The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-11-25
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More earthquakes are reported in'the Pa
,ciic islands. M
Eugene gave away $4,000 in presents
onshcr recent visit to Constantinople.
DR.. LiEingstone's report of his discoveries
in Africa up to July, 1868, is published. -.
Three men of the United States steamer
Lincoln were lost recently in Behring Straits.
Hon Jefferson Davis has been elected
President Of the Carolina Insurance Compa-
ny Of Memphis. ~.
Essex county has negro sheriff, a negro
jailor, two negro postmasters and negro
magistrate. uss.sss.sz# -g.s
The French Government has ordered a
war vessel to accompany the English and "A
merican vessels conveying Mr.. Peabody re-
mains to America. ' -
. SLATE .QuARRIEs.-There are thirty Slate
Quarries in I5ehigh county; Pennsylvania,
worth 81, e00, 600, averaging upwards of
500, 900 each. ~ Z. s''A''a r. 'sF@
,sss 1t is rumored that Colonel GharlesP. Mon
cure of Culpepcr will be a scandidate for the
Presidency Of the Orange, Alexandra and
Manassas railroad at the next meeting of the
stockholders: ss,s f3si., sse'Sss.'a-ssS Ass1s>sk
Official returns from the whole State of
New York show Nelson's, majority to be 20,
566. The total vote was 641,196. Repub-
lican decrease 109, 078.s Democratic decrease,
90, 476.
Mr.. Rawlings, Internal ReYenue Collector
Of California, recently injured by the burst
ing Of a centrifugal sugar drying pan, at San
Francisco, has had his leg amputated, and
is not expected to survive. tss@~
It is said that the is. steamer Newborn
took to Alaski recently an invoice Of wiiiskcy
which was passedsas coal oil, and the profits
we're shared by Government officials An
investigationls going on. ses ;ia'4a@a
A magnificent meteor, occupying 16 sec
onds in passage. and giving a light nearly as
great as that Of the full moon, was observed
at Ithaca, N. Y, Friday evening, about half
past six o'clock. s s ss' ss7ss7s 9 1895 o9<
the lakes Thursday and the night previous
1t is said by old lake 'tsalts" to be the rough
est night they ever saw Numerous wrecks
are reported on Lake Erie and Ontario. 7'i
About fifty, negroes; from Albemarle and
Nelson counties, and forty from Lynchburg,
left Saturday afternoon for Alabama, where
they have been employed to work on a rail
road.
A. W. Noting, "a commission merchant of
Richmond, Va, was found dead in his bed
at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, on
Friday evening There were no marks of
violence. His Will was found, il his pocket
book. e zs:.,s4s..
| ColoneleE q. i. Drake; the man who first
bored for petroleum, aud, by his pluck and
perseverance, not only flooded community
with sudden riches. but increased the wealth
Of the world, died recently in 4 Connecticut
Accounts have been received Of destruo.
tive earthquake at the Philippine islands The
sea rose, buildings were thrown down, and
the loss Of property was very great. At the
port of Manila eight persons were killed and
many injured. 3 U
Ex-Governor and FIX United States Sena-
tor Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama died
in Elmore county, in that State, yesterday,
aged about seventy years. q His funeral will
take place in Montgomery to-day, when bu-
siness will be generally suspended. W
AT twenty-seyen cities in the Western
States wheat is now quoted at fifty per cent.
lower than the rates obtained before the war
when gold and silver were in circulation
The price averages about sixty two cents a
bushel. No wonder that the grain specula-
tors are suspending all over the country. /
+ A specimen of white marble, recently dis
covered by DR.. J. NJ sayder on his land in
Hampshire county, ", Va, has been present.
ed to the editor Of the Moore6eld Advertiser.
The marble is pronounced by competent
Judges very superior article It lies not
far from the contemplated location of the
Alexandra, Loudoun and Hampshire rail
road, and is said to exist in large quantities.
At the Medical Congress, held recently at
Florence, Professor Schiff maintained that
9the application of the pancreatic juice cured
cancers. The paper 10 which we owe this In
formation declares that tof the perfect efica-
cy Of this mode treating the terrible di.
sease there seems to be no doubt" This fact
should be widely known orld.
Another royal wedding in Europe is an
nounced. The high contracting parties are
Louis II, King Of Bavaria, and the Grand
Duchess Marie Alexandrowa, daughter of
the Car of Russia. This marriage has
been arranged BY the Queen Of Wurtem-
berg, auut to the fqnce. The nuptials are to
be celebrated next mouth. $50 s.s...fs
Cholera, yellow fever and smallpox arc
raging fearfully at Santiago de Cuba, three
hundred deaths having occurred from cholera
alone within the period Of thirty days. It
was found impossible to give the. dead proper
sepulture, the bodies being covered only with
"a few inches of earth. Asaconsequence the
stencil from the cemetery has almost. become
pestilence.
In the case Of Mrs. Florence, of New Or
leans against General Butler for the alleged
taking Of General Twiggs's swords and box
of $4,000 in silver at New Orleans, the case
now being tried in Now York, General b.
has been required to give bail in Sl5 000.-
He claimed that the swords had been deposit
ed at the Treasury Department, but enquiry
shows that such is not the case. sg
Information has been received from San
Antoni, Texas, November 10Th, stating that
Captain Trainer has arrived from the frontier,
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