Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-04-27
NEWS ITEMS.

NGW y 1lEMDs
A railroad is to be built from Cincinnati
to Chattanooga.
The proceeds of the Southern Fair, just
closed in Baltimore, were $4,000.
The Radicals ran a negro for Mayor in
Madison, Wisconsin He received 306s
votes.
Strawberries were selling in Philadelphia
on friday at three cents a piece.
Two congressman, Senator Fessenden and
Representative Hubbard, are confined to the
house, and it is. said have the varlolo,d.
The Houston Telegraph says that in few
years the sheep interest in Texas will not be
second even to cotton.
Dry goods are. said to be OH the decline in
Boston, but the rise in hoop-skirts has crea-
ted quite panic--on the street.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis stated to several per-
sons whom she met in her journey to Canada,
that she expected the early release of her
husband laz Hs ttis is9l
Efforts are being made in all parts of Vir-
ginia to raise suitable monuments to our hon
ored dead, by the ladies'. So.
A man out in Michigan sold his wife for
seven dollars and five pounds of maple sugar,
taking note for the money.
The farmers Of North Mississippi are
giving serious consideration to the subject Of
corn planting, fearing that cotton will con-
tinue to tumble.
w. w. Boyd, a Senator in the last State
Legislature, from the Botetourt district, died
recently in that county. o
New orleans, notwithstanding that it has
vastly greater population than ever before,
is represented as being more healthy than for
number Of years.
Rev. Stuart Robinson, D. D., of Louis
vile, one of the ablest Presbyterian divines
in this country, has returned to his residence
in that city. @ M aaa
The Pennsylvania Legislature has disfran-
chised in that State all persons who fed to
escape the draft or deserted from the military
or naval service.
General Grant and the President are rep
resented as Of one mind upon the subject of
a general amnesty, and to this party Secrc-
tary Seward may be added. The matter is
said to be under advisement.
"Wheatland," the estate of the late George
w. Turner, who was killed at Harper's Ferry
by that old murderer and horse thief, John
Brown, was sold on the 14tE, at Shepherds
town, to William r. Turner at $73 so per
acre.
In Cincinnati the other day lady broke
her ancle by fall caused by putting her
foot through the crinoline Of another lady
who was walking in the opposite direction.
Wheat in Ohio is almost ruined BY the Sc
verify Of the winter The peaches are all
killed, but the cherries and apples are not
much injured. .a
Major General James Shields addressed
mass melting of the citizens of Livingston
county, Missouri, on April Q. He took en-
phatic ground against the radicals and their
policy, and vigorously defended President
Johnson. W.
President Lincoln died on the fourth ami
versary of the day on which he issued his
proclamation calling for $4,000 volunteers
April IS. 1861.
Frank Blair, Jr., is a candidate for the
Senatorship in Missouri, to be vacated in a
year by the expiration of Gratz Browns
term.
General Forrest has been admitted without
examination to $4,000 bail. Hc killed 8
negro in Mississippi some time ago, for abu-
sing his thc negro's) wife.
At dancing match in Chicago, recently
a buxom Dutch girl danced nine hours con-
secutively, when her partner acknowledged
himself fairly beaten and very tired. The
damscl then took six glasses Of lager and
quietly went to breakfast. ace
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