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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

The Harrisonburg Old Common
wealth says: "In the best wheat coun-
try Of The Valley, LinSilPs Greek, the
wheat crop presents the poorest ap-
pearance that is remembered ever be
fore in this section. What the fly
didn't kill, the freezes have well nigh
destroyed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

Mr.. A. S. Modisett, county treasurer of
Page county, was robbed at Culpeper
Court House on last Monday of about
$1,000. About $1,000 we are informed,
was in the shape of checks, upon which
payment was stopped. W. George, G. NJ.
Jamison and j: Williams were arrested on
suspicion. Our Landlords in the Valley
will recognize Williams as the man who
passed through this section, several years
ago, making arrangements for a circus,
which did not come. He, it appears, has
found out an easier way of making a
living.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

Eighteen sheep were killed and eighteen
mangled by dogs, near Harrisonburg this
week. Yet dogs are free in Virginia, while
sheep and railroads are not.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

Several f1ocks of wild geese were seen
in this neighborhood on last Sunday, on
their way North-a sign of warm weather,
we presume, il it don't turn cold again.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

We are ehdebted to Gen. G. S. Meem
and Capt. Fl. II. Riddlebarger, for valuable
public documents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

A large number of horses have been
purchased in this county for the Rich
mond, Washington and Pennsylvania
markets.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27
New Road.

New Road ~
The bill incorporating the Woodstock
and Wardensville Turnpike Company has
passed both houses of the General Assem-
bly,. For its speedy passage, we are en-
debted to the active interest ofour Senator
and Delegates, as manifested til their
prompt attention to bills in which their
constituents are interested. AS soon as
the bill is received, an energetic effort
should be made to secure the necessary
amount of stock. The tax upen this bill
was $3.50. After the tax had been paid
the law requiring the tax was repealed. In
justice to the party who advanced the tax,
as we'll as to the entire section interested
the amount should be refunded. The
route has not yet been located, but it is
supposed that it will run on or near the
present road from Woodstock to Van
Buren, Furnace. An energetic effort at
this time will secure lis good road, and
will have marked effect upon the price
of land located near the proposed route.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27
EsW Ereira.


Our town council have purchased good
fine engine for the use of the town. Their
action meets with the general approval Of
our citizens. The next step will be the
organization of a Fire and Hook and
Ladder companies. Let the work be done
at once
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

Onion sets are in great demand in Wood
stock. Our farmers who have them on
hand, will find ready sale by sending them
to town.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27
Notice.

A meeting of all parties interested in
building road from Woodstock to War
densyillc will be held in Woodstock on
Monday, April 18th, court day. A general
attendance is earnestly reQuasted
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27
Election Of County Judges;

Among the judges elected by tile
General Assembly, are John I. Lowell,
Esq, Of Front Royal, Judge of the county
courts Of Clarke and Warren and George
r. Calvert, Esq, Editor of Shenandoah
Valley, Judge of Shenandoah County
Court Mr. Lowell is well known in this
community as genial, intelligent gentle
men, and lawyer offil.e reputation.
MI Calvert, who has edited the S7te1td1l-
dodh Valley, for some years, with marked
ability, is well read lawyer,a ripe scholar
and gentlemen of high social qualities.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

Clergymen, Bankers, Book-keepers
Editors, and all others that lead sedentary
lives, will find much relief from the fire.
quent Headaches, Nervousness, and Con-
stipation engendered from want Of ex-
ercise, by taking Simmons Liver Regulator
1t is a harmless vegetable compound; it
can do no injury; and numbers who have
tried it will confidently assert that it is the
best remedy that can be used.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

Circuit gour+s
The circuit court, Judge Turner, pre-
siding, commenced its session in this
place on last Tuesday. Several cases OF
importance will be tried at this term of
the court. ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

Fresh Fish have made their appearance
in this market. They are of good quality
and fine price.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27
ADVERTISEMENTS
81 900
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DIED:

Departed this life, March Goth near Toms Brook,
Mrs. Della Nelson, aged 80 years, l month and
days. .-
She died in fellowship with the Evangelical Luther
an Church; and her friends have an assurance that
she is with the Saviour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-27

