Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-02-07

! The cOl0red eXhlulllon III Tue -n' H.
Church, coored, or Thursday and Sat
urday nights of last week, were largely
attended and highly appreciated.
We are sorry to have again TO defer
publishing the 5. V. Il. Il. schedule,
bat the boss" being away, and we be-
ing so crowded for space, we could not
/ do otherwise than leave it out.
sa~ a correspondent from Freder
! lex, Md, TO The Bait. Sun OF Monday
/ last SAYS
Deputy Sheriff Nixon, of Loudoun
county, Va, arrived in this ciy yester-
day in search OF one Page Wallace, a
sloutly built mulatto, aged about 20
years, who broke Jail at Leesbnrg on
! Tuesday last, III company with another
prisoner, by cutting through the walls,
aud celebrated his freedom on Thursday
evening by perpetrating a brutal out
rage upon the person OF white woman
named Mary Marmon, about 50 years
of age, living in Virginia, heal the
/ Potomac river. She ha1 just returned
/ from Point OF Rocks when she was at
tackled. Wallace had been in prison
for the past fifteen months, and had
/ been convicted OF larceny. During his
Imprisonment he was identified as the
J party who had committed al outrage on
/ "A colored woman some time previous.
/ Bruises On the throat and eyes Of his
last victim bore evidence of her terrible
but unsuccessful struggle with the fend.
/ After his accomplishment Of bis vile
purpose Wallace fled across the river
Into Maryland. As soon as the outrage
! became known crowds Of armed men
began securing the country around in
! search Of him, but up TO this time he
has eluded arrest II caught, it is stat
. e,i, he will undoubtedly be as summary
dealt with as were his predecessors,
Carol and Peck. The repetition OF
this infamous crime for the third time in
! less than one year, aud within radius
Of fifteen miles, has aroused the people
OF this section to the highest pitch OF
excitement.
The negro man referred to above,
was arrested and taken from among
the men employed by Messrs. Best d
Co., in grading the S. V. r. r. in
Maryland, opposite this town, while en-
gagged at work with the pillow on Mon
day morning last, by three men from
Sharpsbprg, Nd, TO which place he was
taken by them, and afcer hearing be-
fore a Justice Of the Peace, he was COM
mittcd TO the IIagerstownjail. lie had
hired himself day OF SO previous TO
his arrest, to Mr.. Zimerman, who resides
on the Douglas farm, and who had him
! engaged with the plow TO MessrS Best
6 Co., as before stated. lie gave his
name TO Mr.. 7. we learn as John Will
liams. At the tine OF his arrest, he
acknowledged as to having broke Jail,
but denied the charge OF rape. 1t is
said that a reward of $4,000 had been
offered by the Virginia authorities
DGg~ X Waynesboro, Augusta coun.
~, Va, correspondent TO the Stanton
Nrgjni0n says
The business portion Of Our commu,
nity have been partially awakened from
the lethargc stupor, that has held them
prey to lnaction for some fifteen years,
bv the nrospec,s of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad making the vicinity OF
this place a point on their route. One
night, some ten days since, ameetlng OF
the most wealthy and Influential citizens
of the town, together with mechanics
of all callings, assembled i'll the acade-
my for the purpose OF adopting some
measure indicative Of the interest our
citizens generally, and business men par
ticularly, teit III the projected Railroad,
and invite the Railroad Company to
make this town point on their route.
The Hon. i. A. Patterson, Mayor OF
the town, presided at the meeting. Re
marks pertinent 10 the object Of the
meeting were made by the Mayor,
Mcssrs. Kilian and iNjthrow, DR.. w.
J. Jones and by Capt, -. a. Donald.
The latter, in some bricfbGt pointed re-
marks, referred to the necessity OF the
action that The meeting was requested
to take in the matter, aud alluded to the
advantages that would undoubtedly &C
crue to our townin the event OF the rail-
road coming here. Resolutions we've
read aud adopted cordially inviting the
Railroad Company TO make this point
promising them hearty welcome.
A correspondent writing from Luray
to the New Market Taliey says:--
The Railroad Company are making
preparations to get up an illustrated
book showing the points OF interest
along the line Of their road, and through
cut the Shenandoah Valley. a citizen
OF our town received letter day or
two age, from one of the Company IN
Philadelphia, saying that they expected
TO have the cars running 10 Luray by