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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
FITz LEE ON MORALS.

The Baltimore Sun gives over a
column of the latest talk of Genl
Fitzhugh Lee in which appears the
following:
ain concluding Gen. Lee said
that the organization which the
democrats of Virginia had been
contending with for the last five OF
six years was, both as regards NOR
ais and practices, as base and de-
graded as any of the old carpet
bag organizations, and had as little
as any of them the true interests
of the State at heart. The splen-
did victory which the democracy
had lust won was, he fervently
trusted, the complete and perma'
nent disenthralment of the State
from the clutches which had been
fastened upon it. The situation
was such as to require prudence,
moderation and wisdom, and he
doubted not the democracy would
be equal to the occasion"
This is the same Fitz Lee who
lately canvassed this State for the
Governorship, peddling taffy to all
the readjusters and republicans.
He told the former they had done
well, and that his party had en-
dorsed all their work by resolutions
at the Lynchburg convention IN
1888. Therefore he begged them
to "return to the grand old democ-
racy." No such flattery has been
fed to any people IN any canvass as
we all heard from Fitz and his CO.
horts. We now notice that he
speaks of the party he has been
fighting for six years, which in
cludes the whole period of organ
lied readjustment, and only two
years of pr" bounced republicanism.
He speaks of them now as "base
and degraded in morals and prac-
tees, after assuring them that their
4" practices" at least had been fully
endorsed by his party, and that his
party are pledged to carry ont the
same. This is but the beginning
of bourbon deceit. Moreover, it
was Fitz Lee who accused John
Wise of slandering the people OF
Virginia. What Wise said was be.
fore the election when he carried
the responsibility of his utterances.
When Fitz Lee says the readlusteT
majority of 1879 and 1881, and the
I30. 900 republicans who voted fol-
Blaine i'm 1884 are "debased and
degraded in morals" he ISLANDERS
these people Of Virginia after cleo
ton, aud after he had begged like
a political pauper for the votes OF
the same people he now inveighs
against. We repeat that this is
but the beginningo bourbon deceit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
RleI Executed.

REGINA, y. w. T., Nov. 10.
Louis David Ricl was executed on
the scanold at the barracks of the
mounted police force, near this
city, for high treason against the
queen of Great Britain, at SOB
o'clock this morning mountain
time.)
He received the notice to pro-
coed TO the scaflold in the same
composed manner shown the pre-
ceding night on receiving the warn.
ing of his fate. His face was full
of color and he appeared to have
complete self-posseSSi0n, respond
ing 10 the service IN clear tone.
The prisoner decided only a mo-
ment before starting for the scat
fold not to make speech. This
was owing to the earnest sollclta-
ton of both the priest attending
him. lie displayed IN inclination
at the last moment to make an adj
dress but Pere Andre rcmalnded
him Of his promise and he then rose
and walked toward the cxecutioner
repeating his prayers to the last
moment, the final words escaping
being 'Merel, Jesu.' He died with
out struggle. not to exceed twenty
persons were permitted within the
confines of the barracks to witness
the execution, and it was certainly
performed with decorum and dis
patch. The body was taken in
charge by the coroner and the yer
diet usual to all state executions
was rendered.
TORONTO, ONT, NOV. 1G.-At
Battleford on the 9th inst. twenty
eight Indians will be hanged for
crimes committed durngthc North.
west rebellion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

The bourbon is always patriot
who never wants Office, but Office is
the FIRST thing he counts on after
election. The following is going
the rounds:
Governor Fitz Lee, who will
enter upon the discharge Of the du-
ties of the Office OF Governor of Vir-
ginia on the first day of January,
will have a number of Offices to fill.
He has the appointing OF a private
secretary, whose salary shall be
$1,000 per annum, a messenger to
the Governor whose compensation
shall be fixed by the Governor and
paid out Of the civil contingent
fund. He also has the appointing
of inspectors of -four, corn meal,
buckwheat, fish, pork, beef or tar
In cities or towns where they may
be necessary"
What n wonderful lot of spOils
for a half dozen cities
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
THE CASE OF IRELAND.

