Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-12-03
News Items.

According to the HANNIBAL Mo J
Courier, Mr. Baker of that city lately
shot gray eagle weighing ten pounds,
7 feet p inches from tip to tip, and 3
feet l inch from the besk to the tip
Of the tail-a most ferocious bird,
notoriors in the neighborheod for
his attacks upon men and other ani-
mails. .
The coming American prima donna,
according to Paris correspondent, is
Miss Annette Montague, of Baltimore.
now pupil of Bellari's but for two
years under Wartel, Missions precep
tor She makes her debut at Paris
next month, in the roe of NMarguer
lie gig
Frank Smith recently returned to
Denver from hunting expedition
the hides of nineteen baffalo.,s
the result of fortnight's shooting.
The question there now is, how long
will the boffaloes last if Frank Smith
is allowed to 60 cunning whenever he
likes!
Mr. Sandy Station, sable citizen
IF North Carolina, goes to the peniten
tiary for five years, one year for each
chicken stolen by him on that fatal
night.
Fort Gains has phenomenon of a
lady who can play two tunes upon the
DANA Sinxv o,n+}.r i.,ta, Tho am
and understand it, sll stimuli
taneously
TIE barn and outbuildings belonging
to Mrs. Jno. Roger, near this city, were
entirely consumed by fire this after
noon, together with all the contents.
consisting Of .his seasons crops, farm
ing implements and three head Of cattle
The fire WAS the work of in incendi AIRY
Thos. O'keefe, ste ne catter, employ
I'd at the Old Dominion granite works,
near Richmond WAS killed last night
by telling or attempting to jump from
he i l p. m. Dsnvii train. He WAS
about % years of age, and a native OF
Lawrence, Mass
A gentleman residing on Sewell',
Point, who hss been the husband of
seven wives ana ths father of twenty.
seven children, made application at the
atfice of the clerk, of the Corporation
= art, in this city, Saturday for mar
Rage license, he having decided to take
INTO hia,self smother wife. This is al
argument in favor OF
matrimonial bliss, and the happy man
who is now enjoying his eighth honey
noon should be granted apension from
he State.
VICroRY FOR A RAilRoAD.-Mr. w.
W. Byington was passenger on the
limited express train from Trenton
to Newark, n. J and rendered an ex
cursion ticket. which in accordance
With the rules of the PENNSYLVANIA
Company, was refused Mr. Byington
'efused to pay, and was put off at New
He sued for 5000 dana
ges. The company urged the right t.
make special contracts and demand
Extra fare on the ''limited express, and
'uch right was allowed.
MANuRE.-Keep the stalls of horses
md cattle well Uttered with some good
absorbent. Leaves are most convent
mt. What the county needs is a plen
y of home made manure. which will
'nahle the farmer to make heavier crops
rom less land. Farming does not pay
when it takes all a mans labor to make
liz bread. Four barrels of corn to the
'cre will not pay; ten barrels will Six
bushels Of wheat fer one is a loss;
;wenty for one makes money.
Keep refuse tsnbark, sawdust, weo1s
'arth, or refuse of wood piles, in hen
houses three inches deep all the whit +
Put in fresh supply every week; mi x
with plaster in the spring and SOW on
weak places in wheat fields or reserve
TO plant in hills with cora or tobacco. =
amherst Enterpri 6.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. PIT. T.
Brooks, convicted last week in the
United States Circuit Court of en-
bezzlement and false entries while
president of the Merchants National
Bank of Petersburg, was brought be-
fore District Judge Hughes this after
noon for sentence. The judge stated
that after consultation with Judge
Bond it had teen decided, in considera-
ton Of the advanced age of the prisoner
to fix the term of imprisonment at the
minimum allowed by law. He there
upon ordered the clerk to enter an
order fixing the time at five years in
the Albany penitentiar,. Broockss
counsel l.ave for Washington to night
to make application for executive
clemency.
NEWARK, Y. J., November 27.-At
accident occurred this morning an
Clark thread works here, By which
operations will be partly suspended six
weeks and over, and three hundred
operatives, mo tly females, in the spin.
ming department, will be thrown out of
work. The couplings Of the main
shaft, by " hich power is supplied to
the factory, became detached, and the
engine, Of 100 horse power, thus re-
leased from restraint. acquired a fearful
The driving wheel, weigh
ing twenty tons. few into fragments
one Of which, weighing two tons, shot
through the roof and landed fifty feet
Distant There were many narrow cs
rspcs. hut 20 one was injured. Tho
ass is estimated at $21,0jU.