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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Two Train Wrecks.

One of the most expensive wrecks
that has occurred at this place and for
tunately one in which no one was injur-
ed occurred to the Hot Springs train
Tuesday night, says the Allegheny Sen
tinel, as it was leaving for its destina-
ton.
This train which leaves soon after
the departure of G. u O. train No. at
$50 p. IN. was little delayed on ac-
count of loading its baggage and at
taching sleeper, and just as it turned
in on the Hot Springs road from the
main line an east bound freight ran
into the combination and sleeping cars
at the rear of the baggage car which had
not cleared the main line, knocking
them completely from their trucks and
smashing both cars up quite badly.
A number of passengers were in both
cars, and strange to say not single
person was injured.
The damage sustained by the railroad
company was probably two or three
Thousand dollars.
The fault was in the freight train not
stopping beyond the bridge until the
track was clear, and the reason it didn'l
stop, the train men claim, was on &C
count of the air brakes failing to work
The passengers were transferred to thu
front car which is a combination pas
senger and baggage car and taken tt
the Hot Springs that night.
Passenger train No. 2 on the main linz
which is due at this place at 11:38 wa
delayed several hours on account OF tn
wreck.
The second wreck, or rather the frs
one occurred on the Hot Springs brancl
Sunday morning about five miles abov
Covington, but was not of a very SER
Gus nature, as no one was injured an
very lit lie damage done to tbs train
The cause of the accident it is suppose
was from the rails spreading and allow
. ing the train to leave the track.
1t required the services of the wreck
ing train however before the train coul
be gotten back on the track.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Death of John Hanger.

John Hanger, Esq, eldest son of the
late Peter Hanger, died at his home
which is the Hanger homestead, neal
Waynesboro at an early hour Saturday
morning. He was about Y years Of
age and had been sick for some weeks
with gastritis. He had been sinking
rapidly for several days and his death
was not unexpected. He is survived by
his brothers, WIN. DE-. David, MaJol
Marshall, and Norman Hanger of thi
city ard county, and Mrs. Nancy Ro
bertson of Richmond. He was burr
ed on Tuesday afternoon at Waynes
boro, and the burial was from thu
house.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Beautiful Rec ;psiOn.

Mrs. II. D. Peck assisted By Mrs. Il.
H. Henkel gave a beautiful reception
to their lady friends at Montgomery
Hall, Mrs. Peck's home near this city
Tuesday afternoon, which was largely
attended by 1.-THE society ladies of this
city. The guests began to arrive about
four O'Clock, and the throng increased
rapidly until o'clock, where the par
lors and hall were filled. The colonial
home is an ideal place for such an enter
tainment. The spacious hall and the
large roomy parlors, which were filled
with beautiful flowers and great log fires
she'd their glowing warmth and added
to the luxury of the surroundings.
Mrs. Peck is a charming hostess and
could have selected no more able assist.
ant than Mrs. Henkel. Elegant refresh.
ments were served. Several lady friends
assisting in this function. heevening
was lowering but this did not seem to
retard any who wished to go or in any
manner lessen the assembly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
From Highland County.
Crabbottom, Nov. 81, 1898.

