Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-05

quently, when more members o.
the committee arrived, a vote was
taken and the committee determin
ed to report adversely by decided
majority. 1t is understood that
similar majority will be against the
, Willis bill, so that practically
national aid to state education has
been decided upon adversely.
A treaty of peace between Servia
and Bulgaria was signed at Bucha'
rest on the ID inst.
Hon. W. c. p. Breckenridge, OF
Kentucky, has accepted an invita-
ton 10 address the literary societies
of the University of Virginia at
their final celebration next June.
Mr.. Breckenridge is regarded as
KentuckN's most brilliant orator
Great Britain and Canada arc
simultaneously enjoying snow
storms Of such magnitude that rail
road traffic is seriously impeded
and trains have to be dug ont OF
drifts. For Canada it is an Oft-told
tale, but the English have rarely
experienced such weather.
Queen Victoria driYes on state
occasions in heavy gilded carriage
drawn 10y eight cream-colored
horses, which are Lever used on
any other occasion. They are a
special breed, raised IN Hanover,
which the Queen is permitted to
use only because she is of Hanover
ian descent.
Sugar works are to he erected at
/ Kissimmee City, Florida, having a
capacity of l0,OOOpOunds of refined
sugar per day and to cost $50, GOO.
AS an individual enterprise, Mr..
Hamilton DisstOn and associates
will plant 800 acre. of sugar cane
this spring near Kissimmee. An
agent is now in Cuba purchasing
| the seed cane.
Saturday night the Democratic
mbers Of the Legislature held a
caucus, and agreed to extend the
session for FIVE DAYS. The regular
session expired at noon last Mon
! day, and as there were number Of
important bills, both of private and
public sort, to be considered, the
Legislature concluded to remain at
their own expense.
Mr.. Loyal Farragut, Of New
York, son of the late Admiral Far
ragut, has written a letter announc'
ing his purpose to return to Capt,
James ID. Johnson, Of Savannah,
Ga, the sword surrendered by the
latter as captain Of the Confederate
war.ship Tennessee, in Mobile bay
! August ., 1864. Mr.. FarTagut re-
| fers to the gallantry with which
/ Capt. Johnson used his sword be-
fore yielding to superior numbers
\ Chicago lawyer has written to
| the Treasurer Of Virginia to say
that a client Of his has a bill foI
500 ,22j Pounds, payable at the
Treasury Of Virginia on or before
December 30, 1892, issued under
! Act of Assembly Of March, 1881
also three bills of SIS each, pay
able at the same place, issued ir
I177G, III and 177S. The lawyer
wanted to know if the claims were
any account.
4 West Nirginiapaper complains
of the badness Of the roads in Its
State; yet they can hardly be any
worse than those encountered il
the parent stem. 1t is however
correct to say that bad roads are
enemies to good morals. If NAL
after noundcring through mud all
| day, or being bumped upon bOuld
ers till he is almost unconscious
comes out without violating some
Of the commandments he must be
regarded as a prodigy.
\ large canning factory now in
operation at Madison, Indiana, is
to be removed to Nashville, Tenn.
The capacity Of the factory will be
$4,000 three.pound cans per day,
or from 1000 to LOO bushels of
! tomatoes per day. 1t will employ
800 hands, all women, except few
men to work in the departments
where the cans will be manufac-
tured. Seven or eight men, skilled
operatives, will be taken from In
diana, and the remainder will be
residents of Nashville.
The last paragraph in the Presi-
dents message Monday last reads:
"Neither the discomfort OF party
friends nor the allurements con-
stantly offered of combinations Of
appointces conditioned upon the
avowal that suspensions have been
made on party grounds alone, nor
the threat proposed in the resolu'
tons now before the Senate that
no combinations will be made un-
less the demands Of that body DO
complied with, are sufficient to dis
courage or deter me FROM following
in the way which am convinced
leads to better government for the
people"
Tho New York Hcrdid has inter-
viewed some Of the leading bn'i-
ness men in the different depart
,,,a,,ts of trnde in that city, and