Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-03-08
Briefs.

ing OF t"' pulley rope when the boa,
had reached the middle of H. stream.
The river was high and the current
strong. As Mr.. Lindsey was disabled
from doing any thing to right the
disaster, Mr.. Reed. who was aboard
and an experienced boatman, man
aged to make the boat drift under
some trees abou' aqusrter mile below
where the accident occurred, when
with the aid of the branches there
OF he got the boat to shore. and all
IN 1t escaped. Besides the two men
TONED, three other persons and q
-FOUR horse team were aboard.
Saturday morning Harvey Neville.
sou of Alexander Neville, of Mill
wood, died at o'clock of pneumo
MA. after All illness of several weeks
aged twenty-siX wears. The deceased
operated blacksmith shop at Boyce.
but resided M Wildwood. He was an
honest and industrious Young man.
anu well thought of. The deceased
VIII be greatly missed by "A large
number OF relatives and friends. liz.
two years ago married Miss
Drake. of Stanton, who survives
him with one child. He was a con-
sistent member of the Methodist
Church.
Wheat in Baltimore moved down
ward Ia price during the past week.
No. : red being quoted ~ 30 cents
per bushel. Australia aud Argen.
tine are both outjing into the sup
piles hat this country has been fur
'i>ting 40 Europe. besides receipts
at Northwestern markets so not il,
'lc"te that supplies IA that region
ATE exhausted. The visible supplv
shows "a small decrease. hut the whole
foots up 29,475.0oo bushels. Corn
~ weakened somewhat hy the pos
iion of wheat aud Is quoted at s.
cents per hushei. Hogs are un-
changed in price.
The "nmnibt~ claims" bill. ns
greed 10 by 10th houses of CONGRESS.
contained the following claims from
Clarke county: Il. y. IIardestv. admr.
Of Morgan Coxen. deceased. $3.50:
Mary y. Hart, 1920: James II. Ken
nan. S237: Mary +. Lewis. SIOo02:
and Thomas W. Russell. S712.
Among the claimants in the bill from
Frederick county are named the fol
lowing: w. II. Anderson, S749: Ell
kanah Tavett, SI,l7l; Daniel T
/. Wood, 1921; and James b. Rus.
sell, executor of the late Sampson
Fonchstone, SLIPS.
The Norfolk x Western Railway
was considerably damaged by wash
outs produced 10y the heavy rains of
last Saturday night. At Radford
there was IA cyclone. and the wood
work of the bridge which spans New
river was torn away. Trains over the
Shen. Valley division it was thought
at Roanoke would be fifteen hours
late The James river is reported
rising; also some of the western rivers.
At Knoxville. Tenn, on Saturday,
there was a cyclone, in which three
persons were killed, two fatally in.
jured, and six badly hurt.
In the Jefferson county circuit
court the case against Judge Thos.
j. Mackey, charged with bigamv,
was continued until next term, and
the defendant gave bond for $1,000
for his appearance. In the case of
the First National Bank of Califor
MIA against the First National Bank
of Jefferson, for DANA res for $1,000
for failure to make collections, plea
of not guilty WAS entered.
Clark HOllinSworth died of pneu-
monia at the residence of Mr.. j. w.
Bowles last Thursday afternoon. De-
ceased had been i'll two weeks and
was 81 years of age. He was a mil
Ter. HIS death resulted, it is sup
posed, from an attack of grippe. Mr..
Hollingsworth's mother. brother and
sister reside in Woodstock and his re-
mains were taken to that place and
inferred.
The democrats of Frederick coun
~ met in convention on Monday and
nominated the following county Off
GERS: For sheriff, L. G. Gore: for clerk
of the circuit court, Phil. III. Gold:
clerk of the county court, Thos. X.
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