Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-03-22
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

The alleged rich placer gold
mine finds in Lower California are
said to he a fraud.
A Japanese lady has received
the degree OF doctor of medicine at
Philadelphia college.
The thrilling story about MUIR
dered tourists in Yellowstone PARK,
is said to be hoax.
Much to the chagrin of one Of our
rising statesmen Costa Rica has
been visited by an earthquake.
A gale with wind blowing fifty
miles an hour, almost equalling the
blizzard of March last, prevailed
Sunday night on the Massachu-
sets coast.
What doth it profit a man to get
a modern society novel for % cents,
II he has to buy an unabridged
dictionary and encyclopedia be-
fore he can understand 1t?
There is only one authority in
Washington greater than Presi-
dent Harrison, and it is Baby
Mckee. All doors as well as all
hearts seem to open TO him.
The demand for hemp IN this
country is much greater than tue
supply, and it is not a great year
tor hangings, either. There are
too many lynchiDgs, however.
Governor Wilson has decided to
call an extraordinary session Of the
West Virginia Legislature about
June 1, next, to settle the Guber-
material muddle, and to act on
certain other legislation.
The members of congress will no
longer distribute among their con-
stituents garden seeds from the
agricultural department. But the
public need not get frightened over
this announcement. The seeds
will be distributed, but by the ex-
perimental stations.
A silver pipe, on which is the
inscription "Presented by Major
General Harrison, U. S. a., on
behalf of the United States, to the
ShawaOnese tribe of Indians, lSl4,'
has been presented to Pres ident
Harrison by a gentleman who
secured the relic in the Indian
Territory.
The last report of the War De
psrtment puts the available mill
tary strength of our country OBJ
tainable for the emergency of war
at S,O21 ,60J men, exclusive of the
$4,000 regulars. The enrolled mill
tia of the different States consists
Of 10O,S37 men, of whom 1000 are
10 the Atlantic Coast States and
the District of Columbia.
The Postmaster at New York city
ia required to give bond IN the SUN
of ak hundred thousand dollars,
and his bondsmen must justify IN
the sum Of one million two hun
dred thousand. WIN. Piimley, now
Superintendent OF the money order
department, is said to be offered
the position. Mr.. Pearson, the
mugwump incumbent, will soon go
out.
A unique CHI sir, made Of the
horns OF Texas cattle, is on its way
from San Antonio to the White
House. 1t Is the gift Of n San
Antonio banker to President
Harrison, and cost its donor 81 800.
Tb e horns are rivited with gold,
and there are o number Of gold
plates used IN its construction
From one Of them glistened very
fine diamond.
Two young men who keep bache-
.Ors' hall in Heard county, Georgia,
vent home late the other night
As they we're about to enter the
house they heard a low, gurgling
sound, which so frightened them
that they ran halt mile TO a
neiehbol's house. a party from
there armed themselves with axes,
scythes, pitehiOrks and other
deadly weapons and returned to
6pd that the noise had been made
by a dog that was choking to
death on a bone.
An attempt was made to burn
the iaiI at Jackson, Northampton
county, Friday. Confined in the
Jail at the time we're three negro
men and a white man. The negroes
fred the Jail without giving the
white man any notice of what they
we're about to do, and escaped from
the building. The flames attracted
the attention of those living near
and were extlnguished in time to
save the white mans life. Later
In tile day the negroes we're cap
turad nv a n0sSe formed for the