Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.


oyster beds shows that the oysters
have not been injured by freshets'
Typhoid fever, the present.
scourge of Philadelphia found sixty,
one fresh victims last week and
in eleven cases proved fatal.
If all the telephone wires IN 'niS
country were stretched IN a con-
tinuous line they would reach seven
times around the earth.
Edward Morrow, living near
Bradforn Pa, while plowing last
fall, lost S2j wad OF greenOacks'
which his son plOwed up a few
DAYS since as good as ever.
Sermons denouncing the result
of the Mellow trial we're preached
in Charleston, S. g., Sunday by
Rev. DIR. Vedder and Rev. DR..
Charles CopeswOrth. Both regard
ell the outcome of the case as a
disgrace to Charleston.
A farmer in Montgomery county,
Pa, has a colt that has learned 10
ring the farm bell by catching the
rope in his teeth aud pranclng
back and forth. He knows TOO,
when 10 ring il, at day break to
awaken the farm hands, and at
noon. to call them to dinner, and
Is never Eve minutes late or early.
There has been a remarkable in
crease IN the number Of suicides IN
this country during the last few
years. Time was when France
and Germany enjoyed the unenvl'
able distinction OF leading the
world in that regard, hat 1t now
seems as if the United States stood
at the head.
Mrs. Ann Shaffer, of Findlay,
Ohio. who is 20 years old and in
good health and the possession OF
all her faculties, is unable to 60 to
sleep at home unless her husband
beats a drum in front OF the house.
Mr.. Shafier used to practice on
snare drum for a company of home
guards and during this period bis
wife's strange mania was developed.
In the trial of a criminal case at
Lexington Kentucky, Judge Nor
ton ruled that the fact of his hav'
ing formed an opinion should not
disQualify a man as a juror. lie
said that one of the highest qualifi-
cations for a Juror was the TACT
that be had formed an opinion
from what he had read in the pa
pers, and that a man who was not
capable of forming an opinion was
not qualified to sit in the j1ry box.
United States Consul Griffin,
stationed at Sydney, y. 5. W., al
ludes to a remarkable custoh OF
the inhabitants of New Britain, as
follows: "The inhabitants, 1t is
said By Wallace, have a peculiar
custom of combining their girls in
cages until they are old enough to
be married. The cages are made
of twigs of the palm tree, and the
girls are put into them when only
two or three years of age"
A customer entered a store IN
Concord, y. H., not long since and
asked for a present OF a pocket
knife. The proprietor politely
granted the request, the party
making his selection. The proprl-
e,or was somewhat surprised when
the Gus omer asked for the price,
aud IN repl, inquired if he did not
make request Of d present
eyes" said the man, "but always
Ike TO knew bow much 1 am get
ting.
There is near the courthouse OF
Madison county, Va. Lutheran
church. built in l74S, tue pastor Of
which is paid his salary from the
uroduets Of a iarm conveyed to aud
owned by the church for that pur-
,.se since it's FIST establishment.
Before the war IL also owned
nnmber of slaves. Its communion
service vas presented by the King
Of sweden more than a century ago,
and its very fine organ was the GIT
of citizens Of London about the
same time.
An old feud between The Simpons
and HowlOn families. Of Jefferson
eounig. Ala, was actively renewed
friday bg an atttm Of the deputy
.sberifs, Ws4h the assistance OF J.
q. HowtCa AND J. G. llOwton, 10
arrest Tom Simpson for the murder
al one of tie HowtOn family several
years ago. In the bgat which FOL
lo~ed the attempted arrest, Tom
Simpson was killed, and Deputy
Sheriff Morgan aud J. B. HowIon
we're killed also.
S-ery few of the gentlemen who
have set out TO murder their wives
recently have made such a run on
luck as cid Mr.. Sylvia, of st. LOUIS.
He sent 2 courteous note to his
wife, who was at bis farther's
house, to the eject that he would
come down next day and kiss her.
He very punctiliOusIy kept his
word, that. is, he shot at her and
....uhs.c bar load shof himaelf