When the late DIR. Atwater was
instilllng Free Trade doctrines in
to his pupils at Princeton, he had
not always an easy time of it.
Some of his pupils had kept their
eyes and ears open, and they would
keep asking for explanations of the
obvious fact that reduction of the
Tariff in this and othe countries
had caused a general distress,
while the opposite policy had caus-
ed a distinct improvement in bust
ness. The doctor, whose forte lay
in formal logic rather than the ap-
piled logic of economics, would re.
ply post hoe, ergo propter hoe !
Eth ? Mr.. jones' This answer serv-
ed to stop his questioners mouth,
and to discourage those awkward
appeals to experience with which
Protectionists always have plagued
Free Traders. The answer is not
yet abandoned by men of DR.. At
waters school, but they need some
thing farther now. They have
been forced to admit that the COM
mon sense of mankind assumes
that events are related to those
which precede them ordinarily as
effects are related to causes ; and
that he who denies the sequence
has to diSprove it and not merely
to deny it. SO in the case of Ire.
land as of India, they are trying to
disprove the sequence by asserting
that the effects in question were
there before the causes which are
alleged to have produced them.
The condition of Ireland when
the English began its conquest was
not all that could be desired. But
it was one in which the average
man was able to get living &C
cording to the received standard
of comfort and well.being, as has
not been true since the union of
the two countries under one Parlia.
ment. Ireland was working her
way out OF the tribal condition Of
society, which fingered longer with
her than in the parts of Europe
where the influence of Roman con.
quest and Roman law were dis.
tinctly felt. She had q great
abundance Of cattle, the chief
source of wealth; she had an agri-
culture, which, if not well develop
ed, was coming forward with rea-
sonable rapidity. The Norwegian
Kings Mirror written for King
Hakon Hakonssen in the first half
of the thirteenth century, tells us
what was thought of it by the
Danes and Norsemen who founded
kingdoms on its shores. 1t says
that Ireland is the best of all lands,
although surpassed by more south.
ern countries In possession of the
vine, and that Tara its capital is
the fairest of cities. 1t was even
already manufacturing country.
The delicacy Of its artistic work in
gold, stone and other materials
still attests the skill of the people.
The Italians praised the beauty
and warmth of its friezc cloths ;
the English stabbed each other
with Irish knives, and ct an earli'
or date had sold each other as
slaves to Irish masters,-Philadel'
phla American,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
THANKSGIVING DAY.
The Presidents Proclamation Desig-
mating a Day for Thanks.

The Presidents Proclamation Desig-
mating a Day for Thanks.
The President issued the follow
ing proclamation setting apart
Thursday, November 26, as a day
Of thanksgiving and prayer:
By the President Of the United
States Of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
The American people have always
abundant cause to be thankful TO
Almighty God, whose watchful
care and guiding hand have been
manifested in every stage Of their
national Safeguarding and pro-
tecting them in time Of peril, and
safely leading them in the hour Of
darkness and of danger. 1t is fit
ting and proper that nation thus
favored should OH one day in every
year, for that purpose especially
appointed, publicly acknowledge
the goodness of God and retarn
thanks to Him for all His gracious
gifts.
Therefore /, Grover Cleveland,
President Of the United States Of
America, do hereby designate and
set apart Thursday, the 10Th day
of November, inst, rs day Of
public thanksgiving and prayer,
and do invoke the observance OF
the same by all the people Of the
land.
On that day let all secular bust
ness be suspended, and let the peo.
pie assemble in their usual places
Of worship, and with prayer and
songs of praise devoutly testify
their gratitude to the Giver OF
every good and perfect gift for all
that He has done for us in the year
that has passed; for our preserva-
ton as a united nation and for our
dellverance from the shock and
danger Of political cOnyulsiOn; for
the blessings Of peace and for our
safety and quiet while wars and
rumors Of wars have agitated and
afflicted other nations Of the earth;
for our security against the scOurge
of pestience, which in other lands
has claimed ITS dead by thousands
and filed the streets with mourn
ers for plenteous crops which re-
ward the labor Of the husband.
man and increase our nations
wealth, and for the cOntentment
throughout our borders which fol.
lows in the train of prosperity and
abundance.
And let there also be on the day
thus set apart a reunion Of families,
sanctiied and chastened by tender
memories and associations, and let
the social intercourse of friends
with pleasant "reminiscences renew
the ties of affection and strengthen
the bonds OF kindly feeling.
And let us by no means forget,
while we give thanks and enjoy
the comforts which have crowned
our lives, that truly grateful hearts
are inclined to deeds of charity,
and that a kind and thoughtful
remembranceof the poor will double
the pleasures of our condition and
render our praise and thanksgiving
more acceptable in the sight of the
Lord.
Done at the city Of Washington,
this second day Of November, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty
i've, and Of the independence of
the United States the one hundred
and tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
BY the President-T. +. BAYARD,
Sec. of State.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
GaIvestOn'S Great Misfortune.

