Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08
EXCHANGE NOTES.

Harrisonburg Spirit Sam. Williams
was CONVICTED of housebreaking and
sentenced to five years in the penitentiary,
but Judge Grattan set aside the verdict
as contrary to the law and evidence
Stanton Thdicafor The Stanton
Steam Mill, projected by DR.. J. Tnplett,
j. A. Fauyer, P. b. Subett, S. B. Sublett
and Reeves Gait, commenced grinding
yesterday evening. The capacity Of the
mill is 200 barrels day.
Harrisonburg State Republican The
corps of engineers who are to survey the
route of the railway projected from Har-
risonburg to Shenandoah were IN town on
Tuesday, having completed the arrange
ments PREF aratory to their work. They
are to run experimental lines, and esti-
mate the cost of the railroad at once.
Shenandoah valley Efforts are being
made by some of his admirers to secure,
by subscription, a monument to the men,
DRY of the late George r. Calvert.
The effort is meeting with encouraging
success as it deserves-one of our citizens
subscribing $4,000
Those feeling favorably disposed can
confer with Prof j. n. Brennaman, New
Market, Va, who has the matter in
charge.
Rockingham Register: Hon Chas. I.
.OFerrall has appointed John Buckner
Buchanan, of Rappahannock county, to be
cadet at the U. s. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, with Payne Mitchell Ayls, son
of Mr.. James L. Avis, OF Harrisonbnrg, as
alternate.
Plans have been submitted to the B. &
o. Tor the construction of line from
Shendun to connect with the Valley
Branch at a point in this county between
Harrionburg and Weyers Cave. Major
llotchkiss, the author of the plan, reports
the B. & o. officials as being favorably
impressed with the project.
Shepherdsto1n Register :, War has been
declared on the maniPulators of the
picture frame swindle. One of the firms
arrested is the Fine Art Portrait Co, Of
Chicago, composed of Albert Richmond
and Henry Abraham. This firm has
flooded this part of the country with Wild
circulars. The Offer to enlarge photo
graphs tree of charge for people who will
agree to show the work TO friends and
recommend the firm. Then the photo
graph sent by the customer is held until
he is iuveigled into paying large price
for a shoddy frame 1t is a rank swlndle.
The Hagerstown Mail says of the Turk
er meeting which will be held in that
city in June: "WorI was begun on the
Tabernacle last Monday. TIE dining hall
to be erected on the grounds Will have
30 tables of 80 seats each and they VIII
seat 900 people at time, and be an i'm
mense structure. The denomination
which is very strong in Lauark, III, has
already chartered three cars, which will
run through, without change, from there
to Hagerstown. If these facts may be
taken as a criterion we will without doubt
see the largest assembly Of people ever
cougregated here at one time"
Page Courier The Union, the organ OF
the Farmers Alliance of this county,
which since its establishment has been
edited and controlled by Mr.. u. Bradford,
Jr., was sold this week to the Alliance,
Mr.. H. Sheffey Roller becoming its editor
and manager ard Mr. Bradford taking
charge of its mechanical department. The
paper, in the future, as in the past, will
devote itself to the best interests of the
"Farmers' Alliance of the country, as
whole, and the interest of the Page coun-
ty Alliance in particular"
Mr. f. II. Hoffman and Miss Sudie
Griffith, daughter of the late William
Griffith, were married by Rev. J. r,
Melbourne, at the residence Of the brides
mother, near town, Wednesday, April
29th, 1891, at GA. m. Mr.. Hoffman and
wife left the same day to visit relatives
aud friends IN Shenandoah and Frederick
counties, and will be aiiscut FIR veral
DAYS. Eff is ore of our most industrious
and respected Young men, anu in this en-
terprise has the best wishes Of many
friends.