Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-14


A Ere at Cnlpeper last Friday DESTROYED
the Baptist cbuich. w. 4 Thomas & Co
hardware store and several other bald
ings. The loss on the Baptist church
was Sl4 900 insured for $500.
Charles B. Bowker was arrested al
Charloitsev lie Friday afternoon charged
with stealing horse and buggy from Mr..
Z W Hamilton, Of WaynesbOoTO. lie
offered te sell the team for SIS.
c. II. Yost, Of Radford is under ar
rest, charged with SITTING fire to his store
last Monday night. be carried heavy
insurance and was seen to le.Ys the
store about ten minutes before the fire
broke out.
Miss ANNE Lee, the young lady who
threw herself before Norfolk and Wes-
tern freight train in AppomattOx county
few days ago and was crushed to death,
it seems did SO with suicidal intent,
occasioned by love affair.
The Lynchburg Yirglnlan says -
Several months ago Miss Lee became
engaged to young mau then residing ~
Petersburg to whom she was to have been
married next month. Two weeks ago
the young man died in lPIttsburg, Pa,
where he had gone to accept a more
lucrative position, and when Miss Lee
learned of his death she became melan-
choly, and this, it is believed, caused her
to commit The rash deed.
The Basic City mining, Manufacturing
and Land Company has granted an option
for ninety days on all their holdin IS
including the Brandon Hotel to a New
York stock company. II the deal i'
consummated, and there is every iudica
tion that it v i'll be, the idle factories and
machine shops wi be started up rn
the iron furnace. tor which a splendid
foundation Of elegant masonry is already
laid, viii be built. Many new famle,
have recently moved to Basic.
Mr.. Luther Ashby, of Fauqnier, of the
Confederate Soldiers Home, has scented
to the Ladies' Holy wood Memorial
As .ociaiion in Richmond, a handsom,
company flag that was presented t.
! Turner Ashb,'s first command. II bears
the inscription, Presented to the
Mountain Rangers by the Ladies of Salem
Fauquier county Our Liberty. onr
Rights, our Honor" The flag is faded
| DuL well pIchbIA Gu II - EitdJ dCtl ulsi
ton to the Confederate museum.
A country couple arrived IN BristO
| fleeing from the wrath of their par'n MT
and seeking the good offices OF Elder
! Borou2hs to make the twain one says the
Richmond Dispatch. This couple brought
along with them an irate brother, lwho did
bis best to forbid the banns. When the
couple got of the train yOung Stone,
! brother of the bride that wanted to be-
rushed ffantically mp to VIRGINIA po-
| liceman and wanted the maa who was
carrying off his sister arrested. The pO-
lie, man informed him that the larceny OF
a girl was not al oif9nse mn Ter the Viz
ginia law, and as young Stone had no
warrant he declined to interfere. Then
Stone followed tie prospective groom to
the clerks Office to stop the issuing OF the
icen,e, but was Just minute to- late
| Then he consulted a lawyer rs to whether
il would be safe for him TO shoot the
young man. The lawyer thought not,
and the yonns fellow concluded to kick
up row anyway b. this time great
crowd had assembled, and cooler head,
prevailed on the irate brother, aud by the
help of the good Elder BJr0uZns, Miss
Stone, of Grayson county, became Mrs.
DJss.