Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-06-22
News IEelns,
4 food in he Columbia river IS over

flowing the lower pert 81 the city Of Port
land, Oregon. W
A man who has repeatedly tired them,
says hat al the short cuts to fortune are
horribly overcrowded
The whole humber Of insurgents shot
since the capture Of Paris, IS Is. 600
The chief of police at St. Louis having
succeeded in breaking up. the keno houses
there, has notified the faro banks that
they viii be visited unless closed within
specified time.
f. The. seven teen year locust is now
swoopng down on sNorthera illinois,
arm in arm with the potato bug, and the
latter beast is said to be biting lttle
girls to death and committing burglary on
farm houses.
A woman advertises in the Nashville
papers for her children, saying that she
had twenty-seyea, and knows the where
abonts of Only three Of them.
A young lady who has been married
six months says il is a i nonsense to talk
] about love in cottage. There is more
love in full -four barrel then in all The
roses and posies and wOodbines that ever
grew
| ALEXANDRIA. The Piedmont Yirginian
saws Our farmers and merchant rs
should encourage this venerable old city
| by sending their produce to it and pur-
chasing theis supplies there. ghey can
do as we'll with the merchants of A lexan-
dria as in any other market
CUMBERLAND, Jane 27. Mrs. G. l.. i.
Falandigham came Hero to attend the
funeral, today, of her deceased brother,
the Hon. j. v. L. McMallon. Upon
| hearing, this forenoon, of the death Of
her husband she became completely
distracted, and will be taken to Dayton
t)-nigkt.
! A woman in Pitlsbrrg had her hus-
band arrested for III trea;meDt. Hc then
had her arrested for bigamy. She turn
ed the tables on him " i}h the same re-
suit. The sequel was that the woman
had a husband and he ife previous to
! the liiunce between them, bat tina, each
! al deceived the other.
RUNAWAY MAroH. The Charlottesville
Chron iele has a long account of couple
/ who went to a place ca He'd Gretna Green
the other day, despite. the old felix's at
home. One was studeut and the other
miss Of some sixteen summers. They
are at home again rcpenting at leisure.
and the unhappy parents are coolly ad-
vised to receive them with open arms ar
warm hearts. Nc names given and 10
cards sent
It is now well understood that The
Ring" which controls General Grant
and shapes the course Of his al0lia:stra-
ton, is composed of Senator CAaeron.
Senator Morton, and General Batter.
! What can be expected from such a CONF
bination. '-.'s ~
|. At Clover Hill, Chesterfield county,
Va, on Sunday last, 3rd inst one ofthc
most interesting scenes was witnessed that
we have heard Of for many day, The
occasion Of this affair vas the immersion
Of one hundred and ffty-fvo convcrta to
religion, The scene bcggars description,
andy witnessed by thousands. lii tie
midst Of the bap@zing tfcmeudops storm
ocurred.a
An attempt was made on the night of
18th inst, to rob the Charlottesville Ma
tional Bank Mr.. Able, accidentally
passing between II and / O'clock, went
in to get paper, when the burg lars
rushed by him aud made their escape,
having a lotof tools and the lock of the
vault f lied with powder The tools in
dicate that TIE work was done by regu-
| lar craclZsmen. @ .r
VIRGINIA VALLEY RAILROAD MEETING.
"A public meeting was held at the
court house in Fincaslle, Botetourt 3opn-
I ty. OH Monday last, to receive a report
from the Stanton meosingof last week.
It was announced that Botetouit had been
assigned S25, 000 to raise of which SID
500 were subscribed Parties present
then subscribed So, 500 $4,000 more
was subscribed on condition. leaving about
$4,000 still to be raised in that county
! to solicit which q committee was appoiE-
/ ted
Tie Richmond Dispatch states that
harvesting has generally commenced in
hat part Of the State, and that the yield
of wheat is much greater than was an
ticipated. The rust, which had made
It's appearance on the blade Of the wheat
seems to have stopped there, and only in
a few instances reached the heads.
THE GERMAN Triumph I'D i.patohes
Iifrem Berlin, give fall details Of the great
celebration in that city, y .sterday. q be !
army composed of detaeh nonts repres
Ptnting every reg iment which cook part in
the war, marched, with the PrussiaD |
Guards at their head, through the. gales
There was great enthusiasm, and W hen |
any wellahnown regiment, or one that !
had distinguished tse specially in The |
esupaignt passed, the people broke into
the ranks and crowned the soldiers With !
wreaths of f1wers. After the procession
came the unwilling of the Statue ofKing
William the Third, the father Of the
present Emperor, which was done in
presence ot all the dignitafies of the
| Empire, victorious Generals, the members
of the German Pall lament, the army, an d
a countless number of spectators. Then
came the ceremonies of con ferring honors
on the victorious commanders. Gen.
Won AFoAke was made Field Marshal Of
the Imperial Army and Gen, Won Room
received the title Of Count ofthe Empire