Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-19
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,o~~>~oo~~o~ observation-disclosures
- A Chicago caterer has put cooking ranges
into the sleeping cars that run out of that
city, SO that passengers may have warm
breakfast without leaving the cars. p;
! j, Cat milk has been analysed by member
of the French Academy, and it appears that
that newly suggested beverage possesses inn
mense Strengthening qualities r. z, ss.a3.
The Helena (Arkansas) Herald notices a
remarkably large meteor that fell in that Vi
entity, which lighted up the town equal
to a thousand gas burners. as@a z assa
It is said that Governor Peirpoint will be
nominated by his friends for next Governor
of Virginia, and that Mr.. Hunnicutt will al
SO be a candidate - Alexandria Gazette
The old Capitol building in Washington
city was sold to the New Y ork Hotel Compa-
my on Friday last for thirty thousand dollars.
A large hotel is to be erected on the site.
- We learn that common grades Of North
ern flour have reached this city considerably
adulterated with ground beans or some other
substance, that not only makes the flour
dark, but makes it clammy and heavy
Norfolk Day Book. ~ ~.
One of the employees in Kelly, Tackett &
ForPs Factory in Fredericksburg, wove re-
Gently, from s o'clock one day until 4 o'clock
the next evening in eighteen working
hours one hundred and twenty four. yards
of all wool cloth, such as they manufacture.
issf'.Dou't be foolish You can make Six
dollars from Fifty Cents. Call and examine
an invention urgently needed by every body.
Or a sample sent free by mail for &c., that
retails easily for So, by R. L. Wollcott, 40
Chatham Square, New York. June 15-1y
IA watch has been manufactured in Paris
which is wound up by simply opening the
case to note the time. 1t only requires to be
opened once month to keep it always going
and it is perhaps the nearest approach to per-
petual motion yet invented. a4 .s.3
A rebellion has broken out in Schuylkill
county, Pa. The {. Key Stone" is rebel.
ious State. Whiskey caused an insurrec-
ton in Washington's time but wages appear
to be the difficulty now. She never fights
about an abstraction. -Richnaond Eranai1,-
er.----
At the Paris exposition it is, said that a
novelty. will be on exhibition in the shape of
an artificial horse. heingeniously construc-
ted animal, when ready for the road will
travel twenty-five miles without stopping,
and afterwards may be wound up in a few
moments SO as to 90 as much farther, and so
on indefinitely. a'i4a
.snLAReE HERRing herring 1872 inches
long, 12aa inches round the body, and p
thick through the back, and weighing 81
pounds, was caught yesterday at Fowke's
landing, and was semitic this city this morn
ing with a lot Of other fish, This is the lar
'gest herring, it is said by old fishermen, ev-
er caught on the Potomac, alexandria Ga
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- ST.. LOUIS, April 8.-Advices from below
say the town Of De Soto, opposite Vicksburg,
was suddenly inundated a few days since, and
from eighty to one hundred negroes were
drowned. The people of Vicksburg used
strenuous efforts to rescue the poor creatures,
but could only reach such as had secured
temporary places Of safety. The town was
exclusively occupied by negroes. az
Mr.. Frederick Smith, Of Pittsfeld, Mass, |
about four weeks since, cut sprout from an
apple tree and placed it in an earthen pot
filled with soil, in warm room in his house.
Strange to say, it Immediately began to put
forth buds, and now has four large, we'll de-
veloped. fragrant blossoms upon it, and what
is more, it is beginning to leaf out and shows
all the signs Of a thrifty and rapid growth.
: IMMIGRATION. The Lychburg Ti;,yiiniian
of yesterday contains a letter from the agent
Of the Virginia Immigration Society in Lon
don, in which he states considerable num-
Der of Immigrants have left that country for
Virginia, and may shortly be expected here.
Up to the date Of his letter, March 10th, }
about five hundred persons had expressed
their determination to leave for this State in
the Spring. .,h'e =, r: .oge 1o7g p h#qao5 .
u HOG AND CHICKEN CHOLERA. gentle
nan just returned from Caswell county N.
C., says that the farmers of that vicinity are
losing largely Of their hogs and fowls, from
disease supposed to be cholera, The hogs
were hrst attacked and died in large num-
bers, and then the fowls, among which it is
very fatal. Many families have lost nearly
their entire stock and have ceased killing
them for table use, One ladyslost thirty-two
turkeys and forty hens. Norfolk Dan Book.
MANASSAS GAP RAILReAp..LThe track on
the Manassas Gap Railroad, under the super
vision of Chief Engineer A. H. johnson, is
being relaid with as much speed as the force
under his command will admit, and will be
completed provided the weather continues
favorable between Piedmont and Manassas
Station prior to the assembling here of the
meeting ofthe stockholders of the road, which
IL advertised to take place on Wednesday,
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