Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
Exchange Notes.

peacock belonging to Mr.. ID. 3. Miller
near New Market, which lad been IN the
habit of roosting on an apple tree, was
thrown from his position by the heavy
snow fall on the night of Tuesday, Dec.
IS, to the ground, by the snow settling on
his body and long tail. There he was
showed under, and not found till Monday
Dec 22nd, for the space of SIX days. The
snow having settled and melted, the
peafowPs head was seen sticking out, and
he was liberated. He soon took food,
and rejoces over his cold position.
The Clarke Courier says: Last Satur-
day morning Chas. Elliott was shot by
VIM. Keller, at the latter's residence on
the farm occupied by j. w. Hansucker,
near Old Chapel. Preliminary to tie
shooting Keller, while in state of in
toxication, had threatened to cut Geo.
Marpole with a razor, when the latter
ran out of the house, aud Elliott called
to get 1t, and reached the rear door Just
after Marpele had passed out of the front
door. Keller supposing Elliott to be
Marpole entering the back door, picked
up the gun and fired, the entire load en-
tering Eliotts left shoulder. After the
shooting Keller ran away, but was fol-
lowed and arrested by Sergeant Tsv-
enner at Round Hill, Loudoun county,
brought back and lodged in Jail there to
await the action of the grand jury.
Stanton Spectator At Stanton Mill
tary Academy are large number of
Cadets in barracks. Texas is liberal
patron of this school, and from that State,
with others, were two boys named A. X.
Hathaway, aged fifteen, of Dennison, and
James Whitworth, aged seventeen, of
Sulphur Springs. During the afternoon
of the 9th instant, they were playing
with an old pistol of A calbre, of course
supposing the barrels were empty, but
one was loaded. Whitworth was snap
ping it, and the loaded barrel exploded,
the ball striking Hathaway under the
chin and coming out at the top Of his
head, instantly killing him.
The Compton correspondent of the Page
Courier of Dec. 3lst, says: We regret to
announce a very sad affair which happen
ed near Overall yesterday. Mr.. Geo.
Morrison, while out hunting, slipped and
fell, disc harglng his gun. his left side re-
ceiving the entire load, killing him To-
stantly. He was a nephew of Russell
Morrison, a we'll known citizen of Warren
county.
Page Courier Mrs. Ella Keller South,
daughter of the late Rev. Levi Keller, a
we'll known Lutheran minister, ard sister
of DR.. Keller, of this place, died In Front
ROYAL, Dec. 25th. 1890, after protracted
illness, aged 90 years. She was buried in
Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Rev.
Mr.. Owen, of st. Johns Lutheran church
conducting the funeral service The
many friends OF DR.. Keller, who was as
siduoys in his attentions TO her during
her illness, sincerely sympathze with
him in the death of one to whom he was
SO devotedly attached.
winchester Leader: c. NJ. Gibbens,
ESQ.,. owned a fine Jersey COW on Mon
day. which was converted into beefsteak
on Tuesday, rather unexpectedly. 1t APP
pears that several boys were in Mr..
Gibbens' yard, at north end of town.
Tuesday, when the COW made at some of
the lads in o threatening manner, cans
ing q double.quick retreat, Mr. Will.
Gibbons, who had just shot a rabbit, was
near by with his gun, and commanded the
animal to "let up" bnt instead OF obeying,
the enraged COW made dash for him,
and when about ready to give the young
man CORY embrace, be gave it a fatal
dose of shot, aud thus ended a brief but
exciting scene.
The Stanton Virginida l.: County Clerk
w. A. Burnett received last week certi-
fled check for $1,000, that being the state
tax for recording a sa,000l00 deed of
trust on certain property Of the ingalls,
Iron and Coal Company in Augusta cOun.
ty, to secure the International Trust
Company of New York.
A man named G. C. Thompson, work.
ing at Basic City as a carpenter or other
mechanic, was found dead at or near that
place last Saturday upon the back Of the
horse upon which he had ridden away
The horse came home with his body. The
deceased came from Richmond, and his
remains were sent there for interment.
Robt. A. Brubeck, who was printer in
the Tirginidn Office for several years pre-
vious to his departure from Stanton
about the year 1886, arriyed IN the city
Monday, and will remain here for about
ten days. Since leaving Stanton he has
been located in New London, Connectl-
cut. prosperous manufacturing and COM
mercial oity on the shores Of Long Island
Sound. He Is private secretary for the
master of transportation of the New
London b Northern railroad, and also con-
ducts the New London business college.
He was one of the most efficient account
ants graduated from Dunsmore's bust
ness college in its earlier years.
Ernest Ho ard. the likely young man
from New Orleans, however pure and in
nocent he may be, has taken his depar-
ture from among the Unappreciative and
suspicious people OF stanton, His ac'
ceptable Christmas present from the
authorities freedom of the city and
the country likewise-he turned to good
account by making distance between him.
self and bis late associates In the Viz |
GINA Stock Exchange. He held eleven
twelftbs of the stock, and kept from the |
directors eleven-twelfths of what be did,
but he has retained it seems, about |
twelve-tweltths of the exchanges money, |
whether the total amount was the $500
reported by him or less. So far as he
himself 10 now concerned, the Virginia |
took Exchange is in fiourishing con-
dition. The two gentlemen OF Page
county who paid him for membership
S1OO each in clear cash, and the sixty or
seventy other persons who paid him va
rious sums for the same coveted priyi- )
leges. will have to console themselves, it
seems, with the value of their experience.
A telegraphic request from Page county
last Friday night, asking Capt. Waters
to hold Howard, could not be complied
with because no charge of felony was
made. Arrests are often made in com
pliance with kilograms charging felony.
Saturday. abont noon, the sheriff Of Page
county arrived rough sh1d, prepared by
warrant to handle Howard without any
squeamishness regarding $4,000 damage
suits or other consequences. But the
graceful and mild-looking young man had
left. His haunts were searched and trains
watched, but no trace of him was found. |
Nothing is known of him by officers since
he paid bis bill at the Virginia hotel
about o'clock Friday evening. He did
not care to prove that the two Page |
county checks also had been "disbursed
in paying the Legitimate expenses OF the
exchange"
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