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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09


WEAvER..In Luray. Page county, Dec 27lh. Of
Lewis y Mca. Weaver. aged IS years. Il months
FRETwELL.EAt his residence naar wv Dsno,
IN Aibemarle county after protrscted sick
ness OF about year. on Dec. 3ist. ls88 Mr..
WIN: q Frstwell. He leaves a widow and
one son and two daughters, for whom he
made provision in his will. He passed away
peacefully in the assured hope Of resurreo.
ton unto eternal hfe and q bliHsfnl immor-
MAHoNRY.-At her residence near staunton.
on inc Waynssboro' road, January 9th, 1850.
She was the mother of John Burns, Margaret
Burns, Thomas Mahoney and Mamie Ma
O'Clock from st. Francis Catholic ,hurch. a
requiem high mass being celebrated by Rev.
Father Movsrry, who also OBLIGATED at tine
She was kind and devoted mother and viii
De greatly missed by her children and friends.
'ReQufescdt in pace"
sTACK.-At the residence OF her father, Mr. j. j.
Stack, in the West End, Monday. January
tn, OF consumption, Miss Mary F. Stack,
aged 40 years. The burial will take place
O'Clock.
Eilzaoeth Picker. wife OF Levi Plecker, aged
oTr.-Near GreenviIle. January 9Th, 1889, OF
pneumonia at doa Morgan OFT, son of Mr.. John W.
RoBINsoN.-January 2, 1889, at Wsynesboro',
George a. Robinson, brother-in-law OF Capt.
H. w. Henry, o. Staunton.
HAEGER.-At Koiner's Store, January g. 1885,
WIN. a. Hanger. aged about 40 years. De-
ceased was clerk of the School Board of5outh
River district.
HUEnLEY.- I'm Richmond, Sunday night. jan
uary 9th. 1889, Mr.. Geo. A. Hundley, brother
OF Mr.. K. b. Hundley, Steward of the Angus
ia County Almshouse
he was, for many years one of Richmonds
pest known citizens and most prominent re-
tall grocers He was q man of generous i'm
pulses; kind husband and father, and faith
full friend He was a membsr OF Richmond
Commandery and of the Royal Arcanum, and
leaves vile and one child.
bCTLER.-In Staunton, January 3, 1899, Mrs.
WINE Butler, wife OF Thomas Butler gar
ceneC OF the Augusta Female Seminary She
She left five children
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Fatal Explosion in West Va.
FIVE MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL OTHERS
SERIOUSLY INJURED.

SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Especial Dispatch to the Baltimore SUM-
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 6.-News
has baen received here of terrible accident
which occurred at New Hope, Mercer coun
ty, yesterday. The farmers of the neigh
borhood had congregatsd at William Car
ter's ste am grist mill to obtain their usual
supplies of -four. About IL 80 O'Clock Viii
liam jerome, Thomas Carter, Joseph E..
French, Wade Shuffiebaraer, John Wim-
mer, Levi Shields and Eli Shields were sit
ting 10 the null talking. when terrible ex-
ploaion occurred. The boiler had burst.
The mill was totally wrecked and the fol-
lowing named were Instantly killed: Joseph
E. French, Thomas Carter, Levi Shields
and John WINNER. Eli Shields was horri
bly, soalded, and died today. Wade Shut
febarger was badly burned about the face
aud body, but will probably recover. Jer-
ONE Carter was injured about tho head and
face. His collarbone was broken, and he
was considerably burned. William Carter
was seriously bruised and injured internal
ly The explosion was of terrific force
The heavy mill beams were rent aud bro
ken into splinters, horribly maDgling the
bodies of the dead men. Pisces Of the
boiler weighing at least two hundred
ponnds were blown over three hundred
yards. No one present can assign any
cause for the accident, but it is thought it
was due to the negligence of the
engineer, Waldo Shufflebarger, who al
lowed the water in the boiler to run too
low.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

