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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
BONDS OF PAIN.
REMARKABLE sUPFERINGS OF
TWIN BROTHER AND SISTER.

REMARKABLE SUFFERINGS OF A
TWIN BROTHER AND SISTER.
TIFFIN, o., February "A very
strange and remarkable illustration
Of the mysterious bond of uniOn and
sympathy which exists between
twins has been brought TO light
here within the last few days.
Charles FoncannOn, aged twenty.
five got his arm in a planer at the
churn factory and it was ground TO
pulp to the elbow. At the exact
time this happened, quarter to 3
p. m, his twin sister, living over a
mile away, suddenly cried out in
great agony, saying that there was
fearful pam in her arm. She sut-
fered so in a few minutes that a
physician was sent for, and soon
after he arrived three other physi-
cans arrived bringing her brother,
whose arm they proceeded to am
putate at once. When the sister
had first been taken with the pain
she had cried out, ooh, Charley is
hurt ~
While the arm of her brother was
being amputated the sister, who
was kept in another part of the
house and did not know what was
going on, suffered terribly and
screamed with agony. Ii was nee
essary 10 give her an injection of
morphine in the arm to Iniet her.
Since then, whenever the brother
is unusually restless or suffers
much, the sister suffers in a similar
degree.
Two years ago while away from
home the brother had his nose
broken, and at the same time of the
day the sister complained of a great
pain IN her nose. Within an hour
it had swollen alarmingly and it
was necessary to summon a physi-
clan.
Every circumstance in this case
is known to be true and it is puz-
zling the physicians greatly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
MADE HIS OWN COFFIN.

Near Sullivan, MOultrie county,
in Illinois, lives "Uncle BilW Wat
son. He is a very eccentric man,
and is known to fame as the man
who has made his own coffin
While travelling through that part
of the country recently an insur-
ance agent. called on the old man
to get him to insure his property.
Mr.. Watson never did insure and
thought he was too old to begin
now. The insurance agent then
asked him it be were the man who
made his own coffin, and was an
swered in the affirmative aud in.
vited in the house to inspect it.
The coffin was found in the old
mans bed room loaded down with
bedclOthes. Calling his wife, the
farmer asked her to take the things
away that be might exhibit his
handlwork, which he did with
much pride. The coffin is plain
Ou', VI DidCh walnut. III. w dlSOu
cut and sawed the lumber himself
and after seasoning it for about
eight years concluded to make it
into a coffin for himself. lie did
so over FIVE years ago, and soaked
it in oil and then treated it to a
good coat of varnish. At the head
he put cross piece, which raises
that end some FIVE inches higher
than the other. He says that
"when he lies down he wants his
head raised' The reason given
for its manufacture is the shoddy
character of the shop.made article.
MIR. Watson is over seventy.fve
years of age and a Mexican veter.
an. His pension claim was allowed |
some months ago. He was also a
soldier in the late war. He has |
lived on his present farm for forty !
five years. His wis is quite a
young woman, and seems to care as |
little for the presence of the coffin |
as does her Chicago Her |
dh.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
THOSE FREE PASSES.

The Richmond Times, in speak.
ing of the railroad free ticket sys
TEN as now practiced on members
of the Legislature. asks the follow
ing very pertinent questions:
"Wby are the passes given? Is
it because the soul.less corporations
love the Legislators 2 Is it for
patriotic reasons? Or is it precise
" tor the same reason that all other
gifts and gratuilies, privileges,
bonuses, and terrapin Stews are
bestowed on them-tO bride them,
to bias their Judgments, to insure
their good will as pay in advance
for expected services-as retaining
fees? Is there any Legislature Sc
green as not TO know that his free
pass IS business consideration {
II that is so, then while our Legis-
lature is arranging its moral primer
Piles, and thoroughly purging itself,
let it pass a law making it mis-.
demeanOr, as it is plainly excep.
tionable for a member of the Legis-
latnre to accept free pass. If the
free pass is allowed, then the Leg
islature is guilty Of wholesale
fraud in allowing mileage"
Well, we should think so, and SO
will the people think.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
A Pension Bill,

