, and bleed
lug, Uub dUiG W Sot ilbO Guc UdCh lOt oCloIC
the next shock came, where we spent the
night and tho three following. The front
| of the house had fallen out, and is so wreck
ed that we had to abandon it, and are at my
sons, in the house during the day and in
camp in Aiken's row at night. You can
form no idea of the ruin and devastation.
Not public building but what is nearly
wrecked. Old st. Michaels steeple, just
repaired, stands erect in all her beauty and
her glory, but the portico and walls of the
body of the church are badly shattered.
Old St. Philips is in much worse condi-
tion-four columns in the steeple gone.
Other churches less damaged Station
house, Roper Hospital, Medical College,
and Jail wrecked. City Hall and court
house and Hibernian Hall badly damaged.
Fifty years will not see Charleston as she
was. Fortunately the weather is dry and
clear, but we must have rain soon, when
there will be much suffering. Our people
have gone to work manfully, but 1 fear
little can be done, Ten million is the low
est estimate of loss, think.
And now, my kind friends, pray for US.
My faith fails not, and my trust is still in a
merciful God May He spare us to meet
again. Yours sincerely, J. M. W.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
BosToN, September l.

WHEN CLUvERIUs FAILED TO TESTIFY
1t may be very good point to present to
the Supreme Court in favor of a rehearing
and new trial that inasmuch as the law
now allows prisoner to testify in his own
behalf that the death-sentence ought not to
be enforced upon Cluverius on conviction
founded largely upon his enforced silence"
but as matter of history Cluverius did
have one opportunity to testify.
At the inquest, Coroner Taylor invited
Cluverius to testify, and Cluverlus's counsel
advised him not to do so. Had Cluverius
availed himself of the opportunity thus
offered; had he satisfactorily explained
where he was the night of the murder, then
the whole prosecution would have dropped;
or, if not, then Cluverius's statement would
have gone up to the Supreme Court, as so
much of the testimony taken before the
Coroner's inquest as was offered by the de-
fence fills the record from page $40 to 1913.
Richmond Dispatch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
President Cleveland will visit Virginia.

Colonel Robert Beverley, President of the
State Agricultural Society, has been in
formed by President Cleveland that he ac-
cepts his invitation, and will be present at
the State Fair, which. opens Wednesday,
October goth. This will be agreeable in
telligence to the people of Virginia, who,
through their chief representative of the
Agricultural and Industrial interests of the
State, will extend an old-fashioned Virgin
ia welcome to the Chief Magistrate of the
nation. Richmond, famed for it's hospital
ity and social entertainments, will honor
itself by the elegant manner in which ii
will do honor to the first citizen and lady
of the country, for it is to be presumed that
Mrs. Cleveland will accompany the Presl-
dent. From every part of the Common
wealth our men and women will visit the
beautiful Capital city on this occasion
The resources of the old State and the ster-
ling character of its people, will then be
conspicuously displayed, and will make an
impression worthy of the eventful history
of the former, and the culture and progress
of the latter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

A FIGHT IN CovINaToN, VA.-Whilst the
discussion between the Congressional can
didates--Capt. Jas. Bumgardner.jr. land Mr..
Jacob Yost-was in progress in the Court
House in Covington, on Tuesday of last
week, fisticuff occurred in the courtyard,
the parties being Messrs James Bowler
and Sam. Fudge, who we're separated before
much injury was done, when they were
arrested and put under bonds of $500 each
to keep the peace. The crowd in the court
house ran out to see the fight and left the
speakers almost SOLITARY and alone" pre-
senting quite ludicrous spectacle. When
the fight on the yard was ever, the conflict
of words in the court-h house was resumed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

