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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05
Cardinal Gibbons FavOrs High License and
enforcement of Sunday Laws.


Cardinal Gibbons Is an earnest advocate
of high license. In Baltimore, on Tuesday
of last week, he said:-
81 am decidedly opposed to prohibition
as means of preventing intemperance, be-
cause it does not prohibit. Experience has
shown in those States where prohibition
has been tried that it is not an effective
means of preventing the vice of drinking.
There are many ways of evading the laws,
and often the law officers couDive at the
evasions. Prohibition is to be discouraged
also because it confounds the drunkard with
! those who use liquor in moderation making
out sin where there is no sin. The only
places where prohibition might be enforced
are thickly settled country districts.
~ am very strongly in favor of high
| license as means of checking intemper.
ance. I regard high license, with moral
sanction, as the most efficient way Of dim
| inishing the drinking vice. In order to
make high license effectual only a limited
number of licenses should be issued for
each ward and they should be given only
to persons of good reputation, men who
stand before the community moral and up
right, and owners of property.
"The licenses should be accompanied
| laws respecting these licenses should be
severely punished. Among the punish
ments should be the withdrawal of liceuse,
never to be restored to the one who violates
the law.
Il am in favor of severe police Sunday
law prohibiting the sale of liquors on Sun.
days, and would have that law rigidly en-
forced. The saloon keepers in Baltimore
say that they sell more liquor on Sunday
than on any other day. This is crying
shame, and somebody is responsible for
this state Of things The keeping Of taverns
and saloons open on Sundays leads to many
bad consequences. The man who frequents
the saloon is not likely to attend church,
nor is he in condition to worship. Drunk
enness, whilst always sinful, is an aggravat
ed crime when committed on Sunday. 1t
is scandalous, and leads to the violation of
other laws. More crime can be traced to
intemperance than to any other source. 1t
is useless to make the most stringent laws
for the observance of Sunday and the pre-
vsution of the sale of liquors on that day
unless the police are brought to enforce
those laws. The indifference shown the
Sunday laws and the neglect to enforce
them bring those laws into contempt.
Either enforce Sunday laws or take the
| liquor licenses away"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05
500 Reward.

The readers of the SPECTATOR will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is Ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only pos
tive cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional dis.
ease, requires a constitutional treatment
( sll's Catarrh Cure is taken internally act
il q directly on the blood and mucus sur
fs the system, thereby destroying the
70 ,poauon of the disease, and giving the
patient strength, by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad-
dress, +. j. CHENEY " co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
ny-Sold by Druggists, 70.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

A call has been issued by NJ. NJ. Sibert,
Chairman of the State Executive Commit
tee of the Prohibition party, for conven-
ton to be held in Lynchburg On the 17th of
July for the purpose Of nominating can
didates for state offices, electing q State
Committee ard transacting other business
will be three tickets in the field next Fall
after all. SIZE who is not for us is against
u.s. in our fight against Malone and radi-
calism.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

DESPERATE NEGRO ARREsTED.-A Nor
folk correspondent of the Dispatch under
date of May Both, says
"The Princess Anne negro Old, who went
over into Currituck county and murderous-
ly assaulted Mr.. T. W. Williams, a mer-
CANT, and robbed the store, and then escap-
ed on stolen horse, has been captured and
lodged in Jail, aud will probably be hanged.
Careful nursing and strong constitution
may enable Mr.. Williams to recover, but
bis condition continues critical. He was
beaten into insensibiity with spade by
the negro. Old is wanted in Princess Anne
for a similar outrage"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

WOULDN'T ACT AS CHAMBERMAID.- -
Widow Brown owned lodging house 10
Denver, Colorado. A year ago che became
Infatuated With J. ]. Medley. proposed TO
him and married him. Medley expected
to have comfortable home and an easy
life, but his wife's ardor soon cooled and
she compelled him to perform all the offices
Of chamhermaid in tue hotel. Last week
Medley soaked his humiliation in whisky,
bought a revolver ard deliberately killed
his wife.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

