Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-22
NEWS FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

quietly living thusly' without licens'
and a minister's pronunciamento, unit
suddenly one day last week they starte'
for Stanton where they procured thu
proper license and were married, and nov
their only child has been legitimatzed.-
The neighborhOod was startled on hearing
the announcement, aud people smiled, bui
il is all over now, and the bridal pair are
happily mated, and a bridal present 81
pected shortly, rumor positively asserting
that it will be A---....J.E +. Landes
OF Augusta county, Va, who, with hi
family, moved TO Holden, johnson county
Mo-, met with serious misfortune on the
night of the 9th Of the present month
During terrific cyclone his house VA
blown away and his entire family received
injuries, some Of which have already
proved fatal Mrs. L., though badly hurt
tried TO find shelter, when the wind blew
her babe from her aims aud carried it 4
distance OF thirty yards. 1t was AFTER
wards found dead with its skull broken.
Mrs. l.. received serious injuries in the
back, but it is thought not fatal. Mrs. l.,
is sister of Mrs Geo. W. Slower and Mrs
N. +. A. Cupp; the former now living al
Folly Mills, Augusta county, and the latter
at Singers Glen, Rockingham county.
Stanton indicator Rev. A. P. Boude
recently rode from Lexington to Waynes'
boro, and kept his eyes open on the way.
On the route, near Vesuvius, he passed the
stone foundation OF what, half century
ago, was the principal foundation and ma
chine shop site in this section Of country.
1t was owned by J. W. McCown. He adds
The foundations of these shops are still
clearly outlined though three raging floods
have passed the place. Here may be seen
the remains OF the sand in which the pipes
of the Lexington water works were cast.
Here, right by the roadside, so near that
the wheels of your buggy pass right by II
if not over IL, is hugo stone into which
is mortissd an iron clamp that held the
anvil on which was forged the first sickle
that made the Mccormick reaper and all
the OTHER reapers a success. Near by is
the foundation of one Of the frat brick
houses OF the country, the residence Of
Mr.. McCown, under whose roof Leander
and Cyrus Mccormick and many other
inventors and mechanics spent many day
and night discussing the properties Of steel
and the principles Of mechanics with this
humble man whose genius outshone his
most polished handiwOrk, a. mind is SUI
perior to matter. .... Alice Burns, who
says she was born at StauntOn, Va, dur
ing the war, and that her father WAS a
Major in the Confederate army, who had a
plantation in Augusta county, was ar
raigned at the Tombs Police Court In New
York, Tuesday. Alice's mother died soon
after the war, and her father married
again. Alice was sent to st. Mary's Con-
vent in Baltimore. In 1876, while she was
at home on Il vacation, Howe & Cushing's
circus exhibited at Staunton, and it was a
holiday for Augusta county. Alice, who
was Ia years old, went 10 the show with
the rest Of the world. Her father had
died tho year before. Edward Burns,
Alice says, was manager Of the menagerie.
He was "a years old, and Alice thought he
was one Of the handsomest young men sh 6
had ever seen. She ran away from home !;
married him, and travelled with the circus.
She went through the United States and
to Canada and one season 10 Australia
She had three children. Two Of them are
dead. A girl, Mary, is living. In the
winter they lived in New York, and in the
winter Of 1884 Mr.. Burns, who was
working in a Bowery museum, died Of
consumption. The wife, says the n. Y.
Sun, sent her daughter Mary to a relative
to be cared for. She herself became a Cir
cassian girl in a BOwory show. On Mon
uAl hlbht bho was otipotch III iioot'i
street for drunkenness and taken to the
Elizabeth street station. She WAS locked
up and tried to hang herself with silk
handkerchief. She was found and cut
down. In the TOmbs Police Court Tues
day, she was committed for trial in default
OF $500 bail
A year ago, after prolonged spree, she
made similar attempt at suicide in tho
Eldridge street station, and was sentenced
to the penitentary. On one Of her spreos
she was beaten in the Big Flat saloon, o.
Mott street, and her arm was broken. She
has soft blue eyes and jet black hair.
"A suit Of interest to farmers on whose
land is their family grave yard, was de-
cided by the Virginia Court Of Appeals
last week. The suit was brought by Jshn
r. Sublett Of Richmond, who is a first
cousin of Mr.. F. b. Sublett of this city,
and the father of Mr.. Walter Sublett, who
married Miss Lima McCue, daughter Of
Judge John II. McCue. 1t seems that
thirteen years ago, Sublett sold to b. T.
Benn, Of Michigan, 2'5-acre farm in
Goochland county. On the farm was the
old family graveyard, containing about
three quarters of an acre Of ground. In
80 ling the farm no reservation was made
Of this piece Of ground. Benin tore down
the walls inclosing it and demolished the
slabs over the graves. The land was con-
verted into a hog pen, and subsequently 1t
was Flowed up and cultivated. Before
this, however. Benn refused to permit the
interment Of the body Of a member Of the
family Of Mr.. Sublett, and, it is alleged,
threatened TO shoot anybody who attempt
ed to dig grave there. A suit was at
once instituted by those interested, against
BenD, to gain possession Of the three
quarters Of an acre and 500 damages,
which resulted in verdict against Benn.
The Court Of Appeals affirmed this iudg-
ment, and said, while no reservation Of
the burial ground had been made, it had
been dedicated for the use OF tho family
and all Of their descendants, which, under
the circumstances, was a valid reservation
Of the grounds.
Page Courier: Last Friday the engineer
on the south bound mail train which leaves
Luray about . p. IN. discovered man ly-
ing on the track about two miles from Lu-
ray. The engine was quickly reversed,
but not in time to prevent ghas.ly injury
to the unfortunate and insensible creature
upon the track, which proved TO DO WhAr-
ton Armentrout, 6 well-known character
in Luray. The train was stopped, and
Wharf was picked up and carried to
Sands, the next station. One Of his legs
was horribly mangled just below the knee,
and tho other barely escaped injury, as