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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-12

TIE President desired to attend the
funeral Of General Hancock, bat nnds
10 impossible for him to do 90. The
Cabinet will be repres by Score
bearer; Secretary Eadioott, and posi-
siy one or too others. Secretary Whit
uey will not be able IN attend, but will
detail . number of officers to represent
the Navy.
Cabinet Neeting.
The Cabinet meeting today vas de-
voted TO the consideration OF the silver
question aud the anti Csinese riots IN
Washington Territory.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-12

GEO. vEMA6lE SMITH,
4 TTORS ROOMS
y and Poncin building. Front street
seattle. v +. VIII practice In al the
Courts Of the Territory and In the Land
Ctf4ra. s~tN
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-12
Grant Recon- mended.

The House Committee on Public
Lsnds at a special meeting this after
noon agreed to declare q forfeiture of
the Northern Pacific Railway land grant
~ TO all lands lying opposite that part
Of the line which Was demonstrated on
the 4th Of July, 1879, the date on which
the COMMITTEES eonstrues the granting
act 90 expire. They except from the op
GRAFTON of the forfeiture act the right
Of way Of she company to the lands
Necessary to It's operation. all lands now
within city, town or village sites, and
all lands purch ssed in good faith from
the railroad company by actual settlers,
not exsaeding 31 acres 10 any one case.
In a asse where q settlers purchase ex
ceeded 80 acres, be will ne allowed one
year in which to select therefrom tract
Of 80 acres and TO make proof before
the local land OH V. An amendment
Vas incorporated IN the bill reducing
the price of government lasds within
the grsnt n 81 u per acre.
p. ..
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-12
PROFESSIONAL.

j. r. q n. 81. LEWIS,
4 TT0RSEYS AT LAW. OFFICE-
"A Buffers building. room 4 and s.
James StreeS Opposite Occidental Hotel.
seattle W r
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-12
MISCELLANEOUS

EpNryB PICK Prest Fl. II. GALUsrA
d a BoARDMAS. Treas. SEC. and sup
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
Cyclone on the Eastern Shore.

ONANCoCK, Va, Nov. 1.-Newi
has reached here of a violent anC
destructive cyclone that sweep
over a part of this country neal
Lemont several nights ago, over
turning houses and fences, and
doing considerable damage to the
people Of that section. Edward
Write, a well-known citizen, who
was away from home at the time,
had his house completely demolish'
ed by the storm. The roof was
first taken of and blown entirely
away. The body of the house was
next moved from its foundation
and set down seven or eight feet
from where it had stood. As the
house was moving from its founda.
lions all the chimneys fell, some of
the bricks falling in bed where
a young man was sleeping, but,
fortunately, he escaped unhurt. In
q short while the house was torn
to shreds, but all the occupants
escaped unhurt through a window,
the only means of egress. Anoth.
or man named Wright, who lived
close by, had his house, a large
new one, moved five or six inches
and seriously damaged. Large
trees were uprooted AID fences
swept away. The direction of the
storm was from southwest to north
east, and its track varied from
fifty to a hundred yards, and ex-
tended not more than two miles in
length. This is the second cyclone
that has occurred here this fall, the
first having passed through this
town on the 18th OF September.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

land administration repudlate the
Mugwump in time to save its stand
ing with the Democratic party !
/ Will it disavOw obedience to the be-
hests of the few cheap pretenders
to superior political virtue, who,
while scornfully disclaiming con
nection with the Democratic party,
yet boast power 10 control "A Demo
cratic adminlslratiOn-tbe Onl Y
Democratic administration placed
IN power ia - quarter of a century -!
When the Republican party un-
loaded itself Of Mr.. George William
Curtis and his followers, who said
then and say now that the Demo
cratic party had neither decent as
piTatiOns nor patriotic purposes, it
is doubtful if the Democracy gained
valuable recruits. They got the So
called Civil-Service Reform cOterie
of abstractiOnists and doctrinares,
and the Republicans got rid of that
disturbing element of self-righteOus
pretenders. The Civil.Service of
the country reforms itself just as
the country advances in WISDOM
Let both parties give the apostles
of self-righteousness a wide berth.
Reform in public administration
will come just as the people shall
demand it, and they will see the
need of it before the politicians
think that the people are thinking
of it at all.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
Railroad Cars and a Bridge Destroyed

