Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-10-10

0ou. ~. DHuNS mas UcCu uUulu4teU
for Congress by the Democrats and Lib
erals Of the ifth district Of Massachusetts.
and will make warm contest for the
election. The General is popular man
and good speaker. and will poll hea.
Wy vote in bis district.
A Snaakiug did New York Radical
uck his hand out to a friend for a
shake. saying, Hers a jolly oil Grant
hand" lie was impressed with the reply
Of the Grecleyi,e, ''Then I'm glad have
nn,hing yaluble within its reaeh."
Nc. A T. Stewart contradicts the
statement that be has said that the cleo
ton of Horace Gre,l ley would have bad
effect on the business interests of the
. untry
Great preparations are being made in
Baltimore fer the grand reception of Mr..
Greeley next week The city convention
has furnished each ward with $50 to, Oh, S.
and others have been provided in the sev-
ersl wards. There ire twenty wards in
the city.
The Richmond Wing says: 1.-THE fla
ancial president Of the Young Sons and
Daughters Of JOB "a coloree society) has
defaalted to large amount in her ao-
counts with the funds Of the society. and
the Sons and Daughters of JOB are much
torn up in their minds about it, 80
The depots Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad ..n Baltimore and Washington.
and the cars on the road. have been drap-
ed in morning. in respect to the memory
of the late MIR. Wm. Prescott Smith.
GEoKarA's FlFrY TnousASD.-Whar a
pile OF votes little stealing and oppres-
sion will sometimes heap up! Suppose
the Grant people try their hand at calcu.
lating per cottages! Georgia offers fac
field. The People have passed judgment
on runaway Governor and his crew.
Now listen to their verdict next Tuesday
on the candidate for Governor who gets
his clectioncering documents from the
penitsntiary, aud his character from a
convict - g1r;bane
A Virginia correspondent Of the New
York Commercial Adve, tiser, who styles
himself AN Englishman in Virginia ;
says that the soil and climate Of that
State are specially adapted to the growth
of fruit. while her geographical position
gives her paramount advantage in i.sl
expectation.
1t is stated that the Radical committee
at Washington have, SO far, used seven
millions of envelopes in mailing politica
documents.
The Lexington Citizen mentions 4
beehive as having taken possession of
the splre of the Presbyterian church in
Lexington. and concludes that they are
rather High Church in their notions
Says the Citizen how things get chang
ed in this wo'lj! Tho eildcd ball op
top of the spire was, it is said, once a
wh;skey still aud then converted into a
church ornament; now i. is bee hive.
lis strange. wondrous strange.
The Alta Californian spanking of the
crops in California ,ays:-.So enormous.
is this years production Of the cereals that
the minds Of the producers, the grain OPP
orators and the mana gers OF the railroads
are taxed to the greatest ingenuity 10
know what to do with it or how 10 take
care of it. Should the rainy season set
in very early, as is now threatened, the
loss will be fearful"
The Scbeppe-Stein will case ha.
assumed new phase The petition filed
by DR.. Seteppe in 1869 has been With
drawn from the files Of the Orphans Conr,
in Baltimore, and his counsel has fled
a petition with the Register which claims
for him The right of administering upon
Miss SIeinDecke's estate. becsuse of bis
alleged marriage to her on the 18th of
January Of that year, date sui seq e,t
to the execution Of the will in lis favor
under which he claimed in his former pc
t'tion. If Scheppe Yves legally married
to the lady all wills prior to that event
are, under the laws of Marylanl, reyok-
ed.
At least four thousand gon6olas are
now in daily use in Venice. They are
all along the quays. at all points on the
Gland Canal. at all the principal bridges
on the branch cansl-in word, whe:-
ever stretch Of the canal lie in sight
gondolas are certain to be seen. The
pedestrian is hailed at every bridge o.,
the public thoroug hfa fares. and not n fire.
quen'ly by several gondolas in chorus, re.
ninding aim of tho persistent cabnen o
atL er citiea