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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

A recent convention of farmers and
workingmen of Richland county. Ohio,
adopted resolutions to the effect that
both political parties had shown them
selves incompetent and untrustworthy
both in local and national affairs, and
they therefore resolved to sever former
political ties and seek reform through
new instrumensa1fties. The convention
was composed of Republicans, Demo
Gratis and Liberals, and She candidates
nominated for county offices and the
Legislature were taken from all these
parties, TO whom they claim to eve no
further allegiance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
The caoleraNDsea5 pays in Nashville


i f4l
Nashville Correspond eiieess orsyle Comm,
/ Jculnai lliiie 20l
To-day was the hottest ofthe season
The heat was SO intense and enervat-
ing that those who were not compelled
E, 10 go did not venture out The streets
were rather bare OF sipeople, and all
carried umbrellas for protection, The
city was tonight visited by heavy
storm with lightning and thunder.
Hopes are entertained that it may do
some good.
To-day has been the gloonliest of the
epidemic. People move about with
blanched faces and talk Of nothing but
choler;9 OF Which there is ever !, re-
| ninder i'll the hearses and expresses
with Scoffins .huirying here and, there.
A big run has been made upon the
under takers, especially upon Il. Ii.
/ Groomes d Co, contractors of paupcrs.
There were seventy-tllrte deaths in
Nashsi le and vicinity, OF which TWEEN
| tyiour were white and forty nine color
! cd.
o. Twenty eight negroes died within
a stones throw of each other at New
| BStheL a negroe settlement two miles
from the CITY; they a e included in the
above deaths. 1t is feared that few in
:; the.settlement will escape the scourge.
!'lhe settlement consists OF small wooden
! siantics, having very little breathing
] space, with small gardens of vegetables
| attached. The negroes live poorly
from hand TO mouth, and drink the
seeping Of limestone water, which
! physicians say is very pernicious The
scene i'll the settlement is horrible
! dead bodies, shrived and pinched up
| with disease and left as skeletons with
the skin clinging cosely to the bare
bones, and husbands and wives and or
phan children weeping, crying, praying
| shouting, and preaching. The negroes
have grown very supeFstitious. THEN
colored advisers tell them that the Lore
put them here and gave them yegeta
bles to eat, and they should eat them
that they would not die unless lie LORD
wiiled it; that they should pay 10 atten
ton to the medicine OF the white ply
sic!ans because given to make them
sleep the long sleep. Efforts are max
! ing to afford them relief, ~s-
j. L. Jennings, clerk Of the count,
jaii. and w. Ii: Mace, soliciting agent
Of the Nashville Life Insurance Com
fpany, died Of cholera to-day.
Correspondence Knoxville Press and he'll aid, SAM
I date.
| Contrary to all expectations, tho
mortality i'll this city to day has lie, l
terrible.
The undertakcrs report seventy-si>
deaths up to this time; fifty two Which
are negroes.
Persons seemingly in perfect health
are stricken down and die in a few
hours.
A Mr.. jenkins, assistant whom
SAW this morning seemingly in perfect
health, died st 2 o'clock to day.
A Mr.. Nance, Insurance agent, whom
saw going about the streets yesterday
Died to day.
I M2ny lcfs IFS have left the city TO
light, aud more will leave.
1t is impossible at this time to tell
how m"ny Of tic deaths are FROM oths /
causes, bat nearly all were from cholera
7. 8. Since writing this dispatch,
five mole applications have been made
sor cotli;:s.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
ITALY,

FLORENCE June 3O.-The violence
Of the earth quake yesterday morning
was concentrated in the country nortl
OF Venice, where its effects were terri
bic both i'll loss Of life and ruin of pro
pelty. At Belluao four persons were
killed and many injured AT Pieve
Dalpago several were injured. AT
Torres two were killed, at Garage four,
at Puos eleven, at Visone two: and al
'Cuvessago-
Several churches are in rains. MANY
were badly shattered, and hundreds Of
houses have been levelled with the
ground. The inhabitants have not YET
recovered from their terror, and thous-
ands are encamped i'll the fields, but
there has been no recurrence Ct the
Shocks
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

