Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-07
Ro kin"han Co, Items.

FlREs.-The Register says II barn belonging to
jonathan Pcalc. Esq, in that CO., was destroyed
by fire on Sunday morning last. A considerable
quantity Of grain. CncIuding about $50 bushels
ot wheaD hay, DC. was consumed. The fire
was The work of an incendiary.
he Register, also regrets to learn that the
dwelling house of Benjamin ID. Bowman. near
Nj Clinton, in that county, was consumed by
h,e on Friday last, about noon Almost MI the
furniture and other thing in the house were
DESTROYED
VI. SIMEON HARNsDrnoER, son of Jeremiah
linnsbcrgcr of The snme county aud one ot the
deputy ~hcrFs OF the county iaet with II painful
accident on saturday mourning last. He wns ri
ling N tlraaeLc. WHEN the aeiunl attached to
the vehicle RAJ violently down hill, throwing
D. pa lcl violently against II tree, folf which
Mr.. II. susialned serious injuries.
! aufr- aNe learn from ,he Hag ter Tint
a Young man named samuel Hill, was ser.,u sly,
if NJ iatiIy stabbed on Sunday last, near rur
les town. by Jacob Il. Mitchell, jr The ID c;or
pronounced the ease hopeless one, ,o tat IN
all probahIllts Mr.. liiIl is now dead Mitchell
fled nnn,u u,,i5 after stal,bng Hill, aud is yet
n; largo lie is about feet inches high, slim
wsage, large Roman nose, and viii probably weigh
! between $50 aud llO lbs.
A ROCKINGHAM FARMER CHRISTIAN KyGER,
of that county, will have for sale, the product
of n solitary tnrin, this season, $500 or 26OO
! bushels of wheat. 1000 or 1t0J bushels of corn,
| 100 hogs, averaging $50 to 100 lbs. each, $50
worth of cattle, about 100 bushels of No. /, 70
tatoes ond has made up $1,000 worth of coopers
tarn a. only oho
3oo acres, (about 200 of which he farms,) and is
worked by on. = o' hands.
We received the first number Of the Semi
,ceekiy Register, yesterday. ltprescnts hand
som" appearance. This is the first Semi. Weekly
Iaper ever published in the Valley of Virginia.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE AT FARMvIIIE.-The dis
continuance of the office at Farmville having
been spoken ofby the Directors of the Telegraph
Company, a meeting of the Citizens was held at
that place last week to consider the matter
DIR. Morris, the President of the Company
was present and made remarks from which it
inferred thut he and the Directors preferred
the cantnuance of the office if it could be done
without n tax upon the company. A plan was
proposed for this object, aud the journal says ::
- The spirit manifested at the meeting con-
Nnces Us ihnt II VIII be carried INTO execution,
and will result in removing all difficulties in the
way of continuing the office among u.s.
The Frederick sburg Recorder has been fur
nished with the following list of births and deaths
in that town for the past year:
BIRTHs.- Whites 93; Free Colored l6; Slaves
23-whole number of births in the corporation
for the year 1853. 1856.
DEaTus.-Whites "a; Free colored 8; Slaves
2S-wholc number of deaths in the corporation
for the year $50, 70--of which there were 30 un-
der I'D years of age and one of 100; the balance
ranging from rs to 80 years.
L. j. METTAUER, NJ. Dive learn, from the
New York Journal Of Commerce, that Dr. F. j.
MErTAUER.of Prince Edward c. H. has been ap.
pointed Professor of Chemistry in the MISSISSIPPI
p. University The Farmvilc journal says. should
DIR. NJ. accept this office be will carry to the chair
fine abilities and high qualifca ions,-an Vir-
ginia will loose gifted son
FEDERAL CorET.-Ihe Federol Court com
mencea is session at Staunton on Monday last
II is expected that the famous Harper Ferry case
will be brought TO trial at this term.