Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-04
EXCHANGE NOTES.


Stanton Tindicator 1t 8 stated that
the Stanton Street Railway Co. has TO-
ceived from North Carolina town an
offer of $40, 600 bonus to remove its rail-
way there. The company running with
its present motive power over the hills OF
Staunton has not been dong a paying
business.
Page Courier Mr.. isaac 0pitler made
this year 40 bushels of potatoes from one
bushel planted. In this year of eighteen
| hundred and great crops we have not
heard of any one who has beaten this.
The Gem Furnace at Shenandoah, this
county, suspended last Monday. The
reason for suspension has rot yet been
announced, nor is it known how long the
works will be idle. All the hands have
also been withdrawn from the ore banks.
This throws out of employment a large
force of workmen in that section. The
Gem Furnace is one of Page connty's
greatest industries, and it is to be hoped
that it will not be long before operations
are resumed.
Winchester Leader Mrs. Eliza Pange,
who lives at Gainesboro, has COW with
days ago. The striking features are, it
has three perfect ears, one on the centre
of its back and the other two in their
proper places. The third ear is perfectly
formed, but twice as large as the others.
The two head ears vary in size, too. Its
four legs crossed but not fastened together,
and one is larger than the other. The
calf is perfectly formed otherwise, AMI
healthy, but owing to its deformity in
the four legs, it conld staEd a,One long
enough to nOurish The milk, and finding
it so much trouble, Mrs. p. called on Mr.
d. G.. Mllburn to kilt the calf. BY show
ing proper attention 1t might, possibly
have lived and grown TO be the usual size
of cattle, but requiring so much time
Mrs. z. decided TO have it killed to pnt
the unfortunate ont of misery it would
have to undergo while living.
Rockingham Register : Judge Newman
Capt. r. s. Parks and other members of
the Luray bar were in Harrsonbnrg last
Friday to argue before Judge Paul mo.
ton for an Injunction to restrain the sale
of the Luray caverns, the Inn, and several
bodies of land belonging to the Valley
Lard and Improvement Co. This prop
trustees, by virtue Of deed of trust to
secure various sums still due on the origI-
nal purchase. A similar motion had been
heard and denied some time previous 10y
Judge Tuner, of the Circuit Court. Be
fore gong into the argument telegram
from attorneys representing various inter
ests was received stating that the matters
in controversy had been compromised,
and the motion for an Injunction was
abandoned.
Charles Roadcap, who was indicted by
the grand jury last week, was convicted
Tuesday in the County Court and sentenc-
ed to three years in the penltentiary.
Some time ago Roadcap in a row in the
Hopkins Gap section drew pistol to
shoot Joseph Reedy, as he claimed, IN self
defence. He shot Littleton McDorman,
bystander, instead, ard was ARE ted on
the charge of a double assaalt-the at
tempt to shoot the one man with intent
to kill, and the actual wornding of an
other. A motion for new trial Will be
made at this term of the Court. A
technical point relied on by the defence is
that the foreman of the jury, who was
sworn and empannelled as Albert l..
Harnsberger." thus giving the ground
that the pGsOnd Of the jury as sworn was
not identical with that which found the
prisoner guilty.
Strasburg Tirg;nidn and Nacs: Mrs.
Susan BY, the aged mother of Mr.. Philip
Bly,, who resides near this place, died sud
denly at her sons house Tuesday morning
about . o'clock She retired IN usual
health and awobe quito sick to die in
few minutes.
Edward Seiders, of Alexandria, aged %
or 90 years, cigar maker by trade but
recently brakeman on the local freight
train between StrasbuTg and Manassas,
was caught between two cars Tuesday at
Marshall and he died Tuesday night. The
unfortunate deceased, we learn, was en-
gagged to be married to a Young lady in
Alexandria and expected to celebrate his
nuptia's in a couple of weeks.
Messrs. J. Holmes Conrad. Of Winches-
ter, and NJ. L. Walton, of Woodstock,
were in Strasburg TUESDAY as counsel
respectively for the laintiff and defen-
dant taking dispositions in case ut law
between the Ktna Life Insurance Co., OF
Hartford, Conn, and Frank RipbeIger's
administrators. The case. as we under
stand it, Is as follows; Mr. R;?h, rger's
life was insured in the Ktna Life ms.
Co. for $1,000. lie died and the amount
of his policy, Issued for the benefit of his
children, was paid to his widow as ad
ministratrlx. The money was placed on
deposit in bank, when it came to the
knowledge of the Insurance Company, as
it claims, that the deceased was not in
surable. The money was then attached
and receiver appointed. Hence the suit
in chancerY upon the merits of which
Judge Turner will probably decide at the
September term of his court,