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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-16
HEALTH 1Es71HEH.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-16

Above all, in a war with Great Britain
these fierce and flying Turcomans, Tartars
and Cossacks will be fighting on their own
ground. That goes great way in deciding
u war.
The most picturesque and striking of Rus.
sian soldiers is the Cossack. Much tangle
and muddle exists in foreign countries as to
isexact standing. The Cossacks are certain
people that inhabit the southern and south
eastern portions of Russia. They are race
of freemen semi-independent. They pay no
tax to the government, but are bound to per-
form military service. They are distributed
into ten great divisions called Woisskos. The
most famous are those of the Don district
The Don Cossack wears piratical-looking
black cap with red plume. He has dark
blue tunic and trousers with red facings He
Is a sort Of Sherman hummer, who takes very
little pay from the government and mostly
finds himself" as you say in America. AL
though this is the case, he is about the bast
provided for soldier in the Russian army
Nothing comes amiss to him. and he lives of
the enemy's country with the greatest ease.
He has black lance and gray overcoat
Altogether, there are nearly 160, 900 Cossacks
in the Russian army. 1t isonly when beyond
the frontiers of their own country that they
take any rations from government
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-16

we give this week two pretty and simD,,
patterns for dresses to be worn nno Sai 4s
water. Nothing is more picturesuue- h ~
than suitable costume. Itmakes nrstsr u !:
look prettier and plain woman han.s ,y gu
Moreover, and always, it is the duty of nil
and women both. to look as well as tbev :. nisn
all occasions. They should not go beyond 1 nv ~
means, neither should they in dressing tS H,,,a
selves put on anything that win do ' tSal
injury, such as poisonous Cosmetics t;' an
boots, squeezing corsets. and over heavy ' !.
ments that make life. a burden. But as Sa',
from such as this, they should always ~
pains to look well. Did not Shakssps.ss ~
himself say: rS"'s
Costly thy habit as thy purse can h,vs
So we take pleasure in laying beft-S
readers costumes winch, whether a ii, Su'
river or sea, viii be suitable this So
These pretty costumes, like some otheSs .sa.
we have given, were designed for this colnra"
by Redfern. of New York.
First we give the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
4 Fusllade In II Sanctum.

TEN SHOTS FIRED ~ A NEW ORLEANS
EDITORIAL ROOM.
NEW ORLEANS, January Il
The editorial Office Of the Mascot
was to-day the scene Of a serious
shooting ARRAY. james T. Hous-
TON and Robert Brewster, two
gentlemen of prominence in the
city. called at the Office about noon
and inquired for George OSmond,
the editor They came to demand
satisfaction for an editorial pub
lished in Saturdays issue OF the
Mascot rejecting on Judge W.
r. Houston. brother Of the former
Houston struck Osnond with a
heavy cane, when the latter drew
his revolver and shot him through
the richt hand. Houston was just
pulling out his revolver when the
Shot srucl, him and his weapon
fell to thc floor. Pic6ing it up
with his lett hand, he turned 1t
loose. A general tusllade was
opeued and none of the trio escaped
the shower of bullets that whistled
about the sauctum. Ten shots were
exchanged and all of the party
seriously wounded and one prob
ably fatally shot
Great excitement was caused IN
Camp street by the rapid success
ion of shots. 1t sounded as though
A bunch of frccrackers had been
set of on the top floor where the
Mascot Office is located.
Immediately after the shooting
Brewster and Houston came down
stairs. both bleeding from their
wounds. Houston was placed un'
der arrest. but he and his compan-
ious we're permitted to 90 to the
hospital. Osmond followed them
TO the sidewalk a few minutes AT
forwards. holding his wounded
hand, which appeared to cause HIM
much pain. lie blew apollce wills
tie. which brought an officer to the
scene, who promptly arrested him.
He was also taken to the hospital.
He was shot in the palm OF his
right hand, the ball going up into
the arm as far as the elbow. III
was taken out with great difficulty.
After his wound was dressed he
was taken to the Central Police
Station and locked up to answer
the charge Of felonious assault
with intent to KILL
Brewster was shot four times,
once in the left arm, once III the
thigh and twice in the body. The
latter are of a serious nature. One
ball passed completely through the
body and the other entered Just be-
lowthe heart. Haitian inch higher
it would have pierced that organ.
Houston received but one shot as
mentioned.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

\ cyclone passed over Jones
county, Georgia. Sunday night,
sweeping away everything in its
path. Large oaks were twisted like
straws. and one large orchard was
destroyed. The cyclone passed in
to Baldwin county, destroying
dwellings, gin houses, barns and
fences. Many horses and mules
were blown away. Several per
sons were lost. The roar of hthe
cyclone was heard distinctly
eight miles away.
The cyclone also passed through
Hale, Perry and Bibb counties,
Ala. Great damage was done to
houses and fences in its path, which
was about mile wide. I'm Bibb
county, near Centrevillc, man Is
reported 10 have been killed, and a
Mrs. Mason received serious in
iurics. Several mills were wrecked
and near Randolph two mules were
killed. Houses mile away from
the path Of the cyclone shook so
that the inmates thought the trem-
bling was caused by an earthquake.
The damage to houses and other
property will reach thousands OF
dollars. The forests were greatly
damaged. Nearly one thousand
trees are lying across the road
near Randolph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
DEATH of Schuyler COlfax.

