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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02

There is still an old law exist
ing in the Isle of Man that if a man
was proved to have wronged a
maid the Deemster was to hand to
her an axe, a rope, and a ring, that
she might deal with the recalcitrant
lover. She had the choice to be-
head him with an axe, to hang with
the rope, or marry him with the
ring. The MAIDS are usually lenient'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02
ShIpped me Corpse.

A citizen of Ashland, Mich,
shot a deer, and wanted to send it
to some friends, but the express
company refused to take it. Then
he packed It in a cheap coffin,
marked the box "John Deer, de-
ceased, aged one," and shipped the
corpse without trouble.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02
J. M. BUCK,
BIdcksmithing,

Having returned to my shop, at the old
staad, am prepared to do blacksmithing
in all It's branches and IN the best manner.
win pay special attention to Ironing
wagons, agricultural implements, repair
ing nachinery, &c. KrAll work d0ne 10
the very best manner and at the shortest
notice.
Hoping to merit and receive your custom
am respectfully, &c, q.
LEWIS CRISSMAN
april 22-1y.l Edinburg, va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02

/ is pIOUdOlc tHdt ohV"'N "| ~
erably failed in my undertaking
for nv sister, Mrs. MerwiD-in
formed me scornlully when ! lait
nv plan before her, 81 cannot be
thankful enough, Tom, that | am
the first one to whom you enfold
your QuixOtic scheme, for nothing
could be more ruinous to girls
prospects, situated as Miss Adele
is, than 10 have a bachelor like
yourself going around advocating
her cause. Just take me to see the
girl. and if she is not mere ad'
venturess you may count upon
my doing what I can for her"
That my sister was Wholly salts
fed with Miss Adele will go with
out saying when | tell you that she
took her home within the week as
musical governess TO her own chill
dren, and personally solicited pat
ronage for her among her "dear
800 friends"
In less than three months from
the day that l first discovered Eva,
Miss Adele found herself with
more work upon her hands than
she could easily attend to, and /
found myself-but no, | will tell
You about that later-for now
comes the most remarkable part Of
this narrative land there is nothing
so very remarkable in the story OF
a free man who is often thrown into
the society OF good and beautiful
woman falling in love with her, and
that which emphasizes the fact
that truth is stranger than fiction.
One day there drew up before
nv sisters door the we'll known
equipage of one of the city's most
successful bankers, and from 1t
alighted a Gentleman who eagerly
requested to see Miss Adele. The
result of that visit was nothing
short of the restoration Of little
Eva to her parents and home, for
she was prO7en to be the long lost
and sadly-m)urned daughter of the
banker, stolen by a former servant,
the only Object that could be dis
covered to eytort money for her re-
turn. In order probably to render
the scheme successful, the child
had been tsken far away, where it
would be d fiicult to trace her. The
mysterious death of the woman had
interfered With the original plan,
and left noclew by which the ag-
onized parents could possibly dis
cover Their child, and long since
she had been given up for dead,
In the course of its progress from
person to person, the story of the
young music teacher and her little
charge had reached the banker and
his wife, who fastened to convince
themselves that Eva was their long
lost darling; the dlamond crescent
which had beef stolen for that very
purpose no dubt, furnishing evi
dence, if more had been needed
than the child'i great resemblance
to her mother.
It is needless to say that the
grateful parents insisted upon adop
ting Adele nto their hearts and
home as a daughter no less thar
their Legitimate offspring; and fol
me they declared eternal friendship
With this | should have beer
quite satisfied under ordinary cir
cumstances, but
"NOnsense," roughishly says
Adele, who IS looking over my
shoulder as | write, "what a com
monplace enting you will have
there, love aud marriage, and al
that sort of thing
"But will il not be true to the
life ~ | asked. And a beautiful
light warns up her dear face. "End
the story as you please, Tom," she
says.7- Wendell Searey in Dress.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02

A great many people in Paris
make as much as $40 a night as
"knotmakers," or "tiers of cravatsP
During the social season the good
"knotmaker" jumps into the cab at
about 6 o'clock in the evening and
is whhled to his customers, whose
cravats he ties according to the pre-
vailing mode. For two minutes
work he receives from 40 cents to
81.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02

Mill Rewarded are those who read
QInUIU this and then act they win
ulUlll find honorable employment .D,'a.t
their bones and families. The profits are
large and sure for every industrious per
sou, many have made and are now making
several hundred a month. IL is easy for
any one to make s. and upwards per day,
who is willing to work Either sex young
or old capital not needed ; We start you.
Everything new. No special ability re-
auired you, reader, can do it as well as
ANY one. Write TO US at once for fqll par
ticulars, which We mail free. Address
stinson g. Co.. Portland, Maine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02
/ AM OUT AGAIN.