THE HORRORS AT CHARLESTON, s. c.,
NOT ExAGeERATEp.-Ac correspondent of
the Bait. Sun writing from Charleston, s.
c., on the 10th inst, says
can event of interest was the arrival of
an excursion party of the wealthy citizens
of Wilmington, Del, headed by Mr.. J. H.
Jackson of the Jackson & Sharpe Company,
the we'll known car builders. The gentle
men came to see the desolation and destruc
tion, and if possible, to devise means of
aiding the citizens. Their impressions are
best given in a dispatch sent by them this
afternoon, in which they say: "The situa-
ton has not been exaggerated in the least;
on the contrary, not one-half Of the horrors
of the picture have been painted The dis
tress, destruction, suffering and SORROWS
that>we have seen will never fade from our
memories. !"
This party returned to their homes on
last Monday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
A Terrible Accident.
A DEAF AND DUMB MAN RUN OVER BY A
LOADED CAR AND TERRIBLY MANGLED.

A DEAF AND DUMB MAN RUN OVER BY A
LOADED CAR AND TERRIBLY MANGLED.
On last Saturday as Mr.. Floyd Tucker,
deaf mute, was walking along the tram
railroad above the saw-mill on Armstrong
creek, he was run over by the car and
mangled in the most horrible manner. The
particulars as near as we could learn are as
follows: Mr. Tucker had been working for
sometime with the lumbermen. Gu Satur-
day he quit work at noon, to 60 down the
creek to meet man who had promised to
pay him some money on that evening. AS
he was walking down the tram road, think
ing no doubt of his appointment, car load
ed with three saw-logs came down the road
at rapid speed and ran over him, breaking
one leg, dislocating his ankles, lacerating
the thigh of the other leg, crushing in one
side, tearing the ribs loose from the back
bone. and breaking them in three pieces.
Assistance was rendered as soon as possible,
and he was taken to shanty, there being
no house near. Strange to say he is yet
TUESDAY night still alive. While physi
clan and friends are doing all they can for
him, there are no hopes of his recovery.
Mr.. Tucker is good man. He has one
child but is separated from his wife. He
is fifty-one years old.-Fayette (W. Va.)
Democrat.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

THE SOUTH MAY Now MAKE STEEL
For six years an injunction obtained at
Pittsburg by the Bessemer Steel Company
has prevented steel being made in the Uni
ted States by the basic process invented by
Jacob Reese. This injunction has just been
dissolved by the master, who dismisses the
bill with costs to the Bessemer Company.
The company had the effrontery to assume
that its acid process covered Reese's basic
process, an absurdity that might have been
perceived by an industrious master iu less
than six years As the ores of the South,
containing phosphorus, are we'll suited for
the basic and not for the Bessemer process,
the decision dissolving the injunction is Of
the first importance to that section.-BaH.
Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
D. It. IEfIfI1 Dep CI'K.
HUDSON q Patrick, p. q. sep15 Al
CoMM1ss1oNrp,s Ovr,cr

StauntOn, Sept. 18th, 1888,
N the Chancery cause now De ending in the
Circuit Court of Augusta county, under
the style KENNERLY, SAM'L, ia. VS. HUM
PHREY AND Ais, all parties, Prr snd Defts
and others whomsoever interested especially
ALL LIEN CREDITORS of ELIZA j HUMPHREY
aoJe Of George w. Humphrey, are hereby NoTI-
FLED. that pursu.. mt to an order In said cause
ntered on the 10th of June. 1886, I shall al INV
office n StauntOn. on Saturday. the 18Th dan of
October, 1856, proceed to take siate and settle
an account showing: The real estate of the
said Eliza j. Humphrey. the state of the
title thereto. the fee simple and annual rental
value thereof, the liens on said property in
Homestead Exemption OF the said Eliza i.
Humphrey, with reference to the Judgment
asserted in the PITTS bill, together with any
other matters specially stated, that / may
deem pertinent or any party in interest may
require.
J. W. GREEN SMITH, Com'r.
White & Gordon, D. q. sepl5-4t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

