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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
JOHN $. WISE.

The Republican party is not
fighting over again the battles of
our great civil war, is not disturb
ing the serenity of its soul about
dead issues, is not cherishing or
fomenting sectional strife, but 1t is
going to be true to its record, true
to itself, true to the cause of human
rights. And it will never submit
in disgracelul, guilty silence to an
infinitely greater wrong than any
for which the American people
have ever taken up arms against a
foreign power.
The Republicans Of the North
bear no malice toward the Demo
Gratis Of the South, but they are
not and cannot be insensible to the
great evil to which Sherman and
Foraker referred. General Grants
expression Of goodwill toward the
South met a hearty "amen' from
those who stood by Grant when
Democrats, in their devilish ma
Lightly, royilcd and slandered
him.
Ex-Confederates find cordial
welcome in all Republican com
munities. The Republican soldiers
who served under Grant gave the
right hand Of fellowship to men
who fought with Lee.
But all tins furnishes no reason
why "a minority should rule the
country through fraud, and the
Republican party does not propose
to halt in its warfare on this great
est and most vital of all issues I'M
til it adds another to its glorious
list Of tnumphs in the cause OF
humanity.
If this is the "bloody shirt" make
the most OF it; let it flap in every
breezc.-National Republican.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
Desperate Encounter With a LunatIc.

RICHMOND, VA, Sept. 14.-COn
ductor Voolfolk, of the Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac Rail.
road, had n desperate encounter
to-day with colored lunatic on his
downward trip from Washington
As soon as discovered the lunatiC
WAS placed in another ear. He
became violently enraged and pick
ing mp small step ladder made an
attack upon the conductor. In
warding off the blow, Conductor
Voolfolk received painful wounds
on both arms. The conductor sue
cccdcd in getting the steps from
the cnragcd lunatic when he drew
a large knife. A desperate strug
gle then took place between the
TWO men, Voolfolk finally succeed
cd in getting the knife from his
antagonist. The porter came tC
the conductors assistance, and the
two bound the lunatic with a rope,
and upon the arrival Of the train
here turned him over to the police
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
THE LATE JUDGE WATKINS.
For tie WlisJ
PEOArEl I, " SrplomlDL 4


PEOsPE' r, Va, September @.
Verify the world is poorer this
week than ii was last. Virginia is
far poorer, and Prince Edward
county is UNNECESSARILY poorer.
Death has come again and taken
one of Nifginia's nob',st and most
useful citizens. Judge Frdnn Aat.
/ Watkins is no more.
The circumstances of his death
have already been told 10y the press
and a biographical history Of hls
eminent services to humanity. re-
ligiOn, education, and his Stale
will doubtless be written 10y an
ADLER pen than mine; but desire
to add my humble tribute 10 the
memory Of this good and noble
man. Since your correspondent
was a little boy, who used to ride
behind his father to court and other
public assemblagcs, he has known
and loved Judge Watkins. He was
all that was good, kind, and noble,
and was foremost in every move
ment for the elevation ana better
ment of all classes of our people,
without any regard 10 their politics
or color. Judge Watkins was am
enthusiast on the subject of cduca-
ton, and, as treasurer of Union
Theological Seminary and lamp
den sidney College, secretary and
treasurer OF the state Normal
School at Farmvllle, and trustee of
the Hampton Normal School he
has done as much, if not more, for
the cause Of education than prob
ably any other man in tins state.
An honest man is the n0blcSt work
of God and Judge Watkins was
an honest man honest, not &C..
cause honesty was the best policy,
but because it was right to be hon
est. lie was a kind man no one
who was worthy ever appealed 10
him for help that it was not grant.
ed, and not grudglngly, but cheer
fully. He was also liberal IN all
his views, willing To accord tOeyery
man the same right to his opinions
both political and otherwise, that
he claimed fOl himself, and honor
ing the man who had opinions and
stood honestly up TO them, whcth-
CIR he agreed with them or not.
His funeral was preached by Rev.
DIR. Smith, of Union Theological
Seminary, and truly did he say
that the only eulogy that Judge
Watkins needed was that the truth
be told about him. Wcncvcr saw
such a crowd of sorrowing friends,
OF all classes and conditions, follow
any man to the grave in this county.
Mr.. Editor, the word can i'll Afford
to lose such Il man, for he mcasur-
ed up to the full statue Of what Il
man should be, and the rock on
which all these noble traits were
built was true religion. Religion
with him was not only profession
but a great principle which Actual
ed him in all his transactions.
May the clods lie lightly and the
grass ever be green on his grave.
REX.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Rev. G. w. X. Morrill,, formerly
rector of the ST. James's Episcopal
Church, Woonsocket, r. l., on
Thu sday, September 3, rendered
his resignation to the Right Rev,
Thomas w. Clarke, Episcopal
Bishop of Rhode Island. Rev. Mr..
Morrill,, accompanied by friend,
who is a Catholic priest, arrived
in this city a few days ago and
was receivedin the Catholic Church
by Right Rev. John j. Keane,
Bishop of this diocese. Mr.. Morrill,
returned North to make prepara-
tons to attend college to study for
the priesthood. lie will probably
take a course in the American
College in Rome. - Richmond State.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
Almost Sweeps Village From the
Earth-Five Persons Killed,
Hundreds Injured.

