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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
Two Little Girls Killed by Lightning,

4 letter from Bedford Springs,
to the Lynchburg IirgiRidR. gives
the following account OF the killing
Of two little girls by lightning:
"Seldom has it fallen to our lot to
record so shocking an event as Oc-
cured in the neighbOrhood Of Bed
ford Springs on last Saturday even
ing. Two little girls, aged respect
lively nine and seven years, daught.
ers of Mr.. James DOoley, who re-.
sides near the Springs, were struck
dead by lightning during the storm
which prevailed between ) and p.
m. The children had gone MP
stairs, and, child like, were romp-
ing and playing ON pelletnear the
chimney. Their father, with two
vonnccr children, was in the room
below. their mother having gone oil
that morning to spend the day.
When the "crash' came which shook
the house 10 it's centre, Mr. D0oley,
hearing a great cOmm0tlon IN the
cook room, which adjoined, hurried
In. and found the colOred girl
shocked and fallen to the floor. lie
Immediately thought of This children
and called them but receiving no
answer, rushed up stairs to find
them living side by side, stone
dead.
There were no marks OF violence,
except slight discoloratlon about
the ear of one and a small piece OF
skin cut from the side of the other.
There was little or no damage done
to the house. 4 small portion OF
chinking near the chimney was
knocked of, through which the
deadly messenger is supposed to
have entered. The little girls were
both inferred in the same
grave, and the bereaved parents re-
turned to their desolate home TO
learn the sad but no doubt proiita.
bic lesson the Great Teacher in
tends to teach not only to them, bat
to the whole community, by this
sudden calamity. The stricken ones
have the deepest sympathy of the
entire neighborhOod.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

any kind Of a fight always gathers
a crowd. After Mr. Glover had
incidentally remarked that any one
who would accuse HIM Of doing
any thing wrong was BLACKBOARD
and liar, Mr Lowry expressed
his regret that there should be
individuals in the House who could
only be compared to tho person
who WAS described as dixie flea, "A
Us. and fetch of bacOn-like a
fea because he was biting every.
ones back, like q ily because he was
in everyone's broth, and like a iloich
of bacon because he would never
be any good until he was hanged"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
COMMISSIONERS OTFICE.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Woodstock Va, July 3, lec6
To VIM. II. Triplett,.-....--..D Defendant
AND
Geo. c. Wedderburn. Virginia VI. Wed
derburn, Dewitt G. Lawrence, trustee
for Virginia NJ. Wedderburn and Martin
H. n. Kendig, ...---....-C omplainants
You are hereby notified that have
fixed upon the 9th day Of August next
to take and settle. at my office,
/. An account of the amounts paid 10y
said VIM. II. Triplett to said George {.
Wedderburn and to said Martin II. n
Kendig while they were acting as the
agents Of the said VIM. II. Triplett for
the purchase and sale Of the real estate in
the bill and proceedings mentioned;
II. An account of the rents and profits
of the real estate granted by said VIM. il.
Triplctt to said Martin II. y. kendig rs
aforesaid in the hands of said hendig OF
his grantees from the time no acquired
possession of the same, subject TO any just
and proper credits for taxes, permanent
improvements, &c. ;
Ill. An account of the rents and profits
Of the real estate granted by Eliza Barry
and Others TO said WIN. H. Triplett, as
aforesaid from the time the said VIM. II.
Trplett acquired possession Of the same,
subject to any just and proper credits to
which he may be entitled by reason OF
taxes or other proper charges on the prop
erty, or permanent Improvements made
by him thereon required 10 loo taken 10y
the decree OF Shenandoah Circuit Court
rendered ON the 2ith day of January, l-sl,
in suit in chancery depending IN said
court between the above named parties,
aud if from any cause the taking OF sand ac-
counts shall not be commenced, or having
been commenced should not be- completed
on that day, the taking of the same viii
be- adjourned from day to day, or from
place to place, until the same are taken
and completed.
GIVEN under my hand rs Commissioner
in chancery of the said court, at my Office
in said county the day and year first
aforesaid
NJ. b. Wt'NDER, Comr. ia Chy.
W. & W. p.q, J. +. r.. p. d. jy . It,.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