SALE OF THE WASHINGTON Posi-
Washington, January 5 s. llson Hutchlns
has sold the Washington Post. and the pa
per passes under the contro of Frank Hat
ton, ex-Postmaster- General, and Beriah
Wilkins, Democratic member of Congress
from Ohio whose term expires with the
present session. Wilkins will have the
business management and Hatton will have
entire control Of the editorial aud news de-
partments. The psiee of the paper IS stated
at $210, 200, one.third cash. Hutchins in
tomorrow mornings Post will announce
his permanent retirement from journalism
to attend to other business interests, prin-
oipally the lately -iuvented type casting and
setting machine (Linotype,) which he pro.
poses to take to Europe in order to intro.
duce it there.
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She Disgorged a Snake.
4 REPTILE LIVES IN A WoMAN's STOMACH
FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS.
PHILADELPHIA Times

philadelphia Times.l
Mrs. George Snyder. of 2O12 Parish street.
wife of Policeman Suyder, of the Ninth dis
srict, recsDtiy vomited a reptile over tw'
FEET long, which resembled lizard. She
has been suffering for over ten years, aDG
physicians have been unable to afford her
any relief.
..During the summer of 1871 she came
home from party one evening almost over
come with the heat aud feeliog very
thirsty. She went to the hydrant in the
Yard and drew a cupful of water and began
10 drink, when suddenly she became awar.
that something other than water was pass
Jog down her throat. As no bad results
followed the incident was almost forgotten
until January, 1878. One night she awoke
with her mouth wide open and something
creeping out of it, but before her husband.
who had been awakened by her struggles,
could seize the reptile, it had drawn itself
back into the throat aud out of sight. Mrs.
SDyder at this time was a healthy woman
and weighed nearly 140 pounds. She sooD
began to decline in health and lost daily
until her weight was reduced to ninety
pounds. She had an enormous appetite
and no amount of food, however large, could
satisfy her cravings for food. To eat bread
or any doughty substance would make her
deathly sick for several days.
For months she tasted nothing but meat
and milk. Her family physician, DR.. Mill
or, thought that dyspepsia was the cause
of her sickness and prescribed accordingly
This state of affairs continued for ten years
The reptile had grown to considerable siz.
aud strength and was still growing, and her
death was soon expected. She had never
tasted beer until the early part Of last
month, when an uncomfortable desire for
that beverage seized her. Officer Snyder
was surprised when he came home at night
and mis- wife asked that beer be procured
for her. He granted the request, and with
happy results. The sight of the liquor
made her sick; but, nevertheless, believing
that 1t should be taken. she drank several
gissses full and /. q few minutes waa ssixrd
with violent fits Of vomiting. Feeling faint
she turned very white and tainted.
Mr.. Snyder placed her in bed and in the
she felt wonderfully improved
On looking tn the bowl in which she had
vomited the night before she discovered
curious creature with the head of lizard
and body not unlike that Of a snake. She
rapidly recovered and soon regained her
former weight and strength. The reptile
8 preserved in alcohol, and the little Sny
lers now bring in their friends to show
Mammals pet.'' DR.. Miller said that in
Ill his experience LIE has never met with a
parallel case. He has known of snakes
living in persons for months and even years,
but never for such long period.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

A COMMON CAUSE AGAINST MIsRULE.-
The New York ''Times,' in an article OF
Mayor Grant, speaks of local self-goverr.-
ment as more important than the slectio
of President. That is true everywhere il
his country. That truth never impressed
tself more strongly upon the people o,
Virginia than it does now, when the intslll-
gent element of this State know that in {
few mooths they must Oncs more engage
IN struggle with Hahoneism, which Is on
ly another name for the rule of the wors
forces in tho politics of State. There il
strong tendency throughout the whole
New York, Virginia and else.
where-towards making common cause for
the maintenance of honest and intelligeni
rule against the plunderers and time-serv-
srs wherever they are found.-Richmono
State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

A NEW ENTERPRISE AT GREEN FOREST,
RocKBBIDeE CoUNTY.-A letter from Lex
ington says:-
'The latest enterprise on the tapis is a
joint stock company being formed by the
Rev. B. G. Moomaw, the enterprising
Dunkard of Green Forest, in this county,
for the development of the rich iron de-
posits at and near that point, and for the
erection of one or more large blast furnaces.
The minimum capital stock, 500. 200, will
ba raised in Rockbridge, Green Forest
contributing SO, 900, and outside capital
lists will come in the enterprise"
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SAD DEATH POISONED BY MIsTAKE.-The
wis OF Major Robert stiles. a daughter of the
late Allen T. CAperton, of Monroe county. W..
Va, and one OF the most lovable ladies In Rich
mond city. died at O'Clock Sunday evening
from accidental poisoning. Shs was suffering
from neuralgia and took from the manteI what
she supposed was remedy she had often used:
but unfortunately 1t proved to be q bottle con-
tsiniug compound used for household clean
ing. Though the mistSkc was soon discovered
and physicians promptly summoned. antidotes
were unaxailIng. The funeral took place at
PM, Monday from St PauPs ohurch.
She was an aunt OF the Messrs. Braxton, OF
this city, and a cousin oil Hon. Ed. Echols.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