Hundreds Injured.
SPRINGFIELD, o., September, o.
a fierce cyclone struck Washing
ton Courthouse a town of 5000 in
habitants, % miles west of here, at
8 o'clock last night, and almost
swept it from the earth. 1t came
from the northwest and broke up
on the town very suddenly, carry
ing everything before it. The tor
nado whirled up Court street, the
main business thro ughiale, and
ruined almost every block in it, at
least forty or fifty in all. Hardly a
private residence III the town es.
capped. Fully four hundred build
ings went down. The Baptist,
Presbyterian and Catholic churches
all Suffered the common fate. The
Ohio, Southern, Pan Handle, Mar
row Gauge and Midland railroad
depots were blown to pieces and
every structure in that quarter was
demolished, making ingress or
egress to the city by rail almost
impossible. Every wire for a
circuit of two miles is down, and it
is impossible to get accurate de-
tails of the disaster. The only re-
ports that can be got are those
obtained by an enterprising tele-
graph operator who tapped wire
two miles west of the town, put in
a pocket instrument and sat i'll the
rain while he telegraphed the state
of affairs as viewed and reported
at that distance. The panic strick-
ell people were taken completely
unawares and fed from the falling
buildings in every direction through
the thick darkness. A frenzy OF
fear and excitement seemed to
have seized them, and they ran
here and there without knowing
where to seek for safety. After
the tornado, which lasted ten min.
utes, there was a heavy rain,
which continued undated at mid
night. AS soon as a few of the less
excited citizens recovered their
wits, searching parties were organ
lied and the work of looking for
the dead and wounded commenced.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
Plain Talk From The Pulpit.

At the funeral OF Thomas kcr-
nan, who was murdered last Satur-
day night by his nephew, Rev. b.
j. McManuS took occasion TO make
a few remarks, which will be en-
dorsed by every law-abidlng citizen
in Baltimore. He plainly and
phatically denounced the politics
which protect and encourage tine
ruilanism and lawlcsSncSS that
were responsible for the death of
Herman. His allusion to the
"young statesmen who edo moth
ing but live upon tie vices OF
others was as deserved as it was
forcible, and his warning to good
citizens that they SHOULD rise and
check these evils was especially APP
prOpriatc and opportunc.
Such words from leading
minister IN a prominent pulpit Will
carry great weight among people
who could not ordinarily be reach
ed by the arguments Of the press,
and it is gratifying TO note that
Rev. McManus had the courage TO
speak as ne did. The politics 0l
the city are dcpravcd. The system
of bosSism is upheld by uuscrupu-
lous methods, and the men who
rule exercise their "inhucnce' TO
the detriment Of public order and
public justic. The correction Of
these evils belongs "a much to the
pulpit as it does to the press or the
great body of right thinking pco-
pie. Let ministers, therefore, fol-
low Father McManus' example.
Let them speak out, and let them
tell their congregations that the
independence which puriics The
city and state government is adulN
demanded by every requirement OF
religion and patriotism.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
A CARD FROM RR. JOHN S. WISE.

