Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-01-14
News Items.


Under Gen. Hatch's command in
Colorado are two colored cavalrymen
from the far South, and during the ex-
ceeding cold weather on their march
they have suffered less than the white
soldiers have.
The indianapolis Journal continues
its republican canvass in that State
Ofthe 2,6l5 names canyassed up TO
Monday last, S82 were for Blaine, 1913
for Sherman and 707 for Grant, with ll9
non.committal and 1874 scattering.
Mr.. John n. Meade, prominent
citizen OF Frederick county, Va, and q
nephew of the late Bishop Meade, died
last Monday Of paralysis.
Mr.. Fenton NJ. Henderson,, one Of
the best-known citizens of .Loudeun
county, a few weeks ago lspsed into a
fit ofmelanchsly, and has been placed
in lunatic asylum.
Writ w. Harrison, for many years
sergeant-at-arms Of the Virginia Senate
died ia Richmond.
Land damages are being assessed
along the South River line OF the
Shenandoah Valley railroad, in Augusta
county, and the citizens through whose
property the survey has been made are
showing a very liberal spirit. A SINH
lar test will be made along the Fisher
vile route 10 a very short time.
A Sea, who lived near Cambridge,
Texas, went crazy Thursday, called on
in. Ladd, neighbsr, and shot him
dead; then went to the house of Saml.
Tubbs, shot him five times, inficting
fatal wounds, and shortly after blew
out his own brains.
Mary Council, daughter Of well
known farmer of Surry county, Va.
was standing in front OF the fireplace
few days ago, when her clothes ignited
and she was literally roasted to death.
The strike OF coal miners in the
Kanawha valley, West Virginia, is
becoming serious IN It's character. A
number OF men having returned to
work at the Austedt mines, near
Hawks Nest, about $50 strikers at
another point boarded an east bovnd
train on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road Thursday, and forced the conduc-
tor to let them ride free to the scene OF
operations. Yesterday $50 more re-
peated this action with another train. -
The force was thus sufficient to intimi-
date the employers and men at the Au-
stedt mines. The railroad and mining
officials called on Gov. Mathews for aid
and he has ordered the Lewisburg and
Charleston military companies to hold
themselves III READINESS.
A worry intelligent New York mer-
chant, who has just returned from a
three weeks business tour Of observa-
ton through this State, Western Penn
sylyania, Southern Ohio and West
Virginia. gives glowing account Of
the revival of industry in all that re-
glon. The leather manufacturers, he
says, are refusing to take further orders
and have as much business on hand Just
now as they can take care Of until MIDI
summer. The furniture manufacturers
are all working full time, and likewise
have orders far ahead. AS for the iron
and steel establishments, he says many
OF them are at wsrk night and day,
and some of them experience
more or less difficulty N obtaining q
supply of the right kind Of labor. The
farmers, too, are jubilant, and are ex'
pecting to increase their hog crops and
grain acreage this year under the
stimulus ofgood prices, and their i'm
proved financial condition, resulting
rom last years harvests. Saw few OF
no tramps; in fact, almost everybody
was at work.
At Beallsvile, Montgomery, Nd,
last Saturday morning, Geo. W. Peck,
colored, attempted an outrage on the
person OF a little white girl, eleven
years of age, but the screams of the
child brought relief before the wretch
had accomplished his purpose. Peck
was arrested and taken to Poolesville,
Nd, where, in the evening, he wa;
iorcibly taken from an officer and
hanged. A jury Of inquest rendered a
verdict that Peck came to his death
from strangulation by the hands OF
parties unknown to the jurors" Peck
admitted the attempted outrage.
The republicans stole marcn on tne
fuslonists at Augusta, Me-, on Monday'
yentinto the State House and organic.
ed a Legislature Of their own, with is
members in the Senate and IS IN the
House. Both houses passed resolu-
tons for the appointment Of a COM
mittee requesting the opinion Of the
Supreme Judicial Court as to the
legality Of the organization of the Lesis-
lature.
The weeling wv. Va.) nailmakers
haye advanced prices to IS, with the
usual discounts.