The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-03-04

WASHINGTON EXPRESS. 7--This best Of
Washington Daily News paper has changed
hands. Col. I'D. Hoover & Bro, retiring
We have been honored with an exchange for
two years and have not only received much
aid from its we'll written Editorials but deriy-
ed great pleasure from perusal of the Local
and News columns. We are pleased to state
that there is no falling off under the new man.
aggement, but on the contrary evidence of in-
creasing vigor. Long life to the Evening
Express we say. -, rr-.a--s-s . -ye.-.
VIRGINIA CORPORATION REPORTS
eral Stoneman has issued an order. directing
all officers, corporations, companies, and asso-
Citations in Virginia, required by law to make
reports and returns to the Legislature at its
annual sessions, to make the same to his head
quarters without delay. As the case now
stands, General Stoneman is Governor, and
his Staff compose the Legislative body, which
is much better than the combination we might
expect under the Underwood Constitution. :
India expects the famine scenes, Of eight
years ago. of-ef
The last Paris idea is. to cover svoloscipedes
with advertising, W. : - % - -
The French vineyards give employment to
eight million people. bo''-ss y esi i@'ea'ise
; American sewing machines have been in-.
troduced into Italy ~'1'.v'sT sAl I'd e. 5'-'
Carrier pigeons are coming into, use again
IN England and France. @4A4a!T,e r. Mad
In an Indiana Jail the female convicts out
number the males three to one la ''4 ois9''
j, Boston wants a music hall capable of hold
ing ten thousand persons:
Glass thread is now made 50 flexible that it
can be worked in sewing machine. al $3.50
Some twenty cotton factories are being put
up in Mississippi, 9', H.. f.Saaa7 =, - ss's
The frst.paper mill in Kentucky was erect
ed in 1865, near Georgetown. ta~ sfa 'ij 10
1t is said that 10000 men are engaged in
running the railroad trains on Sunday in this
country. rrst.. .Tiq.
California is sending canned salmon to tho
Eastern States. ~ 4tL.
The Turks are adopting gas, probably be.
cause they are disguised with Greece.
Over FIVE thousand horses were. killed in
Berlin last year for human food. g; segi
1t is estimated that the Hoosac tunnel will
cost Massachusetts $4,000, 900. ...
An Arizona farmer wants to sell small
farm, Of fifteen hundred thousand acres.
A. j. Going, of Clinton, La, has invented
and patented an improvement in cotton seed
planters ....,+- - ,-.-.-, .e.-;--s
At Rockville, Connecticut, two new silk
factories will soon be put in operation, and
one Woolcn mill has recently changedt to silk
factory. q.
The annual production Of sugar in the
world is estimated at 3 100000 tons, of which
1900, 900 tons are cane sugar
Members of the New York Legislature
found on each of their desks the other morn.
ing large cake of soap. Whether an ad-
vertisement or hint, does not appear
The Emperor of Austria has sent a mag
nificent missal, enriched with exquisite minia.
lures, as a presentto the Pope. abs&
A soldiers monument is about to be erected
in Detroit, Michigan. The statuary portion
OF the monument was modelled in Rome and
is to be cast in bronze, in Germany 'i"-'f
Quincy Wards statue Of the "Indian
Hunter has been presented to the Commits
sioners of the Central Park, New York, by a
Of gentlemen who parchascd it for
that purpose 20
Since 1850 the increase in cost of food
clothing and shelter for families in cities,
towns, and villages in the United States has
been about l78 per cent, and the average in
crease Of wages only SO in 60 per cent.
The United States, in 1868, used ,225, 900
tons Of railroad iron, of which 100000 were
and525 600 tons manufactured in
the States.