The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-04-04
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

The Whisky Tax Bill has been passed Ia the Sen
ate precisely as lt came from the House and Is nOW
q law.
Canal Lease Bin.-The Bill having been vetoed
by the Governor the effort to pass it again has
failed, and the scheme falls. The railroad charter
is therefore in tOree, aud efforts will be made to
amend it, and carry out that plan OF Improvement
The GrasshOppsr has become a burden" in the
North west, aud Congress has appropriated Sl8 600
and appointed a commission TO examine into Its
character and habits, Professor j. V. Riley, State
entomOlogst tor Missouri, being at the head OF It.
Agricultural College at Blacksburg, Va The Leg
isalufe has appropriated $40, 25O to this College.
The bill to establish Department of Agriculture,
Mining and Manufacturing for the STATE has been
signed by the Governor, and Is now law.
Tho Poslofhce Department has ordered mail ser
vice on the canal between Richmond and Buehar-
an, Va.
Fifty thousand dollars worth of property was de.
slroyed by fire IN En6eld, N. O., Tuesday night
wheeling, W. Va, March SO-The Grant House
was burned early this mOrnlng. As far as known
the guests escaped; some were helped from win
dOWs. Loss, $l0O,OO0; Insurance, $40 600. The
FIRE was an lncendlary act.
Just before the panic of September 1878, there
naWha Valley above Charleston. There are now
tWenty-three IN operation This is one Of the re-
suits OF the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. When
il is remembered that this increase has occurred
Notwithstanding the general depression in business
and the low price OF coal, it presents gratifying
state of atfairs.-KGRae0ha Gazette.
LOuisiana Commission. President Hayes an
nouneed, March 2Stn, that the commission will be
composed Of the following gentlemen Gen. Joseph
r. Hawley, OF Connecticut: Judge Charles B.
Lawrence, Of Illinois; Gen. John NJ. Harlan, Of
Kentucky Elk Governor j. U. Brown, of Tennes-
see, and W syRe MeVeigh, Of Pennsylvania.
New Book" Housekeeping in Old Virgins
containing contributions from $50 ladies in Vir
ginia ana her sister States distinguished for then
skill in the culinary art and other branches of do
nestle economy. Fitted by Mrs Marion Cabel
Tyree.'
Mrs Tyree is q Lynchburg lady, fully competent
20 write upon the numerous subjects discussed II
her book, and it would seem that everything ne
eessary has been said relative TO Virginia house
keeping We commend the book as a Virgins
production, worthy Of encouragement and perusal
Lgnchburg Nel0s
Elegant Improvemsnt.-Mr. A. Y. Lee has jus
finished the cravings for en- elegant cOnsergstOT.
70 be erected by Misses Baldwin aud NeClung q
the Augusta Female Seminary, Stanton Va.
will be OF brick and glass, to cost about $1,000, an
will be located in the Southeast corner Of to
Seminary fronting Market street.
International Convention Of the Young Men Chris
tian Associations The Twenty Second Annusl 10
terpational Convention OF the Young Mems Chris
tan Associations will assemble at Library Hail. Il
the city of Louisville, Ky, at IL o'clock, A. NJ.
Wednesday June the 9th, and continue II session
FIVE days.
The General Secretaries will meet for eonterenc
mon their duties and the general work OF the As
ISOLATION, on Saturday, June the I'd. This mestlr
will not be made public, but ministers and promi
peDt laymen will be invited to attend.
The preparations making by the Louisville A
sooiation for the reception OF delegates, arc We
npder way. No difficulty has been encOuCt red j
raising the funds necessary to detray the expense
of the Convention, and from what Is already know
the accommodations for the entertainment OF del
gates viii be complete and ample.
The General Secretaries Conference will be COZ
posed Of about eighty general secretaries. II
Convention will number about i've hundred del
gates, representing Associations IN s parts OF tt
limited States and the British Provinces. FisluI
delegates will also be present from Europe
II is hoped that every Association IN the Sou
wi semi delegates to the Convention. lie has be,
located al Louisville Tor the special benefit OF q
Southern Associations, and with a 81 eels view
the advance Of the cause in the South and Sou;
vest