AS a West-bound freight train
on the Cincinnati, Washington and
Baltimore X. r., was about to cross
a bridge near Guysville, about
twenty miles from Parkersburg,
w. Va, Thursday night, a COW at.
tempted to cross the track, aud
being thrown under the cars, de.
rallied the entire train, with the ex.
ception of the engine and two coal
cars. The cars were on the bridge
before they left the track and went
crashing down into the river below.
Seventeen tank cars, filed with
oil, Immediately ignited, causing q
terrible conhagration. The fire
was so intense that the stone piers
soon gave way and the bridge fell,
spreading the burning oil until the
Hooking river was a continuous
fame tor a quarter of mile. All
of the cars and the bridge, fogeth.
err with considerable tiuiber, were
destroyed. The loss on the bridge,
is $40, 600; on the oil, $4,000; and
the cars about $4,000. The wreck
has caused serious delays to trains.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

Another editor has been i'm
prisoned for criticising Bismarck
The best was for a German editOI
to crit Use the gruff Old Chancellor
is to come to the United States and
do it here.
Philadelphia girls are making
their grandparents turn in their
graves by wearing mems derby
hats on Chestnut street. Before
long, we fear, Philadelphia will be-
come as wicked as New York.
Miss Ellen Sprague Stager,
youngest daughter of General
Stager, OF Chicago, is to be mar
RED to Lord James Arthur yelling.
ton Foley Butler, presumptive he'll
to the Marquis of Ormond. She
is about twenty years older.
"The coming event. at the White
House limited at by Washington
ladies could not come soon enough
to affect the Congressional elections
to any visible extent. There is no
telling how much the Democratic
strength in the House might have
been increased by the announce.
ment a few days before election of
the presence of whOpping boy
baby in the White House, who had
come to stay.
Is there not just little danger
that plain people will weary of the
toadyism that calls for special
provision for keeping President
Cleveland from contact with the
multitude when going to or from
the railway station 7 Perhaps we
shall next hear of his having the
"divinity that doth hedge a king"
Andrew Jackson, when President
rode on horseback along the Valley
pike, and "A gentleman still living in
Woodstock, takes pleasure in tell
ing of the cordiality and simplicity
of his manners in intercourse with
the people.
Cardinal Gibbons wrote a letter
to the Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts, In
which he acknowledged the receipt
of an invitation to attend the I'M.
yelling of the Statue Of Liberty,
and added: 81 thank you very
much for Jour kind invitation, and
regret that l cannot accept it, as |
am to be present at meeting OF
the Archbishops of the United
States to be held in this city on the
day of your celebration. Allow
me, however, to say that I rejoice
with my fellow.citizens throughout
the Union at the erection Of this
noble monument, which will be
another reminder of the ties which
bind us to France, our faithful
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

A Chambersburg Pa, special
November ., says: DR.. Crawford, a
young lady homeopathic physician
OF Chambersburg, publicly horse
whipped Mr.. Henry Heefner on Zone
of the public streets of the town
last evening. Miss Hill, a young
sister of DR.. Crawford's partner,
claims that on several occasions,
as she has been going aud return
ing to Wilson's college, Heefner
has insulted her. Last evening
Miss Hill met Heefner on the street
when he stepped up to her. Dr.
Crawford, who was Immediately in
the rear, jumped, caught Heefner
by the arm and administered sew.
eral severe cuts upon his face and
neck with a cOw-bide. Heefner
ran and Miss Hill was taken home
bv DIR. Crawford. The event was
witnessed by a crowd and caused
considerable excitement. DR.. Craw-
ford is a young and rather pretty
brunette, who is a native OF the
country and of a respectable family.
She has practiced in Chambersburg
for three years and has a large prac'
tice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
Indiana Goes Republican
THE HOUSE or REPRESEN-
TATIVES IN DOUBT.

