Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-10-12
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the glue. Should any get away, they
proceed to rub their legs together in
eest asy, when the friction of their own
sh ms causes The nitre-glyceriue adher-
ing to their feet aud limbs to explode
blowing .hea to atoms.
Hon. r. 7. Daniel. Chairman of the
Virginia State Conservative Committee
has been nominated for the House of De-
legates by the Conservatives of Richmond,
in the place of Judge John A. Meredith,
who declined the nomination.
All of General Grants relations are in
Office.
ALEXANDRIA October AT the Sena-
torial Convention held m Alexandria to-
day. H. W. Thomas, Of Fairfax, was
nominated on the first ballot as one of thu
cand idates-Edgar Snowden, of Alexan-
dria and t. Taylor. of Loudon, running
nearly even on the second ballot. 7.
Hayior received the nomination, as the
other candidate defeating Mr.. Snowden
one of the cd Senator's.
A Lowell, Mass, telegram states that a
boy named Lovett, aged Il, Monday
robbed ais father of $500 purchased a
revolver and ticket for New York, but
was arrested at the depot
CONCORD, N. H., Oct. 4 DR.. Charles
P. Wood, of Manchester, convicted o.
causing the death Of EIyira Woodward
by abortion, has been sentenced to twelve
years in the State prison.
The Alexandria GAZETTE, in announc-
ing the nominations of Messrs. George
OFT Wunder and s, Chapman Neale, o
that county and city, for the House o
Delegates, remarks:
They are both gentlemen of ability
and integrity, and in legislative capaci
ty would reflect credit upon themselve:
and thei: constituents. With two such
standard bearers and a proper exerton
A Alexandria may be represented in tht
House of Delega ties by two Conserva
tiyes.
This morning Julius Steinman, aeed
80, lager peer shopkeeper. murdered
his wife Julia, native Of Weisbaden
aged %, by crushing her head with {
club aud smoothing iron. and cuttin4
her throat with sheath knife. He thel
hanged himself with clothes line at TAX
shop door The bodies of both were 60 lc
when d discovered. She was sa loon wait
er and he became jealous.
! OBJ COMPLICATION Tile Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
writes tn at a lumber of the OHIO gov
eminent clerks who are now wanted a
| home to vote are unavailable because tbe'
registered themselves in Washington il
order to aid in carrying the late cleo
ton there.
WINCHESTER PREsBTTERY. We fnt
the following correspondence from New
Creek in the Romney HtelIgencer.
The Presby terry Of Winchester has jus
conveyed III this place and enters upon it
227th Session under very pleasant anc
promising circumstances. The new
Church in which it meets reflects grea
creditupon those whose energy and lber
ality have erected il. The opening Ser
mon was preached by the retiring Moder
ator, Rev. 4. G. Honkirs, Of Charles
town. Heb. 18th, Sd. and was an abb
and earnest incubation Of duty of con-
sidaring Christ as ground and mean.
for encouragement to Christians and the
Church in times Of trial and discourage
ment.
Rev. G. ". Finley. of Romnoy. wa,
chosen Moderator. Rev. J Johnston, O
Gerrardstown. with Rev G. L Leyburn
of " inchester, temporary Clerks.
The State taxation. is precisely forty
cents in the hundred dollars, exclusive 0
the school tax.
And ali this howl is about that.
The case of Mrs. Wharton, charged
with poisoning General Ketchum he's
been removed from the Criminal court 0
Baltimore to the Circuit court of Anne
Arundel county.
A letter from Bonn tells a story of
German General who, on inspecting hi
troops, not long ago, addressed them
thus Now, my children, we can once
more get seriously to work. The pastimc
of war s,atan end, and drill must 60 OF
regularly as heretofore"
Henry A. Willard has purchased hi
brothers interest in Wizards Hotel fol
$500, 600, and will reft and open it t.
the public at Washington.
From the fact that the order for Ger.
tain stills for the Alexandria and Fred
ericksburg Va. railroad has been coun ter.
manded, the Richmond Enquirer infers
that road " i'll run its trains over the Rich.
mond, Fredericksburg and Poiom &C road
The Sylvan Hilp property comprising
2 ,451 acres, lying on the Richmond and
Danville railroad, between Roanoke and
Mossingforn. was recently sold to Mr.. L
5. Squires, formerly Of Richmond, for
$4,000.
Explosion. Some excitement was
created in and around the door of Adam s
Express Office yesterday evening by the
sudden explosion of box that was being
placed in wagon. The box it was
ascertained contained cartridges and gun
that were to have been sent back to a
merchant in Baltimore by a gentleman
residing near this city, who was not salts
fed with his purchase /; but the porter in
putting it in the wagon Jared it too much
AMI hence the explosion. -Aler. Gazette
DEATH OF COLONEL LEWIS WASHINGTON
Our community was much startled
yesterday morning by the announcement
of the death efsColonel Lewis " Wash
;ngton, which occurred after an illness of
a day or two only. Colonel Washing ten
was conspicuous citizen Of Jefferson
the nearest relative at the time of his
death of the Great Chief.-.Spirit.
General F..B. Van Buren,, cousin Of
President Van Ruren died ar Hardon