Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12

Inc New DIX itcI1Nu soy 20
"Gen. Butler is a lawyer who reads
the Bible constantly, and in court
calls every pretty girl on the wit
ness stand 'my darling
There is once in a while an ex-
ception to the rule that 1t is always
impossible to find a policeman. I'm
st. Louis, the other day, one was
find So for getting drunk.
The venerable Judge Poland, ex-
senator of Vermont, still wears
the old-time blue coat, brass but
tons, and buff vest that were the
delight of his earlier days.
Gen. Simon Cameron yesterday
entered upon his SSth year. The
veteran statesman is enjoying good
heath, and his mind is as active
and clear as it was a quarter OF a
century ago.
The st. Louis aldermen who went
to Dallas, Texas, to fight chickens
are now reported as being violently
apposed to the cruel pastime. They
bet and lost their money on the
main.
Books have been opened at
Martinsvile and at Roanoke, Va,
to receive private subscriptions to
the proposed Roanoke and South
ern Railroad. Henry county, 1t is
said, will subscribe 100000 in
bonds towards its construction.
The smoklng-tobaccO factory OF
the Knights of Labor, at Raleigh,
n. G.. commenced operations We'd
nesday. The first pound of tobac
co produced brought $50, and the
money was presented to st. Johns
Hospital.
At the next meeting Of the Liq-
nor Dealers Association Of Rich
mond, Va, cammittee appointed
for that purpose will report upon
the propriety of forming new
party in Virginia, to be known as
the "personal liberty party
Mr.. GladstOne's programme for
ireland is promised aboGt the LIST
OF April. 1t is now understood that
Irish home rule aud general polite
al and social reform measures for
England will be included in the
same bill.
All the trades journals are agreed
in the opinion that much OF the idle
labor OF the country is being grad
ually absorbed in mills and iacto'
ries. In some sections Of the couu-
try increasing mining operations Is
also giving employment to many
heretofore idle men.
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Among the callers on Mildred
Lee, when at Louisville recently
we're many Federal and Conteder-
ate officers of every rank. a
Louisville paper adds, with some
show Of surprise, that there were
also present at the reception three
Confederate privates. 1t thought
all the privates were dead.
Among other things a Japanese
bookseller advertIses that his books
are as elegant as a singing gi1lj ;
that goods are dispatched as ex-
peditiously as a cannon ball, and
that parcels are done mp with as
much care as that bestowed on her
husband by a loving wife.
Mr.. W. II. Henshaw, States at
torney of Martinsburg, W. Na7
died from the effect Of severe
cold and fever. The deceased was
Il years old, and was we'll known
as one of the prominent democrats
of West Virginia.
The position Of woman i'll the
Korean social economy is IA strange
one. From her birth to her seventh
year she enjoys her freedom at
seven years Of age she is shut up
"a seclusion to last her Rife. While
she lives in her fathers house no
man save he and her brothers may
look upon her after she has gone
to her husbands's only he and her
father.in-law ever see her. No
such monkey business as the above
would SUIT or 80 down with an
American girl.