The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-11-11
News items.

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Tight pants have had their day. They
are going out of fashion.
Rich gold mines are said to have been
discovered in Sonora, Mexico.
= There were seven murders and suicides
in San Francisco city the past week.
A shock of earthquake was felt at Heads
burg, CAL, Friday.
John A. Freeman has been appointed post
master at Lexington, Va.
Louisville makes l 500 barrels of flour a
day and 6, 400, 900 gallons Of whiskey year.
The young lady pupils Of Evanston Col
lcge have base ball club.
A Norfolk gentleman has presented Gen
eral Lee with cane made from one Of the
ribs of the Merrimac.
Forty-eight lives have been lost by acct
dent at the Ohio river bridge since work
upon it was begun.
Buckwhcat cakes will be scarce this winter
as the crop of buckwheat has been materially
damaged. --s
The Aspinwall steamer Alaska arrived
at New York Saturday, bringing about
$4,000 in gold from California.
/ The steamship Hanover, from Bremen,
brings $50 Germans from Texas. The re;
mainder Of her passengers stay in Louisiana.
The "midpight mission" established by
good ladies IN Berlin, has failed, because of
the incorrigible wickeduess Of :aen.
A lady in Rochester wants second MARI
apes forbidden by -la%-on account Of the
otherwise confusion in the spirit world.
Anna Dickinson gravely offended a Boston
audience recently by dwelling at length upon
| the true objects of marriage.
Poor whiskcy is called 'ffteenth amend
ment," because it's hard to swallow, and
doesn't amount to anything after it's down.
California has developed new industry
It ships bales of chapparal leaves to China,
where they are boxed up and sent back as tea
The church bells at Newburyport, Massa
chusetts, were tolled for an hour on Friday
in respect to the memory of the late Mr.. Pea
body.
A lady died in Cory, Penn, on Friday,
from the effects of chloroform administered
by dentist. She had been subject to heart
disease.
! A fellow in Omaha was fined only FIVE dol
lars Tor compelling his wife, girl Of seven
teen, to enter house of i'll fame patronized
by negroes 4.
A terrible gale with rain and sleet, pre-
vailed at Buffalo, N. Y, Friday, and it is
feared that much damage has been done
en- Lake Erie. @ sa a3
The Illinois Constitutional Convention
will be composed of AZ Republicans, 30
Democrats, Conservatives and l hide
pendent.
| At Cannelton, Indiana, few days ago, a
youth named H. Stanley CLARK committed SUI
icide because his mother would not give him
money to attend the Greensboro fair.
Governor Stafford, of Arizona, has issued
a proclamation calling for volunteers
against the Indians. The troops will be
armed and equipped by the territory.
Mr.. Peabody leaves sister, Mrs Daniels,
formerly Mrs. Russell, of Georgetown He
has several nephews and nieecs, to all Of whom
he has been very generous. e
Texas gentlemen are losing their old pro-
6ciency with the pistol A Galveston editor
has been shot at 81 times within short pc
riod, and not once hurt 1
Everybody in Chenoa, Illinois, is lawyer,
and the effect is seen in seventeen suits in
court. the other day, involving the total sum
Of $215.
The only guest at the wedding of Bishop
Simpsons daughter who did not contribute
a present, was President Grant. He evident
y believes it is better to receive than to give
An exchange says The new Secretary Of
War, Blknap, cannot be much; for he ex-
tolls Stanton as an honest man. How about
the murder Of Mrs. Surratt? Birds Of a
feather.
The British schooner Frank, from San Do.
mlngo for Boston, has arrived at Province
town, Mass, with all hands sick of yellow
fever. The mate and one seaman had died
at sea-
| During the last fiscal year about 900 600
acres of public lands were entered under the
homestead and other laws. yielding the Gov
eminent between four and five millions Of
dollars.
Dispatches from Florence announce
that King Victor Emanuel is dying. The
Prince and Princess of Naples have been
summoned to his bedside, and have left
for Florence.
The papers continue to publish stories con-
corning the reported marriage, now said to be
near at hand. of Mrs. Mary Lincoln, widow
of the deceased President, to Count Scheid-
enbuntzen. grand chamberlain to the Grand
Duke of Baden. #s"
According to the Chicago and Cincin-
natl papers, there is no perceptible abate-
ment in the financial pressure in that quar-
ter. The low price of grain discourages
the farmers, and business prospects gene
rally are represented as anything but cheer
full.
These who saw Boyd's scurrilous and boast
full letter to the New York Herald, dated at
Warrcnton, will be amused (but not greatly
surprised) to learn that when the letter was
pcnned he had already sold out his office and
left Warrenton. Colonel Mosby of course
did not follow him, nor notice his letter.
Several more bodies from the wreck of