The Rev. Mrs. Ellen Rinkle, a regularly
ordained minister OF the United Brethren
Church, at Wooster, Ohio, is probably the
first woman ever authorized to perform
marriage ceremonies. She made an ap-
plaation a short time ago for license to
perform marriages. The judge before
whom the case came up. being unable to
fiud any law prohibiting the issuing Of q
license, proceeded to grant one. Mrs.
Rlnkle will tie her first nuptial knot within
few days.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. The South
EN- Planter for June has been received. 1t
appea rs, as previously announced, in new
and enlarged form. Always staunch and
practical agricultural journal, there has
been added to it's makeup attractiveness in
style and much enlarged variety in snb
sscte With the inprovome Mt is reduc
ton in prizes. 1t is now only one dollar
per year. The fArmsls of the Valley
should give it arger support than it re-
ceiyes from this section of the State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Miss Mary Amelia Smith, a daughter of
the late Governor VIM. Smith, sent to Gov.
Lee last week portrait of her father in
oil, which is intended to replace the present
portrait of ex-Gov Smith which hangs with
the other Governors of Virginia in the
State Capitol.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

LEG BRoKEN.-The Lexington Gazette
says that, on Friday, May 24tb, Mr.. R. s.
Jordan, brother of Col B. ]. Jordan, of
Lexington, t'met with serious accident at
the Sulphur mines in Louisa county, He
was engaged with some hands in getting
out logs and in sliding them down an in
cline, one of them turned and struck him on
the leg, breaking it in two places"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

In his speech Mr.. Cleveland said: 81
come to you with no excuses, no apologies
and no confession of disloyalty. We know
that We have espoused the eause of right
and justice; we know that We have not per-
mitted duty to country to wait upon ex-
pediency; we know that we have not
traficked our principles for success"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05
JOhnStOWn. Pennsylvania.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pennsylvania, the city and
vicinity, which was deluged by water
caused by the breaking of dams of the
water. supplies for its numerous factories,
and inhabitants, is in Cambria county, on
the Conemaugh river. This stream COL
Letting tributaries from an extensive water
shed flows westwardly into the Kiskimini-
tas and that into the Allegheny some dist
auce above Pittsburgh. 1t has two railroad
lines-the Pennsylvania from Harrisburg to
Pittsburgh, and branch from the Balti-
more s. Ohio line from Cumberland, Nd,
to Pittsburgh. This branch leaves the
main line at Hooking, Pa, and runs to
Johnstown.
The population of Johnstown is s, $780,
1t is situated at the foot of the Allegheny
mountains on billy ground, and, as stated,
on the Conemaugh river, and has numerous
factories of iron, STEEL wire, cement, fire.
brick, leather and wooden goods. The
water-supplies were collected by gravity
into fine large reservoirs from the Cone
maugh and st. Clair rivers, Laurel run
and Mill Creek mountain streams
The capacity of the water'supply, in adj
dition to furnishing power for the large
number of factories, was sufficient for a
population of thirty thousand people. The
estimated capacity of the five reservoirs was
$50, 900, 600 gallons. The several new reser-
voirs had a capacity of {. 5000 gallons
1t was formed by clay dam feet high.
This reservoir is 165 fessss above the level of
the city and has main Of five miles of 16
inch cast-iron pipe. The St. Clair reser-
voir had a capacity of 25,O0O,O 900 gallons
and is formed by an earth dam 30 feet
high with puddle wall and rip-rap slope
1t is 155 feet above the city. The water is
conveyed to the city by main three miles
long of 70 inch pipe. The Conemaugh
reservoir had capacity of 100000, and
formed by dam 9 feet high Of timber
cribs filed with stone planked over. 1t is
81 miles above the town of Conemaugh and
five miles distant from Johnstown, at an
elevation of 1874 feet above the latter. The
water was conveyed to the city in 20 inch
cast iron pipes. These reservoirs were
constructed about twenty years ago. The
Mill Creek supply was introduced in 1887.
The amount of water it contained is not
known. II passed to the city 81 miles
distant in main of 20 inches of cast iron.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

