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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
Carter Harrison on CiYII-SerVcs Reform.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.--The sub
Isct OF discussion at the Nineteenth
Century Club meeting tonight was
"MGnicipal Government" Mayor
Carter Harrison, Of Chicago. was
resent. and discussed the question.
Tie had no patience with civll.ser.
yicrIe.orm theories.
Mr. Harrison said that Chicago
nas we'l governed. especially under
it> present mayor Laughter.I
You folks down here,n be contIn.
ucd. "dou't like anything English.
and $50 yon have taken mp civll.Ser.
vice reform, bat that won't help
you. am "a pretty fair man, and
have seen uO use for IL i'm Chica-
go. Nil the, can find to say against
DO Is ihat / let the gamblers live.
TIE newspapers tell You though
that ! ana demag0gue and an
ceoiisr. Well, | do like to lead the
people ligh, and / am an egotist.-
] know newspaper men are brilliant
wIi'rfs-manl Of them fully as able
ass AddisOn-bHt know nearly all
81 them IN the country, aud there
are not more than Two OF the whole
lot who would not ruin any great
city in "a year il they were the may
or All OF them togethe: could not
govern Chicago as well as the pres
emit mayor. 4 city is an aggrega-
lion for business purposes, aud the
business Of city government is 10
protect The people SO that they can
1--we in peace and make money.
Oar city government is better than
yours becauseve govern ourselves
EXPlc,ident Andrew ID White.
of Cornell University, thought New
York was the worst governed city
in the world, and said Tweed hal
1ut back Republican government
iu Europe for years. lie thought
city government shOnld be carried
ON from a business rather than from
Q political point Of view. He
thought the mayor should have .
more power, and that aldermen
should be elected on general .
icket. Pr0pcrty-owuers should
.on'rol city. He Endorsed civil.
crNice reform.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
TOO FAR FROM THE PEOPLE.

If anything were necessary to
show how far the American people
have departed from the ideas Of
their ancestors on European soil,
respecting the claims Of heredity in
politics, the career of Charles
Francis Adams would tell the
story. The son and grandson Of
American Presidents, passing his
childhood amid the most arIstO.
cratic associations possible in the
young republic, his early manhood
in the White House, and his later
years in such activities, public and
private, as his wealth and his &C.
quaintance with men of note
naturally drew him into, he was,
according to any old world stan
ard, an uncOmmOnly eligible cand-
didate for presidential hOnOrs. Yet
the very qualifications which should
apparently have stood him in good
stead operated rather as a bar to
the attainment of his ambition.
Too many years Of social elevation
above the mass Of his fellOw.citi-
zens had untitled him for that warm
and friendly approach which they
in a man Of conspicuous
gifts. His mind was Of states
mould, his record was
and his high notions Of
personal honor would have been a
sufficient assurance Of the clcanli-
ness Of his administration but
the people felt that, though OF
them, he was not with them,
and they turned for their Presi.
lents to class Of men whose
traditions were less
notable, and whose early training
IN humble life had sharpened the
sympathetic side Of their naturee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

The CoWiey-JoWph says that
"Blaine may be the devil, but he
isn't a hypocrite." This would seem
to imply that Senator EdmuDds is
a hypocrite, an Implication which
the circumstances Of his recent
meeting with Mr.. Blaine fully jus.
tify. Mr. Edmund's action in sim.
ulating a sincere pleasure in meet
ing the man whom he had publicly
as an unfit man moral
~ for the presidential Office was
thoroughly bypOcritieal and Mr..
Blaine did right to despise bis adj
vances.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
Opposed 10 Prohibition.

The New York star Yesterday
published two col0mns Of extracts
from letters received by the recent.
ly incorporated Unconstitutional De.
fence Association whose object is
to organize opposition TO prohlb
ton. Among the extracts are the
following:
Richard Yauy, of Philadelphia :
IL Go NOT consider intemperancr az
% crime. because, if this were 50, all
mebriafes would bc criminals -
Sow. the fact is than criminals are
made 30 by other causes. and they,
like tine lest of mankind. may nor
use liquor"
Rev. Henry Ward Beccher: "The
more brains men have and the more
brain work, The more they are apt
Cd hc addicted 20 some form of sIm.
uiants, milder or sevrrcr, and only
now and then can yOu End u man
of brains who is absolutely simple
in his habits. drinking water and
eating bread and meat or vegeia.
hlcs, nor among them do we find
the most robust, the most absolute.
is industrious, nor the most per.
sistently accomplishing specimens
O. men,"
Philadelphia Rector Of the Prot.
estaut Episcopal Church: Count
me in the ranks Of the Constitu.
tioual Association. which is just
the kind OF organization / aud 9th.
ers nave Hoped to see established.
With pruIcncc. caution and energy
10 can accomplish great things, ana
much national benefit will result
from los labOgs If prosecuted on The
lines laid down in the prospectus.
Iis wil. that "a metropolitan joarn.
ID SO widely circulated as the Nf0r
has opened lis columns 10 those
who would preserve the liberty of
the citizen, while they desire the
greatest COOL Of the greatest num-
ber."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
The Other Man Got More Votes. "


