Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-08-02
A Cat With Our Valley Exchanges.

A little son oil Mr.. Milcy, CT Rock
bridge, has had one oil his eyes COM
pletely removed from Its socket BY q
delicate surgical operation.
Harrison K, a ten.year-old son. OF
Howard Hardy, Esq, of Leesburg, was
accidentally killed the other day by a
stone from sling in the hands of
companion.
The night watchmar at Glenwood
bridge, Shenandoah Valley railroad, has
mysteriously disappeared. His lantern
was found burning, and be Is thought
to have fallen from the bridge and been
drowned.
The mortality amongst children has
been greater IN Charlottesville this year
than for many years past.
Two COWS locked horns in Charlottes-
vilte Sunday, and one broke the neck
Of the other.
Mr.. Hugh Stewart, of Augusta coun-
ty, has returned to his home after Blk
months visit ID England, Of which
country he is a native, While abroad
he contracted to furnish farms for one
hundred English families either in Vir-
GINA or Texas. He alse sold for $50,
! 900 tract Of land in Webster county,
W. Va.
Staunton indicator: Several more
valuable dogs have been poisoned in
this vicinity. This promiscuous throw
ing around of poison, where it is liable
TO be taken up even by children, IS not
only highly reprehensible In morals,
but is a criminal offence as well-as
will be seen from the following extract
taken from the criminal laws Of Vir.
GINA, Chapter III, Section 81, acts OF
1882:
IF a person malicously administers
poison 10, or expose 1t tcith intent that 1t
should be taken by any horse, cattle,
or other beast Of any person, be
shall be confined il the penitentiary
not less than two nor more than ten
years."
Monday night, after the circus broke
up. one of its wagons loaded with seats,
was coming down the hill from D. A.
Kaysei's corner to The Valley depot,
when the lock of the wheel broke and
the team started furiously down the
hill. The bridge over the creek near
the gas house at the bottom of the bill
has been removed. Into this .chasm,
ten feet deep, the team, having broken
away from the wagon, plunged. Re-
markable to say, not horse was hurt.
The driver who tell from the wagon
also, escaped injury.
Page Neps: The Wooden Factory at
McGaheysville was destroyed by fire
last week. We have not learned the
cause of the fire, nor the damages sus'
tanned.
We learn that the residence of Mr..
Jos. R. Murray living near town was
discovered to be on fire a few lights
| since, and had it not been for the stren-
uous forts of his family and the con-
venience Of water, 1t would have been
destroyed.
The spoke and handle Factory OF J.
B. Monger s. Co., near No. 2, Furnace
in this County was destroyed by fire
last Saturday. The loss will reach
several thousand dollars and the pro-
perty was not insured. The Machinery
was all new and but one lathe was
saved. About 5000 finished spokes
we're burned up. This is heavy loss
upon the owners who have toiled and
struggled long aud hard to start this
enterprise. Its thought the fire orlgi-
mated from a coal dropped 10 some
shavings while the engine was being
cleaned out.
Warren Sentinel
We are informed by farmers who
have threshed their wheat! that both
the yield and quality are fine. and that
| some have sold their crops to be deliv-
| cred in August at 81 per bushel.
Shenandoah Valley: On July l6lb,
Mr.. Samul Hnegardner, who resides
about Q miles vast of Timberyile,
whilst putting his wheat IN his balm,
fell aloft, breaking his left collar-bone
and receiving some other slighter in-
jures. DIR. Alexander, OF Broadway,
and DR.. e. c. Henkel, Of this place,
rendered necessary surgical attention.
Mr.. Harper Zirkle, whs resides near
ISmrth's Creek bridge, about one mile
east of this place, raised on one field oil
20 acres $50 bush els of wheat-2S hush
els to the acre. The extent of the field
considered, this ID an unusually large
yield-the largest we have heard OF this
year.
On last Sunday, whilst 1.-THE people
generally in the neigbborhood OF Moore
Store, Shenandoah Co.. Va, were at
tending the churches, some one enter
ed Mr.. Joshua Foltz's house, and after
Irummagng chest and trunk, found
ls2.5O, which bel onged 10 Mrs. Isaac
Holiday. Later in the day, about the
time people were returning from church,
the same man, as is supposed, entered,
through window, the residence OF Mr..
Hayes, and whilst be was searching the
the house for money, Mrs. Hayes euter'
ed, and hearing some one on the second
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