Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-01-29
News Items.

He said the general tenor of the wit
nesses on the republican side was to
the effect that there had been censplra-
cy and intimidation on the part of the
democrats, and he made the positive
declaration that such testimony was
unqualifcdly false. The committee
itself took testimony at Charleston as
to the conduct of the late election in
Sumter, Williamsburg and Richland
counties, >. T.. A number of colored
republicans testified to frauds and as
saults, and several white democrats,
among them e. II. and Marion Noise,
of Sumter, gave rebutting evidence.
The assessed value of the real estate
of Jefferson county, w. Va, is $4,G9l,-
sec, 35, and of personal property 81, 544,-
737. Including road orders, which
amounted to s3,74S so, the county ex-
penses last year were s22, l19 sc.
On Saturday evening last Mr.. John
c. Lower, residing about two miles
from Oakland, was shot IN the right
arm by the discharge of his gun, which
his daughter accidentally knocked ever
in corner of the room.
Mr.. Geo. Kammerer, Of Upper Mil
ford township, Chester county, in three
days last week lost enc son and three
daughters by diptheria. The oldest was
seventeen and the youngest six years
old. The funeral ofall four took place
at one time, and three were buried in
the same grave.
The mutilated remains of James Ross,
an aged tailor of Columbia City, Indi.
ana, who disappeared three weeks since,
were found in the woods in the suburbs
there Thursday. When last seen he
was suffering from delirium tremens,
and evidently fled to the woods and was
frozen to death. Hogs had partially
eaten tho body.
At Shelbyville, KY, Thursday night
TAILOR Rodgers, while about to lock up
his prisoners for the night, was struck
in the face with lump OF coal. and
Bill Owlsly, kuklux," and VIM,
Read, confidence man, escaped.
Cap. Wessell's command arrived IN
camp this afternoon, bringing the dead
bodies of Sergt. Taggart aud privates
Brown, Nelson and Dabloise, the latter
having died on the read; also the wound
ed and seven Cheyenne prisoners, three
sonaws and four children, of whom
three are wounded. Ofthe nine cap
tured one buck and one squaw died be-
fore reaching here. They were careful
" searched, but only two small knives
were found. Capt VESSELS wound is
very slight, but those of Sergeant Rode,
and Ambodst and Weman's Dress, the
Iudan scout. are dangerous, a board
will meet here tomorrow to investigate
the whole affair. It's composed of Ma
ior Evans, third cavalry, and Lieut..
Schuyler, aid-de-camp to Gen. Crook.
All Indians now here are under strong
guard, and will he taken to Fort Leav-
enworth. Private Hantz, company Ii.
third cavalry, who was wounded the
day after the out break, died IN the hos
pital to-day,
Little Delaware and great Pennsyl-
yania inaugurated their new Governors
John W, Hall, democrat, at Dover, and
Henry VI. Iloyt, republican, at Harris
burg. The ceremonies attending each
event were marked by an imposing
military and civic display. Hostile as
the two Governors are politically the
views presented by them in their inau-
rural addresses on the subject OF ma
tional finance were in perfect sympathy,
each commenting severely upon the
evils of imitation. and basing new hopes
for business revival upon the resump-
ton of the gold and silver standard Of
value.
EA-Councilman McDermOtt. Of Phil
lipsburg. n. j., was convicted OF having
received SIS on stolen coupons OF retired
town bonds. lie is low being tried on
similar indictment charging him with
obtaining 3lS5 so in the same way
! His confederate, eX-Treasurer Carhart,
has turned States evidence, and is ex-
posing the workings of the town ring
Mr.. A. Seligman. Of New York, re-
ports to the Louisville police the loss oil
81. COO worth of diamonds and 5000 in
money in money in sleeping car on
his way to that city from New Orleans.
The police believe tho valuables were
: lost in New Orleans.
A trunk put of the midnight train at
Fort Wayne, Ind, Wednesday night
omitted such offensive odor that it was
broken open and found to contain the
nude body Of young man, supposed to
be that of Adam Zeigler, who has been
missing from Fort wayne for several
days.
Representative Burger. of Botetourt
coxnty, has introduced bill in the Vir-
gnia House of Delegates for the repeal
Of the charter oil the Valley railroad II
the company shall fail to resume work
south OF Staunton within the next twelve
months, and complete the road to Lex
ington in two years, 10 Buchanan IN
three years. and Salem in four years.