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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Tried TO Burn His Wife.

An attempt to burn his wife alive
was made by J. W. Harmony, a glass
cutter, at Fayette City, Pa, Wednes-
day morning. He arose about five
O'Clock and obtained a lot of carbon
oil in a bucket. This he poured over
his wife as she lay in bed, thoroughly
saturating her clothing. Then he seiz-
ed her by the feet and dragged her to
the CRATE in the room, and set fire to
her clothing. Her screams, by this
time, had aroused the occupants of the
other half of the house, who came
rushing in and put out the fire before
she had sustained dangerous burns.
After setting his wife on fire, Harmony
caught up his little son, Raymond, and
carrying him to his fathers house, a
short distance away, gave the boy to
his grandmother and told her to look
after him. He then took a clasp-knife
from his pocket. and slashed it across
his throat, cutting his jugular vein.
He bled to death in a few minutes.
The supposition is that Harmony's
mind had become deranged, as the re-
suit of hard drink during the past few
years.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Hinton, wv. Va,) Dry.

There will be no licenses to sell liquor
this year from May list in Hinton, Sum-
mers county, W. Va, the Council, at a
meeting on Monday of last week, hav-
ing voted to 1 against granting such
licenses. The Hinton INDEPENDENT
Herald Says
"This was expected by all, and all
sober, moral people rejoice over it.
Whether our town will be benefited
from financial standpoint by this
move or not, is not a question that
should be considered. The move is
now made, and the license question
settled for time. The important
question now is, whether we shall be
rid of the whiskey, now that we are rid
of the whiskey traffic? The men who
are now engaged in the traffic at this
place will, in our opinion, abide by the
result, and will offer no opposition to
the execution of the law. Yet there are
those in the country at large who will
not do SO, and our officers should see to
it that no illicit business is done in the
corporate limits. That they will do
this, we have no reason to doubt"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Last Saturday Nights Aurora.

The aurora expected by DR.. M. A..
Veeder, of Lyons, N. Y, to recur last
Saturday night arrived on time. 1t APP
peared apparently with the return by
solar rotation of the same sun spot
which caused the extremely brilliant
aurora of February 10.
A despatch from DIR. Veeder, at Lyons,
last Saturday night, states Upright
green auroral streamers were visible in
the northeast from horizon to zenith
from seven minutes past eight P. NJ,
to a quarter past eight P. M. They
were seen through Clouds"
This observation affords very
striking confirmation of the view
which DR.. Veeder has recently com
municated to the Herald, that auroras
occur when certain sun spots are on
the eastern limb of the sun.-NeaC
York Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
On Sunday They HOisted the Black Flag.

Colonel Marshall, commandant OF
cadets at the V. M. l., was astonished
in looking out of his window about
$50 o'clock Sunday afternoon to see
flying from the pole ON cadet barracks
| from which always swing the stars and
stripes, a huge black flag with cross
bones and skull, such as was hoisted
on the Spanish main of old by the
pirate crews. 1t was evident to the
commandant that the cadets were on
lark, and to catch the perpetrators
of this indignity toward the country's
flag, he quickly set to work. But it
proved one of the instances in which
the boy was found too sharp for the
master. The steady beat of the long
roll did, it is true, call every cadet to
the front of barracks, whilst the rooms
and premises within, the space about
tn flag, and lastly the person of each
cadet was carefully inspected, but
who did the evil deed is shrouded in
mystery yet. When Colonel Marshall
sought exit to the roof where was the
flag pole from which the CHASTITY
banner waived, he found the usual
means of access securely closed. When
he forcibly opened it and stood beneath
the flag, the scene about him was as
mild and still as a pleasant spring
afternoon could make it. The bearer
of the black standard was evidently
far distant. Investigation showed that
after securely fastening down the trap
door and performing with fidelity and
skill his commission, the standard
bearer made his return by an unusual
and somewhat circuitous route. He
crawled through narrow unfrequent-
ed space between the roof and the cell
ing below for, perhaps, 100 feet, until
point was reached above one of the
society halls, where few severe kicks
knocked the plastering off, and by the
aid of a friendly rope he swung to
freedom on the floor below before the
long roll beat He had well and quick
ly done his work, for the flag was
scarcely up before seen by the COM
mandant. The corps occupied a
position at ease in ranks, in front of
barracks until the search was COM
pleted, which took about three hours.
This flag episode was very bold
and very grave indignity to the Nation
al flag on the part of the descendants
of rebels We commend 1t to the
cogitations of Brother Shepherd, of
the New York Mail and EcpreSs.-
Rockbridge Neaos.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

