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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-01-12

\ man named Cooper arrived near
Berry Vile, Clarke county, Va, on
Thursday evening, and was found in
sensible in the snow. Ga being restor-
ed 10 'conseioHsness he stated that be
had come from the village OF Paris, near
the summit Of the Blue Ridge noun
taIns. to procure relief for the distress
81 Inhabitants. He stated the place
was buried in the snow, and that 300
people were there in danger of perish
ing from cold and the lack Of provisions.
His Own house was deeply buried, and
he took E:s wife and child out OF second
story window and placed them In his
fathers house, which was not so deep
ly buried. In one house poor widow
and one child were found 10 be dead but
an in .ant was still alive. The poor were
all collected 10 few houses, so as to
economic the wood on hand, but they
require supply Of provisions. Cooper
stsrted on Tuesday morning On horse.
back. The next day the horse gave
out, aud be travelled the remaining dis
.tauce on foot. A large four~horse sled
was dispatched for Paris loaded with
= provisions. The storm commenced on
tho 10Th OF December and for forty
eight hoxrs the snow descended. Since
that time The village Of Paris has been
cat Of from communication with the
neighboring towns, until Cooper reach
sl Berryville.
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[Ckishso Joarnsil
A Chicago Brokers' Happy
lnYaafmenf

Lewis II O'Coner, Ese. whose Office
IL located at % Washington street, this
city. lately related the following 10 the
hearing Of one Of our reporters as an
evidence of special god fortune.
have been suffering said Mr. U'Couor.
for a number Of weeks with very Sc
we're pain in my back. believed to be
from the effects Of a cold contracted
while on the lakes. 1 had been pre-
scribed for by several OF our physicians
and used various remedies. Three
days ago. abandoned them all, and
bought, a bottle Of st. Jacobs OIL, appli-
ed it at night before retiring and to-
day feel like a new man. experience
ed almost instant relief and now feel
no pain whatever.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-01-12

his silly, shallow tomioolery and 60
manfully into the arms Of Gorham
and the new administration none
could blame bin. His following is
one that must be fed; Garfield
holds the keys Of political proven
der. and it is most natural that, as
Hancock has nothing to give and
Garfield has much to bestow, Ma
hone should prefer Garfield and the
fatted calf to Hancock and husks.
But it is entirely needless for Ma
hone to issue weekly or daily mani
festos contrsdicting himself, and
especially contradicting all Of his
own former teachings and all the
facts In regard to the debt OF Vir-
ginia.
1t is true. as he says, that Virgin
ia is now very poor, but is not true
that she could not have paid her
debt dollar for dollar but for such
demagogues as Malone. Under
his latter tea ching property has de-
preciated twenty per cent. or more
capital is driven from the State, hope
hashed fron1 ne hearts of honest men
and Virginia is poor indeed. She
is now so poor. under the reign OF
Malone, that another Malone VIC
tory will land her in reputation,
and her free schools will be closed
to the children of colored men be-
cause Malone has inhamed the ig-
norant voters to support him in re-
pesling the poll tax that is dedica'
ted to the school fund. Nobody in
the North now misunderstands Sen
stor Mahonc's position, but he sad
ly misunderstands the intelligence
that he seeks to blind by the most
awkward dispute with himself
Pill. Times.
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An Important Railroad Ru-
Xfl0E.
A NATTER IN WHICH VIRGINIA CITrhs
ARE INTERESTED.

