Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-06-15
NEWS ITEMS.

.s;p S.as :. 2 NEWS ITEMS. 1 .s,
eli All the Yankee troops have left Danville.
They are taking dog census in Alexan-
adriaa9e. e:Ic 91a - sx0iasHfs %
az. Over $4,000 ,oooin specie was shipped to
Europe last Saturday. 4Ti.sa SODA ~ at3w
.3a A. single head of lettuce in Alexandra
weighed eightpounds. ail.. 2. 81 d.g ,asr
~sI Miss Mamie Dawes of Newbern, North
Carolina, has sent two hundred and fifty-four
odohars to the * Stonewall' Cemetery Associ-
'ation at Winchester the proceeds Of the con-
ncert given lately by the ladies of Newbern.
8 Soda Water is said to have been struck,
at depth of some two hundred feet, near
the California House, in this county, What
is to be the next mineral development Of our
hills ?---Parkersbuyy Democrat. a
A lady in Oregon, in writing to friend
in New York says, that cattle in that region
live to such great age, their owners have
to fasten long poles to their horns for the
wrinkles to run out on.
A. colored man IN Caswell County was
awarded a. contract to carry the mail, but
when the oath was7presented he refused to
take it, saying he could not do so honestly,
as he had been friend to the Confoderacy
?. The latest style of bonnet has turned up
at Richmond, Indiana. It is described as
" consisting Of two straws tied together with
with blue ribbon on the top of the head,
4and red tassels suspended at each Of the four
ends Of the straws. Price $40.
IT. ,.4.i ,e55.-le of arrentOn have fair
In contemplation, the proceeds of which are
Ito be applied to the removal of the remains
Of the gallant Ashby from Charlottesville to
Che f" Stonewalp' Cemetery At present
-lthere is not single stone to mark his rest
ing-place.
Hiram Cranston, of the New York hotel,
intends to erect opposite the Central Park
ornamnotll hotel. 1t is to contain nearly
thousand rooms, one hundred and seventy
four of which will be private parlors, and
will be, when completed, the finest and most
costly hotel in the world .ae-.sis
The Lynchburg Ne,es says: The fatality
of cholera amongst the hogs, in various sec
tons around us, is becoming alarming, par
ticuiarly to those who-are addicted to the use
of bacon. We hear of numbers of gentle
men, especially in Amherst; who two or
three weeks since had from twenty to seven
ty-hye hogs, who now have not single one.
.IHE lest OATH.-In view of the fact
cthat the Southern appointees who. cannot
subscribe to the congressional test-oath are
disqualified from receiving pay, the Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury has notified all such that
their resignation will be accepted, and con-
templates asking Congress to pay them for
the period they have served in office.
A Maine genius has taken out patent
for an invention in which bachelors will take
"a peculiar interest. Its use is to attach but
tons to any part of wearing apparel without
the use Of thread = The invention consists
solely in making the button with a spiral
wire to be inserted into the cloth like a cork
screw, and then pressed down fiat 50 as to
form ring to hold the button in place.
The Governor has authorized T. j. Bow
den, Attorney General, and Andrew Hun
ter, Esq, to confer with and retain such
counsel as they may deem expedient in order
to carry out the purposes of the Act of AS
asembly, passed March LIST, 1866, to provide
for the assertion Of the rights of this Com
asmonweaith to jurisdiction over the counties
OF Jefferson and Berkeley. sa9
.ss aCATTLE.DIsEAsE IN CONNECTICUT "A sin
GUAR disease among cattle has made it's an
pearance in Fairfield county, Conn. Tie
animals sickened suddenly and died within
thlrsy-slx hours after they were attacked.
Upon opening it was found that the brains
and shoulders of the cattle were mortified
emitting a stencil almost unable to be borne
The disease is said to look much like the
.rinderpest. II. $40 INV 'l0
Liberal :, DONATION Jonesboro,' East
tennessee l has given buildings grounds
ana other property, worth ten thousand dol
lars, to the Holston Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church for the es-
adjustment of female college. A confer
~ence committee has been appointed to select
q site Tor male college of high order, and
expect to open the preparatory school in Sep
TENDER next. sy.y1:' - ~
lHE WAY IT WAS DoNE.-We are in
-5.olneu mat three free negroes from Augusta
isSouu.y were permitted.to vote the Radical
.snckeb at homlnes' Mill, in this county. at
tne iate election. They came throuph The
INES IN 1868, and gave as : reason that
shey had been in the rebel service and left
because they could not sget their nav. Vet
they were permitted to vote without even
taking the oath. while many Of our oldest
and best citizens were not permitted to veto
at al. This. is the way things are done lae
under this 'tbcst government the world eysr
saw::",-Conscrratire, Clarhsburq .Wsst ~ ~
ginia. 49, :, -. ''sss.'''~
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