Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-09-26
FxcHANaE NOTES.


worth of Basic City real estate change'
hands here last week. The prices pai'
for some of the lots were unusually high
; Stepherdstown Register Mrs. JOSEPH
Shry, of Loudoun county, attended
picnic last week, but before doing 81
buried in her garden a small tin box con-
tanning Sl44. On returning home she
discovered that some one had unearthed
the box and carried off the hidden treas.
ure.
Harrisonburg State Republican {: Last
July, Jas. +. Burke, IN drunken row,
severely stabbed his cousin, VIM. j.
Burke, as they we're leaving HarrisonburR
together. He has since lodged the Of
ficers until on Sunday last, when Con-
stable J. VI. Coffman secured him in the
Blue Ridge near Elkton. He is now in
Jail and will await the action Of the
grand jury. William has since recovered
from his wounds.
Winchester Leader Mr.. s. EVy, of
Keyser, w. Va, has been sent to the
penitentiary for Q years for stealing q
borse of Mrs. John s. Arnold. We learn
that brother of his has recently been
arrested in this State for horse stealing.
During the races at the Fair Grounds,
Friday afternoon last, young man named
Jos. E. Pace, from Lynchburg, Va, was
severely hurt. The track being muddy,
the horse which he was riding slipped
and fell with the rider underneath. He
was badly bruised and, we learn, several
ribs broken. For while his life was
despaired of.
Winchester Times On Sunday night
thousands of small birds were attracted
by the electric lights. 1t was a remark.
able inhux-ameng them were many wild
ducks and geese. Such a chsttering has
scarcely over been heard by our people
from the feathered tribe after night
Many of the small birds struck the cleo
trio wires aud fell dead to the ground in
all portions of the city. Others flew into
open windows. Among the various
species unknown to this locality, was the
Ortolan or reed bird. Many conjectures
were advanced as to how they all happen
ed to find their way here. 1t is thought
that they were brought by the easterly
wind prevailing at that time.
Page Courier: Mr.. Arthur N. Boyer,
formerly of Woodstock, more recently of
Gainesville, Va, has been employed in
the store of Chss. A. Miller, Esq. Mr.,
B. comes we'll recommended, and is a
young man.
California is mammoth State and gets
up things in mammoth style, Mrs. Wool
folk who as just returned from there,
tells, of bunch of grapes she saw near
San Diego that weighed u pounds, a
pumpkin weighing 90 pounds, and of three
sweet potatoes taken from the same hill
that together weighed 96 pounds.
Mr.. Thos. spitler's barn, situate on
the Hawksblll, about six miles south Of
Luray, including contents, was complete
ly destroyed by fire last Sunday morning
about | o'clock. The barn was a new
one, and this part of the loss falls on Mr..
SIS father Rev. Sam'l Splitter, who owned
it; but the contents, consisting of about
100 bushels of wheat, several bushels of
rye and oats, 16 loads Of hay, four horses,
lot of harness, ETC., is heavy loss to
young Mr.. Splitter, who is just beginning
life for himself The fire is supposed to
have been the work OF an incendiary.-I
There was no insurance on any of the
property.
Rockingham Register : At an early hour
last Monday morning the store house and
dwelling of q. B. Brock at Lacey Springs,
was destroyed by fire, together with
large stock of general merchandise. The
fire was discovered about three o'clock,
and in the absence of any facilities for
fighting the flames, bat little could be
done to arrest their progress, and prac-
tically nothing of the property was saved.
Anticipating general rise in prices, Mr..
Brock had laid in a considerable amount
of merchandise, and on this account the
stock was unusually large for the time of
year. Both the building and stock of
goods were insured in the Loudoun Mu-
tual, but ths insurance will not meet the
total loss by from $500 to $4,000. The fire
is thought to have been the work of an
incendiary.
James Price was tried in the county
court this week, charged with an at
tempt TO kill Fannie Brown, colored. The
alleged offense was committed last Feb
ruary, and An account of it published IN
this paper at that time. All the parties
live in East Rockingham. Price was
sent to New Market for medicine for the
girl, but went only as far as Marksyille,
where, 1t is charged he procured bottle
of carbolic acid and palmed it off on the
girls parents IS medicine given him by
DR.. Henkel at New Market. The jury
found verdict of not guilty. The COM
mon wealth was assisted in the prosecu-
ton by D. B. Snyder, of Luray, and
Price was defended by Messrs. Eastman,
and o. B. Roller.
Stanton indicator: Holders Of the
Junior securities of the Shenandoah VAL
ley Railroad who are dissatisfied with the
published plan of reorganization, have
secured the cooperation of certain IN
ter, st identified with the Richmond Ter
mlnal system, and are now organizing
with view TO buying the road at the
coming sale on September 30. 1t is limited
that the B. g. o. is interested IN this
movement as a step towards the Southern
connection which the Roanoke 4 South
ern at Roanoke would give it. On the
other hand it is said to be much cheaper
for the B. & o. to complete the Valley
Ry. between Lexington and Salem and