Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23
Briefs.

aho 'JcOtioD VI tuTcc COlOreu per-
sons from n. q W. Railway train
In Jeffei son county recently because
they ri Used TO ride IN slim Grow"
car, has given rise 10 considerable
stir among the negroes in that coun-
ty and elsewhere. The n. & w.
Railway runs through West Virginia
to Maryland into Hsgerstown, and
Its officrrs enforced the law in both
OF those States, requiring the races
to ride In separate cars. Governor
Atkinson, of West Virginia, was APP
pealed to by the negroes for redress.
and IN an interview be says railroads
IN West Virginia cannot discrim.
mate against any race in the matter
OF passenger transportation, there
being no law providing separate
coaches for white and colored people.
and hence the n. & w. officers made
themselves liable for damage by their
action. We fail TO see the wisdom
of the colored people Directing to
riding In the coaches provided for
them by the railroad. The law re
quires the cars to be furnished
equally in point of comfort and
convenience, and the whites have no
more right in the cars for the col
ored people than the negroes have in
the cars for white people. There is no
discrimination against either race.
the law only provides separation.
and thus averts difficulties that Of
ten rise between the races on trains
Good colored people, like good white
people. do not wish TO intru de them
selves where they are not wanted.
and we suppose all this kicking is
from negroes who do their race more
harm than good.
For RENT.-Farm of 300 acres.
Enquire of J. F. Kennerlv, White
Post, Va.
A most serious accident occurred
on Tuesday afternoon, by the bridge
spanning Happy Creek, near the
Carson stave factory, giving way
while two mule teams belonging to
Capt. ii. ii. Downing drawing wag.
ons loaded with lime were upon it.
One four-mule team, the driver. Jos
eph Rutherford, and the wagon were
precIpItated to the bed of the stream
a distance of some thirty feet. Mr..
rutherford was rescued from the
debris short time after the accident.
in AN unconscious condition. and on
Friday he died from his injuries.
George Washington, the colored man
who was on the wagon, had his skull
fractured and is otherwise badly in
jured, and it is thought he will die.
Two mules were killed outright and
another badly crippled. The wagon
is wreck.-Warren Sentinel.
New Dress Goods
and Silks
at Palmbaum's.
Since the extension of the South
ern railway to Snickersville, (now
Bluemont,) the land in that neighbor
hood is in great demand for summer
homes. and is thereby sppreciating in
value. Mr. Barber Throgmorten sold
the property known as the Bear S
Den tract, containing As acres, TO DR..
Graham, of Washington, for $l4OO.
This tract does rot include the re-
nowned Bears Den, but lies back of
the hotel. An one-acre lot, back of
the hotel, was sold for 800 to Mr..
Willis, of Alexandria. A sixty-eigh t
acre tract, in the same neighborhood,
was bought of Mrs. Minnetree, fol-
5000. We understand the purchas.
ers of this property will build sum
mer homes.
Umbrellas and Parasols
at Palmbaum's.
The Richmond papers say that III,
colored boyAlbert Norris, alias "Chip
pie" who is serving in a term Clark,
county Jail for breaking Jail with
George Ashby last winter, has beer
pardoned by Gov. Tyler. Norris i,
suffering badly from scrofula anC
consumption, and unless liberated h,
will die before his term expires
months hence; and a petition, signed
by Judge Moore, Common wealth
attorney Lewis and DIR. Mccormick
praying for pardon in order to say,
the boys life. 1t was set fortl
that Norris was held in jail for tria
of a crime, of which be was proven
not guilty, when he escaped jail
Jallor Lupton has not yet received
the papers from the Governor, au
thorizing the freeing of the boy.
New embroide=ies and laces
at Pslmbaum's.
A series of accidents occurred at
fire in Winchester last Wednesda,
afternoon. A lighted coal oil stow
upset in room on the second foo
of Capt. j. II. Bakers residence AM
set fire to the room. His daughter
Mrs. George Meriman, tainted from
the attendant excitement. but is nov
quite we'll. Jailer Adam Forne
who attempted to extinguish tn
blaze, was seriously burnt about tn