In Virginia the Democrats met
with a Waterloo. In West Virgin
ia the Republicans have gained
congressman, in North Carolina
two OF more, in Kentucky at least
two, and in Illinois Mr.. Morrison,
the great tariff relormer, is defeat
ed. There have been decided Re-
publican gains also in Pennsylvan-
ia, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and
Connecticut. In New Jersey the
legislature is a tie, with a labor del
egate holding the casting vote.
The next house of Representatives
will be very close, with the chance,
from present indications, of a bare
majority for the Democrats. Mr..
Carlisle, the present Speaker Of the
House, is thought to be defeated
in Kentucky, and ifnot, he is elect
ed by so small a majority as to re-
Quire the official count to determine
the fact.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
EVENTS ACROSS THE WATER.

In ireland the Tories are trying
to walk softly, as they see that they
will hurt themselves by proceeding
10 eXtremi,ies with the tenants
The landlords of the Southwest
hailed the arrival of Gen. Butler on
the suppOstion that he and his
soldiers were to he at their beck
and call whenever they chose to 90
about the work OF evicting the peo.
pie. But he has issued circular an.
nonncing that he must be the Judge
OF any particular case, as to wheth.
or it is a proper one for the employ
meDt of the troops. As every case
of eviction is technically lawful,
this must mean that he intends to
discriminate between cases in which
eviction is justifiable, and those in
which it is not. And such a dis
tinction is gratifying to the Nation
alists rather than the landlords.
Another gain for the League is
found in the refusal of the Irish
Board of Works to proceed upon
the assumption that lands in the
West of Ireland are worth fifteen
times the legal rent as fixed by the
land courts. Some of the evicting
landlords are anxious to borrow
money of the Board for the improve
ment Of their lands as large farms
and the like. But the Board do
clines to treat these lands as worth
anything like so much as the ten
ants have been asked to pay for
land in the various schemes for
buying the landlords out. The
League always has denounced these
schemes as demanding excessive
prices and the highest government
authority on the subject now con.
firms its estimates.
Besides these two concessions to
their claims, the Home Rulers are
gratIfed to see their number in
Parliament brought up again to
eighty-six, by the decision which
unseats Mr. Lewis in Londonderry,
and gives the seat to Mr.. Mccarthy.
With a nationalist sitting for each
of the two focl of Ulster Pro
Observation-Disclosures and London
derry--it cannot be charged that
Ulster has become irredeemably in.
sensible to the patriotic impulses
of which she once was the head.
quarters.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

Virginia has probably chosen
more than half OF her delegation in
opposition to the administration Of
President Cleveland. Probably the
administration will have an IN
creased interest in Virginia poll
tics. Probably both political par
ties will find an incentive to inquiry
into the local politics Of % state
that may yet largely help to con
troll the next Presidential election
For it is not improbable that Nir-
GINA in her splendid declaration
for protection last Tuesday, blazed
the way to the next Presidency.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

The New York Tribune says that
some days ago a distinguished
looking gentleman passed through
the station at st. George, Staten
Island, and forgot to drop his tick
ct in the box at the gate. The tick.
et.taker did not recognize the pas
senger and said "JOhn Henry,
drop your ticket in the box" No
attention being paid to the order,
1t was repeated. Then the gentle
man turned, put his ticket in the
box, and said: "My name is not
john Henry" aud went on board
the boat. That day the ticket
taker was discharged for calling
Sir Roderick Cameron John Henry,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

In Surry county, Wednesday
Nelson Reams struck Albert Hines
terrible blow on the head with a
stick, inficting a wound which re
rulted in death few hours after
wards. Reams escaped.
The barn and outbuildings on
the David Jones farm, near Kear
neysville, w. Va, occupied by Mr.
w. II. Karicofe, were destroyed 10y
fire last Thursday. Loss, $4,000
No insurance.
l. Heath Hunton, nephew Of
Gen, Eppa HuntOn, died Sunday
at Marshall, va. He was for a
long time and until recently in
business at Washington, where he
was well known.
Mr.. L. G. Hahsbrough, Common
wealth's attorney of Roanoke
county, was accidentlly shot by his
companion, Mr.. John Chalmers,
while out hunting a few days ago.
His left arm and breast are pretty
thickly peppered with shot, and
some nine or ten struck him in the
face. The shot fortunately were
small and Mr.. Hambrough's in
jnries are not serious.
George W. Palmer, of Saltville,
Va, has determined to adopt a
new process for making sal t.
Steam vats will be used for evapo-
rating the water instead of the old
time kettles. He estimates that
this new method will reduce the
cost of production at least one half.
In an ARRAY in Albemarle county
between two men named Blackwell
and Gardner, the latter was fatally
cut in the region OF the heart.
Blackwell was also severely injur.
ed-an eye knocked out and his
skull fractured-and it is reported
that he cannot recover.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

