Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-17

] In reply to numerous enquiries, W.
, again give notice of the change of Postage
| law, as it effects newspapers. No papers
are sent free. Papers delivered at the
Office in the same town where they are
published are subject to postage. The
postage is five cents per quarter, and can
be paid either at the office where the pa
per is mailed or at the office of delivery
As it is generally supposed that the law
will be changed, we would advise our
patrons to pay only by the quarter,
We see that Proctor & Ga miles Extra
Olive Soap is becoming very popular in
our city. its quality we know is superior
and being nicely perfumed we are not sur
prised that CONSUMERS prefer it, and that it
has large sale.
June 26th-3mo
Hartford, CoNN., July 3.-Thomas
Adams house was burned last night.
One child was burned to death and two
others, it is feared, cannot live.
BELFAST, Me, July 9.-The collector
Of customs at this port has been arrested
by Federal authority on the charge OF
engagement in trade.
A Nevada paper relates how 9 cou-
pie home made savants were discussing
the cause of the saline character of the
water in the Great Salt Lake. Said one
+" Well, its my opinion that there's an
underground connection with the Pacif-
ic ocean, and it's filled with water from
the Pacific ''But,' said the other
''Salt Lake is 1000 feet higher than
the ocean; what do you think of that? g
'"Think of il why l think it bursts my
theory all to thunder"
Madison Robson (colored) has been
sentenced to twenty years imprison
ment in the penitentiary, by the Court
of Rockbridge county, for committing
rape upon a white girl thirteen years
old. This is his second term in the
penitsntiary.
Thomas A. Scott president of
the Pennsylvania railroad, sailed Satur
day from Philadelphia TO Europe in the
''Pennsylvania, one of the steamers OF
the line recently started by the compa-
ny, of which Scott is the head His
trip is ON business connected with the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
The house of Thomas Adams, of
Wethersfeld, Conn, was burned early
Wednesday morning One child was
burned to death, and two others so in
jured from sufiocation that it is feared
they cannot live.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the Winchester and Strasburg Railroad
Company, on Wednesday, John King,
jr., was reelected president for the en-
suring year, and Johns Hopkins, Thomas
Writridge and Hugh Sisson, of Balti-
more, and J. H. Sherrard and George
A. Hupp, Of Virginia, directors.
The Lynchburg Republican says:
"The sunlac trade of Virginia has be
gun for this season and promises to be
larger than it has heretofore been, any
year since the native sumac became an
article Of commerce among us, although
a large proportion Of last years crop still
remains in the hands of first purchasers
unsold.
"BAsKRUrr.'' The call for the Rad
ical Convention to meet at Lynchburg
on the 3oth instant, appears in the lead
ing. paper Of that party under the head
Of Bankrupt Notices We know the
concern was long since bankrupt, at.
least in principal, but we, did not antici
pate such an open confession of its ut
ter insolvency by the chiefp party organ.
Richmond Enquirer.
Fatal Accident.