The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-28
srAuNToN NOTES.


On Wednesday night, the Goth, a seri-
Gus destruction of life and property was
imminent from fire, which originated
in the cellar of the large drug store OF
Allen s. Hogshead, corner of Main
and Augusta streets. AS it was, Mr.
Thomas Hogshead made narrow es>
cape, not. however, without suffering
painful injury from the flames. He was
in the cellar attending to a charge OF /
soda water, when either from spon-
taneous combustion or the effect OF a |
match dropped on the floor, an explos-
ion followed and the flames enveloped
the room, as we'll as the passage way of
escape Mfr. Hogshead rushed through |
the flames and with great difficulty es-
capped, his neck and hands and face be-
ing so much burned as to compel him to
remain in his room under treatment by
a physician Two priced dogs and cat
were burned to death. The loss to prop
erty from fire and water is estimated at
from $1,000 to $4,000. The fire depart
ment did effective service, after its APP
paratus was gotten in place and motion.
Mr.. Allen, the senior member of the
firm, has been in the South all winter
for his health, and Mr.. Hogshead being
unable to be at the store, from his
burns, Colonel George Adams, father of
Mrs Allen, came on from Wheeling to
look after the interests Of the house,
which the insurance agents have taken
charge of for the time being. The
second floor of the building is occupied
by the Daily Neacs Office and the third
floor by the family of Mr.. Keister. Other
than severe scare no damage was done
to either.
G. B. Lohr, veterinary surgeon, was
brought to Staunton last week from In
diana, on a requisition from Governor
Mckinney, charged with having stolen
horse from William Cooke, of Augusta
county, at whose house he boarded
call trial of the case came on last Friday,
before Justice Arch. Kinney, resulting
in the discharge of the accused. A
number of witnesses were examined on
both sides, the preponderance of evil
dence being in favor of the prisoners
claim that he purchased the horse from
Cooke, and consequently did not steal
it. This was so clearly proven that the
justice at once dismissed the case and
ordered Lohr to be set free. Immedi-
ately after his discharge, his counsel,
w. E. Craig and George s. Lightner, in
stituted a suit for false arrest and i'm
prisonment against Cooke for $4,000. 1t
| looks like it would go hard with Cooke if
the case comes to trial. Meade F. White
repres .nted the Commonwealth in the
original prosecution.
The primaries held in the six magis-
terial districts OF the county last Satur
day, to elect thirtysix delegates to the
State Democratic Convention to be held
in Richmond May 70, resulted in about
five-sixths Of the county declaring for
Cleveland. The anti-Cleveland people
aimed to send uninstructed delegates.
The Cleveland men demanded instructed
delegates, and got them in every district
but one-Waynesboro, or South River
district, where unrestricted delegates
were selected. The family fight in the
Democratic party is getting pretty
warm, and will be kept at fever heat un~
til after the Chicago convention, June
81, when all will turn in for the nomi>
nees. Hill, or the anti-Cleveland ele-
ment, is showing up much stronger in
the State than was anticipated but
| Cleveland will have the State by de-
J cided majority.
The stockholders of the Augusta Min
ing and Investment Company held their
annual meeting in Staunton, on the Goth
inst s. NJ. Yost presided, and George
A. Post acted as secretary. A majority
of the stock. was represented and the
business of the meeting speedily trans
acted. Col G. A. Avery, of New York,
was reelected president of the company,
and a board of directors, residing in
New York, chosen. The holdings of
this company lie in Alabama. Georgia
and Virginia, including about 5000 acres
of mineral land in Augusta county, loca-
ted along the western base of the Blue
Ridge. The iron mines being opened
are in the neighborhood of Cedaryille,
Ga, and the manganese mines near Ve>
suvius, in Augusta county. The COM
pany has just fairly gotten its property
in condition to work proftably. There
is no doubt about the great value in
quantity and quality of the minerals
embraced in its holdings, and now that
favorable weather is upon us, it is be-
lieved success will attend it's workings.
| The mines at Vesuvius are said to be
very valuable-a considerable quantity
of the ore having been already shipped.
Additional machinery and enlarged facil-
! tiles have been arranged for, and here
after good results are confidently ex-
pected from these mines.
Rev. w. E. Cox, of the Baptist church,
preached Sunday morning an interest
ing and able sermon from the 30th and
31st verses and 9th chapter of Luke
'And behold, there talked with II i'm two
men, which were Moses and Elias, who
appeared in glory and spake of His de-
cease which He should accomplish at
Jerusalem" He argued from the his
tory of the two men-Moses, having
died and been buried by God, where no
man knew and Elias, having never seen
death, but was taken to heaven in a
chariot of fire, the one representing the
dead" and the other the ''quick,n that
the saints would know each other as they
are known on earth, and talk to each
other in the eternal world, and be asso
ciated with Christ, just as Moses and
Elias appeared in the TRANSPORTATION,
typifying the relation of the saints to
Christ and to each other There was "a
large congregation present, and the in
tensest attention was given to the re-
marks of the minister.
Mr.. Cox preached an impressive and
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