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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-01
DECIDED BETWEEN TWO
LOVERS.
A MISSOURI BEAUTY's CHOICE OF
A HUSBAND AFFECTED AN
ENTIRE TOWN.

STURGEON, Mo-, January 81
Nettie White is the daughter of b.
+. White, of the firm of Gruby *
White, millers. She is barely
eighteen and pretty as a picture.
Among her suitOrs were Lee VIM,
son of w. II. VIM, a prominent
stock dealer, and Charley VIM,
of the firm of COOmes & VIM. Al.
though bearing the same name,
the young men were not related.
The pair had been paying particu-
lar attention to MISS White for
several months, and the gOssips
we're much excited oyer the nnal
result. About a week ago it was
rumored that the young lady had
prOmisedto marry Lee VIM, and
had even gone so far as to select
bridesmaids. When Charley Wlnn
heard 1t he met bis friend Lee, for
they were good friends, and bet
$50 he would not get the girl. The
wager set the whole town talking
and the friends of each man pro-
ceeded to make side bets. Every
body backed his favorite, aud the
excitement ran so high that the
young men were requested to de.
mand prompt action on the part OF
the girl. One or the other OF the
men were at the house all the time
aud 1t is even SAID the presents
were divided on the beaux. The
girl was harrassed and annoyed
iorthree days. She could not de.
eide. This only Increased the ex'
element and it got so high that
at nights the yard at Mr.. Whites
house. would be crowded With peo.
Pile waiting for the verdict. On
Wednesday evening after IN vain
trying to get decision the two
young men, in the presence OF
mutual friends stood with locked
arms IN the parlOr and asked the
girl to make her choice. She hest
tated. It was agreed that the
young men should start for home.
and the one called back should be
her husband. They started, and
Miss White called "Lee ~ and he
turned with a glad smile. Imme.
diately she called "CharIey,p and
he too, came back. The crowd in
sisted that she must choose. Miss
White finally suggested that they
write their names OH a slip OF pa
per and she would mark a cross
opposite her choice. She put the
cross opposite Charley's name, and
as Lee torned to leave she marked
a cross opposite his name, too.
Then another scheme was tried
that Proved successful. Both men
were TO leave, and the one called
back first was to be her husband,
no matter whether the other was
called or not. Both startGi and
girl flushed, CALI a n r.JT' imme. :
diately took tb.rain for Columbia
and I', were ToOA mried by Professor S",f
Oldham. oehrlstian College. Hall
of the ton is happy and the otne s
,,axrtbroke. Ten girls, IL Is S"'u'
y, T; nronose to poor Charley
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-01
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

