Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-28


r. r. Powell has purchased the
far grounds at Culpeper, for 1850.
The Senate has appropriated
$4,000 additional to complete the
building at Harrisonburg.
A fellow in Michigan got very
angry at his wife, and to spite her
he shot himself. How much more
sensible this than shooting the wo-
man,
G. X. Lord, the General Pass
enger Agent, is said to be the best
paid officer of the Baltimore y
Ohio Railroad Company. His
salary is $4,000 a year.
The dates and places for the
Summer Normals this summer, as
far as decided upon, are for whites
-Farmville, June 9TH, and Salem,
Roanoke, in July; for cOlcred-
Petersburg, July LIST.
The jury in the Hastings Court
at Richmond found Charles Shaw,
the burglar, guilty of shooting Po-
lice Sergeant Brooks, and fixed his
punishment at eight years in the
penitentiary.
Senator Malone and Mr.. ID. A.
Windsor, expostmaster of Alexan-
dria, have purchased for S4S,OOO
the greater portion of square 673,
on North Capital street, between
L and VI streets, northwest, Wash
ingtOn.
The children OF a Massachusetts
man are trying to have the courts
pronounce their father insane be-
cause he has just paid $1,000 for
a second wife. According to the
Massachusetts view this is entirely
too high a figure for such an in
significant thing as a wife.
Counterfeit silver dollars of
1885 are in circulation. Besides
being of light weight, the coin is a
little thicker than the genuine.
The lettering is imperfect and
shallow, the letter CIV" of the word
"we7 in the legend, ain God we
trust being entirely filed up.
Eighty girls employed in an ink
mill in New York struck for a re-
duction of their working hours
and, to emphasize their protest,
they threw the foreman out Of the
window. Proof conclusive that
eighty girls are more'n a match for
foremen.
Some one says if you wish to
exterminate cut worms and save
your plants, the simplest and best
remedy is to sprinkle a little bran
around each plant; the VOTES
will feast on the bran which will
kill them, and leave the plants un-
harmed. This bran new sugges'
ton is simple and cheap.
Gen. Durbin Ward, who died in
Ohio, on Saturday, was a brave
soldier, but a poor politician. Fol
thirty years he sought election to
Office, and never was he successful
His only position was an appoint
ment as United States district at.
torney. He was a very able law
yer, and a strong adversary in de-
bate. His loss will be felt.
The Supreme Court of Appeals
at Richmond has decided that the
notes for premiums given by policy
holders in the Southern Mutual In
surance Company, are good anC
that the policy-holders are bound
for their payment. There are abOut
13J persons in Virginia who have
given such notes, and by the de
cision of the Court they will nov
be called upon to pay the same
with cost and interest.
John Thomas Gibson died Il
Preston county last week. 1t II
believed that he was a man Of con
siderable wealth. Notes aggregat
ing 1000 held by him against Ger
tain parties we're found after hi
death and it is positively STATED
that he has hid somewhere two
nail kegs full of money, mostly
gold. One man paid him $500 il
gold a short time since. Gibson
was eccentric in his habits.
The historical fresco in the DOM
of the capitol at Washington ha
been stopped-not because eithe
paint OF dome has given out bu
because there is not history enough
to 90 round. 1t is now simply
question either of less dome o
more history. Which ought it be
Employ a woman to solve tn
difficulty. She will give something
domestic, and her story will b
better than history.
The gubernatorial fight in Georg
ia is one of the most exciting pc
litical contests this country ha
had for many days. The candidate
General Gordon and Hon. A. @
DEMONSTRATED ont on Joint dc
bates, but so bitterly personal ant
dangerously vindictive have tn
discussions become that the part,
managers have stepped in and dc
clared these debates of. A
Augusta, the stronghold of Bacon
the audience Missed Gordon so tina
he could not conclude his speed
The peculiar thing about it is tina
a. 10 orf;roIx, a family hOht. hot