Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-29
NEWS FROM HEIGHBORIsG COUNTIES.

Comb OF BartorbrOOk, 81 years, anu juno
26,h, Mrs Christian Wright, (bora Nc
Comb Of Arbor Hill, - years. The aver
age Of ages of the four is % years.
Clarke Courier: On Tuesday, while Mf
J. S. Ware was engaged in throshng
part OF his last years wheat crop, the
slack was set on fire 10y sparks from the
steam engine aud entirely consumed. The
thrcsher was destroyed before it could be
removed Fortunately for Mr.. Ware bis
wheat had been insured on Monday, and
his loss is therefore a light one.
Marion Douloerat; Michael Wolfe,
about fourteen years Of age, son OF Geo,
Wolfe, Of Chilhowie, accidental y sh't
1 himself last acoh, thcpMiicuiAr- of Which
are as follows: lie lad gone TO com dold,'
several hundred yards from his fathers
house, to watch for ground squirrels and
crows, taking with hm a double barrel +
shot gun. lie bad been standing ON a,
stump talking TO a ucighbor boy IN an
adjoining field In stepping down the Z
gun was discharged, the load Of shot on,
tcriug his face just above the left jaw
bone, tearing away tho muscular part oil
the face and SCATTERING the check bone,
passing through the cye-ball, and lodging
in and around the arch Of the cye-socket.
The Gun was loaded with mixed shot, all,
siy.s cxeout buclishot. Tho chances iOr4
hisreeoycry are decidedly against him.
The staunton yirsinan says; Tho
wheat crop in the Valley Of Virginia will
be The most indifferent that has been
gathered within The remembrance Of the
oldest inhabRant. The acreage pnt in
seed last year was far short Of the average
because Of dry weather. and that which
was sown does not have the appearance Of
an average half crop.
The South West In noticing the Gu
rious and important part the figure 'S'
PLAYS in this age, tine foll0~ing concin-
sions have been arrived at by q canoiul
observer: "Cold snaps invariably last )
days, excessive heat periods 3 days. A
severe rain is sure to be followed by sur
slime after days. Intense panic' are Of
? DAYS. duration, and Immediately after
, DAYS wolder. Depression in business
after panic is invariably prolonged )
years. Time money is now 3 Ter cent,
thus showing that the fgure3 enters into
almost all material affairs Of human life,
which itself comprises score years and
ten"
Winchester Times; 4 new counterfeit
so gold coin has been discovered. Ii is
dated 1850, and is the FIRST of its kind that
has ever made lis appearance. Tie coin
position is apparently lead and glass, and
70 has a thin coating of glass wash. II
weighs 9G grains and is slightly larger
than the genuine piece. IT has good
RUG. and uuless closely examined rs 10
color and size it is likely to deceivcr-.-.A
difficulty occurred last Sunday night be
tween WIN. Orrick and VIM. Newman,
during which Newman was struck on the
jaw with a singletree and had his iawbonc
badly fractured. Newman it seems Is a
yoiy abusive and surlr .egFo, aud came
near lcing arrested ing the campaign
f.r cursing some W. ladies IN the
county. on the night Of The difficulty it
seems ho was cursing and abns!ng VIM.
Ouics, and finally drew pistol when
Oniax knocked him down With ihc fist
thing hc could get biz hands on..---Oa
the border limo between Clark ard Ifcd-
crick counties. at "rcach lIili farm.
large species Of oNl was shot ANA killed
recently by } II. Carpenter which meas
urcd = feet, inch from tip to Zip of the
wings. The body being The size Of q full
grown turkey. lis boak was curved to 4
scmi.circlc its claws were long and sharp
and we'll calculated TO deyour tho prey
which came in It's reach. Messrs Joseph
Mason and George GosS, both men well
known as fox-chascrs and Nimrods, look
ed upon tho massive bird with asionisA-
nicnt, never having seen anything Of Tie
speciost TO compare with 10 in size.
Rockingham Register: violent rain
and hail storm passed over the Tenth /
Legion section Of this comfy on Monday /.
last, doing considerable damage to The F.
growing crops. .... Mr. Charles Miller, an /
employee Of iho Baltimore and Ohio rail- F.
road in misplace, died on Monday last Of .
fever. after having been sick only u few
days, aged about 80 years. lie was an
industrious man, and leaves wife and .
several clildten.
The Abingdon virginian says; There
arc several apple trees in that section
which bear fruit without having any /
bloom on thom. All these trees we're
taken as gratis frma tree that grows on
the farm on which Mr.. Alexander Finley
now lives. Mr.. William c. and Mr.. Saml.
d. Hagy have ilicsc apples. One other
about them is, that they have
neither core nor seed Can any Of our
learned friends explain .-,..
Valley yhginiau The fine stallion of
Mr.. II. VI. Powers, which Col. Bumgard-
ner rode at Yorktown, and which carried
Gen. Fitzhugh Leo in the Inaugural
Parade broke hi3 leg last week, in an at
tempt to throw his rider. The horse is
valued at $4,000. Mr. Vim. Sutton, an
employee Of the b. & o. road, was badly
hurt at Raphine, the other day, by having
his leg crushed between An engine and
tender
Mr.. Chas. Scott, another employee Of
the same road in attempting 10 jump
from moving train near Mint SPRING
fell and had his head badly bruised. In
tie Circuit Court last Thursday, Judge
Mclaughlin delivered an opinion, in the
case Of w. L. Bumgardncr q Co. W. the
Adams Express Company, which is Of
more than ordinary Importance, The
who are liquor Dealers brought
mit for the broakage Of a demijohn Of
whiskcy which the defendant had con
tracted to transport from stnunton TO
Point Pleasant, W. Va. 1t was shown
that the Express Company bad establish-
ed rule that "demijohns and all glass
containing liquids must be receipted FOR
at owners risk only" and that the plain
tiib had notice of this rule.
The Court held that while the Express
Co. were common carriers, and recogniz-
except that they might limit their liabili-
~ bv reasonable rp0fflofipra. that tho I