Correspondingly low rates are made from
sother stations on the line
The tickets will be good for return trip on
all regular trains until January Goth, inclu-
sive. No better time could be chosen for q
visit TO the National Capital. Congress Will
be In session and the galleries Of both Houses
as we'll as other public buildings will be open
TO visitors.
lows ample time for visiting Alexandria, Mt.
Vernon, Richmond. Old Point Comfort and
other points of interest within easy reach Of
Washington.
For tickets and illustrated guide to points OF
interest in and around Washington, call upon
sor address, Agents B. & O. R. r.
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Beware of Olntments for Caiarrh that con-
tain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu.
Gus surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from rep
utable physicians, as the damage they will
do are ten fold to the good you can posi-
bly, derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney g. Co., To-
ledo, Ohio, contains no mercury, and is ia
ken internally, and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
la buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine, it is taken internally and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney &
Co.
10 Sold by Druggists, price 70 cts per
bottle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

SKCoED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-1sSS.-Un-
der the present pastorate. this church has
grown. in three years and half. from less than
sixty mem bers. to one hundred and fifty. The
additions In 1888 were seventeen. The church
has suffered much from losses by death and
removal. On Feb. LIST, 1888. the congregation
bought manse, with large lot attached This
lot, has since been sold, leaving the Manse
property valued at $500. or this sum about
$1,000 has been paid, and interest up to Dec.
5th. 1888 THIS has been done in addition to
meeting other expenses-pastor's salary. &c.
and contributing to all the benevolent schemes
OF the church at large,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

NATIONAL VALLEY BANK-ANNUAL MEET
ING OF SToCKHoLDERs-ELEcTIo OF OFF,
CERs.-The annual meeting OF the stockhold-
srs of the National Valley Bank was held
yesterday. Colonel James q. Cochran presi
ded, and Mr.. II. A. Walker, Cashier, arted as
Secretary. Gen. John Echols was reelected
President; Robert W. Burke, Vice-President
aud Edward Echols. Second Vice-President.-
The following members of the Board of d.
rectors were also reelected: John Echols
r.. W. Burke, Edward Echols, P. II. Trout, 81
M. Bell. Chas. Z. Hoge. N. Erskine Miller
Isaac Witt, H. j. Lushbaugh.
The number OF Directors was increased by
the election OF Mr.. A. s. Lara,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

SOME OF THE DIFFtCeLrIFs ATTENDING IL
PUBLICATION DURING THE FEVER.

SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES ATTENDING us
PUBLICATION DURING THE FEVER.
The attention of both the clergy and the laity
| of the Protestant Episcopal Church. especially
! In the South, is called to that publication
which the churchmen of Florida justly regard
with so much pride, the Church Year. II l.
one of the very best conducted religious news
papers In the country. ably edited and success
fully managed. 1T is published here In ack
sonville, Its special aim b. ing the development
of the church In the dioceses of the SoutA. But
Its influence extends into all States and all
communities where churchmen are found.
1t Is worthy ofnote that the officers OF the
Church Year company have been foremost
among the true men who have devoted them.
selves to the OF the sick aud suffering,
night and day, throughout the entire epidemic.
The editor, Rev. r. 81. VIZ ller, d. d. was among
the active workers stricken with the disease.
he was . member OF the General Relief Gem.
mittee. and In charge of one of the most i'm
portant districts In the whole city. He is now
fully recovered and at his desk again. The r.
Rev. e. 9. Weed. 8. T. D., President OF the com
pany, 10 only just up from severe attack; he
was chairman Of the Relief Committee and one
OF the most indefAtigabie workers In the whole
Auxiliary Association. Col. ]. j. Daniel, vice
president of this company, and whe organized
and was chosen president of the Auxiliary AS
ISOLATION for the care and distribution of the
epidemic funds, gave his life In the cause of his
fellow men. Mr.. 8. F. Hall. the foreman In the
composing room Is just now commissioning from
severe attack. Ofthe whole force of COM
positors only three now remain. Yet through
all this series Of disasters the Church Year has
never missed single issue. 1t has come out
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