Mr.. Basil B. Gordon, member OF
the House OF Delegates from Rap
pAhannOck, is the patron Of pen
sion bill which is a decided I'm.
provement upon the present PEN
SION laws, and which will no doubt
be received with favor by both
branches of the Assembly. 1t pro-
vides that Confederate soldiers who
have lost one leg or arm shall re-
ceiye $50 year each, and those
who have lost both legs or both
arms 800 year each. 1t is esti'
mated that there are only five or
six in this condition in the State
Those who are suffering from total
disability caused by injuries re-
celved in the service shall receive
$50 a year, and the unmarried wld-
ow Of any soldier who died in &C.
tive service shall receive $50 year
The following exemptions from the
benefits of this bhl are provided
for: No one who enjoys pension
from the Federal Government or
any State, who owns in fee, or
whose wife owns, $1,000, or who
enjoys an income, either himself or
in the name of his wife, or from any
source whatever, of $500, shall be
entitled to any of the relief con-
tsmplated by this bill. The meas.
ufe further provides that the proof
of disability shall be perfect and
complete, so that no imposition can
be pracliced upon the State as, 1t
is reported, has been several times
done under existing laws.-R'ch-
mOnd Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
ROBBERY At NORFOLK.

On Sunday morning Chief Of Pc.
lice Poe was notified that Chapman
& Gales iewelry store, at Norfolk,
had been entered and robbed of
diamonds, rings, etc, valued at
So, Subsequent information
stated that the burglars had secur-
ed an entrance through the root
and blown open the safe.
RICHMOND, VA, Feb. Two
men, supposed to be implicated in
the great jewelry and diamond rob.
berry in Norfolk Saturday night,
were arrested in this city to-day.
They came here this forenoon in
street.car from Manchester, and
after being Swallowed and chased
0y officers of the Richmond police,
were captured and locked up. They
were recognized as John Ward and
Joseph Murray, two men who were
arrested here January 20 as sus.
picious characters, while prowling
about two OF the principal jewelry
establishments Of the city. They
were subsequently released on bail
on condition that they should leave
the State. A gold watch and
about forty dollars in money were
found on the persons Of the two
men, bat nothing to connect them
with the big Norfolk steal. They
were much exhausted, and bore
evidence OF having tramped through
bushes at night. They are both
hard-looklng customers, not alone
in dress, but in general appearance.
They will be brought before the
Police Court tomorrow.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
Death from HYdruDhuhIa.

A shocking death from hydro
phobia has just occurred near At.
lanta, GA. Two months ago vii.
liam Bowen, twenty years old, was
met by a large dog which sprang
upon hin. A desperate fight en-.
sued between the man ana the brute,
in which BOwen's clothes were lit.
orally torn to shreds. He finally
succeeded in despatching the dog,
but not until he had lacerated his
hand and arm terribly, the flesh be.
ing torn open to the bone. lie had
the wound dressed and it healed rap.
idly. No thoughts of further trouble
were entertained until last Satur.
day, when he complained of nausea
and soon after was taken with
spasms and became delirious. The
parOxysms continued up to the last
moment, and when water or a light
was brought near him he would
howl and whine, while he fOamed
at the mouth and exhibited every
sign of hydrophobia in Its NEST az
gravated form. For twenty.six
hours this horrible suffering con-
tinued, when he died.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
OFFICE.
u MoOdstOck. Va. Jan. II. II.

~
Tom. L. Wslion, admr. d. b. n. Of ID. II.
Walton. decd, late gdn. for Charles @.
Rapert end ). = Rupert, use II. A.
Godell, gdn. for Charles G. Rupert and
: p Rupert who smes, q c., o. .COmplt.,
And n. II. Riddleberger aud Peter Below
andE. n. Be,ew, his wife, and Geo. A.
Hump and =. w. Magruder trustee, Defts.
You are hereby notified that have fixed
unon the oath day Of Feb. next between
the boun OF s o'clock, at my office, 10 as
certain ana report 10 the circuit court Of
Shenandoah county
l. An account of all the liens by judg-
ment. deed Of trust, or otherwise, binding
the real estate of the defendants, ". ii.
Rddebelge; and Peter Below and wife,
and state them according TO priority;
III. An account of the real estate OF said
defendants and It's actual and annual
value;
III. Any other matter deemed pertinent
or that any party in interest may demand
reouired 10 be taken by the decree Of Shen-
anaoah circuit eourt rendered on the 9Th
day of January. l-SS. IN a suit in chan
cery depending in said court between ID.
II. 'Waiton's admr. late gdn. nee. com
plainants, and II. II. Riddleberger, &c,
defendants, and if from any cause the
taking of said accounts shall not be com.
menced or having been commenced should
not be completed on that day, the taking
of the same will be adjourned from day
TO day, or from place to place, until the
same are taken and completed.
Given under my hand az Commissioner
in chancery Of the said court, at my office
in said county the day and year first
aforesaid.
N. B. wUNDER, Comr. in ch'y.
T. f. Stickley, d.. q.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
Awful Theatre Scene,

