Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-25
NEWS

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Father Hart, of St. Patrick's Church,
New Haven, Connecticut, who is about
to attend the Ecumenicai Council, has
beer. presented by his people with
thousand dollars to defray the expenses
OF the trip. &c.. e.ss4l' ~ a4s'
A sheriff's officer. i'll executing writ
against the goods of an Ascending
debtor in AmbyvIlle, Canada, seized the
artificial teeth of the debtors wife while
they were temporarily removed from
her mouth.
The total number of scholars 10 Min
nesota, returned by the superintendent
of public instruction, is 1923, 1876, and the
total smount of school money apportion-
ed thereon is $96,867. ~ & 1H.
The total grain receipts at Alexandra,
Va, last week will foot up nearly 80,
900 bushels, making the receipts for
August SO far in the neighborhood of
5000 bushels.
An editor abiding to the demand for
female suffrage, female doctors and fe-
male clergyman, remarks that another
want presents itself, that of female wo-
men 7s ia ia0F
Mr.. w. r.. Axdson, an old cit zsn of
Madison county, Tenn, committed sui
eide by hanging himself on Wednesday
last. He was 10 his SD year. ..',..e.
The Cape Fear river, between
Fayetteville and Wilmington, N c., a
DISTANCE of 160 miles, has beeu unnavi-.
gable for one or two weeks, owing to
the low stage of the water. i}-l
Mr.. j. L. Pennington, late of Raleigh,
N. c., has been elected president Of the
Eufala and Opelika (Ala. J railroad.
The Gar has banished The stern faith
er from Russian novels by declaring
that no girl shall be made to marry ANY,
body she does not like E e1sf q',s.
The street cleaning of Chicago costs
over $1,000 per mile every year by a
contract made by the city with a priv.
ate individual. Iiaii i.'s't eli
In New Albany, Indiana, seventy five
buildings are in process of erection.
among them two elegant churches. se
There is an enormous amount of
Nicolson pavement now in process of
construction in Chicago. ts. 49,
MI Annapolis, Nd, August 22d WIN.
Brogden, colored. made two attempts to
outrage the person OF Miss Alice Lake. a
young lady residing near this city about
two O'Clock this morning. Brogdrn also
attempted 10 kill Miss Lakes father
The perpetrator has been caught and
committed Jail 7-fti.:e 800 ga +.
Hartford, August % .--Mariin Nc
Guire, a laborer, attempted to murder
bis wife this forenoon by cutting her
throat. They had quarrelled about
some property which they owned in
common. Mrs. Mcclure is alive this
evening, and thera are hores she will
recover. The husband walked leisurely
away after committing the deed, and is
still at large. aa lds.t4.ss s-.s Bile
Fall River, Mass, August 21.-At a
meeting of the manufacturers of this city
last night it was determined to run al
factories but three days Ia tho week.
This will put over twelve Thousand
spindles on half time.
New York, August 22.-It is an
ounced that new increased tariff Of
freight charges on the railroads to the
West, goes into effect to-day, and the
ruinous competition between these two
roads is terminated by The companies.
louisville, August 22.-The three
companies of State militia, numbering
in all about IS men, left this morning
for Lebanon, Ky, to be distributed in
the lower counties, where the regulators
have been depredatng. a- -4
Commodore Vanderbilt was married.
Sa turday morning, at London, Canada,
to Miss Frank Crawford, daughter of
Robert L. Crawford, of Mobile. Au-
gustus Schell, of New York, and super
inlendent Tillinghast, of the New York
Central railroad, were the only persons
:
present. a a. 44se ss1l
In an ARRAY in Nav York on Satur-
day between Captain Foss, of tho stea A.
mer Pacific. and some boys who were
stealing lime from the ship, John
Harrison, a wealthy junk dealer and
girl named Della Adams were fatally
shot by Captain Foss. Xxx 80,
Weldon & Hughes's bleaching estab-
lishment, at Frank ford, Philadelphia, was
totally destroyed by fire on Saturday -
Loss $25, 900. The firemen were unable
to do anything for want of water, the
frankfort creek having dwindled into a
mere puddle. 'eai
The United States sloop of war Ports
mouth and the gunboat Kansas were at
Rio Janeire July 26th. All well. H.
The Chicago Tribune says there is
but little doubt that the terrible little
parasite, the "trichina." has made its
way to Chicago y 's@ .staaa' %
The Chinese in New York wept at
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