Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-09-12
CURRENT NEWS AND COMMENT

Michael Sullivan, father of John
L. Sullivan, the pugilist, died on
Sunday of typhoid pneumonia, He
was Go years old, and came from
ireland to this city 40 years ago.
Cyrus W. Field is fond of raising
poultry. At his country estate, at
Ardsley on the Hudson. he has
1000 chickens and 600 ducks. His
flocks yield oyer 5000 dozen eggs
yearly.
Frank Cox, a native of Amherst
county and formerly deputy COL
lector, suicided in Lynchburg Fri
day night by drinking two ounces
of laudanum. He had been drink
ing very hard for three weeks past
1t is not by suppression that the
record OF Congressional proceed
ings is kept straight. The place
where this record should be edited
is the floor OF the two houses, re
specially.
The premature explosion of a
blast in the Northern Pacific Rail-
road yards, at Spokane Falls,
State of Washington, Saturday,
killed eighteen men. Twenty'seven
others are missing.
1t is said that Kilraln is going
to follow Sullivan's example, and
try to become an actor. The play
in which he Is to appear Is said to
be founded on an episode in Sens-
tor COnkling's lite, where he was
Knocked out by a professional
sparrer, disguised for the occasion,
The Herald thinks that Brooklyn
ought to be annexed to New York.
Unless the two cities unite Chi
cago promises to be the largest
city ia America in 1900. The Lake
metropolis is not slow to take in
prairie land for miles and miles
around.
Mrs. James X. Polk, the widow
of President Polk, completed her
S7th year last Thursday. She lives
on the Polk place, near Nashville,
Tenn, and each year the members
of the General Assembly go out to
pay their respects IN a formal and
courtly manner at her home
Three years ago Mrs. Cleveland
called on her.
During the absence of the presi'
dent and his family from the white
house the historic old mansion
will be thoroughly IenoYated.-
Elaborate plans for its beautI6ca-
ton and adornment have been
prepared by Col. Ernst, superln-
tendent of public buildings. The
amount that will be expended is
about $4,000. Work will begin
tomorrow.
A sensation 10 Pikesville Baptist
church Baltimore, was caused by,a
section of the floor giving away
while the funeral of Mrs. Sarah +.
Dorsey was in progress. a daugh.
ter of the dead woman, the under.
taker, aud two pall-bearers We're
precipitated into the cellar. The
other pall-bearers prevented the
coffin from going entirely down,
although it was tipped almost on
the end.
The American always overdOes
1t. Arthur Flint of Iowa shot
himself to death Tuesday because
he was worried by his business.
He was only twenty.four years
old, was the postmaster, ran
store, conducted a bank, handled
a livery stable, directed a wagon
shop, bought aud sold grain, raised
stock and it is said he was disdp-
pointed in love. PROFESSIONALLY
the boy would have been up for
Congress as soon as he was fully
grown.
There is a tree at Athens, Ca,
which is a pr0perty.h0lder. In the
early part OF the century the land
on which it stands was owned by
Colonel w. II. jackson, who took
great delight IN watching its
growth and enjoying its shade.
In his old age the tree had reached
magnificent proportions, and The
thought of it being destroyed b.
those would come after him was
so repugnaut that he recorded
deed conveying to it all land with
in a radius of Is feet of it.
Col. Evans z. Howell editor In
chief of the Atlanta Constitution
aud a lifelong friend of the late
Henry W. Grady, is quoted as
saying that the brilliant young a
editor left bis widow and family In 8
circumstances His !
estate has all passed into her