A NATTER IN WHICH VIRGINIA ClTAh,
ARE INTERESTED.
The runner has already been mem
toned that a plan lie on foot aad being
pressed by the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad Company, backed by Col.
Thomas a, Scott and other Texas
Pacific magnates. to purchase the At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
which lie to be sold at.an early day.
The Lynchburg Virginian, abiding to
this ramon, sounds the alarm as fol-
lows;
1T now appears that the British
bondholdcrs, who have procured the Or
der for foreclosure OF mortgage and
sale Of the property, Influenced by az
prehensioos Of unfriendly legislation,
instigated by the person whom the,
regard 90 almost omnipotent in Virsi-
mia affairs, do not care to become the
purchasers Of the property. Aud 90
they are entertaining propositions from
other parties, who, il once in possession
Of the property, could not, by reason
of their location and their interest in
Northern railway connections and
cit.es, haye say interest in the llne
east Of point at OF near Salem, except
for purposes of local tonnage. Asd So
in that event, Lynchburg, Petersburg
Richuo.d and Norfolk would be
switch ed of the naia track. and all
through trade diverted via the valley to
philadelphia and other Northern cities.
And now, We may we'll inquire Il
this 10 be the end OF all oar efforts and
sacrifices in behalf Of this liner Mat
Lynchburg aud her sister cities, that
have put millions 10 this work, stand
idly BY and see it pass under the con-
troll Of people whose interests ere alien
70 those Of our cities and State! We
certainly have reason to expect that
the British bondholdcrs will hsve some
regard fox the interests of the people
who were mainly Instrumental in Great
ing this property-taxing themselves
heavily to build the line, aud will not
permit it to pass into unfrieualy hands.
Action, in the nature Of rcmonstrancc,
ought 10 be taken ut once"
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In another column this morning will
be found a statement from General
Malone OF the position Of the Virginia
Readjustsrs on the debt question.
This 10, doubtless, the document whose
appe araDce WAS predicted some days
ago, aud for which the recent address
of the State Committee OF bis party
made public the other day-was mis-
taken. 1t is a sort Of artful dodger,
and may deceive some Republicans in
The North who don't understand the
true inwardness Of Virginia politics, but
it will not make any converts in this
section. -Bakimore americas.
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The Washington Post says that
When General Haxen came into office
as head Of the weather bureau, he
Hattered himself that his lamented
predecessor had lett on hand a sufficient
stock of carefully assorted weather to
last six months. But General Hazen,
10 his lnexperispce, aud IN that trem-
ulous hesitancy which results frsm want
OF con Gdence, has gotten the packages
mixed. The compound is abominable.
II we cannot have better article 1t is
not worth while to lax the people for
the maintenance ola weather bureau.
Better results were obtained before
there was anv such department added
TO our public service"
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A Tencment-House Disaster.
Phil. Times.

New YORK, Jan. A fire oc-
CURED at S,15 o'clock this morning
in the fve.story tenement-hou in
the rear Of James Doyle's liquor
store, at 50 Madison street, four
story tenement-house. Ten lives.
were lost, The victims are Ellen
Sheridan, aged 43, Katie Sheridan
aged IA; Maggie Sheridan, aged b
Martin Sheridan, aged 8; JOHN
Walsh. aged ID; Thomas Cassidy,
aged 6; Charles Cassidy, aged s,
and girl named Eagan, aged 2
Mrs. Sheridan, age unknown, and
as since discovered, an infant Of
Mrs. Cassidy. The aforementioned
little one was clasped to its moth
er's breast, wrapped in a blanket.
Several persons were injured among
them Jas. Cassidy, Mary Eagan and
Charles Walsh. The fire started
at the bottom of the stairs that fur
nished the only mode of exit for the
tenants of the building barring the
outside fire.escape, and in less than
FIVE minutes swept through the
stairway to the roof, cutting off the
escape of a score of persons. The
suddenly-imperiled tenants made a
rush for the root, but the scuttle
was firmly hooked and would not
yield. The ascending flames drove
them back in their rooms, and a
scene Of wild confusion ensued.
Men and women threw their chill
dren from the windows and jumped
after through the flames that swept
across the yard and caught their
clothing. When the firemen mas
tered the raging element the dead
bodies of ten persons who had been
burned were taken out. Several
were injured in making their escape
and were sent to the Chambers
street Hospital.
SCENE OF THE HOLOCAUST.
The scene of the dreadful hel-
ocaust. the like OF which has not
occurred in this city since the ten
ement house fire in Cannon street
more than year ago, and the
dreadful Turner Hall calamity
about the same time, is approached
narrow alley hardly WIDE
enough to allow the passage of a
portly man between the two tall ten
ements, Nos. 80 and SO Madison
liquor store. Its back door opens
directly upon the narrow hallway
in the rear tenement where the start
was given to this mornings fire.
Plumbers were busy at the foot OF
the stairs thawlng out frozen water
pipes. and for this purpose used
gasoline apparatus. BY some
means it was upset, and
the inhammable material ran out.
There was a binding fash as Of an
exp osion that blew in the door Of
he saloon, and in an instant a
black smoke wellea up the long
stairway, impelled by draft set
ting towards the open windows in
the top story. The fire, finding
vent through the open doors and
of the untenanted ground
floor Of the house, had seized upon
the shutters, window frames and
wooden floors of balconies outside,
licking them up like SO much tissue
paper. and reaching upward toward
the floors where the frightened men
and women huddled together. AFRAID
10 venture out upon the fire-escape
that seemed to lead into the very
avs Of death. |
A TINE on PHRff. !
Eight families occupied the
,otise, two on each hosr. On the
'ecsnd aeor Tie Eagans and Null
looms, had at ths frat alarm sseap.
4 tAsssgh the Windows. Mira. |
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Boot and Shoe Making

