Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-05-04
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men, the most Of whom went to Florida
with little if any,money to aid them 10
starting the business" Most Of thes
groves are now in a fourishing condi-
ton, very few Of thcm-perhaps not to
exceed twenty-havlng a mortgage
or any pecunlary claim upon them.
The latest railroad scheme IN West
Virginia is the Grafton aud Greenboro
County Road, which proposes 10 build
narrow gauge from the Baltimore and
Ohio at Grafton to some station on the
Chesapeake and Ohio in Greenbrler.
The capital stock is sl,0c0 900, -
w. A. Pillow, of Jacksonville, Fla,
has received 80, 300 so for straw berries
shipped North, after paying expenses,
freights, commissions, packing, baskets,
SC.
Jshn Baker, an old gentleman. living
near Warrington, Marion county, W.
Va, who was robbed some time ago
of several hundred dollars' worth OF
valuables aud money, was robbed
again Wednesday night, and while de-
Tending himself against the robbers with
an axe he had in the house they shot
him several times, MORALLY wounding
him. The robbers carried of 5000 in
money.
The residence Of Mrs. Fannie Z.
Caldwell, at Ronceverte, West Va.
was destroyed By fire on Saturday
night.
A lively competition is now gong on,
for the honor of being the youngest
soldier that fought IN the Union army
during the late war. Unless some
Younger claimant has filed a caveat
within the last day or two, DR.. Fred
erick II. Hubbard. Of Brooklyn, is ell
titled 10 the palm. He enlisted as
private soldier in the Flfty-second Regi-
ment, Illinois VOluDle November 8
1861, being then II years 4 months and
% DAYS old, and carried musket to the
end Of the war.
The Editors Of the newspaper pub
li.bed in the Cumberland Valley have
been invited by the officers of the Shen-
andoah Railroad Company TO make an
excursion to the Luray Caves and other
points of interest on the line OF that
road.
The Galveston News says Of Fl Paso,
Texas: Every stage brings IN new
faces. the newcomers all seeking bust
ness. the town being yet too remote and
unattractive to those travelling for
Measure. There are those who flock IN
to buy lands for speculation and to
establish business Of various kinds,
while buildings are going up as rapidly
as the scarcity Of material will admit oil
Adobes are about the onlv available
material at present, aud can scarcely be
obtained at ESQ per thousand"
NJ. S. Weaver has purchased the
lanes K. Marshall farm, 800 acres,
linear Linden, Warren county, Va, for
$4,000.
Mr.. John c. Baldwin, a leading
Ireadiuster Of Halifax county, has repu-
dated the Mahone-republican alliance.
On Monday night Mr.. James S.
lGemmill, Of Kent county, had eight
sheep and seven lambs killed by dogs
and The balance of his flock greatly
damaged. On Tuesday night 2. Dryer
had nearly his whole flock killed, aud
William Carter also lost several head
The first parlor cattle car left Cincin-
not; last night for New York. 1t coll
tanned 90 cattle, weighing 26,5OO
mounds. The cattle are in separate
compartments and are to be fed, water
led and groomed on the cars, reaching
New York Monday morning.
| Norfolk. Va, turned the six hundred
land fifty thousand bale point OF her
cotton receipts this. year, last week
This is the largest years receipts IN the
history of Norfolk.
The total loss by the food IN the
Missouri river and It's tributaries De-
Tween Sioux City, Iowa, and Bismarck,
dakota, is estimated at s2,5OU'VOo'
below Sioux City. including the damage
lat Omaha, Council Bluffs, Kansas City
land the great overa)ws on both sides
Ibetween those cilies and st. Louis, tue
lsmount Of loss is computed at $1,000,
loco.
The family OF Mr.. Frank Payne, Ivy
ling near Gnpin's Point, Dorchester
county. Nd, was taken suddenly and
violently i'll some days ago with symp-
toms Of cholera. Two Ofthe children
and Mrs. Payne's mother died'ard were
buried Sunday week, aud Mr.. and Mrs
Payne continue quite i'll. Invesilga.
ton resulted in tracing the canse oil
their sickness to the fact that they had
been using IN the family water taken
from a caved-in we'll.
Last week we published call tor a