The Knights of Labor and the members
of the Central Labor Union and other labor
organizations of St. Louis have combined
under the name of the United Labor Party,
and will hold convention of delegates
from the various assemblies and unions on
October 18th to nominate full city, con-
gressional and legislative ticket. An al
lance with the greenbackers will probably
be formed,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

A TEXAS WE'LL SPoUTs Hot WATER
At the residence of E. S. jackson, while
digging an artesian well, one of the most
remarkable phenomena occurred here that
has ever taken place in this vicinity. When
at depth of about two hundred feet hot
water began to flow, but, not being sufi-
cient flow, they kept on boring, and when
at depth of two hundred and fifty feet an
Unusual rumbling was heard beneath
Nothing was thought of it, however, until
all at once sand and large pebbles, accom-
panied by hot steam, were thrown about
eighty feet high, taking the augur and der
rick and completely demolishng everything
in its way. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
this strange decentralization, (Teras>,
Ne,cs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

THE WHEAT PROSPECTS ABRoAD.-If
Mr.. Kains jackson has correctly studied the
European situation with regard to the
wheat-crop and the quantity of foreign
wheat and breadstuffs that will be required
to make up the deficiency, there is a promise
of much larger export of grain and -four
from the United States than last year.
Writing to the British Farmer under date
of August Is, he states that "there is not a
single crop in the United Kingdom which is
likely to attain an average yield. The
harvest for all sorts of cereals has been sell
dom SO backward as it is this year, and
existing probabilities are that while oats,
beans and peas will be almost five per cent,
short, wheat and barley will be quite ten
per cent, under the average. In Russia an
average yield was not looked for. Owing to
the change from heat and drought to rain,
a wet fortnight had reduced the harvest
promise to serious extent. The wheat in
Austria Hungary had been thrashed and
the yield found to be ten per cent. below
the average. Spain. Italy and Portugal
have fair crops, but are likely to require
sixteen million bushels of foreign wheat.
Switzerland will require eight millions,
buying usually from Austria and Southern
France. In summing up Mr.. Jackson as
sumes that twenty million bushels of foreign
wheat will be required by England over
and above the imports of last year; that the
demands of France will be increased to the
same extent; and that Southern Europe will
want eight millions of bushels more
making altogether forty Eight millions Of
bushels in excess of the requirements last
year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

DEATH OF JOHN LINAwEAvER.-At his
residence at Mt. Clinton, on Monday OF
last week, John Linaweaver, well known
and highly esteemed citizen of Rockin CHAM,
passed away in the 9th year of his age
The Register says that he had been mem
of New Erection Presbyterian church for
SO years, and his exemplary walk bespoke
the fact that the spark Of vital goodness
was ever burning in his breast.
He was buried at New Erection Church
on Wednesday morning at II O'Clock, the
services being conducted by Rev. g. A.
Wilson, hispastor, and the large assemblage
of relatives, acquaintance and friends tes-
tilted that true citizen and good man had
fallen,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

THE SEA SERPENT IN THE CONNECTICUT
RIvER.-New Haren, September S-The
sea serpent was seen in the Connecticut
river opposite Cromwell this morning.
While Col. Stocking and Silas Sage were
crossing the river in small boat the boat
was struck by something and lifted nearly
off the water, throwing them off their seats.
When they picked themselves up they saw
something which they decided to be the sea
serpent, nearly 100 feet long, with its head
ten feet above the water. The serpent
then started off up the river, making ter
rible commotion in the water by its passage.
Stocking and Sage hurried ashore and gave
an alarm, and crowds have been watching
the river all day, hoping to see it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN MExIoo.-Cay
of Me1ico, Sept. II. via Galveston.-An
official report to the government from
Tequisixtlan, State of Mexico, says shock
of earthquake, with oscillations from east to
west, was felt there between 4 and o'clock
on the morning of the third inst. The last
severe shock here was four years ago, when
the massive building occupied by the Lon
don Bank was cracked and other edifces
injured.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
IMPORTANT INDUSTRY IN ALABAMA.