THE BANKRUPT LAWN cenversa-

THE BANKRUPT LAWN cenversa-
ton with member of the next Con
gress, few days ago, who has recently
travelled through the west and south
he informed us that from the expression
OF opinion he heard in his tour, he is
satisfied the present bankrupt law will
/. be repealed early in the session aftel
sthe assembling of Congress in Decen-
Der next, or materially modified Al
ready movement in that direction has
been inaugurated in New York city,
and the general feeling in the east and
west is in favor Of repeal Whether
another law more acceptable to those
sections will be substituted, has not as
yet been discus sed. - Va1ley T'yyis,ian.
No wonder Such law as the
bankrupt law now is: and administered
as that is ought not to be suffered TO
stand upon the statute-book. Rich.
Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
The case Of Woodruff and Claslin.

a jury has been obtained in the case
Of Woodruff and Clatlin, charged with
circulating obsence matter through the
mails.
= At the trial of Woodruff, Clahin and
Blood, for sending obscene publication
through the mails, Judge Blatchford
decided that in the act of 1862 week
" OF daily newspaper was not intended
to be included among the list of obsence
publications.. In the act of 1864 the
word paper is inserted, and was in
tended TO include a newspaper, which
as he construed the previous acts on
the subject, was not included in the
statutes.
The Indictment in the present. case
was drawn under the statute of 1872,
and the prosecution must consequently
fail.
The jury then rendered a verdict Of
not guilty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

Mr.lJesse X. Grant, farther of Presi-
dent Grant, died at his residence in
Covington, Ky, ef general debility last
night. The President, although ex
pecte,l in special train, did not arrive
at the time of his death
The Worlds Washington special
says Senator. Boutwell, and Secretary
Richardson say that Butler will be
nominated for Governor OF Massachu
sets.
The St, Louis Republican sagely re
marks that the great need of the South
is the overthrow of the Radical par
ty." Now let the Republican discover
aquick and practicable way to do it and
the spccdier the better 1t will be, ~. /.
John Weatherhy one ofthe ''Galiant
Six Hundred eff Balaklava, committed
suicide in Jullunder, India, last month.
The Northern papers are openly
affirming that Grant has returned to
his habits of hard drink ai@
Comptroller Knox has directed all
national banks to report their condition
as shown by the books at the close of
business on the 18th inst 9;] @f
The Legislature of Virginia to be elect
ed this fall will have TO elect Senator
Senator Lewises term expiring on the
4th of March, 1874
Old Jesse Grant, father ofthe fresi
(e,t WHO'S postmaster at Covington
kentucky, refused to let a postal card
90 though his office until the sender
had enclosed it in an envelope and pre-
paid it with three cent stamp.
Within few weeks past some 10,
900 to 2o,0De barrels of tavorite brands
of flour, to be made from the rev crop
of wheat in Virginia, have been sold
in New, York, delivered at the mills in
Richmond, Va --...f $40
They hanged negro ravisher of a
white girl in Missouri the other day
without judge orjmy. The negro raw
isher Of a young lady at Orange Court
House, still lives 20 attest Nirginian's
loyalty to law and order
In its column of Summer Resorts
iii New YORK HeruIi places the White
Sulphur. Springs at the head Of all
others. This shows its standing in the
fashionable world.
Mexico is on. Of the ungrateful re
plblics. She has voted $4,000 for a
monument to the late President Jual-
en- The national flag is to be run up
every time his birthday comes round,
and each of his daughters has been 70
ted a pension of $4,000 while single,
and $500 after marriage. The best
biographer Of Juarez will be rewarded
with $4,000. '-i'' 9' $780,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


TEACHES NORMAL INSTITUTE.
Teachers Institute to continue six weeks.
will begin in Woodstock, July 2lst, und,r tn
management of the Undersigned =
Competent and reliable instruction will be
giren in all the common b-anches
Particular attention given to those parts OF
the different branches, which, in the school.
room, SO often trouble and perplex the tea cher.
The exercises viii be conducted with special
reference to the wants of the school-rooln.
Attention will also be giver to the
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING.
Teachers, especially young teachers ano
such as are about to enter the pro fession. will
find it much to their advantas Q to attend these
sess lOns. st :
Z TUITION FOR THE SESSION $40
Board Gamble had in town or vicinity at
reasonable rates. i-
For undergraduates ddrcss either of the
principals. -5.s ~ =, -, -
MONROE Hottie, | Principals.
A. z. MclNTURFF. I
july St.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
TIE LATE EUELeIN CANADA.
The duel which occurred in Canada

