The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-07-16
Two Miles e Minute.

Two Miles e. Minute.
A one-wheel cycle, eight feet nigh
that q green horn can learn to ride in
minute, aud then write his name ia the
dust with il il fifteen feet space. not to
mention a speed capacity of TWO mics III
sixty seconds on good track, is the as
tonishing invention which Victor Beraa-
ger, of Worcester, Mass, editos OF Le |
Courier de Worcester, claims To have |
produced after two years OF hard work. |
last week, he SAYS, his brother in
Montreal rode the phenomenon seHeuty-
three miles in one hour on an ordinary
high way and that was ~ Tire r.ste Of
much more than a mile a minute, MIR,
Beranger himself. ON y wager ef $500.
viii leave Worcester some day next week
in the presence Of ii number at witnesses,
so ne says, at the sanes time ihe new
"Cbicage fiierH on the Boston aaa Alba
NY Railroad leaves for Boston, and he
promises to arrive at the Hub at least
fifteen minutes before the express train
reaches there, notwithstanding that he
Will HIVE " lllNGi olAty -csA iEiite ny
highway as against forty-four by rail.
If he does it, in the face of the fact that
the highway between Worcester and
Boston is no way prepared for light
ming trip, Monsieur will have furnish
ed the world the biggest sensation posi-
BILE short of an actual flying machine
Mr.. Beranger may be an enthusiast but
he has made applications for patent in
five countries and his patent in this
country is already assured The new
circle will certainly make the fur fly in
bike cycles if it goes, for it will be sold
for SO and its weight will be about
fifteen pounds less than the ordinary
Warwick safety
Death of Mysuer ious Character in
Texas
The New Orleans Times Democrat
says: The death is announced in Wealth
erford, Texas. of a mysterious character
named Wilmington, or Black Whit
tington,' as he was known in Mosby's
cavalry during the late war, in which
command he was famous as a daring and
fearless scout. An account says: MANY
of the soldiers refugeed to New Orleans,
with the intention of going to South
America While there Wilmington
came in, to their great surprise, for
many thought him captured and hung
as a spy While there he became in
volved in difficulty with some lawless
soldiers and killed three He then went
to Mexico and joined Macmillan. He
seemed to have been long acquainted
with him and his officers, though his
companions knew well enough TO ask no
questions After the downfall OF the
Emperor he disappeared and nothing
was heard from him until he turned up
as scout of Barrios in South America.
When that campaign was over he went
to Texas and lived quietly on a farm
until he died last week. He died from
the effect Of bullet that had lodged
near his heart, and very suddenly
When they went to dress him for burial
be was completely clothed in a heavy
suit of Spanish chain arlnor, denied
and battered by bullets that had come
in contact with it,
A dispatch from Charleston, W. Va,
dated Jaly 1st. says that James Hawk
ms, Joe Lockett, Jr. and Howard Dot
son went from Akers Mills to Buffalo,
Putnam county. a few miles from
Charleston, where Hawkins made sew
erai purchases, showing a roll OF money.
In the evening Lockett told the other
two to go a certain route home and he
would overtake them. Hawkins and
Dotson started home, and when at the
foot of the mountain were halted by two
masked men, who ordered hands up.
Dotson ran. and the masked men fred
number of shots at Hawkins, several
shots taking effect. He was found this
morning, and just before dying describ
ed the appearance of the two highways
men Dotson said Luther Glenn and
Joe Lockett, Jr, were the masked men
who killed Hawkins. who boarded with
Lockett's father, and who was supposed
to have a large sum Of money. Glenn
was arrested this afternoon and Lockett
late this evening. A strong guard is
watching the jail at Winfield, where the
prisoners are. Fifteen dollars were
taken from Hawkins pocket.
We learn that an accident occurred on
the Rich Patch railroad on the 9th, in
which several parties were badly hurt
but whose names we could not learn. 1t
seems that the near part of a hand-car
had been loaded with ties and that the
front was left empty, in order to apply
breaks to the wheels. After the car got
started down the heavy grade, the brakes
were valueless, as the front wheels virtu-
ally left the track from want of weight
The result was that all control over the
car was lost and the car with its eight
passengers was capsized, five or six being
more or less injured.
James Wilkinson, one. of the convicts
working on the Warm Springs railroad,
who made his escape from the guard
was captured on Back Creek last week
by Messrs Wade and Maston and taken
to the Monterey county Jail, for safe
keeping He is under sentence for 20
years in the penltentiary, and says he
ran off because of the cruel treatment of
the guards.
Gen Jubal A. Early, it is announced
has accepted the invitation to deliver
the Grafton at the unwilling of the
Stonewall Jackson Statue, at Lexington.
Oh the Dist. His subject will be 1.-The
Military Achievements and Character
of General Jackson. 1t is expected that
large crowd will be present On the oc>
casion.
The North>Winston and the Central
Land Company are two companies re-
Gently formed at Winston, n. C. They
have been organized by Virginia and
North Carolina capitalists, prominent |
among. whom are Mr.. J. w Allemong of
Salem,Mr Hilman, of Front Royal, and |
Mr.C E. Worshman, Jr., of Richmond, |
Va.