Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-13

patient, and the gentleman who was Civ
ing the ether asked me whether he should
continue administering it. told him no,
and knelt down so az 10 get at tho index
finger better in amputating il. The
gentleman again asked whether he should
give him more ether. / looked up and
saw his lips were purple, his breathing
was very slight and there was no pulse. /
Immediately took away the ether, inject
cd brandy hypodcrmically, and slapped
his face with the towel dipped in cold
water, and resorted to all the known
means to bring him back to life, with no
avail. He went of like fash. There
were not more than thirty seconds,
! think, and surely not more than
one minute, from the time his pulse,
breathing, and heart were perfectly strong
until he was dead
Rockingham Rcgisier: Last Saturday,
July oath, Mr.. Jacob Fisher Of Mcdowell,
Highland county, while boiling together
some turpentine, white lead and linseed
oil, met with very painful, and 1t is
feared. fatal accident. As the prepara-
ton came to boiling point, he removed
/ it from the fire 10 the floor, and just as he
set it down it exploded badly burning his
arms and front part Of the body .-.- The
citizens of Broadway were very much
shocked on Friday last, ocsasioned by the
drowning of Mr.. VIM. GARDENERS little
fve-year-old daughter, Lottie. Abont IL
o'clock the child was missed from tho
house. and inquiry was made by some Of
the other children of their mother as to
little LOttie's whereabouts ; the mother
answering she supposed she was in the
house asleep. After some little time
search was made about the house and the
child could not be found. The family be-
came uneasy, and were aroused to the
dreadful thought Of the cistern, and upon
examination with hook used for draw
ing water, they discovered to their horror
that the missing one was at the bottom Of
the cistern Mr.. Curry, = neighbor, was
called and succeeded in getting her out.
Drs. Slower and Alexander were sum-
moned, but it was too late-little Lottie
had gone home. Mr.. Gardner being absent
from home was Immediately sent for. The
| r. L.. I.o - alf hx of fha
entire community in their bereavement
Our readers will remember the par
ticulars of q difficulty which occurred at
Weyer's Cave, Augusta county, on the 9Th
of November last, in which Samuel Myers
struck Albert Roller in the head with an
iron bolt, innicting injuries from which it
was thought he would die, but from
which he finally recovered. Myers WAS
, at large for while, but was finally arraign-
ed. and gave bail. At the term Of the
Augusta county court last week his trial
came up, and the following from the
Talley Jirgininn, will explain itself:
''The Court on Tuesday was occupied in
tho trial Of the case Of the Common
wealth vs.. VIM. d. Myers, charged with
assaulting Albert Roller. The evidence
for the Commonwealth was concluded
Tuesday and the evidence for the defence
commenced. Yesterday morning when
the case wac called, the defendant failed
TO appear The officers were sent IN pur-
snit Of him, but failed to produce him.
After waiting some little time the court
discharged the jury and bench warrant
was issued for the accused. Mr.. Myers
suretics were Messrs Tobias Weller, B. +.
Eakle and c. II. Cochran, the penalty of
the bond being $4,000. c. d. \. Curry,
ESQ, one Of his counsel, was also on his
bond. Myers was seen near the Court
House not a half an honr before the jury
was called
South Branch Intelligencer ADO you
know who invented cattle carsl asked an
intelligent Romney gentleman Of us, the
other day We confessed ignorance
"Wcll, sir, many years ago, when the
baltimore and OHIO road was first com
peted to Wheeling. it was customary for
grazers TO drive their cattle from Ohio
then the far West-over the National
road 10 the East. South Branch Valley
was then one Of the leading grazing lands
Of the country. Daniel X. Mcneil, Of
Hardy county, and his brother-in-law
| Edward williams, Of Sciota valley, in
Ohio, consulted whether they could not
invent car TO carry cattle. Mcneil
showed him what he had invented, and
both agreed that it would answer. They
went TO Baltimore and showed tho presi-
| dent of the road their cattle car, and he
| agreed that IT would work. He suggest
ed TO Mcneil to secure patent, but the
latter declined. saying that il the com
pany would build the cars. the public
could have the benefit Of it. One was
built at the Mt Clair works in Baltimore
and sent to Green Spring, and Daniel X.
Mcneil sent TO market by car the first
load of cattle ever shipped in that man
ner. Within two years, the company had
over a hundred cattlc-cars on the road,
and the Pennsylvania Company soon
stocked its road with them. There have
been considerable improvements In cattle
cars since then, but the invention was
that OF Daniel Il. Mcneil, and had he
taken ont patent it would have been
worth many thousands Of dollars to him.