Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-10-24


home, two miles from Perry, in this
county. Too much CATTLE
On Saturday night there was a COLI
sion between freight trains on the Viz
ginia Midland read, by which three fine
trotting horses belonging to Mr.. Ropp,
Of Abingdon, were killed.
The Sioux Indians have been safely
and expeditiously removed to the Mis-
souri, river IN accordance with the wish
es of the Government mentioned in the
recent interviews at Washington with
Red Cloud and other chiefs.
A little boy eight years old. son Of
Mrs. Ann Zellers, Of Hagerstown,
strayed away from home and walked on
the railroad track twenty-eight miles. to
Weaverton, in nine hours. before his
relatives found him.
Another disastrous fire occurred on
Saturday last in Portland, a suburb OF
st. Johns \. B., by which over two
hundred houses were, destroyed, being
chiefly the dwellings Of the working
classes; the less is estimated at $780,
00o. Meny people are homeless.
Judge Fitzpatrick, Of the Criminal
Court at Plttsburg, Pa. has granted at
tachments for Gov. Hartranft and other
State officials who were summoned as
witnesses in the riot cases but who re-
fused to appear on the ground that the
court had no authority to compel their
The case will 90 to the
Supreme Court.
The coroncr's jury on the Pickering
Valley. Pa, railroad disaster, BY which
seven lives were lost, slightly cen@lre
the railroad company for placing iron
bars across the windows Of the passen-
ger cars, and blame the train hands for
running the engine backwards and plac-
ing the passenger coach in the wrong
position.
The workmen engaged in repairing
the front OF the Florence Cathedral re-
Gently. in removing Il thick coating Of
plaster at one Of the corners Of the
building, made the discovery Of seven
marble statues, pronounced by connois-
seurs to be ofthe best period Of Greek
art.
-Four years ago Governor Carpenter,
ofIowa, was elected, in round numbers,
by plurality of $4,000 votes over the
democratic candidate. Two years ago
Governor Kirkwood had a plurality Of
80 GOO, and now Gear, the recently
elected republican Governor, has a
plurality OF over 10000.
It's mournful fact that the only man
defeated on the republican legislative
ticket in Cleveland. Ohio, was the color
ed nominee. Cleveland is the headQuar-
tiers of the fanatical Western Reserve,
which is always concerned about the
colored man that he shall havt -
rights in the South.
Official figures ofthe vote for Cover
nor in Ohio, in all but three counties,
give Bishop, democrat, 3S,125 majority
over West, republican. In the three
counties not heard from the republican
major1tles aggregated 1913 at the presi-
dental election.
Rev. L. 7. Baird. late secretary of
the Presbyterian committee ofpublica-
ton Of the Southern General Assem-
bly,, who was indicted at Richmond, Va,
for embezzlement of funds Of the COM
mittee, was put on trial yesterday. The
jury without leaving their seats render
ed verdict Of mot guilty." and the
accused was Immediately discharged.
Col. F. w. N. Holiday, the conser-
vatlye nominee for Governor Of Virgin
ia, in a regent letter says ''As at
present advised l think it would be in
judcious to canvass, having no ticket in
the field in opposition. It would, in
effect, be a canvass, IN my own name,
and destroy the harmony Of our organi-
cation. l would not hesitate to take
the stump if l could see any good to
result"
The Kansas City Times in its ac-
count of the Texas land swindle. SAYS
one Of the largest banking houses in
Austin, Texas, two Chicago bankers,
and two real estate dealers and two
attorneys in St. Louis, banker and two
real estate dealers in indianapolis, and
others in Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Pittsburg, are to be or have been ar
rested for being connected with the
fraud. It also says there has been a
well-organized system of forgery in full
practice in the western country for the
past eight or nlne years.
The colored men in Hanover county.
Va, have invented a remedy Of their
own for the tramp nuisance. One of
their color, big, strong fellow, having
tramped into 'the Slashes," historic as
The birthplace of Henry Clay, 1.-THE re-
Gently enfranchised,' instead of giving
him crust and kind counsel. laid him
over barrel and belabored him with
/ stout stave. after which he was told
% ''git up and go long back whar he
,ome from"-a piece Of advice he pro-
eeded to follow to The best of his
.bil.ty.