Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-24
CURRENT NEWS AND COMMENT

ties in South Carolina.
Larry T. Culan, who had carved his own
tombstone, died at Harpers Ferry on
Saturday aged n years.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad last year
1910 employees were injured and 500
killed. These are rather appalling hg-
ures.
Henry Fairfax, of Loudoun, was nom
mated Saturday by the Democratic Con-
Vention 10 succeed the late Henry Heat
Oh Is State Senator for Fauquier and
Loudoun counties.
Attorney General Miller. Secretary
Noble, end Judges Gresham and WOODS
are mentioned among the possibilities ior
soc succession 10 the late Justice Miller
on the United States Supreme bench.
Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse, goes
no TAR as to declare that more ILan half
o. the religious organizations. great or
small, are 1T present practical contrao'c
lions of The ''Sermon on the MoUnt
Ex-Cousressman J. Fl. GslhDger, of
Concord, N. H., has Issued and sent to
active Republicans throughout the State
a letter announcing bis candidacy for the
United States Senate to succeed Henry
W. Blair.
In another column we publish the let
ter of acceptance of Rev. l. NJ. Under-
wood, the candidate for Congress from
this district, who was nominated by a
convention of that party held at this
place, on Thursday, Oct. 9Th.
The Mckinley tariff bill and the silver
bill will carry the next Congress and elect
the next President. The Republicans, OIL
their record on these two questions, eau
safely 20 before the country.-Valley Vr-
giRiGH.
Capt. W. A. Barrier rich old bachelor,
principal Of boys school at Char lotte
n. c., died last week and left $25'OOO TO
the United Synod Of the Evangelical
Lutheran church IN the South, to be
used IN establishing TheolOg cal Semi
nary.
A good many cattle are dying in the
Morrisville neighborhOOd, Fsuquier coun-
ty, from eating acorns. The crop is so
very large that the hogs there are fat
enough to kill from eating nothing else,
but acorns do not agree with cattle when
eaten IN large quantities.
In Salem, Roanoke county, in twelve
months, 318 houses of all kinds have Deen
built or IN the course of erection, includ-
pE 21l residences, IS buildings for stores,
Jfices AID other business purposes, and
80 for various other manufacturing enter |
prisss.
Six buckets full of human fragments, |
all that could be found of The bodies Of
six men killed by the explosion at Du-
poot Powder Mills near Wilmington,
DEL, last week, were bune1 Saturday
One of the pieces was hand which fell
~ the feet of farmer 1T work in his |
field two miles from the exploded mill.
The will OF Edward LaDgevir oil st.
Paol. MINI, left 81 100000 to bis wife
aud We children to be equally divided.
4 sixth child, George, hayward boy,
Was cut of with noticing. The mother
ID the five children agreed to burn the
will Ind allow George to come in for au
tqeal share, which has been done.
A company of English, Virginia.
Chicago and Philadelphia capitalists, it is
stated, have determined to develop the
tiD MINES in Rockbridge county, Virginia,
and will build at once mill at Saver
make capable of producing $500 boxes of
tin plate weekly, with the works so ar
ranged as to admit of extension to a
capacity of 5000 boxes weekly for the
second year.
The Republican Congressious( Commit
tee Of the fourth congressional district of
Virginia met at the Albemarle Hotel
Friday night, IN Petersburg, and, after a
thorough discussion OF the matter, it was
decided NOT to issue call for q congress
sioDsl CON veniiou to nominate csudi-
date Tor Congress from the district but
to leave the field open to Epps, the Demo-
cratic nominee, and LangstOn.
Mr.. David A. Fries, the we'll known
cattle dealer who lives near Winchester,
had q rough experience at the HsgerstOwn
Fair last Friday. He was dragged and a
robbed and at first reported 10 be dead.
He says that three men fell in with bin
and pretended to want to bay some Of Lis I
cattle. He drank some beer with them 5
and shortly afterwards became uncOn- Q
scious. Tt robbers only got ten dollars q
from NJ. Fries. They overlooked pock- a
et containing thirty dollars. Mr.. Fries !
tame home yesterday .-JViRcheste NetcS. :
Ex-Governor Lee, it is said, is making b
salaries aggregating 900 year frOn 5
he various enterprises in which his uahe q
. associated-that be bids fair to Le a q
millionaire, and that when he has gotten Il
barrels" he will re-enter the political 2
ield a. candidate for cabinet position n
hould the Democrats succeed in 1892, or al
$ the successor 10 the Senate Of Mr.. Bar pi
our should the Democrats be defeated 10
he next Presidential contest. We think
q will have TO look after something else Ii
ban a cabinet position under democrat al al
, administration, as that is not likely to in
appen for generation to cOme.-Valley III
1ygiRiGH. US
Primus Jones, colorsd. was killed Sun o.
" morning, 18th inst, at Sumpter, s. c., ca
iriug 9 prOtracted meeting which was Va
sing held by the negroes at Beulah 70
lurch. 1t WAS at first reported that tn
rimus had been offered IS q sacrifice 20 pa
10 Holy Ghost because of his incredulIty,
nj IL iranspires that Jones was killed
Rev. A. II. Dursnt. the pastor, aud ma
70 Richard Campbell, prominent men, an