RARE CURIosITY.-Our old friend W. s.
Yates, Esq, has an egg, which, owing to
its peculiar formation, has been pronounced
by thousands of persons, among them many
learned and scientific men, to be the great
est curiosity ever eggs amined by them. 1t
is like all other eggs in shape except at enc
end which is fiuished out perfectly shaped
arm and hand, folded gracefully and rests
on the shell like mans arm on his bosom.
1t is certaiply great curiosity and has been
SO pronounced by such eminent naturalists
as the officers of the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington.-Pdge Courier.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

A LYNCHBURGER.-Itn now turns out that
the negro William Musco. who murdered po.
Iiceman seal in Charlottesville. on Monday
nights known here as Willie Thomas Jorda n.
He is a professional Grape shooter and shop
litter, and was convicted twice here, once in
March, 1887 and in March, 1888, for petit larce-
ny, in the Mayors court, under the name OF
Willie Jordan, alias Thomas. He is twenty
one years of age, about five feet six inches
high. weighs from l40 to 1913 pounds, with dark
brown skin. He was at one time q porter
at the boarding house of Mr.. Smith Jones. He
is always well-dreesed, generally in clothes
appropriated from boarders.-Lynch6urg i'd
p1nce.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

THE Two OLD CRoNIEs.'-Tbe rrio of fun
makers. Wills, Hensdaw aud Ten Brosck. were
favored with q large and delighted audience st
the Opera House ON last Friday night at their
inimitable rendition OF the unique musical
msdy entitled the 1.-TWO Old Cronies." 1t
was q melange of fun which delighted the I'M
usually large audience from the beginning to
the end. The remarks and the antics OF the
old cronies on the deck OF the ship are mex.
pressihly amusing. The green-apple tragedy
is pathetic as wei AS iuuny, and the song SO
sung and ae. : q. ~ make Its dolefui "tale
OF woe'' linger in the memory.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

A BRAVE SrART.-Oh Wednesda y las
the deed from Mr.. r. K. Goodwin TO th'
Methodist Church for the lot on Main ST..
just above the Public School building wa,
entered TO record in the County Clerk
off1ce. The Church has settled with MI.
Goodwin in full for the amount of the puI
chase money, $1,000. The Methodist con
Rregation has thus made brave start with
IN very few months toward new church
Though not strong congregation this in
dicates that they have that spirit in then
which will secure for them what they de
sire before a great while. A comfortabl
and commodious house of worship is an OBJ
jcct we'll worthy of their ambition and on.
deserving the cooperation of the commu-
nity.-RockbridQe Neps.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

Sol Russell will appear in his new farcical
scream "Bewitched," written expressly for
him by Edward E. Kidder. During the play
Mr.. Russell will introduce his or. inal oharac-
ter representations 1.-THE Owls and the Mice,
"There you are, There you amt - "He. She.
and the postman They never returned :;
"The bowling swell :" The good-tempsred
man !" Little Tommy Green" Whitcomb
Riley's Nothing It all to say"
Incidental to the play Mr.. Russell will sing
q number of new and original songs, written
expressly fer him.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

Sol Smith Russell will appear at the Opera
Mouse, Wednesday, Jan. 18th, after an absence
sof nearly nine years.
A NEW VoLUME.-The one hundred and
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with the first number OF January. During the
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The first number of the new year has the fol-
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minister Abbey, by Arch-deason Farrar, Con-
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Irish Customs in the Last Century. BlackaOood;
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Ninsteenth Century; Society Poets, Temple Bar;
Ny ride to Sheshouan. Black,uood's Magazine;
Which Wins? Mu-rdys Magazine; The Cir
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.ain TO Queensland, Econenlist; The Training of
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NEW volume is a good one with which to be-
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For ffty-two numbers of sixty four large
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