4 meeting of the field officers OF
the Virginia regiments was held in
Richmond a few days ago for the
purpose Of discussing and arraug-
ing matters in reference to the en-
campmeut Of state troops proposed
TO be held in Richmond during the
fair. The outcome OF the confer
cnce was Il decision that the en-
campment scheme was impractica-
bic. the time Selecied-thc autumn
being "A busy season in CONNER
cial circles, rendering it impossible
Tor large majority Of the yOiun
tcer sOldiery TO give their time con
yeniently to military matters. 1t
was further decided to divide the
funds which would have been used
for the cncampment lJhe state ap
propriatiOn) between the thirty.iouI
white and nineteen c0lOred com
panies Of the State, with the stipu
lation that they be used by each
command either for uniforms or for
camping purposes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

The Agricultural Department, in
It's report of the condition Of the
wheat supply up to July !, 1856,
gives if at iOO,O0O,O0O bushels,
with a surplus from last years crop
of $4,000, 900. Since then consider
able damage his been realized from
the extreme heat of the weather in
the Northwest, which it is estl-
mated will cause a reduction from
this estimate of 10000, 900, which
will leave about l5O,OOO,OOO bush
els. The decrease Of wheat acre
ace i'm India is estimated at Co.,
goo. which would Indicate "a much
smaller supply from that country
than was realized last year. The
latest advices from England are
not favorable to the producers Of
that country, but as yet there has
not been any marked change in
the market price Of wheat. Tax
ing the outlook from all Of the
wheat growing world, and the
promise is that there will be fan
larger demand for American wheat
and that better prices will be the
rule after the market has settled
down.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

"Ihe boy was rendered insane
by the terrible affair." This is the
concluding sentence of a telegram
from Bangor, giving fn account of
a case where a fifteen year old
lad pointed "didn't.know.it.was-
loaded gun at his sister, with the
result that she was sbocklngly
mutilated and instantly killed. The
young murderer conld hardly do
less than become insane, under tho
circumstances, but all the same he
ought to be promptly and eiiectual-
~ hung. This would not Of course
restore his dead sister to life, but
it could hardly fail to have the
effect of lettering other humorous.
ly inclined scape graces from play
inlly pointing guns and pistols at
sisters and playmates. In that
sense his taking off would be a
substantial public service.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
Damp Wheat not Wanted.

The following resolutions, recent
w passed by the Richmond grain ex-
change, will be of interest to our
country friends:
Whereas the continued rain
which. from the best information
before us, extends over the greater
portion Of the state, is calculated
to DO serious injury to the wheat
crop aud cause the same to be shipp-
cd to market in damp and damaged
condition, thus causing loss and
serious inconvenience to oil inter
csted in handling the crop; there
fore be it resolved by the Richmond
/ Grain and Cotton Exchange, that
farmers be urgently requested not
/ 10 thrash until their wheat has had
ample time, after the rain is over,
to become thoroughly dry in the
shock or stack, and thus insure its
being sent to market in dry cOndi-
ton, when it will bring a better
price. be more quickly handled, and
/ give better satisfaction to all inter
csted in it's sale or manufacture.
1t being "a well.ascertained fact
that wheat will dry in the shock
more thoroughly in three five to
days Of good weather than in as
many weeks after it has been
threshed, we feel that it is greatly
10 the interest of farmers that 1t
should not be threshed while damp,
and the more especially so since
driving in bulk is attended with
much expense, labor, and incon-
venence, while there are many who
claim that wheat when threshed
damp can never be restored to ITS
original quality by the effort to dry
but that each recurrence Of long
continued wet weather will bring
back upon it the evidence OF damp.
ness and its unsound or damaged
smell.
Damp wheat has to be sold at
from 10 to % cents per bushel less
than dry wheat, and there are often
times when, from want OF space IN
which to dry it, millers decline to
buy it at any price.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

At Virginia Beach last Sunday,
tbe venerable Ex.Gov. VIM. Smith,
near 90 years Of age, fell down
a stairway and was shocked and
bruised and rendered unconscious
for some time, but no bones were
broken.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

Representative Curtin, the wal
Governor of Pennsylvania, has de-
termined not to be a candidate for
denomination.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
TIE COUNTRY SAFE.

