The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-01-12
miscellaneous Items.

Miscellaneous Items.
The Baptists Of Virginia have 1877 church
Z ORGANIZATIONS and the Disciples u.
The Catholic schools Of St. Louis have
about eight thousand scholars.
The San Francisco Bulletin estimates the
value of the yearly fruit crop of California at
s5,000,0oo.
The total product of corn this year is esti,
mated at over eleven hundred millions OF
bushels
A learned physicist announces that TINS
globe will support life for 26, oo,ooo years
longer.
An Alabama Judge, who was too drunk TO
. sit upon the bench, was put In jail py the
Sheriff for contempt OF court.
A person who undertakes to raise himself
by scaudalizng others might as we'll sit down
in a wheel barrow and try to wheel himself.
Rhode Island, limited as she is in size pos
sesses the largest room in the world
So; it was built for Rhode Island to 60 into
p when it rains.
A man in St. Louis now lies in a critical
condition, in consequence Of having thrust
butcher knife seven inches into his breast. lie
must have tremendous constitution.
A society for the purpose of furthering the
project of annexing Canada to the United
States has been formed in New York. 1t is
composed of Canadian residents in that city.
During the past year 2, 189 new buildings
were erected in New York city, valued at
% s31 .731 ,348. This is inclusive Of alterations
and improvements in 1882 other buildings.
This is decrease compared to 1869.
A Paris correspondent says all the animals
intthe geological gardens have been killed and
eaten except the monkeys, and they have cs-
capped death only because of their supposed
relationship to the human family.
It is said that Professor Mowbray, the nitro
clycerine manufacturer, intends to adopt as
his own the Two children of Mr.. Bclson. the
superintendent, who was killed last week by
the Hoosac tunnel explosion.
A man who has been Governor Of Maine
accommodated" stranger on the ears With
$3.50, the other day "untl he could get a
cneCk 1Cr NO.UUU caSHeC. IdG eA-OOfCIuUT
has lost his faith In human nature.
Carrying pistols is going out of fashion in
southern California, and paper says it is
"glad to see that most of our citizens have
had sense enough to return to the use of the
bowie knife" 9
Two negroes fell out in Jackson county,
Florida. One called the other liar, and the
other, instead of starting Immediately for
Washington to get an Office, shot the one that
recommended him. sfs~
J. J. McElhonc, short hand reporter Of the
Washington Globe, can, it is said, write with
both hands at the same time. the left taking
notes and the right transcribing. He is said
to be the only man in the world who can do
this.
Libel suits against newspapers are not pros
periug One in St. Louis has just resulted in
verdict of one cent DANA yes, and another in
Providence in verdict Of six cents. A re-
cent suit against an Albany N. Y. paper end
ed in verdict for the defendants.
There is suit in progress at Ottawa, Hi
nois, against finn who placed in position, on
their premises a burgar-trap gun, which was
accidentally discharged one Sunday morning,
g with the effect of peppering with shot party
of young ladies who were on their way to
church. 81 sgt
Pittsburg has thirty two iron, nine steel
and two copper mills. The daily consump
ton of the iron mills is !, 200 tons, and the
annual production is 100000. There are
forty eight foundries, employing 1000 men
in all, and adding s5.000,0e0 per year to the
wealth of our country.
The collections Of the United States inter-
nal revenue for December are $951O,17 SO,
or S2,209, 467 SO less than for Dec, 1869.
For the last six months they aggregate
500, 113,3l9 u.s. or 81 ,354 ,969 81 less than
for the corresponding period of the proceed
ing year.
Alexander T. Stewart last year paid income
tax, more than either one of twenty one
States and Territories, and more than Arizo-
ma, Colorado, Dakota, Florida, Washington,
combined Mr.. W. B. Astor paid more than
the whole Of Vermont.
Mrs. Agassiz says that, in certain Amazo-
nian tribes, on the day of his marriage, while
the wedding festivities are going on, the
bridegroom hands are tied up in paper bag
2 filed with fire ants. IF he bears the fortunes
smilingly and unmoved he is considered ft
for the trials Of matrimony.
A woman in Milwaukee left her house re-
Gently, and returned to find her infant child
mangled and partially devoured by a hog. An
officer Of the law about to shoot the ami
NAL, when she plaintively begged not to do
SO, ''as her loss was heavy enough already"
A philosopher says it is absurd to spend
ones life in boarding up millions of wealth,
which the possessor can never enjoy, as it
would be to collect and lay up in storehouse
GO 900 mahogany chairs which were never
intended to be used for the furniture apart
me is, or 10000 pairs Of trousers which were
= AZ n'endcd to be worn.