The cleaning OF the Augean sta.
bles will begin promptly on the 4th
of March. The work will then go
on every day until the unwhole-
some task is completed.
The grandson OF Chancellor Lay
ingston, who 100 years ago admin
istered the oath of Office to George
Washington as first President OF
the United States, died in New
York last week.
Large quantities of counterfeit
silver dollars have been distributed
in Pennsylvania along the Schuyl'
kill valley. It is one of the in.
dustries that Pennsylvania does
not want protected.
Sheriff McGinnis has just return
ed TO Calhoun, Ga, from Texas
with j. o. helms, a bigamist with
nine wives. lie acknowledges hav-
ing six, but says he may have for
gotten the other three.
A new and handsome linen COL
lar has been named In honor Of Col
oael Elijah Halford. 1t is doubt
ful, however, if General Harrison
ever wears the HalfOrd collar. He
proposes to be his own man.
General BOulanger was chosen
President of the French republic
last Sunday by clear majority OF
$1,000 votes over all the opposing
candidates OF more than $4,000
votes. Ii is the most remarkable
electoral victory known in France
since LOUIS Napoleon was chosen
presidentof that epublIc.
This is how certain Texas Judge
performs a marriage ceremony: "Do
You and each of You sOlemnly swear
that you are in earnest about this
business, and that you will stand
by each other as husband and wife
through thick and thin, sink or
swim, live OF die, survive or per
ish w The couple here nod, the
groom, perhaps, remarking, "You
bet,v and the thing is done.
Such a dismal failure las been
the Bourbon management of the
affairs of Virginia since 1871 that
for the second time in eighteen
years her treasury is about empty.
At this time Governor Fitzhugh
Lee finds it necessary to appeal 10
the liquor dealers of the state TO
pay their license taxes in money
and not in the past-due coupons of
the state. In paying IN the cou-
pons they save one-half, but they
are threatened that if they use cOu-
pons an extra session OF the AS
sembly viii meet them By doubling
their taxes.
James Harkins, one OF the vic
tins of the awful Bussey bridge
disaster on the Boston and PrOvi-
dence railroad on March -, 1887,
has just recovered damages to the
amount of $4,000. His original
suit against the company was for
$4,000. Six months later the
plaintiffs mind became affected,
and the claim was raised to s25,;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Written and Compiled for the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1889.
Senator Allison, who has three
times refused the invitation Of Gen.
Harrison to enter the Cabinet as
Secretary of the Treasury, has
now gone to Indianapolis to finally
settle the matter. The trip was
very sudden and a great surprise
to Mr.. Allison's friends, and was
only taken because Gen. Harrison
refused TO accept the written decli-
nations sent him by Mr.. Allison,
and because he has fully made up
his mind that he wants that gentle
man to set the financial pace for
his administration. Another rea-
son given for the trip is that an
intimation was given Mr.. Allison
that unless he accepted the
position rendered him, Iowa would
have no representation in the
Cabinet. J. S. ClarkSOn, whom it
is said Mr.. Allison has been de-
sirous of having in the Cabinet as
Iowa's representative, with several
other prominent Iowa Republicans,
| is expected to meet Mr.. Allison at
Indianapolis, and some arrange
ment will be definitely made.
Senator Sherman is working
theoretically tor his bill prohibiting
trusts, and confidently expects its
early passage by the Senate. 1t
would probably have passed last
week when it was up for consider
alton, if the Senator from Ohio had
not, in Difference to the requests of
a number of Senators, agreed to
have it LAID aside temporarily to
take up an appropriation bill. In
giving way Mr.. Sherman took &C.
caslon to say that he would do so
no more, and that when his bill
next came up he should insist upon
its disposal.
The Senate tariff bill has been
sent to the House and referred to
the Committee on Ways and
Means, and contrary to general
opinion a few days ago, it now
looks as if some legislation on this
subject will be gotten through at
the present session. The Demo
Gratis of the Ways and Means Com
mittee have given their pledges
publicly to report the bill to the
House at the earliest time possible,
and if the House agrees to the APP
pointment of congress, as asked
tor by the Senate, some sort of a
compromise is expected to lie
reached that will result in a large
reduction in the surplus revenues.
The tobacco tax is almost certain
to be greatly reduced, If not al
together abolished. In fact this
tobacco business is at the bottom
Of the change of tactics on tho
part of the Democrats. A nun.
Der of members from the tobacco
States announced that If they
could get relief in no other way
they proposed to join the Republi-
cans and adopt the Senate bill IN
its entirety.
Many conservative people here
believe that Secretary Bayard's
bungling methods have put US in a
condition where war with Germany
is not only one OF the possibilities
of the near future but Is probable.
Evidence of Bayard's wretched
management in Samoa is before
the foreign committees of both
Houses of Congress in the shala
of official correspondence
urpent do IN 800 - =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-01

most com%aIy dreaded by ..ov Oul
satesmen is hat known as s;a aT from
1t; all Many have insomn n 70 one
of them thleast intiDatlon " cam U
that disease dris suffering nOca
from his desk and mp az O
him for the next six weeks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-01
The Ghost Of a Lynched Map
From Birmingham (Ala.) SPECIE
A ghost is causing an exodus o.

A ghost is causing an exodus Oh
negroes from LAWRENCE c2aI
; Last Jnlg CaJssv, murdered
wife. The woman was IN a ue,'c sso
condition at the time, and Tue
lima was a most brutal one. Tnree
niahts after the murder Mooday
res taken from the county )all a.
Mention and lyncbed by colorea
men The coIored men OF tue
comfy boosted that no white man
%od ANYTHING to do with the haog
mo Of Mooday. Most of tue lyncn'
ING party were known, ou. 10
agort was ever made to prosecute
them for It. Recently the coloreo
neople living in and around Moui.
ton have been seeing ghosts az tue
Sonse where the Mooday fanny
sormerlv lived. The ghost visited
tba scene every night, and soon
the negroes became mucn a'a u, .S.
Those who had taken part IN tae
I ,vrcbipg we're the first to leave quo
country and others are following
~ andy as possible. A CORE
as ," writing from MouIton
savs: "If the present exodus con.
. times Lawrence county T
he without colored q
!. firmly believe t3s<
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-01


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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-01
ParaIyzed by Chewing Gum,
THE CURIOUS APPLETON OF THE
JAWS OF A HARRISB URG
SCHOOLGIRL.

