Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-19
A dispatch from Harrisonburg

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states that the shortage in the ac-
counts of ). r. Sterling, late Treas
urer of Rockingham county, it is
thought will approximate SlOO,OOO.
Hendricks and Hancock are both
gone but Tilden's health is as Wig
orous as it was four years ago. In
human lie it is the unexpected that
most frequently occurs.
Egyptian affairs are becoming
more and more complicated. Osman
Digna has come to life again, and
Hon. Sunset Cox is visiting the
land of the PharaOhs for his health.
A correspondent attempted to
get the opinion of the Hon. James
G.. Blaine on the Pan-electric tefe-
phone matter but the Maine
statesman refused to say word on
the subject.
A saloon at West Harrington,
Trumbull county, Ohio, kept by a
man named Hawley, was wrecked
with dynamite. The people of the
place had been at war with Hawley
for some time, and this is thought
to be the result.
One of the most recent stories IN
regard 20 Attorney General Gar
land and the Pan Electric stock IS
that he has determined to silence
the voice of eensure by presenting
his holdings of stock to some un-
named charitable institution, and
that the President and Cabinet ap-
prove ofthis disposition Ofshe stock.
Hon. Winchester Bntton, q
prominent lawyer, and formerly
district attorney of Brooklyn, n.
Y, died Saturday OF paralysis OF
the heart. He was counsel for
Mis-. Kate Chase Sprague III her
suit against her husband. ex-Gov-
Sprague, of Rhode Island.
Death has been unusually busy
Of late among our well-Known men
and politicians. Horatio Seymour
il added to the list that is already
too long. He died Friday last. lie
was a man of many strong parts,
and some weak ones. His life was
that Of an upright citizen, with a
remarkably vigorous mind, that
engaged itself with political affairs
almost to the end. He lived to a
good old age, and his death
will be sincerely mourned by many
people, not only in New York, but
throughout the country.
The democratic caucus Monday
night nominated the following
circuit Judges First circuit, G. W.
Hill. of Portsmouth second, b.
A. Hancock, Chester field third,
Ed. Irving, of Prince Edward
fourth, S. G.. Whittle, Of Henry
county: tenth, W. S. Barton,
Fredericksburg; eleventh, Judge
James Keith, of Warrenton, thir-
teenth, William Mclaughlin, Of
Rockbridge; fourteenth, Fl. L.
Blair, of Roanoke fifteenth, Jno.
II. Fulton, of Wythe; seventh, Il.
S. Morrison, Of Scott; eighth, B.
+. Gunter; sixteenth, Jno. a.
Kelley; Richmond, r. b. Wexford.
Mr.. Edwin G, Booth, formerly
Of NOttoway county, Va, and
favorably known throughout the
Southside section, died at his resi-
dence in Philadelphia Saturday
last, aged 7G years. Mr.. Booth
was a man OF .nnbounded kindness
of heart and hospitality, a gentle
man of stainless character, and a
devoted sou Of old Virginia. At
the Centennial Exposition in Phil
adelphia in 1876 Mr.. Booth erected
a house at his own expense on the
grounds, where he entertained the
visiting Virginians and Southern
ers generally in a most hOspitable
manner. Mr.. Booths last wife
was a Philadelphia lady. Heleaves
a large fortune.
Mrs. Lucy G. Boyd, the talented
writer of good verses for Southern
papers, committed suicide by cut
ting her throat in ST. Louis on Fri
day evening. She left a letter &C
cusing her husband OF drunken
ness and neglect, and died, as she
expressed it, because she preferred
"being in Gods hands to her own
The couple had been married only
since last November, having elOped
because of parental opposition
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd we're ma
tives Of Kentucky, and we'll con
nected. 1t is said that Mr.. Boyd
is the youngest son Of the late
Hon. Lynn Boyd. former Speaker
of the National House of Repre-
sentatives.
81. Patrick's Day this year in the
United States will, it seems likely,
be remarkable for the very general
omission in most Of the cities Of
the usual parade; so dear on such
occasions to every Irish heart. But
in spirit of genuine patriotism,
they will this time, instead OF the
parade, which always involves con-
siderable expense, have indoor
entertainments of one kind or