Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-25
THOUGHTS, SELECT AND ORIGINAL.

"A severe epidemic of fiux is rag
Ing: in Lee and Scott counties, Vir-
gina. Many have died and more
are sick. The disease is on the in
crease.
A cOlored blacksmith in Virginia
has patented an invention which
enables him to work q powerful
hammer with his foot while using
both hands to hold the iron on the
anvil. The device can also be APP
piled to driving a drill for mine or
quarry work.
John Mcclure, Waterman for the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Newark,
n. j., on Saturday shot and killed
Edward Cahill, a tramp, who had
threatened him with a knife for
driving off a number of t7amps who
were building fire near some
cars.
Three hundred COWS furnish milk
for the creamery at the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, making daily yield of l25
pounds of butter, or 100 pounds
per week, which sells at 2l cents a
pound, amounting to $3.50 a week.
The large planing-mill OF II. w.
Bradshaw, in Suffolk, Va, was
destroyed by fire last Saturday,
with all the machinery and large
quantity of lumber. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000. This will throw
out of employment a large number
of workmen.
The devastation by prairie fires
from Fargo to Bismarck far sur
passes the destruction of any pre-
yious year. The amount Of wheat
burned in north Dakota the past
week is immense. 1t is estimated
that the entire crops ofOne hundred
farms between jamestown and
Bismarck have been destroyed.
A very malignant form of hog
cholera threatens great damage to
the hog interests of Taylor county,
Iowa. 1t does its work in twenty
four hours. 1t affects its victim in
a horrible manner. The joints be-
come stiff, the TANKS hollow, the
hide shrivels up and the rotten
flesh drops piecemeal from about
the head and legs. Thirty counties
in Kansas are infected by hog
cholera, aud this year the losses
will reach 100000 or more.
An attempt was made to wreck
the West Shore train which left
Buffalo at 0 o'clock Sunday night
with a number of delegates 10 the
republican convention at Saratoga.
Between Akron and Alabama a tie
was wedged across the track. The
cOw-catcher passed over it, hut the
engineer stopped the train in time
to prevent derailing. 1t is thought
this was the third attempt of In
dams to secure revenge for a drunk.
en- Indian who was killed last year,
and for whom they had never been
able to get damages.
There is more money in the United
States Treasury to-day then there
was when Cleveland became Presi-
dent, by many millions of dollars.
Yet we were told that the Repub-
licans were 'hoarding' the public
money, and thus keeping from cir
culatiOn a vast sum which would
add much to the general prosperity
ifpaid out. The Democrats de.
clared they would pay out. But
how is it They are actually doing
more 'hOarding' than the Repub-
licans; and they are doing this
when United States bonds to a
large amount are now redeemable-
preferring to 'hOard, and at the
same time pay interest in gold on
bonds that ought to be taken up :
The engagement of Mr.. Addison
Cammack, a millionaire member of
the New York Stock Exchange,
and Miss Mary Hildreth, daughter
of the late George Hildreth, of
Washington city, is announced.
The announcement was made in
New York Saturday, and the we'd
ding is to take place in Washington
in November next. Mr.. Cammack
is Kentuckian by birth and 90
years of age. He is said to be
worth $4,000 and is considered
by many the leader and brains of
the new element Of the Stock Elk.
change. Miss Hildreth is about
% years of age, is tall, graceful
young lady, and is said to be en-
dowed with rare intellectual quail.
ties. 1t is said that Mr.. Cammack
will retire from Wall street after
his marriage to Miss Hildreth, and
will take up his permanent resi-
dence in Washington.
Edwlna Provost, who Is hand-
some aud twenty seven years of
age, has sued Jas. McAllister, of
Paterson, n. j., for breach of
promise Of marriage, laying dam.
ages in $50, 900. Mr.. McAllister is a
retired merchant, reputed to be
worth $4,000. Miss Provost al.
leges that her husband abandoned
her, and that Mr.. McAllister, un-
der promise Of marriage, induced
her to take advantage of the New
jersey law which makes three