Ex.Vice.President Schuyler Col
fax dropped dead at the Oman" de-
not. i'm Mankato, MINI. He arTi.
we'd on the Milwaukee and st. Paul
Road from the East and walked to
the Omaha Depot, a distance OF
three.fourths Of q mile, with the
thermometer 80 degrees below zero
After arriving at the depot he lived
ONLY a few minutes. Ex.Vice.Presi-
dent Colfax WIS born in the city OF
New York in March, 1923. Hav-
ing in 1886 removed to Indiana,
his career as a politician il ldentI-
Ged with the history of the latter
beginning as a clerk in a country
store. he became afterwarl a law
yer. an editor, a delegate to the
whie national convention Of 1913,
and in lSj a member of Congress.
Bv successive re elections he con
tinued in Congress until 1868,
when he was elected Vice-President
on the ticket with Gen. Grant.
The House Of Representatives,
upon the announcement Of the
death of ex Speaker COlfax, adj
journed out of regard to his mem
OTy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
southern Progress.

The Baltimore Manufacturers
Record, Of last week, furnishes its
annualrccOrd Of Southern indus.
tries, embracing an interesting and
valuable list of all manufacturing
and mining enterprises organized
in Che Southern States in 1884.
Thecxhibitmadeis highly encourag.
ing and promises well for the de
vclopmcut Of the South, to which
it is evident large amounts Of
Western and Northern capital are
being attracted. The list shows
$50 new enterprises, with an ag.
grcgate capital Of S10j, 200 800,
Virginia being credited with 1875,
with S13, 10000 capital; Vest Vir-
ginia II, with $i,392,OOO capital ;
North Carolina 22G, with Sl,11O,OOO
capital and Maryland 10j with
$7A2l,j00 capital.
This money is invested in mani
fold ways, almost every branch of
general manufactures being repre-
sented, the list embracing cotton
and WOODEN mills, machine shops,
foundries, blast furnaces, ice facto-
ries, furniture, carriage and WACO n
factories, cottonsced oil mills, etc.
In mining enterprises there have
been investments for the produc-
ton Of gold, silver, copper. mica,
iron and coal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
Interview with Gov. Cleveland

The Washington correspondent
Of the New York World, who in
terviewed Gov. Cleveland early IN
the campaign, recalls at this time
sentiments then expressed as FOL
lows
I'm further explanation Of his
views in answer TO the question (;
"Would you then retain republicans
in Office where they have perform
ed faithful service 2 he said Ger
tainly, / do not believe in turning
out good men because their views
may diler from mine. Why, the
best proof Of ny belief in this is to
have You look at the records IN the
state Offices here. There arerepub-
leans Immediately about me who
were appointed by Cornell my pred
ecessor. The adjutant general S
Office is full ofrepublicans but they
are all good clerks, trained and
efficient. Why should turn them
outT
Here is a question and answer
that may interest some Of the party
workers : Q. WHAT do you say
to the men who worked hard for
your election when they come to
ask for the usual rewards for party
services 2 A. have very little Of
that sort Of thing TO bother me.
Nv nomination came to me IN such
way that am under no Obllga-
tons to any Of the so-called party
leaders. BY some Of them | am
called the accidental governor. !
try to serve the true interests Of my
party, aud in. so doing | may be
obliged at times to ignore the press
ing claims Of individuals. There
were great many vacancies to ill
when | came in. This gave me a
chance to make many new appoint
mcnts.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

THERE appears to be a good
foundation for the story that intense
dissatisfaction with Mr. Beccher s
political course exists in Plymouth
Church and that a large number
of pew.holders will Withdraw at
the close of the present ccclcslasI'
cal year. The rents for sittings in
Plymouth Church have shown n
gradual decline for some years
past, but at the next renting there
promises to be u decided slump,
unless some Of Mr.. Beech er's new
found political friends come to his
rescue. The fault found by the old
attendants Is not so much the fact
that Mr.. Beecher chose to vote for
a Democratic presidential candi-
date as that he took such a coarse,
offensive way of manifesting his
preference
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
The HumOr OF Politics.