MORMON CONVERTS DRIVEN OUT.-The
people of Clay county, Ala, have driven
out the elders and most of the members OF
a Mormon church which gained foothold
there several years ago and made num-
Der of converts. Several previous efforts to
break mp the church had been made, but
the Mormons persevered in tier work until
they saw that the people would stand it no
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Senator Payne, Of Ohio, announces that
he will not be o candidate for reelection
under any circumstances. He says he has
reached period in life when experience
has taught him to seek rest from public
aaruica
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

John Forbes and John Davis, co!ored,
have been arrested On the charge of havipg
criminany assaulted the wife of Mr.. James
Mo.eland, q raiiroad contractor, in Motto
way couaty. There is great excitement
over the assault, and threats of iynching
are freely indslged in. Mr.. Moreland is a
Pennsylvania, and is now building rail-
road in Southside Virginia. His wife is in
d elicate health.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Liberal and prompt subscriptions are be-
ing made in both Southern and Northern
cities for the relief Of the sufferers by the
disastrous fl cod which destroyed Johnstown
and other towns 10 the Conemaugh Valley
in Pennsylvania last Friday evening.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

STORM OF LAST THURsDAY.-A heavy
storm passed over the Potomac river dis
tricts of Washington county, Nd, Thurs
day afternoon. Houses were blown down
and crops ruined. One man is reported
killed at Falling Waters, and further loss
of life is feared.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Orkney Springs property, in Shenandoah
county, recently purchased by William c.
Chase, was sold by him a few days since,
to party of wealthy gentlemen, who have
incorporated under the name of the DIRK
ney Hotel and Improvement Co.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

KANAwHA RIvER.-Tke rise in the Ks
nawha River at Chsrleston, W. Va, last
Saturday, reached the height of 81 feet
which is higher than it has been for several
years
The drift sunk loaded coal barge be-
longing to Dana Bros, at Point Pleasant
that morning and this is the only casualty
reported, says the Charleston Star of Sat.
urday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Robert Fulks, who lived 10 the suburbs
of Lynchburg, while drawing bucket of
water from well on his premises, Wednes-
day afternoon, was taken with vertigo, fell
into the well, distance of forty feet, and
broke his neck
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

throughout France. The greatest damage
has been done in the departments of Seine
et-Marine. Ambe, Yonne, Haute Soane
and Ardennes, where In. some places the
country is almost devastated.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

The extensive tannery of Smoot & Sons,
in Alexandra, Va, was destroyed by fire
early day morning. The loss is esti-
mated at from $1,000 to $4,000, with a
light insurance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

DAMAGE IN ROCKINGHAM. A Press dis
patch from Harrisonburg says that "the
damage in that county by the floods in land
ruined, bridges and fences washed away and
crops destroyed will exceed 100000.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

A cyclone passed over q portion of Berke-
ley county, W. Va, Thursday afternoon.
The barn of J. W. Criswell, near Falling
Waters, was blown down, killing J. E
Powell and John Vogel.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Heavy storms of rain and hail at Hue
Julia. Mexico, have caused the river to in
undate that town, drowning many persons
and cattle, washing away many houses and
destroying crops.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

A heavy storm has been raging in Hong
Kong, China, Immense damage has been
aaae,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

The IA year-old daughter of Frank Nc
Whittier, respectable citizen of Spottsyl-
vania county, was criminally assaulted Sat-
urday evening, May Goth, by an unknown
negro man.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

The freaideat has removed L. NJ. Cald-
well, Postmaster at WarrentoD, Fauquier
county, aud appointed in his place VIM. Il.
Strother.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05
Struck Blind in the Palpit
REV. J. G. MYERS FRUSTRATED BY LIGHT.
MING WHILE PREACHING AT NEW LIBER-

