Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-03-27
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Not guilty, but ought to be hanged,
was the form in which a bigamist, in
whose favor technical point had been
successfully raised, was acquitted by a
jury in Chester, Pa.
The steamer Jas. W. CAT, full OF
freight and having on board ninety pas
sengers, was sunk on the Ohio yester-
day, a few mile above CarrOllton, Ky.
No lives were lost. The steamer was
valued at $4,000.
The Bank Of Chcmung, at Elmira,
y. Y. has suspended. The deposits
amounted to s2GO.OO0. Serious loss to
depositors is feared.
The attorney general Of Louisiana
has fled an application for a re hearing
in the Anderson case. lie contends
that errors have crcpt into the decision
of the State Supreme Court, no doubt
from the imperfcchon Of the presenta'
lion made by the State, and the short
ness Of time during which the court
held the case under consideration.
An Iowa new paper. edited by aman
named IIaycns. recently printed and
praised an original poem in favor Of the
"dollar Of the fathers" and was cha
stincd when a rival editor showed that
it was an acrostic, the initial letters
read "IIaycns, The ass"
About two inches Of snow fell at But
falo, y. y, Saturday night and sunday,
and i; was still showing at $50 p. NJ.
Eight inches Of snow fell yesterday at
at Watertown. y. y. The storm cX-
lcnded over o;hcrporiions ofNew York.
and portions Of New England. Ohio and
Pennsylvania. \ heavy wind storm pre-
vailed IN this latitude.
An Ohio court has Just granted a
mans petition for divorce from his wife
on the ground of her habitual drunken
ness, the INVESTIGATION arising from the
excessive use Of morphine. The Court
held that ii makes no difference in law
whether The iutoXication proceeds from
The use oistrong drinks or narcotics.
Aaron Marshal, saw by the moon
i;-At Friday night, in Botetourt Va.
county road large black dog and rock
bim for the Jun Of The thing. II turned
out to be a large bear ard Aaron had
to take to n tree where he remained till
morning. with the bear at the bottom
all nj lit. In the morning his cries at
rac,cd . passerby aud the bear fed.
Aaron had to lc lifted ont Of the tree
and carried home. be was so badly
Nr. and Mrs. Bamc, motin san iran
cisco alter a separation Of twelve years.
IIc halb,ca seeking fortune. with yc-
n moderate success. on The Pacific
coast. size had been living in PcnnsN-
yan;a. Did tacy rapiurou,ly embrace
nj ,,.hl of,ach other? No. She drew
a revolver and fired three times at him.
and lie knocked her down with a cane.
7 seem, that he had deserted her. and
She Lal found lin allcra lons search.
Tie National Bank Of Tawylown. y.
y. has failed. Its thought the dcpos-
lor, will lose nothing, bui the stock will
be wiped out. There i great excite
ncnt, and inclination Is expressed be-
.ausa the bank received deposits Thurs
law. when Che officers knew itmu>t sus-
pend Yesterday. The bank las been
carving large amount OF worthless
paper for some time. The president OF
The bank, who is supervisor OF Green
5ursh. drew ont The public moneys in
hi. charge some days ago. and She coun-
iv treasurer also drew out his deposits.
Several depositors Of trust funds are
greatly embarrassed. The lia9llilics Of
the bank arc :l22.oo0; reliable assets
SD. zoe.