Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-03-30
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wouldn't be guilty of receiving $2e,-
000-in Observation-Disclosures Times
Belknap has never been an officer of
the regular ar ny, and he is not
West Pointer Hes sort of disap-
pointer
Ex-Governor Walker, of Virginia,
has been invited to deliver the 4th of
July Grafton at Waverley, in Tioga
county, n. Y.
The Alta Californian says that it is as
useless to try to keep the American
adventures out of the Black Hills as to
try TO keep a woman out of dry goods
store.
The trial of Roger Johnston, at
Culpeper c. II. Va, charged with hav-
ing challenged Maj J. W. Green to
fight duel, resulted in hung jury.
Capt. James J. Waddell, of ConfedS
crate fame. has been reinstated as com
mander of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Companys steamer City Of San Fran
CISCO.
1t appears that there are one hundred
and sixty five post snttlerships. If
each paid as much as that at Fort Sill,
the aggregate would be $2,000,O00.
! A white boy named VIM. Candle,
aged eleven years, was shot and in
stantly killed at Petersburg, Va, on
Saturday, by negro boy aged seven
teen. No cause assigned for the mur-
der.
Mr. Louis Wagner will be the Ger
man candidate for City Sergeant in the
coming election He will have some
strength, as he has friends among all
classes -Richmeasd letter--Peters5urq
Nesss.
Prince Bismarck shot boar the
other day, and the papers are all praise
ing him, Were we to shoot a bore
they would hang u.s. That's the differ
ence between the country of Dertrey-
schultz and a republic,
Fort Laramie advices report fight
between miners and Indians sixty
miles north of Custer City; in which
thirteen Indians and one white man
were killed. The Indians had been
running off stock, and were attacked
by the whites.
The Lynchburg News says: The
travel and freight on the Midland Rail
road are quite heavy for the season, and
the newly repaired coaches attract much
attention. They are much prettier
than when first turned out from the
shops of the manufacturers
The Secretary of the Treasury says
there is no truth in the report that Mr..
Fair, the principal owner of the Con-
solidated Virginia mine, has made q
proposition to furnish the IL easury with
500, 100000 worth of gold and silver
within eighteen months.
There are loud calls for Bishop
Haven. An eager country longs to
/ know if he is as much of third term
man as he was before the Babcock and
the Belknap scandals. There is no
reason to suppose that trtfles like those
would shake the devotion of so ardent
an admirer.- ~ ]. Tribune
In some parts of New Jersey great
concern has been caused by the appear
ance thus early of the Colorado beetle
in considerable numbers The Virginia
papers mention that they have also
appeared in the Northern Neck of
Virginia.
Judge Jackson, of West Virginia,
has decided that the act of imposing a
license tax on hawkers and pedlers is
un constitutional in so far as it discrim-
mates against articles manufactured in
another State and brought to West Viz,
ginia for sale by the manufacturer.
While chopping wood, one day last
week, Stephen Hodson, of Washington
township, Randolph county, Ind, was
struck in the eye by a splinter, which
penetrated the corner and restored the
sight of the (which had been destro-
yed twenty five years ago by white
skinny substance growing over it.
1t is understood that the board of
public works Of Va. will recommend
General Malone, the present president,
for the receivership of the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio railroad.
A heavy storm and disastrous flood
prevailed Saturday in several sections
of the New England States. Much
damage was dore to mill and other
property, and some lives were lost
There was an extensive fire on Satur
day night at Pittsbrg, Pa, consuming
an entire block. The aseertained losses
exceed 100000 The wall of one OF
the burning buildings fell upon two of
the fremen, seriously injuriug Charles
Rice and perhaps fatally injuring Robt.
Miller.
The Telegraph's special from Paris
says, that the dykes protecting Her.
zogenbosh, Holland, have been swept
away by the floods The railway
bridge and roads have been destroyed,
and the town is completely isolated
Hundreds of houses have disappeared
and six tho.satsd people are home
less.
The remarkable exodus from Southern
PENNSYLVANIA and Western Maryland to
"the West continues unabated Large
numbers of useful and substantial citi-
zens of those regions are reported almost
daily as pulling up stakes and seeking
new homes toward the setting sun.
Seven chief justices have occupied