The duel which occurred in Canada
a few days ago between H. w. Gray,
OF the firm Of Gray d Avery, stock
brokers, and John A. Hecksher, son
of an extensive coal dealer, both des-
cJlbed as society men, and the latter in
addition a gladys man, is causing con-
siderable excitement here. The affair
IS said to have grown out Of domestic
infelislty in the family Of Gray. Both
retiring from the field unwouded.
Another meeting is represented as adj
visablr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

This is from the Savannah Advert
ser: Gan old lady selling eggs yester
day asked, as is usual, What's the
news 2 ''The latest, said the obliging
clerk; rs, that the Yankees have the
Modocs.' The old lady struck her
knuckles on the counter and exclaimed,
4 hope the last one Of EN- will die of
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

WILLING rod. HELP HIN Orr or she
WoRLD.-The South Bend. gl55eaee
has the following story Of d wife who
was not disposed to thwart her hus-
bands desire to commit suicide: "a
few days ago a farmer in Madison
township quarrelfed with his wife and
left home. He returned in short
time, and the quarrel was resumed and
continued TO such an extent that he
expressed a desire to be out of the
world. His wife intimated that moth
ing would please her better, and of
fered to do her par, if the rife was
only loaded. He went into the house
got the rifle and ammunition, and
loaded it in the presence of his wife
but was very careful, when she was
not looking, to slip the ball down his
sleeve. After the gun had been cap
ped he handed it to her and went into
the yard, she following as far as the
door, when she took deliberate aim and
fired. The husband dropped in the
grass, to- all appearances dead, and
laid there a short time before the wife
came to him. 1t did not take her
long to discover that he was playing
possum, and grasping an ax-handle she
attacked him SO ficrcely that but fol-
the interference of some of the children
she would have crushed his skull. It
is needless to add that there will be
divorce
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

A Herald special from Florence,
dated to-day, says Hiram Powers, the
American sculptor, died at O'Clock
this morning, after lingering ill
ness.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

| E0M1IISSIGNEE'S OFFICE,
~ WOODSTOCK, Va. June 16, 1878
NJ Bird Trustee vs. Geo. L. Hupp, To PItff s
and JAS. L. Miller VS.. NJ. Bird Trustee. and Deft's
and all others concerned.
| ioa are hereby notified that / have fixed
upon the
2lst day Of Jas}y
at my office in w GODS took to take he accounts
! required by decree in said cuase, viz. list. 10
settle the accounts ofM. Bird Trustee for Geo
f. Hump and his creditors, 2nff.- To revive the
aoooun Is heretofore taken but NOT acted upon
in tlis latter cause, and any other matter
deemed periincntor that either party may re-
quile. (which time and place you are re-
quirt to attend. 5sA s
Gi undcr my hand as Comr. in Chancery
OF county court of Shenandoah the day and
yea Nlst aforesaid. -
P. W.MAG9UDEL.
/ ja1e l9--4t. a
rFNHOSE beautiful Lace Collars, can silt
L be found at the cheap Store of
HAAS 4 BRO.
N0T1'H.
Pay up all Accounts are dusat the cx.
piration Of sixty days.
J s. A. DANNER.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
COMMISSIONERS OFFtCE

= JUNE 1st 1878. >
L. Tripleit vs.. Aaron c. Keller.
10 eomplt's and deft's, the cre,lito.s 81
Aaron q. Keller decd and all others c9,,i
eerned. 0oii-
Hon are hereby notified that | have
hNed upon the 18th day of july 1873 to
setiie the accounts required by decree in
S;,id cause, viz: LIST. 10 settle the adm
ACCOUNTS m OF Lewis Keller adnlr. Of Aaron
T. Keller deed, ;. 70 take an account Of
ti.e GeGis against tie estate Of Aaron G
heiler' deed. 2d,If required by the widow
ascertain what She is entitled to in lien Of
dove. Al which time and place YOU are
required TO attend. y" "'S
Given under my hand as comr. in chan
d d,; o. county court of Shenandoah the
june l9-4w. PM N.Cp17Dpp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
!, era Remedy.

