Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

water until the horse 10y struggling re-
pained his feet. Mr.. S. requires the and oil
a stont cane in walking, hut aside from
this temporary inconvenience he camo OIL
mueh better than might have been eA- ,
pected. a
Spirit Of The Tauey Between Saturday y
night Mt II o'clock and the hour OF . a. H.
Monday morning, some ono entered 'he v
establishment Of Mr. ID. O'Donnell' ana l
,o,,c fopder of funds than something to o
drink. opened cabinet in when MI
O'Donnell kept a selection OF reilcS-h- ,
clnding old coins, minerals, medals "c' /
and appropriated the coins 70 the amount
of about $1,000 We have in our once
a stalk of clover taken from one oil the
fields of Mr.. Isaac Davis, which is six feet
and four inches tall. We are told this is
about the average height Of clover in the
field. 1t is certainly the longest stalk OF
clover we ever saw. Mr.. Davis told MS
where he got the seed and what sort oil
seed they were but at tins time it has es-
cape our memory. We would like to hear
who can beat this.
Sidanion Indicator, Mr.. Thos. j. Lee
(son of A. Y. Lee, the architect, formerly
of his city,, left Pittsburg Pa, Thurs
dav of last week, on BICYCLE to ride 10
Staunton. lie came through West VIZ
pinia and arrived here yesterday afternoon
l1316 miles in 6 days and hours ON |
Monday evening, the body OF Robert |
Landis. brakeman on the Chesapeake ana |
Ohio Railway, who was drowned while
bathing al Clifton Forge, arrived here on
its way to Harrisonburg, where his moth
or and sister reside. He was drowned the
picbt before. lie was only twenty-three
Years old Rev. =. II. Miller, Of Lovetts-
willie. Loudoun. who is well known IN
Stanton and once received call to the
Tutberan church here. lost his wife by
3 sudden death a few days since. She was
paralyzed while attending to her house
3 hold duties and fell speeches. ON tho
corner of bed she was making mp. She
D was conscious though speeches., and re-
manned so till her death, seven days after
4 the attack. At the funeral Revs X. Z.
r Holland. ). W. owen and NJ. l.. Beard oil
= the Lutheran church, and Rev. II. 81 -
o Rinker of the Reformed church, oificiat-
: ed The Masons OF Staunton Lodge,
\ No. IL. have determined to celebrate the
ono hundreth anniversary Of their organi-
g cation on October 18th next, and arrange
l. ments are in progress for grand Masonic
o occasion. The programme includes an
Il address from some distinguished Mason,
II whose name is not yet announced; an
< historical sketch of the lodge since 1t was
chartered in October, l7s6, to the present
time; Masonic gathering of invited
brethren. distinguished visitors and
IN friends. procession, music and grand
n bauquet. stanton Lodge is among Tho
largest and oldest Masonic organizations
in the state, having membership %
er nearly 300.
paoe Courier Fifty-fve years ago 81
MS we are informed by Mr.. Adam Strcklel
nc Major Ben. Strickler then Young man
.r cut a turtle's head off at the White Hons
ford and threw the headless body into
4 LARGE sycamore stump. filed with mu
90 and water. and % days afterwards it wa
ho co,nd 10 be still alive. He mentions tn
a. an instance Of tho tenacity with whicI
, thev hold on TO life....Mr. b. {. Rust
III. this nlace. has sold to Mr.. Thos Price
pa a tract of land near KimbaH' COZ
'1 u, tanning about 81 acres for $1,000 II
land is known ~ the Strickler tract AZ
has upon it a large quantity of valuao
SIT iron ore, Mr.. r having for several mont
lei been shipping from it to the Iron Co..
va Mines. Mr.. F., we understand, VIII
80, once begin mining On large scale. "
VI" welcome him among us and wish ID
success in his enterprise.
was SLcpherdsiowa Register: While old Jol
ront Brown was organizing his memorial
Sa'u Uarper's Ferry raid he gave out that
Ino had come 10 settle in the South Mount
"'u- as prospector for ores Of the preo''
o"" metals. He affirmed his convictions u
the rocks through which the Potomac !
our forced its way at the Ferry contained
and raw material Of untold wealth. Ai'er
Miss raid had been consummated his Story
Z. II. regarded as an idle tale, concoct'h Tor
raw occosion Int from time to time III
<, ON ouantities of aurifcrous quartz nave
lock, found in the rocks, just as be predict
the Now comes the announcement that j
this, Weverton. in Washington county,
ars of R.rlin and Knoxville in Frederick con
all located on the same group oi J."
n the Quantities OF silver ore have been
,.ao, oo,ercd on the Virginia side OF
go potomae. "Ossawatomie' Brown p
the ed a true prophet in his last u
,od to when he foretold the doom of slavery
an, to be troubles that were to light on llar
until Ferry. If the operations now IN pro-
IL hut urove successful, his reputation for
o,,,p other sort of prescience would be
ssocia established.
N I'''''''f
yer. cident occurred to Mr. Newton Ga
80 be enoineer of Mr.. Joseph Fiscus
hrt II tion engine, on Tuesday. lie wa
-. oooed in moving the machine fron
God IN Euqene Bakers to tho farm oil MI
q from and in crossing a swampy place ID
p..ia. nina stuek in the mud and he unc'
;,,ar,on from the threshcr, etc, and in coupli
- atom again he got caught between the thi
col and and engine before he could reverse Il
III from, hack TO forward, the handle
,ro,,,no the movement being caught
,.or1 II took his friends twenty
- ,ood MES to relieve him from his ieari'
,oinrnl positiom. His right ting
,o,r;hlv crushed and his siiuati
-, An critical. DR.. Logic Of Jefferson G.
a., WAS sent for and rendered the ne'
I'D aid. These traction engines need
inc and large log chain should b
w." ia doncerous places for coupling pm
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," 80 MT. OLIVE NEWS.
n, into a Tho farmers in this sectIop Of th
d in ms try, are busily eng's'" }" P''"'
nged in thresbing.
y on his Miss Bennett ana Tue wv" ''''
e in this shepherdstown, W. va are ''''''
I insects Thos. Chapmans FANNY ~ q,
ging him Misses ANNE anu L'1N,0 l', ,'I -
beast be- turned from WISH OIL i'" ""''
After n relatives in Woodstock. They
q severely themselves as having had please