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friends, when it turned upon him and lit him

on the left cheek, high up towards the eye.—

He at once replaced the snake in its cage and

took a strong stimulant, remarking to his wife

and daughter that his time l ad come. They

assisted him up stairs, where lie took an affec

tionate leave of his family, and expired in a

few moments.—Haiti wire Sun.

Killed isy a Shell.—Yesterday about two

o’elock, two (iermans in the vicinity of Mathias

Point, on the 1\ t mine, who were cutting wood,

discovered an unexploded 02 pound shell, and

being ignorant of results, attempted to ignite

the powder in it with friction matches. Fail

ingin this, they built a j ile of wood over the

shell, and set it on lire. In a very short time

the shell exploded, tearing and mangling both

the Germans in a horrid manner. They were

put on board the Potomac Steamer Express to

l>e taken t Washington yesterday evening, but

ir was supposed neither of thorn would reach

Washington alive.—Fredericksburg Jlcrald,

8 Oth.

I. or Cattle.—The Moorefield (West

Virginia) Advertiser states that large numbers

of cattle sent to the mountains to graze died

during the late spell of inclement weather, it

being impossible for them to get anything upon

which to feed. One farmer in the neighbor

hood lost something like twenty head, and

others sustained similar losses. The same pa

per announces that a gentleman of G rant G>un

tv. West Ya., a few days since lost twentv-one

head of cattle from a disease supposed to be the

rinderpest.

Being Rlilt.—The Baltimore and Ohio

Railroad Companv have already commenced

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Virginia free press. (1868). Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.], 1868-05-07. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026784/1868-05-07/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Virginia free press, 1868-05-07.