How funny it all seems Blaine
defeated by a mere scratch, and the
South voting solidly against him,
although he has favored every ma
terial interest of the South, and is
TO-DAY better knoHn as the cham.
pion Of American interests than any
living American. BY American in
terests we especially mean Southern
interests; for no part Of the country
needs, so much az the South, the
nursing of its infant industries, and
their consequent protection against
the competition of pauper labor
which Europe can always furnish
abundautly.
But while the South voted solid
" for Cleveland, it was by means
voting for frcc-traae. 1t was sim.
ply pursuing an old will o tho w.-p,
or Jack o ny lantern called dc.
mocracy. Genuine democracy new
er was for frcc.trade, for iree-trade
is an English doctrine, and real de
mocracy, thai ofJeilcrson and Jack
son was born aud nurtured IN
hatred Of everything that favored
the propagation Of English idea.
upon the American continent.
Well, Cleveland is elected, and
The first dcGnitive utterance he has
made since his election, is address
cd to republicans of pro English
and frce.tradc prOcllyitles. lie say'
nothing Of free.trade; but he al
dresses the first published definition
of what his election means to hls
mind, to old republicans, allies OF
England and enemies OF American
development, save through the dl
rection of English IDEAS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

Our readers may make up their
minds to tackle tie debt question
again in Virginia. The Riddle
berger Bill is Just now a dead
letter, and unless its old friends
take it in hand again, the people
will soon have to submit to greatly
increased taxation to meet the
whole debt, as claimed by the
bondbOlders.
The people have to fight that
claim or pay it. That is just the
size of it Bristol News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

Taken up by John w. George on his
land, near Columbia Furnace, one pale
red heifer with star in forehead supposed
to be about eighteen months old, valued
at 5000.
The owner will please come toward and
pay costs and take away his property,
otherwise il will DO disposed of according
to law. JOHN w. GEORGE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

c. r. Mason, the oldest southern
railroad contractor, and the head
of the contracting firms of Mason,
Gooch and Ioge, and Q. r. Mason
& Co., lessees of the Kentucky
penitentiary, died last night, near
Stanton, aged sc years. During
the war he was chief Of the Pioneer
corps under Stonewall Jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

A THIEF BLOWN UP BY A Tor
pEDO.-Thc Norfolk (Ya.) Lcdger OF
Saturday says; "NIr. Benjamin
Lalarum, who lives on Liberty
street, just outside the limits of
Berkeley, and near the Norfolk
Southern Railroad, has for some
time been missing his chickens,
and concluded to set trap for the
thief. His plain was to plant tor.
pedoes which would be exploded
by a footstep. Between | and :
o'clock this morning he heard an
explosion, showing that one OF
them had gone of. Soon after
daylight he made an examination,
aud found blood and other traces,
which he followed, and was led to
the house of Il colored man, (name
not known who was desperately
wounded. Mr.. Il. is determined to
keep mp the use of his chicken
protectors, but his place will here
after be let alone severely
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

The Brown Chemical Co., Balti-
more, Md, the owners Of Tie ceiebra'
ted Browns Iron Bitters, have just
issued a beautiful Hand BOOK and
Almanac for ladies, and a complete
and useful Memorandum Book ioT
men. These publications are at
tractive, containing a great many
valuable and interesting things
They are furnished free Of charge
by druggists and country store
keepers, but should they not have
them the Brown Chemical Co. vii
send either book on receipt OF a two
cents stamp topay postage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

Mrs. William Warner was shot at
the residence of the Widow Court
ney, a short distance west of Graf
ton, w. Va, Wednesday night.
Mrs. Warner was sitting by the
fire nursing small child, when some
person as yet unknown fredthrough
the window, the ball taking effect
in her temple. Her physician says
she cannot possibly recover. Mrs.
Warner has been living apart from
her husband for some time on ac-
count of cruel treatment at his
hands,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

A citizen Of Hartford, Conn., now
over 80 years Of age, who has smok-
ed for over sixty-seyen years, has
kept an account Of his cigar expcn-
SEES. and finds that if he had invest
ed the same sum every six months
and placed il at compound interest
he woull now have S2OO,Ooo 10
his credit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
JERSEY HEIFERS.