Washington ~nr.l
Representative Clhcll. of Nir
GINA, is in the city 10 20 star re-.
porter he said when ! lm ask.
ed how was beaten, | reply that
the other man got more votes than
| did"
wBut there was Il marked falling
of in the democratic Vote" sug
geSted the reporter.
"Oh, yes ;all over the state. II
was unprecedented Why, in Dan.
iers district, where the vote is 5000
more than in nine. onr canlidltc
got a smaller vote than WIS east
for me
eyes, it was Deliberate. The
people were dissatisfied because
the democrats had not done any
thing with the internal revenue
question and because wc did not
give them the Blair educational
bill. They thought the democratic
party had not treated them right,
and they did not turn oui to vote.
But" he added, "thc democratic
voters are all there yet
REPRESENTATIVE GIBSON LAYS o. oN rur
ADMINISTRATIONS.
Representative Gibson of West
Virginia, who heard the convcrsa-
ton, said ; "Our vote fell OIL every
where. It was not indifference. IT.
was rebellion. There's no use for
an army to throw down its arms
and undertake TO capture am organ
lied, well.drilled enemy. II can't
be done. The administration has
destroyed our organization, and
two years more Of such work viii
not leave enough to constitute
mob
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

President Cleveland has appoint
ed a woman notary public in
Washington. Mayor Grace, of
New York, following his example,
has appointed two women on the
board of education of that city.
Such vagaries were once confined
to Northern prohibitionists and re-
pubIlcans, but New York demo.
Gratis, with the exception of the
Tammany men, have lost their old
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
OOMuIsSIOVrp,s Orrlcl

HONNiSSl OFFICE,
- Woodstock, Va. Nov. ., l--6
To Saml Fravel, almr Of Catherine
Painter, decd. Compit and Geo. ulo,lar
suryg. Ex'r OF Henry llollar 81. decd,
and in his own right Joseph liollar, Rcu-
ben Goldman and Rehecca his wife. Abram
Reedy. admr. of John llolar. decd. and
in his own right and Catherine bis wife.
VIM. Ilollar, Ellen Hoilar widow Of Jno.
llollar. decd. Ellen iloiar widow Of Geo.
II. llollar, and. lloilar her infant child.
VIM. H. Nighfman. sheriff. COM admr.
of OWN. llOi'ar. decd, Moilie llollar,
decd, Joseph llolar, decd. Geo. N.
lIOiiar, dce'd.. and Jefferson iiDiiar, deo'd.)
Perry iioilar, VIM. noilar, Jno. loilar,
VIM Christian and Isabella bis wife. ".
H. Riley and Sarah N. Dis wife. ". II.
koouiz aul Barbara A. hi. wife. and Jno.
Ship and Elizabeth hisNiIr. heiis at law
OF John =. llolllr, deed.
iou are hereby notified that have fixed
upon iHe llth dIy of December next. be-
tween the hours offs O'Clock, A. VI. aud
o'clock, T. NJ 10 fair. II not. on the next
fair day thereafter, l>Inday eXeepfed) 20
take ami settle al my Office, the accounts
!. To reform and rcstttc the accounts
heretofore stated under decree Of Dec. ~.
l-s1, $50 Tar 20, may become necessary from
the evidence produced before me. which
decree required !. Who are now tle
owner, aud holders ct the real .st.,te
devised. pIriiuoncl aud changed ~ In
the bill and proceedings mentioned. ,,
The accounts of fhe respective charges on
the same ana who are entitled ID receive
the money SOD charged. g. What personal
estate ii any there be OF tle said Henry
lloIlar ir. WIN. ll0llar and Jos Hollar,
decd, tAa. can Doe ar should Doe applied 10
the payment of said charges boz favor of
the SAID daughters of said Henry HOllar,
ST., decd, and that the conn. do also
state settle and adjust the execntorial ae-
counts eff said Adam Painter. eX'r. Of
Elizabeth liol.ar decd. widow of Henry
llo.llr, ST.. decd. :. That said comr. in
eNceutinE thIs decree shall taLe rs plima
idcir corect the account taken In this
cansc by cOmr. John Haas, anl which
have been filed amongst the papers OF
this causc. D, That ..id conn shall re-
port anA other matter he NAV d.rm peril.
neni and proper 0r any panty h.ieto NAV
require; lclHird 90 be taken DO. tbs de-
cree ol Shenandoah Circuit Coult nder.
eel on the----day OF Sept. l--6, lu a suit
in chancery depending in said couri be-
tween Catherine Painters admr. Xc..
Complis. and H0llar's eX'r. &c, Dens.
and ID ifom any cause the taking of said
accounts shall not be commenced, or hay-
ny been commenced should not De COM
pietcd on that day, the taking Of the
Same will be adjourned from day TO day,
DR. from place 10 place, until the same are
taken and completed.
Given under my hand As Commissioner
in chaucery of the said court. at my office
N said county the day and year first
aforesaid.
p. w. MAGRUDER.
Nov. l2-iw. WINS. & Bro. p. q.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
The Debt QuesliOn----asscM
bling Oh the Legislature. Etc.
Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Ca
Zettc.

Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Ga.
zettc.
RICHMOND, VA, Nov. 19.-The
fact that in some Of the cites in
the state coupons will be used TO a
certain extent in the payment of
taxes, and to "A more limited extent
in a few Of the counties, is the sub.
iect of much discussion here. The
amount of coupons thus used Will
not cripple the state tins winter,
but it is feared that the example
thus set will be followed In the
spring and so many of them chen
be used as to deprive the state OF
the revenue necessary 10 its exist
ence.
The reports will show that after
the payment Of the expenses Of the
state there Kill remain but little
over 1900 applicable to the pay.
ment of interest upon the debt.
Two alternatives are presented
The increase Of taxation, or the set.
Element Of the Riddlcberger BILL
Prominent men here from all see.
tons of the state say that AN in.
creased rate will not be tolerated,
and would be overwhelmingly de-
feated at the polls; and that the
latter proposition--to enforce the
provisions of the Riddlebergcr bin
will be best for the Democratic
party and the bondholders. IL is.
therefore, believed that ana extra
session of the Legislature will bel
called about the LIST Of Jaruary to
consider the debt question and the .
revision Of the Code.
At this session there will be Sev-
eral schemes presented for the en-
fOrcement of the settlement oflSSl,
prominent among which Will be
one reducing state taxation TO %
very small sum-tOO small for the
use OF cOIpOns-and putting the
burdens upon the cities and COM
ties that is, assessing the taxes
upon them, and letting them coll
Iect for the state There is no
loubt of the fact that in large see.
lions Of the state where coupons .
are not, or cannot be used, the peO-
pie have been so much irritated by
seeing the state dragged before The
Federal courts, that a spirit OF all.
iolute population has taken hold
If them Grmly. From all that can
10 gathered hero the present Leg.
stature and state officials are fixed
II their purpose to uphold the pres
mt debt law, 1t is generally be-
ieyed that the shadowy outline Of
settlement suggested 10y the bond
folders is not practicable az the
resent rate OF taxation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

Hon. Thomas II. Dudley, a cit
lien OF Camden, New Jersey, but
at present residing at No. 1924
Spruce street, Philadelphia, has
brought suit against United States
Senator William J. Sewell, for 1926,
600 damages, for "certain false,
scandalous, malicious, and defama.
tory Words alleged to have been
uttered by Senator Sewell at q
meeting held at the Republican
headquarters during the late cam
paien. A writ from the New Jer-
sey Supreme Court was served 10y
Deputy Sheriff Wooster on Senator
Sewell in Camden last Thursday.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

Mr.. Fairchild, Assistant SecTe-
tary OF the Treasury, has notified
all parties interested in the ques-
ton, whether iron ore is dutiable
with or without the moisture con-
tanned in it, that a hearing will
be granted to them at the Treasury
Department at 10 o'clock, \. NJ,
on Tuesday, the 9TH day of Decem-
Der. We are glad that the
Treasury Department has granted
this hearing. There is certainly
another side to this case than that
presented by the importers. Amer
lean interests will now have some
thing to say. There are two iron
ore associations in this country,
each Of which will be represented
at the hearing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

Southwest Virginia is keeping
pace with The industrial develop.
ment in the much. lady ertised Birm-
ingham section. The mineral lands
are in demand, and the mining and
manufacturing companies are very
busy. A new furnace is about to
be built in Pulaski, and all the
furnaces in operation in the South
west are said to be making money.
The iron works on the line of the
Chesapeake and Ohio are also in a
most prosperous condition, and
in Richmond prosperity is the
rale.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
FRIDAY. DEG. 3, 1856.

