The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-01-30

sion of canister Of powder.
The Supreme Court of Appeals have gran
ted new trial to George Vaughan, senten- {
ced by the Circuit Court of Rockbridge to two
e years. confinement in the Penitentiary for
house breaking and larceny
= Tom Burke colored, lost his house near the
v Cemetery, by fire last night, at y O'clock, in
1 spite of the exertions Of our firemen Here is
chance for the Radicals to show their love
for very ''poor negro"
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The Thespians had a good house last Friday
!, night, and did very well, but not as we'll as
they can do if they will take more time to re-
herse and study their different characters.-l
The music, as usual, was excellent.
d The Lyccum was well attended last Friday
night Rev. S.. .. Stuarts lecture was listen
ed to by an appreciatiye audience. The ques-
a ton for Friday night is on the Bankrupt Law
q and full attendance is desired. r
49, BRICK PoMERoY.-A correspondent of the
, Roanoke Times says that liz has it from Brick I
IL Pomeroy, the illustrous editor of the La Crosse
(Wis.) Democrat, that he. the said Brick, will
q be in Salem some time in February TO deliver
;, lecture
The Clarke Journal man has been to Win
chester, and goes into ecstacies over the SPLEEN
did things our friend Frank Wheat, serves up !
in his bar at the Taylor Hotel. We would Mt {
regret had we been one.of the party. Luck to
a you Frank ,,s,.sf.ses5 s,1gg
An English farmer recently remarked that
he fed his land before it was hungry,
!, rested it before it was weary, and weeded it be-
q fore it was foul. Seldom if ever, was so much
agricultural wisdom condensed in a single
sentence.
Mr.. Strayer, Auctioneer, sold in front of the
= Court House, Martinsburg, on Saturday of {
week before last, the farm belonging to the
3 heirs of c. Anderson, decd, containing 1877
: acres, for $40 06 per acre. VIM. Brockbill, !
purchaser
$ The Greenbrier Independent proposes Gen. =
v Lee as agent for the Coyington and Ohio Rail
road company, and says that in Liverpool he
could raise the ten millions desired for the I
/, road, by subscription, in ten minutes by the
e watch. fa 8S fs.d EA 9
VIRGINIA MUTToN.--The Georgetown Even
: ing Union says: Mr.. Joseph Weaver purchas-
S ed this week ITO head of sheep, driven from
Clarke county, Virginia, the lightest of which |
weighs 100 pounds. The mutton is as fine as
;. any we saw. ;,.t etzl .45
|
> CoRNED BEEF.-One hundred pounds Of
beef, six pounds of coarse salt, two ounces
and half Of saltpetre, one pound Of SUI
. gar, four gallons of water. Mix the above
ingredients together and pour over the meat
Cover the tub closely. B5.t s4sssg
| Hills HOTEL Harrisonburg, came very near '
o burning up last week, but Mr.. Daniel Regain {
put it out Thereupon the Register again re-
minds the people Of that city of the impera- 1
u tive necessity Of organizing a Fire, Company !
> and equipping it, ti lsst.itgF l
Memorial Association has been formed at
Shepherdstown, and the following officers
elected: President, Col. W. A. Morgan !; Vice !,
President, Capt. II. F. .Barnhart; Secretary, !
: John W. Gageby; Corresponding Secy,i JOS {
McN1urran Treasurer, John Ray. ~ b
l T. Our BUSINESS DIREoToRY.- We insert our +
old Directory, with some changes, this week
Our friends are requested to notify us Of any
farther changes needed, if any wish their
names discontinued. We wish to make it a
:, complete .sdirectory'' of the town and expect
to enlarge it shortly. .a :
| |
A fair correspondent of the Richmond Wing
!, recommends General Jubal A. Early as can
didate for Governor In referring to the re- q
! commendation the Wing says: SIT will not (
be surprised if its correspondent has not 5
struck a chord which will be taken up and I
: echoed throughout the State" - d
s"THE FARMER. I'VE invite the attention
of readers to the advertisement of sThe =
Farmer" an agricultural periodical published '
g by Elliott & Shields, of Richmond. They take
great pains in getting it up for the benefit of !
: Southern farmers. and we hope they will 9
giyeft an ovcrfowing patronage liz
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THE CASH SYsTEM-A writer in the Rich \
mond Enquirer suggests that law be passed
g that no debt createdaffer certain date, shall
be collected by law, except official, and that Q
all debts created either before or since the sur '
: render of Gen. Lee, shall be controlled by
law. The writer signs himself a practical 9
, debter,fi etga 3;
How TO CLEAN Orr Snow Snow may be $
easily softened and cleaned from pavements /
and yards, even when it is hard frozen and t
:, trampled down, by sprinkling common table i
or fish salt over it. In ten or fifteen minutes '
it will be soft, and may be swept eff with stiff
broom. Five cents worth of salt will be enough / /
\ for the pavement in front of any house, and g
| fifteen minutes after reading this you may Il
t clean up in front of the house, and perhaps i
: save your peighbors severe fall on the slip a
= perry sidewalk, .& sss i