The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-22
NEWSPAPER NEWS.

A London correspondent commune.
Gates remarkable fact relative to Mrs.
Gaskill's death. "a personal friend of
the late Mrs. Gaskill gave me, the other
evening, singular account Of the cir
cumstances of her last moments. She
had, from the money gained by her
works, purchased a very beautiful farm,
which her husband had often said he
thought would be charming residence,
and had built upon it pleasant little
cottage. She had gone to this cottage
for the purpose of having it furnished.
Having passed the day in such Occu-
patton with her two younger daughters,
and with her married daughter, Mrs.
Crompton, she sat down with them to
pass pleasant evening. Their CONVEX
sation had run upon life and even death,
and she leaned forward, as If to give
some opinion, saying, when die
and at that instant her head, fell and
without one word she was gone"
An inquest was lately held at Burton,
England, on the body Of a groom who
had committed suicide by hanging. He
was engaged to be married, and the
wedding day was fixed for that on which
the inquest was held. The approach Of
this event had induced an unusual de-
gree of nervousness and anxiety, and he
repeatedly said, 81 only wish it was
over" and ~ do not know how | shall
face it,"
Lately before the Queens Chamber
lain the sheriff of London came and
counted out formally sixty horseshoe
nails. This ancient annual custom is to
be referred to period when the arith-
~ al .tptta In, II 10,
sheriff was that he should be able to
count sixty, which was demonstrated to
the queen or king as above, before she
or he would recognize the city's choice.
Two negro men, John Walker and
Robert Mckay, convicted of larcenN by
the New Hanover county court, North
Carolina, were sentenced to be sold into
servitude for period not exceeding five
years. They were sentenced agreeably
to the laws of the state in relation to
freedmen, as before the war.
The Strong Us. Strong case continues
to be unravelled i'm the New York court.
1t is dreary story of debauchery on
both sides: and Peter is no saint, if the
soldiers wife, with the hod of coal, is to
be believed.
Secretary Stanton has asked for
Congressional appropriation of 800, 900
for the purchase of Ford's theatre in
Washington, to he fitted up as deposi.
tory for papers relative to sick and
wounded soldiers, and sanitary Stats
ties.
During an alteration in the saloon
No. 1855 West Thirty -sixth street, New
York, on Tuesday morning, the propri-
etor, Charles Carson, wrs stabbed to the
heart by Dr. Henry Otto Clauss, caus.
ing death in short time.
A fire at Owensburg, KY, on Friday,
the block buildings on the |
corner of Second and st. Ann streets,
as business houses by Messrs. |
Morris, Bair, Rosenfield, Rotschild, and |
others. Loss 5000, 1000.
Mr.. James II. Barker, an old and much |
respected oil merchant of New York, on
Tuesday afternoon committed suicide,
N his Office at 14S Front street, by shoot
ng himself in the head with pistol.
Raphael j. Semmes (of the Alabama)
vas arrested at Montgomery, Alabama,
IN Friday last, by orders from WASH
ngtOn, and Is now en- route to the North
lnder guard.
Oregon ratified the anti-slavery con-
itutional amendment on the 18th inst.