Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-09-10
NEWS CLIPPINGS.


The total damage to property in |
the United States and Canada by |
fire last month was over thirteen
million dollars. The losses by fire |
thus far this year aggregate 81, 600, !
600.
a hotel-keeper at Washington,
Ca, says a turtles head was cut off !
and thrown into the back yard of
his hotel. Twenty four hours later
it caught chicken by the foot and |
held on until its jaws were
forced open by the hotel man.
Louis Cronenberg, of Columbia,
S. c., was bitten on the foot by a
swapping turtle. lie attempted to
force the turtles mouth open, where !
upon the creature caught him by |
the finger and bit it badly. A local !
paper gravely says; "Fortunately it |
was laundering at the time and the
turtle let go his hold without |
further trouble
Colonel j. G. johnson, of Cherry !
Hill, Nd, found a land turtle IN
1912 and cut in its shell his initials
and the date. In 1913 the turtle |
was found by Z. ID. Clayton, a
neighbor of Colonel johnson. Mr.. !
Clayton found the turtle again a
short time since. 1t was crawling
about the tomb of Colonel johnson,
who died forty years ago.
Two colored men quarreled in a
market at Raleigh, n. g., and one
of them swung tenpond mud tur-
tie above his head and then brought |
it down upon the head of the other |
man. The blow inflicted a deep |
woundand the wielder of the turtle |
was arrested. The court will now !
be called upon to decide whether a
turtle is a deadly weapon.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Gail the
tents that can be procured having !
been already sent to Charleston, it |
has been suggested that persons |
send old tents, awnings or sails to
Charleston or Summeryille. The |
mayor of Charleston intimates that |
he will, failing to get more tents
have to use some of the funds con.
tributed to erect temporary board |
shelters.
WASHINGTON, Sept. G.-Actlng
Postmaster. General Stevenson to-
day received a large number of tel.
egrams from prominent citizens of
Nashville, Tenn, requesting that
the widow of General b. +. Cheat
ham be appointed to succeed her
husband as postmaster at Nashville.
They represent that she is thorough
ly competent, worthy, and the
choice of the people. No action can
be taken until the President and
the Postmaster-General return.
George Taylor, a property man,
and Jack ROane, an attendant on
the animals of Doris'sclrcus became |
involved in fight while on a spree
at Eastville, Northampton county,
on Saturday, and Roane was badly
shot IN the neck with . pistol by
Taylor. The latter, thinking he
had killed his man, fled from the
and about a mile dis.
tant from Eastville shot himself
through the head, dying instantly.
HANDSOMELY DONE.-The friends
and admirers OF the late Gen. w. S.
Hancock in New Orleans, have re-
Gently forwarded to New York
1921 to be handed tC the fund
raised for the benefit Of Mrs. Han
cock. Gen. James B. Fry, an in.
innate friend of the deceased gen.
eral, has made a proper acknowl-
of his handsome cOntribu.
ton from the Crescent City.
A dispatch from Charleston, w
Va, states that a political discus.
sion at Fayette G.. H., in that State, +
Wednesday, between NJ. Van Pelt,
democratic candidate for the State
Senate from the eighth senatorial
district, and Jake Isabel, brother
Of the candidate of the labor party
)t the same place, they became en-
aged, and, after bandying epithets
or some time, Isabel drew a pistol
md shot Van Pelt twice in the left
breast and once in the right groin,
nflicting wounds from which he
,annOt recover. Isabel gave him
'elf up to the authorities.
A Boston dispatch in the Phila.
lelphia Press says: An old friend
If ex.President Arthur, who has
ust returned from a visit to the
nyalid at New London, gives a
gloomy view of Mr.. Arthur's con-
lition. He says the ex.President y
maintains a forced cheerfulness aud
till manifests the liveliest interest
n current events and political =
uestions, discussing men and
measures with all his old-time J
.eenness; yet he soon tires; his f.
reathing becomes shorter and an
nfOrced rest ensues. he has lost
esh until he is the mere shadow
f his former self. lie feels the
hange bitterly. There Is little
Oubt that his illness is a confirm.
d attack of a dreadful malady. \
0 ding the starry banner out,
Unfurl it to the sky.
ct every noble freeman shout
To see it float on high n
ct Canada and Mexico V
Go-anywhere you wish u
DR. the news has come to town, you know, II
That Growers caught fish. NJ
-BashiRgton Critic !,
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