CrabDOttOm, NOV. Il, 1888.
Editor of SPECTATOR:
Dear Sir:-Highland has cleaned up
her fat cattle. and we are now shaping
up the punches of cattle for another
year. Fat cattle brought good prices
and the same could be said of lambs.
The crops in this county are good. We
have never had better yields; everything
is III abundance, even chestnuts, Iand
many of our farmers have fattened
their hogs on these nuts.
l see that one of your correspondents
is boasting over bunch of cattle that
Mr.. Kemper fattened this year. They
were good ones and any man in Virgin
ia would be proud of them, but think
the Simmon brothers, in Crab Bottom,
did better than Mr.. Kemper. Their
bunch of forty head, l am informed,
weighed ], 1926 pounds, and they were
wintered entirely on hey and summered
on grass and did not know what grain
was. They were three-year old cattle.
Mr.. Editor, there is little matter l
would like to talk to your City Fathers
about. Have you noticed that your trade
with Highland has fallen ofvery much in
late years A few years ago there Was
very few farmers who had team but
would 60 to your city once or twice a
year to trade and lay up their supplies
for the year. But very few farmers 60
TO your city now to haul loads for them
selves, but they haul for the country
merchants. Now, don't know all the
reasons for that, but l can point you to
one of them. 1t is the street cars run
ming away out here into the county. A
farmer who only goes to Staunton once
ayear cannot get his team accustomed
to those cars, and he will not run the
risk of having his team spoiled for the
sake of one trip to Staunton.
This Is my reason for not going to
Stanton and l think there are many
| who think as do about it.
A HIGHLANDER.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
A Hung Jury in the Carter Case.

The jury in the case of the Common
wealth vs.. j. Penrose Carter, charged
with the murder Of Mr.. G. f. Moore, OF
Manchester, which occurred In Henrico
county several weeks ago. failed to
agree, having considered the case fol
about 40 hours. The court ordered the
jury discharged and the case will be
tried again next month. 1t stood for
acquittal and 5 for conviction.
Tire announcement Of the foreman
that the jury could not agree seemed to
be received by the prisoner and his fam
lily with as much relief as though the
verdict had been one of acquittal. The
relaxation from the strain under which
he has been for nearl a week was
plainly evident, and his wife and daugh-
ter smiled with evident pleasure. but il
will be recalled that the first trial of
Jeter Philips, who was charged with
the murder of his wife. resulted in a
hung jury, while upon the second, lie
was convi cted and sentenced to be hung
which sentence was duly executed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
New Advertise mentS.

The Weinber Clothing Company has
has a new ad on our first page today.
Nell Holiday, tie up-to-date shot
dealer, calls your attention to his fine
line of shoes.
II. L. Lang has greatly added to his
liae of jewelry and also filled his store
with beautiful Christmas goods which
he assures the public are to be sold at
reasonable prices. Read his advertise
ment.
Switzer & Grubert, the enterprising
iewelry firm on East Main street, have
on hand large and attractive line OF
iewelry and Christmas goods to which
they call the especial attention of oul
readers today.
We call special attention TO the adver
tisement of Mr.. G. l.. Weller, published
in this issue of our paper, in which he
notifies the public that he will discon
tinue the Gents Furnishing Store in
the Masonic Temple, and confine bis
business to his shoe store on the oppO
site side of the street.
Switzer & Grubert, the East Mair
street jewelers., give notice that theil
store will be open every night till 8 P
M, until after Christmas. At night
their store is particularly attractive ant
their cut glass under the rays of cleo
tricity presents fine effect.
H. L. Lang has one of the prettiest
displays of goods in his show window
ever seen in the city. The electrical
effects ana the arrangement OF the
goods under and about them, is very at
, tractiye and tasteful
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Snyder Items.
SNYDER, Va. Nov. 2

Snyder, Va, Nov. %.
Mrs. Howard Wilson and little daugh-
ter are visiting friends and relatives in
Norfolk, Va.
Henry W. Greaver. brakeman on
the G. q O., paid his PAL ents andfriends
friendly visit this week.
Harry Greene is erecting new grain
house.
The La Grange school is progressing
nicely under the management of Miss
Sallie Bell.
Rev. J. E. Booker is attending Synod
This week. His pulpit at Hebron was
filled last Sunday by Rev James Ora
ham, Jr.
The man with the two small boys and
the wheelbarrow are still pecking away
at the hill under the Dry Bridge.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Newspaper From Honolulu.

