Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-02-27
News from NeighbOring COun-
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proprietor OF tue American tOtcl mere,
his widow, Mrs Susie w. Woodward,
moved to Charlottesville where she re-
sides. She hal two J. oys, the younger of
whom was Charlie, a-ed nine years. On
Wednesday morning last, the boy found
A pistol in an old box and commenced
playing with it, supposingit was unload
ed. He snapped it several times at the
cook and then at the window, and finally
pointing it at his own head said Now
suppose if had a ball in it, it would kill
me. Just suppose" But he never finish
ed the sentence; the pistol went of the
bullet entered his brain, and the little
fellow never spoke afterwards. He re-
NAMED unconscious until yesterday morn
inc at 9:l5 o'clock when he died ..........
A civil suit was tried in the Hastings
Court of Stanton at its last term, in
which was brought to light a little girl
who has been left at q Stanton hotel and
is not vet claimed The suit was that Of
c. X. Hatton, proprietor OF the Ameri-
can Hotel, against the Adams l. spress
Co. 1t appeared from the evidence Of
MIR. Hattou that just before the November
election. gentleman and lady and their
little daughter arrived at his hotel from
Fredericksburg. They registered as j. X
Beebee aud wife and child. The man APP
narently about fifty, with bald head, very
black moustache, prominent Roman nose,
and curly hair The lady was middle
AGED and had dark hair and eyes. The
child was little girl about ten years Old,
unusually developed mentally and physic-
ally, quite stout, brown hair and eyes,
and hieh cheek bones. Beebee was en-
gagged in selling polishing preparation
called Diamond Dust to clean silver
ware. After staying two weeks the couple
went away suddenly, leaving their hotel
bill Of $50 Unpaid, and their little daughter
in the hotel. After they left. two trunks
came by Adams Express from Frederlcks-
burg. marked to -. X. Beebee, c. o. ID.
Sl0v Hatton, to save his own bill OF
$50 the board Of the child having in
creased it to that amount by that time,
attached the trunks at the Express Office,
but before the papers were served the
Agent received letter from Mr. Luck
proprietor Of the hotel at Fredericksburg,
reinstating his &C. o. d." claim. The
court ordered the trunks to be sold by the
Express Co., and Hatton to be paid what
was left after the Express charges and
Lucl's &. o. d. had been satisfied.
T The little girl still remained at the hotel
until a few weeks after Christmas, when
Mr. Hatton, having large family OF his
own aud not being able to take another
member to it, placed her in the care OF
MI. J. d. Hounihan, who kindly volun-
teered to take her, and with whom she
now is. Tho child is a very intelligent
one and says the couple have left her be-
fore in towns, and then sent for her in a
week or two. She says, as far as she
knows, they are her father and mother.
The following postal card was found in
the room in the hotel, which Beebee had
occupied:
NORFOLK, Va, June q, ISL.
Il. j. Bec5ee, Esq Portsmouth, "a:
DEAR SIR II have found tie negative
Of the card of the two children that you
left me, have their names, their mother
name and address. This, 1 think, will
fully identify the gentleman who disaP-
peared mysteriously,
Truly, &c,
l76 Main st. WALTER
II is impossible to understand the aban-
douing Of a child by its parents and no
effort being made in nearly four months
TO recover It, and we have given the above
facts in tho hope that the mystery may be
cleared up.
Harrisonburg People Capt. George H.
Mofett, 6fBuchanan, W. Va, shipped last
week to st. Pau, MINI, his future home,
a large mirror, which has history Of in
terest The mirror was the property of
Lord Dunmore, who was the English
Governor of the colony Of Virginia at the
outbreak Of the Revolutionary war, and
adorned the parlors of the Executive
Mansion at Williamsburg. The back OF
the glass bore an inscription showing that
it had been presented TO an 'lder member
of the Dunmore family by the Prince OF
Saxe-C oburg, in 1852, rs an heirloom
When the Revolutionary war commenced
the English Governor fled the country and
his property was seized and confscatcd by
the rebel government Of Virginia, and
among other articles sold was this identi-
cal mirror, which was purchased by
Henry Miller, who erected the first iron
! furnace in Virginia, OH Messy creek, in
Augusta county. paying for it in iron fur
nished the Continental Government which
was used in making cannon for the heroic
Revolutionary army. The mirror was
knocked down to Mr.. Miller at three
hundred pounds sterling, equal to fifteen
hundred dollars, and paid for as above
stated.
Winchester Neios Mr.. p. Senseney
Wright, of Middletown, is dead. A de-
voted and useful member of the VI. l.
Church South in that town, Mr.. Wright
took deep interest in the affairs OF The
church and the success Of the Sunday
School, over winch he was superintendent
for a number of years. lie was an intelli
gent, courteous gentleman, and in hi
death the church loses worthy memDe
and the community an enterprising an'
honored citizen 1.-Two prisoners mad
their escape from the county Jail Wednes
day night. BraxtOn, a negro, charge
with misdemeanor and who was to hav
been tried Thursday morning, and NJ
Pingey for assault. They unlocked tn
door with wire, and babe farewell I
durance vile Some months ago MI
Logan Osborne, one Of the wealthies
farmers Of jefferson county, w. Va, ur
dertook to drive some chickens from hi
-corn- house. As he entered the fowls too
fright, and in their efforts to escape
rooster that was among them struck hit
on the hand with his gait, inficting
slight wound, to which bat little attentio
was at the time paid. In the course Of
few daJs, however the hand began
I swell and became innamed to such an e>
{ tent that pbysicau,yas called in. Tn
/ hand grew gradually worse until NJ
/ Osborne went to Washington few week
ago to be treated by an eminent surgeon
1t was decided that aIhpntation near I'll
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