Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-01-13

Martin McGnine. awaiting trial, at
Hartford Conn, for the murder Of his
wife. saved the sheriff some trouble by
hanging himself
The Richmond papers announce the
death of Colonel Richard O. Haskins, one
of the Oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens of that place, on Thursday last
Jefferson county ..sees" Berkeley an d
goes $4,000 better. on the Rlilroa b
subscription. The supervisors Of that
county have ordered an election for the
18th, to vote on a proposed subscription
to the Rs'lroad Of 500, 900 The ente
prise of the Jefferson people is commend
able.
RApE-We here that Ira Alexander
Patterson, young scamp about l6 years
old, sharp features, mean expression. liv-
ing near Fairiisld in this county outrag-
ed little girl. Sasan Haslip, IL years
old, near tie above village, on Christmas
day.
Fifty dollars is offered for his arrest.
He is supposed to be lurking in Augusta
county or near Charlottesville 1t NAV be
that he has gone to Illinois, where he has
relations. -Lerington Gaze'te.
Advces from Ohio are to the effect thai
the chances are in favor of the ratification
ofthe Fifteenth Amendment The Senate
viii certainly agree to it. and it is now
believed the House will do the same =
The action of the New York Legislature
creates little comment, as it was generally
anticipated.
At dance in San Francisco a young
lady who was particularly accommodating
in the dressingroom about assisting other
eood-looking girls ia fixing up. putting
on slippers and lacing corsets, turned GU,
to be a young man. As soon as the girls
fonnd it out they s.interviewed' him, and
he now uses hair restorative and coat
plaster, besides earring his nose in a sling
The strike of the telegraph operators
of the Western Union Company may be
said to be virtually ended In all the prin-
, cipal cities the business of the company is
being transacted as rapidly as possible
and many of the strikers have resumed
work The New York Tribune, Phila
delphia Bulletin, San Francisco Bulletin
aud other prominent Journals, pronounce
the strike uncalled for. aud advise the
operators to Immediately resume work
As usual therefore, nothing was made by
the strike.
PAUL ScHGpPE-[n the New York, as
well as Baltimore SHUTS Zeitand, has inst
appeared a letter from Berlin. written BY
Prof, Rudolph Guoist, d. d., in reference
to Dr. I aul Scheppe, for whom he says
there is no great sympathy in his birth
place. Prot Gueist says that six o. seven
years ago "a person OF the same name ani
corresponding age was sentenced 10 prison
III Berlin for adroit fergeries He had
been private secretary of Count Blankensee
The father of the alleged forger, it is stated
also. was village minister Afterwards
both "migrated to the United States. The
press of Germany revives the whole aff4i,
of these alleged old forgeries in discussing
the Scheppe affair in this country.
It looks as if the Virginia papers had
lost hope of having their admittance Som
of them which few eks ago were glorl
flying Grant. boot licking Butler, fawnina
on Forney. crooking the knee to Cnby
and Safeguarding the Democracy, hav.
cast off their high falutin humility a ID,
commerce! to critcise their "epau. TIE
officials" and discuss historic parallel D..
such as Hungary, Ireland and Poland
When they got down into the dirt ia *
taught their friends to despise them m
as they now try to rise they inhnnc she
enemies to fresh prosecutions. = Wheel ,.s
Register.
i'he Acting Third Auditor of the e.
S Urea Sury, in reply to an inquiry
from Secretary Boutwell,, states that tn,
following nanl,ed States have paid the
amount of the direct tax of twenty millions
charged against them under the act OF
Congress, approved August O. 1901. VIZ F;
Ohio. Indiana, Pennsylvania Michigan
Massachusetts,, Kentucky, Ne% i1amp
shire, New Jersey. 10 a, IiioDs. l'onntc
t;cut, Rhode Island. Maine, West S''rg
mia. Minnesota. Missouri. Vermont and
Maryland. and that no part of the sane
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