Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-10-17
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riage brought by different Women at the
same time. q
The condition ofthe pubhcroads, tits
well said, measures the Civilization of a
country. IA
In'Yirginia and >Nerth Carolina the
acreage planted in tobacco is 50. per
cent, larger Than last year, and the yield
promises to be better in tie same raj
ito. - sci& "a &@.s
Philadeiseliia,3 esses~-by fire. I'm ~1 S7T6'
were sl.034, S07; insurance on the ,des-
troyed or damaged property Sc, S03, Ql9.
They have, a Gorilla in London.who
excites as much Curiosity as Gen. Grant.
Is the curiousity. Of the. sames texture in
both cases 70 esg,s.y W, "a ~ .s-dl 81 =
In Texas recently a Judge broke down
with emotion while sentencing one
Lonely, anotorious desperate, to be
hanged for murder. Lonely was sur
prised at this, and remarked,Y on going
back to Jail, feel sorry for the,
Judge" ,ai rp a'sss sla'-''1 h.'ff
Alexander Dumas says Of the 'sitila-
ton in France, that revolutionists are
like street-sprlnklers, and can. make it
muddy when it is sunshiny, butsnot sun
shiny when it, is muddy $ 's'.+ s.'f5
The wheat product Of the leading
countries Of Europe. Russia produces
l,606, 900, eco bushels, Germany 40,
100000. France 6S7, 50o.e 0o. Aus tia
$50, coo, 900 bushels. The United States
produces l,SSl,7eo,92 bushels. ~ n
Several focks Of partridges recently
flew into the streets of Alexandria, Va,
and the usual small boy stoned them 10
death. '.... s-a,-....-.e5 ls-t e.,a. ga.
A new scheme ofswindEng was ex-
posed in New Y ork Wednesday; being
IN the shape Of a circular sent out by a
pretended banking firm. and explaining
a new plan Of operating in stocks by
which fortunes can be made. - - sl.1
Nathan Flickinger, employed at the
new Pensylvan ia railroad bridge at
Rockville, Pa, ftll.from the. bridge into
the river and was instantly killed.
The mosquitoes in the vicinity of Nor
folk, Va. are stated to be.very savage
and blood-thirsty this season., They
drive sportsmen from the woods and
farmers and stock from work. &; o..-- 20. 81
Hon. Alex. II. Stephens. of Georgia
has pecuniariiy aided about fifty young
men to educate themselves fer profts-
sions.
Mrs. Wait Thomson, living near
Goldsboro, \. c.; was brutaily murder
ed last Monday The crime was COM
milted with pine knot club, and there
does not appear to have been any mo-
tive for the deed, the boIy not having
/
AT Wardford, Pa. last Saturday night,
fifteen disguised men stripped, tarred
and feathered, and rode on rail an un-
fortunate woman who had incurred their
displeasure BY her misbehavior r1
The Alexandria (Va.) Press states
that ten or twenty..stamp mills will be
erected at the Kelley cold mines, near
Rappahannock, Va, and Developments
actively pushed. This mine IS Che near
est Of the gold BELT to Washington
city. .-..... 60
A defeated aspirant for @esfiee in a
country town was heard sollloquiAng,.
II give lot Of thin feilers me tickets
and I kept me eye on EN-, but mot avian
ofem voted fur me; now I'll shut down
me beer pump on EN-" That man has
the stuff in him fora Tanmany boss. 90
The latest pair Of presidential runlors
IS especially well mated. One IS That a
movement is On foot torenoninate Gen.
Grant in 1880, al other is that tAc.
coming democratic candidate is General
Mcclellan. The motive of the origina-
tors Of these brilliant proposals can on
ly be conjectured, but the most proba-
BILE explanation is an overwhelming de-
sire on the part Of each party TO give
the other an easy candidate to beat.
THE man who supposes he can, 50 on
scribblins innuendoes and dotaleie-eE-
tendres, aiming them sat@indiy,Guals,
and still pass current as a gentleman
will wake up some morning to read his
mistake in about ten lines or less Re-
spect for our paper, the profession and
our readers requires that we shall for
bear long before making our journal
the vehicle Of personal -reterts. orb.
sap. 70, "a z,1af-~ai -'i'l=, ~
Col. John W. Forney announces in
the Philadelphia Press to-day the sale Of
4 that paper to Capt. w w. 'Ne7in, his
editor-in-ehfef. who will associate with
himself as business manager e. II,
Neyin, Jr., lately publisher Of the Pitts
burg Leader. Col. Forney goes to Eu-
rope, where he will act as foreign cor
4 respondent of the press. The sum Of
;, $50, 600 cash. it is stated. is paid for
4 paper. A
The funeral Of the late Gen. Custer,
who fell in the fight with sitting Bull Oh
) the Little Big Horn river, took place at
West Point Military Academy n. Y.
last Wednesday, with military honors.
A freight train was run into at Peeks-
kill, \. Y, by the@st. Louis express.
Both engines were smashed and ten or
twelve freight cars wrecked, but no one
hurt. The cars on TIE express train
were not damaged. N3 5s
. Gen. Field is also a man Of, parts.