The aged German Emperor, in
his address to the Reichstag, rec
Ommends an increase of the stand
ing army, as Indispensable to Ger
man security. That is to say, he
eounsels increased preparation for
war in order to preserve peace
This policy Of preserving peace is
on a par with a certain country
constable's style of preserving or
der. After sOundly thrashing two
or three obstreperOus individuals
in attendance upon the Magistrates
Court, he publicly announced his
determination to keep order "if he
had to lick the hull darn crowd
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
not plume yourself upon if2
G. $. d.
The TnlpcnnlEg lrl.l..

In our last issue We attempted to
place before our readers some rr'-
sous why they should NOS buy con.
pons with which 20 pay lhoir taxes
due the state. SIZE cudodr0ucd fH
show that in buying them our tdx-
payers would be- opening mp The
whole debt question again. Since
that article was written, 70 banker
Of Richmond, employed by The
bOndhOlders, has been In HARRISON
burg and established an agency for
the sale Of coupons. IL. +. Sullivan
was made the agent here. and by
an advertisement published in She
Spirit ofHc VdiicA and by hand
bills posted cOnspicuously and seat
tered broadcast, every effort is be-
ing used to induce our pcop.o 10
buy thcm-up0n the sole ground
that they can make something this
gcU by so doing. Oh course this
agency will do all I'm its power to
make sales. as they are allowed
heavy commissions. aud they hayc
gone into the matter for the pun
pose Of specializing. We under
stand ana have no doubt OF the
correctness Of the statement. that 20
similar agency has been established
in every county in the state. This
shows that the bOndhOidcrs nave
determined to make a trcmcndOu.
and final appeal to the mcrrenaW
instincts OF our people, In The hope
that thus they may be induced 20
give up everything they have gain
ed during all these years of a9Ita.
ton Of the debt question for the
sake of the few dollars they may
make mar. How far they will >uc-
ceed, remains TO be seen. one
thing is certain: upon the success
or failure Of this scheme Of the
bOndhoidcrS, depends the success
or failure Of the state debt settle
ment. If coupons are bought in
any considerable quantities ihe
state treasury will be baukrup'od.
the schools will again be crippled,
the elcemOsynary institutions ~ the
state will be without finds, aud the
taxes will necessarily have 90 be in-
creased or else these public bcuc.
factions will be stopped. When we
have warned our people of these
things, We feel that we have done
all that our duty requires at orr
hands. The question can only Doe
decided by the taxpayers. II obey
will buy coupons, as they unquos-
tionably have the legal right to do,
they alone will have the con>c-
quences to Tear. We feel that The
crisis is upon us-this i5 the su-
preme moment, as il were. with
Virginia in regard to this matter.
If our people desire to be the slaves
Of these bOndholders, all they have
to do IS to buy their couponS-saye
the few dollars made by the trans
action this year, and next year
should the bondholders demand
all, they will have no right to COM
plain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
GTATE OF VIRGINIA,

- Comfy Of Shenandoah, = =
BE 70 hHOrn 10 IN NeR,
That the Military Bounty Land War
rant, numbered 2j603, for l6J acres. issued
under the act of March Bird, 1865, m favor
Of Anthony willard, was DESTROYED by the
burning of his property during the late
rebellion, in the month Of October. 1864.
and that intend TO make application for
a duplicate Bounty Land Warrant for like
tenor to DO issued in lieu thereof, at
Washington, D. c.
Given under my hand this 22d day of
Nov 1856, as Admr. Of estate of Anthony
Willard, decd. FREDERICK FOLTZ.
Nov. 2O-Owl Administrator,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
LYNCHBURG, VA,
Nov. II, 1886.
II Mc Lnachbnrn Adrance :

Ia the LychbUy Adrdnce
Why don't you come out squarely
and claim the credit OF Republican
victory in Virginia, like Mr.. Bar
bour does ? You certainly did what
YOU could to bring it about. lou
have been assiduous IN your efforts
to satisfy the people that they had
done an mdlscreet thing, an I'M.
Democratic thing, an un.American
thing, in putting the present adj
minsiration In power, You have
viliGcd and abused the system OF
civil service reform to which the
present administration was pledged
and to which it owed It's election,
in way that Mr.. Blaine hardly
darcs to do.
You have done all in your power
TO persuade the people that the
course of the administration ought
not to be endorsed. You ought to
be proud of your success. Why
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

