Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-12-12

Gsverses Tyler isft Rachnood last
vssk fsr Chicago. where he will e.
tend Ne big cattle show.
The Rchnoad Losomotive Works
have received IN order for ls loco
motives from Finland and l2 from
Canada
The guane trust, known - the yir-
ginis- Csrolins Chemical Company,
10 TO operate . line of steamships be-
tween Norfolk and Tampico, Mex.
James vaAs, of Danville, formerly
Of Culpepsr. has been appointed to .
cierkship in the office Of Auditor
Msrys. vice George V. Moncure, re-
sigped on account Of i'll health.
The common council of Richmond
Last week adopted the ourfev ordi-
nance, imposing ine on ell boys
under sixteen found out after eight
o'clock IN winter or O'Clock IN sum
mer.
''Spowden," the farm belonging to
the estate Of the late John Seldom,
Gtusssd about eight miles from Fred
ericksburg, in Stafford. and contain
ing $50 acres, was sold ~ public auc-
ton on Saturday 20 Mr.. Robert Bull
lard, of King George, for $500.
Fire late Thnrsdsy night DESTROYED
the planning mills of Miller & Miller,
on Sixth street. Richmond. and three
dwellings nearby. The origin of the
fire 10 unknown The damage Is
about seventy-iivs Thousand dollars.
most of which is covered by insr.
rance. Two tiremen were badly in
Jured.
Capt. Lorraine f. jones. formerly
OF Virgins, but now of ST Louis.
Mo, has made = second contribution
20 the University Of Virgins Hospit
81 Fund, bringing his gift TO total
IF 81 500. This building i noS near
ing completion. aud when finished
will be one Of the hest teaching hos.
pitsls IN America
Bullock, the negro desperate. who
Was shot and arrested nv Pinkertons
in Norfolk Wednesday night. cOnfes
sed that he Is thr man under sentence
of death for the murder IF Chief "
Police Walsh. Of Freehold. y. y. He
will probably die Of his wounds.
The Court of Appeals at Richmond
iasi week amended and affirmed the
order of the Circuit COur; OF Snen
Hndosh county, arranging q connect.
ing schedule for the Baltimore aud
Ohio and Southern railway 81 ~trS..
burg junction. The object of the
proceeding wSs TO compel the BEltl-
more aud Ohio and the Southern To
re establish connection between the
passenger trains of the respective
rOAds at Strasburg junction.
Geo. ID. Wise, counsel for A. G..
GilligAn. in the Court of Appeals last
week moved for the transfer of Gill
gan from the Penitentizry 20 the Isle
Of Wight, pending the question of .
new trial before the Supreme Court
of Virginia Tue motion for the
transfer Of GilligAn was taken under
consideration. It seems likely now
that GilligAn will get = new trial, rs
the record made up by the clerk of
Isle Of Wight county 10 very defec-
tive.
A ruling hss been made by Judge
Grattan, of Rockingham county,
touching the sdmiSsibility in the eT-
idsnoe of . bank check on which the
party drawing same fails TO AffiI .
revenue stamp. In the case of & L.
Harrison, charged with forging g
check for 800, II wHs shown that the
revenue stamp MAS affixed and can
celed by the Harrison burg bank y hen
the check Was paid over its counter.
Defendants counsel made the plea
that under the war revenue oct the
check Was not . valid instrument
when 1t left the hands Of the maker,
aud, consequently, could not be sd
mitted. Judge GrattAn overruled
the plea, aud admitted the check and
In q similar case Judge Baker p.
Lee, of Elizabeth City county, recent
ly ruled out = check, and the man
charged with forgery was disc charged.
In Winchester, Judge L. W. Har-
ris0n, in the Circuit Court, will hear
arguments in the injunction proceed
ings brought against the town of
Woodstock, BY six citizens of that
place, to restrain the Council from
carrying out the wishes of the peo-
pie, ~ expressed in the election held
recently, for the purpose of suthoriz-
ing the erection Of water works for
Woodstock. The town has hereto
fore depended on wells and cisterns
for its water supply, but = recent d.
sastrous FIRE brought about an Agita-
ton for w1tsr system, which result
ed in . vote on the question that wss
carried Overwhelmingly in favor of
$40, 900 being expended for the pur-
pose.
Miss Fannie Okennau, daughter of
Mr.. Pster OkennAn, died ut her faith.