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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
EE Ya.yE OF MONEY.

THE National Association of
American Bankers assembled in
Boston q few days ago, and at the
meeting % letter was read from EV-
Secretary NcCulloch. from which
we make f.r following extract
nIrtmr my briefly. That there
has newer bern 20 time in our hnan-
cIal history when wise comsels
ucie more needed than now. The
country drifting financially from
old landmarks. Danger is menac.
in- which Congress adopts no
mca. rr fo avoid The existing
negative policy keeps the drift in
one direction. Without "a speedy
change There will ere long Dee in ,he
United States practically but one
standard OF value. and that unfor-
muafclr Will bc silver lfanything
isc.carly taught by financial history
Ifitthlt 90 l0W standard of value
places thr nation chat adopts 10 at
great disadvantage in IT'S trade with
other nations. aud at the ssmc time
consequently dcprcsses ITS own in
industries. a low standard is I'M.
ralably an uncertain standard,
cham which nothing is moro prciu.
licial to enterprise. tO trade, in fact
10 everything upon which national
prosperity and reliable returns for
labor depends The opinion that
abundant and cheap money stimu-
latos industry and promotes pros
pcrity has been disprovcd so fire.
ouoniIy that its prevalence in the
luitcd States is not crcditablc 10
fho intelligence of the people
Money i- abundant the world over.
THE rates OF interest are lower
fhm ever before. and yet most
branches Of business are greatly de-
pressed, and prices of manufactured
goods aud of agricultural produc-
lions arc scarcely above their actual
cost. and Why Simply because the
supply BIS greater than the demand !;
because the revolution i'm all
branches of industry, caused by
machinery, Is now leltm full force"
This is thc same old Hugh Ne
Culioch playing bis same old tricks.
lIcist Hc same Who played Ecpub-
lean 20 bc Secretary Of the Treas
ug 800 order TO cheat the people by
making ail the government bonds
gold rcdccmabic. lie was banker
and broker ON both sides of the
Atlantic. and rs such assumed a
Kind Of guardianship over the
Southern States. Nirginians know
what he underworld to do for them.
True 10 his stincts he now wants
less money in circulation. lie sees
great danger in too many silver
dollars. he turned Democrat, is a
Wanting Eoeiraler, and fears sill
yer will obstuct orr trade with
olio' countries. The real reason
for Ais lri-h. IS that be wants all
Doe buys OF labor cheap and the
moner joe lends as bigh as possible.
s few more dollars would increase
the plco OF The one and reduce the
per ccatape Of the other Hugh is
tlc same OLD iOX.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

In discussing the debt issue as
presented to us again by the new
Democracy we must not lose sight
of the fact that we have enemies in
our own camp. This suggestion
should neither amaze nor frighten
the reader.
In large part they are the same
who had to be taught and disci-
plined at the outset. Their posi-
ton to-day is the outgrowth of the
same generalization which has
struck such terror into the ranks of
the new Democracy. Some are,
perhaps, swayed by motives Of per
sonal ambition but these are few,
and not dangerous. They will
yield as quickly and quietly as they
did after Mozart. A rising tide
can carry large unresisting boats
20 the beach.
The proposition Of these settlers
of our difficulties is set forth in a
bill in the House of Representatives
providing for a commission to ascer-
tain what part of our debt the Unit
ed States should pay, It has long
preamble prefxed which must be
carefully read az analysed if we
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
TIE MATTHEW'S NifIE2

The fo'lorirgIsmcxtuo from q
,l.....,., ,,.,,,~io,- l,.tre.. ..I..i..r~
49,. n.....,..t ~,
" 'H'I' "".' I'D.
ported in Ore Washington
"Thcre's another iiti.e matter J
want t0 ask about and chat ls the
appoinfment of Mr. Matthew's
What do you thiul, ofitT
"lt wuzn'ttlc thing to do. I.d
J. hamt no objection 20 Nat
thew,. though Democratic dar y
seems TO me TO DE % son, as % Mug
wump in mourn.H, an' eft you want
ed him TO bcy 900 office you should
hey give D. Co him. bu' you ougAin't
to % brought an outsider into the
Dee.frck when thtr WIZ so many
GOOD D,e.tf.rk men ahun.oru' an
fbir.fin' fer the place. au' the rn.
fire sentiment uy tio community
i'm which von now tive WIZ ip favor
nv ifs hoin' ken at home patron.
Tin, home TALENT. NJ it. wllr. Th.l's
a. oood deal nv il.folinos cnein.
Jnrod ooin van fer th1r which Won
,ai,,hf iesf ~ vcll hey avoided au'
al f.c, ro,rsolf eolil with Matt
fbowe an, fbo LARGO ap' influential
vote in tho Democratic narty.
..Vnn orc sliobu, sarcastic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
THE STATE DEBT.