Ihsvs opened Arst slass Bsor AND SHor
Maxine SHor IN Woodstock. All work is
guaranteed 70 please. TERMS CASH
prices moderate. .,. tI. I.a
Shop. In the Mssrnder suilJing in rear OF
the Saddle shop s'Mr. VIA. Dosh. l have
employed first elass workman.
Dec. IS so
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-01-12

Are the most el-
fective and congo
NAL purgativeeycr
discovered. Ihcy
are mild. but q
fcciual in their
operation, MOVING
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation.
they are still tie
most thorough and
searching cathar-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-01-12

Mrs. Harriet Cooper, colored, aged
lis years, aud weighing 400 pounds,
died at Cheltenham. one of the suburbs
Of st. Louis, Saturday. Her husband,
who IS still living, is l0l years old.
she was the mother Of rs children, The
youngest being g.
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cleveland Psnay Prsu.l
See the Cenquering Here etc.

Among the moot wonderful articles
of the period 10 St. Jacobs Oil. The
Hon. Leonard SWEET OF Chicago. Pro-
nounces it the most thorough conquerer
of pain that hs has ever known.
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Mary Eagan, a widow and her
tour grown children, Margaret,
Thomas. Joseph and John, reached
the ground in safety by quick
jump Mrs. Muldoon, who is over
80 years old, was less fortunate.
Seizing her two grandchildren, An
ME, aged 10, and Kate 'ged Z, she
spraug from the fire escape, but in
the fall sprained or broke her leg
and crawled sway with difficulty.
On the floor above, Mr.. Rcgsn, who
lived alone, escaped with his neigh
bors, the McKenna family, likewise
by Jumping. James, aged 8, Hugh,
aged A, and the baby were thrown
through the window by Charles,
their eldest brother, lad Of 10.
The mother, Mrs. McKenna, was
sweeping in the yard when the fire
broke out. She rushed to the stair
way, but was met by q solid sheet
Of fame, and realizing the danger
of her children reused them by
houting before they knew Of the
approach of the deadly visitor.
Jump, Charles; throw them down.
the agonized mother. cried, and
and stretched out her arms to re
ceive them as three little heads look
ed over the window-sill beside their
brother. The lad measured the
distance with his eyes fit was more
than twenty feet and he shrank
from the venture with the dread Of
instant death. But the smoke was
already filling the room and pouring
through the window, the children
now cried and stretched their hands
towards their mother. The baby's
call Mama. mama" was heard
above the roar Of the fire and the
clangor in the street. The mother
cried, Charlie, for GODS sake
jump" and the boy flung the baby
| into her arms. The other children
followed, himself leaping last. All
reached the ground In safety.
THEsACRTFICE OF LIFE.
On the fourth floor lived the
Cassiday family and the Eagsns,
another family. but Ct the same
name as those on the first floor, and
in the fifth and topmost story Mrs.
Ellen Sheridan was at breakfast
with her four children. The men.
as in all the other families, had
gone TO work. At the first alarm
Mrs. Sheridan ran to the door and
seeing the hallway efectually block
ed, turned TO the window. The
flames there met her also, and in
dispair she rushed for the scut:le
on the roof. 1t was firmly hooked
and her strength, desperate as it
was, did not suffice to open it. Re-
turning to her looms she closed the
door on the advancing fire, but too
late. The rooms were filled with
smoke, growing more dense every
moment, and the woman and her
children CROPPED about, rainly seek
ing the windows, They were found
dead. evidently choked before the
flames reached them. The Cassidy
family attempted escape by the roof,
hut also failing, had reached the
windows and flung themselves out
Only two Of them, Charles and
Thomas, boys OF six and eight years
were left. They were suffocated,
and when found their clothes were
burned. Ofthe Eagan family all
save \ little girl Of two escaped by |
throwing themselves into the yard |
but Mary Eagsn Was badly injured
in the fall and was taken to the |
hospital The whole was over in |
less time than it has taken to tell
il.
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A TINE or pERfi.

Eight families occupied the
honse, two on each aosr. On the
secsnd aeor Tie Eagans and Null
dOeus, had at the frat alarm escap.
ed tAxssgh the Windows. Mira
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