Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-23

Inc Only IccluSnOS WIZ WIZ
never in Congress are Washington,
Taylor, Grant, Arthur and Cleye-
land.
The number of deaths by the
cyclone at st. Cloud, Sank Rapids,
Mnn., and vicinity so far are "A.
The injured number 2l3.
The modest and innOcent-lOok-
ing kerosene oil can isstill getting
in its work. 1t was used to kindle
a fire in Pittsburg on Sunday, and
the result was a loss of 100000.
Senator Jones is against the
Presidents civil service policy. If
Jones knew what civil service was,
he would quit prosecuting that
poor girl in Detroit and go to
Washington. 1t would be the most
civil service he ever did.
a queer boycott is going on in
Greensboro, Ga. At the local option
election there the town went "wet,
but number of regular drinkers
worked for Prohibition. Now, the
barkeepers have combined and
won't sell them a drink.
A foolish statstician has taken
the trouble to calculate that had
Mr.. Vanderbilt lived thirty-hve
wears longer be would have been
worth two billions of dollars. But
he did not-he could nOt-sO where
is the use Of figuring out the sum
simultaneously with the report
that Mr.. Cleveland contemplates
matrimony in June comes a tale
from Macon, Ca, to the effect that
Secretary Lamar has gone South to
marry tho widow of Gen. VIM.
Holt. The Cabinet council is to
be increased.
Sonator Jones, of Florida, is still
lingering at Detroit, and laboring
under the hallucination that he is
making love. 1t is charitable to
suppose that the man is out of his
mind. Certainly, no thoroughly
sane person would act so toOliShly,
and keep up his folly so persist
emily.
Anna Belle Langan, the nine
years-old girl who has been fasting
for forty-seven days at Lacrosse,
Wis, is said to be still strong and
lively. She has an adherence for
food and refuses to eat. She looks
we'll and weighs about G5 pounds
The doctor hopes to bring her out
all right.
Prof. Foster, of Leavenworth,
HANS, says that during the great
storm period from April % to % a
hurricane will sweep from the Gulf
up the southeast Atlantic coast,
and that about the same time a cold
wave will appear in the Northwest
and run down into the Southern
States.
1t is affirmed on Democratic au-
thority that the wealthiest farmer
in Virginia pays three thousand
dollars taxes, and pays it all in
coupons. OF course he is a Demo
crat, and is one of the men Gov.
Lee calls on to meet, form himself
into a hollow square and defend
the State with bayOnets against
the army of coupons.
Guiteau's sister and her husband
are both ruined by the division he
brought about between them. Mrs.
Seoville is living in poverty in
Chicago upon the frugal alimony
paid her by her former husband,
while the latter is struggling unsuc-
cessfully in his profession, and
making barely enough to pay her
alimOny and live himself.
The election on local option in
Botetourt county, last Friday, re-
suited in a majority Of 357 in
favor of granting a license for the
sale Of liquor. The first city to
vote on the same question will be
fredericksburg, where the election
will be held on the 22d instant,
and on the Goth Richmond and
Lynchburg will vote.
The present Cabinet is one Of
heavy weights. The President
weighs over 300 pounds. Mr..
Manning at the time of his attack,
weighed 33j. Mr.. Garland and
Mr.. Lamar are both large men,
weighing over 200 pounds each.
Messrs. Bayard and Endicott,
though tall, are rather spare. They
each tip the scale at about 200,
while Messrs. Whitney and Villas
will each mark about l75 pounds.
All our deceased Presidents,
though their graves are widely
separated Save Taylor's and
Grants, are buried in the States
in which they resided at the time
of their election. Virginia holds
five of acknowledgment, Jeffer-
SOD, Madison, Monroe and Tyler;
Tennessee three-Jackson, Polk
and Johnson; Massachusetts, two
John Adams and John Quincy
Adam, father and son; New York
three-Van Buren,, Fillmore and
Grant; Ohio two-HarrisOn and
Garfield; New Hampshire one
Pierce; Pennsylvania One-Buch-
anan; Illinois one Lincoln; Ken
tnckv one-TaylOr.