Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-01-31
Assignment.


On yesterday morning, Chas. A. Gladke,
| who has been a merchant in this city for
many years, made an assignment The liza
| bilites are about $50, 0O0-the assets unknown.
CoRBETT WHIPS observation-disclosures
I j.. Corbett. of California. defeated
Charles Mitchell, of England, last
| Thursday, at Jacksonville, Fla, in a
| fight with gloves, under the Marquis OF
| Queensbury rules. for IA purse of $40, 0od
offered By tho Duval Athletic Club and
stakes of $4,000 IL side. rhe fight con
sisted OF three r,ln,ls. lasting nine
minutes.
| Soon after the return OF Mitchell to
the Everett House and Corbett to the
st. James Hotel, both were arrested
on warrants charging them with hav-
ing committed the offense OF fighting
by agreement. The men were both
taken to the courthouse, where their
bail was fixed at $500 each. Bonds
| for their appearance were furnished
| These cases were continued to Febru
airy 2Sth.
| IT, when crossing railroad track, you see
train approaching at thirty miles an hour
get out of the way as soon as possible. When
threatened with chronic rheumatism or ca
tarrh, take Ayers Sarsaparilla persistently
and patiently, and the danger will soon pass
away.
Two PASSENGERS KILLED.-Last
| Friday morning at HENDERSON, n c., in a
| wreck on the suburban Air Line, L. B.
Bowman, of Richmond, and Rev. Mr..
Shaw, of Portsmouth, were killed. One
train stopped and sent fiagman back
but before he had gone far another
train crashed into the rear of the first.
killing tbs two men who were in the
caboose.
H. G. Smith, white, and colored
man were killed in Caroline county by
the explosion of milestone last week.
A young woman named Elizabeth
Walters was arrested in Richmond last
| week, charged with the murder of
| Solomon Benjamin jenkins.
The vote by which the internal rev.
enue bill was made an amendment to
the Wilson tariff measure was 80 to II.
| The caucus also decided to provide for
three days debate upon the amend
ment, which will have the effect of
postponing from Monday Jan. goth. to
Thursday, February 1, a vote upon the
| Wilson bill.
An organization of ladies has been
formed in Atlanta, Ga, to construct a
woman's building and exhibit at the
Atlanta exposition, to be held in 1895.
The insane asylum on the Boone
county poor farm, at Boone, Iowa. was
burned Tuesday night, January 23rd.
Eight Of the nine inmates lost their
| lives A furious storm ragged at the
time of the fire, and the thermometer
registered 800 below zero.
John Howard Payne wrote Home,
Sweet Home" says the Roanoke
|
Edward Dunbar wrote There's a
Light in the Window for Thee" but
died recently in dark cell of the
Coffeyville, Kansas, Jail, where he was
confined as tramp.
1t is announced that under no cir
cumstances will Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
permit the use of his name for the con-
gressional nomination in the tenth
, district.
At Mason City, W. Va, five girls beat
Arch. Keller nearly to death. He is
charged with having circulated stories
derogatory to one of the girls.
The fifteen-year-o daughter OF
George NJ Pearson, of Burke county,
N. c., committed suicide by hanging.
Mrs Stella Akeridge, of Savannah,
Ga, about thirty years old, entered
STATIONS gun store, in Macon, Ga,
and asked for ladies' pistol, which
she requested BE- loaded. AS soon as
one was handed to her she placed it to
her right temple and fired. She died
in an hour. Letters in her possession
showed that she was seeking a divorce
from her husband, Thos. P. Akeridge
James J. Corbett and his vanquished
opponent, Charles Mitchell, left Jack
sonville, Florida, for New York, after
giving $4,000 bail eacli for trial on the
charge of prize fighting. The Duval
Athletic Club, which brought about
the fight, was dissolved. 1t will be
reorganized. The receipts from tickets
to the fight are stated to have been
$31. 900, about enough to cover ex-
penses.
Robert Fitzsimmons says he would
like match with Corbett either for a
limited number of rounds or to finish
Peter Jackson says his agreement
with Corbett IS to fight where the
largest purse will be paid.