LONDON, Feb. AT the con-
clusion of the performance at
Lowry's Music Hall, in Doublin,
last night, Nile. Senide, one of the
performers, placed her head in a
lions mouth for the purpose of
having her photograph taken in
that position. A sudden flash of
light caused the beast to close his
jaws, and he retired growing to
the corner of his cage, dragging his
helpless victim with him, Then he
shook the girl violently, tearing
her bare breast with his claws. The
attendants at once sprang toward
the cage and attacked the lion
with irons, and finally succeeded in
beating him of. Mile. Senide was re.
moved to her lodgings and medical
aid summoned. Her neck, shout.
ders, breast and one arm are terri
bly, lacerated, but she is still alive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
No DELAY In Postal Cars.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-The post
Office department is advised that
many fourth class postmasters are
circulating rumors in their neigh
borhoOds that letters put in postal
cars are subject to delay, In that
the stamps have to be cancelled in
a postoflice, and that such letters
are "ruu through the next post.
Office en- route before being tor.
warded to their destination. These
rumors, it is alleged, are circulated
because OF the fact that the salaries
of the pOstmasters involved are
based upon the number of stamps
cancelled, and all letters Orlglnat.
ing in their immediate neighbOr.
hoods which do not pass through
their Offices deprive them of 50
much compensation. Officers OF
the postoiilce department say that
each postal car is legal postofllce,
and that no such delays as the
postmasters indicate occur.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
KentuCM VIII Not Surrender Them.

CHARLESTON, w. VA, Feb. g.
Gov. Wilson's agent, who was sem
last Thursday to demand the re
lease of the West Virginians who
are held prisoners by the Kentucky
authorities, and who stand charged
with beng implicated in the recent
Mccoy. Hatfield troubles, arrived
in this city to-day and reported to
Gov. Wilson that the Governor oil
Kentucky refuses to give up the
prisoners.
The West Virginia authorities
will institute habeas corpus pro
ceedings, setting forth that the nine
men now in the Pike county jail
were illegally arrested, or, more
properly speaking, abducted into
the State OF Kentucky. The matter
in its present status is creating
much speculation, and the outcome
is anxlously awaited.
FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. Gov
Buckner says that he has nc
warrant to surrender the prisoners
demanded by the Governor of West
Virginia. 1t IS matter for the
courts, and the courts alone, to
depend upon a writ Of habeas
corpus,
CHARLESTON, w, VA, Feb. L.
Gov. Wilson to-day commissioned
ex.Congressmsn Eustis Gibson to
represent the State of West Viz.
GINA in the habeas corpus proceed.
iugs to be begun in the State of
Kentucky, for the return of nine
prisoners in Pike county, KY, Jail,
and who stand charged with having
been implicated in the recent Hat
field.McCoy vendetta. The case
will be brought in the United
States District Court now in session
at Louisville, Ky. Mr.. Gibson left
for Louisville this morning.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
LIBBY PRISON TO Be REMOVED.
TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND SET UP
AGAIN IN CHICAGO AS A
DIME MUSEUM.

A Chicago dispatch of Sunday
says: A company has been formed
with capital of 100000 to bring
| to Chicago the old libby Prison
building in Richmond. The build.
| ing Is now the property of the
Southern Fertilizing Company, and
can be bought for $4,000. The
proposed Purchase includes not on
/ " the original store of Libby & Son,
but the buildings adjoining, which
comprise the entire prison. The
buildings Will be taken down in
sections, every nail will be careful
" withdrawn, each beam, door and
window will be set in its exact pO-
sitiOn. Even the mortar will be
used in rebuilding. The enterprise
will cost it is estimated, something
like 5000, 900. This memorable build
ing it is proposed to surround with
another building 20Ox15O. 1t will
have a glass root like the big cy-
clorama buildings. The idea is to
make II perfect museum of the
late war, containing elaborate COL
lections of relics and panoramic
views of engagements that took
place during the rebellion. The
contract for the building and prop
erty will be closed this month, aud
the managers hope to have the
original Ohandlery shop OF Libby u
Son on exhibition soon.
The building is practically un'
changed since war times aud is as
solid as ever Notwithstanding Its
advanced age. It's sturdy struc-
ture with walls 20 inches thick
The checker.boards cut by the
Union prisoners are still to be seen
on the solid oak planks, while its
interior is entirely covered with the
names of the men who we're in.
mates during the terrible struggle.
While the building is being RACED
every bit of material will be mum,
bered aud photographs will be
taken at every stage of the work
as a guide to the wOrkmen in re-
building.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
For ACCUSED MUROERERS.
4 JUDGES DECISION THAT MAY
SET MANY ACCUSED PER-
SONS FREE.