All persons having stumps on their
premises that they want taken out, or
farms cleaned, will do well to call on OF
address A.. NJ. EVANS,
ang 13-3m. Edinburg Va
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WOODSTOCK VA

RoBr. J. WALKER. JEO. KELLER
(ITALKER & KELLER,
w ATTORNEYS-AT-LAK "a
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA. II
SsS- Office on Court Street. ~
One member Of the firm will be ~ Mt.
Jackson from o'clock Thursday after
2oon, until Saturday night of each week!
Once over Irwin's Drug Store.
Msy 'sl-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02
1 q. WYNKOOP,

4 q. wYNKOOP,
LTT % NEY At Law,
office formerly occupied by Allen and
MasrHSer.
WOODSTOCK VA,
Will practice in the Courts Of Shenan-
doah and adjacent counties.
Special attention given 70 the collection
Of claims and all legal business entrusted
70 bis care.
VIII be in Mt. Jackson on Friday and
Saturday, before the 2nd Tuesday of each
month, at DR.. l.. H. Jordans Office.
May Is, '54-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02

Three million women work for
wages in this country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02

Respectfully informs the public that
ns has resumed the practice Of his pro-
sssion o-ders left al the store OF Z. ].
Fravel, in Woodstock. willreceive pro-
apt attention
Nav Is. '5t-tf
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other grave surgical operations
have been performed without other
means of lessening or preventing
pain.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
NOT AN OUTLAW ESCAPED,

vigilantes Shoot Down Seventeen Horse
Thieves Who Refused to Surrender.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. "A special from
Paladora, in the public land strip, says
that the farmers and herdsmen Of that Sec
tion who have lost many horses and cattle
recently, suspected band of campers,
who claim to be catching wild horses, and,
finding evidence of guilt, party
of well armed vigilants surrounded the
camp and sent in committee of six men
to demand the surrender of the thieves.
The reply of the desperadoes was a volley,
which wounded one man and two horses.
This angered the vigilantes, and firing was
at once begun and the outlaws shot down
without mercy. They fought desperately,
and no quarter was asked or given. In
twelve minutes the firing ceased, and sew
enteen outlaws were found to have been
killed. The vigilantes had three men killed
and nine wounded. Two horses were also
killed and seven wounded. Sixteen stolen
horses were recovered. Not one outlaw
escaped alive.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
COSTLY SPORT.
Our Congressman Having Dead
Loads OF Fun,
AZ An Expense to the Country OF ONLY
Thirteen Thousand Dollars q Day.

Thirteen THOUSAND DOLLARS Day
WASHINGTON, Aug. ga special to the
Cincinnati Enquirer says For the twen-
tieth time this week the House found IT.
self without a quorum to-day, and quit
business until reinforcements should ar
rive to corporate with tho ninety three
patriots who were keeping the wings OF the
American eagle outspread. Pending the
arrival Of the delinquents an adjournment
was had, and the Sergeant at. Arms will
shuttle out in the morning and lasso seven
ty or eighty members so that business can
proceed. There Is a quorum in the city,
but it Is impossible to keep one
in the House for any length Of time.
There is ludicrous side to the situa-
tion. Something interesting may be going
on in the House, when couple Of thirsty
members feel like taking drink. They do
not want to miss either the fun or the
liquor. One Of them will make the point
OF no quorum, and proceedings at once
come to standstill. Then party is made
up to go down to the bar, and the thirsty
statesmen will go down and assuage their
appetites while the remaining sweat out
the interval. When the party is ready to
have the wheels go round once more the
man who made the point Of no quorum
takes the floor and withdraws his demand,
whereupon business is resumed just where
1t was broken off. When a member is try
ing to write letter or read a novel in the
midst of a distracting scene he simply yells
out ''no quorum" and the play suspends
until the member is willing to let legisla-
tion proceed. All this is funny, and as 1t
costs the country only about $4,000 day
the people will be glad to know their
statesmen are having so much sport.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
A WATER SPOUT
Causes Ruin and Desolation a.
Hot Springs, Ark.
4 Mighty Torrent sweeps Through the
Town-Many Buildings Wrecked,
with the Loss of Several Lives.