There ara no people so fond of joke as
the clergy. At the Y. NJ. c. A. meeting
last week several of these were expected to
soeak, and none we're present but Brother
Hope. He remarked that it was very sin.
gular that the ''ministers should have bead
aches on Christmas night" The audience
caught the joke at once. Since then thu
good brother has beeu going around on tive
sticks, and the other ministers want t.
know how he came to spraiu his ankle o.
Christmas day. Tit for tat CharLottesuiil
Chronicle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

Mr.. Chas E. VanPelt, who has been the Job
Printer in this office for the past five years,
has, in association with Capt B. +. Terry,
Deputy Clerk in the Circuit Court Clerks office
established Job office in rooms over the
Augusta National Bank, where, having during
the past week, received his outfit of presses
and type. he is nov prepared to accommodate
his customers. Hs is good and tasty Joh
printer, as the work he did in this Office testi-
fes. He has our best wishes for his success
and we hope that his most sanguine expecta-
tions will be realized.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP AND CHURCH
CoUNoIL.-Last Sabbath the congregation o
Christ's Evangelical Lutheran church adopted
what Is known as the common service for con-
gregational worship.
The Church Council, composed Of eight mem
bers. is divided into two classes. The vacancy
occasioned by expiration Of the term Of onel
class was supplied by an election as follows
all but one having served the previous term
Henry B. Brown, c. G. Berry. Professor F. W
Hamer, and j. J. Prufsr. The class holding
over is composed Of M. P. Funkhouser, ]. A
Wise, G. 7. Hammond and Charles Prufer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09
A Series of Earthnuake Shocks.

SAN JUAN DEL SAR, NIoAaUA, via GAL
WESTON, January 3.-San Jose de Costa
RIGA was TIM scene on the night of the 29th
aud morning of December Both of series
of earthquake shocks Of great severity. The
shocks are believed to have originated 10
he volcano Hoaz. six leagues distant from
he town. AZ Alajuela eight persona were
killed and many more injured. The church
as and the principal buildings in the Cit
suffered considerable damage. The inhab-
'tants encampcd in the squares and parks
The alarm is subsiding. The civic feast,
we're begun to-day.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09
As was natural, and therefore what conl

As was natural, and therefore what could
only have been expected, the late renew
ed effort to unite the Northern and South
ern Assemblies Of the Presbster Church
has failed, simply and solely on account of
the color question, the Northern Assembly
insisting upon union of white and color
ed churches, the Southern, upon Separate
white and colored churches. Nature is but
the expression of God, and what God has
put asunder no man can join together
Ateg. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

A SKIeMIsH AT SUAKIM.-Suakim, jan g.
party of Soudanese, who had been seat out
to clear the bush, hal a skirmish today With
the rebels. While the men were at work about
sixty rebel horsemen and few camel men
and footmen approached within 400 yards and
opened fire.
Capt. Kelly. commanding the guard. order
ed his men to fire. This they did and then
fell back allowing the Soudonese to fire. AZ
ter short engagement the enemy retired with
four wounded. During thu fight the Shata
fort f1rei three shots. the Handoub fort nix
and the Racer Que shot.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

Senator Mcpherson, democrat Of New
Jersey, Thursday, in vain effort to Undue.
his republican colleagues to agree to re-
duc5ion in the tariff on the cotton thresc
the poor sewing women of this country
have to use, stated that Mr.. Wanamaker
who expects Mr.. Harrison to make him ,
member Of his Cabinet because he raised :
million dollars with which to buy woes To-
him at the late election, paid the womer
who made the shirts he sells thirty -tivs
cents dozsn-lsas than three cents piecs
Mr.. Wsnamaker can't talk five minute,
without saying that protective tariff pro-
tects labor.-ALer. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-09

DEATH OF BRIGHT LITTLE GIRL.-A few
weeks since. Mr.. William B. Harrison, now
resident of Denver. Colora ado, was on a visit to
his father and relatives In Staunton and vioin-
ity. He was accompanied by his wife and
their childrsn,-two little girls. Returning TO
their western home after the visit here, Jane,
the youngest OF the little ones. was taken sick.
and shortly after the journey was ended. died.
The parents have the sympathy OF many
friends in their bereavement.