AOtc.-Ihls communication was
declined by the Dispatch and is
| published in the Wing for that rea-
son.
RICHMOND, VA, Sept. 8, 'S5.
10 Hc Ediior Of he Dispatch:
In your issue of September 9TH a
correspondent signing himself
d" Kallias % reports General Ftz.
hugh Lee as telling ga very stlik-
ing story upon me, representing
me as riding of upon my fathers
horse on the retreat, dc. The stO.
~ may be very striking and very
witty; tits, however, utterly false
and slanderOus by whomsOever
originated or repeated. My father
was too devoted TO me ever to have
spoken of me as the story describes,
and | never was with him in the
army. ] had not seen him for
weeks before the surrender and had
but one glimpse of him upon the
retreat. He was then OH foot at
Farmville, having lost one of his
horses by capture at Sailors Creek
and the other having been ridden
from the field, 1 think by Frank
Johnston, of the Richmond Blues,
who was shot in the foot. | was
not with the army at Petersburg,
but was selected when Sheridan
had flanked Lee near Burkeville to
start from Clover Depot, reach
General Lees headquarters, ifpOs-
siblC, and ascertain his condition
for President Davis. | did perform
that duty. How ] performed it is
best atteStcd by the letter Of my
commanding officer, Captain Chas.
Dashicll, of Norfolk, and by p
handsome alluSion to me by Presi-
dent Davis in his book. risked
my life both going to and returning
from General Lee, and carried the
last official message he ever sent to
Mr.. Davis.
At Farmville, where | saw my
father, he was half dead with ia
tigue. | begged him to take my
horse, but the old Roman refused,
telling me that as bearer of dis
patches | had no right to part with
my horse, although had full or
dcrS to press men, horses, and pro-
visions, TO accomplish the trip. One
thing | remember very distinctly:
Ny father was bitter in his denun-
citation Of certain general officers
for drunkenness, and declared that
their dissipation was the prime
cause Ofthc confusion and disaster
of the retreat.
The story is simply a baseless
fabrication. | had but a very, very
meagre military record. | was but
"A second lieutenant and only eigh-
teen years old. Perhaps if | had
had influence at headquarters my
rank would have been higher. Still,
in the humble station ] occupied, |
tried to do my duty, and my little
reputation is as dear to me as the
great % record Of Fitzhugh Lee.
1t seems hard that by his circula-
ton of an absolute falsehOOd ] am
to be deprived Of that little honor.
| leave the public to Judge Of the
decency and propriety Of General
Lees dragging my father from his
grave to speak disparagingly of
me. Every man who knew us
when he was alive remembers that
we idOlized each other. General
Lee owes me an apology, and the
public an explanation, for his use
Of this utterly false statement.
Respectfully,
JOHN ). WISE.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

In Newark a few days since,
three little children were playing
upstairs when an organ grinder
came under the window with a
monkey. The children had seen
their mother throw pennies out 10
the musician on such occasions,
tut they had no money. Later in
the day the mother went to the
room and could not find her tooth
brush, nail brush, and other arti.
cles. Nor was she greatly pleased
on finding that the children had
thrown ont all the loose articles
they could get hold of, including
about one hundred dollars worth
OF iewelry which they took fIom a
trunk that was open. They said
it. was real fun to see the monkey
get them and take them to the or
gan grinder, Who took all that was
holsted out apd passed on. The
CHILDREN belieyed that yhateyer
mamma did was right, and fought
it out on that line.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