To Capt. P. Fl. Wilson, who has re-
Gently gone to Honolulu, Hawaiian Is
lands, in the interest of the BOdley
Wagon Co., We are indebted, for copy
OF the Pacific Commercial, large news
paper printed there. The date Is Oc-
tober 30. and the paper is printed en-
tirely in English and has much the APP
pearance of any American newspaper.
1t has lawyers and doctors cards and
those of real estate agents. 1t prints
one railway schedule and patent medi-
cines, and dry goods stores, aud cigal
and tobacco stores, advertise just as in
this country. The bicycle is there, and
most everything We Americans have.
1t has no Geographic service, however,
and its foreign news is much delayed
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
SteeIe's Tavern Items.

Steele's Tavern, Nov. 22,--John Ut
ley having sold his farm two miles west
of Raphine to Tebs Cupp, of Mt. Me-
ridian, Va, some time ago, gives pos
session this week, and will move with
his family to Bedford City. Mr.. Cupp
will move in very soon.
James S. Henry, of this community,
has bought small farm near Timber
Ridge, Rockbridge county. and will
move to his new home with his family
this week.
Miss Sallie G.. Francisco, who has
been visiting here for several weeks.
expects to return to her home in Bath
county tomorrow.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
ALONG FELT WANT

1t has often been a matter of COM
ment to outsiders, and visitors, and of
serious moment to the teachers and Off
GERS Of the Institution, that 70 library
has been provided for our State school
for education of the Deaf and Blind.
When one remembers that the school
has been in existence nearly half a GEN.
fury, and recalls the large number OF
unfortunate children, whose paths have
been frightened, and means of support
furnished by the education here receiv-
ed it is indeed, surprising that no practi
cal effort has been made to supply this
great want, and further advance their
mental development. To the blind and
deaf are books especially necessary, as
each class is by its misfortune, shut of
from ordinary sources of education,
and must depend more than others, on
what can reach them through the men
tai sight and hearing. The present
superintendent has keenly felt the lack
of books for the pupils, and since his
Vel LII UcSdu3 has UCOH PiS olCescAS
lists to select from for the future.
The limited appropriation the State
made towards the school does not adj
init of any expenditure for this purpose
however, and the increased number OF
pupils consumed every dollar at his
command The lady teachers and Off
GERS of the household are warmly inter-
ested in the same good work, and, to
make start in this direction are pre-
pairing for an entertainment to be given
in the Music Hall of the Institution in
the near future.
Polk Miller, whose reputation has
gone through the country, far beyond
our own State, has promised his aid
to these enterprisiDg ladies, and to
this attraction will be>added that of
music by the blind pupils. and panto-
mine by the deaf. Surely such a worthy
undertaking must meet with support
and sympathy from this community;
for it's object cannot fail to appeal to
every heart.
The entertainment will be given on
Friday evening, December End, and the
price of admission will be 25 cents only.
Come one, come all, and aid those who
have been less blessed by Heaven than
yourselves.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Death of P. n. Noyes, Sr.

A telegram from Charleston, West
Virginia, was received Tuesday morn.
ing by w. A. Noyes, of this city, stating
that his brother, P. H. Noyes, died sud
denly Monday night. Mr.. Noyes was
one of the best known Christian men OF
Charleston, being an office bearer in the
First Presbyterian church, an active
progressive and substantial business
man, standing at the head of several
important enterprises. He was senior
partner in the wholesale notion house
of P. II. Moves, Sons & Co. Mr.. Noyes
went to Charleston to attend the
funeral.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
BRIEF LOCALS.