We publish below letter from
Mr.. Jacob lines, jr., which will
not only relieve the minds OF his
"many anxious friends" but which
is matter of such momentous in
terest to the public generally that
our contemporary, the Woodstock
VUgiaioR, gives it prominent
place in its columns. Read this
letter, and take comfort all you
aspiring patriots. Its words are
very cheering:
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
July 6, 1856.
Editor YirGiaidR 1t is with
pleasure that | write to inform my
many anxious friends that | am
now at work as Conductor on the
Washington and Georgetown street
car Il. r., my position having been
secured me 10y the kindness OF Hon.
Chas. II. O'Ferrall notwitbstand-
the fact that some gentlemen in
Woodstock repeatedly stated to
me that would get nothing but
Promises.
Yours truly,
JACOB HINES, JR.
Now, in these days when "ways
that are dark and tricks that are
vain" prevail so often, suspicious
people frequently look closely at
priratc letters published in pubi'c
newspapers, but in this case one
glance is sufficient to disarm the
most supicious.
IL is at once perfectly evident
that the near approach fthe Dem
ocratic Congressional convention
has nothing to do with the writing
of this letter to the Editor Of the
I'rgiGaR. Every body can see at
a glance that Jacob Hines, jr, kind
hearted man that he is, is simply
irving to relieve the minds of his
too "anxious friends of their in
tense anxiety concerning his vel
fare. This is why he mentions
emphatically that the lucrative pO-
sition which he is now so fortunate
as to occupy was gotten for him
through the heroic efforts OF Hon.
/ Charles 7. O'Ferrall, and all this,
too, notwithstanding the fact that
some Woodstock people were un-
kind enough to repeatedly state
that the said Jacob Hines, .jr.,
would get nothing but "Promises."
Now while we are fully convinced,
yes we may say overwhelmed, with
the idea that SIr. Jacob Hines, jr.,
wrote the above letter simply and
solely to let his poor "anxious
! friends" know that he was safe yet,
there may be some delegates to the
+ Congressional convention who will
understand more from that letter
than Mr. Hines seems to intend
them to DO.
Some very ambitious and aspir-
ing Democratic statesman may see
that by supporting Col. O'Ferrall
they may yet get to be conductor
ON some Of the Washington or
/ Georgetown street railways. 1t is
our deliberate opinion, cautiously
expressed, however, that the Hines
letter will secure the Hon {. Il.
O'Ferrall the nomination.-SpiI1t
/ Of The valley.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

Governor Lee does not cOntem-
plate calling an extra session of the
Legislature.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
A GAZETTEER OF THE WORLD
ALL IN ONE BOOK.
GET TIE LATEST AND BEST.

MI. JACKSON. VA, June 10. 1856.
10 HGgersto,en Steam Eagine and Machine
IlOrksf
Gentlemen, We the undersigned take
pleasure in stating that the II horse pow
or Traction Engine lately purchased by
Anthony i. Miller Of yonr agent, Mr.. ).
+. Mooney drew into Om town to-day
train Of 3 wagons loaded with bark, IL
came from Dellinger's Gap over an ex-
tremely rough mountainous road, in fact
az rough mountainous road as there is one
in Shenandoah county.
We hereby certify said wagons and
bark weighed twenty thousand eight
hundred aud ninety lbs.
X. @. ALEXANDER,
Weigh Master
}. P.IONAS, 'fIl
9. III. lKOONTZ,
J. A. HELLER.
June %, 'sG.-lyr. .'l.ilI a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
VIRGINIA, -To-Wit .

La 4O- W ~
In the clerks Office of the circnit
court of Shenandoah, July 18th, lsc6. lN
VACATION,
Sarah A. Stultz, 10y her next friend, \.
Haas, .----..-.. ---.Oollplalhdhli
Against In Chanceryi
William =. Stultz, .----..----.D Defendant.
The object of this suit is TO obtain a di-
vorce q r'incpi0 mdirimOHH.
1t appearing by satisfactory evidence
that the defendant is not an inhabtant Of
this State u ORDERED, That he do
appear here within one month after due
publication thereof, and do what is nee
essary to protect his interest; that copy
of this order be published in some news
paper printed i'm Woodstock, once week
ior four successive weeks, and a copy
posted at the front door of the court house
Of said county, on the first day OF the next
county court. GEO. W. MlLEY,c. C.. sc.
4 COPY-TRsTE.
GEO. ". MILEl, G.. C. g. s. C..
Walker & Keller =. q. lJuly 2j-4w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

Alta recent picnic near Chicago,
held by the Central Labor Union
to raise money to defend the in
dIcted Anarchists, pictures of
August Spies, which were offered
for sale, were bought eagerly by
the women, many of whom kissed
the portrait.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23

an BrewStcr's Patent Rein Holder.
NJ. Your lines are whore you put them not
II 1 under horses feet. one agent sold ilde1 IN
~ 5 days, one dealer sold coz. Ia 10 days
lel samplegworh si.Jo rnrE. Write forierms.
W L. T.. BREWSTER, Holly, Mich.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
]. 3. KR0NK,
WITH
II. T.. WILSON,
Wholesale Tobacconist,

