Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-09-13
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A colored man is candidate for alderman
in St Louis.
The Salisbury Banner announces the dis
coyery of two more gold mines in Rowan
county, N. q.
The Washington Chronicle says that Mr..
Stanton will be back in his place as Secreta-
rv of War in less than eighty days.
IT Co.'s HARD-A man can go along
without advertising, and so can wagon
without greasing, but it goes hard.
A theatrical evening paper, the Programme,
will be published in Richmond after Tuesday
next.
The voting population of California is about
one hundred thousand, and it has not lncreas-
ed any within the past twelve years.
Three hundred hands are now employed
nm the Manassas Gap railroad, and the track
>aid between Piedmont and Markham.
Rev. Robert Douglas, father of Major
Henry Kyd Douglas, ofWinchester, expired
at his residence in Shepherdstown, Maryland,
last Tuesday morning.
John G.. SAKE says that it is common no.
ton in Boston that, if a person is born in that
CITY, it is unnecessary for that favored mortal
to be s'born again"
The cotton crop of Alabama has been
greatly damaged during the last few weeks
by the drought and worms The corn crop
has matured, and is unusually good.
Large numbers of cadets have passed
through Lynchburg within the past few days,
on their way to the Virginia Military lnstl-
tute, the next session of the Institution COM
mencing in few days.
A fly wheel, for the rolling mills above this
CITY, was cast yesterday evening, at the
foundry of r. B. Deane, Jr. & Son, weigh
ing ten tons. We are informed that this is
the largest casting ever made in Virginia.
Lynch6uy Nees.
M1sDIREcrED. letter directed to the
"Church Of God," at Portland, Me-, a few
wears ago, was returned to the General Post
Office, with the following quaint endorse
ment "Misdirected- have nothing but
sectarian churches in this place"
Mr.. J. W. Finks of Fauquier planted this
spring gallon and a half Of the Harrison"
Irish potatoe in four rows Of 40 feet each
from which he has gathered seven bushels of
fine large potatoes. An acre of good ground,
according to this remarkable yield, would
produce 1852 bushels.
Elections for Members Of the Conventioas
We have it, says the Marion Record. radi-
cal paper, from very reliable source, that
the election for delegates to frame State
constitution under the reconstruction act in
Virginia will take place on or about the 14th
Of October.
FOUND DEAD-Dr. Leyburn. young
physician of Lexington, was found dead in his
Office in that place, on Saturday morning last.
On Friday evening, he was in apparent ex-
cellent health, and attended party in town,
remaining until past II o'clock, when he re-
turned to his office, where he was found dead
as stated early the next morning.
FREAK OF NAruRE.-NIr. Edward valen-
tine, while angling Wednesday from the wharf
at the foot of King street, caught fish of
the genus osmerus, a smelt of large size,
which was favored with two perfectly formed
mouths, one above the other, and both Of
which it used with apparently equal facility.
-Alegandrio Gazette
About half past three, on last Wednesday
afternoon, our town was visited by brief
thunder storm. A fash of lightning struck
and slightly damaged one of the chimneys of
Ann Smith Academy Mr.. VIM. Wallace
who was at work, plastering in the third sto-
ry OF the building, adjacent to the chimney,
was knocked down and seriously injured by
the same fash.-Lenington Gazette.
LIEUTENANT BRAINE. Lieut.. Braine. who
is now Imprisonment at Kings county jail,
New York, received few days ago a visit
from several prominent Southerners, among
whom were General Gardner, of Tennessee
General Lorlng, of Mississippi, and Mr..
Willis, OF Charleston. It is stated that these
gentlemen have formed themselves into
committee to arrange for the defense of Braine.
and to collect the abundant evidence that
Lieut.. Bralne was, when he captured the Ches :
apeake, regular commissioned officer in the
Confederate navy.-Nev York World.
WANTED HIS RIGHTS. A negro before the
police court at Louisville, on a charge of
stealing, rather took down the concern by re-
marking, as he was marched to JAIL that if
dey didn't let niger steal little in dis dam
country, Pse gwine back to Tennessee, where
Mr.. Brownlow II see niger git his rights,
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