The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-11-24

An iron river steamboat, the first Of the
kind, has just been launched at Cincinnati,
and the newspapers there believe this is step
in what will be revolution in the water craft
of the Western rivers, greatly reducing the
danger and cost Of transportation.
James Kelly, wealthy and respectfully
connected citizen of New York, has been ar
rested and bailed in $4,000, on charge Of
burglariously entering residence adjoining
his own, and stealing 81 900 worth of cloth
ing, part of which was found in his bedroom.
Mr.. John N. Hill, was killed last evening
about sunset while returning home. 1t seems
that he was in company with Mr.. Vowel, and
bantered him for race. Hills horse fell,
breaking his (Hips) neck, He leaves three
children. He lost his wife some four Or five
years ago. Cuzpeper Observer.
| Miles johnson, colored man, Of Charles
town, W. Va, was to have been married on
Wednesday night, and on Tuesday evening
preceding, whilst near the Opequon, had the
sad misfortune to lose his footing and fall into
cave, where he was compelled to remain I'M.
| til Friday, when he was taken out by several
| gentlemen, who were out hunting.
The washington Star says that ia pretty
strong sentiment seems to be developing lat
tefly in favor of a Western man for the Com
missionership of Internal Revenue, on the
ground that that section Of country pays the
largest proportion of the taxes raised under
the revenue law.
Mr.. Chief Justice Chase continues to i'm
prove, and be is now able to take daily exer
else by which his physical condition is much
strengthened Mr.. Justice Nelson has SO far
recovered that he had engaged his apartments
| for the winter, from the 28th of this month,
when he expects to reach Washington.
! The question whether wife can sue her
husband has been recently decided in an Iowa
court. It seemed that husband borrowed
nae thousand dollars from his wife and then
desersed her. The wife sued to recover the
money tie husband dcmurred on the ground
that a wife cannot sue her husband. The
Court oyerruleo the demurrer and gave dam
ages for plaintiff.
The female suffrage agents ii Missouri have
opened the campaign by appolntl2g commit
tee to wait on the Governor elect, BOWL 70
ascertain his views on the subject OF extend
ing the ballot to women, aud to endeavor t.
induce him to allude to the question III his
inaugural message. A women's convention.
will be held at the capital this winter with a
view to influencing legislation in their favor.
The statues of Sir Walter Scott and Pro-
fessor Wilson, in Edinburgh have been pain
ted over and disfgured with black and white
paint, evidently wretchcd attempt at practi-
cal joking. The magistrates have offered
reward of G100 for the detection Of the perpe-
traitors of the outrage. I'VE could not have
believed such an outrage possible.]
When John Saxon, editor of tho Canton
Repository, the oldest paper in Ohio, heard
Of the battle Of Sedan and the capture of the
Emperor, he wrote and published the account
of the event in column parallel with re-
print of the account he wrote and published
in the same paper OF the surrender Of Napo-
leon at Waterloo in 1915. He is the only
editor probably in the world who has written
of the exit of both Napoeons in the same pa
per.
Secretary Fish has submitted to an "inter-
view" regarding the European situation. He
thinks the attempt of Russia to abrogate the
treaty Of 1856 for the neutrality of the Black
Sea will not necessarily result in war, but that
present complications may find solution in a
Peace Congress of all the European Powers,
&C., &c. His Thoughts" and his thinking"
amount to no more than those Of any other in
telligent man.
A gentleman from Little Rock, Arkansas,
estimates that there are now twenty five thou
sand acres of good cotton standing in that i'm
mediate neighborhood, ready to be picked, but
that cannot be until midwinter, owing to the
absolute impossibility of securing labor The
price offered is Ct and quarter, to ct. and
a half per pound for picking. A good hand
will make from fifteen hundred to eighteen
hundred pounds week, and the best field
hands used to make considerably more than
the maximum.