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Rev. F. C. TeLbs, died Wednesday week at
Middleburg.
The Bank Of Culpeper failed Monday, for
| S54 600. The assets are reported nj 100000.
A Mrs. Casterwit!er lied in Westmoreland
County, last week, at the advanced agc of II
years.
Geo. A. Resell, Esq son Of Rev. DR.. Ros-
zen. qualified to practice law in the County
Court OF Rockingham on Monday OF last week.
The Misses Spokesman, living near New
( Market. Shenandoah County, had thirty chick
ems and ten turkeys stolen IN one night.
The Winchester Tunes and Rockingham
Register insist that the Valley Is Untitled to
the next Senator from Virginia.
General Roger a. Pryor has accepted the
invitation deliver the annual address hefure
the Washington and Lee University Literary
Societies on the 2Sth of June next
Mrs. George Daugheriy, died at her resi-
deuce, near White Hall, Frederick County, on
Wednesday evening OF last week, suddenly, OF
heart disease.
Messrs. Bieller & Barrett. Commission Mer-
chants, No 932, La. Ave, Washington, d
sold Tor j NJ. Kilgaur, Of Loudoun County,
las, week, Brnnze Turkey, weighing IS
pounds, for $25,c0.
Tie General Assembly Of Virginia meets on
/ tne first Wednesday in December next, which
| /, the FIST day of the month The law max
/ Ing the change in the time Of meeting was
passed IN 1874.
Dr. Harvey Black has been elected Snper-
/ iuteudcut of the Eisteru Lundtic Asylum in
place of Dr. Brewer. DR., Black resides at
| Bhcksburg. aud is regent Of the State Az
ricu'tural College located there
We learn that a law suit involving $4,000
was decided last week at Chicago in favor OF
Mr. W. y. McVeigh, Of Alexandria. who was
temp rary resident there. Ii will he reu en-
bered that Mr.. McVeigh was also successful ia
the Virginia Court Of Appeals last week in
having decision rendered in his favor in an
important suit.
On Wednesday the 10th, Miss Reid, daugh-
ter # Wm H. Reid, who resides near Bolivar
Mills met with painful wound by the acct
deutal discharged of gun in the hands OF her
brother. She received 4 number Of shot in
and about the head. At last accounts she was
improving Lexington Gazette.
The Lexington Presbytory, Mt an adjourned
meeting held at Med well on the 18th. plac,
the call If the Second Presbyterian Church Of
Stauutou for the pastoral services Of Rev. Nc
Duff Simpson ia the hands rf that gentleman
for his decision, said decision TO be reported to
an alj1urued meeting to convene 10 Staunton
on the 3Oih Instant
Mr.. Caleb Athcy was killed ty being run
over by cars Of the B. 81 p Railroad at Al
exandria 90 Sunday night. lie was in COM
pauy with several ladics-ou their way to
Church Miss Walker, of Uppcryile was
knocked down, but unframed. Mr.. Athey
was a native Of Louao1n, but resident for
some years of Alexandra, and respected by
all who knew him.
The Democrat, published at Woodstock,
Shenandoah county, gives the following par
licularS Of an outrage in that county:
con Wednesday last a party Of hunters,
consisting of i've or six men, went to the house
Of Miuoah Hartman, in Powe,lS Fort, and, Oh
a pre,euce Of wanting tobacco, eutced him t.
his door, where they presented a gun to his
face aud demanded to know Of him who the
parties were who bad killed some OF their
dogs. Mr. liarmau protested bis ignorance,
bat they insisted upon curing the evil OF dog
killing that night, and after much swearing
took NJ. Hannah and his son, about We We
years old, into the woods, tied the old gentle
man to tree, made the boy strip his father,
aud then they administered a severe and cruel
which seriously disabled Mr. Ha.- /
mau. aud the bruises from which are yet dis
tiuctly marked upon his person. The son was
thrown upon the ground, stripped, aud still /
more severely whipped thlu the father" The |
Democrat aids that Mr.. Hartman says that he /
is not. aud never has been hunter, and that |
his srn never loaded gun. Efforts will be /
made to bring the offenders to justice.