Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-12

NuOotlOu W 10 hCNlO WIN ~ WV
present government.
Now is there, indeed, blood upon
the face of the Crescent. The
Greek flag has been insulted by
Turkey.
'Your wife, said DR.. Talmage,
in his sermon on Sunday, "has a
first mortgage on your body, mind
aud hearth Aud some husbands
will be mean enough to add, sand
your pOcket-bOOS."
On last Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Hugh T. Nelson was thrown from
a sleigh near the University Of Vir-
ginia, and her shoulder dislOcated.
Her companion, a young lady, was
uninjured.
Miss Jennie Sherman is conduct
ing a successful revival Of religion
at Cameron, w. Va. There have
been 200 professions of conversion
and the whole town is stirred up
with religiOus.excitem
Mr.. Alexander p. Campbell, a
brother of Professor John L. Camp
bell. of Washington and Lee Uni
versity, died at the residence Of his
daughter, Mrs. Z. II. Patterson, OF
Roanoke city, on Sunday, 3lst ul'
timo, aged sixty-six years. The
cause Of death was paralysis.
Mir. Sans Of Jasper, Ga, was
bitten by a rattle-snake two years
ago. He applied whlskey inter
nally and thought the effect of the
virus was destroyed. Recently he
has become very violent with rabies
and rattles in his throat like the
rattle of the snake.
This is evidently a bad week for
riots. London, Seattle and Mount
Pleasant, Pa, have had very
serious time OF it, each and all OF
them. And labor interests, or the
wants Of the labOring man, OF one
kind or another, are at the bottom
Of it all, unfortunately.
If the information from the West
he correct, the cold weather out
there has wrought greater damage
than IN the East and South CON-
bined. The loss of two hundred
thousand head Of cattle in the
Pan. handle country alone is an
indication of the immense injury
the cold has done.
= The Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore American say s
that Mr.. Garland will soon resign
from the position of Attorney
General and that HOn.J. Randolph
Tucker, of Va, has already been
decided on az his successor. The
rumor is denied, however.
George and Mary Mason, aged
respectively S. and 50, we're found
frozen to death in a dilapidated
house in Washington last Wednes-
dav. They had been dead for
several days when found. And
this IN the capital OF the Nation,
with abundance and to spare all
around.
J. X. Randall, a cultured and
bright young man, aged 80, and
librarian in the Baltimore Mercan-
tile Library, shot himself through
the heart on the Sth, because the
Girl he loved was announced TO
marry a naval officer. His father,
aged 81, died at the Insane Asylum
in Washington the same day ana
at about the same hour the son
took his own life.
New YOrk's great capitol build
ing at AlbaDyis a very imposing
pile, though opinion is divided as
10 its artistic beauty as a whole
Its cost has been enormOus,and the
end of the expenditures has not
vet been reached by a great deal
The cost so far has been Sl7, 900 600,
and it's thought to be quite likely
that .OOO, 900 to 1000, 900 more will
be acquired to complete it. The
taxpayers do not like the prospect
at all, but they seem to be power
less.
Mrs. Barbour, wife Of Hon. John
$. Barbour, died at her residence
in Washington City last Sunda y
afternoon from the effects of the
injuries received in a fall.dOwnstair'
some DAYS ago as heretofore no
ticed. Mrs. Barbour was 81 years
of age. was the daughter Of the
late Henry Daingerfeld, Of Alex
andria. Va, and spent her youth IN
that city. For many years she
graced the home of her husband ID
Virginia, as we'll as his residence
in Washington city. Foremost In
every work of charity she won
high place in many hearts. Hei
funeral took place yesterday from
81. Aloysius Church.
The remains will be temporarily
placed in a cemetery vault, and In
the Spring will be removed tC
Marylaud, and will rest at thu
Summer house she loved so well.
The Pension Office to-day EN-
ploys larger force Of clerks thar
any other bureau under the Govern