Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-06-18

Why wait until the free schools
are reduced again to their condition
in 1879 before coming to their
rescue
The largest window-light ever
made in the United States has just
been placed in a Philadelphia cloth
ing store. 1t Is eight feet six inches
in height and sixteen feet SIX
inches in width, and weighs over
1900 pounds.
Miss Cleveland's novel is called
"The Long Rum not "The Long
Row. as first reported. 1t may
have something to do with the
spring run of the Potomac shad, or,
again, it may refer to the course Of
the administration in trying to get
away from the tariff question.
The soldiers who have guarded
the late President Gar6eld's tomb
for the past five years havereceived
orders relieving them from duty on
June so. 4 petition, signed by
Cleveland citizens, will be forward
ed to the secretary Of war asking
that the guard be retained.
Intelligence of a fearful typhoid
fever epidemic at Bellaire, o., is
received at Cleveland. Over 300
cases are reported, with many
deaths. The terrible sanitary con
dition of the place, together with
the fact that the inhabitants drink
river water impregnated with garb'
age from Wheeling, W. Va, just
above, is the supposed cause.
The school warrant scalper is
abroad in the land. The school
money is delayed and Diverted
The school teachers are badly
shaved, if not scalped. The school
session has suddenly decreased in
length. The Auditor has struck
OIL over 100000 due the schools
on arrears with one stroke of his
pen. And so forth.
Bourbonism reigns, and these
are among its evidences !
The first copy of the new Stdtc
Republican, published at Harrison
burg, is on our table. 1t is splen-
did paper, handsomely gotten up
and filed with the very best mat
ter. The veteran Col. w. {. Elan
is editor.in-chief. This is sufficient
to insure its being one of the Invest
and best republican papers in the
country. The old readers and adj
mirers of the Richmond Wing will
hail the paper and his return to
Virginia journalism with unfeigned
eladness. It cannot fail to meet
with great success.
Representative Miller of Texas,
has introduced a substitute for the
Blair educational bill. 1t appro-
pirates SS,OOO,OOO annually for 10
years TO be distributed among the
States and territories according to
the ratio of illiteracy as establish
ed by the census of 1880. The
money shall be paid to the state on
the first of each July, beginning
with July l, 1887, and shall be ex-
pended by the States in the main
tenance of public schools under the
State laws.
Deer Park, whick President
Cleveland selected as his retreat fol-
the first few days of his married
life is on the crest of the Alleghen
les, in Maryland, three thousand
feet above the sea. 10 has Iarified
mountain air, picturesque noun
tain scenery, mineral springs
groves and glades and forty miles
Of drives among lovely landscapes
symetricai hills, sparkling brooks
and the rarest coloring Of the rich
est foliage. There are numerous
cosy cattages, fine hotels, ant
taken, all in all, it is one of thu
most charming spots the continent
affords. Gen. Grant frequently re
sorted there, and many Maryland
ers and other eastern people, pas
the summer DAYS amid its sylvan
shades. Prominent among the cot
tages are ex-senator Davis Of Yves
Virginia and his son.in-law, StepheI
b. Elkins, and the family of tn
late John w. Garrett Of the Bait
more and Ohio road.
The eleOmargarine bill which ha
passed tbelower House of Congress
defines butter as a food produc
made exclusively from milk o
cream, or both, with or without ad
ditional coloriDg matter. OleOmar
garine is defined as All substan
ces made Of eleOmargarine, OleO
oleOmargarine oil, butter inc, lar
dine, suine, and neutral, all lar'
extracts and tallow extracts, ant
all mixtures and compounds of tai
low, beef fat suet, lard, lard, oil
vegetable Oil, annatto and Othel
colOring matter, intestinal fat ant
Offal fat made in imitation or sem
blance of butter, or when so made
calculated on or intended to bI
sold as butter or for butter. Specia
taxes are imposed as follows Or
manufacturers 5000 ; on wholesale
dealers $3.50, on retail dealers, S4S
The existing internal revenue laws
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