TNHE SOUTHERN MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
.AUrHORIZED CAPITAL, $3.50, ooo., q.
Chartered by the COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.
oFFlcK-N. E. ConSKR NINTB.& MA1sSrs.,
-. RICHMOND, VA
Vs. lsaues Policieson Farm and City ProperL
y,also on Merchandise. for any term potexceed
ng five years, at rates aslow as the promptpay.
ment o fthelosseswi permit.
u. &. CALvEnr, Pres't; j. W. SExsos, 'Sec'y
H S PRIoE, V p 4 Treas;
Dr.. II. G. DAVIDSON, G. Agent
]. W.UANNER Solicitor Woodstock.
!; A. II. RIDDLEBEaoEn, Agt. Edinburg,v
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Tuesaau, ADriz Sth, 1873.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08
letter from LOudoun County,

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. !
LErsBuRG, April 5.-Col. John Leslie, liv-
lug at Morri>ouviIle, about half way between
Purcclville on the w. & o. r. r., and Berlin on
the b. & 0. r r., (say six miles from each place.
sold tract Of land, - acres, to Bradcn Fox OF
this county for $50 per acre.
In 1870 this land was assessed at sGj, and in
1872 it was reduced to $40. So that even in
these hard times good small farms in l4oudoun
brug almost RS much as they were assessed at
10 the flush times Of 1870. Our rcassessment
act was stranglcd in its birth by the failure to
pass general assessment law, and the old one,
which declares the value of lands and lots as
fixed by certain acts to be permanent, except
as to improvements and new grants, has stltied
this poor child aud calls to mind the epitaph
on the child of a day old:
And if SO soon am thus done for,
| wonder what [ was begun for!
1t is now to be hoped that there will be no
tiukering with values until 1878, when a prop
er constitutional assessment can be made, to be
done | hope, by one man for each election dis
trct with supervisory power 10 the board
composed of all Of Them and further super
ElSlOn by the DOaTQ Ol SUPERVISORS vi llc COuuly,
and perhaps still further supervision by a
State board for each senatorial district. 1t
strikes me also that the questions in ali cases
of appeal should be fixed by the Governor, Au-
ditors, Treasurer ard Attorney General. There
would then be some uniformity 10 the assess
mcnt, and there would not be the opportunity
given for the small circular combinations which
are so likely to take place among persons dis
posed to tickle each other aud laugh at the
success Of their enterprise.
think | may say our wheat looks well.
We have been thinning out the dead limbs
and some dead trees in the court house square,
which will present much more attractive APP
pcarancc rs the leaves put out.
1t is probable that our sidewalks will be i'm
proved this summer, as understand that whole
team, Norris & Sons, flour Of them intend to
burn at least 100000 brick.
Is there no remedy for the abominable nuis-
ance Of Fairfax street, between Cameron and
the w. & o. depot2 1t would lend additional
credit to the work of the active and untlring
President Of the company, and thiuk add TO
the value of his property and that of sundry
others Won't you print this hint; its condi-
ton beats Lccsburg sidewalks all hollow.
hTJOIIIS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.
" To shov tie very age and body Of the Times"