Temptefi oHIIOf Moi,
American Crank, York II Inch,
Nayie's Rough and Ready H.,
Aud other Brands.
Smoking Tobacco, Snuiis, Cigaretts an,
Smokers supplies. n
april %, Soft.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
AGENTS WANTED s ss5 e e

dence tina; this is the most salablc and
profitable book published; or, 10 save
time, send Sl.25 at once for Canyasslng
Book. and state your choice of townships
Address. y. d. THOMPSON PUBLISH
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York City.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23
Agents Wanted
FOR TIE
Everyday Life Of Abraham Lincoln,
BY
syThOse Who Knew Him."

From the obscurity Of his boyhood to the
date of his tragic death. A new Biogra-
ply of the great American President, from
a new standpoint accurate and cXhaus-
tive in fact and incident, replete with an
ecdote, profuse and elegant an illustration
600 engrayings from original designs H.
lustrating incidents, anecdotes, persons,
&c. including 10 Steel pOrtraits.)
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17

Il is often said in disparagoment Of
women that they have not originated or
invented much. They have not; but il
is their devotion TO the minor details Of
life, says a writer in CaSseipS Magazine,
which has set men SD free to distinguish
themselves, and in all mems achieve
menfs women have an unacknowledged
part.
Home. especially the English home.
has inspired volumes of poetry and
floods of oratory. 1t is a subject on
which we can all speak from tho heart
But when we come to consider any one
home in particular we soon realize how
entirely its essential character, its home
likeness, depends on the details of COM
fort supplied by the women who care
for it. The family sense of well-being
does not consist in the romantic sur
roundings or architectural beauty, or
artistic furnishing of house, so much
as in the cleanliness, the order, tho
serving of the meals. the hOmely work
lin fact, the stocking-darning of the
establishment 1t is impossible to con-
ceive of perfect family love permitting
state of perpetual discomfort or of
mutual affection remaining unrufiled
and undiminished amid the friction
which such state would occasion.
That home only can be serenely happy
where the daily homely duties arc wen
done-not intermittently, not in a
whirlwind of bewildering activity that
scares the male population from the
scene, butt need not say how; ap-
peal to the inner consciousness of
woman. What dignity, what beauty
and delight it gives our humblest work
to think of it as essential to the peace
and comfort of our English homes, and
as enabling those to labor undisturbod
who win our bread, and create our
literature, and rule and teach our
people.
And verify women need some such
consolation. Consider how much of
their work perishes in the day that it Is
done, and has all to be repeated day
after day, and then say whether ii q
matter for great marvel that some OF
them have been ill-advised enough to
talk occasionally about their marrow
sphere" The changes are rung ON
washing and ironing and cleaning and
mending days, while every morning the
same familiar objects demand washing
or dusting that have been washed or
busted thousands of times before.
Tangible results are not what woman
chiefly accomplishes, and she often
works long and hard without having
anything to show" in the end. There
is poetry in her life, il is true, but there
is an enormous amount of prose. And
sometimes / wish, when a man ex-
presses horror at some woman s escaping
from her housework to wider field of
action, that he win try long-continued
course of dusting, washing up, and
mending stockings, and see IL he ever
found it at all monotonous.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17
"what win You Takc?"

hear of a story from Connecticut,
says a writer in the New York Times,
which perhaps sounds naturally enough
up there, but which will be likely 70
have some elements of amusement in it
for people who have never lived in that
part of the world. The Town of HAM
den or Woodbridge is the scene, and
the story is of custom that exists there
for providing newly-married couples
with wedding gifts. As soon as a
young woman gets married it is incum-
bent upon her not to stay ut home and
receive calls from the ncighbors. but to
climb into wagon and 90 whirling up
and down the road for as many miles as
her acquaintances may extend or the
powers of Connecticut horse hold out.
She stops at neighbor Smiths house,
drops out Of the wagon, and greets
neighbor Smiths helpmect in some
thing after this style: ..Well, Mrs.
Smith, have got married, as you know;
go ! have come round TO get my gift
What kind viii you take?'
IL the average man outside of Ham
den should hear young woman say
something Of this sort he would be apt
(unless the young woman was pretty)
to imagine that something was wrong
with her head Not So What win
you takeP" Is plain enough to neighbor
Smiths wife. All brides say the same
thing, and 1t has get to be an old story
aWhat will you take?" means what
kind of tea viii you take9 There are
merchants In New York who give
premiums to country agents, and there
is one firm whose premium is in the
shape of household goods, dishes, etc.
If a young woman can get her acquaint-
ances to Subscribe for 100 pounds Of tea
she gets something pretty nice to pay
her for her trouble, and the tea does not
cost the purchaser any more than Il pur-
chased Of the country st0rekeepers.
Thus Connecticut IS able to be generous
without wasting cash, wherefore i Con-
neoticut happy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17

