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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

AT WORK IN NIcARAaUA.-There are
said to be 700 persons now employed Oh the
line of the proposed Nicaragua canal, and
the work of preparation for operations on q
large scale is we'll advanced. The quarrel
between Nicaragua and Costa RIGA if per-
sisted in might impede construction, but it
will, it is stated, soon be settled. Every
body is anxious for the Americans to begin
to spend their money, and the governments
cannot long stand out against the general
desire for the long looked for good time to
begin. The superior healthfnlness of the
Nicaragua route is seen in tho fact that
there are but eeven sick in the whole num-
her of employees.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
MAHoNB's AscENpENcY, AS VIEWED

MAHoNE's AacENDENCY, AS VIEWED BY
REPUBLICAN NEWsPAPER.-Mah to
the front again? Why, of course, answers
the Republican Philadelphia Telegraph of
July II. This pestiferous political varmint
seems to have as many lives as bag of
black cats. But, though the littlo Virginia
dictat tor may succeed through his control
of the machinery of the party in getting
the Republican nomination for Governor,
an election by the people to that office will
undoubtedly prove to ne another thing en-
tirely. The only interest outsiders gener-
ally will take in this scheme of Malone
and his friends will be the attitude Of the
national Administration towards it. 1t is
hardly conceivable that it can receive the
sanction and encouragement of President
Harrison, no matter what the course and
the desires Of certain professed "leaders."
Republicanism ia Virgins and the South
can hope for nothing fross sbe triumph of
Mahoneism.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
CHARGED with Hnuse.hreakins.

A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun,
from Roanoke Of July 18th, says that G. F.
Douthat, stranger, who has been parad-
ing the town for several days as member
of Grannin s. Co.'s Cincinnati detective
agency was arrested last night on informa-
ton that he was wanted at Pulaski City for
house breaking. The mayor of Roanoke
fined him ten dollars for carrying conc saled
weapons ard turned him over to the Pulas-
XII auth, rites this morning. He was equip
ped with badge, n;prers, handouts, DC.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

MORMON CONVERTS CoMING.-It is ex
pected that $50 Mormon converts will ar
rive this month from Europe. They all
come by the Guion Line and go West On
the Old Dominion and Chesapeake and Ohio
route. TIE elders are beginning to com
plain that many Of the lambs only see the
light of the Latter-Day Saints long enough
to get their passages paid to this side and
then skip out before they can be got to Utah.
The young female variety has BECOME so
prone to this turpitude that special agent
is now employed by the elders at Castle
Garden to see that none OF the lambs get
away from the shepherds. Forty out of a
flock of three hundred are said to have done
this trick recently.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

The deputy sheriffs all returned from
Mud Creek, Ala, Saturday afternoon
ssroggins, who remained to guard the gin
house at the scene of the Simpson-H owton
tragedy, Sunday, told the inmates they
might go nndsturbed if they would let
bin go to take care of Deputy Morgan,
who was lying wounded in the sun and
pleading far water at point covered by
their puns They agreed and came out
and w.n' awsy. When the deputies ar
rived they had fourteen hours start, and no
pursuit VS. attempted Morgan is still
alive, thop;- desperately wounded.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
The Flood In West Va.

The following from a dispatch to the
Bait. Sun gives additional in reference to
the food in West Va.
:. PARKERsBURa, W. VA, July 21.-An
estimate can hardly yet be formed of the
great calamity that has swept over the Lit
tie Kanawha Valley, but enough is known
to mark it as the most destructive in life
and property ever occurring in West Vir-
ginia. The scene of the greatest disaster
was on Pond creek, Jackson county, and
Tucker creek, Writ county. The two
streams head together, and cloudhurst
must have occurred near the water she'd.
Pond creek rose % feet in an hour. The
water spread from hill to hill aad carried
all before it
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