In speaking last week Of what
Mr.. William l.. Royal, who is coun-
sci for the foreign bondholders, and
McsSrs. Jn0. 4. lIambleton q Co.,
bankers, of Baltimore, and dealers
in coupons, had said as TO a com
promise Of the Virginia debt by the
appointment of n commission on
both sides for that purpose, we ex-
pressed the hope that such com
nission would be appointed. To
this view Of the question our very
cautious contemporary Of the Rich.
mond dispatch raises the following
objection:
"Our good friend of the Lynchburg H.
r1p,e is right i'm assuming that Mossrs
John A. IlamblctOn d Go. hayc suggested
that q new proposition 10 settle our state
debt would bee fayorbiy received by her
creditors, but vastly mistaken I'm suppo5-
ing that the terms suggested would be
acceptable 10 the people OF Virginia. The
brokers named have declared emphlticllly
that the bondholder- will never under any
circumstances consent 10 surrender their
tax receivable coupons for anything else
than other taX-rcOoiyablc coupons; that
they have scli-exccutIng contract and
will never be foolish enough to exchange
surh % contract for one depending upon
the honesty Of the contracting Common
wealth.
We confess not to have seen the
exact terms of settlement cOntem.
plated by the parties above refer
red to, and thought they meant
something tangible and practicable.
Bat we are free to say that their
terms of compromise are such as
our nicnd Of the Dispatch now dem
Onstratcs, then we can see no use
of any further attempt at compr0m.
Use. The terms of the Riddleber
ger bill have been our ulumatum
ever since that bill became a law,
and if the b0ndholdcrs cannot agree
TO accept such terms then there
will bc no use of any more parley-
ing about the matter. As to S.iO,-
OOO,O0O with ! per cent. 1t is simply
absurd. The people Of Virginia
will never consent to 1t, and
Messrs. Royal and Ilambleton, the
agents, onght to have sense and
prudence enough to know this fact
and to 30 inform their principals
LyRchbWG 1draacs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

would understand purport and OBJ
iect. Both of these we will defer
discussion of for the present.
But the effect of such proposed
legislation we should try to discern
as soon as possible. Once encourage
hope that the u. S. government
will assume any part Of our debt
and neglect Oft is bound to ensue.
The time lost will serve to increase
our difficulties, and place us in a
worse position, il possible, than we
were before the monster problem
was begun to be solved in 1861
A proposition looking 10 the as
sumption Of any part Of our debt
by the United States would either
be secuted out Of Congress, or so
laden with amendments for all the
indebted States, that it would be
come worse than farce. Such a
suggestion is now made Tor the
fourth time, and this one should
not be expected to live longer than
its predecessors. Moreover, it must
be recOllected that the people of
Virginia without regard to party
have declared that they owe two
thirds of this debt. This being 50,
with what grace can we 90 before
Congress and ask that thirty-seven
other States shall pay the confessed
obligation of ours We have been
laughed at before. Shall we now
ask that thumbs shall be put to
noses and little fingers pointed at
Virginia ! This is just what We
would get, and well deserve to re-
ceive, for pursuing such a puerile
and miscreant policy. Such a rot
ten theory as this might serve the
purpose of some candidate for Con
greSs, but Virglnians cannot afford
10 tri1e with millions to promote
the personal interests Of never so
good a fellow.citizen.
But we will not now further re-
fer to the object of the proposition.
We might, and should, say, de-
signs. These we will advert to
when we endeavOr to place the bill
with its long and ludlcrOus pream-
bic before our readers in its true
light. Some of its words, phrases
and sentences are as Evartic as if
the Stalled attorney of the bond
holders had been retained for its
drafting.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
RAYARl'S LAIEST LAMENT.