A well.known brewer of Louis
vile, KY, has just had placed in
his office an ingenious mechanical
clock, made to his order in Stras
burg. The clock is about two feet
across the face of the dial. Moth.
ing seems strange about it until
the long hand points to the hour.
Just before the clock should sound
out mechanical man jumps up
from the hole behind the clock and
elevates his right hand, in which
is a "pony:' beer glass. The lips
open, and the words "lager beer
are spoken as many times as the
clock should strike. The mechani-
cal imitation of the human voice,
it is said, is 80 perfect as to be
startling.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

1t is believed throughout Europe
that the Gar Alexander Ill. re
Gently shot one Of his aide$de.camf
with his own hands, in the belief
that he was drawing a pistol on
him. The officer was waiting fol
the Gar in an ante.roOm, and be-
gan hastily to button his uniform
when his imperial master entered
It was this innocent action which
the Gar mistook, and acted in mis-
taken selfdefence. If the story be
true, it shows that the perils of AL
exander's position have had the eff
feet upon his mind which might
have been expected. The mere
isolation of members of the royal
caste has tended to develop insani-
ty in nearly every reigning house
in Europe. The most of them be-
come hardly responsible for their
acts by the time they have passed
life's meridian. This is especially
true of the Romanoffs, none OF whom
have continued entirely sane to the
end: and in the case of this latest
one the ceaseless perils of his posi-.
ton probably have fastened the
process of intellectual decay. 10
this we may perhaps trace much OF
the imperiousness which character
lied his treatment of Prince Alex.
ander of Bulgaria, and which still
characterzes his policy in that
province. When men are exalted
to such a height of power and re-
sponsibllity, there should be some
security that they will not lose their
mental balance. But Ivan the Ter
rible and Paul III. were both "as
mad as March hares," and the lat
ter had to be put out of the way
with the consent of his own chill
dren.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
GUSR.

"GOd bless the man that kissed
Fitz Lees baby and shook the hand
of Miss Winnie Davis These are
the silly utterances attributed to a
prominent orator at a recent polite
al meeting held in Richmond. The
gratitude expressed to Heaven and
the invocation tor Heavens blessing
was in behalf of President Cleve-
land. The Roman of antiquity
begged to know how long tire pa
thence of himself and his country
men was TO be taxed in the endur-
ance of wrongs and indignities
against their country. May we
not ask the same question as to the
"rOt," or "hOg.wash,' as Horace
Greeley used to call bad editorial
matter submitted by his subordi.
mates, upon which so.called orators
feed audiences
Why call upon Heaven to bless
anybody for kissing Fitz Lees baby
or anybody eIse's baby? The i'm
pulse to caress children does not
constitute any special instincts of
presidents or of other men not pres
idents, but belongs to men rs good
as those who have been great presi.
dents and as good as he who is now
president with a brief and incom.
plete record in the Executive office.
1t is merely an impulse of our COM
mon human nature. Why then the
unnecessary plea to Heaven for
President Cleveland, because he
chose to kiss the Executive baby
in the Executive Mansion-that
mansion in which great Virginian
Governors have in previous gener.
atiOns welcomed Presidents and
Generals and ambassadors as chiefs
Of sOvereigntics have welcomed
their peers.
But the President "shOOk hands
with Miss Winnie Davisr-another
reason for thanking Heaven, ac-
cOrding to the orator at the Rich
mOnd meeting. God to be called
upon to bless a man, no matter what
his official authority and dignity
for extending the courtesies due to
pure womanhood everywhere, and
because he salutes the daughter of
the venerable President of the Con-
federacy at the Mansion where Vir-
GINA welcomed him when Virgin
las capital became the Confederate
capital and within a stone's.tbrow
of the house in which she was born.
Is there to be no limit TO the toady-
ism like this which so badly BELTS
Virginian traditions and Virginian
instincts as we have proclaimed
them to the worlds If not, surely
it is time to blush. The people will
blush while the politicians and ora
tors gnsh. And oh ! such cheap
gush
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

