The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-09-02
General News.

General News.
The round of domestic life-A hoopskirt
The Rothschilds have como into possession
of the finest blue diamond in Europe.
The United Kingdom Temperance and
General Provident Society has a capital of
9990,000
General Terry and Elijah Poage, Esq, ad
dressed large Conservative meeting at Salem
few days ago.
Seven of the new (iron clad) police of Will
mington. N. c., were suspended last week tor
neglect Of duty, &c.
Twenty five experts from Canada in the game
of Lacrosse, are expected in New York from
Montreal next week.
Mr. Tennetemple, connected with the New
York Stats Zeitung has mysteriousy disap
peared Foul play is feared.
Several Of the Ncw'To rk bricklayers have
hecn arrested by the master nlasons, in order
to test the law against strikers.
We overheard bachelor remark the other
day that he was bound to get wlfe-and
young one at that lie should get the wife
first
Man does not know woman, but thinks he
does, and tells her he does, Woman does
know man, and thinks she does, but tells him
she does not.
On Friday, at Alexandra, JOS. Padgett, a
bricklayer, was seriously injured by the falling
oc ic bro t1or leo INIT
not seriously.
It is stated that a young man has found in
a corn husk mattress on San Padre Island,
Texas, a casket containing diamonds and enc
raids worth 100000
On the occasion of the forming Of Sey-
mour and Blair club at Littleton, N. G., on
Saturday last, eighty FIVE negroes enrolled
their names as members.
Feeling Baptist ministers for performing the
sacrament of baptism is the newest thing In
Philadelphia. A clergyman lately had a $50
greenback for a service Of this kind.
Great success has attended the trial OF the
new submarine telescope on the river Euro in
France. Very small objects were distinctly
visible at great distance under water.
A man in Birmingham, Conn, recently fell
from scaAolding distance Of thirty feet and
struck upon his head, which penetrated the
ground as far as his ears, but he was not much
hurt by the accident.
The Georgetown Is. CD Times says that
the carpet-bag member Of the Legislature
from that district, has been arrested for biga-
my, and in default of sufficient bail now occu-
pies apartments in the Georgetown Jail.
Saratoga should be pious village. The
town is running over with ministers. There
are twenty seven at one hotel. They are de-
signated as the pious brigade. AS a rule their
hotel bills are paid by wealthy parishioncrs.
The residence Of Mr. R. S. Webb, in the
fork Of Black river, S. c. with all its contents,
was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday
week last. The family had barely time to
escape from the burning building without
saving anything.
The Hindoo priest, about to baptise an in-
FAINT, utters the following sentiment: 'sLittle
baby, thou entered Into the world weeping,
while all around thee smiled. Contrive so to
live that thou mayest depart in smiles while
all around thee weep"
Thus far Mrs Gaines is said to have recov-
cred but $4,000 of the vast property of
IS 100000 awarded her by decision Of the
Supreme court The portion recovered belong
ed to the estate of John Slidcll, and was sur
rendered because it had been conhicatcd
An engineering firm in San Francisco, wish
ing to discover the depth to which pile could
be driven in the mud, which once formed the
bed of the bay, sank one on top Of another
until thu depth Of 106 feet was reached, when
they stopped for want Of more pile to pay out.
AN IMMENSE BANNER-Thc Seymour
and Blair flag of the New York Democratic
Club, is the largest banner in the world. It is
fifty feet long and thirty feet wide. The por-
traits of Seymour and Blair are six times as
large as life. Ihe names are painted in
letters four feet long
A correspondent Of the Lo,i3on STIR draws
attention to the fact that Milton more than
two hundred years ago mentioned in his
"Comus" the American drink Of mint julep"
in the following lines:
sand first behold this cordial julsp here,
That flames and dances in his crystal bounds,
With spirits of balm and fragrant syrups mixed,
A man was in photographers the other
day. when it was the hottest, to sit Tor PIC
ture elbow long will have to wait? he
inquired. Only minute while we prepare
the plate" replied the operator. "Plate,
calculated the sitter, wiping rivers Of perspirs-
tion from his face, IF keep on sweating like
- I have fri