Ex-senator, and Representative
elect Buckalew, Of Pennsylvania,
says he "thinks President Cleve-
lands democracy might be a little
more violent Mr.. Buck alew is
an emiuently conservative demo-
crat. If he talks IN this way, it IS
no wonder 50 many Of the work
ing democrats in Philadelphia
wouldn't go TO the polls at the
recent election.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
Stick 10 The Facis.

The agents OF the bondholders in
this place, in their eagcruess 90 in-
duce our taxpayers TO bay coupons
in order that they may speculate
off the states misfortunes, are de-
claring that in Richmond and 81 .e-
where all the large property owners
are buying them in order tO use
them in paying their taxes To
show that this is not correct, az
least so far as the city of Richmond
is concerned, we give the following
from the Richmond Dispatch OF
Saturday last. Mr. TIu>lry. is the
Treasurer of Richmond. and there.
fore his statement is bound 30 Doe
authoritative:
From Mr. Tinsicy thc Dispatch
learns that tie amount OF coupon.
received by him last year WAS $751;
600 under the Riddlebcrgcr bill
These were paid mostly by citizens
OF Richmond and forpropcrfy taxes.
This year ne has had so far about
$50, 900 in tenders of coupon, tor
licenses, and about $1,000 100 ten.
ders Of coupons for property taxes.
Of the license taxes this ycarthcle
were rendered In roand numbers
about $50. 000-hy non residents OF
Richmond, SlS.OOO; by residents ol
Richmond, $4,000.
Those who rendered the $4,000
were mostly drummors of northern
and western houses, who offered .
the coupons in payment Of licenses. .
and who, considering that The H. /
cenSes were paid by such tender, /
are now probably prosecuting their /
business. SO. from these figures il T
appears that Hc citizens ~ Eici- /
mORd are not tnis year using half
the amount Of coupons that they
lid last wear.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

Forty odd halds killed and in.
ured in mine explosion at Wilkes
barre, Pa, last week.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

Secretary Whitney of the Navy
gave each employee in in bis De
partment a Thanksgiving turkey.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

LYNcnBuRG, Va. Sept. 9j-An
Adrdncc special from Christians.
burg says: Gen. Jas. 4. Walker
closed the sale Of his large mineral
property to-day to Bullet IS Co.. the
recent purchasers of the Foster
Fails property. lie also sold the
mineral property known as Cave
till,in the same vicinity toa North
err syndicate No price stated.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03
Paying in Coupons.

"According to the collector of
state taxes at Richmond, S33, 900
in c0upors have been rendered him
so far this year in payment Of H.
cenSc and taxes. He refused 10 re.
cciye them. but will not levy for the
collection of the dnes in money. So
that much, in Richmond alone, has
been thrown away mp to the pres.
ent time this year; for the tender
oi coupons, according to the deci.
sion of the highest court IN the
land, is equivalent to the payment
Of state dues, whether the coupons
bn received or not.n-IIcraRd,'ia
Go-eiic.
Now, it, appears to us that those
who paid their $4,000 taxes in
coupons placed themselves IN
most unenyiablc light in so far as
regards patriotism and strict integ-
rlty. In the first place, if they
bought their coupons they only
PAID some fifty cents on the dollar
Tor them. So that they are merely
specializing on the poverty and
deprecated currency OF their own
mother state. If they borrowed
those coupons from their neighbor
Tor tender, as the most of them no
doubt did, then they did not pay
anything at all for them, nor have
they paid any taxes. Consequent
~ thoy have eyaded the payment |
OF all of their dues, and the state |
is deprived of its revenue by this /
piece Of iegardemaine.
The moral Of this story is very /
easily read by every one. Those I
who, by this dodge, pay no taxes at
all, certainly has no right to com
plain if Virginia repudiates every
dollar of her debt. They have re.
pudiated all of their taxes by the
tender Of other peoples coupons
when they don't own a state bond
IN the world, and Of course should
not complain if the state should
seek TO compromise its debt at what
il is able tO DAY i'm GOOD money.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

Col Jno. 5. Mosby has begun u
lecture season at Boston.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-03

From the Baltimore sam.
The Debt Question in Virginia.
The Abingdon YUglRidR express