Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-03
State News.

From 1900 to 2Q,000 lambs will b'
shipped from Rock bridge county to The
New York market this season.
Mr.. Dallas Fnrr, one of the "cattl'
kings" of LoudOnn comfy, sold upwards
of fifty beef cattle few days since al
an average of Se3 per head.
Charles +. Collier, mayor of Petersburg
and Miss Mary Eppes Jones were married
at Petersburg last week. The groom Is
sixty five, the bride nineteen.
The bronze statue of the late Gen. VIM
c. WIckham has been completed and II
ready tor delivery to the city of Richmond
1t is thought that it Will be placed in
Monroe Park.
At Abingdon, last week, the trial oil
Dr. Barker, charged with poisoning bis
wife, was postponed until the July tern
of conrt. Judge Ward again refused to
bail DR.. Baker.
Mrs. Laura J. Herbert has instituted a
suit at Roanoke for divorce from her hus'
band, Charles Z. Herbert, travelling cor
respondent of the Roanoke Herald and
formerly of TowsOn, Md.
Hon. Jeremiah Rusk, Secretary of agri-
culture, Thomas Whitehead, of Richmond,
and Hon. Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, have
been invited to deliver addresses on the
first day of the Shenandoah Valley fair at
Winchester.
! The survey for the connection of the
Norfolk and Western with the Virginia
Midland Railroad at Front Royal has
| been completed, and the building of the
necessary mile of that road will soon be
commenced and speedily finished. The
impression is that the Norfolk and West
erh will make its connection with Wash
ington by the Virginia Midland via Alex
andria.
At large meeting of farmers of Sussex
and Surry counties, held at Waverly,
Saturday, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted "That the Legis-
lature of Virginia, to convene in Rich
mOnd next winter, is uIged to make san
appropriation of not less than $4,000 for
the purpose of having the resources of our
State properly exhibited at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago"
Two drunken men were caught in Buena
Vista Thursday of last week while max
ing an effort TO enter the room OF a young
lady now visiting at the home of G. w.
Sylvester. The window was raised aud
the men were getting in when she awoke
and gave the alarm. Some of the lady's
undtrclothing had been thrown out of
the window, and indications appeared
that the purpose Was to gag and carry
her from the room. The men were APP
pretended and are held to await the &C
tion of legal authorities.
W. B, Haygood, postmaster az Edger-
ton, Brunswick county, charged with
breaking into and robbing freight cars of
the Atlanta and Danville Railroad Com
pany, was on Saturday found guilty and
his punishment was fixed at three years
in the peniten;iary.
The Petersburg Hder.AppeGl says it is
learned through gentleman from Bruins
wick county, that Iaygood was sort of
local preacher, and that be had an APP
pointment to preach near Edgerton on
Sunday, had he been acquitted.
The Richmond correspondent to the
Petersburg IHder-Appeal says A few days
ago there gas an exciting scene in one of
the hotels here. Only few persons wit
messed it aud the matter was kept quiet
until last week, when it leaked ont. H.
seems that a sheriff from one OF the south
west counties had come to Richmond with
batch of prisoners for the penitentiary.
While seated in the hotel he told his
deputy in tones loud enough for all in the
room to hear that he was going next day
on a picnic with a Sunday school of this
city. Then the sheriff speaking IN rather
lower tones, remarked to his friend that
he understood all the girls belonging to
that Sunday school were pretty fast, and,
though he had never met any Of
them he expected to have lots of
fun. Mr.. John S. Harwood overhead
every word of the conversation, and,
walking up to the sheriff, he demanded
an apology for his reflection upon the
Sunday school girls, or he would thrash
him on the spot. The officer, who Is a
big, rough m0untaineer, turned pale and
Immediately offered the most profnse
apologies. Then Mr. HarwoOd made him
90 to the proprietor of the hotel and
admit what he had said, and also apollo
gize to the landlord. The sheriff got ont
OF town on the first train going toward
! bis home.