Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-06-15
An OLD PAPER.
Petersburg index Appeal.

FOrty-six years do not seem a
long time TO look back on, but
enough occurs to show that the
world moves.
We have before us a copy of the
Washington Daily National MtelH.
geacer OF September p, 1912, and
reference to some of It's contents
may be OF interest. The MtelH-
gencer was not what would now be
considered a newspaper, but per
haps it paid as much attention to
news.gathering as any paper in the
country then did, with two or three
exceptions. The foreign news in
this IateIligencer came from Paris
under date Of September Is. The
editor anticipates all rivals but one
by giving letter which Mr.. Clay
had written on the 18th.
Railroads had begun to diminish
distance, but they we're in their
youth. The passage from New York
TO Washington occupied twenty
four hours, and arrangements had
to I've made in advance TO secure
accommodations. Much is said OF
the "Great railroad and steamboat
line from New York to Georgia"
which, the paper says, will pass
through Wilmington and Peters
burg. There had been great
trouble on this route about a
bridge. and the Petersburg COM
pany was then inst to build the
bridge, which was over the Roam
Oke, near Weldon, on its own ac.
count. The Petersburg company
was about to "adOpt the T rail in
place Of the thin plate iron before
used.D
Lotteries were numerous in 1912.
The MtelIigencer had advertise.
ments Of not less than six, drawn
in Rhode Island, Delaware, Mary
land and Virginia. The largest
prize mentioned was $4,000, and
that was by the Rhode Island com.
pany, those of the other companies
not exceeding $4,000.
There is proof in the paper that
the negro was not always content.
ed with his position. Advertise.
ments Of runaways appear in NUN.
bers. They we're all Maryland or
District Of Columbia negroes, how.
EVERYONE being from Virginia.
The tariff was an issue then, and
the IntelIigencer says: at is esti-
mated that the revenue bill Just
passed will give employment to
100000 persons, and the means of
comfortable livelihood to 100000"
Much space is given to the an.
nouncement of new machinery pur-
chased throughout the country,
and old machinery that was to be
again put in motion. Mr.. Buch.
anan is quoted as "utterly repudI.
ating the dogma of horizontal
tariff, leaving our infant manufac.
lures to an Intellectual struggle
with the pauper labor Of Europe,
and to certain death under the act
cf 1888.
The htcVigencer quotes some one
as lntimating that Mr.. Van Buren,
"a New York man, by the way
was not sound on the question of
protection, and that "the bare sus-
piciOn that he was not protection
lst had much TO do with his oyer.
throw in 1910"
The ways of the politician in 1912
do not appear to have been better
than are his ways in 1888. The |
Intciiigencer tells us that on the |
previous Friday-fOur days before,
and that IS the very latest piece of |
news in the paper-three judges |
had been impeached in New York .
for causing the untimely discharge
IF prisoners from Blackwelps Is.
and so that they could be natural
zed in time to vote at the election
If that year. They we're kept herd
ID until election day, and then nn-
Ter supervision, exercised their
tights as free American citizens
New York could hardly improve
lpOn that scheme, even now.
There is no mention of fire, a
abroad or steamboat accident, an
occidental death, a crime by vio-
ence, or a bankruptcy, a blizzard,
IN overflow, a strike, a baseball
zane or a prize fight, in the paper.
lost OF these evils occurred from
line to time, no doubt, but papers
+ that day had not learned to re.
ord them.