A general strike was inaugurated Satur.
day among the laborers in West Superior,
Wis, and over 600 are out. They demand
an increase from $3.50 per day TO $1.75.-
They visited the CO al docks, where IA men
were working at the 40-cent-an-hour rate
under police protection, They overpower.
ed the police and routed the men. It has
an ugly look, as the men are determined
and the contractors equally so.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

a New Town IN VIRGINIA. The Rock.
bridge Company, of which Gov. Fitzhugh
Lee is president, has been highly success
full in getting subscribers to stock. A mil.
lion and a.half is what the company i;
raising. The new town of Glasgow will be
laid eff and doomed soon, and another
furnishing Industrial city may be looked
fer in the near future. The site of Glas.
gov is on the Richmond and Allegheny
railroad, on the James river, between Bal.
eony Falls and Buchanan, Va. Two
furnaces are to be built there, and it will
have population Of two or three thousand
in less than year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
Royal MARR1AeE.-on the 9th instant,

ROYAL MARR1AeE.-On the 9th instant
the marriage of the Earl of Fife of Scot
land, aged SO years, Eko has an annual in
come of half million, and the Prince
Louise, aged % years, the eldest daughter
of the Prince of Wales, of England, viii
take place. She is to receive vast num-
Der of magnificent Wedding presents. The
Rothschilds will give her diamond aGd
ruby necklace worth twenty thousand dol
lars, and the Shah of Persia win present
her with gift even more valuable. Her
father, the Prince of Wales, will give her
away.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

A CoLoRED MAN LYNcHED.-Coyingtoa, Ga
July 22,-Last night about dark, Dan Malone
colored, % years OF age, attempted to assault &
respectable white woman, Mrs. Rachael Skin
ner, living six miles from Gown ston. Hel
screams brought her assistance, but the color
ed man escaped. Subsequently he was cap
tured and identified, and confessed his guilt
This morning as he was being brought to tow
he was taken from the officer by sixty mask
ed men and hung.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
One hundred man With black masks nv

One hundred men with black masks over
their faces attacked the house of Nancy
Vincent, notorious resort at Montpelier
Ind, Wednesday night. Que male inmate
was whipped With switches. The Vincent
woman was caught and tarred, and the
house and furniture demolished. The oe
cupants have fled.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

A MAN TORN TO PIECES -HARTFoRD,
Conn July 21.-At Southington on Satur-
day night Chas. Deguan tried to board d
moving freight train His foot caught in
the step Of the caboose and he fell back
wards, his foot ysdging SO as to hold him,
ard YVES dragged in this way quarter of a
mile before be was discovered His head
vas mashed to jelly, one arm torn to
shreds, aud brains and blood spattered
al .sg The track for considerable distance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
AttpmDt to Kill the Emperor.

kIo JANElRo, July 1.-THE Emperor OF
Brazil attended theatrical performance in
this city last night. As his Majesty was
leaving the theatre at the conclusion of the
performance Portuguese fired shot from
revolver at him. The bullet, however,
missed the Emperor and be sustained no
injury whatever. The would be-assassin
was taken into custody.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

QUERE.-If Brady had not been an ap-
plicant for the Office of Internal Revenue
Collector of The Richmond district, with its
salary of $4,000 per annum, would he have
agreed to submit the settlement between
the CHECKERS" and Malone to the arbitrs.
ment of such men as Quay, Clarkson, and
Dudley?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Gen. Malone is evidently daisy
The way be treats the "kickers," ip bis
Cor sddressed to them, is peculiar, and
shows that he regards them only as the
passing wind. The s'kickers" may well
asl, each other now the old question; IF
Ne were to be so soon done for, what were
we begun for?''-AleI. Gazette
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

William Knable, the first baseman of the
Johnstown (Pa.) base bali team, was about
to marry Miss Adler on the evening of the
fatal disaster. He and his fiancee were
waiting for the clergyman when the flood
rushed down and separated them. Both
escaped drowning and their wedding was
celebrated last week.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

A sea turtle 10 feet long, feet wide and
weighing 1000 pounds, was caught recent
ly in trap eff South Harwich, Cape Cod.
This monster is estimated to be fully 200
years old. AS it stands the distance be-
tween it's fore flippers is over 10 feet.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Lot these who think Gen. Malone will
take the nomination for Governor note
" th Whist grace be will decline il when
Ut animonsly rendered. ard nominate some
o!her fellow. Ger. Malone is not hank
ering after political th,ashing when there
are mea who are willing to take it for him
Norfolk Ldpdmuk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

