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

tObdOO 1NOWO.
In. Cash, Of yesuvius. lost an eye
and hand in a dynamite explosion near
Richlands few days ago.
A Henrico farmer has been sentenced
to one year in the pcnitentiary for spread
ing poison on his premises to kill dogs.
At Stanton. Monday morning, fire
Quilted the warehouse of Michael Kivligan.
The loss is S6,oC0 and is insured. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
1t is stated that VIM. Malone, of Peters
burg, and others have organized the
Central Land Co Of Harrisonburg, with
capital stock of 100000.
Wednesday of last week, in Fredericks-
burg. in the procession on the occasion OF
the Confederate monument, veteran
rode an old mule which he brought home
| from the war. The animal is now thirty
years of age and still looks quite risky.
Among the magistrates elected in Fair
fax county recently, was Colonel John
Powell, nearly ninety years old. He was
a magistrate in that county sixty-two
years ago under the Virginia constitution
of '29.
The lease of the Virginia penitentiary
shoe.shop has been transferred from Mr..
Joseph Davis, of Lynn. Mass, to Mr..
BENJAMIN F. Seinney, of Boston, who will
conduct it in his own name. The State
derives a revenue of about $4,000 year
from this source.
Under the new apportionment Of sal
aries of 2nd class postmasters those of
eight in Virginia have been increased as
follows Bedford City from ST 200 to 81
0C0, Charlottesville from 81, 900 to $4,000.
Danville from s., 400 to g, 500, Portsmouth
from 1920 to 81, 300, Roanoke from 81, 600
to $4,000, Salem from $1,000 to 81, 100,
Stanton from 81, 900 to s., 500 and Win
chester from ST. 900 to $1,000.
The commissioners of election IN igh-
land county determined. on q canvass of
the votes on the 30th of May. that j. A.
Jones was elected Treasurer, but on the
9th of June, C. II. Marshall and Others,
on behalf of James B. Bradshaw, filed a
complaint. setting forth that j. A. Jones
was not duly and legally elected, but that
James B. Bradshaw. his opponent, was
duly elected to the Office of County Treas
urer.
Two freight trains on the Richmond
and Danville Railroad collided near
Reidsyille, n. c., Monday morning. The
fireman who was running the north
bound engine seeing the collision in
evitable reversed the engine and jumped
off. leaving the throttle open. The en-
gines were but slightly damaged By the
collision, but the reversed and deserted
locomotive, having steam on, started
backwards and went through the town Of
Reldsville like a whirlwiud. 1t went I'M
til the water in the pipes was exhausted
and the flues burned when it came to
stop, twelve miles from where it started
on its wild run. No further damage was
done.
A dispatch from Norfolk, dated the 18th,
says Yesterday the colored cook of the
schooner Silver Queen, John Howard,
with others of the crew, while near the
mouth of the bay, saw school of sharks
following close after the vessel. An inn
prOvised net was made and endeavors be-
gan to capture one of the monsters. Dur
ing the excitement Howard, by some
means, became entangled in the meshes
OF the net and fell over the vessels side.
1t is supposed that the suction caused by
the vessels speed drew him Immediately
under, as the man was seen no more, and
is supposed to have become a victim to
the sharks hunger. A small school of
sharks was recently reported IN Hampton
Roads.
A dispatch from Fort Monroe, dated
June 18th, says: Edward A. Hannegan,
young man from Washington, was shot
and killed by Thornton j. Hams. son of
Col. Peter C. Hams, of the engineer corps
of the army.
The two young men came here from
Washington few days ago and we're
rooming together. They went out rowing
this evening and got into quarrel, when
Hams shot flanagan through the heart.
The body has been carried to the hos
pital to await tina action Of the coroner.
Hams went TO Colonel Frank, post COM
mander, and surrendered himself he
claims the shooting was done IN self
defense.
Washington Post. 10th The grand
jury of Southampton county, Va, yes
terday returned a tIuo bill for murder
against Thornton Hams, the slayer OF
Edward A, Hannegah, and he will soon
be put on trial for crime that. in Its
malignancy and apparently utter absence
of pallatng motives, has few equals
Three days have elapsed without the dis
covery of one little circumstance that in
arS manner shows why the crime should
have been committed.