The best posted citizens estimate
the loss by the fire in Galveston
yesterday at fully $1,000, 600, while
many who claim to have figured on
the matter put the estimate as
high as S2,jOO,00O. The county
Jail, brick building, with 10 IN
mates, was savel by the hard work
of fremcn and citizens, though 1t
was on fire dozen times. AT one
time during the fire the wind blew
at the rate of GO miles an hour. The
total area of the burned district IS
100 acres, and forty and one'halt
blocks were swept clean OF every
thing combustible. Over 4OO
houses were burned, and 1t Is estl'
mated by the relief committee that
about l 900 families were rendered
homeless, the great majority OF
whom, especially the poorer ones,
lost everything.
Mayor Fnlton, OF Galveston, yes
terday afternoon received dis
patch from Jay Gould expressing
sympathy, aud telling the mayor
to draw on him for $4,000 at sight.
Ford's Mlkado' company, now
playing in Galveston, gave a bene'
fit last niqht, which Melted $500 tor
the sufferers. The city council
voted a donation OF $4,000 for the
sufferers. This makes S3l 900 al.
ready donated by the citizens OF
Galveston, which, together with
outside donations, foots up total
of S3S,0O0 in one day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

IL is already given out that the
public schools are to run short foT
two months this year. We hope
this is not so. We 90 not want to
make capital against bourbonism
at the expense of the children OF
the State. But if it be so there
Will be a severe public retribution
visited upon the party responsible
for it. 1t was in vain that requests
and demands were made by journ-
ais throughout the State for the
usual report on the school fund by
the auditor. The school superin-
tendent made his report in time,
but the auditor turned a deaf ear,
even though charged with tiding
over one year with.the funds Of the
next in order to conceal his party's
short comings. A few months will
develop, but the case looks badly
for the schools now.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

General Malone and the abuse
Of Federal patronage in Virginia
used TO be fruitful theme for all
Bourbons, Democrats and her
maphrodilic Mugwumps. But
Cleveland and Civil Service Reform
are doing things in Virginia that
Arthur and Malone shrunk from.
When Hon. John s. Wise was
United States Attorney for this
district, a good Republican appll'
ed to the President to be made
Assistant Attorney for the district.
The President referred the matter
to Mr.. Wise, and he honestly stat
ed to the President that there was
not enough business to justify the
employment Of an assistant. The
same thing occurred when Judge
Waddill became District Attorney.
Neither he nor Mr.. Wise could con-
sent to put an extra charge OF 81.
900 a year on the Government and
people, merely to give the money
to one whose services were not at
all needed.
The business OF the district to-
day is no greater than it was, if so
great and yet Mr.. Cleveland, the
great economist and Civil Service
Reform, has made Mr.. Lyons, OF
this city, assistant to Mr.. Gibson,
the present District Attorney.
Wing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

The bourbon press started two
silly reports about Mahone's re-
moval from the State. The answer
to it would be that Malone never
deserts, and he has yet two terms
to serve bis State in the U. S. Sen
ate. But in addition, the New
York Herald has the following:
"Senator Malone is at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, in thiscity, awaiting
the return of his family from Eu-
rope, who are expected to arrive
to-day. When asked as to the truth
of the statement that he intended
to locate out west he said there
"was no answer to be made to
such a story. AS he has ,1rge in
tercsts in Virginia, and his term in
the Senate does not expire until
March, 1887, Mr.. ...ahOne will Meth
or leave his State nor resign his
seat at Washington
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
MURDERED AND HANGED.
A West Virginia Mystery Cleared up
by the Arrest of the Murderer.

