Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-11-28
Circuit Court.

In the case of Bray's Admir-. VS.. Norfolk &
Western Railroad for $40, 900 damages, which
was in progress when we went to press last
week, the jury failed to agree, and was dis
charged.
| The case of r. G. Todd VS.. G. N. Wise an
action to recover debt claimed by the plain
tiff as due him for roofing the defendants
barn, was given to the jury late Thursday
| afternoon. On Friday afternoon the jury
rendered verdict in favor of the defendant.
| The suit of David F. Hoover and others VS..
Helena Hoover and others to establish the
competency or incompetency of the elder
Hoover at the time of making his will June
6th 1890 was called on Thursday, and the
| estlmony was commenced on Friday morn
ng This case was tried year ago, when the
| jury failed to agree. Craig and Lightner
| represent the plaintiffs and Alexander aud
White and Ker the defendants. After the
testimony was concluded, the argument was
commenced on Monday, when Ker, Lightner
and Alexander spoke, and was concluded
yesterday after the speeches of Craig and
White, when the case was submitted to the
| jury who rendered verdict in favor of the
| defendants sustaining the will
IN the case of Ysidora c. Gray, of Cali
fornia, VS.. VIM. D. Gray, her husband, for
the custody of their child, Chalmers Scott
Gray. aged years, the Court OH yesterday de-
| cided in favor of the plaintiff, awarding to her
| the custody of the child till he stall attain the
age OF 81 years, and enjoining the father
against any custody, control, possession, or
a11fh nritx Oh. I.
here, Mrs. Gray instituted suit in California
for devorce from her husband which has
been granted.
In the Court yesterday, John S. Richey
qualified as administrator of VIM. S. Beard.
Gar Nicholas, on the occasion of his
marriage to Princess Alix of Hesse,
will issue a manifesto of clemency, re-
hitting arrears of taxes and modifying
sentences.
quakes at Messina Saturday night, one
violent and two slight shocks being
felt. There was also another at Reg
gio.
Bids for the new treasury loan of
$50, 100000 by the Treasury Depart
ment were opened at Washington Sat
urday. The total amount of the bids
is 1854, 100000. A syndicate headed by
New York bankers offered to take the
entire issue of bonds for sos, 538, 800,
which is less than per cent. There
Do IL
Senator David B. Hill, of New York,
arrived in Jacksonville, Fla, Satur-
day, and after few hours stay took a
train for South Florida. The Sena
tors Florida trip is purely one of re.
creation.
All his friends agree that his most
beautiful dream was to see his Biblical
operas Moses" and "Christus' repre-
sented on special stage of his own,
which should occupy middle position
between church and theatre
Rev. g. Mosely Murray, of Rapidan,
has been elected rector of St. Georges
Lee, Mass.
The tallest man in the German army,
"one-year recruit" in the First Regi-
ment, is Z feet A. inches in height
Another earthquake shock was felt
in Reggie, Sicily, Thursday, but no
damage was done. The people are
still camping out of doors.
A rabbi and a layman living in or
near Buffalo called on William Travers
Jerome in New York Tuesday. Nov.
Goth, to tell him that they had just
been swindled by green goods men,
from whom, as they supposed, they
were buying counterfeit money.
LEG BROKEN. = Last Wednesday
while Mr.. Geo. II. Dosh, of Woodstock,
was painting a house roof for Noah
Cook, at Jadwyn postofice, he lost his
footing and fell to the ground from the
second story, sustaining a compound
fracture of leg.
KILLED ON THE R. R. ssTRACK.-At
Richmond Sunday morning Thomas
H. Cooney, from Pittston, Pa, for
some time living in Richmond, was
killed on the railroad track. He was a
plasterer by trade and good work
man, but would get on sprees. and that
habit caused his death. He had sew
eral bottles of whiskey in his pocket at
the time the train ran over him.
Emperor Nicholas II was married
Monday in the Winter Palace at St.
Petersburg to Princess Alix of Hesse.
There were many manifestations of
popular joy at the court.
The supreme Armenian patriarch
has written to the president of the
Anglo Armenian Association express
ing his thanks for the steps that have
been taken in Europe, America and
India in behalf of the prosecuted
Armenians.
Eight earthquake shocks, each last
ing several seconds, were experienced
in Bulgaria Monday. So far no damage
has been reported. There were two
further earthquakes Sunday night at
Milazzo, Sicily.
Marshal Oyama, in his report of the
capture of Port Arthur, says that his
losses in killed and wounded exceed
two hundred, and he cannot as yet
estimate the losses of the Chinese, who
numbered more than 10000 men.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle
will recommend the passage of popu-
lar loan bill, such as advocated by the
New York Herald.
Postmaster General Bissell's annual
report says the way to make the postal
l. 4.