HARRISBURG, PA, Jan. 26.-The
most remarkable case that has come
under the observation of the medi-
cal fraternity IN this city for a long
time is that of Mary Yountz, aged
II years, who is suffering from
facial paralysis. This affiiction is
due to chewing gum, she having
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
White took up several of


its chapters, giving the devel-
opment of the argument in each, show
ing men are not born free or equal; that
sovereignty cannot reside in the peO-
pie; that the general educatian of the
working class has led to the destruction
of the state and TO general
MISERY AND Discomfort.
The next number on the programme
was a paper on the French Revolution
in San Domingo" by Herbert Elmer
Mills, instructor in history. Cornell uni
versity, but in the absence of the au-
thor, it was read by Prof. Burr. Clar-
ence Winthrop Bowen, Phi. d., closed
the morning session by reading a paper
entitled "A Newly-Discovered Manu-
script; "reminiscences or the American
War of Independence" by Ludwig,
Baron Won Chosen, aide to Count de
Roehambeau." This contained de-
scription of the movements of the allied
armies in the neighborhOoe OF Manhat-
tan island in the summer of ISL, of the
meeting of Washington and Rocham-
beau and of the scenes following Corn
wallis surrender. The writer gives
many interesting personal reminis-
cences of the Washington family
and of early American society. He
says: According to my taste,
the ladies of Baltimore are
possessed of superior grace to those of
other American towns" and describes
their merits in detail. AT the evening
session. President Charles Kendall
Adams delivered his annual address,
taking for his subject Recent HiStori-
cal Work of the Universities. Mercer
Cohen, of the Maryland historical So
ciety gave an account of the discovery
of the Calvert papers. The sessions OF
the society will continue Monday and
Tuesday
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
The President Returns From
His Duek-Hunting Trip
to Virginia.
Republican Tariff Tinkerers
Will Admit Nothing Free
Except Whisky.
Capt. Garriek Mallory Makes
a Sensational Contribu.
ton to Science.
Hundreds Of Historians As
semble at the Capital and
Exchange Chestnuts.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 2S.-The presi-
dent returned from his ducking trip at
II O'Clock tonight. He was aecompa-
MED by Senators Edmunds and Haw-
ley and Mr.. Bateman, of New York.
RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 2S.-President
Harrison arrived in the city this even
ing at o'clock on the yacht meteor. Il
committee of citizens, composed of the
mayor and representatives of the city
council, went down to the river to meet
him, and he was received at Rockets
by deputation who had expected to
entertain him. Governor Lee also sent
word that he would have the
executive mansion in prepare
ton for his proper reception,
and would order the state capitol kept
open in ease he SHOULD wish to visit that
historic mansion. The president, how
ever, stated on his arrival here that he
was 50 much fatigued from his trip. and
was so DESTROYS Of reaching Washington
by Sunday, that he would be unable to
accept any inequalities whatever, and
would have to pass through the city as
quietly and as rapidly as possible. In
consequence he drove from the wharf to
the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto-
mac railroad station, where he entered
the sleeper for Washington. No demon
stratiOn was made, and there was no uD-
usual excitement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
BRIEF BUT STORMY.
Board of Trade Men Demand q
Reduction of Elevator Rates.

Board of Trade Men Demand a
Reduction of Elevator Rates.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-The meeting of
the board of trade held to-day for the
purpose of taking action upon the in
crease in elevator rates on grain, was
stormy but brief. A leading feature of
the discussion was the practice of
warehouse men buying grain and stor-
ing it in their own elevators, thereby
enabling themselves to sell at lower
rates than the regular traders on COM
mission. Nearly every important grain
dealer in the city was present at the
meeting. and the elevator men were a
very small minority. The upshot of the
proceedings was the adoption of reso-
luton offered by w. J. Pope. condemn
ing the advance in elevator rates and de-
handing its revocation. The direct
ors of the board were instructed to in
vestigate all charges against warehouse
men, and where the accused were found
to have bought grain for handling in
their own elevators the receipts were to
be declared not regular for delivery on
contracts. ii. Ii. Aldrich, A. NJ. Wright,
George Clark, Ii. T. DOusman and E. f.
Washburn were appointed committee
to wait upon the elevator men and no
tify them of the sentiment of the board.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
HAVE QUIT IN DISGUST.
Cherokee Commissioners Will Not
Waste Any More lime.