Hot SPRINGS, ARK, Aug. H.-To.day Is
an epoch in the history Of Hot Springs.
The city is Quilted. Ruin and wreck meet
the vision everywhere, and nothing like 10
has been ever known to compare with the
results Of last nights storm, which occur
red too late to be telegraphed. Il was q
water spout, and the valley was swept
with mighty tidal wave. The loss to
property is fearful, while the sacrifice OF
human life is, under the circumstances,
appalling. Swift and terrible was the vis-
itation. Without warning peo-
pie were awakened from slum-
ber to find themselves threatened with
destruction by mad waves. Strange to
relate, few people were conscious Of hor-
rible disaster till they awoke to look upon
the desolate scene this morning and drag
the drowned from drifts. The storm struck
the town about eleven o'clock last night
from northwestwardly direction. TWAS
accompanied by stiff cool wind, though
not strong enough to produce damage.
Rain fell in torrents from eleven to one
O'Clock without intermission or cessation.
Indeed, those who were up and witnessed
the awful scene describe 1t as one never
before seen by them. The vivid flashes
Of lightning displayed, as it were, great
sheets of falling water. At the close Of
the storm great and ominous sounds, min
gled with shouts of people and cries Of
distress, went up from the valley and
such citizens as were in the vicinity
OF the creek and ravines went forth to rem
der assistance. The food on Central ave.
nue., the principal thoroughfare, assumed
the form of an angry river, whose rushing
tide swept every thing movable on its
bosom. For over half an hour the avenue
was transformed into torrent fifty yards
wide. Barrels, boxes and parts Of houses
came down on the tide and were left strewn
on the sidewalks. Several large hotels
were flooded to the depths Of four feet
with murky waters. Many buildings were
totally wrecked. Up to this hour six per-
sons are known to be missing, five Of whom
have been found dead in wrecked build
ings. The damage to property is esti-
mated at 100000.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
REAL BUSINESS.
what the United states senate Threatens

to DO.
NEW York, Aug. 30.-A special to the
Cincinnati Enquirer says: Word direct
from those whose counsel and advice pre-
walls comes here that the Republican Sem
ate will meet President Cleveland on
common level. This in the presentation
Of joint resolution reposing in him almost
extraordinary powers in the treatment OF
the North American fisheries complication.
So broad will be the power vested in him
that failure to appreciate Its capacious
mantle may attach to him, II there be
repeated Canadian indignities, whatever
Of failure there may be to retaliate
vigorously in the future for occur.
rences which have conspicuously marked
the past. While Edmunds, Sherman, Frye
and other leaders, thoroughly conyersant
with thesubject now believe that ex-
isting laws the Chief Executive is already
panoplied with authority, restrained only
by the constitutional power Of Congress to
declare war, still are they willing to so
definitely construe such power as to add to
It the most liberal Interpretation, and IL
needs be to so amplify it that the one hold
ing the Presidential Office can not In any
contingency escape his duty. There
may be the tact of politics in this to over
come in q measure the patriotic effect of
the vigorous State paper sent the Senate by
President Cleveland. No matter however
the purpose, the effect is the same. 1t will
be to hold the President to an accountable
ity dnring an interregnum of the Con-
gress, which will serve as a warning to
the Government of the Dominion that
there is the club in the master hand OF ono
who will discreetly as we'll as heroically
apply to redress Immediately any griev-
anCe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Canadian Pacific Retaliates.

