Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-04-07
EXCHANGE NOTES.

EXCHANGE NOTES.
Page Courier The barn situate on the
Job Breeder farm, on the Blue Ridge,
sonth of Narksvillo, this county, belong
ing to Mr.. Lee Long, was destroyed by
fire on last Thursday morning at 3 O'Clock
It is supposed to have been set on FIRE.
Mr.. Breeder lost al bis feed, some bar
ness. and other farming property. This
IS the third barn destroyed by fire on the
same foundation
Tho First to Go.
The Democratic headsman's axe-the
one welded at one time By Adai and now
by Maxwell-has fallen in this county,
and with its stroke the Official head of
Mr. John + Beard, the faithful ard
efficient postmaster at Broadway, fell INTO
the political waote basket. Mrs. Mary
Pugh Was appointed to the place Mr..
Beard lately filed
We Will sag for Mr. Bard tina t no bet
ter nor more efficient Republican resides
ir old Rockingham, and that it IS an
honor to lie the first to be taken-an
honor, however, which we fear very few
Republican officeholders are laundering
after-HarrisonbWg Spirit.
q Petrifed Indian.
United States Deputy Collectors Ksadle
aud Peery, of Grecnbrier county, W. Va,
passed through town last Wednesday.
They showed us a limb of petriied hd-
man body, which they recently discovered
in the mountains of West Virginia. The
body was in a complete and perfect state,
but 10 excayating it this limb was broken
off. It is of dark brown color, aud is
without doubt the remains tf an Indian.
The possessors of this interesting speci-
men of the noble red man hayo been
offered $1,000 for It, but refused. They
informed us that it weighs 1000 pounds,
is it. Z in. high, and that its teeth are
perfect in formation and as white as
ivery.-MontqOmey Messenger.
Letter from Page.
Correspondence If the Alex. Gazette. ]
LURAY, VA, March 25.-The suit Of
John II. Read g. Co. VS.. The Loudoun
Mutual Insurance Company, which was
submitted to arbitration, has been decided
by the arhitrators and the award is for
SO 100. The amount claimed was S4,ct0
for loss by fire of stock OF goods burned
in January, 1892 The award is fnal hy
agreement.
Matthew Mauck, brakeman killed
last week opposite De Ford's tannery,
here, had his life insured for 5000. Mr..
Mauck was from Linden.
There was a peculiar case of forgery
developed here a few days ago. A young
man named Willie Dodson had two checks
cashed at the Alliance store IN Lnray for
s72, drawn by Banen & Co. and endorsed
by W. II. Keyser, all of Page. These
checks passed from hand to hand and
were returned a few days since by the
Front Royal Bank protested. Inyestiga-
ton proved them to he forgeries. Young
Dodson in the meantime left the county,
after getting the money, and the only
thing since heard Of him was letter
sent to the first cndorser saying, among
other queer and strange things. THAT he
had not gone heme, as he said he would,
but was going to heaven that God had
told him he could como to heaven when
he died that he was going to Front
Royal, where no one knew him, to shoot
himself, and asked the party to be a good
man and he would ask God to let HIM
come. too" From this and his unnatural
conduct for some time, which had been
noticed by his friends, it is thought his
mind IS unbalanced, and fears are enter
tanned that he may have made good his
threat of suicide. Heretofore be has borne
a good and honorable character, respected
by all who knew him, and without doubt
he is in an irresponsible condition.
The death of Mr.. Mann Print, who
was killed on the Fort mountain q fe"
days ago by pine log rolling over him,
was a sad accident. His body and team
of four horses remained on the mountain
two days before found, his family think
ing h. had stopped at some neighbor's'
He leaves a family.