The board of directors of the North Car
DINA Insane Asylum, after continuous
investigation for three weeks of charges
against DR.. Eugine Grissom, superiutend-
ent, charged with immortality with female
attendants, cruelty to patients and misuse
of public property, Saturday rendered de-
cision Of not guilty on ali Of the charges
The vote stood two for conviction aud sig
for not guilty.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Two Virginia postmasters of the presi
dental class were appointed Saturday
Thomos K. Campbell at Luray and Stitt
Boiling at Petersburg. They are both Ma
hone men, and we're recommended by the
boss.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

William P. Hill, brakeman, was shot
and killed on passenger train Monday
night of last week by Louis Hughes, neal
Macon, Mo. They got into fight over the
rate of fare, and the shooting occurred
when Hill undertook to eject Hughes from
the train.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Monopoly and the Money Devil roost on
,hi, feuce like two chandeliers aid Crow
themselves hoarse with giee.
Woikingmeu are gradually getting dowa
to starvation wages. The number of un-
employed is on the increase.
That is the logical result of the last cleo
ton. All right, if the people like it.-N
Y, Herald
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Gen. Malone has issued call for the
Virginia republican State convention to meet
at Norfolk, August %. The call is fran.
ed to meet the wishes of the anti Malone
faction, compromise having been reached
by the two wings through tbs agency OF
the national committee,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
M;cbaa, yi,opoli and Miss Marie clab

Michael Vinopoli and Miss Marie Clab
RADIO. young Italian berry pickers, attempt
ed to elope Tuesday nigks Of last week
from, a berry pickers' camp in Camden
county, N j., and were pursued BY the
father OF The gi,, AND his friends. AZ the
ira.e father approached the would be groom
fred load of shot into the fathers thigh,
wbereupon the crowd beat the clipping
young man SO badly:that he died.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

dispatch from Point Pleasant, ", Va.
to the New York World says: "Ahnetta
and Miriam Bogg=, maiden sisters, who liv
cd alone together in Jackson county, com.
m;tied suicide Tuesday last by poisoning
themselves with arsenic. They had no rel
atises living, but had sufficient means tC
MAINTAIN themselves comfortably. They
left letter bearing both their signatures,
in which they stated that they were tired
of life, and there was nothing in it two
cd maids that was worth the living.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

The question which is now puzzling the
brains of many of the CHECKERS" is, "Did
Brady sell out their party for the Office of
Internal Revenue Collector for the Rich.
mond DISTRICT"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Senator Vance, of North Carolina, is be-
coming successful stock raiser. He has
recently presented to the Confederate Vet
erans' Association, of Buncombe county, a
bull calf, to be sold to the highest bidder
for the benefit of the Soldiers Home.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Gen. W. s. Rosecrans has purchased of
Isaac Long 547 acres Of land On the Round
Head mountain, about one milo scutb of
Sands, Page county. Mr. Long also sold
the mineral right on 200 acres in the same
locality. The land, it is said, contains large
deposits of manganese ore. 1t is the pur-
pose of the purchaser to begin work on the
property at once.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

INA UT.SHELL.-In the so-called COM
promise of the "kickers'' and Malone, the
CHECKERS" get the abstract principle and
Malone the concrete substance-the 'tkick-
ers" get the shell, and Malone the oyster.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

INTERNAL REVENUE CONTROVERSIES.
D. Brady has been appointed Revenue Col
lector for the Richmond District, defeatir g
Asa Rogers; and Pat McCaul Tor the Lynch.
burg district, defeating James Frazier, OF
Rockbridge.
Brady has gotten bis fat Office, and is
now willing for Mahons to rule the 1onst,
though few weeks since he said he should
be defeated at all hazards.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Mr.. David F. Bailey, of Abingdon, Va,
has been appointed Assistant U. 8. Dis
trict Attorney for the Western District Of
Virginia, to fill the Office declined by Mr.
G. A, Heermans.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