WASHINGTON, AUGUST 16.-It
is confdentially stated that before
Congress meets Mr., Bayard Will
retire from the Cabinet. RumOrs
to this effect have already been hin
ted, and the State Department in
dignantly deny them, but the state
Department would be the last place
in the world the Secretary would
inform. Mr.. Bayards late utter
ances, and especially his last threat
to arrest Republicans for their ac.
ton i'm criticlsing the State Depart
ment, and trying to throw the
blame of his own mistakes IN this
case on Minister Romero, the Mex
lean minister, does not attract SER
iOus attention here. 1t only goes
to show to what extremes Mr.. Bay
ard is forced at present TO find eN-
cuses and explanations Of his weak
actions and policy.
HIS friends regret TO see Mr..
Bayard talking in such a manner.
The idea of n conspiracy IS absurd.
1t is said Mr.. Bayard has so work
ed himself up in this matter that
he believes every one and every
thing is working conspiracy
against him. He thinks Mr.. Blaine
is especially to blame for the news
paper criticisms.
Mr.. Bayard returned from An
napolis tonight but up to midnight
no order has been issued for the
arrest Of the suspects" as intima-
ted in Mr.. Bayard's last manifesto.
The suspects are James G.. Blaine,
ex Minister Foster and Congress
man Hit, Of New York. No one
but Mr.. Ba, ard seems inclined to
speak on the subject, and Mr.. Bay
ard will continue to lie the only one
to charge conspiracy, &c. or !
course, the Mexican minister re-
fuses 10 talk,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
HARD TINES.

The cry of Hard Times is still
heard over the land. There is
no money and those who have pro.
dnce or other articles to sell can
end no market, because those who
need them have not the money TO
pay in exchange.
Two years ago we had PROSPER
0us times. Hogs and cattle were
IN active demand and prices good.
Produce commanded a ready sale
because there was "a demand and
the people had the money to buy
With. Then al. the manufactures
and furnaces in the land were in
fall blast, and prosperity was WISH
bic on every hand. This was under
Republican rule, and the natural
result of honesty and economy i'm
the administration of public affairs.
Tho Democrats promised the peO-
pie that they would improve and
better the times. Laboiing men
should have better pay and bc
made more prosperous. Farmers
were invited to vote with the Dem
ocrats and they should secure bet
ter prices for their grain and other
products.
Have the Democrats redeemed
even ONE Of their many promises ?
Have not the times become harder
and harder day by day since the
Democratic party came into power
Are there more factories and mills
in operation now than when it en-
tered into power?
80!
DO the Farmers find n better
market ana better prices than they
did under Republican administra-
ton
80!
Is money more plentiful now
than when Mr.. Cleveland took the
oath of Office
NO.
Then in Gods name we appeal
TO the people Of Virginia to desert
a party whose policy leads to inc
yitable ruin, distress and universal
bankruptcy Of the toiling masses.
The next Congress must be wrested
from them and placed in harmony
with the people, in harmony with
the spirit and teachings Of the Pro-
grcssive party that for twenty-four
years ruled the country, gave to it
peace and prosperity for the peo-
pie.
The Ninth Congressional District
is our battle ground. II is here we
must commence the work ofreform.
Let lis nominate good mana
man true to the interests Of the peo-
pie, and then elect him. We have
the power, and let us use that pow
er for our own benefit and for the
benefit Of all the people.-Progrcs.
Sjyo M
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
Assistant Postmaster HANGS Himself.

DANvlLLE, Va, August lG. -
Captain 5. w. Armistead, assistant
postmaster, committed suicide yes
terday afternoon by hanging him
self with small cord to the gas
pipe in tee basement at the post
Office. He had attended to the du-
ties of the day and gave no evi.
dence that he was contemplating
such a deed. lie left several let
tiers stating that he was tired ofllie
and had suffered long, and that
now was the time for him to die.
His accounts are all right and do
nestle relations of a most pleasant
character, but he was ambitious
and frequently said his life was a
failure. Deceased came from lIamp-
ton and was a man Of fine in -elleet,
bat lacked the practical turn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
WHY Victoria DlSIlkeS Gladstone.

