Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-12-04

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. l, 1SS;


President Hendricks, though so wholly
unexpected by the people at large,
could not have been equally surprising
10 many who were of his private ac-
.ouaintance. At the inauguration last
March he showed much fee0leness and
even some paralysis in one arm. lie
was evidently giving way by degrees
till the denOuement.
Mr.. Cleveland did the thing that was
tight i'm changing his first purpose to 60
TO the Vice-President's funeral. lie
seems 10 have been hard TO move, but at
last yielded to advice not only from this
region but from Indiana, and especially
from Mrs. Hendricks.
The Democrats seem to have really
hard luck. In 1876 they elected their
ticket but were chiseled out of the fruits
of it. In 1880, unfortunately, MIR. Hen
bricks refused to stand second on the
Hancock ticket and thus Indiana was
lost and New York with il. Last spring
the Illinois Senatorial election was lost
by gross mismanagemens. After Mr.
Morrison discovered that he could not
he elected but some other Democrat
(Mr. Tree, to-wit) could, he did not
give way, and yet came on to Washing
ton to look after offices! Had he stayed
i'm Illinois he might have saved a Dem
ocratic district that went Republican
and gave John A. Logan the Senator
ship. The Republicans have the adj
vantage over their opponents in this,
that their leading men give up their in
,liyiduals interests to the interests OF
their party. Too frequently, the lead
ing Democrats do not, but display an
excess of selfishness. The evil should
be cured without further delay.
Speculation is rife as TO who will get
the place of President pro tenn. of the
Senate. do not think George F. Ed
munds is anxious for it, but | suppose
Jno. A. Logan Is, and that he will get it.
The death of Alphonso, King of Spain,
has not brought the troubles expected.
Christina. his widow, has been quietly
sworn in aud there appears to be Gis-
position to help her along her difficult
path.
Jay Gould, the Wall street speculator,
will shortly retire from stock jobbing
on an annual income Of about two mil
lions.
Notwithstanding the threats, eight out
of the eleven Indians who were cOnvic-
ted i'm Manitoba of murder of white in
habitants in the Saskatchewan Valley
on the Sd of April last, were swung Oft
together last Friday. The executions
were exceedingly well managed. The
two leaders in the massacre, Wandering
Spirit and Miserable Mar, spoke on the
gallows aud confessed that their death
was merited. And as to Riel, his true
character being now understood, the
absurd excitement about him is subsid-
ing.
In the English elections the Conserv-
atives have got the best of it. Parnell
orders his tools to vote the Conservative
ticket, but Mr.. Parnell continues to be
still an enigma. If he has notion that
either Conservatives or Liberals will
help him To rend the empire, no notion
could be more mistaken. The ultraistS
Of the O'Donovan Rosa stripe still
stick to dynamite ahd indulge the idea
of blowing London to atoms. How bad
lv they want the need dealt out to Wan
dcring Spirit aud Miserable Man & Co.
The party engaged in improving the
harbor of Washington has ''struck lie"
in nearly the middle of the Potomac
river between Georgetown and the Long
Bridge. The issuing gas burned freely
with something like the flame from al
cohOl.
According to Ferdinand Ward, now
a: Sing Sing, General Grant drew out
about $4,000 from their bank more
than he put in. Fred Grant came out
ahead from $3.50, 900 70 $50 900. Mayor
Grace and the Tobey Brothers protiled
1907 $40.
Guns were fired morning and evening
to-day at the Washington Navy Yard in
honor of the funeral of Vice-President
Hendricks.
The obsequies at indianapolis were
conducted to-day with due honors and
impressiveness. The attendance was
very large. Yours, &C.,
,JADIS