Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-04

General Candy expresses the opinion
that the elections cannot take place ear
lier than about the first of July. The
registration will occupy much time, land
make it impossible to take the vote ear
Tier than the middle of June; but that
being in the midst of harvest, it would
be out of the question to fix it for that
time. Therefore, no day earlier than
the 1st of July can be named.
Bristol has appointed delegates to re-
present her in the Convention to be
held en- the 18th inst, at Memphis, in
the interests of immigration and Direct
Trade. 1t is about time, we suggest,
that tho Board of Trade, and the peo-
pie Of this city, were casting about for
delegates to represent them in the COM
ing Convention.
We are gratifed to learn that a
Northern company has leased a tract
of land, some six or eight miles from
Mt. jackson, on the Orkney Springs
road, for the purpose of working What
they are satisfied is fine coal field,
The operations will commence imme.
diately, and it is thought by the pros
pectors that rich yield of coal will be
the result. THE specimens of coal
found, which induced the enterprise, are
of the very finest anthracite. Other
specimens have been found in other
localities in the county.-Shenandoah
Herald.
Friday afternoon two very well
dressed gentleman entered the shipping
establishment of Herman, Coop & Co.,
No. 6 Hanover street, New York, and
after satisfying themselves that no per-
son in the Office paid any attention to
their good looks or the fashionable cut
of their clothes, paid their respects to a
cash box containing 5000 in gold coin,
and $7,6O4 in notes, drafts and checks,
with which they left the Office without
leaving their cards.
At Montgomery, twelve miles from
Cincinnati, fearful tragedy occurred
Saturday. Alonzo G. Mueller was at
dinner with his family, when Abraham
Crest, a neighbor, entered with double
barrelled shos gun. A quarrel eusued
in regard to family matters, when Crest
fred at Mueller, and the latter fell, shot
through the chest. The wound is NOR
tai. Mueller married a sister of Crest.
The latter pleads, in extenuation of his
crime, that Mueller seduced married
sister of Crest. His arrest is not re-.
ported.
The British Minister is credited with
the remark that the Chandler speech
will be Godsend to the Tory party at
bone, as they will be sure to construe
it as a menace, which the party in pow
er will be called on to resent, or else
bear the odium of submitting to it. In
any event, it will answer to inHame the
popular feeling, and put the day of set
Element farther away than ever.
The Conservative Executive Commit
tee of Washington county unanimously
recommend Robt. Ridgway, Esq, as a
candidate for Congress for the State at
large.
The Boston Post says: ga number of
disappointed office-seekers have left
Washington for Madrid to offer them
selves for the Spanish throne" So the
poor Spanish throne won't go begging
any longer.
DR.. Brown-Sequard reports a curious
case of dog which had just died hav-
ing fresh blood passed into the carotid.
The dead animal was revived, stood on
his feet, wagged his tail, and lived over
twelve hours, when he died again.