Cherokee Commissioners Will Not
Waste Any More lime.
TAHLEQUAH, Ind. Ter. Dec. 2S.-The
Cherokee council adjourned sine die
this morning. Before business had
finally been concluded the following let
ter from the commissioners was read
before the senate and council:
Gantl,m IN: The government being
unwilling to be embarrassed in the
slightest degree by any course which
may hereafter be pursued with refer
ence to the lands west of the Arkansas
river. known as the Cherokee outlet,
by having any offer concerning them
pending now, withdraws the offer
to the Cher0keeS, made July 81,
1889, by letter addressed
to Chief Mayes, to which the
national council has made no response,
of Sl.25 per acre for any claim. title or
interest the Cherokees may have to
those lands or any part thereof. Very
respectfully,
Signed by. LucIus Fairchild. A. NJ.
Wilson, Warren G. Fairchild, Com
missioners.
The commissioners left for their re-
spectIve homes this morning. They
will 60 to Washington when congress
reasSemDleS to make their report.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
DAVIS QUEER DOINGS.
Complicated Turn in the Affairs
OF a Bankrupt

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-The affairs of G.
G. Davis, doing business as the New
England Shoe company. who failed
about two weeks ago and absconded, are
taking amore and more complicated turn
as the queer transactions Of Davis are
developed. He bad bought large bills
of goods of manufacturers. both here
and in the East, and when his place was
closed it was found that he only had a
small stock on hand; that there were
large quantities of goods in storage
warehouses with the makers marks re-
moved from the boxes, and it was
claimed that Davis had been shipping
other large quantities out OF the
city and selling them below
cost. 1.-THE litigation over the New
England Shoe company's assets will
bring out big SenSatiOn,' said Josiah
Crafty, of Crafty Bros IL Ashcroft, at
torneys for the creditors. 1t is now
claimed that there was a widespread
conspiracy in connection with Davis
transactions, involving houses in this
and other cities. 1t is claimed that
1000 cases of shoes were shipped to a
Minneapolis dealer only few days be-
fore the failure. 81 am positive" said
Dir. Crafty, THAT we will be able to
show that several houses were in league
with Davis. He secured a standing
with the commercial agences, whose re-
ports enabled him to obtaincredit all over
the country. The shoes obtained, they
were the means through which it was
possible for him to dispose of them
quickly without detection. We will
make Minneapolis firm defendant in
the suits already brought, as we have
made local houses, and it, as the local
houses, will also
BE PARTY TO SUITS
yet to be brought. The common basis
of all the litigation is fraud and con-
spiracy against the creditors" Mr..
Morrow. of the Morrow Shoe company,
OF New York, was dispatched day be-
fore yesterday by the creditors to MIN
neapOlis. His report is expected to-day.
Besides the assets found in Chicago,
are 600 or 700 cases of shoes in
the Hiram Sibley warehouse on
the North side, which are
claimed on warehouse receipts by
II. B. Peabody, real estate agent and
broker. The creditors claim there is
something queer about the transaction
which threw these receipts into Mr..
Peabody'S hands. This claim is due to
been hypothecated for almost
their full value, about $4,000. ut
is hard to believe" said Mr..
Crafty ''that man legitimately lending
money on collateral of this kind, would
advance up to its full value. Ones belief
in the legitimacy of the transaction is
further strained by the fact that the
hypothecation was made only three
DAYS before the failure" Mr.. Peabody,
on the other hand, asserts that his bust
ness with Davis was straight in every
respect. A special dispatch from Min
neapolis on this subject says: +. s.
Childs, bankrupt stock" dealer of
this city. SAID to-day, when asked if he
had a consignment of shoes from c. G.
Davis, of Chicago: 81 have never done
any business with Davis, although he
has urged me many times. thought
his prices too high"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
HISTORIANS In COUNCIL.
Sixth Annual Meeting of the Am
erican Association,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-The sixth
annual meeting of the the American
Historical association was begun in the
lecture room of the National museum
this morning. President Adams
called the meeting to order at 1920
and introduced the first speaker-Prof.
George L. Burr. of Cornell university.
who delivered an address on the Iltera-
ture of witchcraft. EX-President An
drew d. White, of Cornell, followed
with paper entitled "a Catechism of
Revolutionary Reaction" 1t calls at
tentiOn to the fact that while there are
so many histories of the French revolu-
ton. there is, as yet. no history of the
reactions which have followed it. As
a contribution to such his
tory. he presented q copy of a
philosophical catechism, which is. he
said, perhaps the most perfect
specimen of European revolution
airy literature which has yet
appeared. 1t was written for pop
Mar use by the late archbishop of ESCr-
rento. Mgr. Apuzzo. who was made by
King Bomba, of Naples, minister OF
public instruction and tutor to tie
young king, Francis, who was after
wards dethroned by Garidaldi.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
& ENGINEERS Will STRIFE.
The Erie and Nypano Roads
Likely to Be Tied Up.

