Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
Valley News.

StauntOn tndtc0tOf !. MI De"J'
KaricofT, an old citizen residing neai
Saneersville. was bitten Two Years age
Iy IA dog. Last Friday inflammation
appeared on The scar and spread. lie
died on Tuesday last in great ag'nf,ll
requiring two or three men TO hold lin
10 lis paroxysms. He was member
of SaBgersville Council Fiends o.
Temperance and Ids funeral was alten'
ded by this organization. Mr., Karicoh
was 65 years Of aye and died at The resi-
dence of his son. Mr.. John 2. Karcof
His death is thought 10 have been hit
result OF ery,iprlas. On Tuesday y
last week, the large barn OF MIR. Fred
&. on, near Fi>hefsvi,le. caught fire
tr ON spark from The chimney OF 'h'
house not far off and was consumed
Mr.. OFT lost | COO bushels of wheat,
5. 700 feet of dry lumber, several way
GUS, all his farming implements ano
the fertilizers FIR his coming crop,
aegregaling $4,000. Me-. OFT was
absent, in StauOu, at the time of the
fire, and the high Oiad prevailing at the
time prevented the saving Of anything
in the barn. Mr.. Otis one Vt our hes
c1izens and he has general sympathy
in lis loss.
On Tuesday last. aboa' y O'Clock,
the residence Of Capt. NJ. Is. SmIrt.
situated about mile east u the CITY,
was burned to tie ground. The fir
was occasioned by Goals rOllia5 out OF
the CRATE. Mr.. Smart was absent from
home at the line and on returning
and ON returning at dinner time found
his home IN ruins.
Capt. Smart's properly vas insured
for 81. 200 in tie Richmond City Fire
Company and $500 in the Hamburg
Bremen Co., through the agency OF
Messrs. Cooke and Subett.
Spirit of Jc6erSon q: Rev. john P.
HYDE, Principal Of Loannke College.
Martins5urg. Is suggested for President
of the West Virginia Universiy. a
more thorough chi.Iian gentleman
could scarce Y be selected, and lis fine
capacity as an educator is conceded
by all who know him.
Winchester News Nr. Lewis NJ
FORSYTH, native If NJ nd, VIII"
mas resided in Winchester for MAJ
year, died a his home III this place lAs'
Satmd,y. He had en- in III hralll'
for mary years. bui had been confined
% his room only FRA f.v we ks Prev
Gus 10 bis dea'h. lie was man mucli
respected The community. I'll, finer
al took place NJ nda,.....Mr. james
Kerr, one Of our oldest aud respected
ci izrns, died at ! is home in this place
about 2 o'clock last Thursday mornins.
He had reached Il vuy advance age,
and had been i'll for some time.....A
letter from TT. Worth Texas. TO &c =
tlrman Of Iii , place give intelligence f
the death if NJ. John Bowels. formerly
of Frederick county Va. NJ. Bowels
had ,eeu in Texts but f:W years.....
A, FIR as we have been able to learn, the
number Of sheep aud lambs in is c0ui =
" that succumbed To the cold weather
this winter have been cOWplratively
small. Tbirt, -,ix ewes on tne firm Of
Messrs. J. Z. and 5. +. L.uitk, began
lunbi lg previous TO The coil weather,
and out forly-fye lambs they have
only lost fur. The others are ia "A
'hlivi0y condition.
Shenandoah Taliey: The dogs got
among the sheep o. Mr.. !. F. ;. Good
on his frm. about one mile north OF
this place, Tuesday night.
Some Of them were run across the
river. Four sheep aud seven lamb
were killed and two sheep are mis'in+.
D ,cs were also af cr those belonging to
Mr.. john Rice, the same night.
The sheep have been appraised. b' t
the dogs are still unknONn.....O n lat
Friday morning considerable exclt'-
nent was manifested over report that
IN attempt had been made to poison
The " illiam>on and Walden fImihes -
our children some nice IN number,
who live on the valley turnpike, two
miles south Of this place.
They were seated at the br aEiast
table, when one Of the little boys. Gi =
bert Wald-n. aged about 7, took a
moullfI Of the mi K, il glass, tom
the tablc-pitcher, and G'covering it 10
nave a hAI, bitter taste. spit 1t out, ana
called attention tO it: Without swallow
| iug much, any. Slue Of the others
.asled it. aud discovered, that there WIS
,omelhing wrong about it. Suspc n
vas at once aroused, the milk SCI aside
some OF which was brought 10 This
place. 1t was subjected to several
tests. which show the presence OF I
are. qnruli Y "fs'rychnine. A !ul'
f the milk forced into the mouth OF
IIarse, healthy cat, caused it to de- with
much agony. in short time, about
hrteen minutes.
A colored girl living in the f'mlly,
wro had srudge, it seem, against one
of its members, being strongly su''
p cioned, was arrested here on Wednes'
dAv morning, ty constable Erasmus
| Nrff. TimbeIvlle, aud taken before
magistrate, Dau'l Mariz, near Sparta
polis, and committed to Hmrisonburs
hail, TO wait further trial.
III. F.s.;i,. t,e ,orf.i,lV m do n nnst