Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-01
NEWS ITEMS.

Considerable difference ofopinion pre-.
walls, 1t appears, among the leading
men In the South in regard to the time
Of holding the elections in Virginia, Mis-
sissippi, and Texas. Some favor an i'm
mediate election; others want it post.
poned until the middle of summer,
while others again wish it postponed
until late in the fall The President
has not yet made up his mind which
the will be the best, but will soon as.
certain the fact and ISSUE his order ac-
cordjngly.
The National Dress Reform Associa-
ton met in. Washington Wednesday.
and among the speakers was Doctress
Lydia Seyre Hasbrouck, of Syracuse.
who made sharp and spirited attack
Of considerable length upon President
Grant because be had refused to see
Mrs. DR.. Walker until she wore the
usual costume of her sex. At the con
clusion Mrs. DR.. Walker announced
that Mrs. Hasbrouck had her premises
all wrong. President Grant had never
said it, but President Lincoln had re .
marked that he was afraid to see a wo.
mau who wore pants.
The Stanton Spectator has the fol-
lowing, which will be read by farmers
and others, with interest and profit:
The railing and paling of the enclo-
sure to the residence of Hon. A. H. H.
Stuart, which his father had put up in
1892, are sound at this time. The rails
and pales were made of yellow pine and
the ends of the rails were dipped in boil
ing oil, and oil was brushed over the
other portions before they were painted.
This treatment and the character of the
timber used accounts for the preser va
ton of the fence for such long time.
Senator Wilson was publicly received
by the Springfield armorers in Massach.
usetts Monday, and spoke upon the sub
ject of the eight hour law and his recen
letter. He promised to bring it to thu
attention of President Grant, and hoped
that he would settle all disputes by
general order at an early day. The
Senator pledged Congress for decision
| at the next session,
| The arrival of "a special agent of tn,
Government, sent some time since t,
Cuba to ascertain the condition of affair
in the island, is daily looked for. Th
action CT the Government, it is said, will
depend to some extent upon the repor
made by the agent, who is gentleman
in whom the Administration places i'm
plicit confidence. The report is looked
tor with considerable interest.
On looking over the papers of
wealthy lady who lately died in New
York, paper was discovered stating
that two pots Of money were buried ii
the cellar. On unearthing them, on
was found to be filed with gold and To-
other with green-backs, the Who'll
amounting to 100000.
A Washington correspondent SAYS i,
may interest newspaper men to know
That Senator Sprague has an organ O
bis own. 1t is reported in we'll informed
circles here, that he is now the princi
pal, if not the sole owner of the Nation
al Intelligencer, having within the las
few weeks paid mortgage on that es
tabli: hment to the amount OF $48 900
The Mont Gems tunnefhas penetrated
through the quartz, and has come to
stratum of soft stone, which is so easily
worked that it is now expected that th,
time for opening the line may be set si7
months earlier than heretofore.
A Southern paper says that a turkey
gobier weighing forty-seven pounds
having five distinct boards from tire
to seven inches long, and also with
crown on his head three inches long ha
been shot in Helena Louisiana.
The President has learned of so man,
cases in which he has been imposed
upon, aud persuaded TO make appoint
ments of persons either untitled for thu
positions obtained, or having no claim
to them, that be has determined t.
cause all such cases to be reviewed anc
corrected. The probabilities for mum
! Der of changes are exec lent.
| We understand that the cars on thu
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad will run
daily from Richmond to Covington on
and after the first day Of May, and
farther west as the road progresses. By
the first of July the cars will run to the
White Sulphur Springs.
The masl steamer from Rio Janeiro
has arrived. The allied forces in Para.
quay We're making preparations for a
final attack upon President Lopez and
expected to be ready to advance into
the interior before the end of April.
The Goldsboro Messenger announces
the fact that Maj. VIM. A. Hearne, late
Of the North Carolinian, will probably
connect himself with the Editorial De-
partmens of the Messenger in May next.
There are al pupils connected with
the N. c., State Institution of the Deaf,
Dumb and the Blind, in Raleigh.
An Iowa paper states that as a re.
suit of Anna Dickinson's late lecture
in Des Moines lady has been working
at the timers trade. She will 60 into
the horseshoeing business next, and
won't care tinker's blessing what PEG.
pie think about it, either.