has taken, but it cannot be an ideal
union, and the jar of remorse no matter
how tightly it may be sealed will al
ways be found in the closet. HAS
sorted marriages are usually made in
haste, and for the purpose OF requiring
due consideration we would have no
union recognized as lawful wedlock
without a previous registry, and the
issuing of a certificate by proper
authority. This would do away also
with secret marriages, and private con-
tracts, which are always of evil omen
and ought never to be permitted
There ought to be more positive teach
ing on this theme in the home and at
school, and the fiippant treatment of
the relation both in theory and practice
ought to be resented by every lover of
his race.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Had Husbands Galore.

Laura Allander, pretty girl of 81
years, is in the Allentown, Pa, jail on
the charge of bigamy, and has proba-
bly, more husbands living than any girl
of her age in the country. Four years
ago she was married at White Haven,
Corbin county, to Luther Fox, rail
roader, 40 years of age, but last fall she
left him and went to Allentown, where
she, on January 5, married Henry
Rhoda, another railroader, 81 years of
age. She soon got tired of husband
No. 2, and on February 26, less than
two months after, she married Moses
Allander, a widower, "a years old, whose
wife died less than a year ago. He was
a soldier of the late war and has sever
al grown-up children, who made no
objection to their youthful step-moth-
er. Monday Mrs. Fox Rhoda Allander
had a fall-out with an old friend, Peter
Resi-, who at once caused her arrest on
a charge of bigamy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Murder of a Minister'S Daughter.

On Wednesday, the 9th inst, at noon,
Rev. Arion Moore and wife, who re-
side on a small mountain farm at the
head of Stacks branch, fifteen miles
from Charleston, w. Va, were absent
from home, and their fourteen-year-old
daughter Bette was engaged in doing
homework, when man supposed to
be young mountain vagabond went
to the house and attempted an outrage
on the girl, but being foiled he cut her
throat from ear to ear. She died, it is
believed, almost instantly, and after
seeing what he had done the young
murderer sought safety in the noun
tains. He was seen leaving the house
just before the dead body of the girl
was discovered in the kitchen. The
neighborhood is up in arms and a close
hunt is being made for the murderer.
LATER.-Later intelligence shows
that the first impressions were wrong,
and that the murder was not commit
ted by man, but by woman dressed
in male attire. A dispatch to the Bal
timore Sun dated Charleston, w. ",
March 18th, says: cat the coroner's in
quest, which was finished at 8 o'clock
this morning, it was alleged that Eliza
Hackney, the divorced wife of Lewis
Elswick, committed the deed. The ev-
idence showed that Elswick, who work
ed for Rev. NJ. s. Moore occasionally,
had fallen in love with Miss Moore,
and it was reported among the neigh
bors that they were shortly to be mar
ried. This reached the ears of the
Hackney woman, and upon hearing it,
according to the statements made, she
told her brother last Sunday that she
would get even with Miss Moore and
that she should not marry Lewis, and
in order to carry out her determine
ton, it was further stated, she dressed
herself lastaW Wednesday in male attire,
and during the absence of the father
and lover of Miss Moore went to the
house and cut her throat with what is
supposed to have been a razor.
The tussle for life on the part of Miss
Moore and the determination of her
enemy to kill her must have been a
frightful affair, as the right hand of the
unfortunate girl was slashed through
the palm to the bone, as though she
had grasped the sharp instrument in
order to save herself The room where
the murder was committed looked like
a slaughter-house, the sight being most
sickening. The coroner's verdict was
that Miss Moore came to her death by
a sharp instrument used by Eliza
Hackney or Elswick.
The woman was arrested and lodged
in jail in this city this afternoon. She
is about twenty-five years old and is a
free and intelligent talker on any sub
ject except the murder, which she de-
MES having committed. She is good
looking and takes the matter very
calmly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
CaDtureS a Hawk.

