The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-07-11
IfrIilS of interest.

An lrishman. on being tod to grease
the wagon, returned in an hour alter
wards. AID said: "1vc creased every
part Of the wagon but them sticks Th<Te
Mc wi.ci, hnnJ oa.'
WnSpEEruL ESCAPE. - a few days
since 4 youn. man named Cunningham
FIJI rfom the to%cr Of the new Lutheran
church 10 Grccnyilc. Pa, n distance Of
G5 feet, w;,E9u, sustaining any material
injury.
THE wife or Captain Vessels, living
in .Nccomnc County. Virginia, reccntly
yavc Linh to two children. each having
ESQ iclI-, r}ur cycs and three legs
This rather surpa',cs any thing Of such
nature that has come TO our knowledge.
IN oh lady nanel Gcrash,y. eighty.
one years Of age. residing on Twenty.
second street. New York city. has been
aiIin: Cor some time, aud few days ago
sen, for the doctor. The physician dis.
covered thu, the old lady was cutting
four .cw front teeth.
There were 1sG.0l7 colorel troops in
the scrricG during the war. Orthesc, WeIt
Virginia furnished l9G; Louisiana fur.
ni.hel 2lOJ2, the highest Dumbcr;
Ec"'acEy and Tennessee run above
2o.o0O cach, and Mississippi above
rl1,GU1.
4 co.orcI woman named Pcndy Miles
died ncrr Waync-Lurg few days since,
aged iOj ycnrs. She was once a slave OF
The g.nndr,,ker orGoy. foreman, ofWeSt
Tit:iuia, and in 1871 was manumittcd
~ thu. gcn,cmnn "lor her faithful
.crYiccs aud kind0css towards his chill.
drcn." 49,.
70 Dr.rnor HORSE FLIEs.-IIouss
Ai"s m1y be cGee;nally destroyed without
tic &C o:poi.on. Take halfa teaspoon.
Eul Of black pepper in powder, one tea
.roonru! Of brown sugar and ooo tea.
! spoonful qfcrcan; mix ;hem well together
and place ,hcm in room On plato
where the Aics are troublesome, and they
will soon disappear.
! SEVERAL motcoric stones fell at Nash.
vile on the l2,h, near the railroud depot.
! Tie; we're oi' b!ui-h color, and were
n.;;c ho. when first discovered. Gcolo-
list. say that nothing simiIar has been
Found 10 any Other part of tho world
! Ore specimen has been forwarded to
Washington, and another to New York,
! e.: further examination.
A conductor has been Gned $500 10
Bv:Fllo. y. T.. for rjcctinS q man from
ca. bcc,usc he refused to give his scat
to a woman. The court held that ladies,
or those who wished 10 be considered as
srch. are legally entitled to no moro
privileges in public convcynnccs than
men, aud that when the latter pay for
their seats they have a perfect right 10
occupy them, so long as they conduct
themselves in proper manner.
China has large coal fields lying in tho
mountains southwcs. Of Pekin. It is
worth abou, 81 ton a. the pits mouth,
and has to be carried on mulos' backs
down the mountains to thc-canal. Tho
Chinese < now of three kinds ofcoal-dry,
smoky, and white coal-the latter being
near anthracite. An American frm 10
now cndeaYoring to Gud fields more 80.
ccssib!c than those worked BY tho c..
le,,ials.
NEGRO JURY.-A negro jury Va
cmpanue!lcd at Callao, Macon. county,
Missouri, on tbc'lth u!t. Asuit for ~.
saul: und battery vas brought before
Squire Ballinger, in which the parties
were colored citizens. A jury was sum.
moned, composed entirely Of colorsd
men, who. after heariog the evidence and
the charge Of the court, assessed the an'
of twenty dollars each, to DO paid OF r.
plevined; g; aud the case now stands ~.
corded on the docket Of tho Justice. :.