Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-10-09
State News.

The Town Council OF Buena Vista will
apply TO the next Legislature for a charter
to incorporate the place as CITY,
Jesse Van Pelt. an inmate of the aims
house of Rockbridge county, committed
suicide last week by cutting his throat.
William Donovan, son of Mrs. Bolen,
of Stanton, was kicked by horse in a
livery stable in Richmond last Friday,
and was killed instantly.
The most honest man in Virginia is a
Madison county man who returned a
campaign fund balance OF $22 with ten
years interest added.
At Pleasant Grove, Lunenbrrg county,
Saturday, Allen Arnold, fourteen years
old, while hunting shot himself in the leg,
and before assistance could be had bled
to death.
At Bedford City last week young man
was fined $50 for writing an obscene poem
addressed to the factory girls of the town.
He gave bail and very properly departed
from the city.
J. C. Ward, a Newport News jeweler,
who recently opened shop there, is MISS
ing, leaving several people, who had left
watches with him to be repaired, minus
their property. He left no traces.
The factories at Basic City are busy.
The Cochrane works have orders tor
roller-prOcess machinery from San Fran
cisco and Dubuque for months ahead.
The De,k works are also busy.
At Salem, Roanoke county, last week
Buck Toner, an employe of Rentzs circus,
struck Henry Evans, citizens, on the
head with club. inhicting injuries which
caused Evans death Saturday. Toner
made his escape.
The Highland Recorder says that "Nm.
Hevener, ESQ.,, of CrabbOttom, can say
that he has the largest and best farm in
Virginia. He had in one body, all bot
toni land, 1,500 acres, rated at $50 per
acre. Lately he purchased the John d.
Sterrett farm, adjoining his own, paying
$l2, 500 for it,"
colored man at Brandy station, Cul-
pepper, few days ago objected to his wife
going to church with another man. She
persisted and when she left he got all his
clothing and other effects out of the
house and set fire to the building and
burned it up with every thing his with
owned. Effort was made to catch him,
but unsuccessfully.
Rev. J. Il. Jones, Of Berryville, Clarke
county, Va, lost a valuable horse last
week in q singular manner. While wan
dering over the farm the animal stepped
noon a thin covering of earth, which
gave way and deposited the horse in
hole ten feet below. He could not extri-
cate himself, and when found was dead.
He had been missed three or four daye.
In Roanoke county Tuesday of last
week, Booker Williams, aged 10, was
climbing over fence and attempted to
take gun across with him, when the
hammer caught against nail, causing
the weapon to explode. The charge took
effect in the right side OF his neck, tear
ing away the flesh, severing the carotid
artery and jugular vein, and passing
thence to the base of the brain. Death
occurred instantly.
Information from Laurel Grove, Pttsyl-
vania county, IS to the effect that Robert
w. Wilkinson, who was shot Saturday
night of last week. by his son, Bobert
Wilkinson, Jr., and was supposed to be
MORALLY wounded, is still alive, much
improved, and notwithstanding he receiy-
ed five wounds, hopes are entertained for
his recovery. Young wilkinson has left.
The father owed the son $500. After he
was shot he called the boy to him and
told him he did not blame him for what
he had done, handed him $500 be
owed him and gave him the 500 more
and advised him to leave. The young
man took his fathers advice and went to
Sutherlin station, on the Richmond d
Danville rail way, and left for parts I'M
known.