The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-12-28
W aynesboro Items

Reported for the YIRGINIAN.l
Serious Cutting Afr0y.-On the evening of
Christmas day, shortly after No. Express left
Staunton, and when in the neighborhood of
Broadway, a dispute arose in the smoking car
between some negro passengers. One Henry
Harvey, resident of Waynesboro, had been
to Staunton to obtain supply Of liquor which
he had with him, portion of it in a pint bot
tie in his coat pocket. He accused one of the
other negroes in the car of slipping the bottle
out of his pocket and drinking the contents.
The party accused together with another negro,
both of whom it appears are from Charlottes-
vile, took umbrage at the accusation and de-
MED the charge. The bottle when found by
Harvey was lying in the seat behind him
psrtly empty. Words ran high and finally
after it was thought the negro accused had
cooled down he all at once made charge on
Harvey with drawn pistol. Harvey resisted
the onslaught by cutting his assailant on the
left side about the head and face several times
very severely witha razor with which he was
armed. One of the cuts was directed down
wards and towards the neck and is considered
the most dangerous.
The excitement was intense and Harvey
took the opportunity of running out of the
car IN which he did the cutting into the water
closet of the adjoining coach, where he re
NAMED secreted until the arrival Of the train
at this depot. The cutting was done after the
train had passed Fishersyille about two miles
RI OfW chNr on
Tuesday morning was to the effect that the
negro cut in the throat was dead, but it was
not considered reliable. Harvey is in custody
A telegram recently received by Mayor JONES'
of this place, from Mayor Pace, of Charlottes
vile, and which | saw, says That the negro
man cut is dangerously and severely hurt, but
not necessarily mortal" have been unable
to learn the name Of the victim. In conse
ouence of the absence OF an important wit
ness, up to this writing Harvey has not had
hearing before the mayor.
L0cM O1ti0H-This law has been in effect
here Tor nearly eight months our citizens
haye had the opportunity of judging Of its
effects, whether for good, lis we all hoped, or
IOl CNll do lUo bl'lltiIi'o Hi1tlttNd Ill PhI
humble opinion the results prcpondcrate On
the side of good. Although it is said, there
is more whishcy drank now III this town than
when the bar rooms were i'll full blast. This
may be all true for have no way Of dispulmg
it. Yet the good comes in this way. Ii is
seldom we see a man staggering along i'll the
street, if men keep it i'll their ronlns or offices
and drink too much they can he down and
sleep its effects oil, whereas when he got il
that condition at ii bar room he would invari
ably endeayer to get home and as a consequence
some one was obliged to se3 him. Again
Young men, and old ones too, tor that matter
would come here from the country and .the
saloons being open they would take Il drink
whereas now the vile stuff IS not easy Of a. :
cess, and to get it you have to k',ow tie rop, 5
and the result Is that Mr[sO and SO goes nome
without imhihina. Ia this town also, there
are persons who would dIi1k it al all times if
it was easily comea a lie, bat it rcquir nice
engineering now to get it and the consequent e
is they let it alone. Laying all othel benefits
aside, even if there was but one poor soul VINO
has been redeemed and put Oh ilIr right road
from a drunkard's grave, that soul is worth Hll
the tax the State and County may lose Nv the
illicit sale of liquor Daring the existence Of
drinking saloons hardly week passed tllt
what some of the rOu9hs that live in the mttgt-
tains near here would come Ia iownget druHk
and II difficulty Of some kind occur. Now vi
see none of thisund tie absence vi such sat h
is certainly an advantaget to our tQeuls4ssone
persons argut that the refusal olsfiesp eE8gets
wIeng doing in the way Of sellipa lsfs sef gTbupd
That is u weak point, TO. thsase ely pssohs
WHO sell liquor under gtosss 'sers naheersr
iSMllowrd, wonld be seneS fY0figeE
ssl a5fe esis'e 4 asst IN this
ses theiNnatllrs
igsg sseAS 81 Is ana The alnsllc.e ii