Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-09-09
Valley News.

Rev. Jacob Stirewalt died at New
Market on the Dist day of August.
The Winchester Presbytery of the
Presby terian Church, will meet in Romney
W. Va. on Wednesday, the 18th of
September neat.
A conductor of railroad train on the
Boston and Albany Railroad accidentally
fell into an oil tank which was in fame
yesterday, and was burned to death
O. A. & NJ. R. R.-Of late, we have
travelled over many r, RS in this State.
The 0. A. & NJ. is inferior to none and
superior to most of them Few roads
run so smoothly, and few have fewer ac-
cidents. 1t is certainly we'll managed. -
Natioc Tirginion.
RECOVERING. For the information of
the personal friends of the parties, it gives
US pleasure to say that Mcssrs Acker anil
Lamb are recovering from the wounds
received in the late ARRAY between them,
the particulars of which have already been
given. Old. Commonwealth.
CoMM1TrED.--A negro woman named
Harriet Herbert, was committed to jail on
Thursday last, by j. Jennings. Esq. j i.
P, on charge of firing the kitchen and
servants house, on Mrs. Pages lot in
Wildwood, on the night of Sunday ODD.
Harriet was moved to the deed by jeal-
ousy.-ClarA; Courier.
KILLED On Friday last, about II
miles from this place, Vim. A. Jones,
aged 40 or Whereabouts, killed with sin
gle blow of Gas is aHeged) his fist, Thos.
FL. johnson, man of 50 or 70 We
refrain from giving particulars or making
comments-juries being very hard to get.
Jones is in jail.-Natioe Iirytnian.
BURNED By LIGHTNING The barn of
Mr. Lewis Meyers. near Botetourt Springs
in this county, was set on fire by lightning
on Monday night last, and consumed,
together with about one thousand bushels
of wheat, Wheat Drill. &c. Loss about
$500 without insurance. Mr.. Meyers
is worthy young farmer and we regret
exceedingly that ha has met with this
misfortune -Roanohe Times.
ENoRMoUs YIELD.-D. L. Smith, of
Madison township, of this county, writes
as follows: | purchased last fall. of the
Editor of the Farn, Jomnal, fom' pounds
of Wheat, Of French Red Chaf variety,
which produced, this year, three bushels.
| also planted one half pound of the Early
Rose potato one eye to the hill, and the
yield was fifty pounds of beautiful pota-
toes -CTcteUitle Democrat.
Mr.. John T. Gibson has purchased the
farm of Mrs. Ann Burnett, near Charles
town, containing 262 acres, for $4,000,
Mr.. James FL. Kemp has disposed of
his fine farm, three miles from Winches-
ter, to Mr.. Jifkins, for $2S, 500
l.. L. Moore, as trustee, sold. few days
ago, to Mr.. G. A. White. of Rockbrie ge
county. "Cappcr Springs" 16 miles from
Winchester, for $1,000
The purchase of Berkely Springs, which
has been for some time under negotiation,
has finally been consumlnated, Messrs.
Geo. NJ. Gill, ". w. Spence, B. bedford
Thos. P. Williams, Cap Kennedy and
Mrs. Peyton Harrison being the principal
parties. There arc several others, some
from Virginia, and Mr. Dole, from Wash
ington. The price paid was $4,000.
Improvements TO the extent of 500, 000
are to be at once put upon the property
A., t. & f. r. R.-The Alexandria.
Loudoun and Hampshire railroad company
has again sent the two engineering par
ties employed by it to the field, this time
for the purpose of ascertainng the grades
of the line of the proposed extension of
that road to the Ohio river. One party,
under Captain Bruce. has its camp located
about twelve miles west of Winchester,
and the other, under Captain Marbury,
has selected as its camp ground a site
near Wardensville, about half way be-
tween Winchester ard MooreGeld, iu Har-
dy county.-The company will decide up
on the selection of no line until thor
ough examination has been made of all
the routes spoken of.-AIer. Gasette.