The New York Sun says "On Saturday
check was received at the custom house from
the Treasury Department for 81 900, being the
amount due the lntormer III the Phelps, Dodge
& Go. suit as his share of the penalties recovered
from the firm The intormcr vii! get SOL 900,
and the lawyers $4,000 The mui;irs cnuiug
to the collector, naval officer, and the late sur
veyor, Mr.. Caruell are expected from Wash
ington this week. Each official will receive
$4,000
The Chancellor of the Exchcqucr prcscnted
the annual budget in the House of Commons last
night, and the financial cxhib!tlsa most hattcr,
ing one. The balance on hand at the end OF
the year will be about twelve millions pounds
sterling. After concluding his statement the
Chancellor announced that the Government
was enabled TO propose reduction OF NIFTY per
cent. in the duty on sugar, and to take OH d
penny from the tax on incomes
The general term Of the Court of Common
Pleas. in New York yesterday, decided that un
der the laws of that State the lottery business
is unlawful ; that any contract which has the
effect OF abcttiug it is void, and that the lease
of IA place of business for the purpose of selling
lottery tickets Is invalid.
The Philadelphia Ledger gives the to'al OF
coal shipments last week as 35I, 10 tons. The
prices Of coal from Port Carbon to the line
trade will remain unchanged during April.
The market is steady, and dealers, who are
holding off in hopes that prices will be lower in
May, are likely to be disappointed.
John Langley, an employee Of the Borden
mines, near Frostburg, Md, while engaged in
lowering horse and cart down shaft, the
horse kicked the coupling loose, prcci pltatiug
Langley, with the horse aud Cart, distance of
lGj feet to the bottom. Laug cy Was Instantly
killed. being horribly crushed.
The ordinance appropriating sd, 900 for !hc
construction and cqui pmeut Of a marine steam
water front of Baltimore was yesterday defeat
eleven 10 seven.
The elections which took place in Counccti-
cut, yesterday, are said to have been the most
quiet for many years The roads were gen
orally in very bad condition, and Il light vote
was poled
a dispatch from Rome says that although
the Pope is recovering FROM his late illness, he
is still very feeble, and his physicians have for
bidder his leaving his apartments.
The election f,r Mayor, Recorder aud four
Aldermen took place at Annapolis yesterday
The entire Republican ticket was eject CT by
majorities ranging from $40 to 100
President Graut arrived in Harrisburg yes.
terday morning, and spent the day witt! S-na-
tor Cameron.
The British Parliament adjourned Ia ST night,
as usual, for the Easter holidays. 1t will re
assemble on Monday, 2lst inst.
The municipal elections in Mates and Mar
settles, France, yesterday, were carried by the
Republicans.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08

Dr. Rufner Superintendent of Public In
structiou, has issued circular apportonng
twenty FIVE cents per head Of school population
on the basis of the old census. The aggregate
amount divided is SlO0,4 Whether it will
be possible to make another apportlonment be-
fore the expiration Of the school year, depends
upon the puuctuality with which the taxes are
paid. Dr. Rutfner does Eot despair OF being
able to divide as much this year as was divided
last year, but he says officers should keep them
selves on the safe side.
The General Assembly having adjourned
without having passed assessment or tax bills
for the gear 1873, by operation Of law, the acts
in force March Is and April 5, 1872, govern
the assessments for this year. The Auditor of
Public Accounts has placed in the hands Of the
Superintendent of Public Printing, the forms
of the books for listing and assessing the taxes,
and they, together with new compilation OF
revenue laws now 10 force, will be forwarded
to the revenue officers just az soon as ready.
The Radical State Central Committee will
meet in this city on Thursday, the 10Th. A
conference OF prominent Republicans of the
State will be held on the day of the meeting Of
The committee.
Chief Justice Chase is not here for the pur
pos. of taking up the business i'll the United
States Court, but will during portion of the
time, SIT with other judges. The principal rea-
sons for his visit are relaxation, and wish to
revise book of decisions which is to be pub
lishrd in this city.
The United States Circuit Court was opened
by Judge Underwood, yesterday afternoon,
when several unimportant motions were made,
after which the Court adj nurned until this
morning, when the grand and petit jury will be
called
An act Of the General Assembly in force
March Is, 1873, gives certain counties in the
Commonwealth the privilege of having the
value Of their real estate rcasscSsrd. The neces-
sary blank forms will be ready in few days to
be forwarded to such counties as will need them,
upon application to the Auditor Of Public Ac-
Counts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08

TAE FIsuERY-Th Washington Sunday
Herald thinks that the Potomac fisheries will
be failure this season, aud that the catch of
fish is annually decreasing. The season is from
the 18th of March until the lst of Juuc, but
sufficient time has elapsed to show that the
probabilities are against prosperous year 5
supply There was every Indication in the be-
ginning of the season of a fine run of fish, aud
the disappointment will be severely felt if this
trade should even partially fail. Few know the
extent of the herring fisheries. FROM thirty to
forty millions of herring are caught annually in
the Potomac alone 1t is stirring sight at the
landing in the height of the season. The fish
ermen take the heavy seine, halt of 1t IN one
boat and half n another, and rowing out from
shore let it down, and bring the end ropes again
to shore. Then the windlasses at each end Of
the seine shore lines begin to haul in, and soon,
leaping and struggling, the mass of fsh-her-
ring, shad, bunch fish, all varieties and sizes
come to shore, and the women, knife in hand,
come down upon them. 1t is picturesque
scene; but it is more than this, it is profitable
industry, and its failure would entail serious
loss. More stringent laws are needed to pro-
tect these fisheries, and save the fish from wan
ton destruction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08

