Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-06-09
STAR.
4 Stats Items,

pSoNt SSa 80
Green peas aye selling in Norfolk
Va. at "a per hlshel, and straTber-
ries at go cents per quart.
Alexander Riyes, Esq, of Abe
marie County, has consented totdeliy-
er the annual address before the
Greenbrier Va. Agricultural Society
in August.
AT the recent term of The Circuit
Court Of franklin County, VA. Judge
Gilmer presiding, James Arlington
was tried On all indictment for the
murder Of young Turnbnll, and &C
omitted, on the plea Of insanity pro-
duced BY mania pete.
George Goodrich has been coavicg
ted of the murder ot James Clarke,
in the Circait Court of Alexandria
and sentenced to.eIghteen years i'm,
prisoninent III the ~peltentiarf
The cost Of tile Eeiah Street. Bap-
list Church, Richmond, il about
sis. 1000, ofwhich S13. 000have been
paid, leaving Il balance due off$50o0
ot which amount $4,000 have been
pledged BY member ottAc c~hprchland
others.
An election will Soon be ordered
by Gov. Wise. to sapPiXthe vacancy
caused by the death ofJudge Conway
in the Sth Judicial Circuit. TheIlaw5
prohibits an election Of Judge within.
days Of any other popular dldc,'
ton.
ELI TnAYER.-We hear very little
now DELI Thayer's Virginia e1higra
ton scheme. That enterpllsiHg Gen
tleman has probably Informed BIN:
Self more correctly in regard to 1.-THE
value Of Virginia lahFls.5 The scheme
seems to have fallen through.
Samuel Stiles, a respectable far her
Of Milford, Wis, stabbed himself to
tile heart with a hayIfefk a few days
since. His nephew George Stiles.
shot himselfa little while BEFORE, iu
THE same town Spiri tdalism wa$lthe
cause.
A large reptile watB recently taken
from the stomach of d lady at Fort
Wayne, Ohio, tromtEo TO three feet
hong And all inchin dfarpeter. 1t had
scales and bones. I1re' lady Thinks
.stre Must have drank / ID water SEINE
years ago, asshe has bHen I'LL fol a
.lofg time. ~t
4 la. I1s. Everett, tried iii WheelfR g,
NJ a., flint passinga forgel draft onthe
Bank pf Wheeling haB been c9nyict-
ed and sentenced to tifeyears impfis-
phmeHt ni the poiIcteltjary. I .Th9re
afe tNip other ihdictindats Penaihs
Spgain# him. !! Z
About 500 Artisans are now GEns
.ployed I'M the @Goverrknent Afm1fJ.
At Har1ba's Ferry III themaudtactltfse
of what Il styled the ri as musket abid
the rifle These are 10Th newly ih,
proved arms. and in aTl Respects ftr
shperiprt "a those EeGqhtls ip our sdr,
FiPt I.J 1n III IT.
Asnyastery carpenter NAMED THIS.
VI But from Richniontl,* ". bn
his wakto[j6 the 4 eceivmg ,sMp
Pr ebla III: P4liladelPh pa, was found
dead dn. Saturday mbrning5 III His
Berth billboard the steamer City 8pf
lsichmbhd. %
We learn thata Young man NAMED
John SStout was droWns III Sheh-
andoalI river On Monday evening
.of4ast Meek, near Pitfnani's Mill, III
Shenandoah county, wi ile attempting
TO cross the river. Twofhorses wete
also drowned, His. fat her and broth
-er. wnoEwere with him at the time
made a narrow escape from drown
ing,
VRGtNIA PosFMAsrERs4A At at
uraI Bridge. Rockbridge county, VII;
James M! Luster is appointed post
mas ter. Nice ]. =. Walkap,resigneI.
james LA1Winter is appointed posi-
master, at Hrasslicka Fork, jackson
county, M H.. vice S: b. Reed, resign
ed. f'TiieNoffice at Ballard I3oone
count y, VA, is e-established-7Wni nd.
IS. ChalIaler, postmaster: i
CIIANs OF VENuE.@The case df
Cap Shitfiett, charged with the burnE
ing Of UrsC aldwells midi, in Green
brier, has been removed from THAI
that county to Monroei HA special
term Of he EiFcnitG eHft Of Mfonro9
will SHORTLY be called BIZ Judge Hudi
son fer tYr 4fs purpose Of frying the acI
cnseI/ I
CuILpE SHor .-Geofge Mulligan
was arrrdkstsd at NorfJlk, Thursday
afternooh by officer Williams, fo1
shooting Eith d pistolka little boy
about tHiBe. years old, the son Of Mr.
Geo. Ha Wtli 6rn, residing at No 16S4
Church street. The faceand eyes Of
the child Mere badly burned and dis
figured, bht there was ne2 evidenced
that tha #pistol contained AL BAN Or