ST.. THOMAS, ONT, Sept. 16.
Jumbo, the $500, 900 elephant, was
killed on the Grand Trunk Air
Line track half.mile east of here
last night. His keeper was lead
ing him along the track when a
freight train came up behind I'M
noticed and ran him down. He
was injured so banly that he died
in thirty minutes. The trick ele-
plant Tom THUMB was also injured,
his leg being broken.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l5.--ThC
city coroner went to Il house in
Chinatown to-day and found the
floor of the cellar covered with hui
man bones partly covered with
flesh in the last stage of decOmpo-
sitiol. \ number Of Chinese were
boiling down oibeg bodies and
scraping the bones and packing
them for shipment to China. 1t
is thought there were over 300
bodies in the house, taken from va
rious cemeteries, Two sknpkg we're
kept on the premises TO overcome
the Odor of the bodies. The cor
oner took charge of the remains.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
He Threw a Stone al a NItIO-GIIceI!ne Can

BRADFORD, PA, Sept. 49,
While out playing this afternoon,
about two miles south of this city,
some boys discovered a disused
nitro-gl ycerine can, and one of
them, George Garfield, aged seven.
teen years, threw a stone at it. He
was q good marksman, and the
stone exploded what little glycerlne
remained in the can. The force of
the explosion caused the stone to
rebound, one piece of it striking
Garfield in the abdomen and
another in the cheek. He lived an
hour only.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

1t appears to be a fact that i'm.
mense deposits Of gold have been
discovered on the Chinese side OF
the AMOR liver. Aren't the
monometallists Afraid they will
have to thicken the gold dollar 2
What would happen to that "indeK,
iblc standard" if the amount Of
gold in the world should be sud,
denly and greatly angmentedl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

The Cotton Factory at Chat.
tanooga.. Tenn, is fairly booming
with business il is now working
to its full capacity, has hoayy r.
ders ahead, aad will soon make i'm
pOrtant Improvements. One day
last week an order waSTecejyed for
$4,000 pounds Of yarn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

a relic of the great forests which
once covered the south of Sweden
was recently dug ont of a bog at
Kinneved in the shape of a boat
six feet in diameter, followed out
of log. The treee from which it
was obtained must have been
twenty feet in circumference, Tho
wood, which vas blue in color, was
very hard, and the boat so heavy
that two bullocks could not move
-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
PRETTY WOMEN.

If yen are losing your grip on life, try
wells Health Rerewcr' Goes direct to
weak spots.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Corrects offensive odors at once. Com
plete cure Of worst chronic cases, also
unequaled as gargle for Diptheria, Sore
Throat, Foul Breath. SOC.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Cures cholera, collie, cramps, diarrhoea,
aches, pains, sprains, headache, neuralgia,
rheumatism. 2Oc. Rough on Pain Plas-
tiers, lJc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Cures Piles or Hemorrhods, Itching,
Protruding, Bleeding, Internal or other.
Internal and External Remedy in each
nnnkane SIRE cnre. SOC Drnggisfs
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Michael Rosa, a Chicago fruit
peddler, became enraged Sunday
because John KchOe took banana
which had not been paid for, and
plugged . knife into the breast Of
John KehOe, who ran across the
street and fell dead.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
,RouGH on CoRNs. :

Palpitation Dropsical Swellings, Diszi-
ness. Indigestion. Headache, Sleeplessness
cured by wells Health Remover
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

'Wolls' Health Remover restores health
and yigor cures Dyspepsia, Headache,
Nervousness, Debility. 81.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Ask for Wells Rough on Corns l5c.
Quick, complete cure. Hard or soft corns,
warts, buniOns.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
RrCHr-BAIRA.f