One day last week a large hawk
swooped down into the yard of Mrs
Waggoner, on the hill just east OF
town, and fastened his beak and talons
into good, fat hen, on which he
doubtless proposed to dine that day
But the rogue was not quick enough
Like a flash Miss Sarah Waggonel
darted out of the house to the rescue OF
the hen, and before the hawk was
aware of his danger, Miss Sarah had
him in her deadly clutches. The hen
was set at liberty, but his hawkship.
alas! has gone to join the great major
ity. He weighed Is pounds and meas
ured 46 inches from tip to tip of his
ngs-Greenbrier Independent.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
The Rockbridge NeaCs, with mucl

The Rockbridge Neaos, with much
pertinency, says
"If the Democratic party is to go in
to this campaign as great party of re-
form, it must have a different kind of
leader from Hill. If it undertakes ref
orm under such leadership as Hill,
the great work of the canvass would be
to convince the country that the re-
formation of your leader was not the
first and greatest work to be done.
With Cleveland everything would be
assured. Tariff reform, sound currency,
the appointment of honest and capable
men to office, an economical admins
tration of the government, no waste of
the peoples money by Billion Con-
gresses." The Democrats would go in
to the fight on the clean and clear is
sues of the party's principles. With
Hill it would be different-they would
have more trouble defending their
candidate than their cause.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Senator d. B. Hill.

On his way to Jackson, Miss, Sena
tor Hill delivered addresses at Roanoke
and Radford on Monday. He spoke
in laudation of the Democratic party
and its principles and urged the neces
sity of organization and active work in
every school district in every county
in every State, and expressed the be
lief that by such means the govern
ment could be wrested from the Re
publican party who are now in posses
sion of it and will work it for all it il
worth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Rev. John JaSner to Wed.

1t is announced that the well-known
Rev. John Jasper, (colored) of Rich
mond, of ''de Sun-do-move" notoriety,
who is in his SOth year, will soon mar
ry again for the 3rd time, his daughter,
who had been his housekeeper, having
married. He has announced his pur-
pose to marry, but has not as yet di-
vulged who the woman is, though it is
said she is a grandmother.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, last
Sunday night says the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company has secured
control of the Richmond Terminal,
Richmond and Danville, Georgia
Pacific, East Tennessee and Queen and
Crescent Railroad systems in the South,
and repeats the story current on Satur-
day that the Baltimore and Ohio had
formed a combination with Reading
aud Jersey Central
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
A Fine Thing for the Teeth.

Fragrant SOZODONT is a compo-
sition of the purest and choicest in
gradients of the Oriental vegetable
kingdom. Every ingredient is we'll
known to have beneficial effect on
the teeth and gums. Its embalming
or antiseptic property and aromatic
fragrance makes it toilet luxury
SOZODONT removes all disagreeable
odors from the breath caused by
catarrh, bad teeth, &c. 1t is entirely
free from the injurious and acrid prop
critics of tooth pastes and powders
which destroy the enamel. One bottle
will last six months
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

Carson Sterling, of New Holland,
Lancaster county, Pa, was arrested
Friday, charged with manslaughter in
causing the death of Naomi F. Resi-,
aged twenty-four years, of New Hol-
land, by criminal operation. The
young woman died Thursday night and
in her dying statement accused Ster-
ling of being the cause of her death.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
A party of fox-hunters around Cleve-

A party Of fox-hunters around Cleve-
land, Ohio, deciding that ''reynard"
was too tame to follow longer, liberated
wild mountain wolf from Kansas
By the time the fierce animal had bit
ten off a finger of one hunter, torn
holes in the boots of three or four
more, killed two dogs and severely
wounded several others the fox-hunt-
ers, after killing him, decided they had
enough of that kind OF sport.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
feb 24-tdS

TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE PROP
ERTY.-By virtue of deed of trust, ex-
ecuted by James F. Arehart and wife, to the
undersigned, bearing date on the 18th day of
June, 1889, will proceed on the premises, on
SATURDAY, THE 10Th DAY OF MARCH, 1892,
to sell at public auction that very valuable
tract of land, situated about miles south OF
MiddlebrOok in Augusta county, adjoining tine
lands of ]. Frank Clemmer, A. SprouJ. Roscoe
Turk, formerly Martin upon which said James
+. Arehart resides, containing about liz
acres. upon the following terms, as prescribed
In said Deed OF Trust, viz, so much in hand
as will pay the costs of sale, and the remain-
der upon credit of one, two, and three yeay :
from day of sale, with interest from the day Of
SALE the purchaser giving bead with apr,rov-
ed personal security, and she title retaD- ed as
ultimate security. A 70
], LEWIS RUMGARDNFtR, Jr.
fep Sffts Trustee.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

FATAL MINE Charles
Kayara, aged seventeen years, and
Henry Brown, aged thirty-fve, were
killed Wednesday by an explosion in
the Alden mine, near Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Eliza Jones, contractor, was fatally
burned, and Mike Beharen, aged forty
five, and John Kayara, aged twenty
two, were badly injured.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
THURSDAY, THE PATH DAY OF MARCH, 1882,

NOTICE.-The undersigned have asso ciated
~ themselves together as partners in the
name and style of j. j. L. Bumgardner At
torneyS at Law.
We will practice in the courts of the city of
Staunton and the counties of Augusta Rock
bridge, Rockingham, Highland and Bath. All
law business entrusted to our care will he
promptly and faithfully attended to.
JAMES RUMGARDNER JR
july-tf j. LEWIS BUMGARDNER.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
A Terrible Disaster.

A dispatch from Brussels, Belgium, OF
the 18th says
ga frightful colliery disaster has oc-
Cured at Anderlues. Three hundred
miners are entombed in the pit, and a
series of explosions have apparently cut
off all access to the men. An attempt
has been made to reach the imprisoned
miners, but so far without success. The
explorers have heen beaten back by the
foul fumes The shafting and ventilat-
ing apparatus are destroyed.
Three miners have been rescued, and
it seems almost certain that all the rest
are dead. Intense excitement prevails,
and thousands are thronging to the
place, which is one of the leading cen
tres of Belgium.
The scenes at the pit mouth are most
pathetic, multitude of people bewail-
ing their relatives, supposed to have
persisted in the mine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

The prohibitionists and peoples
party in Indiana will probably unite in
placing State, congressional, Legislative
and county tickets in the field. The
two parties claim they will poll united
800, 900 votes in Indiana.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
LATER

Late this evening another rescuing
party descended the scene of the explo-
sion in the Anderlues mine. They clear
ed away the debris at the entrance OF
the gallery, and found twenty dead
bodies, five of them women. Most OF
the bodies were terribly mutilated.
Others showed but few fractures of the
limbs; death had been caused apparent
ly by suffocation. The rescuing party
returned and are still at work in the
gallery
In Belgium women are employed in
the mines, because their labor is cheap
err, and some of them take their small
children into the mines with them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
A Double Headed Lamb.

On the morning of the 9Th instant, an
eve of B. D. Bowman, of the Mt. Gin
ton neighborhood in Rockingham
county, gave birth to lamb that had
two heads, two necks, and two tails,
with the body single. 1t was born
Ioa1
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
CONGRESS-.