REV. J. G. MYERS FRUSTRATED BY LIGHT
MING WHILE PREACHING AT NEW L1BER-
TY, IND.
DANvILLE, Ill, May 27.-Rev. j. c.
Myers, of State Line Indiana. at the re-
quest of Rev. MIR. Steele, of the New Liber-
ty Christian church, Fountain county, Ind,
filled the pulpit in that church yesterday.
During the evening services; about s o.
clock, small cloud was noticed to overcast
the sky Immediately afterward binding
bolt of lightning descended, struck and de-
stroyed the church chimney. Following
along the stovepipe, which ran around the
room, it crushed the two stoves into flag
ments and tore up the floor. After leaving
the chimney the bolt separated and por-
ton OF it ran down the chandelier, over the
pulpit, striking Mr.. Myers in the back sof
tho head. He turned somersault, fell
heavily to the floor, and was thought to be
dead. He laid in an unconscious condition
for more than half 81 hour. Several per-
sons in the large congregation we're shock
ed into insensibility, but soon recovered.
On the-baci of Mr.. Myers's head where the
lightning struck is bruised place about
the size of silver dollar. His facs appears
burnt, and his sight is nearly destroyed.
He was brought to this city for treatment
this morning, and DR.. Poland, who is at
tending, fears that the loss of vision will be
permanent and complete.
GEoRaIA's PRosPERITY.-The Hon J..
T.. Henderson, Georgia's commissioner of
agriculture, has published some carefully
Compiled statistics bearing on the progress
and prosperity of that State which are OF
the most gratifying character. 1t is shown
that the value of property has increased
from 1925, 093. 419 in 1879 to 1897, 1868, 331
In 1889, being an increase of $102, 769. 912
in ten years. This is Independent of the
railroad property, which has increased in
the same time from SO, 1886. 1879 to $2S, 304, :
1877, an incress, of $40 437. 999, or 312 per
cent, making an aggregate increase of all
taxable property in the State in ten years
of 1885,, 207, 910, or SO per cent. The per-
centage of increase in the chief items IS also
an interesting study. In ten years the
value of improved land has increased 80 per
cent, city and town property 70, live stock
90, farming implements SO, cotton manu-
factories 1913, mining investments 1O2, bank
stock 81, and iron works 81 per cent. The
Augusta Chronicle justly pronounces this a
"wonderful record" and concludes that sit
shows how the people have adapted them
selves to new order of things, and how,
with new methods and more intelligent
farming, with greater Independence and
with newly applied industry, the South has
gone on as it had nevcr done, and probably
could not have done, under slavery, 'pros-
pering and to prosper The period of great.
est development is before us. "-Baltimore
Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05
Scott County.

Two MURDERs-MANGLED BY A DYNA.
MITE CAP.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
EsTILLvILLE, Va, May 81, 1889
Saturday evening late during a heavy
storm several parties stopped in an old
house two miles south of here for shelter.
Among them were dissolute girl named
Lawson and young negro named James
Muncy. Muncy offered the girl bottle,
and upon her refusal to drink shot her dead.
He made his escape and is still at large.
Thursday evening in the vicinity of Fair
view, this county, Howard Maness and
Bud Sloan fell out over a game of cards,
and Mauess shot Sloan twice. killing him
instantly. Maness seems to have been in
fault. He is still at large.
Friday or Saturday at Big Stone Gap a
little son of Jerome Duff was picking in a
dynamite cap with pin, which caused it
to explode aud mangle both his hands so
badly as to necessitate amputation.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Mrs. A. G. Gordon travelled from San
Francisco to Saratoga with st. Bernard
dog. on which there is an insurance of 3d.
600. Il weighs 260 pounds.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05
Mr.. Massey In the Philadelphia Enquirer