The New York Journal of Com
merce publishes the following receipt
for a eholcIa mixture, of which it
says:
I'VE have seen it in constant use
for nearly two score years, and found
it to be the best remedy for looseness of
the bowels ever yet devised Ii is to
be commended for several reasons. Ii
is not be used with liquor. and there
fore will not be used as q alcoholic bey-
erage; its ingredients are well known
AMONG all the common people, and it
will have DO prejudice to combat
Each Of the materials Is in equal pro
potion to the others, and it may there
fore be compounded without profess
ional skill and as the dose is so very
small, it may be carried in tiny plial
t in the waistcoat pocket, and be always
at hand 1t is:
Tinct. opii,
Carsici,
Rhel co
BFenth pip,
CaHlpho. ..
'Mix the above in equal parts; dose,
ten to thirty drops. In plain terms,
take equal parts tincture Of opium!
red pepper, rhubarb, pepper
mint and camphor, and mix them
for use. In case of di;urhea, take a
dose of ten or twenty drops in three OF
four teaspoonfuls of water No one
who has this by him aud takes it in
time, will ever have the cholera We
commend it to our western friends, and
hope that the recipe will be widely
published. Even when no cholera rs
anticipated; it. is. an excellent remedy
for 0rGirirv SKINNER eOmnl.,inA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

A few Buggy Rak4s, on hand, for sale low
IN by
-. ~. ..4...+ ~ j. w. DANNER
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
THURSDAY, Morning, Irly 3, 1879.
WOODSTOCK VIRGINIA.

MrsJesse r. Grant, farther of Prcsi.i
dent Grant, died at his residence in
Covington, Ky, ef general debility last
night The President, although ex
pectel in special train, did not arrive
at the time of his death
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

TT you want suit OF good Ready Made
L Clothing, go to see the stock of
HAAS 4 BRO. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03

The Worlds Washington special
says Senator. Boutwell, and Secretary
Richardson say that Butler will be
nominated for Governor OF Massachu
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-25
The young man tainted.

CAT SHow.-The cat show at the
Crystal Palace in London is thus spoken
of in the newspapers of that city. Each
cat is inclosed in a neat wirework cage,
with plenty of room for the biggest of
them. In each cage is cushion for the
inmate to repose upon. They are well
supplied with both meat and milk. The
number exhibited, including kittens, is
nearly 400. They are divided into four
great classes, with prizes ranging from
two guineas to five shillings, including
short haired, long-haired, and cats be-
longing exclusively to workingmen.
These are again divided into forty eight
classes, beginning with short-haired,
tortoise-shell he-cat, and going through
all the varieties of brown tabbies, blue
or silver tabbies, black and whites, pure
white, and unusual colors. Among the
interesting animals in the show is an
ocelot, or young tiger-cat. There is a
tortoise-shell valued by his owner at
$50. No. 95 is valued by his owners,
two maiden ladies, at $500. To crown
all, this cat weighed twenty-five pounds
without his collar.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-25

JACK LINTON on FAILING" Fail
ing" said Jack, taking up moralizing
strain, when the laugh was over, "don't
pay. The last school went to before
/ came here was full of no end of fail
ing. There gets to be sort of same
ness about it after a while. Confound
that old ruler! l used to get it about
every day-three or four whacks on
fellows hand; first it stung and then it
was numb; and it always made me
mad, or else didn't care. There isn't
quite so much sameness about raw
hide, for sometimes you catch it on
your legs and sometimes on your shoul-
ders, but there gets to be sort of
sameness about that too. But here in
this school! My! You never know
what's coming. Say, boys, do you re-
member that day when was making
such a row out in the yard, how Mr..
Bird made me take a fish-horn, and
blow it at each corner of the church on
the green."
The boys laughed, and Henry Hulm
said: "Yes. Jack, but you liked that
better than that other punishment when
he sent you out into the grove to yell
for three-quarters of an hour
"Ill bet | did" responded Jack. 81
got so hoarse that time couldn't speak
the truth for week, but that's enough
better than meditating. If there's
anything l hate it's meditating on my
misdemeanors and things, kneeling be-
fore tree by the side of the road, like
a great heather luny. l suppose half
the people thought | was praying like
an old Pharisee. Cory! If the min
lister had found me there believe he'd
have kneeled right by the side of fel-
low; and wouldn't that have been a
pretty show Did any of you ever hug
tree for an hour?"
None of them ever did. sIt's awful
tiresome,' continued Jack, upon whose
punishments Mr.. Bird seemed to have
exercised all his ingenuities It's aw-
full tiresome, and it isn't bit interest
ing. If it was only birch tree fel-
low might amuse himself gnawing the
bark, but mine was hemlock with an
ant-heap at the bottom. Oh! l tell
you, my stockings wanted tending to
when l got through-more ants in
'em than you could count in a week.
Got little exercise out of it, though
fighting one foot with the other. After
all its better than it is when there's so
much sameness. It's tough enough
when you are at it, but it doesn't make
you mad, and its funny to think OF
afterward. ."-Scribner's, for January.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-25
WIT AND HUMoR.


