Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-10
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

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IN the presence OF the representa-
tiyes offor eign governments and a
great assemblage Of persons.
"I am a protectionist because
the interest of the whole country
and especially OF the New South
will be promoted thereby. II this
makes me a Republican, l am one"
Gen. James 4. Walker.
Aureha Payne, aged 50, and
Miss Alice Coleman, scarcely ~
years of age, were married at Fort
Wayne, Ind, last week. Mr.
Payne has been married eight
times, has buried six wives, and
was divorced from the seventh.
James II. Hall, Of Cipcinnati,
has broken the matrimonial record
and married his mOther-inlaw.-
The question puzzhng the neigh
bors is, what relation is the bride
to the child of her daughter by
their mutual husband!
Large flocks Of swifts are arriv-
ing IN various parts Of New Jersey,
and the farmers say that when
these birds abandon their southern
homes and hy nOrthward before
the middle of May it is a sure sign
of an early and warm summer.
A monument 70 ox-President
Arthur is being erected in Albany,
where the remains are buried. The
memorial IS a large sarcOphagus OF
granite, and a large bronze figure
will be placed at one side. The
only inscription is the name CAR
thur, in plain letters, on the base
OF the monument.
In Wheeling, W. Va, on Satur-
day evening William Brobson en-
tered the dwelling Of Mrs. Noon
and finding her daughter, Mollie,
alone in the kitchen, he attempted
TO take her in his arms. Mollie
warned him away, and on his re-
peating the insult she seized a
butcher knife and stabbed him Sc
riously in the right side.
"The words solid North and
solid South, are a standing men
ace to the peace Of society and
should never be heard."-Gea. jas.
A. Walker.
Yes, but please tell US, General
what reverence an unblushing Dem
ocratic partisan has for "the peace
OF society or any other virtue that
may stand between them and place
and power virginia ProtectiOnist.
George J. Smith, of Princess
Anne county, Va, is now the
possessor of a fine large lake, which
came upon him without any pre-
vious knowledge on his part. In
the great gale Of April : four acres
of his land began 10 sink, and now,
today, where less than a month
ago was high and dry, there is a
lake of water FIVE feet deep. The
lake is but a few feet frow Mr..
smiths residence.
George Washington, who could
not tell a lie, would have made
a mighty poor protectiOnist.-Ch'-
cGgo Herald (Dem.).
He was a protectionist all the
same, good OF bad, and was inaug-
urated in a suit of hOme-spun broad
cloth of the best quality. Had be
possessed the instincts Of free
trader, Col. Augustine Washington
would never have known who cut
his cherry tree, and the chances are
that some negro would have got
we'll thrasbed for it.-IRder-APpeat
Ind. Dem.
The Washington Post Of the Sth
inst, SAYS: "The President last
evening appointed Frank W.
Palmer, of Illinois, to be Public
Printer, and Theodore Roosevelt,
of New York, and Hugh S. Thomp-
son, of South Carolina, to be Civil
Service Commissioners. The ap-
pointment Of Mr.. Palmer was not
entirely unexpected, and indeed
had been forecast for some days.
lie IS now in Washing ton, having
been called here 70 be rendered the
Office. The selection Of the two
Civil Service Commissioners was in
the nature of a surprise, the fact
that there were two vacancies TO
be 6lled having escaped general at
tention for some time, and it was
not known that the places we're IN
der consideration. Mr.. Thompson
is not in Washington, having left
for Fortress Monroe some days
since.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
has received telegram from Post.
master Flynn, at Guthrie, OklahO-
ma, in which he says that the daily
sale OF postage stamps at his Office
amounts to about $50; that the
eleven clerks in the Office are
Kept busy from . O'CLOCK a. ID.
until midnight, and that when the
mail is ready for delivery there is
usually a line of men halt mile
long waiting for their mail. About
5000 letters and 1000 newspapers