DULUTH, MIMI, Aug. 29.-Orders have
been issued to stop all work on the Du-
luth, South Shore and Atlantic railroad
from Ashland to Duluth. The road is
owned by the Canadian Pacific, and this
course was adopted on account Of the
Presidents retaliatory message. The
Northern Pacific track has been leased for
use in lieu Of the Ashland extension, and
trains will be run to Duluth over that line.
It is supposed that the stoppage will be
only temporary.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Chinese Free Masonry.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Thirteen Mongolians
were initiated into the mysteries of Chinese
Free Masonry, at the lodge rooms of Chin
Mon Yeck Lodge, last evening. Itwas the
most important ceremony that has taken
place since the chapter, or company, as the
Chinese call it, was established. Two or
three Americans, who are members Of the
lodge, were present, and say that the work
was most novel. The Chin Mon Yeck
Company comprises nearly 500 members,
and is growing rapidly. There are lodges
in all the principal cities, and the Yee
Tong Hong Company, of San Francisco, is
the recognized head
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
TRAGEDY IN A PENITENT1ARY
One of the Prisoners Makes n Furious
Assault on q Guard, and Gets the Life
cr,,x nat <S rTt,,,

One of the Prisoners Makes a Furious
Assault on n Guard, and Gets the Life
Shot Out of Him.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug. O.-John
Riley, an unruly and desperate convict,
who has infringed the rules Of the institu-
tion, time after time, attacking shop
guards on several occasions, met his fate
this afternoon at the hands of Joseph w.
Gresham, guard in the shop of the Gle
secke Boot and Shoe Company, in the PEN
itentiary. just after the whis-
tie had sounded for the men to resume
work after the dinner hour Riley as
saulted the guard, knocking him down.
striking him number Of heavy blows in
the face and kicking him several times
while he was on the floor After strug-
Cling few moments Grisham regained
his feet and, drawing his revolver, shot
his assailant twice, the first shot lodging
in Riley's breast, inflicting n fatal wound.
After receiving this wound he turned, and
the second shot lodged in his back. He
sank to the floor and expired in a few
minutes. Verdict, justifable homicide.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
A rnRRrpIn FIRE.

Seven Firemen Buried Under Fallen walls
and Roasted at Baltimorc---Loss to
Property a Million and q Quarter Of
Dollars.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.-At an early hour
this morning fire broke out In the toy
warehouse of K. A. Prior & Co., South
Sharp street. Before the firemen could get
to work an explosion Of hrev orks wrecked
the building, and caused the flames to
spread with alarming rapidity to the drug
house Of J. II. Winkelman & Co., on the
north, and the hat house Of M. 8. Levy &
Co., on the south. Scarcely had the fire.
men entered the edifice occupied by the
drug house when the inside Of the build
ing seemed to suddenly drop in, terrific
explosion followed, and the immense
building collapsed. The entire FIRE depart
ment had by this time reached the scene, and
as the attention Of the men were concen.
trated on the building under which their
comrades were buried, the flames had
chance to spread, and spread they did
with frightful rapidly. In an incredibly
short space Of time the, entire block, rum
ming from Lombard to Pratt street, was
scething mass Of fame. At the drug house
the fremen worked bravely. Holes were
cut through the pavement and every
effort was made to reach the imprisoned
men, but they were buried beneath a
great mass of brick and iron, and fierce
flames were roaring around the spot.
Awful groans came from the pile, which
seemed to make tho working firemen
put forth superhuman efforts, and
after more than an hours work it became
evident that some of the men were alive,
and that they were being roasted to DEATH
John Kelley, Of Truck No. 2, managed to
crawl out from the rubbish, and Of the
men who entered the building he was the
only one to escape with his life. He was
cut and bruised, but his injuries are not
serious. 1t is certain that seven fremen
perished, and 1t may be that others were
with them when the crash came. The
charred remains of three of the brave men
were rescued this afternoon. The total
property loss will probably reach 81 800, :
600, and it is pretty we'll covered
by insurance, most Of which is
in small policies in out-of-town COM
panies. The origin Of the fire will prob
ably never be known. No fire was used in
the Prior establishment, and 1t is supposed
that spontaneous combustion was the
cause. But IL Is known that system Of
electric lighting was introduced in the
building recently, and it was only tried
last night, and it may be that defective in
sulation started the flames, and the COM
bustible nature of the contents of the build
ing served as food for the destroying ele-
ments. The fire was discovered by an in
toxicated man who stopped to rest on the
steps of building opposite.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Soldiers Killed by Indians:

arrival of the steamer San Bias, Panama
dates to August IL were received to-day.
A massacre by Indians took place on the
14th, just near the boundary lines of the
Department of Suezaltengo and Totonica-
pan. A surveying party engaged in fix
ing the boundaries of the two departments
wss fred upon, and Don Carlos Rosol, the
commander Of the military escort, and
several Of the soldiers and assistants, num-
bering in all twenty two persons, We're
killed
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
"Mr. Crowley" Dead.

New York, Aug. 3l.-"Mr. Crowley, !"
the chimpanzee, died at forty minutes past
eleven o'clock this morning. In him
America has lost its greatest quadruman-
Gus citizen; in fact, it is not too much to
say that the most eminent and accom-
plished troglodyte in the world has de-
parted. Crowley was born in the Congo
country, and cost $125. When he arrived
here he weighed fifteen pounds, and was
carried in the superintendent's overcoat
pocket up to the garden. He was easily
trained, and at meal-time invariably sat
in chair at the table and used knife,
fork, spoon, dish and napkin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Iha Arkansas Waiarsnout.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, Sept. 2.-The dis
that city Thursday night broke at Palarm,
twenty miles west Of there. A storm was
seen to be gathering, and fears were en-
tertained of a tornado, when the cloud ap-
peared to dissolve, discharging an inn
mense volume Of water and sweeping the
country bare.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
membered the Revolutionary War,

GALVESTON, TEX, Aug. 30.-Mrs. Nancy
Jones, widow of Shadrack Jones and
mother of Mrs. Barney Tiernan, of this city,
died Tuesday night of extreme old age.
Though her age was fixed at 106 years, it
is probable that it exceeded that by several
years, as her familiarity with scenes and
incidents dated back to the first years Of
the Revolutionary War.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

"A young man having preached for
DR.. Edmonds one day, was anxious to
get word of applause for his labor OF
love. The grave doctor, however, did
not introduce the subject, and his
younger brother was obliged to bait
the hook for him. ~ hope, sir, did
not weary your people by the length
OF my sermon to-dayp" "No, sir, no:
ut all; nor by the depth either" The
young man was silent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
An Aqed vxorcids and suicide.

NEW York, Aug. 31.-Ellis Kahn, Ger
man cigarmaker, sixty lone years old, of
TT East Sixth street, killed his wife this
morning, and then inflicted wounds on
himself that will cause his death. He
hacked himself in the abdomen, then drew
the knife across his left wrist, and then
cut his throat. He was removed to Belle
vue Hospital, when the operation of lapa-
rotomy was performed on him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Alarming Increase in Yellow lack.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Aug. 29.-The Off
cial bulletin for the twenty -four hours
ending at 9 p. m. reports: New cases, 49,;
deaths, 4-Hugh d. Roberts, VIM. Smith,
Rose d. Lima (sister of Mercy, Mrs. Mary
Davis; recoveries, 8; under treatment, 9s;
total number of cases to date, 1854; total
number of deaths to date, 90. Another
large lot of refugees left to-day, and the
list of stay -at-homes is getting well re-
duced. The rapid increase in new cases
was too much for them, and they left on
first train,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Effect Of Hiqh License In Minneso ota.

ST. PAUL MIMI, Aug. 30.-The Pioneer
Press reviews the first year of high license
in Minnesota and finds the system has
proved all it's friends claimed for it. There
are in the State only 1851 saloons now, as
against 2,so6 when the law went into effect
The consumption of liquor has decreased
in nearly every county.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
A Governors Nephew shuffIss on,

DENVER, COL, Azg. 8O.-A. J. Throsk.
morton, nephew Of Governor Throck-
morton, of Texas, suicided at ten cent
lodging house by taking morphine. De-
spondency caused by poverty and whisky
Is supposed to be the cause. He recently
came from Pueblo, Col, where he and his
wife had spent all they had.