IMPORTANT INDUSTRY IN ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Sep.S.-One million dol
lars of the stock of the Pratt Coal and Iron
Company has been sold to John ID Inman
and others, of New York, and Nathaniel
Baxter and A. M. Shook. The company
has the largest bituminous coal mines in the
world The company to-day determined to
expend one million dollars in the erection
of four furnaces and basic bessemer steel
works at the town of New Pittsburg, six
miles from Birmingham. Three more coal
mines are also to be opened. This assures
to the Birmingham district, within radius
of ten miles, twenty large hot blast coke
furnaces, seven of which are now in blast,
one repairing and twelve in process OF
erection. Besides these the Pratt Company
will also make a steel experiment with two
million dollars capital at their new town of
Bessemer City, ten miles south of Birming-
ham,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

KNIGHTS OF LAB OR NOMINATE CAN
D1DATE FOR CoNaREss.-Though the
Knights of Labor aver that their organiza-
ton is not political, yet wherever they have
sufficient strength they nominate candidates
for political offices-in some places nomi-
mating full tickets. In Richmond on last
Friday night, they nominated for Congress,
W. 81. Mullen of that city, in opposition to
Ion. Geo. D. Wise. Mr.. Mullen is district
workman, member of the general execu-
tive board of Knights of Labor, and editor
of the Labor Herald of Richmond. He ae-
cepted the nomination.
A number of the delegates withdrew
when resolution was adopted pledging the
members to support the nominee. They
did this on the ground that they were not
sent there to make nomination, but mere
" for conference. Politics will disrupt that
organization as it did the Grange.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

ACCIDENT TO BIcYcL1sTs. -About twenty
members of the League of American Wheel
men, who started from Buffalo on the 9th
instant for Harper's Ferry on their annual
tour, were descending the steep hill leading
to Ithica, N. Y, Friday, when two Of the
party, Messrs. Warner and Dakin, took
headers. Warner received a CHASTITY cut
under the chin and was severely Jared
Dakin struck on the right side of his FORE
head, sustaining conclusion of the brain,
aud possibly fracture of the skull.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

AN EDITORS MARRIAGE.-To day, We'd
nesday, the 18th, in the Episcopal Church
at Martinsburg, W. Va, Richard E. Byrd,
Esq, Editor of the Winchester Times and
Commonwealth Attorney for Frederick
county, will be married to Miss E. Boiling
Flood, daughter of Maj. Joel W. Flood Of
this State, and granddaughter of the late
Hon. James Faulkner.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE IN MIDAIR.-
Charlottesville, Ind, Sept. 10.-Miss Lulu
Bates, of Cincinnati, made an ascension in
gas balloon from the fair grounds to day.
When half a mile above the earth she at
tempted to descend. The graphing hook
caught, but the anchorage was brok eE by a
strong wind, which carried her among some
trees, where the balloon was torn. The
hooks gave way again and she shot up
three hundred feet. The balloon suddenly
burst and the basket descended like light
ming. She had the presence of mind to
brace herself firmly against the top of the
basket and this saved her life. She was
badly Jared.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

The Morristown Herald is responsible
for the following: ga female of the Sal
walton Army has invented what is called
the salvation kiss Young men who have
seen the female portion of the army will
not seek salvation in this new form. They
willdive still deeper intothe woods when the
army comes around,''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

A remarkable illustration of the enduring
character of human hair may now be seen
in the British Museum, where has been
placed wig, lately found in temple at
Thebes, which is supposed to have been
worn by an Egyptian priest at period not
less than 8, 400 years ago.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
For THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH II

For THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN
MoNTEREY-On Thursday night week
ago an entertainment was given at Mon
terey, Highland county, for the benefit of
the Presbyterian Church of that place. The
Recorder says
"The amount realized was S60.49, of
which 500. "a is net. The balloon feature
was quite up to expectation. Six balloons
were sent up, the last Jumbo an ele-
plant shaped balloon. The night was
calm and the balloons rose to a great height
and sailed far to northeast"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
According to Statement in the New Or.

