Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-19
GENERAL NE :. =.


coed Ghiet Justice Waite in the Ohio
constitutional convention
Adjutant General Richardson tripped
and fell down the west steps of the
Capitol in Richlnan, yesterday, severe
ly cutting hin.s, lt'iover the lett eye.
Large nn4n sers Of the color4d people
Of Lyhehbarg, especially the more
hardy men and bays, have recently
left for p.rts Of the South and West
for t;le i'arpose Of finding w1rk
Rhod. F.well xho was committed
to jail a, >5r,ulsviiie for an assault on
a Ai.. ili,son, at Manassas has been
brought before Judge Keith on writ
ct habeas corpus, and admitted to
writ
The exercises for the coming naval
drill are now in progress on Florida
bay. The men are being drilled alott
in preparing and manipulation of the
rigging for battle. Target practice is
going on among the monitors.
The Bristol. Nescs says the bank
ruplcy fees for the Clerk OF the United
States District Court at Richmond and
Alexandria alone have amounted, since
1868, to $l5O,OJJ. Popham must re
joice that kcmper was elected.
A carrier pigeon arrived iii Bridge
port, Conn, recently, which was sent
up from the deck Of "a Steamer bound
for Florida. 1t was seven hours max
ing the flight from Cape Hatteras.
| In the senatorial contested election
case OF John c. Robertson VS.. Samuel
T. Maddox, from Chesterfield county,
! the committee report i'll favor of Mad
dux, the sitting member, aud the Sen
ate will doubtless cuutirm the same.
Governor kellogg has sent to LOUIS
lana Legislature a special message, rec
ommendlng the immediate passage of
oils reducing the compulsory expenses
Of the city OF New Orleans one million
dollars, and the city tax five eli ghths OF
one per cent.
The Committee on the Courts OF
Justice of the House OF Delegates have
amended the Senate bill in regard to
,he Sunday law so as to except the cit
les of the Commonwealth that already
! nave police regulations in regard to
bis subject
FRAUDULENT SIEUPs, An analysis
has been made Of fraudulent slrups now
on the market, and it has been definite
ly ascertained that they contain no
sugar, but is produced by the distinct
i've action OF strong sulphurlc acid Coil
II vitrol, upon starch.
A resolution has been introduced in
the louise OF Delegates mstructing a
tommlltee to inquire into the expe-
! ,tiency Of a joint movement on the part
II the State ANA the city of iiiclmond
! in building a court house that shall be
used by both State and city courts.
Prominent citizens Of Boston have
resolved to raise $500, J0J to complete
the endowment of the Museum o.
Zoology at Cambridge, and make it Il
memorial monument to Professor
Agassiz. AT the meeting held to dis
cuss the proposition S65,oJ) were sub
scribed.
Gov Kemper has appointed Major
Q. S. Darlington, Colonel Henry e
Peyton, Hon. Jno. T. Harris, iIon.
Thomas y hitehead and Hon. J. Ii.
Platte, jr., to represent Virginia in the
convention on the Improvement of the
Ohio river now in session in Washing
t n.
HOP CULrURE.-The hop plantations
OF England have been much increased
during the past two years, and it is le-
ported as probable that the area sip
full bearing" will by another season
have risen to the unprecedent amount
of 5000 OF $4,000.
A Kentucky legislator was recently
missing tor three days. The fonrth
fund him back in his seat 10 the
inquiries of friends he replied that he
had been sick. Being asked what the
m tier was, 'W ell" said he, ''somc
fulks call it nervous chills, others pro-
! nounce it kind Of affection of the
heart but, to be candid, l call it a plain
case OF old-fashioned drunk.
Nh. John Quincy Adams has made a
speech in the Massachusetts Legis.a.,
ture, in opposition to a resolution T.
guessing the Senators and Reprt senta
tives in Congress from that State to use
their influence in ia or of ar appropIa-
ton for the Centennial. He denounced
the whole scheme as one whose sole
purpose was to make money, and AS
unworthy the nation and the occasion.
His speech had the effect to lay the
resolution on the table.
DIR. Schenck, the inventor of patent
medicines known as Pulmtnic Sirup
Mandrake Pills and Seaweed T mic,
died at his residence in Philadelphia,
yesterday morning He had been suif
.ering from ill health for several years,
and about year ago an affection OF
the eyes resulted in total blindness
Dr. Schenck was native Of Fleming
ton, New Jersey, and died in the sixty.
third year of his age. In early lite he
served Fan apprenticeship to the tail
oring business.
Gov. KEMPERs VISIT TO THE PREs1-
DENT The Richmond Dispatch has
the following in regard to the late Wis t
of Gov. Kemper to the President:
"The Governor talks very freely Of
his visit to Washington and interview
with President Gr.nt, and St ems to
think that the Presidents policy to-
wards Virginia in future viii be salts
factory to her citiz MS. Gov Kemper,