Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
News. Items.


A new hat has just made its appear
ance. and ii called the Nilsson.
The. Prussiaas regard tie Americans
in Paris only as PARISHES. ~ = a : =
King William asks no Favres from tue
French.
All the German female babies this
year will be named Augusta.
The city gas works Of Paris have been
cut off. Victor Hugo. however, is in the
city.
Stanton river was higher on last Sun
day than it has been for twenty years
before. Chatham Tribune.
A steam road wagon pulled fifteen tons
with ease on the race-course at Patterso n,
N. j. 7t 20 p
The proprietors Of Mayo's bridge at
Richmond say that they will replace it
within 80 days by 6rm iron structure.
1t is said now the amount of damage
done by the late food to O., A. & NJ. r.
R., will be about $50 900. iF 49,
Mile Nilsson, the great musical attrac-
ton of the day, will apper ia two concerts
in Washington, on the evenings Of the
| Goth and 21st instant. 1~ =. -'
| A late dispatch from. Lexington re-
ports the continued Improvement of Gen
eral Lee, who has now sufficiently reeoy-
cred to sit up in his chair ae4 ,..ess.-
| A Mrs. Hirects, Of Chicago, died,
apparently, yesterday morning under
mysterious circumstances. = A post morten,
resulted in the discovery that she was in
trance, in which state she still lies
Considerable alasra prevails In New
VI, * concerning tho yellow fever. Gases
of ,ho epidemic still occur in the city, and
IA Roo, of Health is adopting strin-
cent measur es to prevent Its spread.
R.,u,,onn ~ p PogoMAo. RAILROAD
1t is stated that the Das'l'ne ,,,' anu fo'o-
mac Railroad Compa.'ny " w p nes repair i.
the Long bridge over %n y aa uoI nno al
Washington, but will builos .n u 49, az a.
once that will withstand aliFl. "u'e A1'0a o.
PARDON OF THE FENIANs.-It. " s s"3so
that the President has decided to N az =
all the Fenian prisoners engaged in =.
late Canada raid, and by the 10th o.
October it is expected they will all be
free, Gen. O'Nell among the rest.
Not content with sending false accounts
of interviews with the ex-Emperor Napo-
leon, the correspondents of European
papers now write long mapifestoes and
letters, and append his name to them. =
This is wholesale forgery. % = =
A valuable discovery, tending to no
less important en- advance than. the pho=
tograhing spots on the sun without wait
ing for an eclipse, and as frequently as
may be desired, is detailed in the letters
of Professor Young, Of Dartmouth Col
lege.-Nep York Tribune.
The Richmond Dispatch received on
Wednesday telegram from New York
announcing that the gold exchange, by
unanimous vote, have appropriated S.
600 for the benefit of the sufferers iu
Firglnis by the regent food.
The Stats of Alabama has bsen con-
stituted separate military district, under
command of General w. S. Crawford and
ten additional companies of troops have
bern ordered there. 81 ''''' az ''"'-
The citizens Of Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York are taking measures
to extend relief to the sufferers By the
great freshet in Virginia, The mayor of
New York has oalleda meeting for the
purpose.
Patric Woods, sentenced By a majority
of the House of Representatives to be-, i'm
prisoned in the Jail of the District of Col
umbia as other criminals are for three
months, was discharged from his incarcer-
ton yesterday the three months having ex-
PRED. re-. ........ H. -
Gov. Walker has addressed message
to the Virginia Legislature. urging it: to
take the prompt measures for the relief of
the suffering produced in the State by
the late floods in the James and the
Shenandoah rivers; to form relief COM
mittee to collect and distribute funds to
the most needy and suffering. 49,
We mentioned briefly yesterday the fact
that the famous Mrs. e. A. Pollard had
become Insane and been sent to lunatic
asylum. The cause assigned was the
publication of a sensation article in a New
York police chronicle, which reflected
damagingly upon the character and repu-
tation of the lady Washington RepuJ-
licdn. =
General Imboden, of Virginia, suggests
through the New York papers that Gov.
Walker and the Legislature of Virginia,
now in session, be selected as the agents
for the distribution of the. means that
may be contributed from New York or
any other city Or State for the aid of those
who have been left suddenly sdestitute by
these late appalling inandati!ons.
The New York Herald estimates that
al area Of France equal, perhaps, to that
of the State of New Yorh,, has been laid
waste or exhausted Of it s cattle, sheep,
swine, breadstuffs and forage, by the great
hostile armies operating therein. land still
the work Of dessolation gods on. From
the Rhine to the Seine. the inhabitants,
by thousands, are left destitute 7or very
nearly destitute. 4as = a''.' =
Rewards for special acts II courage are
advertised in the German papers. One
paper has list of these prizes which ex-
tend through several columns The re-
wards comprise recompenses in money.