Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-27
EXCHANGE NOTES.

Lexington Gazette One thousand men
are at work on the Warm Springs Valley
railroad and Mr. Axtell, president of the
Warm Springs Company, says that tie
road will be finished or almost finished on
contract time, Juno 18th. The road runs
from Coviugton to the Hot Springs four
miles The company owns tie Healing
Springs, two miles from the Hot, and
also the Warm Springs, about four miles
from the Hot.
Rockingham Register The second trial
of James T. Bell, charged with an at
tempt to poison his wife last December,
occupied the County Court several days
this week. The case was given to the
jury Wednesday evening. At the last
term of court no verdict was reached, tie
jury -tandlng eleven to one for convic-
ton. Thursday morning the jury found
a verdict of guilty and fixed his inn
prisonment at three years IN the pcniten-
tia-y.
Shepherdstown Register: Mr.. IL Lee
Hout, of this place, has been licensed to
preach by the quarterly conference of the
NJ. Z. Church South. and has been az
pointed t, auppy the charge at Edinburg,
Va.
Howard Fidnger and George Fry, two
prisoners undergoing penitentlary SEN
tence, but brought back to this county
as witnesses, escaped from jail about one
o clock last Monday night, by picking
the locks. Edward Allen, belonging to
the same party, went out with them, but
returned and aroused JailOr Young and
informed him OF the facts l.. r. Custer
awaiting Indictment for embiezzlement,
was also freed by the 9th rs, but refused
t. 90 ont. Charles King, a colored hoy
convicted of stealing, went ont with
Fdingcr and Fry.
Shenandoah Press Just before going
to press intelligence reaches this place
that the big hotel at Shenandoah City,
which was being built by the Improve
mcnt Company at that place, was
entirely destroyed by fire on the 18th
inst. The loss is heavy as the hOiel was
big affair.
A man named Brown, of Criglersyil'e.
Madison county, Va, was attempting to
ferry the Shenandoah River, at Alma,
Page county, on Wednesday last, March
10. and was driving his two-horse team
on the boat when the boat glided away
from the bank and the team MAS thrown
into the river and before the horses
could be gotten out one of them was
drowned. Mr.. Brown was on bis way to
the Valley to move a family to east VIr-
GINA. Mr.. B. is quite unfortunate, as
only about a year sgo he had several
horses TO die from some malignant d:s-
eases.
Page Courier: The Rev. VIM. Stuart
Holland has withdrawn from the Mctho-
dist Episcopal church, South, and con-
ference, and will devote his life to the
work of an evangelist ard public lecturer.
He states that he is not in harmony with
the government of the VI. E. Church,
South, and was granted an honorable
withdrawal at the session just closed at
Roanoke, Va. lie will Likely cOniinne to
reside in Luray.
The dwelling occupied by Mr.. john +.
Miller, situate in Massanutton, this coun-
Is, and belonging, we believe, to Mr.. G.
L. Brubaktr was destroyed By fire lat
Saturday night between II and l o'clock
Nearly all of Mr.. Mil,er's Ions, hold
effects, consisting of large quantity OF
valuable property, were also destroy ed,
as the fire was too far advanced to save
scarcely anything. II is not known no"
the fire originated No insurance.