Poor Mabel, says the author Of Girls
Gossip in London Truth, has dread
full old aunt. who gives her bonnets,
and is offended If she does not wear
them. Mabel and her mother were left
almost wholly unproyided for on tho
death Of MabeI's father; and among
the worst siings of poverty are those
fearful bonnets. The aunt rejoices in
the terrific blues and green's that were
in vogue about thirty years ago, be-
lieve, and Mabel always declares that
ugly clothes wear ever SO much longer
than pretty ones. have had stray
fancy or two of that kind myself. /
never had s.dear gazeIle' sort Of dress
or perfectly darling pair of shoes that
the dress did not wear shiny (you
know the horribleness Of thatD and the
shoes ''go'' somewhere long before their
time. 1t is the old story
All things bright must fade,
The brightest fade the nectest.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17
Sunday Papers.

DeIisered ON ArrIvaI or Trains.
DERSONS who desire to subscribe TO
i am Of the following Daily or Sun
day Papers, can do so by calling at once
at office on School street, opposite the
Governors Mansion.
DAILY PAPERS.
Baltic. American, Philadelphia Times,
BALTIC. Sun. Philadelphia Press,
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
SUNDAY PAPERS.
BALTIC. American, New York Tribune,
Baltimore News, New York Worl !,
Philadelphia Times, New York Herald,
Philadelphia Press, New York Sun,
Washington Herall.
A. S. BRYAN,
a31w. Agent
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17

TABLE BOARD.-SUPERIOR Ia
BILE BOARD can be found on College
avenue, with private family, by ap-
plking at this othce.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17
KNIT HAMM0CKS.

Adult siz $1.50, Children's s:zes
$l.25. Made and sold by Mrs. a. M
DUFFY, 80 King George street, 2 doors
below "aryland Avenue Price 25 cents
extra by mail ie22
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17

Experiments in Austrian garrisons
prove that where the floors Of barracks
are painted with tar tho collection Of
dust in cracks Is prevented, aud there
is consequent diminntion In irritative
diseases Of the eye. There is also .
great diminution of parasites.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17
ANNAPOLIS. Nd TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST II. 1885,


We sOi1 insert IN this column advertise
uaents Of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Found, &C., not erccding four lines Que
Week, or less. for % Cnfs.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17
RTH|NGTON ( CO..
LOO Church Street,
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
DEALERS IN
bugs, Medicines,
And Chemicals,
SPECIAL NOTICE!
SPEClAL NOTICE.!

ll' store is furnished with
! W'rihington Presorip-
counter and everything
''y to make it a complete
a Pharmacy.
llptlons compounded at
''s 4 the day and night
'auates Of the Maryland
Of Pharmacy.
8ORTHINGToN & CO.
sS~- 100 Church Street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17

NJ IMT.hINES Cleaned and Re-
Ropk ~.l1Snted sa1S to give satisfac-
falled for and delivered.
asa AyssnsS !, smiths jewellery store.
lssigs psos ue or IA Market SPACE
s'0npt attention.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17

Charles Crockcr, the San Francisco
railway magnale, is worth about @12.~
100000. He is said TO be plain, sensi-.
bic, and kind-hearted, and to possess
marked practical ability
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17
Situation Wanted.

A WHITE WOMAN-who is capable
a of filling the position of house.
keeper, seamstress. or any position in
which she can make herself useful, de-
sires a STU UATION. References given.
Address situation" 9 PITAL Office,
Annapolis, Md. jy2S.tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-17

Yserlt Dudley. who shot O'DonoYan
Rosa over year ago, will be taken 10
England and cared sor by friends there.
She Is now an inmate Of the insane
asylum at Auburn.