Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-08-12

l nseinsd he va. In ho store, With tie sosjs al
around h.m and made an s,iempt. as he thought.
! % 5nr,p yer the counter. lie fl, sbop thirty
/ - iaiaf5 MS feet in tho buryns ground. and
! g. - law eft1s was caught the IRON fence,
/, VII. Is ahou, three fee, high from the ground
Hal he fence been Of the common he .ht, he
ptol ally would not have been so badly injured.
nail Rgbh,rv On Saturday morning a man
49, s...hiiv esSsi went into a ,ailo' shop in
=f,.r -. me city 10 purchase some clothing
Hatfot = - rs pocket 10 psy Tor them draft
o. avn b. -. .tshaef 4 ihc Easton Ia. Bank, for
500 dated . ~ rs, /, ard IN favor OF person
whsa nan,. 'rt cd III asta, residing n Kngston,
- prs. Tic dfaf ID. ueIn. endorsed, the tailor
'gs'trtei Il nj a. was ~ IL, and detained Inc
= = 1n he q Jld seni 10 Inc house Of tho cashier
Of enc of Oh banks Who l,gad il the vicinity. On
his nrt.vn The ma was searched and another dfaft
70 ~ N, dawn above, and in favor of re-
peesayle eommers ,ni house IN this CITY, and the
w g.bil of toe Ee on, Pa, Post OfIec which sta
'ea ut he.r II letters yer, mailed. were found
+ = I'm An aih,l was Immediately sent for
"o sef,ta u srttsa. 'lts HiH tscaped.
l.ia,otalion ~ give - - Police magist, ates
p d the W.y vi, W.. Asn,e. 10 Justice Hopsop.
l'qniry WIS then made at the Post Office 10 know
we're told that lie Eas,on, Pa mail bag had been
| robbed, and dat II { bag had been found in Wash
Inelon ct near The Battery, and several letters had
been rck.d up IN the street broken op1n which had
contained the drafts above alluded 10
On Saturday afternoon a man was arrested for
some petty ,hcd, and on him were found papers
letters whies nroveJ him to be the same man VINO
had attempted pass The above drsft in the morn
IN, lie IS CO HE,ttcd e prison 'or further exam.
nntor and ma. v Y Ncr. .1lU.
From he R9ely~ 1,tnt Va Wig, Aug. 5
Ia n shoh paragtapl IN our last No We announc
ed the denth Of Sarah Short, ~ Iigh,ping Since
pennlns that article, have understood, that scv-
rrHl other persons were severely shocked, and one
nearly killed, at the same time An old man named
Moore, left his home 10 30 in search CT some hogs
that were missing, and no, having returned SO
\. his fnmlly expected HIM search was mado Tor
him, and wher found, he was dead From ap-
pcarances, he Ind sat down on log, to rest mi
died, fnllnP on his face No s,gn vos seen of any
strdggle II the agonies n death a Coroner jury
and many e.her persons had assembled on the
ground or fhursahy 25.h, whilst there, cloud
and rain came over, which caused mnry perhaps
all present to t,k. shelter from the rain under the
lshborng trees. A str an OF electric fluid de
seen he'd one of the trees, and the woman above
named was killed simultaneously, and Mr. Jerc
s1'ah Z. Hale was also stricken the hu,d passed
from his shoulder, DOWN TO his toes, in a str, am the
width Of about thee fingers, bursting bis shoe into
rsRm"nt' lie "as alive nj our last informatidn
snd '1n,o aancs tss,ot N dof hjs recovery. How
long wl' 1 ~, toe lic learn Yisiom They
hnve Often hf.o - H"-1 both by ntccept urd
VII exempt" NJ : nnde, frer for Aeilr,
n Inai 1.y47r-
Fron'1 Memphis Tens Adp7cate Jifg II
SnocsINi Il peR "A few days since, ESQ
NJ X MN of ilnrdemnn county, missed llitr son
hve or SIX years ofsge. On in'crrogahnE ne
gro girl IN his employ, belonging TO the estate of
James ii. Sheppard she informed him that he had
gone toa grocery, some short distance of he
made immediate search but the lad could not be
found. Owing to ci.tnnslahcc that had trans.
pred few week, prcyous, he became narmed.
lie had spring, with bnrrei sunk in It for the
purpose OF getting wntcr with more facility, IN
Whlei lhc same girl SAID she accidentally found one
ct ms younger chlldJen, little boy about three
,Ss. OF age but from the place that the grl said she
saw The CHI Id n the spring ard from what the Hts
boy SAID On being restored to anin,sto Esq Nc
hnna was induced to believe the girl lad put h,n,
IN tie then interrogated the eir sgain, and she
told HIM he bad gone some where else but he i'm
med,nt.ly repaired TO the spring and found the ad
III the barrel, standing on his feet with his head
under the ws,c The grrl has since confessed
that for some trivial cause she induced HIM to -
into the barrel and that he held his head undo4
| the water u1iil hs was dlowned She now stands
committed for ulal.
We leprn that counterfeit twenty dollar notes OF
| tho u. s Bank, Of the branch at Savannah have
| made their appearance. They are snid TO be un-
COMMONLY well executed They are of the letter
| $ dated Sept ~, 1896. The paper is good and
| nb> ne silk marks. The signatures are pretty
WI Done but upon close inspection II Will be per
cclved that the cashiers n,mc has been traced in
| fan line and then written over with pen.
| Bat. 3nley.
! Ercrp io,g Pnn,statnh--Am Among other sente,
| ,ep wen on the third inst by tie New York Spe
| cial Sessions, five men were sentenced to SIN
months imprisonment n, hard labour, for beating
| their wives.
| a woman one Anndred and three years of ace
was on Friday taken up in New York under ,bt
vugrant net, and semitic the Aims House fer III,
term OF SIX calendar months The Courier & En-
qurier states hi she has recently been living al I27
| Mott street from " heuce she was IN the prnctc,
| of gong ou 70 bog. Tier appearance always pro
! 1lccd her noLc;. " Va which she invariably go
| j uuk ON s.verni occasions last Wtnter II be
| came necessary for the Watch TO remove her from
the street while n TIA, SKATE 10 save her from pc