Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-03


vary fine ones.
Col. VIM. E. Craig. OF Stanton, United
States attorney for the Western district
of Virginia, has met with very serious
misfortune in the loss of an eye. Some
time age the eye became effected by a
cold that Mr.. Craig contracted, and the
condition OF the member became so Sc
rious that Drs. Frank Hanger and A. NJ.
and Fl. II. Henkel. decided to remove it,
which was successfully done on Saturday.
The Board of Supervisors have at last
come to the conclusion to do ar act OF
justice to the people of PowelPs Fort and
largo section of country on this side Of
the mountain. At their last meeting they
appropriated $1,000 towards finishing the
bridge across the river on the Fort road,
and, as one of our correspondence says,
the people will no longer be compelled to
risk their lives by swimming at this point
about half the time during each year.
The Virginia Classls of the Reformed
church met at Kerneysville, Berkiey
county, w. Va, on Thursday the 18th
of Nay. Rev. \. X. Kline, of this place.
preached the opening sermon. Mr.. Kline
was Aso elected president for the ensuing
wear. After an interesting series of meet
Jugs. chai acterized by deep feeling and
an earnest effort for the upbuildiug Of the
cause OF Christ, the Chassis adjourned on
May 2ith, after selecting Winchester as
the place of meeting for 1898.
The city papers are good and at this
stage of the worlds progress they are
necessity, bM 1t is wise to remember
that 1t is the home paper that adver-
tises your business, your schools
your churches, your numerous socie
ties, and sympathizes with you IN
yodr affection and reioices in your pros
perity. In short, it is your local paper
that mentions a thousand and one things
in which you are interested during the
year. and which you do not find in the
city paper.
John Lantz, the young man who was
arrested in this place on Monday, the first
day OF May court. for horse stealing
and taken to Harris o1burg, has since
been tried and sentenced to the penitentl'
airy for three years and has been an in
mate of that place for nearly week.
This is in striking contrast to the usual
course in this county. Here he would
have had his trial continued a few times,
then secured TWO or three new tria s.
keeping him in jail for year or two at a
heavy expense to the taxpayers, and then
probably have gotten off without any
real punishment.
Unless Congress should make an ap'
preparation within the next few weeks
the free mail delivery and collection, that
has been such a great convenience to ouI
people during the past year, will cease on
or about July 1st This will be the case
IN several hundred other towns where the
system has been in operation. Postmaster
General Wanamaker is making an earnest
effort to secure the passage of a bill that
will keen up our free delivery and extend
the same INFO the country districts. II
our people do not want to lose this great
mail convenience they should at once Pc
tltion their member of Congress to support
Mr.. Wanamaker in his effort to save it fol
us.
Mr.. T. Hoover, young man employed
by MIR. Daniel o. Bowman, on the rive
near here, had a narrow escape from being
crushed to death on Tuesday, while haul
ing logs down the mountain. Mr.. Hoov
er was on top OF the load drawing tb'
check when the wagon, with It's heav'
load, upset, throwing him under it, but b,
rapid scrambling he managed 10 get ia
enough out to prevent being caught ant
crushed under the falling logs. AS it wa
he was caught across the hips and badl,
bruised besides having his leg dislocate'
at the hip-joint. 1t was miraculous es
cape, as nothing but his presence of min
and prompt action saved him from beinl
crushed to death. DR.. D. D. Carter wa
called in and reduced the dislocatiOn, an
Mr.. Hoover, we are glad to say, is doin
we'll