A West Virginia Mystery Cleared up
by the Arrest of the Murderer.
A telegram from Parkersburg,
West Va, Nov. 4, says the mystery
which surrounded the finding of
the nude body Of a man hanging
to tree near oint Pleasant, Ma.
son county, has been cleared up,
and q terrible crime is disclosed.
The victim is a man named Halle
wood, from Gallia county, Ohio.
He came to the Virginia side of the
river with about $500 in his pos
session, with which he expected TO
purchase blacksmith shop. He
made his headquarters with David
Anderson, a negro who lives with
a white woman on Five Mile Greek.
A negro named Hauck, also from
Gallia county, followed Lakewood
to West Virginia for the purpose of
killing and robbing him. COnhd-
ing his scheme to Anderson, the
latter, who is a well-known des-
perado, agreed to help to do the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
THE DEVILTRY BEGUN.

The following dispatch from Rich
mond appeared in thu Baltimore
Sun of the 18th inst, only ten days
after the election, and but a few
days after the result was certainly
known;
" There is now considerable &C
tivity displayed by counsel for the
foreign holders OF Virginia bonds
in endeavoring to get taxpayers to
use coupons in the payment of their
taxes. Mr.. W. l.. Royal, who IS
the leading counsel for the bond
holders, to-day said that a case Is
now before the United States Su-
preme Court involving the question
of whether the Federal courts have
jurisdiction in cases in which the
amount involved is less than $500.
q" If this is decided in our favor"
said Mr.. Royal, "we will have the
decks clear for action" When the
decisions were rendered by the Su'
preme Court in the Virginia debt
cases last spring, said Mr.. Royal,
most of the State taxes had been
paid. The taxes of this year will
be due December 1, and Mr.. Royal
seems TO feel confident that many
of the taxpayers will tender cou-
pons in payment of these demands.
The legislature elected at the re,
cent election is of course pledged
to carry out the Riddleberger BILL
The dispatch might have added
that the last Legislature was so
pledged but they nevertheless so
legislated on the single question OF
drummers licenses as to throw the
whole debtsettlement back into the
Supreme Court that had, by s to l,
passed upon the constitrtionallty
of the Riddleberger BILL This
legislature will do more. They will
put none but dyed-in-the- wool fun
ders on the judiciary after January
lst-such as may be depended up
on to decide coupon cases against
the State, and then the food will
come. After this will come the cry
that it is all unconstitutional in the
opinion of "Our judges" and back
we 90 to 1879. The bourbon
pledges amount to nothing. The
money that came into this State to
corrupt the ballot was furnished by
bondhOlders, brokers and syndl-
Gates to defeat the debt settlement
and those who were elected by it
will be slaves to their masters as
soon as they get long enough and
far enough away from their con-
stituents.
1t is useless to say they will be
afraid. They will be told of their
obligation and made to understand
that money can carry them through
again. If by their legislation the
bondholder shall recover his $l3,-
900, 900, with all its accrued interest,
he can give 100000 of his $780,
900 interest on this S1S,OOO,oOO Of
stolen funds to carry the State for
bourbonism and plumber. The
above dispatch speaks out only
what we anticipated and we are by
no means surprised at it. There IS
trouble ahead for Virginia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

ain the United States Circuit
Court in Norfolk last week, Judge
Hughes presiding, the grand jury
presented bills of indictment for
misapplying the funds OF the sus-
pended Exchange National bank
against the following parties; John
b. Whitehead, president George
NJ. Balm, jr., cashier; Thomas A.
Balm and X. 4. X. BAN. Indict-
ments for false entry were present
ed against John b. Whitehead ,
George NJ. Balm, jr., Orlando Wind
sor aud &. L. Jenkins"
Il has been some months since
the defaults for which these men
are now indicted were made public,
but all of them being Of the best
people they coald not be touched
i'll after election.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

The Cincinnati Enquirer, the
greatest democratic paper of the
" Great West,D has the following in
the form of a special dispatch from
New York:
E" asked a Tammauy man to-day
how the President would respond
to the New York election.
we don't care a ll-n," he said.
awe are on top without bis aid.
lie has given Tammsny nothing
thus far, and it matters not If he
withhOlds favOrs during his entire
term. Cleveland could not be elect
ed to a constable's position by the
democrats in any corner of New
York"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

