The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-04-20
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Capt. John Martin, of North Garden, AL
bemarle county, died very suddenly on Thurs.
day last.
Logan Synder, living near Salem, Va, had
his hand sawed off with circular saw last
week.
| In Illinois it is fashionable for the woman
(not the many to apply for the marriage Ii
censs.
Strawberries were sold in Chicago this
week at 81 SO per pint. They came from
southern Illinois. es
Several persons were frozen to death in
Nebraska during binding storm on Mon
day.
Mr.. B. F Butler it seems, now Figures
in the House of Representatives almost ev-
cry day. Mr.. Farnsworth is down upon him
again.
One hundred miles of the California ard
Oregon railroad, from the Columbia river
southwark, will be completed by the first Of
May.
!, Tom Bour, notorious colored rough, Of
wa.h;not,,, was drowned about thirty miles
aoun tho potomas fro."' that city on Satur-
day last. s,sg
| New Orleans has subscribed S14, 6Co 70 en-
dow the Louisiana professorship OF modern
languages in Washington and Lee pr::TTss.sssii-
ity, Virginia. b49
/ The "dead lock" in the New York Legisla-
ture having for the present, been obyiated
another obstruction Of the same kind exists
in the Pennsylvania Legislature
| The number of Germans expelled from
France during the war is $4,000. These
10000 demand on an average three thous-
and francs indemnify for their involuntary
exile. 46 ~
| Two negro men got into seuf1e about a
piece of cheese, in Rockbridge county, last
week, when the "snatcher' struck his adver-
sary with pick, killing him..
! Reliable advices received at Fort ,Leayen-
worth from the frontier represent that the
Indians are anxious for peace, and no fears
are entertained ofany hostilities in this State
during the present season.
In New York Sunday evening man was
seen on the street cutting his throat with a
large knife, and a policeman chased him. AS
he ran he continued cutting himself, and
when caught was found to be dying.
| The clause in the Deficiency bill to give
$4,000 to the Sisters of Mercy in Charles
ton, for compensation for damages to their
property during the war has been adopted
in the House of Representatives.
The New York San says that Senator Sher-
man, of Ohio, believes in the Constitutional
ty of the income tax because it is nearly all
paid along the Seaboard, and very little Of it
in the region of country where he resides.
After all the to-do about Utah, the census
shows an excess Of male population 500
more men than women. This looks as if there
were good deal Of poltica. polygammonine
in the cutlery ever pleural cribs. p World
The Cleveland (Ohio) Plaindealer tells Of
a woman there who was made a widow on
Sunday, was mourner on Monday, was mar
ried on Tuesday, and was the recipient of 9
surprise party on Wednesday,
The split in the Radical party seems to be
incurable. Sumner, Shurz, and their friends
manifest no disposition to reconcile their diff
ferences with the President. It is intellect
and conscience against brute force and stolid
ity.
On the occasion of serenade few days
since, in Washington, to Senator Morton
that gentleman, and Vice President Colfax
both came out for Gen. Grant, as candidate
for reelection as President of the United
States
During the past week about 10000 shad
and 500 900 herrings have been sold in Wash
iugton city. On Monday 100000 herrings
| ooIu d. P) Nv u dDt POl thouoauu, duO IL,
900 shad at $40 to $50 per hundred for the
best.
Mrs, Annie Breed, ofNorwich, Cons. died
few days since, and left $4,000 to faith
full servant, Abby Mickey, for twenty years
of devotion. The domestic was so delighted
with the legacy that she actually died of ex-
cess Of happiness in less than two weeks.
Col. Joseph L. Darlington, proprietor o:
the Exchange and Ballard Hotel. in Rich
mond, on Friday last sold his well-known
sPlanet" team, with the carriage, to W. D.
Miller, Esq, OF Lynchburg, for $4,000. II
is the finest turn out in Virginia.
An excitement in Newfoundland, equal tc
that on the gold discovery in California, now
prevails. After twenty years of business
stagnation the people have 'struck oip' III
seal fishing The catch is unparalleled and
marvellous.
Californians report that many of their small
birds have been shot or poisoned and that
seemingly, as consequence, many kinds 0
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