"Sally, what time do your folks
dine:" "Soon as you go away-that's
missus' orders
Mrs. Swan, of Cochran, Y. Y, light
ed her fire with kerosene on Monday,
leaving a husband and one child.
This is the affecting epitaph on a
deceased Block-Island captains tomb
stone: "He's done a-catching cod, and
gone to meet his God.''
A wife having lost her husband, was
inconsolable. "Leave me to my grief!'
she cried, sobbing; .'you know the
extreme sensibility of my nerves-a
mere nothing upsets them!'
A gentleman meeting friend who
was wasting away with consumption,
exclaimed, "Ah, my dear fellow, how
slow you walk" "Yes,' replied the
consumptive, 81 walk slow, but I'm
going fast!'
A Norwich paper says: ga young
lady, very pretty, walked around the
new road r miles) in one hour and
forty minutes. We remember escorting
one around the road once by moonlight.
Time four hours and forty minutes.
But then she said she wasn't in any
hurry. The old folks had gone to
camp-meeting.
Big boy comes up and holds out his
hand, sullen and savage. Noble little
boy comes manfully forward and says:
I'm the boy that whistled, sir" at
the same time extending his hand.
Teacher SINNERS down and lets them
both off. Mem.-Noble boy thought
teacher wouldn't thrash him if he told
the truth, but he knew big boy would
if he didn't.
That was good, though rather Sc
we're pun, which was made by student
in theological seminary (and he was
not one of the brightest of the class,
either, when he asked: 'sWhy is
Prof. l. the greatest revivalist of
the age::" and on all giving it up said,
because at the close of every sermon
there is "a great awakening"
"Madame," said a very polite trav-
eler to testy old landlady, "if 1 see
proper to help myself to this milk, is
there any improperly in it,"
81 don't know what you mean; but if
you mean to insinuate that there is
anything nasty in the milk, I'll give
you to understand that you have struck
the wrong house. There amt first
hair in it, for as soon as Dorothy Ann
told me that the cat was drowned in
the milk, 1 went straight and strained
it over"
The young man tainted.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-25

SPEcTACLEs. The use of yellow
spectacles instead of green or blue is
proposed by a recent writer, on the hy-
pothesis that yellow is the ray having
the least actinic or Photographic pow
er. This error has originated in want
of knowledge of the fact that, of all
the rays, yellow has the most powerful
action on carbon compounds. Since
the eye in its construction involves the
use of such compounds, it follows that
the yellow ray of all others will have
the strongest action on the eye. This
agrees with our actual experience; for
the yellow is by far the most powerful
light to the eye, and the universal pref
erence for green and blue glasses is ow-
ing to the fact that these, by shutting
out the rays that act with the greatest
energy on the carbon compounds of the
retina, produce milder and less irri-
tating action on the organ when by
disease or other cause its sensitiveness
is increased.-Scribner's, for January.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-25

ABSENCE OF FEAR IN WILD GREAT
UREs. s.-In letter from the Galapagos
Islands the writer remarks the wonder
full tameness of all the wild creatures
that have hitherto been unmolested.
The seals, he says, seemed to be fond
of crawling under bushes, just above
high-water mark, and sleeping two or
three in place. Under one bush lay
a mother and her cubs, and so fearless
was the old one, that when one of the
officers held piece of cracker to her
nose she smelled at it as fearlessly as if
she had been pet dog. The tameness
OF many of the birds was also surpris-
ing, for the fingers might be put within
half an inch of little birds, and
within six inches of mocking-birds.