Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-09-30
Valley News.

The Blacksmith shop OF Mr.. James
Dove, on the north Shenandoah river, two
miles west Of New Market vas, together
with his tools, entirely destroyed by fire
on Thursday the 10th inst, about 5 O.
clock in the day-time.-Shen. Valley.
THE Friends of Temperance are -four
ishing The Council here now numbers
about 70. and is having weekly Access
sions. We hear that they are arranging
for Grand Rally before long. - Virginia
Gazette.
We are panied to learn that Col John
II. Hopkins died, at his residence in this
county, on Tuesday evening last, after a
protracted and painful illness, in the 61st
! year of his age.-L1d Commonwealth.
| We regret to state that the barn of Mr.
Morgan Layton, near Tenth Legion,
Rockingham County. Va. WAS entirely
consumed by fire, together with its con-
tents Of Hay, wheat. implements. &C., on
Thursday night the 10th inst, about
2 o'clock. The loss is estimated at $500
and falls heavily upon Mr.. Layton, who
is an industrious and worthy farmer. The
cause of the fire is not ascertained.-
Shen. JaUey.
! The corner stene of the new E NJ
1 Church to be erected at Darkesville, Berk.
erley eoaaty, was laid on Saturday. 1ltt
inst, with appropriate ceremonies by the
masonic fraternity. An address was de-
livered by the Rev. J J.. Clark, of Mar
tinsburg. The watch voted on the occa
sion, was awarded to Miss Seibert, o.
Darkesville.. About 5000 was realized
! for the benefit Of the Church Free
1 Press.
At the railroad meeting in Charlestown
on the 18th inst. the Hon. Mr. Milne,
4 said eff were to state to this meeting
that one hundred furnaces could be EN-
ployed, with capacity of producing 25(
/ tons of iron each per week, for the mex
five hundred years, l would doubt
less be laughed at, and yet such is tht
fact, so great is the mineral wealth Of the
Page Valley. "-Czarhe Courier.
Some Of the Williams who infest our com
munity killed and skinned, in the pasture
field near Harrisonbarg, on Friday might
last, fae young bull belonging to Capt
J. N. Hill, Of this place. They carried
off the meat of the slaughtered animal
except one fore quarter, leaving its hide
upon the grass. The night was very
bright, the moon shining in its strength
Register.
A picnic of our colored population was
held in Bonds woods, on Tuesday last
The Hagerstown colored band present,
4 and discoursed sweet music to the large
crowd assembled. We regret to heal
] there was much disorderly conduct exhib
tied, at one time threatening general
row. We have had no report of the eff.
forAs of the orators advertised to be pres
emit Winchester Sentinel.
THE construction of the connecting
link between the ". and 2. at this point
and the Manassas Gap 4. r. at Stras.
burg is being pushed rapidly forward to
completion by the energetic engineers in
charge. Messrs. c. & cambridge and
| Chas. Goldsborough. Cars will be run.
ming through from Baltimore to Harris
onburg by the LIST Of December
chester Sentinel
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-Tn the neigh
borhood of Honeyvilc, on the 9th instant,
son of Mr.. John Newman was accident
y caught in threshing machine, which
fractured his right leg. Both bones, the
ti6ta and .fbula were broken about three
inches below the knee. DR.. }. Ell. Brum-
back and DR.. H. NJ. Keyser adjusted the
fracture. The young man SO far is doing
well.-Page Courier
STRUCK By LIGHTNING During the
storm on Tuesday evening last, the barn
belonging to Mr.. Collins, just beyond the
Cemetery, was struck by lightning and
| burned to the ground. There was in it
three fine horses. about $50 bushels OF
wheat, 100 bushels of corn. and lot Of
hay and straw, all of which was destroy
ed. His loss is between 1900 and 1000
Enthusiastically Union
The region round about Dry Fork,
miles below Harrison5urg,- was visited
with tremendous rain on Saturday after.
noon last, about four o'clock. The Fork
is said to have been higher than ever be-
fore knorn. The water was foot anG
a half or two feet above the bridge neal
Jacob Longs. on the Valley Turnpike
A great deal of fencing was swept off along
the line Of the Fork, though we have
heard Of no other damage.-Register.
An Irishman by the name of G. T
O'Donnel, was she. near Mt Vernon
Furnace. in this county, on Saturday the
18th of September, and died on the morn
ing of the 18th. He was shot by Henry
Haynes, son of Zachariah Raynes, will
whom he had had difficulty at the circus
in Port Republic on the 4th of August
ODonnel was single man and com
parative stranger in the neighborhood -
He was shot with a rife, the ball passing
through the left arm and the bowels
Raynes is still at large.-Register.
There was a very heavy rain in the vi
entity of Churchville, Augusta county
on Thursday of last week. A little brancE
which cmptles in Jennings Branch be
came much swollen, and the water sweep
ing down, did much damage Mr.. Smith