An old feud between the SimpsJa sn6
Howton families, ef Jefferson county, Ala,
was actively renewed Friday by an attempt
Of the deputy sheriffs, with the assistance
of j. 8. Howton and J. G. Howton, to ar
rest Tom Simpson for the murder of one Of
the Howton family several years ago. IL
the fight which followed the attempted ar
rest, Tom Simpson was killed, and Deputy
Sheriff Morgan and j. B. Howton were kill
ed,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Wright Quincy, Texas negro politician,
was Saturday appointed collector of Gus
toms for the port of Galveston.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

The fact that Wilkie Collins has received
his second stroke of paralysis reminds the
Boston Herald that Walter Scott wrote his
best novel after receiving similar vista
tion
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Mary Ryan, who eloped from Ireland
with her fathers overseer, John O'Brien,
left Castle Garden just in time to escape a
cable order for their arrest.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24


Charles j. Turner, supt of the Cleveland
Forge and Iron Works, Cleveland, o.,
ten years ago was divorced from his wife,
whom he had married twenty years before
in Danbury, Conn. His wife secured the
divorce and returned to the home of her
father, Mr.. Adam D. Hawthorne, in Dan.
bury. Mr.. Turner married the woman who
had won his affections from his wife. Two
weeks agohe was remarked TO his first wife
For ten years Mrs Turner heard nothing
from her divorced husband. A month or
marked death notice. This was followed
by letter from Mr.. Turner. The letter
was answered, and the marriage was the
sequel.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Miss Fay Cranberry, aged 20 years,
daughter of Bishop John G. Cranberry, OF
the M. E. Church South, died at the Sui
phur Springs, Mo-, Thursday. Her remains
will be taken to Richmond for interment.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

The wealth of Frederick Douglass, Uni
ted States minister to Hayti, is estimated
at $500, 900.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

The Victoria furnace at Goshen, which
has been idle for five years, is again in
blast and working at its full capacity.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

DAvY CRoCKETT's FAMILY.-R. P.
Crockett, son. of the famous Davy Crock
EFT, now living In Granbury, Hood county,
Texas, in recent letter to the present
keeper of the Alamo in San Antonio, says.
"Ny father, Davy Crockett, was born in
Hawkins county, Tenn. 1876. He was
married twice, had three children by his
first wife aud three By his last, three boys
and three girls. 1 am the oldest child by
the last wife, and was the youngest son.
am now seventy three years old. My father
was q fraction over sig feet tall, and weigh
ed over 200 pounds In good health and was
not feshy. My father was first justice of
the peace, next colonel of regiment OF
militia, then member of the Legislature OF
Tennessee, and tsice was elected to Con-
gress. My brother succeeded him in Con-
gress in 1887 for six years. Ny youngest
sister is living in Gibson county, Tenn.
MY mother and one sister are burisd here
in Hood county, Texas"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

John Cafter, coiored. shot and fatallywound
sd Constable Reynolds at Hinton, Fest Ylr-
glnia, Saturday, and was lynched by a moo.
"a nday morning.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

Ami G t.,l bag answering the description;
OF TIE Cam she'll air ship, which assembled froIl
Brooklyn, N y, last Tuesday. with Prof, Ho-
gan In it, passed over Louisville, Ky, Monday
night
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24

BITTEN BY A SNAKE AND GAVE BIRTH
TO TRIPLETs.- Mrs. Julia Skvleskie,
the wife Of Hungarian employed on farm
about four miles north CT Reading, Pa,
was engaged in picking blackberries on the
Alsaac Hills Friday afternoon she was
bitten in the leg by q copperhead snake.
She called for help, but while several of her
friends were assisting her to the nearest
house she complained that she could walk
no further. A carriage was passing nearby
and the Huns appealed to the driver for aid.
The unfortunate woman was removed to
her home at once, but before the party ar
rived there she had given birth to female
tripets, all alive. There are hopes that
the woman will recover.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, July o. 1889.
Peck's Admir- VS.. Borden &C.,

