Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-07-26
A Cat With Our Valley Exchanges.

A Cat With Our valley Exenanges'
Rev. VI. D. James has been appointed
pastor Of the NJ. e. Church South,
Winchester, Va.
There are now four cases OF small
pox in the city hospital at Stanton,
Virginia.
Robert Garrett has been elected pres
ideut of the Winchester aud Srasbure
railroad.
Clarence Shepard, living near Win
chester, had his leg broken On Saturday
by the breaking OF an axle to portable
steam engine.
Miss margaret Mckay, aged lo2
years, died at the residence OF her niece,
Mrs. Julia Stnston, in Warren county,
Va, one day last week.
The people of Rockingham are NOV
lug in the matter of securing a branch
railroad from some point on the Shenan-
doah Valley road TO Bridgewater by
way of Harrisonburg.
On last Tuesday, as Colonel John
Lewis Peyton, OF Stanton, was cross
ing ihe Shenandoah mountain with his
family, bis little son Lawrence, who
had gotten out of the carriage and was
waking up the mountain, Was severely
bitten by moccasln snake. Colonel
Peyton sucked the poison out oil the
wound aud applied French brandy, and
the boy was at once brought back to
Stanton and placed under medical
treatment The leg was very much
swollen aud very painful as a result Of
the bite, but the lad is now rapidly re-
covering.
The Rockingham Register tells this
moderate fsh.story: Twenty seven
years ago Mr.. David Eiler, who lived
near Keezletown, in this county, built
dairy and placed in it two yellow
suckers as pets. Mr.. Eiler has been
dead fer q number ,of years but Aunt
Harriet, his widow, still lives, and DUR
ing all these years she has carefully led
and cared for her pet fish. One of them
died several years ago, and the last On
gave up the ghost only few days ago,
after having nved in the dairy twenty
seven years.
The Carlisle Pa, Indian pupils will
visit I.uray Cave on 9th.
Stauuton indicator A few days
ago Mr.. d. B. Lavell removed from
near Folly Mills 10 the new town Of
Roanoke. Mr.. Corkin, OF this county
with bis family, moved into the house
which Mr.. L. vacated. On Sunday
night it was destroyed By fire. Mr..
Corbin losing nearly everything he had
South Branch InteHigencer: Several
fine bass have been caught during the
present week in our river; one party
caught one weighing lbs. and [ o..
another caught by Mr.. Jacob 2. Riden-
Our, 81 lbs.
Page Courier We regret to have
to announce the serious illness OF Mrs
Weller, the estimable wife of the pastor
OF the Methodist Church. During hel
short stay among US Mrs, W. has made
many friends and our whole community
Join in the hope that she may speedily
recover.
Page Neps DIR. II. j. Smooi
threshed 74O bushels ofwheat last week
from field OF forty acres. Indeed as
far as we have heard, the crop is yield
| iug well, and weighing fully up lC
measurement.
| MT. UeOIS0 OaihSi VI "'''"%> 49,
kicked to death by mule he was driv'
| lug, near Fredericksburg, last week. -
This is the third man that has lost his
| life by the heels of this mule.
Winchester Neps Mr.. Jno. Ii. Deaf
has been confirmed as postmaster at
| Winchester. His bond has been sent
to this place, and he will take charge
of the office in few days.
KILLED BY LIGHTNlNG.-We Learn
| that Mr.. John Adams, residing about
four miles notheasL Ct Pughtown, IL
this county, was killed by lightning OF
Thursday morning. 1t appears tina
the unfortunate young man had been
ploughing corn, when a shower came
up, took refuge with his horse in th'
stable, which was soon afterwards
struck by lightning, instantly killing
him and the hose