Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-31
10 THE V0TEgs OF
SHENANDOAH AND pAGE CouNTIEs

I am candidate TO represent yea in the
next Senate Of Virgi MIA, ard as such i: be-
comes me to give on briefly my views upon
questions affecting the interests Of The State.
am in favor of repeal of the II per cent
clause Of the Constitution. ! would prefer
per ceut., ii would have the effect ofreliev-
ing the btor, for tho ere ditor would not
en- force the payment Of money which he could
on ly reloan at 4 per cent, when it is bearing
n much higher rate. 1t would further en-
han;e the va ne of our lands, and produce a
demand for real estate at fair prices.
l am in favor of a reduction Of the num-
Der Of saaried officers, aud thorough change
in cur registration law by reducing num-
Der of registrars, and The heavy expenses at
tending the same.
am in favor Of paying the members OF
the Legislature four dollars per day for their
services instead of six dollars, HE amount re-
ceived by them. This viii not only save 50
per day on each member, but viii shorten
The sessions one half, and thus save The peo-
pie many thousand dollars.
am opposed to the funding Bill. because
it requires the people to pay compound inier-
est when they are not in condition to pay
simple interest. It authorizes the issuing OF
new bonds for the principal and interest in
cluded, thus requiring interest upon interest.
| am in favor Of resort ng TO every means
in The power Of d taxburdened and oppressed
people, to provide for the payment Of the
State debt, provdedit can be paid without
oppressive s&xation if not, II in favor of
surrender Of ali the interests Of the State
in her public and internal impIovame MS, and
q refusal to levy any tax TO meet the dc
ficiency.
If elected, shall certainly vote TO reduce
the present high rate of taxation, and will
continue so to vote until money becomes more
plentiful, and the people more able to pay
Think it better that the wealthy bond.
holder and over salaried officer Shout, wait a
short season, than that our wives and chill
dren should be sold out Of house and home to
meet The heavy taxaiop necessary to pay
them now,
I shall vote FIR all RAILROAD and Intcrna
improvement schemes, provided our people are
not taxed to build them, and with proper re-
strictions thrown around them.
in politics [ ain i Democrat, aal holieve The
prosperity and happiness of the country
d p' Id upon the, SUCCESS Of the prin ciples o.
the great Democratic party.
Aug, so, 1871. JAS. Il. sIBERT.
SUSPENDED FROM A BURNING Balloon
At the close of the aiternoon performance
of Grady circus in Columbus on Thurs
day, Mr. Charles Fisher made an ascent
in huge balloon, or rather the balloon
wen tup WIKI Fisher dang cling to a couple
of ropes suspended below. Immediat e u
blue smoke was seen to issue from poin
on the side oil the balloon, about one
third the way up from The mouth TO tia
top Experienced eyes at once detectsi
that the balloon was on fire, but the aero
maui, unconscious Of his Danger, went OF
his frlghtful performance on the trapeze
When the balloon was about 1900 feet il
the air, the flames were seen to bur sud
denly from its side, and simultaneously
cry OF horror went up from the grea
crowd below.
Many turned away their eyes, and one
woman tainted, a Il expecting that Fisher
would at once NEE a horrible death. Blu
whether it was that the ma terial Of th!
balloon was not inhamaDle, or that the
hot air near the halae was not favorable
10 combustion, certain it is that The bal,
loon did not burn rapidly, and the aero
maui landed in safety upon the top o
a slaughter house. near the end Of III,
Hooking Valley bridge over the Scioto
while the burning ba lloon fell in the Iiv-
er, he water Of VIII ich speedily eztin-
guished the flames. = Cincinnati Gazette