Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-12
Valley News Items.

valley NEWS Items.
An attempt was made recently to
burn an unoccupied house in Wood
stock.
There have been some three or four
cases of paralysis in Rockingham in the
last two weeks.
The Teachers Institute of Rocking
ham county will be held at Harrison
bug, November 1915.
An eagle, measuring feet 2 inches,
was captured recently by Willie Rhodes,
son of Mr.. Jos. Rhodes, of Saumsville,
Shenandoah county.
Mrs. Col. J. s. Hammond nee Belle
Boyd, the Southern Heroine, gave
grand musical and dramatic entertain
ment at Winchester ON last Thursday
night.
The Editor of the Page Courier grieves
to the extent of nearly half column
over the loss of an Essex pig, presented
to him by friend. This is the little pig
that ran away and didn't 60 to market.
Several of the Staff of the Shenandoah
Valley were at the illumination of the
cave near Luray on last Wednesday
and were perfectly charmed and de-
lighted" with what they saw.
The Board of Supervisors of Shenan-
doah have increased the county tax from
20 to 80 cents on the 500 to meet the
increased expenses of the county, for
brid gebuilding, land damages, roads &c.
No money was appropriated for Free
School purposes for this year.
The Winchester Times says We
have heard that Miss Belle Jordan,
daughter of Mr.. E. G.. Jordan, of Jor-
dams Springs, was severely burned
on Sunday, by her clothes taking fire
from an open CRATE, and that her
parents were also badly burned about
the hands in the effort to save her.
The Rockingham Register says, that
"Rev. Joseph Driver. Mennonite Minis
ter, residing at Mt. Clinton, came near
being fatally strangled by a fragment
of bone lodging in his throat, Tuesday,
Oct. ODD. Had it not been for his own
presence of mind and timely aid, he
could not have survived very long, the
suffering being so intense"
The last issue of the Rockingham
Register completed the seth volume OF
that venerable Democratic journal, the
first number having been issued by Mr..
Lawrence Wartman, the father OF
Messrs. ]. H. and HI. T. Wartman, on,
the 22nd of October, 1922. Since that
day, when it commenced with only sc
subscribers, it has grown with the
growth of that populous and wealthy
county, and has exerted great infu-
, ence, having for many years been
blessed with large subscription list.
The work of tract-laying upon the S.
V. R. R., towards the Clarke line. was
resumed last week, and the work COM
pleted to that point. Mr.. J. M. Smith
J bridge builder, is busy with large force
of workmen fastening the completion
of the bridge and tresseling-an SO foot
span bridge, and 700 feet of tresseling-a
the crossing of the main stem of the
B. & O. r. R., near Duffield's Depot
/ After this is finished, track laying will
be advanced towards Shepherdstown.-
| The Engineers, we understand, have
located the route from Shepherdstown
to Bedington, in Berkeley county
Spirit Of Jefferson.
: Or Sunday, the 3rd inst, on Muddy
creek in Rockingham county, Mrs.
Frances Farrell. aged Sugars, 8 months
and days, wife of Mr.. G. r. Farrell,
died suddenly under the following cir
cumstances, as related by the Rocking
ingham Register :-"She went to prayer
meeting at the church near her resi-
dence, on Sunday morning, and while
the congregation was at prayer, she was
attacked by paralysis. She became un-
conscious at once, and never spoke from
the time she was taken ill until her
death, which occurred about 5 o'clock in
the evening of the same day. She was
an estimable lady, and was held in high
regard by all who knew her."
A correspondent of the Richmond
State, writing from Lexington, says
A-young lady named Miss Fellows, who
is the daughter of deceased Baptist
minister of Fincastle, of excellent fam
lily and repute, has been missing from
her home in this place since last Tues
day morning, and her whereabouts
cannot be ascertained. A few weeks ago
she came to Lexington, and lived in the
family of Misses Morris, seamstresses,
and every indication went to show she
was highly pleased with her new home.
She had no acquaintance in the place,
with the exception of one or two, out
side of this family. On the morning
named she put on SUM- bonnet, walked
out on the street. and has never been
heard of since, leaving all her clothes,
&c. The country around has been Sc
cured, but no clue as to her whereabouts
has rs yet been ascertained.
|
I MISSION OF THE CHINESE EMBAs-
sY.-The mission of the Chinese EN-
bassy to this country is said to be to
protect the rights of the Pekin Govern
ment, in case any legislation is attempt
ed here to revise the Burlingame treaty
so as to give this Government the sole
control of the matter of Chinese immi-
grafton. The Chinese have an idea,
founded upon the demands made by the
Congressman from the Pacific coast,
that to bring the control of immigration
solely within the power of the United
States is virtually to prohibitit. 1t is be-
lieved that, if such action is insisted up
on by Congress, China will take steps to
prohibit American immigration to Chi
ma, to the extent that Chinese immigra-
ton is prohibited in the United States.