The queens dislike Of the G.. o. VI.
dates from 1865. and thereby hangs
q pretty tale. Tho bill for the dis.
establishment of the Irish church
having passed through parliament
only required the soyereign's man
date 10 become law. II CHANGED
that Mr.. Gladstone repaired to
Windsor ON thcday that the bill was
forwarded for signature, aud was
admitted 20 audience with the
queen. As is well known her mai.
csty was aycrsr TO the essential
principle of the bill, and while will.
ing fo conccdc reform, was strenu-
Onsly opposed 10 tine destruction of
thc Irish church. She expressed,
Tins much To Mr.. Gladstone, and.
as thc premier thought, showed
great reluctance to alliX her sigma.
tuic tO the bill. In hi, cagerness
Nr. Gladstone blnrtpd ont, "But.
Madam, you must sign The queen
flushed, and rcioiucd with marked
Indignation, ",lr, do YOU know who
ann a" "Hcs, Madam, the queen of
England. But does your majesty
know who am! / am the people
of England" 1t is needless to say
chat the queen summary brought
ihc audience TO a close, and in q
few curt words dismissed her prime
and babe him learn better
manners. Since then she has scarce
~ made any pretense of concealing
her personal antipathy to the G.
D. VI.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

Belfast has been a v0lc no in Wig
orous eruption since some time be-
fore the election. The fierce party
passions which have been accumu-
latlng Tor more than eighty years
in that city, under the influence of
Orange aud Ribbon societies, have
broken ont with an energy which
detes all the ordinary agencies Tor
the maintenance Of public order
AZ usual, the Orangemen are the
aggressors. and the Tories have
nos the pleasant task Of putting
down their friends, who have been
the causes of more disturbance in
Ireland than all the rest the pop.
nlation taken together. IL is ex-
pcctcd that they will have to pro.
claim martial law in this Tory city,
while all the Home Rule districts
OF the island preserve a creditable
degree of quiet under the irritation
Of defeat. The reason is that The
victors know they are fighting for
a lost cause, while the defeated are
conscious OF the certainty of ulti-
mate triumph.-Phid. AmericdR.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

The fact that the Senate has adj
iourncd has not induced Senator
Rlddleberger to "let up in his at
tacks upon his distinguished repub-
lican colleagues, and from his quiet
home in The mountains of Virginia
he continues to say he has "never
considered Mr. Sherman Of such
immense proportions, even asapres.
idential candidate, as to eniitle him
to special privileges or immunitles,"
and that "the sucers Of q second
choice presiding officer are not ter
rifying to him. The "game cock
of the Valley flaps his wings and
crows as Justify in Woodstock as
within the halls Of the United
States Senate.-AlecaRdria Gdsette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

TIE new Democrats of this state
in every public meeting and conven-
ton so far held but one have adopt
ed resolutions favOring a protec-
tive tariff and endorsing the Blair
Educational bill. Two years ago
they were rampant free-traders and
made the welkin ring with the in
justice of a tariff tax. OF course
they were for the Blair bill then
as now. But see the record. The
Blair bill was not even mentioned in
the House, while the Democratic
representatives voted to take up
the Morrison horizontal free trade
bill. Gentlemen, how long do you
expect to feed the people on reso-
lutions and starve them by your
votes after YOU get thelrsi
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

Itisnot often thlt two brothers
are nominated against each other
bv two parties, bat this is the case
I'm Tennessee. where the Republican
and Democratic candidates are
brothers named Taylor itwcal's
the famous fight for Che United
States senatorsh.pam0ng the Sails
bury brothers in Delaware. Cove
and Willard had fought each othoT
i'm tho primaries, and the contest
resulted ina tic. Then fli. who
was the least able of the three, and
who had not been thought Of for
the place, quietly wcntto work and
surprised both his brothers by hay-
ing himself elected. lie has held
Oh ever since.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
polsonad HnrSelt and c0n

A neatly dressed, middle-aged
lady, accompanied by a little boy
about 9 years Of age, arrived at the
st. James Hotel, Pittsburg, Pa,
yesterday morning. helady gave
the namo OF Mrs. Shore, stating
that they had Just arrived from
Philadelphia, but that her husband
was manager of an electric light
company in either Williamsport or
Remove. They called for a room,
and failing to appear for dinner a
porter was sent to call them. The
porter found them both lying upon
the floor. The woman was dead
and the child writhing in terrible
agony. A vial containing small
quantity of poison was on the floor
beside them. Prompt medical at
tendance was rendered, and the
child regained consciousness aud
Will recover. lie says his mamma
mado him take a drink from the
bottle aud then took a biz drink
herself. SO cause for the deed has
vet been discovered. Her husband,
isaac r. Shaw. is general manager
of the electric light company at
Wiliamsport. penna. Domestic
trouble is said 10 lac the cause Of the
rash aci
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

