Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-11-30
News Ete,nss

Salem, Mass, furnished two of the
South Carolina returning board
Comptroller DtAAu and Attorney Gen
eral Stone.
Steve Kirksey of Mayfeld, Ky
put package of gunpowder on a
hot anvil. He is bald headed now.
1t is said that not car or train
now starts from Chicago for New
York on which the actual expense Of
moving it does not exceed the re-
ceipts.
The venerable father of United
States Senator Withers, of Va, slip
ped and fell a few days since, break
ing his leg.
A Fremont (Ohlo) voter deposited
an order for a barrel of -four in the
ballot box and carried a democratic
| ticket over to the grocery store.
The slave trade still f1ourishes
among the Mussulmans of Salonca,
and one hundred negresses lately
transported there from the African
coast were sold at an average of about
$3.50 each.
Hon. M W. Ransom was renomi-
mated by reclamation by the Demo
cratic caucus OF the North Carolina
Legislature for the. United States
Senate.
A Washington dispatch says MFR.
Randall will be Mr.. Saylers chief
competitor for the Speakership at the
opening of the coming session of
Congress.
A citizen OF Providence, r. I has
been sent to Jail fol fifteen months for
cascting a fraudulent vote at the late
Congressional election in that State.
Within the space of four years
Norwich woman has been married,
divorced, married to another man,
who was divorced from bis wife for
the purpose of marrying this woman,
and now she applies tor divorce
sgain.
Warning The man who entered
a newspaper office and asked with
confidential air and persuasive smile,
Judging from your latest advices,
who do you think is elected 2 has
not been seen since.
The American people are troubled
with large amount of good sense,
and this is an excellent thing for
expounders of the constitution and
nervous citizens just now to make &
, note of.
The action was called Oh in Paris
the other day brought by the Coun
tess of Montijo against niue journals
for the defamatory statement that her
husband died three years before the
birth OF the Empress Eugene, but 1t
was postponed for week.
! Gen Butler takes the ground that
it is competent for either house of
Congress to object to the reception of
the electoral vote of State, aad that
IN counting and determining the elec~
| t0ral vote concurrent action OF both
houses is required.
The New York Trihune figures out
the democratic majority in the ne t
House OF Representative at thirteen,
giving the democrats 1873 members
and the republicans l40 IL this
estimate the Louisiana and Florida
delegations are equally divided and
the New Hampshire delegation is
counted as it stands at present two
democrats and one republican.
In the Virginia conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, in
session at Richmond report was
submitted declaring the action Of the
commissioners of the Methodist
Episcopal Churches North and South
at their meeting at Cape May last
August, an authoritative and formal
settlement Of the questions at issue
| between them
| ne W aSnIh9toh correspondents vi
the New York Tribune telegraphs
''It is understood that the President
will discuss the questions growing ont
Of the disputed election in lis annual
Message, and will take strong grounds
in favor of regarding the returns
certified by the electors as final.
Upon this Interpretation Of the con
stitution all republicans are now
taking position, and many of the
ablest democrats admit that it is
unassailable.