Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-10
News from uur NeIghhpTIng Counties.

Spirit of the VALLEY: Died, near Tailor
Springs, on Friday night of last week
Riley shihiett, aged about 60 years.
Also ia the same house, on Saturday
night at IL o'clock, daughter of widow
Elliott, aged 2 years. Riley shifilett
was a grand-uncle of the deceased infant.
The two corpses were taken from the
house in the same hearse, aud buried at
Spadel's church on Monday, March 3d.
IAN aged colored woman, named Loudly
Kemper, living near the old Forge, east OF
Port Republic, came to her death very
suddenly one day last week, from the
effects, as suspicioned, poisoning .----. On
Tuesday Of last week, Mr.. Frederick w
Brunk, was saving wood by steam-power
for Messrs. Yancy a. Kent, when VIM. II.
Rhodes, young man from the Dale En-
terprise neighborhood, aged % years, in
shifting stick Of wood was so unfortu-
nate as TO have the right hand fingers
badly mutilated, the index sawed OIL at
the first knuckle, the thumb split and the
other fingers torn.
Stanton Vindicdtor Weyer's Cave in
Augusta county has been attached at the
instance Of Baltimore creditor of tho
owner for s3,7494i.
Piedmont Tirginidn An English min
ing expert has lately been visiting the re-
puted gold regions of Spottsylvania and
Louisa, and has returned to London to
make report to his employers The
gentlemen who proposed this exploration
expedition are Cornwall tin and led min
ing capitalists; and firstly they will spend
no money except IN explorations and
they intend their explorations to be
thorough.
Winchester Times: Early on last Thurs
day moroing the dwelling house on the
fruit farm Of the late Isaac Krebs near the
CITY was discovered by Mr.. John Coe, liv-
ing near by, to be on fire, and before he
and his neighbors could get on the ground
il was nearly destroyed. 1t is thought to
have been the act Of an incendiary. Mr..
John Crawford, from Milton, Pa, had rent
ed the farm and had just arrived here Tues
day evening with his family and personal
effects. He carried down spring wagon
load of farming implements, intending TO
put them in the house; the keys not fit
ting the door, he could not get in, so he
placed them near the house, most q them
being burned His loss was small, estima-
ted at not over S25. We regret tho incon-
venlence this worthy gentleman and fam
ily have been put to and trust they may
soon be pleasantly situated elsewhere in
the county. As to the incendiary, We should
like to sec speedy justice meted out TO him
soon after his apprehension ..---. Last Sun
day night, young colored woman named
Bernie Jones, wife Of Theodore Jones, burn
ed herself with coal oil so that she died on
Monday. She resided on Kern's row, in
} the northern part of the town, and had
been married about six weeks. Just pre-
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passed between her and Jones, during
which she charged him with inhdelity,
and threatened to do what she Immediate
" did after retiring to another room. 1t
was a deliberate act, although after DR..
Love told her that she would die, she said
that she did not intend to burn herself up
but simply to frighten her husband, OF
whom she was jealous. She poured coal
oil on her clothing and set it on fire. Her
husband and others ran to her assistance
and extinguished the flames, but too late
to save her. Jones declares his innocence
of the charge of infdelity, and says he
thought she was only fooling in her threat.
The Shenandoah Valley says: A poplar
tree on the farm Of Mr. Abram Shafer, at
Orders store, Va, was recently cut down
and showed on measurement length OF
40 feet-6l feet to the first limb, diane
ter of 5 1-2 and circumference of some
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