Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-05-24
Briefs.

perViiie, was destroyed by fire on
wednesday last Six head of horses.
four of them fine Jumpers, and two
valuable carriage horses, eight or ten
carriages, buggies and carte, a lot of
corn oats etc, SIX tons of hay and
large lot of harness and farming inn
plements were burned. One man
narrowly escaped with his life in at
tempting to rescue the horses. The
names drove him to one of the upper
stories aud he had to Jump, receiving
some bad bruises and sprained an
kle. The fire occurred about fiv.
o'clock IN the afternoon and originot-
ed apparently III the feed passage
near the horses, and Is supposed to
have been caused by some of the en-
ployes smoking The barn was built
some ten or twelve wears ago by the
late H. Grafton Dulany, and was one
of the largest and best structures Of
ITS kind In this section of the State
The loss is placed at about 81. 600 for
the building and fully as much ON
the contents. The insurance is not
known.
BE sure and see Wall 4 Iardesty
before selling Your wool.
Ihrcrmasked men forced their way
INTO the house occupied by the keeper
of the toll bridge across the Potomac.
at NhepherdstOwn, early last Satur-
day morning, and robbed il. The
house Was occupied by Richard Nor
gan and wife, aged people, aud their
granddaughter. Susie Stevens. all of
whom were bound aud hand led i'm a
rough manner. The robbers secured
S54.50, of which $50 belonged to
Morgan. During the efforts of the
robbers to bind Mrs. Morgan she tore
mask from one of them and found
that he was white man, but she did
not know him. The robbers left the
inmates of the house bound when
they quilted it, but the little girl
succeeded in releasing herself and
then united her grand parents. The
house is isolated from the town.
In the Circuit Court of Jefferson
county last Thursday, on motion of
Prosecuting Attorney +. W. Brown.
IA nolle prOsequi was entered in the
case of the State VS.. ex-Judge Thorn
as jefferson Mackey, who was indict-
ed at the November term for bigamv.
Judge Mackey was on hand with his
counsel, Capt. George Baylor and
Cleon Moore. The reason assigned
by the State was on account of the
refusal of Mrs. Sarah Curtis Mackev.
the chief witness for the State. who
was summoned, to come from the
State of New York to testify against
he former husband
The trustees of the Washington
and Lee University have elected Mr..
W. l.. Clarke, jr., of New York. as
professor of common and State law
to fill vacancy. Mr. Clarke is a son
of Judge Clarke of Winchester. Mr..
Clarke has signified his acceptance.
The board elected Prof. Harry st.
q. Tucker to succeed Professor
Graves as dean of the law. The
trustees of the university have grant
ed Hon. William l.. Wilson the nee
eSsary leave of absence to attend the
centenary of the Royal Institution of
Great Britain as representative of the
Smithsonian Institution.
Leesburg Mirror: On Friday after
noon last the large three story brick
mill, known as Janney's mill. and
situated on the road from Hughes
vile to Lincoln. was totally DESTROY
ed by fire. The fire was caused. it is
thought, by the over heating of some
of the machinery and before it was
discovered had gained so much head
way that it was impossible to stay its
progress. The mill was run by WA
ter-power and was valuable prop
erty.
MIR. Joseph VI. Barton and Miss
frankie b. Jones. both of Frederick
county, were married at the brides
residence. "Careysbrook," MAY 10th.
in the presence of few friends. Rev.
DR.. James Grammer, of Winchester.
oiliciated. After the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Barton left on wedding
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