The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-06-14
LETTER FROM HARRISONBURG.


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Fatal. ENT-FIRE-CATHOLIC FAIR
NEWS OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY.
Marrisonourg "a, June l5tli, 1871.
Ed.tofs V"gtntdn.- business portion
OIL tins community were shocRed on FRIDAY
evening last, Dy the lneeiiisehce that Mr.;
AuaiSon duncan iiao acciuehtiy snoG anu
hi,iea lii'nseii. IL appears tliaI Mf. Duhcal'
VINO was acting us ouperlntendent OF the
work along the line OF the washington, Gin
clhnati " 81. LOUIS Narrow Galge raiiroad'
Tor thc contractor, John W. =. Aiiemons
ESQ, the labor oeing performed by convicts,
pickea up mnsket OF one OF the guards,
grasplng the gun ny the mtzzle anu whist
drawing IL toward num- the hammer came
IN contact witli twis' causing the load 70 De
discharged, the contents OF the gun, Twelve
oucKsiiot, logging IN MIR. duncan 8 ieic Drease
immediateiy above inc heart, killing nm M
stantiy. Ihe accident occurred about one
O'Clock. MIR. Duncan was born IN Shenan-
doati county, out mas oeen resident OF LII
ray ray rage county ny ior a number r. OF years.
lie was ABOUT oo years OIL age. lie was the
senior OF the firm OF Duncan q Co., contrac-
tors Tor grazing the enlire line OF the Mar
row dauge foai' from luis pace 70 wash
hgeon CITY. ne proposed commencing OPP
erations IN Loltdoun county next week. The
ilrst intlmation received mere OF the sad &C
cldehG was ieIter from mr.. Aliemong to
| hon. jacob IL. Sipert, Director OF the road,
which after recltlng the occurrence as above
stated, directed that suitable burial case
De Immediately prepared for the body. The
| corpse arrived about dark, and was taken
| charge OF by undertaken Hockman. After
Delhg enclosed IN q handsome burial case, it
| was forwarded to Luray. Mr.. Duncan was
a valuable man to the Railroad Company,
and as a citizen, was universally beloved by
the citizens OF Page county who knew him
most intimately IN all the relations Of life.
The dwelling OF Daniel Miller ESQ.,, near
Bridgewater, was struck by lightning Thurs
day night last. It was remarkable occur
renee, Tor several reasons. Four distinct
currents OF electricity penetrated the first
floor OF the building almost simultaneously,
the effect OF which was to completely des-
troy the plastering on ceilings and walls.
The daughters OF Mr.. Miller had habitually
occupied one OF the first floor rooms as bed
chamber, but from some inexplicable rea-
son, last Thursday night retired in an up
stairs chamber. The room which they had
to atoms. They could assign no reason for
the change when they made it, and are at
loss now to account for the action which
beyond doubt saved their lives,
Owing to the omission of the word ssfe-
loniously, lin the indictment upon which Lew
is Randall, was convicted of the crime of rane
at the March term OF the County Court.
Judge Byrd Of the Circuit Court has remand
ed the ease back to tile County Court for
new trial. The prisoners counsel demur-
red generally, and being shrewd enough to
forget to mention the omission. carried his
point 6 stragetically,', as it were.
The Catholic festival for the benefit of the
church at this place was, as predicted in this
correspondence, most gratifying success.
Peculiarly it was a, decided success-over
$3.50, being Melted. It was held the 7tth and
Sth of the month. and suppose the defeat
ed candidates for the gold headed cane cnn.
slider it another to election. Their, were
1856 electoral votes cast at rs cents each.
Messrs. j. N. Liggett and c. IT. OrFerrall
tied, they receiving larger vote than .heir
competitors. I SUPPOSE thew will wear the
cane time abont.
The protestants Of the town ra,de roll
every assistance and nv their zea,ons chr;S~
tian shirt exhibited toward weaE Jsne,n,
nation. have cnoendorad !. faoI;nm ~ MO ~
est affection to exist toward than, hv ali tha
members of tho C.thnl,o Th,,n vy q" ~ Nv
ther Fitzsimmons who 10 bnrod most a..,c,o
w TO make the Festivo, suooass ' , ,at,,,.ao
his hearty thanks to the mamhers Of tba
different PROTESTANT denominat,ons who %
kindly lent their aid and nresence r. 10 s.ie
to assert that in the event ~ onv ~ t,o
PROTESTANT churches bold;nr fo;r tha $3.50 o
bers of Father F;tzs;Oons a. ,a , u1 'ae,n
" recinrocate favora &C vol as tia VI" .hie "a
eloquent Father in nerson - - '''e ''''' "'A>'
Blacks RIM. the snosmo1;o erraou r,h;o,, |
meanders thronoh o,,r town hide fa;r 70 ha 1,a
q recorded history annroacb;n~ va b;stor;e
Tiber. Tbe C;rcn;t Taurt has Hoon .acsoo.aJ
for the past ten DAVIS with t ti.e cssa OH M
Switzer' ns. .Tonas A T.owon I'.aJ VI Ac.;n,
for DAMAGE. The Witnesses for the pa int;@
and defendant are nnmerons ~ The casa viii
scarcely he concluded THO vreel- Tha es cow "
sci for the Defendant are CnI Iohnstom
C. E. Haas and G. A. Yancev. for Piaintiff
Hon. John Panl. FoyboiI Dsnoorf;oiJ on5
Geo. G, Grattan. If onnears that M Sxv;tz.
er claims DAMAGE. alIegino that tho no ,yatars
of Blacks Run are polluted Inv the eycresance
flowing from Mr.. Lowenhac6,s Tannerv the
stream PASSING throuol, fine lands ri M
Switzer. South Of town' ,rhe daenast ;rtar.
est is manifested byall Of our cit;zans The
many workmen and their families &c we'll
as the bark producers. ara narricnlarlv inter-
ested. The fact is the Steam tannerv is
about the Only extensive Misunderstanding es-
tablishlnent we have, and the citizens gen
orally dislike the idea OF having il declared
a nuisance, and work consequently stonncd.
The friends Of the Tannery argue. With an.
parantly good logic, that il is singular that
a tannery should be operated for seventy
years and be discovered TO he i nuisance ~
late in the century. When the IL wvars oet
through with the testimony. several decided
ly interesting speeches are anticinated. az
much feeling is being manifested.
An almost fatal accident occurred ut Raw
ley Springs last Thursday. The head wait
er was unbreeching loded revolver. when
one of the chambers from some cause ex
ploded, driving the bullet through the hand
Of the waiter and lodging it in the armof Char
ley Futchenberger, Che baker Of the Springs.
Charley was about five feet distant. standino
with his arms folded over his breast. Had
not his arm been in that position, another
fatal accident would doubtless have haen re.