Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-26

The President of Mexico has con-
trlbuted $500 to the Grant mOnu-
ment fund. 1t looks very much as
if the memorial will yet have to be
built by foreign aid. 1t is a great
misfortune that the fund does not
grow more rapidly.
II. Fleming DuDignon stated in
a recent prohibition speech in Mid
die Georgia that with III prohibi-
ton counties in that State, the
next Legislature was as sure to en-
act a prohibition law to govern the
whole State as anything in the fu-
ture almost could be.
The old Apache Geronimo has
been captured. He irresponsible
for the most terrible outrages. No
cruelty has been too narrowing
for him. His life has been a record
of murderous crimes. No human
being ever deserved more thorough
ly the gallows. His death will be a
national blessing.
The Brazilian frigate now en-
route to New Orleans with exhibits
for the exposition now in progress
in that city has on board a son OF
Dom Pedro The New Orleans
Times.DemOcrat says the young
gentleman will be shown every
mark of respect and courtesy 10y
the exposition managers and the
people of the Crescent City general
ly.
There is a man in Nash county,
y. c., who has been keeping house
thirty-fve years, and he never has
bought a pound of meat or a peck
of meal during that long period,
| He has bacon on hand which was
put up nineteen years ago, and
there is not a bug or skipper on it,
! He has on hand now the wheat he
raised in 1SS4'Sj, and makes every
thing on his farm that is absolutely
requited for sustenance and comfort
and happiness.
Talleyrand was a sharp old fox,
| He made 1t a rule never to reply &c
any charges against him in a news.
| paper. This made the newspapers
reckless, and they published all
sorts of stories. People soon found
| out that Talleyrand had been Sian
dsred, and the consequence was
that in after years, when the truth
was published against the cunning
diplomat, nobody would believe it,
They simply said: "Here is another
infamous lie about Talleyrand, and
| passed on to something else.
"Time works queer changes,
moralizes Alfred Trumble. eff
teen years ago | called on Miss
| Tennie G. Clahin in LudlOw-st
jail. She was incarcerated there
on a charge Of Obscenity, libel, and
| don't remember what else. Now
she is a lady by act Of Parliament,
or, in other words, the wife Of a
knight. She married a wealthy
money. broker and dealer in India
| goods in London some months ago
and he has Just been knighted
Tennie c. Clailin, fOrtune-teller and
heroine Of the New York police
courts, has, therefore, become Lady
| Cook"
A decision rendered by the Su
preme Court of the United States
d short time ago is regarded as al
| important one, not only for thu
amount but for the principles in
volyed. 1t was an appealed cas'
| from the Circuit Court for the West
lern District of Virginia, in which
VIM. \. Glasgow, executor Of ont
| Spears, was decreed by Judg'
IRives to pay over again about SO,
900 which he had paid for tract 0
land in Confederate money. Tn
United States Court IeyerSes Judg
Rives out and out, holding that TIN
first payment was in every respec
valid. The decree was reverse
with costs, and the cause was re
manded, with direction to dismis
7 the suit. The opinion was deliver
ed by Associate Justice Field.
In one of the Norfolk papers j
tOld-and very properly with hig
/ commendatiOn-the story ola colo
r ed man now living in that city, VIII
] has displayed an amount Of hon
D esty and keen sense of honor j
S the highest degree creditable {
$ any man. Previous to the war h
; agreed with his master to purchas
Il has freedom at the price of s ,3Ol
J. When manumitted by PresideI
Lincoln's proclamation he had pal
4 | $500; but feeling bound by b
= promise, he has labored all the:
years to earn the remaining $50
4 and has just succeeded in payiu
). the last instalment which MAKE
8 him "nOw a freeman, indeed ]
D conclusion, the Norfolk paper say
}. "His name, which deserves to
( recorded everywhere, is John Bil
q ups.7 1t does, indeed SO, to-
}. should be recorded the name Of II
gentleman who has accepted Il
r earnings Of this freeman for Il
P twenty-three years during which |
was a freeman.
I Gen. Grant's Last Wishes.