Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-05-21
wednesday May 21,lS7S.
News Items.

perry.
Capt. Lawton, Of the fourth United
States cavalry, WedneSd day, shot and
killed soldier Of the twenty-seconC
infantry for mutiny, at San Antonio
Texas.
The Pennsylvania Senate has, fol
The fourth time, defeated the bill to ex-
empt persons who observe the seventh
day Saturday as the Sabbath from the
penalties of the law ofl794.
1t is charged that the sal0on-keepcr'
have purchased enough votes in the
Missouri Senate to defeat the MofetI
punch bill which has already passe(
the House.
Wheat is selling in Spain at s2.l6 a
bushel, and corn at sl.25. American
wheat is IN demand. as are also Ameri
can bacon, pork and land.
There is great excitement in Abe
marie county, and particularly al
Charlottesville, oyer the alleged issue
of receipts for pell-tax by the present
county treasurer to secure his own re-
election.
The PostOfice Department at Wash
ington has approved design for new
international two-cent postal card
provided for by the Universal Postal
Union. and the recent act Of Con gress.
Ross Wlnans, the heir Of the late
Baltimore millionaire, Ross Winans,
is building in England, where he has
taken up his per manent residence, a
monster cigar ship, at cost Of about
100000.
In the case at Norwich, Conn.,, Of
Wesley Bishop, who was accused OF
poisoning his wife and conspiring with
Mrs. Kate Cobb for the murder other
husband, it is announced that the
States attorney will accept plea of
guilty of murder in the second de gree,
rather than press for conviction in the
first degree.
Several years ago there lived near
Kernersville, North Carolina, woman
named Pol Fitz, who was the mother
ola girl named Martha. The girl liv.
ed there until she was eighteen years
of age, dressed andacted as a woman.
Directly after the war she moved to
Surry county, when she changed her
name to julius Hall and assumed the
garb of man, married, and she is now
the father of two children.
Forrest and prairie fires have been
raging for some time IN many Of the
States and Territories, involving the
loss of much property, and il some
cases the loss oflife. Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island and Dakota are among
the chief sufferers.
John T. Best, of Frederick county.
has Just sheared from twenty-eight
sheep 353 pounds Of wool. an average
OF 10 pounds, an excellent yield.
Mr.. Hayes,iD order to prove that he
is in earnest When he says: 1.-The cleo
tons should be free from all forcible
interference and from all apprehension
Of such interference,:' immediately We =
toes measure to protect them from all
forcible interference and all apprehen-
sion of such interference.
The Democrats organized the present
popular branch Of congress by four ma
iorty. Yerterday, on distinct partl-
san issues made by the president with
Congress on the question of military
interference with elections, the House
gave thirty majority in favor of the pas
sage Of the DILL over the veto.
About one hundred and forty negro
refugees, men, women and children, ar
rived at st. Louis last week from Kan
sas, and left on q steamer that evening
for their former homes iD Mississippi.
They give an unfavorable account OF
their reception and treatment in Kan
sas, and express much pleasure in being
able 10 return to the South. They were
abundantly supplied with all necessaries
for their trip down the river by parties
in st. Louis.
The Martinsburg Statesman announ-
ces the death, on Sunday evening last,
of Mr.. Thomas G. Flagg, ST., at his
residence in Martinsburg, in the 18th
year of his age. He was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian Church for
fifty years. Among his final requests
was: BURY me decently but plainly
and give to the poor what extravIgance
would cost"
Ten car loads of iron ore were ship
ped from Nelson county, Va. last week
to Plttsburg, Pc.
The coachmen at the North will not
be permitted to do all the eloplng. DIR.
Pierce of Factoryville, Pa, has lust
gone of with the wife of his coach
man.
A steamer from Constantinople.
bound for New Haven for a consign-
ment of arms and ammunition. has
aboard two magnificent Arabian horses
the properly of Gen. Grant, who receiv.
ed them as a gift from the Sultan ofTur-
key.
Or. Rose and Mr.. Garfield drank two
glasses of whisksy in drug store at
Alliance, Ohio, and found it so good
that they called for more. As thew