Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-12-09
NEWS OF THEDAY.
Col. John s. Mosby is the guest 0
his son in law at Warrenton, Va.

Col. John 8. Mosby is the guest of
his son in law at Warrenton, Va.
The Princess Troubetzkoy (Amilie
Rives) is on visit to her former home
in Albemarle county.
The battleship, Texrs, which cost
the government 81 900, 900. is said to be
absolutely worthless.
A syndicate has purchased about 49,,
W. Va, for which it paid $40 per acre.
The present administration has re-
fused to change its policy toward
Cuba.
Andrew Jackson. a respectable color
| ed blacksmsth, was drowned on last
! Wednesday near Salem, Va. whilst
shooting ducks.
| A heavy snow storm prevailed in the
South and extended as far north as
Danville, Va. on last Wednesday,
Sleighing was good in Atlanta.
| Bob Fitzsimmons knocked Joe Shar-
kew out in the eighth round in the
| Athletic Climb of San Francisco, last
week, but the fight was given to Shar-
key on foul.
DR.. Leander s. Jameson was released
at O'Clock last Wednesday. from Hol-
lloway jail in compliance with the or
der of the home secretary, Sir Mathew
White Riley. His health was in very
precarious condition.
If John Sherman refuses to relin-
quish his seat in the United States
Senate to Mark Hanna, the New Or
leans States thinks that there will be
a fight and for the first time in his life
John will realize as the sporting men
say, that he is up against hot Stuff
Norfolk Virginian.
1t is said that the portfolio o Secre-
| tary of Treasury has been offered to
Mr.. Mark Hanna. 1t is also stated
that the Cabinet has been agreed on
: and that Mr.. Andrew D. White, of
{ New York, and not Mr.. Sherman will
be Secretary of State.
L. L. Patsel, who was arrested in
Cincinnati last Sunday a week for
stealing horse from N. r. Bower OF
Roanoke, was found guilty in the
, Hustings' court in that city on the I'd
: inst. and sentenced to three years in
: in the penitentiary.
. The library of the late General
: Jubal A. Early, consisting principally
/. of law books and war records, was sold
s | on the I'd inst. at Lynchburg to Mr.. M
, Fl. Dingee. 1t is understand that Mr.
/ Dingee proposes to donate the books
i, to any public library that may be or
Q ganized there.
Col. H. Snowden Andrews. long
prominent in business and social circles
; in Baltimore, made au assignment OF
!, last Friday for the benefit of his cred
!. itors. His financial complications
. arose out of the embarrassment of the
!, Westham Granite Company of Virgin
J ia o. which he is president.
0 On last Friday, on the New YORK
e Stock Exchange, the common stock o
e the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad solo
/ down as low as 12I Expert Little'
J; report of the condition of the propert,
Q is said to account for this. Ms. Fab
v nestock, on the same day. withdrew
! from the reorganization committee
e On Tuesday of last week, eight boy,
I in Baltimore were bitten by mac
dog. They have all been sent to New
y York for treatment at the Pasteur In
:, stitute. Through the aid of the Sun
the News and the Herald, as we'll al
J some liberal minded citizens of Baiti
= more. fund of over $500 was raised
! to defray their expenses. At last &C
counts they were doing well, and onl,
y one Of the boys would likely be dis
;, figured.
!? While hundreds of persons wer,
passing by him and hundreds NOR,
crowded above him, a fair haired, blue
eyed lad. dressed in sailor suit, put {
pistol to his head at the New York en-
l. trance of the Brooklyn Bridge yester
day afternoon and shot himself in tn,
right temple. He is now in the HAd
y son street Hospital, and, it is said, will
Is die. The boy was revived just long
/" enough to say that his name wa
n Charles Olsen, eighteen years old, oil
;. Brooklyn. The motive for the suicide
e is unknown,
r On last Wednesday, one Of the mos
y severy snow storms ever known il
e those parts, swept over the southern
J. portion of Virginia, North and Soutl
n Carolina, northern Alabama and Geor
J. gia At Colunbia, S. c., all telegraph
l. lines were broken, street car trave
: stopped and the oaks about the cit,
y wereS uprooted and theft branche
d broken. 1t was two days before cen
8 munication was established with the
e outside world by wire. AT Augusta
0 and Atlanta, and Macon, Georgia; al
7 Raleigh and Charlotte, N. c., and a
s Norfolk. Petersburg and Danville, Va.
the conditions were about the same.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher who sus
= tanned severe injuries at the home o
her son in law, Rev Samuel Scovill
y where she was spending the Thanks
s giving season, is much improved. Earl,
. Sunday morning Mrs Beecher, who j
e eighty four years old, fell in moving
about the room. Her head struck
projection, which made bad cut
She was found later by members of tn
!, family lying in a pool of blood.
y 1t is thought that p. J. Smith. B
q & 0. employe, who became violentl,
9 insane at Parkersburg last week ant
who raves continually about the mur
= occurred Dec 49, 1898, may give som
g clue to the murderer. Mr.. Haldema1
was carrying basket containing So
TAT, with which to pay off min
employees, when he was knocked dow
r and robbed, dying few hours late
2 from bis injuries at the Kenny House
K Piedmont, where he had boarded TO
# many years. Mr.. Haldeman was al
uncle of Gov. Lloyd Lowndes, of Mary
# land.
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: There is not the slightest reason VIII,
t you should not feel we'll and strong
q That great offer of Dr. Greene's i
n | DrOVi0ipo the hest friend that veal