Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-04-23
News Items.

Thursday last the barn of Ellis
Tucker, in Hartford county, was struck
by lightning and seriously damaged.
Two fishermen from Oakland sue
ceeded in capturing 200 speclked trout
in West Virginia waters one day last
week.
At Austin, Miss, Wednesday last,
w. A. Grantham struck NJ. Jones, city
marshall, with bride, when the latter
drew a revolver and shot Grantham,
killing him instantly. Jones was ar.
rested.
At MoOretown, n. j., yesterday.
Christian Leslie shot and dangerously
wounded his wife and then shot him.
self dead. Excessive drink caused the
tragedy.
Enough money has been invested in
government bonds for the benefit Of the
widow of Lieut.. Hiram II. Benner, the
yellow fever hero, to give her an income
Of s6C0. Beside this. rshe has been
presented with cosy house at Elgin,
Illinois.
Chief Moses and other representative
Indians from Washington Territory
closed their business with the Secretary
ofthe Interior at Washington yesterday.
An agreement has been made by which
the Indians surrender the lands here
toiore occupied by them IN Washington
Territory, and accept another .reserva-
ton in the northeastern part Of the
Territory. This is larger than their
former reservation. and though much
Oft is mountainous, it contains ESans
large tracts OF fertile land and is out Of
the way of immediate contact with the
whites. Moses lie highly elated with the
agreement and say When 1 60 back
l will be bigger Indian than ever be-
fore"
Mrs Lizzie Fulton. Of Wheeling. ".
We. committed suicide Thursday by
cutting her throat from ear TO ear.clmosi
sevcrlng the head from the body. She
bad been v.ry drapondcni for SOME
iin'e on account of her husbands death.
and had sh"wn signs of m, ntal ab, rra.
ton.
Some 81 the missionaries in SOuil
Africa are en-. aged in an attempt Ia
prove that The ZuluS are lineal descend
ani- Of the lost tribes of Israel. II i.
said they have generally marked
Jcw-h features. anl their language j.
i OF jewish idiOms."
u Aionard r TH-"nis IT," Ioi,tauously
in the ,orida electoral count. has heen
sentcnced to two Years al hard lahar in
the Florida pennrntiar, for election
frau1s, perjury and other fashionable
things too wpsrisome TO mention.-
Philadelphia Times.
The damage nv the cyclone at Col
linsville. Mo-. eleven mjles from st.
Louis. MONDAY, il Estimated at ST.. 900.
The c, clone, a. usual. was rotary in H.
motion. and siruck and bounded from
The earth three times during its passage
through the town. Its width was Onl,
about scventy feet. Many houses were
destroy cd or damaged and several per
sons injured, besides one killed. One
of the evidt noes of its force was the
picking up ola horse and buggy, which
were carried to height of twenty TO
thirty feet a distance of about fifteen
rods. and dashed TO the earth, the horse
being crushed to jelly and the wagon
to splinters. The cemetery, just out
side the town, was laid waste, nearly
every tombstone being levelsd to the
ground.
The Harlan and Hollingsworth Com
pany, of Wilmington, Del, have :iust
shipped $4,000 pounds Of machinery to
San Francisco.
A fire at Eureka, New. DESTROYED halt |
the town, including the heaviest bust
ness houses, the hotels, newspaper
otices. telegraph Office. Masonic build
nc, and great number OF dwellings.
Three hundred families are destitute
md 2.c00 people without shelter.
Loss about sl.O00.O0O.
On the Kansas City branch of the
dannibal and st. Joseph railroad. Sat
friday morning. freight train ran upon
tresflc bridge which was discovered I,
e on fire when it was too late to stop
he engine. and fourteen cars broke
through. aud the cars. piled up in an
immense wreck, took FIRE and were
onsumed. The engineer saved him
eli b' jumping as his engine was turn
y over on The bridge. The fireman
lmpei before reaching the frestlc. {
80 men sleeping in a car filled with /
'u'ehold goods were buried liz neia
reck. on" Of them. Mr.. Bail,, being l.
'scued BADLY hurt. The other could b
ut bc found. IN
a fire at the Chesapeake and Obiol".
ilread shops. in Richmond. Va l.
urday. DESTROYED the lar.e frame
INT sop. one sleeping car. one
sSenSer coach, aud about 10000 fcetl
lumber also six frame dwelling "
'ss to the railroad company sl5.COO. "
Lansberg's general store. Masonic 9.
Il and adjacent buildings in Treligs. Il
re, Quebec, were burned Saturday T