Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-26

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8 g 'iieS 't.:4 ~. $ VT she isy.,cse
twisss 70 be publicly exhibited.
They will :lAress' 4, ti,.. world, not as
livin.. hrcatfiihA;s.: s.,,lls-a str..nyc freak
Of nhunes fAt ~ slait sml iMarklend1p-
ses-corpses r.Aat 'a.ta in,rrrstin. only
because of tie kcnssti. u ,ot 4 slow and,
weary l,usi IN asesn. II ! - ;.
Tic ,'iste .li,,'r ntlicil prevails am'ng
the fhssSAs IL Nsl* fssrss,,S and thnught
10 b c.,lAasss t,the stage and street
car Fhrst's, IA tr,hiri .isi the stables of
the asSnliny express aall,a.nies,, also, in
livery AMI private stables. Thirty fatal
cases have been reppfted in one horse.
e "a :' s''Ea''e' 4tsbniyT Is ato6 era Oh
LICENSING FARos BANKS. The finance
committee IF the Virginia Legislature
has July considered the expediency ofli-
liccnsing faro banks, and have concluded
to repor; a separate bill, providing for
q license tax Of 81 900 npon that kind
efbuslness. The tax would yield not
less than $4,000 in Richmond alone.
Capt. Morton, u, the steamship Moro
Castle, from Havana, at New York, re-
ports that in an engagement about Feb
ruary ist, Spanish column Of troops,
twelve hundred strong, were utterly
defeated by the insurgents, incurring d
loss iii killed, wounded and PRISONERS
Of six hundred men Intelligence,
which Capt. Morton regards as trust
worthy represented the Spahiards
worsted in every engagement g
Mr. Bcechef, on a recent occasion,
saidFthat he knew men who would
black their boots. on Sunday, but
thought it sinful to shave;, and he
knew others who would shave on Sun,
7 day, but would think that they were
impcrilling their souls If they were to
black their boots.- No doubt there are a
great many excellent people who differ
10 opinion on many points like these.
The Auburn, N. Y, flying machine
was quietly tested Wednesday but re-
fused to rise. ~. i-'.sA -
ar Rev. DR. Mo6att,3 the celebrated
English missionary to South Africa, is
still in doubt as TO the, correctness of
the report Of DR.. Livings.one's death.
HI" thinks It hardly creditable that
DR.. Livingstone could have reached
the place where heis said to have died.
He says, also, the doctors supply OF
provisions was ample. The, Foreign
Office also entertains the same doubt. L.
SAN FRANcIsco, Feb. PA terrible
tragedy occurred last night at Watson
vile, Santa CRU: county, resulting in
the instant death of NJ. j. Gilkey and
Dr. CoE.s Cleveland There had been
ar, old iued between the men, and last
night Df. Cleveland started out, avdw-
ing his purpose to kill Gilkey. The
men met drew their pistols, approached
to within two feet OF each other, and
fred, simultaneously.aiaDr. Cleveland
fired twice and fell dead ON his face.
Gilkey retrcated a few steps, leaned
against a tree and then fell dead Both
men had been drinking hard during the
day.,si % ,tesy ''t4li,5s3 10 i..si,
DECLINE IN TRADE WITH CH1SA.-
The China circular of Olyphant & Co.,
shows q marked falling off of the ex
ports of teas from China and Japan to
the United States during 1878 Ito
December BY were 1868, 6S8 lbs,
against 64,253. 563 do. in 1879. There
is also decline of nearly Fifty per cent
| on the exports OF silks and cassia. Cur
taillnent, in fact, seems to be the rule
fire crackers and s.joss-sticks not ex
pected.si. OF these latter (slowl matches)
it would appear that but 100 boxes Of
Ijoss STICKS We're imported into this
country last year, against 200 the yeal
previous that is to say, decline Of
fifty per cent. t.trssri 10 aalltA g f
BosroM, Feb. 20.-The Massachu.
sets Supreme Judicial Court has de
cided afirmatively the following ques.
ton, referred 10 it. by order OF the Leg
| lcstCuC OuucI tue, ,COuSllLuIlOu o.
this commonwealth can a woman be q
member o. the school Committee 2
The court holds that the constitution,
contains nothing relating to schoo
committees, and the common law O
England was our law upon the subject
permitting q woman to fill any loca
Office of administrative character, thu
duties attached to which were 'sucf
that q woman was competent to- per
| form them. r
IL The, New York Herald, says:-
There seems to be considerable agita
tation in the Sandwich Islands on thu
throne question. King Lunalilo lef
no legitimate successor, nor did h,
name one, it appears and therefore
rivalry has sprung up for the crown, i
crown there be. Ex Queen Emma ant
a Mrs. Bishop are spoken Of as available
| soyereigns, and true native Kanak q
David tKalakna, wants to be King
The islands contain few thousand In
habitants- about as many as the small
est ofltlle late petty sovefeig nties 8
Germany-and nearly half are FOREIGN
ers, and mostly Americans. ''tlfsao5