a provision Of the new consolidated pension
law has just been brought to notice, and is one
which, ifliterally construed, will take several
millions out Of the treasury. 1t declares that
the pensions Of widows shall be Increased at
the rate of two dollars per month forcach child
under the age Of sixteen years Of the husband
on account Of whose death the claim has been
or shall be granted, the Increase to date from
July o5th 1866
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08

A SAD ROMANCE Three years ago wealthy
young Eugl,hman came to this country on a
tour of observation, and at the hotel where he
stopped, when making Boston his headquarters,
it was known that he was of an arlstocratic
family He was always 10 funds, and couse-
quenty had plenty of friends. But the down
stair attractions of the Parker Hou-e-thc bar
and the billiards got the better Of him, aud
soon his habits were very Incorporate. More
than once he had been kept out Of the station
house by friends. His conduct finally became
such that the young Englishman had to change
his boarding place, and he went into Howard
street, notorious locality. In the meantime the
drafts ceased to come to him, and poverty stared
HIM IN the face until he was turned into the
street. From post to pillar he knocked around
and had grown SO neglected that even his most
intimate friends could not recognize him. All
this time he craved liquor anu became an in-
mate of ONE of the lowest dens in North Street
associatug with thieves aud prostitutes Of that
locality A few moths ago body was found
floating 10 dyck not far FROM the scenes Of
his debauchcry, and rested at the dead house
for Identification. An inquest was held, and
the usual coroner verdict in such cases given.
A few weeks ago an agent from England was
in town searching for the young Engshman.
1t appeared that his parents had died about q
year ago, and he was sole heir to the fortune,
amounting to f229 900 Through the agency
of the police it was satisfactorily shown that the
young Englishman had fallen overheard from
the effects of whlskey, aud that his body had
been buried at the expense OF the clty.-Er-
cIuuue
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08

The New York Herald publishes Il dispatch
from St. Mary's county, Md, giving an &c
count of MURDER with arson, committed at
Fairfield, in the lower section Of St Mary $
county, Md, on Thursday night last, the Sd
iostant. The dispatch says: The victim was
James SchoGcld He was native Of the
North, and came on during the war. His
career has been checkcred one. Suspicion
has fastened upon colored mau with whom
he had O quarrel
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08
ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
TUESDAY, APRIL s, 1873.

A dispatch from San Francisco says that a
committee of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company have completed, on favorable terms,
and below the estimated cost, an arrangement
for the extension Of the road uorthward during
the present year to a practical connection be-
tween the road already completed aud the
waters of Puget sound. The contractors on
Saturday, by telegraph, put men at work on
the line of this railroad connection. It effected,
the entire railroad system Of Oregon, as we'll as
the navigabe waters of the Columbia are put
in connection by rail with the waters of Puget
Sound
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08

Frequent inquiries are made at the Internal
Revenue Bureau as to when the act Of Deem
Der 9th, 1872, abolshing the Office Of assessor
and assistant asscsso. Of Internal revenue will
take effect. The commissioner in reply notl-
fes all that the law will be put into operation
on the Goth of May next, and at that time the
services of all the assessors, $50 10 number and
the assistants, about 1000 will be dispensed
with. The law provides that it shall 60 into
effect on or before the l>t Of July next, and the
commissioner has selected the 10Th Of May as
the most convenient time
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08

The Louisville Couricr-J ournal mentions the
case of DIR. .Conneau Of Paris, the intimate
friend and favorite of the late Emperor Louis
Napoleon, who refused to take advantage Of
his situation, to make u fortune and is now
very poor, and adds that man who should
overlook such chances at Washington would
run serious risk Of being taken up on writ
de lunatico mquien,7o and placed in an Insane