Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-05-23
NEWS ITEMS.
Astor is now sixty-fve millionaire.


Both Chicago and st. Louis have all
ready had cases Of Asiatic cholera. IS
a Baptist Church in Hartford has
choir Of one hundred children.
| The peach growers of Maryland, Della
ware and New Jersey expect full crops. s
The wheat crop of Maryland generally
promises a bountiful harvest.
/ A Minnesota Congressman is accused
Of having fraiked home bags Of potatoes. 4
Swearing is now punishable with a fine 4
Of $50 or imprisonment in Buffalo. 81
Louis Napoleon was SO years old on the 1
Goth ultimo.
The Queen Of Spain has exi|ed her dress
maker on account Of the latter's politics.
A prisoner in Warsaw, ILL.,, jail smash
ed the turkeys nose with bar and es-
capped. ti.
The purchase of Russian America gives
to Uncle Sam possession of the aurora boz
reals.
Mrs. Eastman, of Virginia City, Neva-
Ga, shot Mr.. Eastman dead. She was tired
Of family jars. ~
They say that Bismarck is no speaker,
that ne is as rough and rambling and un-
couth as Cromwell. ia
A brute in Connecticut was let off with
thirty days imprisonment for beating and
kicking his mother.
The Queen Of the Belgians has opened !.
fancy fair to assist in the establishment
Of cheap kitchens for the working classes. !.
The sheep in Lapier county. Michigan,
are dying by hundreds of some mysterious
disease. aaare
A soldier says following Indians with
infantry is like shooting mosquitoes with
ten-inch guns. s,
The New York Neus says Of Senator
Wilson's late confscation threats, that Thad
Stevens has brought him down.
A colored woman is preaching in the
country around Alexandria, and thereby
creating sensation -
A Wisconsin editor has seen bearded
woman out there, with goatee three
inches long. =
| The St. Louis board Of health expect to
spend Sl95, 900 during the ensuing year,
! Exclusive of street cleanng,) in order to
keep the city in healthful condition.
The Democrats of Indiana and Illinois
urge the clainls Of Senator Hendricks of
Indiana for the next Democratic nominal
ton to the Presidency. ;.
Sanford Conover, convicted of perjury,
in Washington, is sentenced to the Penl-
Tertiary for ten years He is the ''wit-
ness who tried to swear away the life Of
Jefferson Davis. us
Prussia during the war last year in Ger
many had in 669. 076 troops in the field.
OF these 442 446 belonged to the standing
army 129 OBS to the reserves, and o.
598 to garrisons. s;y.s
The Louisville Journal of Tuesday states
that from their private dispatches received
they are convinced that the Democratic /.
majority in the State is upwards of 49,
900. -a
Postmaster-General Randall has decid-.
ed to dispense with the publication Of lists
of uncalled for letters. 1t will be here
after posted upon the bulletin boards Of
the various postoffices. and such papers as
desire can then print it. ro.
We are highly gratifed to learn that
our venerable friend and townsman, Bish- f
op Early, who has been seriously i'll in
| Nashville for some weeks, has almost en-
tirely recovered, and is expected home
some time this week. -Lgnchburg Ne,cs. q
By the latest change in fashion. the
quantity of a lady's dress is reduced to Ten
or twelve yards, which is a very agree
able saving to husbands and fathers. but
/ is likely to effect Uncle Sans revenue un-
favorably. g
The Romish clergy from different parts
of the United Stats are about visiting
Rome. for the purpose of attending the
convocation of bishops. called to determine
who of those who suffered death in China
shall be enrolled as saints.
The mountain tops visable from Lynch
burg were white with snow Wednesday,
The weather is chill and wintry. and fears
are entertained by the farmers that the
fruit and wheat may yet be injured by
frost. So says the Republican
Peas, strawberries and Early York cab
bages were in market in Norfolk on Satur-
day.. The first sold at $61 per barrel. and
FIVE hundred quarts Of strawberries were
purchased to go Nerth at $40. 10 per
quart. af
DR.. Cumming has published in London
another prophetic book. called the last
Woe. in which he says that the Jews are
to be converted as nation, and the Papa.
cy is to be extinguished, between the au-
/ tumnal equinox of 1867 and the same PEI
Rod of 1863 The time is short lss.
Among the large vegetables on record
grown in California are the following: "A
mangel-wurtzel that weighed I18 pounds
a cabbage head of So pounds, a turnip Of
rs pounds, potato of 5 pounds, sweet.
potato Of Is pounds, an onion Of ounces,
and a pumpkin Of 26O pounds, s',
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