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

PERsoNAL.-Gen. ]. Bankhead Magruder is De
lscturng in the lower Valley " Maxmillian ~,
and Carlotta."i, -..t- .f.t 5.5s. -
VERY STRANaH.-To a schoolboy with book ~,
under arm and cigar in his mouth going to school
Whose to blame the teacher or the boy parents
REVENUE Appo1xrMEsr.-Wm. n. Frenger; has -,
been appointed Internal Revenue Storekssper for -
the sixth District of Virginia. salei o. I'd 4
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TsxpzRAscE-Jas W. Baldwin, Esq, will de- ~ ~
liver an address before the members of Council -.
No Al, on next Friday night. r M -
A North Carolina boy made $500 worth of to- -,
bacco by work in holidays and odd hours out Of
school. Some of OFF Virginia boys could smoke -,
it up. ., ri. s-.,f p,7.5 i.-qsfa ....7 Il 49,.
John II. Crist caught trout in the North Fork -,
of thesshenandoah river, Timberville, Rock 80
ingham county, Va, several days ago, which -,
measured IS inches, in length. q, .-e.a-I ~,
DEE P SNow.-A drover who crossed the ALLIE
ghanies last week, reports nearly two feet -
deep on level ground, with tremendous drifts in
some places. % .,-5,- g., -5..4, re- ~,
osIIf2 ra, wraht la,.rs, - d;s,oi;on ins
died lately al his residence in Clark county, Va 49,
Previous te the war, he the law partner Of
Gen. F. ?. Blair. He was 60 years old. ,sls.t Ia,
Ws understand that warrant for the arrest of 80
woman, was issued in Craig last week, at the an
instance Of her own son. for stealing corn, and wi
that the husband of the woman paid lawyer for an
writing it.--FTacasle Herald. 2 a4snsD EIu3 Il {
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DISTINGUISHED N1s1roR.-Gen. j. C. Breckin- u
ridge arrived here Monday and was the guest =,
Of Gen. John Echols He left for Lexington en- %
Tuesday. .s,sfa-rlscsss eide ?, sEaaffs sss. sh
1t isla saying that the lower order Of ie'
animals have not the vices of man yet tits GER co
tain that some of the insects are back biers, and
ali thequadrupeds are tale-bearers. Nee q. -
OLD iJuBAL.--We learn that this old war-worn III
veteran will visit the Valley ere long, and that IN
he will spend some time in Stanton With his io
friends .-s5 - = - qu
PERsoTAL--A. F, qCruchfeld, formerly Of the f.
Petersburg Express, and more recently of the
Richmends Literary Psstime, is publishing, se
we understand sprightly evening paper in Bal 10
timore. Il ~ G. 90 81.
In Norfolk the "bully swing has taken the T.
place of the " Grecian bend :; in Staunton they DR.
have the ''jolly twist = here we have the Shsng
hai-chicken after a-blue bottle-hy strut-the la
test agony in the fashionable world.-Rockiaghdm to-
Register. Z ~ sz =ls atla -"e4aArfS "a a 80 q"
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CArAnousT. Ones Of these yarmints was killed
in Fu!tzs woods last Friday by Thomas Jefferson 81
colored sportsman of this place. He measured 81
three feet in length, and was saucy looking n'
chap. @ or
Lovs.-A7 matter of-fact philosopher asserts I'M
that Glove is 10 domestic life what butter is to IA
bread-!t possesses little nourishment in ITSELF CO
but gives substantials grand relish without Els
which they would be hard to swallow as
DEATH OF P1ous CoLoHEs M.x-Some weeks
since an aged coered man. named Louis Martin,
we'll known throughout the Valley as a preacher Z,
in the coered Methodist church, and aifxure of ~
Winchester, departed to his long home He =.
polite and harmless old man, and respected In
alike by his white and colored friends.--News ne
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VALLEY yRAILRoAD:--Fro rom what can learn, N,
She feeling of the people of Craig county like
some of our own counymen anxious for the road dis
to run in their section and it being evident that SIC
there cannot be two lines may expect dead ist,
lock on Projcct.@ ,4lfo2 7ai ="- '+ go
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AaKicuLruRAL FAiK.-Tuesday, the second day E
Of November next, has been fixed upon as the mir
nrs' gay Oh the Annual FAR OF the Virginia Ag- 9th
riculturalssociety for 1859. The Richmond pa chs
pers publish the Committees recently appointed in
to award the distinctions in every department of
exhibition at the coming fair. +: S.. = IS ssd he's
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LAMP ExrLos1os.-A kerosene lamp in tn.
hands of our townsman, DR.. James II. Harris,
exploded on Friday night last burning and lac ou'
Grating his hand seriously. It that the oil see
In thesamp was low, and the wick short and in goo
sndeavoring to make extremes meet by shaking
the lamp, the result was an explosion. Too great ,
cannot be taken in the Of kerosene as at =
present manufactured Rockingham Register. ma
HorsE AND BARN BURSISa.-Nearly every day gar
Of late we notice some farmers property has ado
been destroyedby fire, and general thing all DIES
is lost: Few are insured, for they imagine that ana
because they do not live in town there is no use ea,
going to ahe expense. Get your property in va,
surea and thenyo can rest better Itdon't cost he
much, and may save all '-'-3 ..5--l..I nor
G.2a ltl = N'. I'd say
CoUeH, CeLp,- HoARsENEss SoRE THROAT in
and all diseases of the throat which ought to be .
checked with simple remedy, if neglected Of va
ten terminate seriously Few are aware of the ~
Importance Of stopping a cough or slight cold
That which in the beginning would yield to a l
mild remedy, if not attended to- soon attacks the
lungs Fer sale by Druggists and all prominent VIII
Storekeapers BELLS ExrKcToRANr taken in Doc
time, will cure the above diseases. .,--I415y arc
-. - ant
Rev. George B. Taylor has been appointed a ana
Chaplain OF the University of Virginia. his ap exc
poinment to date from the LIST of October next tho
Mr. Taylor has endeared himself closely with are
only the members Of his congregation, but all ~ ~
Others who have been brought in contact with TE
him. by his genial and pleasant manners, well and
az Christian denortmest and b;a d.na-turo -,l ach
o.,a. ,.;uauao1 80 - - - rec
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A Nxws MEDICAL AGEkr.-A correspondent of the
the New York Post states that the application of the
sied dry earth to suppurating wounds and sores
has been tried with most wonderful success at the
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia The