Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-06-19
News Items.

William Cullen Bryant, one Of Thu
best known and most deservedly-f ,on
ored citizens Of our country, died at hi,
residence III New York on We'd lesdaV
morning.
The News Decatur spe' :ial says
Lieut.. Peake, with State troo ps and {
sherif's party, had lively fight will
the Base party, who recently robbed 6
train on the Northern Texas. railroad, al
Salt Creek. One robher W as killed; the
other robbers escaped en- foot. The
rangers are IN hot pursuit.
| On Tuesday last, Jose ph McCrossin,
of Jamestown, Montg emery county,
Nd, was out riding horse back, when
his horse took fright from an object in
the read, and in shyin,y therefrom fell,
with the rider unGene ath. The horse
raised and fell again several times in
his struggle to get upon his feet. Fin
ally he succeeded in getting up, and
dragged his rider, whose foot hung in
the stirrup, some distance, until the
saddle girth brske, releasing him. Mr..
McCrossin was taken up insensible,
and died Wednesday night from his IN
Ijures.
A brakeman Oh the Iron Mountain
(Mo.) railroad, by the name of John
Votrin, was run over in st. LOUIS and
had his left arm cut off at the shoulder.
lie had opened a switch for an APP
preaching train and started to run
across the track, when his foot caught
in frog or under the switch rod, and
he was unable to release hmse in
time. He sued the company fer
1000 damages, holding that they
were responsible fer the accident. The
case was hot one, lasting two days.
The jury were out but few minutes,
and returned a verdict for the plaintiff
for $40, 900 damages.
A giant, whs died recently in New
castle,S England, weighed seven hun
bred and twenty-eight pounds and was
six feet three and s-half inches high.
For a giant he lived in somewhat cir
cumsc,ibed quarters, and at first it was
thought it would be necessary to remove
the reof to get in his coffin. Finally
window was enlarged, and that diff
Guilty was solved. How to get it and
the deap giant out was the next pro-
blen. The two weighed a ton. Al
last derrick was procured and they
were hoisted out.
1t was announced in The sun several
DAYS since that at the session Of the
Michigan Episcopal Convention, held
at Detroit last week, the unconditional
registration Of Bishop McCosky was re-
ceived and accepted. This last resig-
nation net only involved the resigna-
ton Of the bishopric but Of the ministry
also. A Detroit correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune says the evidence
which the standing committee Of the
diocese accumulated against Bishop
McCoskry was melting startling, and
when the Bishop came back from New
York and announced himself, through
Mr.. Romeyn, his counsel, ready for
examination, the committee declared
that nothing but the regular course of
a trial could be contemplated. Mr..
Rsmeyn was shewn some Of the proof,
and he was startled. He went to the
Bishop with his newly acquired know
ledge, and told him that the case was
not one that could be defended. The
unconditional resignation thea followed.
The reunion grafton before the STU
dents OF Roanoke Collgc was delivered
this morning by Capt. A. B. Piier, Of
INewberry, n. c., and the GRAFTON be-
fore the literary societies was delivered
this evening by Hon. Clarkson y. Pot
ter. In concluding his address, he
said: when we stop protecting and
substituting, and initiating and meddling
with production, with currency, with
industry and with natural laws-when
we stop artificial aggregation Of wealth
and great chartered companies and
leave associations of persons to the linn
tied duration, the natural difficulties and
I'll. natural law with which naturt at
fects men; when we put an end to
patronage more enormous than ever ex-
listed before, and which to-day threat
ems the peace and prosperity OF the
country, we may lsok for REALLY better
government, and not, l fear, before.
But above all, young gentlemen, pray
remember that neither in public no:
private affairs can there be lasting pros
perity without justice and wisdom and
truth"
The Columbus (Ohle) Ey0ning DE-
patch publishes an in interview with
man who last year took an active part
in organizing the railroad strike. No
name is given, bat the perscn is repre-
scented as having travelled over every
railroad IN the country with a view OF
-eorcanizlng on a solid basis for one
more grand effort to bring the railroad
companies to terms. He states that
the labor organizations are now ready
and that, while no definite time has been
agreed upon as yet, the strike will sure
ly come; that as soon as the employees
on one road stop work, all others, will
follow. The railroad officials at Column
bus think that the person making these