Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-05-26
EXCHANGE NOTES.

EXCHANGE NOTES.
Unrequited Love Causes Suicide.
Strasburg Vrginian and NaCs The r,
mains of o youth, not ct out of his teen
passed this place Wednesday from Ma
shall, on the Manassas Division, en- roui
to Winchester Tor intermeut. We lear
his name to have teen Meade; that h
was a son of the late Judge Meade
Alexandria; that he was deeply enamore
of yolng lady at Marshall and whe
she, who loved young Mcade's brother
married the latter few days since tb
youth procured several bottles Of lauda
mum and repaired to the woods near b
and ended his life Monday afternoon b.
drinking the poison. His body was fOun
Tuesday. These are briefly the facts a
we obtain them.
Flowers on Shif1ets Grave.
TT e Sangersville correspondent OF thu
Stanton Nelrs, in a notice of the buria
of James F. shilllet, wLo was shot b!
Samuel Todd, says: about five hour
after his remains had been laid to rest Z
nice bunch of white flowers were received
tor him from Capt. Dnngelfrld's daugh
ter, of Culpeper, Va, as token of re-
gard. Lovingly and tendeily they were
placed upon his grave, a beautiful en-.
Llem Of a woman's Christian sympathy"
IL Curious Bird.
HarIisonburg Spirit: Mr.. Chas. Ham
mer has on exhibition at Hammer s. San
ford'e store a bird which Is a stranger in
these parts. 1t has long legs, with a
round, blue body. which is abodt the size
of pheasant bead is shaped Ike
that of a dovs HE bird is very tame,
although 1t has only been in confinement
five days. No one that has seen it has
been able TO give it the proper name. Mr..
". whitmer captured it in the mountains
near Mt. Clinton and sold it to Mr.. Jack
Kite, OF this Place, who in turn sold it to
its present owner for ihirty-fve cents.
A Snake on the Shell.
Page Courier; Mr.. Jas. A. Grim has a
hen egg on the she'll OF which is perfectly
formed snake, lying in coil, with his
head, like a RATHER ready to strike.
There is an incident connected with this
story by which this singular product is
accounted for-so interesting, in fact, as
to elicit the interest of naturalists. The
egg will be sent to the Smithsonian In
stltute, together with the facts in the
case.
Interesting Articles Excavated.
Stanton Nars: A number of interest
ing relics have been dug up in excavating
for the foundation of Mr.. Eakle's hotel
building, corner of New street and Court
house alley. About fourteen feet below
the surface of the ground were found a
number of pe.rfed oak loaves, the in
press of the outline of the leaf on the
hardened earth being clearly marked.
Captain John MCQuade has some of them
at his store. He has also an old bayon,t
and a bowie knife. J. B. Guntner has a
liquor flask from the same depth which is
quite a curiosity. In the glass are blown
representation of a vehicle on rails,
drawn by horses, and the words "sgccess
to railroads. These articles are believed
to Rave been buried for seventy odd ear.
A Gritty Man.
Saturday evening when Engineer Ton
Franklin, OF the Norfolk and Western
was on his engine pear Stuarl's Draft, he
had his shoulder dlslocated by a fal
while reversing his locomotive. DR.
Dodge set the dislocation and the engineer
mounted his engine and ran it to Roanoke
as if nothing had happened. The name
will bring to the memory of many of oui
people an exploit of this same man which
caused considerable comment at the time
He was running an engine some fifteer
years ago and by his wonderful nerve say
ed a ohild's life. He was running down
grade when a child appeared on the track
before his engine aud stood It'll. Th'
momentum Of the train was too great L
stop it in time to save the little one, ST
wbistliug down breaks and reversing BIZ
engine, be dashed through the engine
window, ran out along the boiler an'
down upon the COW catcher, and standing
there, as soon as the child came within
reach, dragged it upon the engine an'
saved it from a terrible death. This las
incident goes to show Tom franklin il
still nervy man.
Death of Mr.. David Evans.
Stanton Indicator Mr. David Evans
well-known citizen of Stauuton, die
at his residence on North Lewis stree
yesterday morning about , o'clock, o
dropsy. lie Vas for a number Of years
travelling salesman for Baltimore hous
up to the time be was taken sick las
December. lie was taken with pneumoni
which finally developed INTO dropsy. Th
deceased leaves a wife, formerly Miss 5
bert, several children, and four brother
Messrs. John B. Evans, of LynchburG
formerly a prominent tobacco manufa'
turer here, and Henry, Edward and Wn
Evans, of Winchester, also a sister, Mrs
Mary Baldwin, Of Noorefeld, w. Va.
Land Company Suits.
There IS considerable interest in til
suits in the Circuit Court instituted b
land and improvement companies to Ell
force the payment of stock subscriptions
and against which Mr.. CHARLES Curry pr
IN the plea of criminal lottery at ID
November term. One.of these cases, u
Clifton Forge Company vs.. Hamilton
came up Wednesday. Major T. Z. Eide
representing the company, moved tb'