All kinds of Job work done at this office.
All communications to this Office shoulo
be addressed ITO the SPECTAToR"-thu
nsuring early and prompt attention.
When YOU come to town and wish envelope
etter-heads, bill heads or any other kind
lob work done. call at the SPECTATOR an
V1ND1cAToR Office.
Cornelius B. Arehart and Miss Lula
Il. Wright will be married at MI. Gar
mel church, Dec. LIST, 1898.
Homer c. Michael and Miss Mary b
Bowles, were married at Mt. Sidney yes
terday.
HI Lang, the jeweler, has issued
yery handsome colored card OF invita-
ton to the opening of his Christmas
goods beginning on the 2lst, and last
ing to the Both.
The Stonewall Brigade Band will give
concert in Charlottesville next Friday
night for the benefit of the band OF that
city. 1t goes without saying that the
Charlottesville people have treat In
store.
We have received from Frank L.
Holt an Invitation to the fourth annual
opening at his store, No. " West Main
street. where he has an unusually large
stock of everything kept in a book store
The opening will begin Friday and
everybody is invited.
Mr.. G. L. Huff, a subscriber to the
SPECTATOR, living near this city, called
Yesterday, and brought with him sam
pie of the turnips he had raised this
wear. There were four OF them ana
they weighed about twelve podnds.
The are of SPLENDID quality, and the
largest we have seen.
The Rich Patch Iron and Ore Com
pany which bought last week the Rlcn
Patch Iron property, we Understand
will erect twin furnaces about two miles
east of this place near Col, w. A. Gll-
liam Is farm and that work will be com
menced on them in the near future
We also lea1n they want at once three
hundred men to mine Ore.-Alleghany
Sentinel.
The Camp Armistead hunters return
ed home Saturday evening. Their sue
cess in the matter of game was poor
but they had plenty of sport. Some
small game and bear was the extent o.
their ''bag.'' Mr. Frank Robertson, who
has seen going to camp for thirty-foul
wears, says he has never known the com
pany to get less than two deer, until THU
time. The warm weather has kept the
deer on the high mountains.-Cha
lottesville Progress.
VIM. Walker was arrested Monda.
evening by J. s. Denton,a deputy sherln
on the charge of breaking into the resi-
dence of Charles Walker, near the home
of Judge Hendren, and taking there
from watch, $50 in money and sever
al articles of clothing. The robbery &C
CURED Saturday night and the arrest
followed Yesterday with recovery o.
all the stolen property, all of which goe'
to prove that evil doors cannot thrive
where diligent officers are in control
William has an excellent opportunlt.
for securing free ride with seyera
years free board and lodging thrown III
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
C. 4 O. Canal to Be Sold.

Baltimore, Nov. 19.-The board OF
public works yesterday decided to sell
all the interest of the State of Maryland
in the famous Chesapeake and Ohio
canal. This interest has cost the State
in one way or another, about $25,OOO,-
900, but it's present value is indetermi-
nate, as it is now in the hands of re-
ceiyers. 1t is understood that yester-
DAVIS action was taken for the purpose
of enabling tie Baltimore and Ohio re-
organization managers to obtain title
to the property and to use it in cOnnec-
tion with the present system.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Beats the KiOndike.

Mr.. A. G. Thomas, of Marysville, Tex, has
found more valuable discovery than has
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he suffered untold agony from consumption,
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
W aynesbor0 Notes.

Waynesboro, Nov. 21-Mr. B. l. Shir-
key, of Low Moor, spent Sunday here.
Miss A. Mish, of the Valley Seminary
went to her home in MiddlebrOok on
Saturday. She returned this evening.
Misses M. Reed and Bumgardner, of
the Valley Seminary, have been quite
sick this week.
1. B. Smith, of the Railway Mail Ser
vice from Washington, D. G., to Char
lotte, n c., is in town today.
A. T. Pugh. of the G. & O. railway.
Is Spending this week in the city.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
SuperyjscrS Meet.

