Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-03-29
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED,
The gunboat Yorktown has been
accepted by the examining board.

clipping daughter. Inc supreme
Court and Hymen's court are IN
full accord.
Emigration statistics published
in Berlin show that 100000 emil
grants ave hleft Germany since
1871, of which 100000 have come
to America.
The total Indian population OF
the United States in 1886 was 247,-
76l, and the Indians had 2l2,466
square miles of territory reserved
for their use.
A floating saw mill is IN use at
Florence, Wis. The boat is 4OxSO
feet in size, and draws seventeen
inches of water. The mill hands
live aboard, and the boat is moved
along the river to wherever there
is a fine lot of timber near the
banks.
Rev. Sam Small, Of Georgia,
asplres to be a statesman and with
the statesmen stand. In other
words, he would exchange the pull
pit for a seat in the House. We
would advise our reyernend broth
er TO remain where he is. What's
the use of spelling a good preacher
70 make a poor Congressman
At Columbus, Ohio, a prisoner
accused OF murder has very prop
erly been granted anew trial because
his Jury tossed a coin to see wheth-
er their verdict should De "guilty'
or "not guilty" This is the sort of
thing which undermines public
confidence IN a system that ought
to be regarded only with respect
and faith. If such discoveries are
made from time TO time, how many
go undiscovered
A thousand men armed with
Winchesters and Colt revolvers
are in the mountains OF Knox and
Harley counties, KY, snd Clai-
bourne county, Tenn, and reign
of terror and blOOdshed prevails.
The SOwders Turner feud, in which
forty persons have already been
killed, has broken out again. The
famous General Sowders has been
captured and put IN Jail, and his
followers are retaliating on the
Turner'S.
The Tennessee Democrats were
surprised by the small Republican
majority the Third Congressional
District in that state gave last
November, and they propose lfpOs-
sible to prevent any such occurrence
IN the future. The Legislature has
decided to take two Republican
counties off the district and add
two Democratic counties, and so
make it surely Democratic. Such
supplementary gerrymanders may
be temporarily successful, but in
the end they hurt a party more
than they help it. The fact that
the Democracy has to resort to
them In the South shows the d.
minishing strength of the party
there. But gerrymanders will not
save the manufacturing districts in
Southern states to the Den Ocratlc
party. The growth of the PrOtec.
ton sentiment is too sure. 1t will
sweep over all the breakwaters the
Democracy can set up to check the
incoming tide.-PhiladePhiG Press.
According to a Washington dis
patch to the Boston Herald, the
Democratic leaders are already
laying their plans for the next
presidential campaign. They are
persuaded that the people we're
misled last year and that all that
is needed is more education and a
Democratic national triumph will
result in 1892. They are according
~ going TO urge the fight for So
called tariff reform through the
newspapers and other avenues
more vigorously than ever. Before
they begin it, boweyer, they should
study closely the results Of the
canal-boat campaign made through
New York State last tall, when
Mr.. Breckenridge, Of Arkansas,
preached free trade to the farmers
and brought 10 an increased Re
publican majority in every county,
with one exception only, IN which
ne spoke. 1t would be as well for
these free traders to remember,
also, that they will not havea solid
South to depend upon three years
hence.
The selection of successor to
the late Justice Matthews is not
the only appointment President
Harrison is likely to be called upon
TO make TO the bench of the SUI
preme Court. Three OF the JUS
uces-Miller, Fields and Bradley
have passed the retiring age, ana
il may be assumed as certain that
they will avail themselves of their
privilege before theend of President
Harrison's term, ifthey do not do so
soon. Justice Bradley, the youngest
Of these three IN point Of service,
is the oldest in years, being now
seventy.si1. Justices Miller and
Field, who have served respective
" twenty.seven and twenty-s'x
years, are seventy-three years old.
No Judges upon the present bench