Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-01-15
CLIPPINGS.
Let him that thinketh he stand
eth take heed lest he fall.

Let him that thinketh he stand
eth take heed lest he fall.
Argument will be heard before
Court of Appeals next month for a
new trial for Cluverius, which will
probably be granted, and which, in
the present aspect OF the case may
result in acQul,tal.
John Bruce, an old bachelor of
Wheeling, diel a few days ago
worth 100000. Tie gave RI. Rev.
Bishop Jno. j. Kain, formerly Of
HarpeI's Ferry, about 100000 of
his estate.
Gov. Lee has appointed J. d.
Ross, w. II. Lee, q. Il. Vawtcr,
and w. Staples members Of the
board of directors of the Blacks
burg College
The Republican caucus Of the
Ohio legislature decided with
unanimity upon the nomination of
Hon. John Sherman to the United
States Senate. This puts an end
to all the schemings OF Democratic
ambition in that direction. Senator
Sherman will be reelected.
The Roanoke Machine Works, of
Roanoke, Va, have just closed a
contract to manufacture 500 freight
cars for the New York, New Ha-
ven, and Hartford railroad, and
will make a large number Of loco
motives for the Norfolk and West
ern railroad.
The Importance of one vote was
never more forcibly illustrated
than at the recent election in
Fayette county, Pa, when Martin
b. Pope, the Republican candidate
for poor director, voted for his
Democratic opponent, and thus
elected him by a majority of one.
The foolishness Of going into
court with every little case was
fully illustrated few days ago in
Wilmington. A difference arose
between two men about a pig sold
for 337. The plaintiff in the case
gains the suit and is allowed about
SIS, not enough to pay his attor'
ney, while the other man has the
costs to pay, which will hardly be
less than $500.
There is much excitement and
alarm in MartiDsburg, ". Va, over
the prevalence Of what seems to be
cerebro spinal meningitis, there
having been thirty-fve cases with
in four days. The physicians are
at a loss to account for the sudden
visitation. The disease seems to
be on the increase.
1t is some time since a good dog
story has been the rounds, but
Washington territory furnishes
readable article in this line. a
farmer on Snake river loaned his
dog to a man to whom he had sold
a flock of sheep to drive them home
a distance of thirty miles. The
drOver found the dog so useful
that instead of sending him home
he locked him up. The dog escap-
ed, and, concluding that the drov-
er had no more right to keep the
sheep than be bad to lock him up,
he collected all that had belonged
to his master and drove them home
again.
The alarming increase of the
number of mad dogs, in various
sections of the country, should
serve to cause more than ordinary
watchfulness. In New York, New
Jersey, and other States, long
listOf victims have been attacked
by the rabid brutes. The notable
symptoms in animals affected, are
first dizziness and heaviness, with
a disposition to seek solitude ; then
peevishness, with the refusal Of
accustomed food. Next, the dog
Is cOStantly agitated, hangs down
his head, and, if he eats at all,
feeds on straw, bits of wood, dry
leaves, ETC., and instead of his
usual bark, has a plaintive howl.