The Board of Supervisors met Satur-
day with full attendance. The treas
urer's settlement on the levy of 1887
was received and approved, and the bal
ance appearing in the hands OF the
treasurer $5,454.59 was ordered to- be
credited to the treasurer to the levy OF
1898. Numerous accounts, such as cleo
ton service, land damages, painting
county Jail, new building and court
house were approved. The Board ad-
journed to meet again on the Goth OF
December.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24

In order to put our subscription list on
cash basis, we Will hereafter omitthe names
of all delinquent subscribers. The paper
will be stopped when persons time has
expired.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
A lamncrat Elected in w. Va

Union, w. Va, Nov. 1S.-A recount
on the legislative ticket in Monroe coun
ty, was completed tonight. Joseph d
Logan, Democrat, is elected by five
plurality and has received certificate.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24

At Charlestown, WA, ex-Judge T
J. Mackey pleaded not guilty to an in
dictment for bigamv and secured q
postponement of the trial until Feb
ruary Is.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
WEDDING CARDS,

beautifully printed at the SPECTATOR
office. An elegant new line of type
for this especial purpose.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24

In Fairfax county court the charge
against Assistant Surgeon Duncan of
desecrating Confederate soldiers
grave was dismissed
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24

Governor Atkinson has pardoned F
Wolcott, who was sentenced to the pen.
itentiary for life.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
sALUTING IN THE ARMY.
Learn How TO DO Hs the
Regulars Do IL.

One thing which the volunteers find
1t hard to do-a thing which perhaps
they will never do in anything like the
form In which the regulars do it's to
salute officers. Take volunteer who
Is bronzed and big like regular, and
put him IN q regulars clothes and send
him out on the street, and he would
certainly betray himself as volunteer
at his first meeting with an officer.
The regular, walking on the street,
salutes every officer he meets by rails
ing the Strengthened fingers of his
right hand TO the brim of his hat, Just
over the right eye, and keeping them
there until the officer has passed. The
volunteer cannot be made to hold his
hand there IN any such way, says the
Boston Transcript.
II he salutes q strange officer Of low
rank at all, he salutes him with the
quick dash which is the regular Off
GERS salute to the private. If the reg
ular soldier is seated when an officer
approaches in camp, on the street or
anywhere else, he rises, faces the OIL
Ger, stands very erect, and makes this
salute. No one ever sees n volunteer
private do this. a regular cavalryman
trying to get his horse across the
bridge while an electric car was cross
ing It from the other direction. The
horse was plunging and leaping wildly,
and the soldier had to work hard to
control him. At this moment young
second lieutenant Of Ohio volunteers
came along the footway. In the midst
of his horses gyrations the mounted
regular managed to salute the pedes,
trian officer In proper form. The smile
Of admiration and satisfaction on that
young officers face was worth going a
long way 10 see.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
CLOSE TO THE MOON.
zt Is Brought within easy Reach OF
the World by Recent
Invention.

Herr Johann Mayer, an Austrian lieu
tenant, has just discovered a method by
which the moon can be brought within
pistol-shot Of the world, Aguratively
speaking. Nothing among the many
marvels of modern invention is more
astonishing than this same discovery.
BY his invention Herr Mayer says the
moon can be brought within a distance
of 100 yards, In fact, and explored most
thoroughly. Prof. Gates combined
microscope-telescope was brought to be
n marvellous contrivance, but this latest
addition puts it quite in the shade. In
his success Herr Mayer has made q
wide departure from customary meth
DDS. In fact the monster telescopes
do not figure In his calculations what
ever. Without going into a long-drawn-
out or technical explanation of the ap-
paratus he has constructed, it is a novel
affair, in that an enormous parabolie
mirror so yards in diameter that re-
wolves upon a fixed axis is the main
scheme of the apparatus. This concave
mirror which Is of the ordinary "sil-
vered" glass has small convex para
bolic mirror suspended atits focus; and
this small mirror focuses the rays re-
ceived from the larger one, and throws
them on the lens of an immensely pow
erful microscope. Thus a clear and
brilliantly-lighted picture of the moon
or star under examination Is brought
Immediately under the microscope,
which has a magnifying power of many
million diameters. Herr Mayer ex-
plains that 1t will thus be possible, al
most to see the time by the watch OF
fhe man In the moon," or TO see the
bridges Cf any over the canals of
Mars.