Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-15
Virginia News.


Dr Duvai, prominent ply sician Of q ,och-
land, was attending professional call, his
horse fell, throwing him TO the grou nd He
sna he ay was SIaSs 70
covered. After he was found heswas takeu
home with his feet badly frozen. besides mis-
other iniur es. Subsequently. pothot his feet
In Petersburg. a few nights since, g. lady
and gentleman were ronssd from their sleep
by the frantic bowling OF - pet log OF the lady.
fr~nzy of -hydropbobsa They remained In
bed out or the reach OF the dog until he died
in convuls,ous.
The coiored people OF stanton realized s47s
from Their tar last week to pay for the build
ing of their church ----,---
AFFAIRS IN LouDos OvusrY. VA cor.
respondent Of the Alexsndria CIyette, writing
from ISeesburg, says: - a- ia - di+]FIo
hear OF ane fiocks o: sheep in our country;
ton. OF the neighborhood OF Wooderoye. At
the foot or the Blue Ridge. There are many
more sheep in the county than there ever
wool than they used TO be. With the wool will
come the factories, and they will give emp .oy-
am told that the wages Of men near Aldie
the clothes, and . few extra good hands hire
for slf0. When the Iaborer furnishes the
clothes he gets $50: women hire generally at
~ per month, some as high as IS, and furnish
their own clothes. There is greater disposi. .
ton TO hire for the whole year. r.-. -.
In mis- town, women, who can cook, wash,
and iron, get &c per month; in the country.
mum, and good "chunks" Of boys. who can
pillow, hire for Sc per month, furnishing their
own clothes, and probably with rather less In !.
clipation 20 hire by the year. 10 49, 40
heard of one negro man. who had hired
nimseii TOT SioO per annum, who at christmas
had undrawn gill; the rest ha wing been applied
to purchase clothing, &c. Another had I'M.
r nd tt.<ar sohv
afraid he would be robbed, so he asked hts EN-
ployee to say to him that he would nav in
Leesburg next day. This was done, and he
came on conhdenfly to town with his suspected
comrade, who was ignorant all the time OF the
riches OF his fellow-traveler. .,
Ice ON THE SUsoUKHANnA.-rhe ice bridge
al this place remains solid and firm aud yehi.
cles are passing over u hourly. We noticed
within the last few days fonr -horse teams, la :
den with mill stones, passing on it, and per :
sons engaged in filling their ice houses are
daily hauling ice with fve-herse teams and
heavy wagons on the crystal bridge with per.
feetimpunity.-Wrshtsr'ue (Pa.) Star.
ga little boy in Pittsburgh, Pa. got nm
early on Christmas morning to ascertain what
Santa Claus had put in his st .cking, and m
passing the steve set his n light clothes on fire.
and was dead in a few hours
The Springfield Republican does n OF saw
iamen TO Gov. Bullocks universal suffrage
argument but II inks that sthe man who can :
rot read his ballot is no more n to vote than
the !andsman, who cannot box the Compass,
to steer ship
80 general advance has taken place in the
wages OF AGRICULTURAL laborers in the New.
market district in England. In the parish of
Woodbitton, on the estate of the Duk Ike of Rut
lano, some cottages, fitted with every domes-
TIC convenience, have been erected.
From report of the Midnight Meeting
Institution In London, we learn tina: los meet
ing nave been held attended by -, 42I untortu-
mates, OF whom $50 have been restored to
TRENDS, 1.eOO sent to service, 81 married, &c.
Ihe movement isregarded with favor and is
extending to many Of the large towns
IAN NJ. ID. has been lecturing in Peters
bnrg. Va, ON the oDisease called Love !" ~,
course he recommended matrimony as a cure