When Brown Allen was in this
county a great deal Of yelling was
done about "my brother.in.law."
This meant that Allen, while audi
tor. appointed his brOther-in-law,
Mr.. Hamilton, to collect the "spe-
cial tax - on the railroads. 1t now
develops that the treasurer OF
Staunton, who has been absent
sometime, is ascertained to be a
defanlter to the tune of $4,000.
We rather guess the StauntOnians
would prefer a brother-in-law to
an abscondiDg bourbon laden with
q cool fourteen thousand.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

Apropos OF the sudden death OF
General George b. McClellen, we
note that the New York Sun points
out a singular fact that Governor
Dewitt Clinton, Governor Silas
Wright, Governor William l..
Marcy, Governor and Chief Justice
Sanford f. Church, and Governor
r. L. Fenton, all of New York
State, dropped dead of heart dis
ease, and under quite identical
circumstances-each of them dying
while reading a letter except
Marcy, who was perusing Cow
pel's poems!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

The amenities of journalism do
not prevail to any considerable ex-
tent in Colorado. The Sweetwater
Gazette remarks: 'The mean NANCY
fraud, Dresser, who runs the vile
sheet across the alley is an idiotic
imbecile, a hOrse.thiefand a squaw,
and has no more soul than a horned
toad! To which the Sweetwater
Herald responds: 'The rantanker-
GUS, biscuit-heeled Smith is con-
temptible liar
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

Job. At least, this is the theory,
and circumstances bear ont. The
two negroes decoyed Hazlewood
into thicket in = lpaely locality,
and beat him 10 death. They rob-
bed the body, and then stripped it
stark naked and suspended it from
a tree, first tying hls legs and arms
with parts Of the dead mans shirt
lest he might not be quite dead and
release himself They they folded
his clothes upon tie TOP Of a stump
and fell. The body was fond about
two weeks aflerward. Warrants
have been issued for both Ander
son and Hauck, and the former is
now in Jail. A requisition has been
made on the Governor Of Ohio for
Hauck, and it is expected he will
be brought back.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

Governor Cameron is engaged ON
his message. Report says he will
treat largely of the public debt.
This viii be his last message, and
after his four years of experience
in his high Office We may look for a
frst-class State paper.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

Six years in the United States
Senate beats being Governor OF a
State for four years by long odds.
1t is "a big thing Don't be bash.
ful, We Bourbon statesmen. Go
n and winl WhoOp, Barbour
Houp la, Daniel Hurry up, Hun
ton Hurrah, Massey
Here are forty solid Republican
votes looking for u glorious patriot
who will not submit to Bourbon
caucuses nor Bosses
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

ticket of the national democrAcy IN
the Presidential campaign IN SSS.
Wash. cor Walrenton Virg.
The camp fires are burning and
the war is close 10 hanl. Two
years of such wriuglIug, with lie
ceitful legislation such as thcy
practiced before will give birth to
many big funrs.' We have beaten
the grumblers twice i'm four times
and will do il again.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

Shenandoah county pOlled 1872
votes for Blaine and Logan, and her
republican vote this fal is Poll, an
increase of 1S9 votes in a single
year, and yet there is not single
fraudulent or even illegal vote
charged against the party. No one
need be excited over the future Of
the party here. BOurbOnism cannot
always raise $1,000 for a single
county,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

The Virginia conference OF tne
Methodist Protestant churcn south,
in Petersburg, Va, adopted a con
stltution Tor an organization to be
called the "Preachers' Home AS
ISOLATION of the Virginia Confer
encc.r The board of managers
will consist of sixteen directors.
The object of the association Is TO
provide ZONES for the necessltons
superannuated preachers and their
families.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

The one hundred and third an
nual session OF the Virginia con
ference of the VI. Il. Church South
began in Petersburg, Va, Wednes
day, about 2l3 delegates being
present. Among the most lm'
portant matters which will come up
for consideration is the appoint
ment of delegates to the quadren-
NAL conference which meets III
May next in Richmond. The con
ference will also consider the prop
osition to drop the word "SouthZ IN
the present title of the body. The
movement, however, does not
seem to meet with q great deal OIL
favor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20

The New York Wor d says that
Ellen Terry introduced in this coun.
try the present fancy for short hair.
1t adds: One of Miss Terry's hus-
bands was very irascible fellow
aud to him primarily, perhaps, be.
longs the credit Of the Innovation.