and
Borden and ais VS.. Borden's Admir- &C.
All parties interested in the foregoing causes
pending in the Circuit Court of Augusta coun-
ty, will TAKE NOTICE. that 1 have fixed upon
the NTH DAY OF AUGUST, NEXT, to state
the several accounts required by decree OF ref
erence entered therein. on the LIST day CT July,
1889.
The principal object of this reference Is. to
ascertain the available fund In these causes
coming to the heirs of John and Jacob Borden
decd for distribution; who the said heirs are;
and the amount coming to each. Also to re-
port the amount that should be paid to Mesrs.
F. @. Elder and Robert Stiles out OF said
funds for professional services rendered &c.
JOHN NJ. KINNEY.
july 244w Commr.
Win. COPY 4W,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
"And the maize.field grew and ripened
Till it stood in all the splendGr
OF its garments green and yellow.
Of its tassels and its plumage."

We cannot withdraw our thoughts from
that lovely scene (till word or two are
thrown I'M as the golden shocks of wheat
were observed as far as the eye could reach
towards the background where the Msssa-
mutton to the East and the North Mountain
range to the West threw their morning
and evening shadows aslant over the wide
intervening valleys. In this charming and
continually widening view some fields had
rendered up their treasures. The steam
thresher was busy in its whirl in others. =
The windmills elevating the refreshing
waters from the recesses of its cool springs
below the surface stood like sentinels
guarding sacred treasures, whilst forests
here and there dotted landscape richer By
far than any of oriental magniicence.-
This was our first visit along our lovely
Virginia Valley where Rockingham lines
are thrown across lis length, Stree July
| 1868. The meditationg of the mind anG
the feelings of the heart dwelt now upor
other themes than those which then en-
crossed them hen the land and the people
were burdered with heaviness and sorrow
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
What Brady now says Of the ''Kickers.

WHAT RIDDLEBEReER SAYS OF BRADY.
The Washington correspondent of the
Alexandra Gazette under date of July 22nd,
Says
1.-THE few s.kickers' remaining in the
city, so far from accepting the Brady ''com-
promise" repudiate both it and Col. Brady,
and say that its effect will be to make those
kick. who never kicked before, and those
who kicked now kick more. They scout
the idea that one man, who, they say, new
or would have Joined them if Gen. Malone
had not kept him from coming to Congress
again, shall sell them like so many sheep,
and he alone receive the entire proceeds of
the sale and appropriate all oft to himself.
They say that General Malone when he
heard of Brady's appointment threatened
to kick also, but was informed by Senator
Quay that it was necessary 60 have the
compromise signed by at least one of the
CHECKERS" and that if he would agree to it,
he should have all the rest of the offices in
Virginia, even those of Brady's subordi.
mates, and that the national republican
committee and the administration would
assist him to the full extent of their power
and that the General readily consented to
this arrangement, as it conceded to him
LnOT6 Gndu uo udu over dSkeQ lot. 106y
also say that US. Marshal Watts tells them
that Col. Brady, with whom he was not or
speaking terms, approached him Saturday
evening. extended his hand to him, an6
said: "We must be friends pull together
and make Malone Governor. The kick
ers' are the greatest set of rascals / eve
had to manage. They have given me {
great deal of trouble, but Riddleberger ha!
made himself the biggest fool of them all
but I suppose he doesn't feel as I do, fol
while he has kicked himself out of the par
ty, have kicked myself into Office" Bet
! ter defeat Thousand times, they say, thar
that they should consent to abide by 81
agreement made by man who would tall
in this way about them, and who. besides
was never authorized by them to speak fo
or make any agreement for them, and who
. having used them to get warm place fol-
himself leaves all of them out in the cold
and that from what they know about thei
party friends in the State they feel assured
, that the division in the republican party il
Virginia will be wider hereafter than i
ever has been before Senator Riddleberger
, before he left here Saturday, said he Away
knew that Brady could not be trusted fur
Their than weak man could throw bull
by the tail, and that the difference bstweer
Brady and Judas was that the latter wa
, the better man as after receiving his thirty
pieces of silver he went out and burst him
self asundsr in the midst. President Har
lrison, he said, had sold out, as Arthur did
but would receive even less than Arthur
did ii return"