To make room for further arrivals will
sell few choice Jersey lIeifers at reasona-
BILE prices, all sired TO Cosmo from first
class butter cows. Some of them have
been bred by Rex.
FRANK KING,
Jan. St. Van Buren, Furnace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

many men from which it seems al
most impossible TO eradicate 1t.
What property will " bring in cash
to its owner by production IS what
is contemplated by the term. Two
men Of equal financial standing
NAV execute notes bearlu e respec-
t;velv three and six per cent. m
terest. The six per cent note. pro-
duceS, most so to speak, and is,
therefore, worth most. So with
lands. That which produces most
with same labor expenditure is
worth most. In other words, 1t
brings the most in cash and should
be assessed accordingly.
We have heard it said this rrule
will not equalize between farms
and town property. We think diff
ferently. In assessing farms care
should always be taken to make
allowance for difference in value OF
buildings. Town property can be
assessed by estimating its rental
value. less certain necessary costs
to be deducted. The balance is
the interest or what the property
brings in cash and from this basis a
fair value may be arrived at.
THIS is the wayit strikes to ap-
proximate equalization. Almost
daily we hear of the rich wheat
producing lands Of the Valley and
Southwest aud the poorer lands OF
Eastern Virginia. There is much
TO delude in this. Some OF the
thinest of the tobacco lands yield
more profit per acre than our wheat
lands, and some Of the lands OF
the Piedmont section, by reason of
their better adaptation to other
and more profitable crops than
wheat, do the same. An acre
of land that BRINGS the same
in CASH TO its owner Is of the
same value as any other acre, no
matter where located. The pea
nut and tobacco crops BRING IN
CASH per acre of actual profit than
the wheat crop, and neither could
be produced successfully on the
lands that bring forth the other.
We recolIect hearing the funder
orators, in 1879, when espousng
the cause Of McCullOch and his
fraud, arguing that we could com
plv with his demands without in
creasing the rate Of taxation II we
would only increase assessments,
and generally added that Virginia
was below the other states. Since
then (lSSO) values were reduced 10y
the reassessment. The census re-
ports now show, that Virginia, in
area and population, ranks about
fifteenth among the states,and bat
seven states pay as much state tax
as she does, and these abound with
large cities. Whom then need we
be ashamed of to Justify the Know
alrs appeal to state pride ? Whom
should such wheat growing com
ties as Shenandoah, Rockingham
and Page be ashamed to meet
when they pay taxes aggregatlng
Sl79,3S4.O0 ?-Rockingham paying
$93, 5000, Shenandoah SOC,'2".VV
and Page S1S,739. When we re-
feet that Shenandoah pays this
enormous sum for state and local
government, without one dollar OF
debt Of hers upon which to pay
interest, no citizen Of the county
need to blush to meet the Know
alls Of his own or any other county
in or out of this state.
Our purpose in this extended
article is to give our assessors
some hints and facts for their con
sideration az well as a few specl.
men bricks to throw at Know-alls
from what source Soever Tue" may
come. We shall probably treat lhe
subject further and with more
detail before the work begins.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

THE storms that have ragged
during the last few days on the
coast of the United Kingdom have
caused the usual amount Of de-
struction Of life and property.
There are few quarters of the
would where navigation Is more
dangerous than on the British
coast, or where, on account Of the
multitude OF vessels engaged in
the cna>iing aud foreign trade,
So, enc gales produce u longer
catal ,,uc of disasters.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

Philadelphia Times, Jan. -: The
signs Of business improvement,
which "A week ago were only faint
~ disccrnible, continue to incrc Sc.
The resumption Of work in the iron
and steel furnaces and of mills
Cleveland seems to have been fol-
lowed by similar action in several
of the iron centcrs, and more ac-
tivity is apparent In the iron
and steel trade than at any
time during the last ninety
days. A better demand is &C.
cordingly noted for btuminous
coal and coke AZ . natural cOnsc-
quence of the increased activity in
the iron industry. 4 marked in.
crease in number Of factories Of
various kinds in New England,
which have resumed business since
the first of the year, is also noted.
Taken altogether, the tendency to
greater industrial and commercial
activity seems to have become
quite general. Prices and wages
are low still, and it is possible that
the resumption Of production in
many instances may be in antici.
patton of Il demand which IS only
probable and not actual.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

The freight and passenger depot
of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad ut Nashville, Tenn, was
burned Saturday, with all the
freight in the depot, sheds, and 100
loaded cars. Linck's hotel also
caught fire and was destroyed.
The railroad books were nearly all
saved, but all the old road records
were burned. Loss on depot
100000 uninsured; on hotel, S20,-
600, insured,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

An ex-clcrk of the State Audi.
tors office says that the defalca.
ton in that Office might reach
100000, as the manner of keep
ing accounts there was incompre-
hensiUle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16

Hon. Jno. 5. Wise hasannounced
that he is not a candidate Tor the
vacancy in the Law Department at
the University, caused by the death
of Prof. Southall, aud that he would
not accept the position if rendered
him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
WALNUT LUMBER.

70 NJ L. Stalnaker, unless you appear
within ten days and fulfil your contract
in regard to walnut lumber, now on my
farm, near Round Hill, shall sell the
same as soon thereafter as possible.
Jan. 9,-ew, JOHN L, COPP.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-01-16
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