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Ihc newspapers Wc exciting tao
peoD.c bg fiery head lines aboutWu
with 1l.t,oo a.5 .,rry lsv r
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

Before the democrats haG an OBJ
portunity to "see the books at
Washington, they were belaboring
the republican party for the big
steals it was making from the treas
my. Since it is discovered that no
stealing had been done, and that
the books, are all right, they CON
tinue TO belabOr it for what It will
do if allowed to get in power again,
like the Irish pedagogue who fog.
ged every bog before lessons com.
menced in the morning. "What
are you logging me for,v asked a
boy, 81 have cone nothing" "Not
yet, you rascal" answered the
teacher, "bat PLACE God, you'll do
plenty before the day is out.p
There is nothing like convincing
argument.-HighidAd Rccorder.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

The Richmond Dispatch has be.
come most constant and Jealous
organ Of Readjustment. Every day
it has one or more articles on the
debt question. We wish the Dis.
patch would reproduce some of its
articles written in 1880 and 1881 on
"honor and integrity.p Placed by
the side Of It's present articles they
would be farcical enough to make
a horse laugh.-.URriOa Patriot.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

1t does not appear that the con
demnahOn Of the knights of Labor
by tie Pope, which has been pro
mulgated by Cardinal Taschereau,
of Canada, applies to the Knights
of Labor of the United States. In
an interview between a representa-
tive of the Knights with Cardinal
Gibbons, published some weeks
ago. the Cardinal gave no intima-
ton that the order wonld fall be-
meath Che condemnation ofthe Holy
See.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

WE give a great deal of space on
this page to the "Debt Settlement
by way of showing our readers the
importance it is again assuming and
how the leading democratic (once
funder) papers are generally dis
cussing it. Look out!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

Hon. G. +. TRIGG was set aside in
the Ninth District after one session
of service, and Hon. Geo. Wise re-
tires on account of private business
after he had canvassed a part Of
his district. Mr.. Barbour declined
in dire apprehension and 1G2 bal
lots failed TO find bis SUCCESSOR
Hon. J. Il. Tucker did not care 10
hazard the slender majority Of two
years ago, and so he handed the
picked bone over to Bumgardner.
After fixing the districts to suit
themselves, O'Ferrall is the only
one who seems content. Something
must be working among the peo.
pie.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

An Old gentleman in Maryland said he
had raised his family on Sellers Liver
Pills" and considered them almost as
essential to family as bread That's
true.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

"OFFICIAL CrOOkedness has even
invaded the district attorneys Of
flee in New York. Whittier next :"
So says the Richmond Wing
And the list of crooked fellows now
runs largely over the first hundred
in the first year.
But really the Wing is a little
slow to "catch on Why don't it
adopt the style Of the Staunton
Spectator, and say these rascals are
all republicans whom Cleveland
didn't turn out. 1t is q little rough
on Grover to say he kept the ras-
Gals in and turned the honest fel-
lows out when his avOwed mission
was only to "turn the rascals out
But this point the Spectator did not
see, or hopes its readers will not.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-05
Council Proceedings.

Council Chamber, Elk Point, May srd, 1896.
Council met in regular session,
Mayor Freeman in chair. Members
all present.
Minutes of previous meetings
read and approved.
On motion the rules Of business
relating to resolutions and ordinan.
ces of the council of the year 1888,
(see rules on minute book, page IA,
were adopted.
Aldermen Murphey and Bovee
committee on sidewalks, reported
that the sidewalks on the east side
Of block 81, Elk Point proper, wal
in a dangerous and unsafe condi'
ton.
The following resolutions was in
troduced by Aid. Murphey, and OF
motion put on its first reading:
Be it resolved by the city council
Of the city Of Elk Point, Dakota
that the following described i'm
prosements are necessary, and II i
hereby ordered that peruaaileil