Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-01-06
State News.

The cars of the Roanoke Street railway
Company are to be heated by electricity
Satisfactory tests have already been made
Nearly SEQ houses were erected in New
port Nows during the year le92, ana II
is asserted there is not vacant house In
the place.
W. A. Rodgers killed bear at the foot
ofthe Shenandoah mountains, IN Augusta
county, last week, which weighed when
dressed Tor market, 29l pounds.
Thomas Nelson, mayor of Cape Charles
City, has absconded after squandering
about $4,000 church and trust funds
placed in his hand for safe keeping.
Victoria furnace, a Goshen, will be put
in blast soon. The Virginia Iron and
Railway company, its owners, is opening
a rich vein of ore at Victoria mineq, and
has about completed extensive repairs to
the furnace.
Doc. Taylor, who was to have been
hung on Dec. 10th, will not swing now
until after the June term Of the Court OF
Appeals at WytheVille whom it will be
decided whether he is entitled to new
trial OF not.
Covington claims tho largest taunsry
in the State IL will employ Is hands
when in full operation and turn out 400
hides of sole leather per day. A smaller
force Of about SO hands have been al
work for the past three weeks.
The first car load Of black marble
ouarried at Litha. Botetonrt county, wa,
shipped last week. Specimens from THU
quarry have been sent to dealers in North
ern cities and pronounced equal to any in
the worlds market. The property il
operated by Roanoke syndicate.
A JOINT stock company has been or.
gained to he known az the "VirginIa
Marble and IIron Company" to dsvelop
the marble deposits adjacent Of Clifton
Forge, situated on tho Warm Springs
road, and commonly known a. the "AoorG
and Haynes Survey"
The Covingten Ho;el, at Covington, Va
was burned Friday morning along with
a grocery store adjoining. The hstel wal
an old, three-Story, frame structure and
was formerly known as the McCurdy
House. The loss will hardly exceed
So, 900
Mr.. Edward Murphy, resident si
Alexandria was drowned near the Long
Bridge Friday eYsoing. He was skating
en- the ice when suddenly those who were
near him saw him brake through the ice.
He went down, and was drowned before
assistance could reach him.
On Tuesday, OF last week, David
Bysrly, a wsll-known citizen Of Botstoa RI
county, was running a horseback race
with friend, whom his horse fell, and
his head coming in contact with the
frozen ground, his skull was fractured
He lived but two hours after the accident.
Silas Na,h has bssn arrested for the
murder OF his father. Sam Mach, whoSs
INITIATED body was found en- the New
Canton road, IN Buckingham county.
Silas hss confessed TO the killing, and
assigns a. his reason for so dong that the
old man would not divide some land with
him.
On Smith creek. in Washington county,
while the people were gathered at a
Christmas tree, a fEht occurred in which
Burley Cunningham was stabbed near the
heart and instantly killed. David and
William Cunningham, William Cox and
Thomas Pippin were badly cut up. Some
of them may die.
The Shaw Brothers large general msr-
chandise store located at Rockbridge
Baths, was destroyed By Are Monday
night Of last week. Loss S., 900 insurance
$1,000. The propretors narrowly escaped
with their liYsS, e. sll the doors had been
fastened with wires and chains from the
outside By lnosndIaries, whose purp ose
seemed 10 beto bIrn tho property and
the occupants 80 well.
The Jail at Wise Courthouse was totally
d destroyed by FIRE Saturday night, Deem
Der "a. There was quite q number Of
prisoners IN the Jail, and three Of them
made good their escape. Webster Snod-
grass, under an sightsen-year sentence
for murder, jumped from one OF the
windows and broke his thigh. 1t is sup
posed that a mAu by the name Of johnson
who WAS confined In jail, set it on Ere.
Last Thursday morning Emmett, q
small son Of J. A. Argshbright Of LsIing
ton, left homo to skate on North river
which il frozen tight. He went along
soma two miles down the river from
where most of the skaters WSre, Not
returning home that night, his anxious
parents fearing tho worst instituted
search, which lasted ell night and up Il
1890 the next morning. when the body
was found. The boy had broken through
the ice near an air hole and met biz
death alone
At Christiansburg, Thursday. OF last
week, T. W. Meade, the bigAmist, wal
convicted and sentenced to six years in
the penitentiary. Meade, who was mar
ried 10 Ohio about eighteen years ago
abandoned bis wife and five chil1rtn, ans
came to Radford two years ago. De
claims to have employed q Chicago
lawyer to obtain = divorce and testiti %
that be believed it was obtained. H'
wrote to Miss Carpenter, whom he kne"
in Pennsylvania, that the divorce wa.
arranged, and she came to Virginia and
married him at ChrStisnSburR. About
year ago the first wife and her brother
follows and Meade wAs arrested. Hi
second wife did not appear on trial. The
first wife was present in the court room
CD the aide OF the prosecution.