Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-05-21
Valley News.

Transportation OF the Is. q y. X. II
has purchased Of Messrs. Thomson and
Steptoe "Rockston," at Summit Peint
the farm recently purchased by them
Of Hon. Jno. A. Thomson, about SOC
acres. and that 1t Is the purpose Of Mr..
CT m nts TO hand omely improve the
same.
The monument to be erected over the
800 Unknown Dead at Sionewall Gene
terry, Winchester, on the 9th of June,
will be 40 feet high and weighs 60 tons,
and cost $4,000. The shaft is sixteen
feet in height, and crowned by statue
of Confederate soldier standing at rest
on arms as q guard Of honor over the
graves OF the unknown. The figure is
nine feet high. At the same time a
smaller monument, costing 81 500, is to
be erected over the graves of the 29S
soldiers IN the Virginia lot.
Staunton Tndicatsr On Friday
night last at Charlottesville while Capt.
Jno. T. Powell. conductor of freight
train on the {. 4 o. road, was coupling
car TO his train he was instantly
crushed to death between the cars. His
remains were carried into the depot
there, and when the express passed
were sent TO his wife in Stanton, to
whom he was recently married. He
was man Of high character, and the
company ran an extra train from Char
lottesvllle, Sunday morning, for those
who desired TO attend his funeral here.
The funeral services were conducted by
Rev, DR.. Manly, who had 50 lately otii-
ciated at the marriage Of the deceased.
Chas. f. Wiscman, formerly of Au'
gusta county, was run over and Instant
| ly killed while trying to board the wes-
tern bound express on the G. & o. road
at Wiillamson's Friday morning.
A private letter from Roanoke church
III Charlotte county, where the revival
ist Rev. c. NJ. Howard, has been hold
inra successful meeting, states that he
has been for several days apparently
at deaths door with hemorrhages, bu.
is now improving. During his services
at Mt. Carmel church in the same coun-
ty recently, while the building was very
much crowded, the floor suddenly gave
way precipitating the audience several
feet below. A great panic ensued,
several persons were hurt and ono has
since died from his injuries.
A gentleman who has been over the
county informs us that from Stanton
to Waynesboro the crops are very -FOUR
ishing. About Panassas and Union
church the wheat is very bad. In the
county generally there is complaint
about the grass crop, but it is not more
backward than it was at the same time
last year, after which large crop was
made. The oats are very slow. Corn
planting has been very extensive in Au'
gusta.
Winchester Times: The Richardson
property-a threc-story stone house on
Main street-was sold at auction on
Saturday, for 5000. Mr.. A. L.
Shearer, purchaser.
Mr.. Geo. II. Hains, railway postal
clerk, was riding to the depot in one of
Orrck's wagons the other day, and IN
crossing the railroad track the sudden
Jar of the wagon against the rail unsea
ted him and threw him to the ground,
breaking one Of his arms.
The regular quarterly meeting at the
Hopewell Westinghouse vii begin on
Saturday next. 1t is always held, we
believe. on the third Sunday in May;
aud il is stated as fact that it has
rained but once, on that day, in more
than forty years.
Warren Sentinel: Mr.. Jonas Hook =
man was arrested and logged in Our
county Jail yesterday by Thos. l.
KIRBY, constable, upon warrant issued
upon the affidavit of I. \. Jenkins BY
G.. E. Roy. j. p, charging him with
the murder by ambush Of Jas. Foster
on l4th of last month. He will have
his trial tomorrow in the Court house.
Bri1gewater Enterprise Mrs. +. Is.
Rutter. of Harrisonburg, had the mis-
fortune OF having her pocket picked OF
a sum of money amounting 10 about
+. 500, while in Baltimore recently, pur-
chasing a stock Of millinery. A mean
.hief. indeed, who is so heartless as 10
rob a lone widow woman.
Winchester Ners: Mr. Hiram Adams,
an old citizen of this county, died neal
Galnsboro on the 4th of May, ageC
about IS years.
Hon. j. Randolph Tucker Is doing
well after the operation lately perform
ed for cataract. 1t is thought he will b.
able to resume his seat in Congress thu
) coming week.
1t was determined at the last NJ. Z
Church Quarterly Conference of tn
Winchester Circuit held at Mi1dletowl
that there would be no camp-meetln
on that Circuit this summer.
A camp-meeting at Cedarvillc, on tn
Front Royal circuit to be held some
y time in the latter part of the summer
I is talked Of.
S Branch htelIigeaccr: A turtle wa
caught IN the Branch, in the vicinity G
l. this place, on Tuesday last, by MI
lack Graham, which weighed twenty
y one pounds. 1t was quite vicious, Nj
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