Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-11-08
CURRENT NEWS AND COMMENT


the hadpitst men in The country
are II. II. Riddleberger aud John
Sherman.
We 60 into retirement since The
failure or orr esteemed freud
Col J. Harvey Smurr, to be abuseG
into the House of Delegates, or at
our subscription lists.
just b,for going 20 press We
learn that about three quarters Ol
a nile Of the business portion OF
the city OF Petersburg, accldenall'
TOOK n.raud wa burned laSl night.
The nuah Ncrs tells f "
woman in Wadley, Ca. " % Boz.
Oecou, "a grandmother at Ihc ~
of 80. She married when only IA,
and her daughter did likewise
a Sioux Indian named HOkiX
ina Lyman, % years old, has en-
tered tue Yale law school. and in
tends to practice among his iH'e
when he has graduated. lie eulel-
oil on the recommendation OF TIE In
dian college, at Hampton, Va.
A Mary Washington Monument
Association was formed At Fredct
icksbnrg yesterday, composed Of
ladies', in response to the one form
ed in Boston, Mass. the 18th inst,
and communicated to the Mayor Of
fredericksburg.
The Nllr Of John Bender. ot Ben
drrs,iile, Cumberland county, Pa,
ha, given hiith 10 four infants.
whose combined weight was lhir-
teen pounds. The quartet are
si,ong and healthy and The % other
j. dong well.
: large vein Of white marble
has been discovered at Big Spring,
Montgomery county. Il has been
found six hundred to eight hun
bred ieet IN length, and runs under
Roanoke river on the south aud
the mountain on the north.
President Harrison, Saturday,
issued proclamations admitting
North and SOu'h Dakotas. This
is the first instance in the history
Of the national government of twin
States, North aud South Dakota,
entering the Union at the sane |
moment.
Twenty thousand farmers tam
lies starving in North Dakota
Think of it. Se farmers of Virginia |
who are casting longing eyes in
the direction OF the wheat growing |
northwest There is no place like |
home, especially a home in old |
Aud don't You TO fail TO
make a memorandum OF it !
Col. Albert CANCER Shaver, Col
JAS. G. McCoOne, Gen. Jones, and |
RI. Hon. l.. :. Walker and the /
gentleman who left on the nine
o'clock train Tuesday night, and |
whose sirname is George all have |
our sincerest sympathies We in
vIte them all back to the county. |
They will not be hart.
The craze for sliding over Mag
ara Falls, says the New York |
Commercial, has reached such !
that it has been found !
necessary to plant signs along the
banks Of the river requesting WISH
tors 10 "Please keep off the cat
aract."
a few days ago a lady who left
Lincoln, H., for a short journey,
had her purse and ticket stolen as
she got on the Car, and the con-
ductor dropped her on the track
between stations because she
couldn't raise thirty cents. There
were twenty-five men in the coach,
and not one offered her the iuslg-
amount.
Jake Kilrain WAS in Elnira, n.
Y, Saturday night on his way to
Toronto. Ia an interview, he said
Ie should keep quiet until after
iis case in the courts had been
iDaly settled. After that Sulli-
rams sweeping challenge 10 all
:oDers would not remain long
without a taker. lie would meet
he biz fellow with bare fists.
A cit zen OF Hartford, Conn,
ost his arm under a car wheel, and
i'll not know it until "A policeman
sked the cause of the accident
Tue mans nervers were perfectly
numn, and he MT feel the pain.
lie VAS walking on the track whilst
hug aud leaving trail Of blood.
lilo MAS rapidly bleeding to death
knowing it.
A scene of frontier excitement
occurred 10 the streets of Kansas
City yesterday. 1t lasted for five
iours, aud during that time herd
If stamPeded Texas steers had
possession of the thoroughfares IN
IN area about two miles square. A
number OF persons were tossed on
the horns of the Infatuated beasts, !
and before the herd was cOrralled
sgaIn eight Of their number had
been killed.
r. a large botv of woodland inst |