Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-02-11
News Items.

A decision made by Judge Donohue
at New York, Tuesday, involved a
question of practical importance to
travellers by railroad. A passenger
travelling on one Of the route tickets,
Of which so many are sold every sum-
mer, checked his baggage through to
New Orleans at the start from New
York city upon the New York Central
railroad. After the baggage had pass
cd into the hands Of connecting road
its valuable. contents were destroyed by
an accident. Suit being brought for
damages, Judge Donehue has decided
that, so far as the papers show, the
baggage-master exceeded his authority
in checking the trunks beyond the
Central road, and that road is, therefore
not liable.
The United States Senate committee
on patents, in considering an applica-
ton for the renewal Of a seventeen
year patent, reject the application, and
IN a written report lay down the general
principles which will govern the COM
mittee in the future. The COMMITTEES
say that extensions Of seventeen-year
patents should only be granted in very
rare cases, and only Tor the reason that
The invention is Of great public value,
and that the inventor, through ne fault
Of his own, has failed to receive reason
able compensation for Lis time and
labor. These conclusions Of the CON-
mittee will be generally acceptable to
the public.
The Lynchburg Vircinian gives the
following instances, among many
others, to show the rapid increase in
prices Of mineral lands in that section:
One piece Of property recently sold for
5000, and before the deed was execu-
ted was resold for $4,000; another
property sold for $4,000 which a few
months ago could have been Bought
for one>third the money; another sold
for $40, 000 which the past year changed
hands at 10000 another sold for
$4,000 for which the owner paid $3.50;
il could not be bought now for t25, 900.
In the Virginia House Of Delegates,
Tuesday, Mr. Linkenhoker, Of Bote-
Iout, introduced bill repeating the
law passed last winter providing that if
the Valley Railroad Company did not
complete its road within given time
their charter would be forfeited. The
preamble setting forth the reasons for
the introduction Of this bill will be found
n our Richmond letter. A bill was also
introduced in the same body TO author
lie the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
to construct and work branch of Its
line of road from a point near Hanover
Junction to deep waters in the Chesas
peake bay, near Piankatank, in Mat
thews county.
The Pennsylvania republican State
convention met at Harrisburg, Pa, and
as anticipated, passed resolution in
structing its delegates to the national
republican convention, to be held at
Chicago June 2, to vote for U. s. Grant
for the presidential nomination, and to
vote as aunt on all questions. The
convention nominated Hon. John A.
Lemon for auditors general and Hon.
Henry Greene for Judge Of the Supreme
Court.
An extraordinary accident has Oe-
cured at a theatre near Birmingham.
England. Mr.. Bruno. a musician in
the orchestra, caught hold Of the two
brass connections which are used fol
the purpose Of crossing the current
when the electric candles with which
the stage is lighted are not burning
received the full shock Of the current
generated by the powerful battery
which supplies the whole Of the LAMP:
in the building, and died ia forty min
ates afterwards.
The fight between the Grant ant
Sherman factions 10 becoming very bit
ter. The principal western organ o.
Grant goes at Sherman with the deeIa-
ration that "no man connected with
the hypocritical, fraudulent admlnlstra'
ten can over be President" Sher'
mans organs retort that the era O
good stealing can never be re-establish
ed. These remarks sound very muef
like what the Radical brethren have
been accustomed to characterize al
Democratic lies"
At Lucan, Ont. Tuesday night, 9
party Of masked men entered the house
OF notorious family named Donelly
and murdered the father, mother, enc
son and a niece. The party then sol
fire to tue house, which, with the dead
bodies, vas consumed. Another son.
living three miles distant, wa, called to
his door about the same time and stot
dead.
Miss Fannie Rauck expresses aston
ishmcnt at the report that she was to be
r,-ried 20 Hon. S. ]. Tilden. She asys:
ST have never been in New York and
never was acquainted with Mr.. Tilden'
I positi, ely deny all such statements"
Miss Rauek's brother is quoted az say
ing that his sister Is to be married at an
early day. but not to Mr.. Tilden.