Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-04-09
Valley News.

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have steam tannery, Mr.. j. G. Max.
well, of Mineral county. "West" Vir-
ginia, having purchased the SIdwell
property, which he will re-arrange as
steam tannery. He will begin his I'M
provements about the lst Of Juue. Mr..
Leathers will do the carpenter WORK
and Messrs. Hoover & Watson the
brick work.
Daniel Young. colored, who was
arrested in this county some time since,
charged with horse-stealing, and re-
turned to Jefferson county. was tried at
Charlestown. at the last term OF the
court, and sent to the penitentiary for
three years.
The death OF Mrs. Mary D. Williams,
which occurred on Wednesday morning
last. the tenth anniversary of that OF
her husband, is an event demanding
notice outside Of the column regularly
devoted to such announcements. Her
private virtues as developed in all the
ordinary relations Of life, as wife,
mother, friend and active and untlring
dispenser ofcharity, would have made
her a woman of mark, and gained for
her love aud esteem, in any communi-
ty. To this must be added the claim to
wider distinction earned by her deyo-
ton to the perpetuation of the momory'
and protection of the graves, OF the
Confederate dead. She will always be
remembered, not only at the South but
at the North and throughout the
Union, as the originator Of the beautiful
practice, which has taken such hold oil
all hearts, of decorating annually the
last resting places Of our dead soldiers
Since the first assemblage at MI.
Hebron in June 1865, hundreds have
followed in every quarter of the country
and the federal government has adop-
ted the idea and based upon 1t the
establishment of a new holiday.
The name of Mrs, Williams should
be freshly remembered at every
strewing of the soldiers grave,-the
recurrence of the touching and cherished
observance the introduction OF which
the country owes to her.
Mrs. Williams was GO years OF age.
The funeral services took place at
Christ (EpiscopaD Church last Friday
at u o'clock.
Waynesboro' Tribune On Saturday
evening last the barn belonging To MT.
Franklin Barger, near this place, was
burnt ~ the ground. 1t is supposed to
have been set ON lire by colored man
who had been smoking i'll it. Three
valuable colts parished in the flames,
and a quantity OF wheat, hay, fodder,
straw. etc., was also destroyed. The
barn was insured.
Manassas Gazette: Senator Paul. oil
Rockingham, will be at Brentsvllle next
Monday ior the durpOse OF addressing
The people OF Prluce William upon the
subject OF the State debt......Ihere
are about twelve hundred Conservative
voters IN this county, and about one
holf of that number are candidates elth-
er for county or district offices at the
spring election. IFnat can the remain
lns half do:
Pare Courier: The wheat in this
couaty has improved wonderfully IN the
last few weeks. The prospect now lu-
dlcates a fair crop.
Operations for corn and other crops
are rather backward, owing to 1t having
been too dry to pillow.
Early gardeners busy
Shen audoah TaHey: The Butler
Burns trial, which was called up for The
second time in the County Court OF
Page, last Monday, resulted, on Friday,
III the acqultal Of Butler, who was
charged with the shooting of Burns IN
November last. Messrs. Walton, Kid
dleberger, and Parks were lawyers Tor
the defense and Major Newman for the
Commonwealth.