The United States Senate, Tuesday,
March 8th, took from the calendar and
passed number of bills, most of them
unimportant. The consideration of the
pure food bill was completed, but a vote
was postponed until the bill could be
printed in it's amended form.
In the House the death of Represen-
tative Kendall, of Kentucky, was an
nounced, and adjournment followed.
The Senate, Wednesday, passed the
pure food hill. The Senate, in execu-
tive session, spent several hours in the
discussion of the subject of the seal
fisheries.
In the House the debate ON the tariff
bills reported from the ways and means
committee was begun. Mr.. McMillin,
of Tennessee, attacked the Mckinley
bill of the last Congress, and Mr.. Ding
ley, of Maine, defended it.
The Senate, Thursday, passed a num-
Der of bills and spent considerable time
in debate over the bill to provide post
office buildings in stowns and cities
where the postoffice receipts for three
years preceding have exceeded $4,000
annually.
In the House the free wool bill was
| under consid Grafton, and speeches were
made by Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, and
Mr.. Patterson, of Tennessee, in favor of
tariff reform.
In the Senate, Friday, Mr.. Dolph
made speech against free trade and
in favor of protection as illustrated by
the workings of the Mckinley bill. He
opposed Canadian reciprocity on the
ground that it would be damaging to
farmers. The urgent deficiency bill
was passed by the Senate.
In the House the debate ON the tariff
was continued, Messrs. Stevens, Mont
gomery and Brookshire democrats, and
Mr.. Ray, republican, being the speak
ers.
The Senate was not in session Satur-
day, having adjourned over Friday I'M
til Monday.
In the House, Senate amendments to
the urgency deficiency bill were non
concurred in and conference commit
tee appointed. Several private bills
were passed. The House then proceed
ed to the consideration of resolutions
in respect to the memory of the late
John K. Gamble, of South Dakota. AT
ter eulogies by Mr.. Picker, of South
Dakota; Mr.. Perkins, of Iowa; Mr..
johnson, of North Dakota; Mr.. Lind, OF
Minnesota; Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, and
Mr.. Jolley, of South Dakota, the House,
as a mark of respect to the memory OF
| the deceased, adjourned until Monday.
The Senate, Monday, passed the post
office building bill, also House bill pro-
| viding for terms of the United States
Circuit and District Courts at Cumber-
land, Md.
The House passed a number of Dis
trict of Columbia bills, and afterward
went into the committee of the whole
on the army appropriation bill, on
which good progress was made.
The House committee on ways and
means will report bill for the reduc-
ton of duty on tin-plate to one cent a
pound, which was the duty before the
Mckinley bill went into effect.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

President Noel, of the New Orleans
Olympic Club, has telegraphed an
offer of 100000 to John L. Sullivan and
James ]. Corbett to settle the question
of the American fistic championship in
the Olympic arena.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props

Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
nd mucous surfaces of the syste n
Ptice 70 cents per bottle. Sold b. all
Druggists.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

Senator ID. B. Hill has accepted an
invitation to deliver the address at the
commemoration of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence at
Charlotte, N. c.. on Nav 90.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Keezle p. q.
march 16-4tS

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, March 18TH 1892.
10 fulip hllldu. .Pla1QC1n,
and
]. E. Bibb and T. J. Hartman, agents for Ed
ward L. Evans and w. E. Bibb, Trustees, and
said Edward L. Evans and W. E. Bibb Trus-
uees,..' "..'............... defendants,
in chancery suit pending in the Circuit court
of Augusta county, under the style of Kfllian,
Philip Us. Bib, Trustee, ". E. DC, and to ali
creditors holding LIENS upon Lots Nos. /, and 10
in Block ~ and Lot No. 27 in Block Is of ,rhat is
ltno,on as the Baker Springs addition to Waynes-
borO', Va, TAKE NOTICE that, in pursuance
of an order entered in this cause on January
18th, 1882, shall at my office in Staunton, on
THURSDAY, THE nth DAY OF APRIL, 1892,
proceed to take and state all such accounts as
may be necessary to full and complete set
Element of the rights of the parties to this suit:
as also to state in the order of their priority
all liens, if any, binding upon the property
above mentioned, at which time and place YOU
are required to attend.
J. w. GREEN SMITH, Com'r in Ch'y.
Henkel & FiShburne Pc
march 16-4ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

Prince John Zobieski, grandson of
the King of Poland, was arrested
Thursday morning in fremont, N. Y,
with horse and wagon, which he had
stolen.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16
Threerpersons were drowned at Pee

Three.persons were drowned at Peer
less, twelve miles above Charleston,
w. Va, Saturday, while crossing the
Kanawha in a skiff. Their names are
Miss Annie M edley, j. A. Medley, uncle
of Miss Medley, and Felix Burdette.-
They lost the oars and drifted against
a barge, which caused their boat to
capsize.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

The Farmers Alliance men in Con-
gress have under consideration plans
designed to advance the interests of
the alliance and propagate it's doc
trines.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-16

The Republican State convention of
Indiana instructed their delegates to
the National Convention to vote for
Harrison as long as his name was be-
fore the convention.