Leutenant-Governor Massey in letter
published in the Philadelphia Enquirer in
answer to the question from that paper
"What is tho Southern question:" says:
sThe answer is two fold. 1. Shall the
Southern States, as all Of the States of the
Federal Union should, enjoy respectively
the free and full exercise of their reserved
rights and the uninterrupted control of
their respective States and other local gov
ernments?"
2. "Shall the reins of our local govern
menss-the control of our governmental
affairs-bs in the hands of Intelligence and
virtue, or in the hands of ignorance and
vce?"
After ably discussing these propositions
be then proceeds to answer the question
How it should be met to produce the
greatest good to the Sonthe" as follows:
/. ''By the enactment of just and whole
some laws. aud fairly and impartlally ad-
ministering them."
2. "By providing ample educational facil-
tiles and encouraging all, both white and
colored, il their respective schools to avail
themselves of them"
3. "By .judcious USE of their means in
blilding manufactures and developing her
natural recources and by Offering proper
Inducements to capital and capitalists Of
other States to cooperate with us in such
works"
f. "By encouraging honest labor by deal
ing justly, fairly and Literally with it,"
5. "By non interference in the internal
affairs of the States by outsiders, especially
by their ceaeing to encourage, either direct
ly OR indirectly, negro domination in the
Southern States or to create or encourage
the belief that the rights of the negro are
not properly respected and protected in
them"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

Far be it from US to say that President
Harrison erred in going sailing on Sunday.
Probably if a Richmond business man were
to sail down James river on Sabbath day
in small boat, large enough for one or
two, he would be condemned by some. but
if he went on a big steamboat, called a
yacht, nothing would be said. A man can
steal million dollars, and the magnitude
of the transaction will make the effort to
prove that ne has stolen difficult, but Jet
him steal ten dollars and he will have soma
difficulty in proving that he has not dropped
to the level of common thief. So with
sailing on Sunday. For this reason we
fear the Boston Globes following essay on
this subject has not been carefully con-
sidsred president Harrison went a-sail-
ing on the Potomac Sunday in Wanna
makers yacht, while Wauamaker himself
was dutifully teaching his Sunday school
class in Philadelphia. In Indianapolis the
President used to teach his own class, and
would have been Mortified at the thought of
sailing in boat on Sunday, but now the
politicians have got hold of him he seems
to bs backsliding. Let US hope at least
that he did not cast surreptitious hook
and line into the glistening Potomac Sun
day. Richmond State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

BY the falling of tbs walls of large
tobacco factory in course of erection in
Danville six men were killed and five 9th
ers badly injured.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

A friend of ours was cured of fever and
ague by "Sellers' Liver Pills. Now he
ecommsnds them to all he knows.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD
y s. F. Tyler. Receiver.
Time Table in effect MAJ 18th, 1859.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05
ON SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISE

Mrs, May L. Bryan gets $4,000 year
for editing Munro'a Fashion Bazaar.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

The night of the election, wheelbarrow
procession, consisting of some twenty-five
wheelbarrows. from the P. s. Wise manu-
featuring establishment, propelled by as
many idividuals, headed by the Cleveland
Cornet Band and Others, paraded the
large vote the Democratic ticket received
Shenandoah Valley.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-05

CORPORATION ELECTION the cleo
ton, held on last Thursday, May %, 1889,
for Mayor and six Councilman, for the
corporation Of New Market, there we're two
tickets in the fsld, ana the poll stood as
follows:
Reguiqr Democratic. Tfcket.-For Mayor
M. White Williamson received 1O4 votes;
Council-John c. Liuhos 105; G. NJ. VIII
hanson, 1O5; Jos. W. Roberts, 105; John
Il. Phillips, 1O4; T. NJ Clinedinst, 1913; P.
S. Wise, 105.
Tbs opposition ticket: Fer Mayor. L.
StirewalJ received So votes; J. W. Rice As;
T, NJ WiDdle, So; James A. Cushman, So;
j. K Wickes, So; j. 4. Windle. 81; L. A.
Rice, 80.
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