HONEsDALE. PA, Feb. j.-Judge
Hand OF the Scranton district has
given a decision in q capital case
which has made "a decided sensa-
ton in the legal circles of Pennsyl.
yania, and which has been carried
to the Supreme Court. j. J. Keele
was indicted for murder ia the first
degree, having been a party to the
murder Of saloon keeper in
Scranton n year Or so ago. The
jury before which hr was recently
tried disagreed, and proceedings
were taken, according to all prece.
dent in this State, for his prose
cutiOn in new rial. Keefe's
counsel held that having been once
placed in jeopardy of life by trial,
tbs disagreement Of the jury could
not again place him in jeopardy
Judge Hand decided that the cOun-
se's proposition was right, and es-
tablished the principle, that a dis
agreement Of Il iury in capital
case was equivalent 10 an acquittal
of the accused, aud thar the pris.
oncr could not be jeopardized a
second time.
This was an entirely new theory
in the criminal practice Of the state,
and the District Attorney OF Lacka.
wanna county has appealed to the
Supreme Court for final Interpre.
tation OF the law in the case. If
Judge Hand is sustained, it will
establish "A precedent of the most
vital Importance. There are several
alleged murderers in prison In
various parts OF the State awaiting
their second tTiM through dis.
agreements Of jurics, whom an
affirmation of Judge Hands de.
cIsion will Of course set at liberty.
4 decision of that kind will also es.
tablish the uncomfortable fact that
many persons have been hanged in
Pennsylvania who, under this
judicial theory, would have been
entitled to their lives and liberty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.

| BUFFALO, Feb. 5.-As Robert
Taylor was driving lown Michigan
street this morning lis horse sud
denly dropped, and a, the same in
slant he received a stong electric
shock through the Inns. He re-
covered from it in "A mment, but
not understanding whit was the
trouble with the horse, he got out
of the wagon and STRUCK the ami
NAL with the whip. This time he
received such a shock that he lay
fOrsOme moments unconscious.
A colored man, who bai been
watching the queer proceedings
with much establishment, oileied 10
help get the horse up, but as soon
as he touched the animal he fell
forward upon it and screeched Tor
five seconds.
Taylor was so hurt and brighten
ed that he could do nothing 10 hep
himself or the negro, and 1t was not
until PatrOlmen lIennessey and
Haley arrived that the true state OF
affairs was understood. They pull
ed the colored man off the dead
horse aud soon had him in the
Emergency Hospital, but he died
Immediately. His watch key and
knife were found to be highly
maguetized. His face was badly
bloated and his hands were burned
10 the bone. He was identified as
Isaac Morton, porter on the New
York Central ve-tibnle train run
ming between Buffalo and New
York. He had q wife aud two
children.
The Brush electric light people
found that a broken telephone wire
had fallen into street and crossed
one OF their wires. The telephone
wires were found tangled about the
horses fret, but the doctors think
Morton got bis shock through
the horse, as both hands were
burned, showing that the clrcnit
had passed through his body.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10

