Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-19

the engine, which was living along at tho
rate Of forty miles an hour Tho situa-
ton all around was most perilous but
the engineer after quenching his burning
clothing scrambled out OF the water,
+ rushed into the hame, and held there until
no could get hold Of the leaver and re-
verse hi4 eugene This soon slackened
/ his speed, the train was stopped. and the
/ Gre was extinguished with water from
the tank Tho Interior OF the cab was
badly burned, aud the cushion on which
Captain Morton had been sitting was
burned up. The face aud hands of the
engineer and the fireman were badly
scorched, rs were Captain Morton's..----.
A charter has been granted by Judge
Mclaughlin, Of the Thirteenth Judicial
Circuit, 10 tho Lexington Tin Company.
The capital stock OF the company ID Ia DO
Sl,oOO,OOO, and the object of the company
ia TO operate mines, build railroads and
tranways buy and sell lands. They can
not hold more than 10000 acres. The
principal Office il TO he in Lexington,
Rpckbridgo county. The ucorporators
are W. y. Robertson. Caleb Whitehead,
John B. Robertson aud X. N. Cox. On
the 18th Of February, Mrs j. G.. McFall
Of ST. Meridian. ran a mil iu her foot
while walking I'm her yard The wound
healed. But moro than = week after the
healing, she experienced pains in tho
muclcs Of her neck and back which soon
resulted in tctauus, from tho effect Of
which she died. She leaves a husband ,
and three children.
Stanton IaHey Iirginidn Waynes- |
boro, or little Tammany NJ it was known /
in other days Of the Republic, u noted /
for the conservatism and moral tono Of its /
people. II is tho only town in the Val /
ley, and probably in the Stat., whore
local option prevails. n has several
churches two excellent schools-one fe-
male and the other male-vhere tho clas-
sizes are taught, and altogether there is no
more refined and moral community in the
Commonwealth. OF late the citizens of
the embryo city have been greatly annoy
ed by chicken thieves. Nearly every
family has been victim Of the nocturnal
visitatlons Of the expert depredators. The
thefs have been 50 frequent and the
methods OF eilectng them 80 systematic,
that the belief prevailed that there
was a centre and a head 10 gang
whence emauated orders for the invasion
Of the feathery tribe This conviction
conferred upon colored man named John
Finley as the prime mover IN the robbories.
So strong was this belief, that on Monday
night last a number Of men, with their
faces backened, called on him, took
possession Of his person, hing him up to
limb three times and then inflicted severe
stripes upon his back. with a view to
making him confess 20 tho crime Of which
he was suspected. He denied the general
charge per-istentlv, but admitted that he
had stolen ssme chickens from the coop Of
II. l.. Gallaher, Esq. He says ho intends
to leave that community after such usage.
II is 10 be regretted that any such vio-
lent treatment Of q suspected person
shsuld have been committed n the case
was not sufficiently clear to adopt legal
methods for punishment. then u wa. not
strong enough to Justify lynch law. 1t
is q serious reflection upon the good order
and law abiding spirit Of that community,
that mch an occurrence should have
taken place in their midst