Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
EXCHANGE NOTES.

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here last week. but was not received, the
authorities declining on the ground that
he is not insane.
The Hope Mills correspondent of the
Page COria says Mrs. Robert l.. Uisey,
OF Big Springs, was so unfortunate few
days ago while eating chicken soup as to
swallow a small bone, which lodged IN
her throat, from which she has suffered
intensely. So far all Efforts have failed
to dislodge the bone.
Shepherdstown Register An inmate Of
the alms-house, near IIagerstown, named
Jacob Noel, was found in Albert Smal's
barnyard one morning last week, gored to
death by bull. One arm had been eaten
by hogs. The old man bad tSen in the
habit of prowling around bai~s at night,
and it is supposed he was attacked by the
bull as soon as he entered the yard.
Green Mount correspondent of the
Harrlsonburg Spirit Mr.. Editor, | will
tell you and the readers of the Spirit some
thing that they have never heard of be-
fore, or at least net many of them, and
that Is a calf ten weeks old eating little
chickens. There is one in TIE ncighbor-
hood that opened a chicken coop last
week and ate lG little chickens before it
was found out. Can any one beat that
Front Royal Gazette: Miss Laura
Prtchard, sister of Postmaster Pritchard.
met with very serious accident at the
home of Mr.. Carey, at RiyertOn, on last
Friday night. She, from sole ciuse, lost
her foot hold and as precipitated down
a flight of stairs breaking both arms and
receiving severe injuries about the face
She renamed in an unconscious condition
for several hours and is still i'll.
Warren Sentinel Justices of the Peace
f. A. Lake, L. j. HOtchkiss and J. d
Forsyth, composed the commission in lu
macy here Monday, in the case OF Mr..
Thomas S. NARROW, of Sonth River Dis
trict, who after hearing the testimony Of
DR.. j. II. Turner and other witnesses, adj
Judged him insane, and application has
been made to Supt. Blackford for his ad
mission to the Asylum in his charge at
Stanton for treatment. Mr.. NARROW is
76 years old and his ineanty is of Vi
olent form.
Rockingham Register Several forged
checks have passed through the First
National Bank of Harrisonburg for col
lection during tie past few months. One
was for $S5 purpor;ing TO be signed by T..
G. Stout, payable to A. T. Dickinson and
endorsed by ID. II. Wlsman. Another was
for 800 purporting to be signed by I. G.
Stont and made payable to Thomas
Dickinson endorsed by II. n. Whitesel &
Bro. Of this place. Both these checks
were forwarded to the National Valley
Bank at Stanton tor collection, where
their fraudulent character was d,tected.
The forgery is thought to be the work of
some ignorant person passing through the
country. -Four other checks of n similar
character have been received from diff
ferent towns by the Stanton bank, and
they are all thought to lie the work Of the
same person.
Strasburg TrgiHian and Nnrs : The
italian stone cutters who struck for higher
wages at StIckley's quarrIes, three miles
below Strasburg, as published in tn last
issue of this paper, came to terms with
the general manager on Friday and re-
turned to work on Saturday. The cutter-
had been paid II cents per foot and dc
manded an increase Of fonT cents per foot
The manager Mt first offered al increase
of two cents. bat this was declined on
Thursday. Friday. however, they ac-
1 cepted the terms Offered, and now every
thing is working smoothly.
A correspondent writing from Cedar
Creek, couple of miles from Strasburg
"Mrs. Gordon has killed the snake of The
season. When first seen the snake ap
peared to be about two and n half fee
long and six or eight inches 10 diameter
but measured six feet Two inches II
length and two and one-half inches Il
diameter " hen killed. Ii had horn Of
ITS tail more than an inch lony, and wi CT
attacked bawled Ike calf. lis bod
alternated ia color with white and blacl
spots"
Stanton indicator On Thursday o
last week the grave of Mrs. Eliza llarri
at Mt. Solen, was opened TO remove tn
body to ThornrOse Cemetery and Te-inte
1t by the side Of her husband, Or. Glen
r. Harris, and her son, DR.. John W
Harris. Mrs. Harris died some seventeen
wears ago. The wooden burial box VA
fonnd to have rotted and admitted waite
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the metallic casket. The caskct wa
opened to pour the water ont and th
body of Mrs. Harris was fOund to b
: petrilied. There was bat small spot o
lone of rhe hands that had cTumble
away. The face and hands were othervi
perfect. The silk dress IN which She wa
buried was il perfect state of preserv;
I ton. only the lace tufts at tie wrists an
: meek having changed. The remains wei
Splaced in another casket which il 200
three strong men to lift-the petriiicatio
having added so much weight-and wei
[ brought to Stanton and Te-intered /
f the side of her husband and son.
Page Courier Commissioners of ele
tion W. Z Grayson. Jas. Il. O'Neal, an
p. w. Cave, ST., after sitting fte d'y
# concluded last Saturday the labor Of cal
/. vassIng the votes pOlled at the warrior
precincts in this county OF the 2-ih nit
: In consequence of certain technical irreg
larities the returns from Jollett's Scbo
4 House and Newport we're thrown out I!
vote at the other eight precincts OF Il
county electing Capt. r. 5. Parks, Cor
Il monwealth's Attorney VIM. N. K isse
" Sheriff. and c. w. Broyles, Commission
, of the Revenue. the throwing out of q
vote of Jollett's elected NJ. Rosser Sher
instead of Mr.. Chapman, who, with 4
Z vote of that precinct would have had
majority Of the votes polled in the count
= CONTEST.
d On Saturday last MessIs. Snyder, Cha
N man. and Mayes, candidates for Commo
! wealth's Attorney, Sheriff, and Comm
u soner of the Revenue respectively, serv
70 notice upon Mes.rs. Parks, Ross6r, al
1t BrOyles. The battle has TINS been tran
20 ferred to the COnrts, and our readers mi
yet be kept IN doubt some time as TO Il
IL real result of the election.
q. There is more Catarh in this section
N the country than al other disea'
" put together, and until the last #
Is years was supposed to be incurable.
Sc For a great many years doctors pI
az nounced it local disease, and prescrlh
local remedies, and bY constantly fall
to cure with local treatment prOnounc