Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-11-11
VIRGINIA.

A TOUCHING INCIDENT OF THE
FLooD-A HUSBAND THAT TRIED TO
SAVE HIS WIFE.-James Shipe, a
young man, was living with his wife,
to whom he had been married. about
five moths, OH Overton's sand. When
the food swept away his house, on
Friday night, he stripped himself ior u
mighty swim, and tax NJ hi wife a.
on h.s back he plunged Oul into tie
raging waters, hoping t. strike tree
or sutue OF the strong 10 s that
not yet yielded to the wdvea. lie
bravely struggled along. holding to
his precious burden, aud seiZinG on
object after another, only To find II
give way under his grasp. His wife
entreatrd him 20 let her 20 and save
himself, " You are not prepared 90
die, my dear husband. and trust
ann were her words. 1t last he
caught by the water tank on Halls
l. and, hut he soon lost his hold, and
was once more adrift in the Hood. He
next caught the branches o, a floating
tree on which he supported himself tor
few minutes. and Hitting up his wiie'-
head, which he had been unable 70
keep above the water, he found that
she was dead. The beloved iofm which
he had borne for five hundred yards,
now cold and lifeless, dropped from his
grasp, and disappeared beneath The
yellow waters. The strong swimmer
struggled on, and soon struck the end
OF the burnt mill on Heck's Island,
where he rested for "A few minutes, and
then he reached tree growing in front
OF a house from the tree reached the
roof, and planting himself behind one
one of the chimncys, remained until
brought of on misunderstanding
Inder.
AN ANCIENT RELIC.-We mention
| ed week or two ago, that portion of
an old wall, constructed of rocks and
| logs, had been discovered by Capt.
| Findlay, in excavating place for his
| turbine wheel, at this place; some 3
or @ feet below the surface. a few
| DAYS since he found an arrow, imbeded
in the wall, with sharp iron spike
| affixed
As the first dam in that locality was
! built in 1896, some 80 yards or more be-
! low the wall discovered, and in which
the arrow was found, it may not
| be unreasonable &c conc .ude, that the
wall il "A part of Black 5 Fort, which.
according to tradition, was somewhere
near the spot, and that the arrow was
/ sped there by an Indian, it is of heart
white-oak, and tolerably sound. II
may be seen at this oilice.-A6ingdoa
/ Iirgini0R.
Mr.. Joseph Cloyd, of Pulaski, has
been elected President of the Lynch
/ burg Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety, vice Geo. i. Tayloe, Esq,
/ of Roanoke, who declined reelection.
KILLED I'VE neglected to mention
i'm our last weeks issue, that Thomas,
son of l. Bumgurdner, living on CUP
pie Creek, i'm this county, had lis head
so badly injured 10y Cane Mil, that
he died in few minutes. lie was Z
promising boy, and the idol of fond
parents llithUihe Dispatch.
RADICAL MEETING IN NoRFOLK-
RIOToUs PROCEI DINGs-SEVERAL PER
SONS MouNDED.-AO Nov. "A
large crowd of whites and black were
collected before the City Hall last night
10 hear political addresses from Hon
G.. NJ. Robson, Secretary of the Ma
w: Hon. Jas. IL. Plat, member o
CONGRESS from this district, and the
candidate for reelection; eX-GOv, Wells
OF Virginia; Prof. Langston (negro)
of Howard Universy, Washington
and others. EX-Mayor Frank DE Cor
DIV was elected chairman. After Gov
Wells and Secretary Robeson address
ed the crowd, and while Prof. Lang
slon was speaking, the meeting was IN
terrupted 10y disturbance in the crowd
until firearms were freely used
AID several volleys from small arms
we've fred in rapid succession.
Al the commencement of the hiring
the crowd broke into wild disorder
scat tering i'm every directi' n. The "a
lice attempted 10 qucll the disturbance
but, owing to their small force, the
men were unable 20 accomplish much
Aftci the crowd had dispersed IL war
.ouud that no one had been killed, but
many, whites and blacks, had b'',n
wounded. Among those seriously
wounded was john j. Daniel, well
known white citizen of THIS city
and n lroding Republican, who oceupl
ed a position on the speakers stand, IL
WAS Wounded la the head 10y bullet
This morning negro badly cut Wa
found dead 10 an alley few square
from the scene OF the last niLhts row
4 Senate bill before the Lower Hous
of the Virginia Legislature, prohibiI
ing the infliction OF stripes upon an.
citizen of the Commonwealth was re
jected ON the 3lst ult.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER ORGANIZED
/ The hourishing Masonic fraerhlt.
in the Glade Spring nolgheorh'od' O