According to statement in the New Or
leans Times Dem ocrdt, the wealth of the
South in 1879 was 50, 1874, 20S, sos. In 1885
the statistics show the wealth of the South
to be So, III, 312, 602-an increase in seven
years of 42 per cent. This is a -lost graft
flying exhibit, and there is no reason why,
in the next decade, the ratio Of increase
should not be fully as great. Less of poll
tics and more of industry will accomplish
the result. There is more music in the
hum of industry than in the most artful po-
litical oratory.-Inder- appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

SECRETARY MANNING's RETIREMENT
There are but few persons who expect Sec
rotary Manning to resume his seat at the
cabinet table. His personal friends and
those who are in frequent communication
with the members of the Manning family
assert positively that his decision to retire
from the Treasury Department is final, and
has been unchanged since he forwarded bis
resignation to the President. The latter
was and is now averse to losing Mr.. Man.
ming from his official family, but he real
ICES the true condition of Mr.. Manning s
health, and therefore cannot conscientiously
insist upon his remaining.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

A SHOCK IN THE PACIFIC.-San Fran
CISCO, Sept 10.-Captain W. E. PIummer,
of the steamer Mary D. Hume, which ar
rived in port yesterday, reports that while
sixteen miles Northwest of Point Reyes on
Wednesday nine distinct shocks of earth
quake were felt. The vibrations were from
North of East to South of West. They
were not felt at San Francisco.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

A GIRLS STRANGE SLEEP.-AdamstoWn,
Frederick County, Sept. S.-A daughter,
fourteen years old, of David Fry, at Stump
town, Loudoun county, Va, was taken sick
and slept sixty-six hours in succession, and
when she awoke she was lively and ate
heartily. She then went to sleep again, and
up to this hour has slept ninety-eight hours
without intermission. The cause is not
known.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

Martin Irons, the reckless knight of labor
who started the st. Louis strikes, is now
confined in western Jail. 1t would have
been infinitely better for the knights if
Irons could have served ternf or two ip
Jail before his conceit and undue sense of
self-importance precipitated the wretched
troubles in St. Louis. -Inder- Appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR WHEAT
Taking the known fact that the acreage de-
voted to wheat in Great Britain has declin-
ed from 2,609, 1929 acres in 1884 to 1886, 064
acres the present year, while in the mean
time population has gone on steadily in
creasing, it is obvious that the smaller
quantity of wheat grown by the British
farmer will have to be met by larger i'm.
port of foreign wheat, and that any falling
off below the average yield must create a
correspondingly additional demand to make
up for the deficiency.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15
An African Princess is living in Hano

An African Princess is living in Hanover
county, Va. She is IA years old and lives
in the family of an Episcopal clergyman,
who was missionary to Western African
some years ago. She is soon to return to
her native land to marry the King, and with
her American education she is expected to
prove useful Queen.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

SLIGHT SHocKs.-Chorleston. S. c.,
Sept. lit is bright and beautiful to-day,
though it rained heavily in the early morn
ing. People are gradually re-occupying
their houses and the number in shelters and
tents is rapidly diminishing. There were
three or four slight shocks of earthquake
during the night, but none serious, and few
persons were aware Of their occurrence.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

The Courier-Journal says that "whole
cities might be warmed by piping the base
of reliable volcano" but the Macon Tele-
graph says the difficulty lies in the fact that
no man has ever yet encountered reliable
volcano.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

1t is reported that rain has not fallen in
two counties of Texas for period of eigh-
teen months. The result beggars des-
cription, and the chances are that the region
spoken of will be depopulated.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-09-15

''This," said Dion Boucicault in London
recently, els decidedly my last visit to Eng
land. hate these inferal fogs, the rain
and cold. / like America better than any
place in the world. The climate suits me-
The people suit me. The public suit me.
And am pleased to think suit Them