Strickler's homestead when the first
waves ofthe great Nar beat around
lItl
HaTk the sound Of hOrses at a
gallop comes down the warm night
wind ; then the cIank of sabres and
the crash Of a hundred iron hoOfs
upon the road before the house.
The soldiers halt, aud one, an Off
Ger, leaps from his horse, and beats
upon the door with the hiIt of his
sword. A light glimmers in one
Of the upper windows. The sword
beats a louder reveile, and then
the window opens and a wOman's
voice calls out: "Who's there p
"Come down and see" is the rude
reply, "or Pll knock the door down"
But, while the woman begs for a
moments delay to dress, her hus.
band, the good farmer himself, is
creeping stealthily down the stairs.
He has q fat wallet IN his hands
stuffed full of papers. In a moment
he IL in the kitchen and opening
the little door which leads into the
clocks stomach. He drops the
wallet into the cavity and closes
the door.
The cavalrymen, Uncle Sans, do
no damage except to a ham and a
crock or two OF milk before they
ride on.
But Farmer Strickler leaves the
papers in their hiding place, for the
war Gibbs and flows IN the valley for
years. lie even shnts them in the
clock case with false floor.
When peace returns and the wars
perils are forgotten, the papers are
lost sight of, too.
Can't you see 1t all The secret
Of the old clock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
OEguCRACy'S DECEpTIONS CRY.

TFrom the Wytheville Patriot and Herald. |
Now that President Cleveland has
placed his party "hetween the devil
and the deep sea" by his first mes.
sage to the Flttieth Congress, the
Democracy will try 10 make his iree
trade doctrines acceptable to The
people by the Old cry of "cheap
clothing tor the Workingmen Of the
country.p The President IN his
n essage, endeavOring to make the
protection policy of the Republican
party unpopular with the wage
workers, tells the workingmen that
the increased wages they receive as
the result of protection are absorb
ed by the increased prices they have
to pay for the necessaries of life,
and the manufactured articles need.
ed by their families. With this
kind of arguments the American
wOrkingmen are expected to be Ca
| joled by the professional politician,
and induced to aid in the destruc.
ton of the policy that has placed
the mechanics and labOTers OF this
country in a plane which is the
envy of the working classes of all
foreign countries as it should be the
pride of our own. Where does the
workingman fare as we'll as he does
IN the American Union : IL may be
true that he does not receive a far
share of the profits of his labor, but
would free trade give him larger
share His condition is so much
more agreeable than that of the
wOrkingmen Of Europe that we find
large numbers of foreigners coming
to this country each year to enter
into competition with him, while
none of our workingmen are found
going to England to seek employ
ment. Here the workiugman is en-
abled 20 care for his family and Sc
cure himself home tor his old age,
while in England he has to fight
hard fof a support and often be as
sisted IN the workshop or mine by
his wife and children. The Eng
lish labOrer never owns home of
his own until he is laid in the
ground, and then the narrow one
he occupies Is too frequently the
gift OF pnblic charity.
"Cheap food and cheap clothing"
accompanied by free trade, mean
cheap wages for the wOrkingman
and suffering for himself and fam
~. If the workingmen of America
are wise, they will not be deceived
into giving their support to a doc
trine which has ruined labor where
ever it has been carried into prac-
tice. Better high wages and high
er TODD and clothing than starva'
ton wages.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
A Horrible Murder,

MACON, GA, Feb. i.-In Baker
county yesterday a young man
went to the house of Amos Grant,
a colOred farmer. Finding all quiet
and the house closed he looked
around for the cause, and found
the body of Grant hanging from a
rope thrown over a projecting joist
in the rear of the house. Inside he
found Mrs. Grants body in he'd,
her head crushed into Jelly az if
by a club. On the floor was the
body of his wife's sister. Further
over was the body of Grants If
teen-year.Old son. The theory is
that as Grant was a hard taskmas-
ter, his wife was about to leave
him, and that Grant, frenzied by
the thought OF her departure, took
a club and Drained them while they
slept and then eopmitted suicide
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10

Sllas Gresham, a well. known
hard-shell Baptist of Roswell, Ca,
lost his wife several years ago. The
Sunday following he listened to a
sermon from the text, at is not
good for man to live aIOne,r and he
Immediately proposed to one of his
sisters, and they were married.
This second wife died three weeks
ago, and still remembering the old
text, the bereaved husband married
his third wife last Sunday.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-02-10
The SOIth Is Setting There.

BALTIMORE, MD, Feb. 1.-The
Manufacturers Record has com
piled, through direct reports, list
of every cotton factory in all the
south, giving the name and location
of each and the number Of spindles
and looms in each. The figures
show an increase OF over lW per
cent. in the splndles and looms
from 1880. The mills now under
construction and those for which
money has been secured and upon
which work will shortly be com
menced, and the addition to the
plants Will require, as shown
by the reports, $4,000 spindles
and 1900 looms. Thus by the end
OF 1888 the south will haye in oper,
alton about l,736,0OO spindles end
$4,000 looms.