Quick, complete cure, all Kidney,
Bladder and Urinary Diseases, Scalding,
Irritation, Stone, Gravel, Catarrah Of the
Bladder. 81, Druggists.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Ladies who would retain freshness and
yiyacity. Don't fail to tly Wells Health
Remover
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

In the October number Of the
Brooklyn Magazine will bepnbllNh.
ed an article by eX.G0v. Alonzo i.
Cornell, chairman Of the executive
committee of the Grant Monument
Association, touching the proposed
memorial. Mr.. Cornell believes
that the deeds of General Grant
will be best COMMUNICATED by
combining with n monumental
structure some institution in archi-
tcctural harmony. The idea of Mr..
Cornell is expressed as follows !:
"a majestic column of appropriate
design aud commanding proper
tons, containing "a memorial chapel,
within which should be deposited
the moral remains of the illustrlouS
dead. This section Of the structure
would naturally bear the principal
portion of elaborate decorations IN
stone carving and thus be made
the chief object of the whole de.
sign.p A great national library
and a museum of relics and
memen;Os of the war are included
in the scheme.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

BRAIN.WORK ON THE STAGE
A friend said to Miss Minnie Mad
dern: You are pale and thin
your work is killing You Miss
Maddern laughed heartily. 'lt is
my honest opinion said she, that
the profession Of the stage is or
dInariIy easy and pleasant. We
have to study, and oftentimes we
have to study very hard, but in
variably the i'll effects of the BRAN.
work we have to do are offset by
the physical exercise we are com
PEELED to take every night on the
stage. We have long hours for
sleep, and. as a class, we fare bet
ter than the average people IN 9th
or professions. There are grOwl-
ers in every profession, and it IS
natural for human beings TO con
sider themselves Overworked and
abused. People are prone 10 COM
plain, and the actor grOwls against
his life on about the same princi-
pie that the average farmer gro0lS
because it rains to-day and shines
to.mOrrOw.'-ChicagO News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
REn-RrG. lilies.
RoUGm on PILES.

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats,
mice, gbphers, chipmunks, cleared out by
Rough on Rats l5c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
TIE Hope OF TIE NATION.
RorGHoN PAIN,

Children, slow in development, puny,
scrawny, and delicate, use Wells Health
Remover
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Rough on Itch cures humors, eruptions,
ringworm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet,
chilblains.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
LIFE PREsERYER.

II you are failing. broken, worn out aud
nervous, noe wells Health Remover ~.
Druggists
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

WATER Bugs, reaches.
Rough on Rats clears them out, also
Beetles, An.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Singing, irritation, Inflammation, all
Kidney, and Urinary complaints, cured by
'Buchu-Baiba' 81.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
EATAHHA Ell

quick and positive Cure. JOcents at
Druggists. 80 cents by mail registered.
Send for circular. Sample by mail ~ cts.
ELY BROTHERS, Druggists,
aug. 2--ly. Owego, n. Y.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

HEART PAINS.

Clears ont rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants
lied -buws
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18
NEWS ITEMS.

j.. J.. May, n reporter Of the BIZ.
mingham Ala. Evening Chronicle,
was shot last Tuesday night in the
Office OF the Daily age by a woman
named Pearl Morris, in company
with Tilroy Morris. The Chronicle
yesterday contained an article re-
fernng to the ejecting Of the couple
from a clearinghouse on account
of the questionable conduct OF the
woman. She went to the Age
Office with her husband to inquire
where May could be found. May,
who was in the Office, had hardly
given his indemnity when she shot
him twice. Neither wound is seIl-
Gus.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18

Several youths, sons of leading
and wealthy citizens of Celina, Mer-
Ger county, Ohio, have been arrest
ed for burglaries committed IN the
town. One is Clayton Marsh, son
of Speaker Marsh, Of the Ohio
House of Representatives and
another is the son of County Clerk
Lanfair, and a student at the Ken
lucky Military Institute.