The high politics of Europe CEN
tire around Egypt and Bulgaria,
and the two questions are greatly
involved with each other. France
demands the evacuation OF Egypt
by the British garrison, and gives
Russia her support in the Bulga-
rian matter because this demand
has not been conceded. That French
enterprise and capital should have
made the Egyptian isthmus the
worlds highway, only to see an
English garrison in control and APP
parently in permanent possession
of the whole country, certainly is
irritating. But if France had but
listened to her own bourse, and had
given any moral support to the gov
eminent of Arab Pasha, she would
not have found herself in this an
noying and humiliating POSITION
And if England had taken counsel
with moral principle and interna-
tional law rather than with Mr..
Goschen and the stock exchange,
she would not have overthrow the
popular rulers of Egypt, and would
not have found France and even
Turkey allied with Russia for the
overthrow of those Balkan nation
alities which constitute the chief
barrier to Muscoyite ambitions.
The Bulgarian Sobranje was to
meet on Wednesday for the election
of a Prince, in spite of the protests
Of Russia and probably of Germany.
Austria. Hungary still maintains its
attitude of hostility toward a Rus
sian occupation of the province;
and the provisional government,
undeterred by the substitution of
Gen. GourkO for Gen. Kaulbars,
holds to its purpose to restore or.
der in Bulgaria Oh the basis of pop
ular rather than Muscovite assent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

No American editor will be eli
gible for presentation at the
Prince of Wales levee, according
to Minister Phelps rule of respect
for Secretary Bayard, as enforced
in the case of Mr.. Allen ThOrndike
Rice, of the "North American
Review" if something isn't done
very soon about the bumptious in
science of the Canadian cruisers.
A secretary of state who permits
the American flag to be hauled
down by the commander of a Cana
dian gunboat is likely to be subject
to some criticism.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

Ex.President Arthur is still con-
fined to his home in New York, but
his condition is fair. He goes
about the house as he chooses, re.
ceiyes his friends, aud even attends
to business. There has been no
change in him for weeks past. He
continues cheerful and hopeful Of
ultimate recovery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05

new office, that or custodian Of the
building, and appoint d to it at an
81 300 salary a special friend of his
own,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-02
SUPREME COURT RULINGS
CASE INVOLVING LIABILITY
OF STOCKHOLDERS.

ptatn+iffa in the Pacific National
panr suit Fall to Carry Their Point
persecola and Mobile Railroads
r'a.,,, for Certain Rate of Pay for
(,.,,.,-tps Mail NJ after Overruled.
WARRINGTON, Nov. IA decision was
..,dorod bv the Supreme Court Of the
Irri,od states to-day in the ser es Of cases
snorn as the Pacific National Bank
osses. brought here by appeal from the
Tnitod states Circuit Court for the dis
,.ict of Massachusetts,. These were suits
;,stituted by the receiver OF the insolV-
ant Pacific National Bank OF Boston
oroiost the stockholders OF that bank o
onf,rce nersonal liability for an assess
n,ort of 100 per cent. upon the shares of
hotb the original and increased capital
stock Of the bank standing upon
ia hooks In their name. me st0ck-
holders maintained when the cases were
tried IN the court below that ttey were
moi liable on the shares OF increased
rsnital stock held by them, Tor the reason
,T5t tna increase OF the capital from $780,
6o0to SQ6l 600 was unauthO lied and ille-
ooI ana tney were not parties 10 1t. TINS
e0nrf holds that stockholders are liable
Tnon their shares of increased capital
stock that the detenses at law and alleged
ground of reliet IN equity are alike insu-
6r4nt. and taat the judgments and de-
rrees of the Circuit Court in layOr of the
receiver must be affirmed in all the cases,
and II is so ordered. Inis decision covers
lan cases in this court, and several hun
1rad pending suits in the courts OF Mas
,acDusetts TIE opinion was delivered
bv Justice Matthews.