Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-02-03
News ITEMS


In the Georgia Senate yesterday, bill
was introduced rasifying the annexation
of West Florida.
A little child of Mr. Monkeys wa
severely burned about the face. Sunda,
uorniug last playing with match, it Sc
fire to its apron. - BerhLey Union.
BANK-There is some talk of a ''nev
Bank being established in Winchester
with caoito. of 100000. The NOR
the better. --Clrke Courier.
Reports describe the late storm on tn
plains as the most fearful ever experienced
Seven men were irozen dead between
Pembina aud Fort Abe.crcUboe on Sun
| day. On the 10th the thern eme,er wa'
IS degrees below zero.
tbs WHEAr-We are informed b,
those who have excellent oppot.t us'tie
for knowing that the growing wheat zen
orally is looking extremely well. Coz
grant US another good harvest Hinches
ter News.
The House of Representatives on Thurs
day passed bill to amend the Virgins
admission act SO as to provide that mem
bers of the Virginia State Government.
may take an affirmation in cases where
scruples of conscience prevent them from
taking the usual oath. This for the bene-
fit of +. lend Crenshaw, We suspect
|
Prince Aathur started on his round of
sightseeing in New York last night hy
attending II freman's ball at the Acade-
my OF Music. During the week he goes
through programme of dinners and re-
ceptlons, and leaves New York on Satur-
day.
OuR New RAILROAD. The early com
pletion Of the Fredericksburg aud Char
lottesvilIe railroad is now beyond doubt.
The iron for the track is arriving almost
daily, and it is certain that the cars will
be running on a part of the road by the
last of the summer. and more than likely
by the first of July.-Frctlerieksburg
ledger.
Major Kuper and his assistants at the
Office of the principal assistant engineer of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad are very
busily engaged preparing for the com
mencement of work all along the route
Roaote Republican
When the doors Of the debtors prison
we're opened in England, January 1st,and
the inmates permitted to 60 free, under
the operation Of the new law agains:
imprisonment for debt, one man, named
"Barnacles," who had been incarceratcd
for twenty seven years, went cut COM
pletely dazed.
A new disease, a stranger heretofore to
this country. has broken out in New York
city. sis called the "relapsing fever"
and has boon quite common in Europe. =
Though the fever is very violent in its
SYMPTOMS, it is not attended with great
mortality. Several cases have been de-
tected in the hospitals.
A bin confirming and amending the
charter of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road Company was unanimously passed by
the Senate of the Wheeling Legislature
on Tuesday. The bill goes to the House,
which will pass it of course. 1t gives the
new company more time in which to
complete the western end of the road.
The time granted by the charter is nearly
at an end
The Georgia House of delegates yes
terday, by vote of sixty-six to City six,
decided to qualify and seat those persons
who received the next highest vote to
those members whe were declared ineligi-
BILE and those whose seats were declared
vacant by Gen. Terry. Nine were sworn
in yesterday. of whom three were colorcd
men.
Free Ride.-A little negro boy, appa-
rently between twelve and fifteen years of
age, got free ride yesterday from Rich
mond to Gordensyille by getting under
one of the coaches and lying on the truck
the whole distance. The same amount of
exertion he had to use in sticking to the
truck, if properly expended, would have
purchased his ticket. Charlottesville
Oh -cnicle 29th.
FATAL ACCIDENT. John r. Piper, Of
this town, freight Conductor OH thes b.
& o. r. e. was accidentally killed on
Saturday morning last. He was upon the
top of car attending to his duty when
the train passed under the bridge over
North Branch, his head coming in contact
with the. bridge he was hurled to the track,
killed him Instantly.
He leaves widow and several small
cbillreD to mourn his loss. Berhley
Union.
The Hartford Courant has news from
Mr. Keep, Consul at Athens, of the
total destruction by earthquake on the
morning of December 90, of the town of
Santa Maura, on one of the IAnian Islands
Of that name At the date of theiadvices,
January l. ten dead and City wounded
men had been taken from the runs
| There is not house left standing. The
survivors slept in the open air or under
tents,