The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-09-14
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The Erie Canal Company owns 1868 boats.
There are 10000 acres of abandoned lands in
Virginia. esf ~ - i
The town of Starlnton is about to be supplied
with gas.
An English burglar was shot in New York
while operating" !
The wool clip of Northern Iowa is double
what it was last year. $ IL ~ L. .E4
The Albany Journal is printed on paper
made from thetbamboo. ~ #H75
Rhode Island boasts squash vine sixty feet
long, and still growing.
A recent export from Richmond was $500
bushels of tobacco ashes.
Wirz's dead line at Andersonville will prob
ably be used to hang him.
In trying to shoot a street car conductor, a
man in Buffalo shot himself dead.
New Jersey is about to have Il theatre at
Paterson, the first ever erected in that State.
Dennison's exit gives immense satisfaction
in New York He was a protege of Mrs. Lin
coin. 7i.l
Robert A. Gray, of Rockingham, announces
himself Il candidate for Congress in that dis
trict. 9f4
An order from the War Department dscon-
tinues the military rendezvous at Frederick,
Maryland
If we are to believe the stories of mortality
among the freedmen of the South, the race will
die out in few generations. 81 As.i 80 T
The number Of deaths reported in the papers
throughout the country, nowadays, exceed
the marriages intlie proportion of five to one.
The hero Of Fort Fisher, Gen. Terry, is to
be presented With $4,000, in United States
seven-thify bonds, by citizens of New Haven,
| Conn. s-t4* 49, "fti
Hon Ash Packer. Of Maauucch Chunk, Penn,
hasigiven $500 0eoalld fifty seven acres oflana,
| for the foundation of college near Bethlehem,
Penn. = 1871 .@As' II ''N> ST.
A French chemist asserts thstiftea be.ground
like coffee, before rot water is put upon it, it
will yield e.oubte the mount of eXhilarating
qualities. S. -. 80. .t'....,s .ssz z.zss
Inthe dining room of the principal hotels of
| Nantucket IS eested ~ notice. Guests will
Ifplease to arrange themselves as to present q
,1estlye appearances 5,ss..f la fs..I.
| John g. Gray nd Wild, OF Morgantown,. w.
VA, We're -aleonSlt he persons lost by the re-
cent sl3lstP2iso tie sse4ner brother jonathan,
on the P sse e2ass r. ali .f4 j. .-stzss
| The sum Of $3.50 wasreeenbly st,bs eribe,l at
| Washington, blythe friends Of Alrs. Davis, for
The purpose q relieving her il crp:4esent des.
tlttlte clfcul0stanees.Z
Mr. John s. Pepdlston has published an ad-
dfe53 to die A9tsFs g, the present GH1pePPeFI
Congress from chat district. ...... ,,s.==tz
i. Louis Napoleon has realized $l2s, 400 from
the sale of the first Volume Of hissLfe of Cnser.
He says he thinks man may make his living
with his pen in France, after'all'
Mr.. .Haeizett has raised $4,000 the. sum
needed, for the Shakespeare monument in
Central Park, New York. Designs viii be
received before the 1st of November. e
Young Ketchnm stated that his liabilities,
amounted to about s., 100000 Since then peo-
pie have been inquring which were the high
est, his liabilities or his stealabihties.
The father Of Payne the conspirator, recent
ly took the oath of allegiance at jacksonville,
Fla, with a view of visiting Washington to
receive the body of his wretched son.
1t is said that the President and the secre-
tary of War intend to visit Richmond in a few
days, on business of vital Importance to the
Comnonwealthan and to the whole South.
Tyler & Allegro, former publishers Of the
Richmond Enquirer have arranged to COM
mence the Republication of that sheet, and
are now putting up the necessary presses and
machinery 18
At the. National Educational Convention,
which was recently in session at Harrisburg,
Penn, Gov. Bradford, of Maryland made a
speech, in which he declared himself in favor
of negro suffrage.
An arrangement for taking mail bags from
stations while trains are moving at full speed,
has been invented by mail agent on the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railroad. Numerous
trials prove it a success.
Nevada is great place. Gov. Nye is posi-
tive on this point. The San Francisco Flag
says they serve strawberries up there, one at a
time, on a large plate, and cut them up for use
as we do plum buildings.
The San Francisco papers publish despatch
from New Westminster, dated July Goth, an
nouncing the arrival of Col Chas. S. Buckley
and party, of the Russian Telegraph Company,
who would soon proceed up the coast.
A tailor in Coupar-Angus,. who had a pig
which got one of his legs broken, has replaced
the injured limb with wooden one. 1t is GU
rious to see the animal hobbling about, but it
is thriving as we'll as before the accident.
A magazine at Richmond, and known as the
Tredegar arsenal, formerly belonging to the
Confederate Government, was blown up by
| carelessness a few days since. A soldier and a
negro are supposed to have been killed by the