y
Likely to Be Tied Up.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. 2S.--The
grand grievance committee of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers held a conference to-day in
this city with committees from the
BrotherhoOds of Locomotive Firemen
and Brakemen. The engineers COM
lnittee consists of two members from
each of the seven districts of the Erie,
and New York, Pennsylvania q Ohio
railroad. The object of the conference
was to try to convince the Erie officials
that they were wrong in suspend
ing four engineers who had refused
to subscribe to new laws established by
the Erie. The new laws or rules re-
uuire all tralnmen to waive compensa-
ton from the company in cases of ac-
cident. require freight engineers and
brakemen to become responsible for
damage to freight and railway property
by accident, and require engineers to
90 through civil-service eXamina-
ton. The committee will recommend
to the general committee that the four
engineers be reinstated and that the
new rules be abolished. If these rec
concentrations are not adopted a strike
ON the whole Erie system will probably
occur
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
ABLE sEAMEN ARE SCARCE.
Difficulties Attending the Fitting
Ont of New War ships.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. - Arrange
ments were being made to-day at the
navy department for the fitting of the
two new vessels recently added to the
navy, the Charleston and Baltimore,
with their proper compliments of men.
There is some difficulty about equipping
the Charleston, which is now at Mare
island, California. There are not enough
men by about loo on the Pacific coast
to give the ship her full allowance, and
it will probably be necessary to send
part of the crew overland by rail. This
is very expensive and will be heavy
drain upon the meager resources of the
department for travelling expenses. 1t
was at first thought that arrangements
could be made for sending the men
down to the ISthmuS of Panama from
New York by mail steamer. and then
transfer them across the narrow strip
of land to the Charleston. This would
be a much cheaper process, but it was
found that the Mail Steamer company
would not take the men until after
January, and so the scheme was aban-
dohed. The Baltimore will receive her
complement in about ten days, and will
then steam down from Philadelphia to
Norfolk to receive her last touches.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
A Cooks tteyengc.

Berlin Correspondence.
A very curious case has Just been de-
cided in Frankfort police court. 1t APP
pears that cook, no longer quite
young, was courted by a tailor some
what younger than she. On Sundays,
and occasionally during the week, the
gallant lover was in the habit of
taking his lady for extended
promenades and visits to restau-
rants, where the latter always paid
the expense. She also provided him
regularly with his supper. Presently,
however, the awful truth was brought
home to the cook that she was not the
only ''friend" ON whom the man OF
scissors and the needle lavished his
affections. Nothing loath, she went to
the nearest police court, suing the faith
less one for the expenses of all the clan.
destine meals provided by her and all
the money spent when walking OUT
with him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
ONLY IN A SOUND SLEEP.
A Supposed Dead Man Returns to
Life

SPRINGFIELD, O., Dec. 2S.-Capt. ia
cob Garrett, of the LagOnda ave-
nue. engine house, received a tel
egram last Saturday night announc-
ing the sudden death of his father
at Sandusky. The cause assigned for
his demise was an epileDtic fit. Mr..
Garrett left at once fOrColumbus. where
the funeral was to be held, and awaited
the arrival of the remains. Arriving at
the capital city, he and other rela-
tives received the body, which had
been shipped in the care of relative.
The casket was opened for a
last look when signs of life were per-
ceived. RestorativAs were brought and
a physician summoned, and in short
time the supposed to be dead man was
able to speak. He was transported to a
bed and now lies there very weak and
ill, but still alive, and his relatives are
not without hope that he may yet be
wreSted from deaths grip.