Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-06-13
CURRENT NEWS AND COMMENT

Two Adairsville, Ca gentlemen
have Just settled q hog litigation.
The case has cost each $50. The
hog is worth $3.50.
With pleasure we acknowledge
the receipt of the splendid speech
of Hon. John w. Daniel U. S. Sen
atOr. on the silver question.
The leading cigarette manutac-
turers have combined to reduce the
enormous cost of advertising and
will do away with cigarette pic
lures.
T. X. Chandler, OF Franklin
county, is 80 years of age and the
father of twenty-five childr en-. de
has over one hundred grand.chil'
tren.
William f. Jones, member OF the
House of Delegates from Bruins.
wick county, having accepted q
federal appointment, has rendered
his resignation to Governor Nc
Kinney.
Tommy Sutton, after living With
ont solid food ninety.six days, died
Monday, at Dubuque, Iowa. DOR
ING all his fast bis only sustenance
was soda water. A council OF
physicians pronounced it case OF
paralysis of the stomach and
bowels.
Hon. b. B. Gordon. chairman OF
the Virginia democracy, has tele'
graphed to Mr.. ]. Taylor Ellyson,
thanking the committee for the
honor they intended to do him IN
not accepting his resignation, but
be insists, nevertheless, on retiring
from the leadership.
The Board of Education at Rich
mond. it appears are celebrating
ON another change Of books for the
public schools. The American
Book Company or Book Trust, are
working up the scheme to infict
upon the poor parents OF the chill
dren of this State further burdens.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee
Monday decided that = man has no
right to work habituslIy on Sunday,
and affirmed the decision OF the
lower court in the case of r. NJ.
King, The Seventh Day Adventist,
who was convicted and fined in
Obion county for working his farm
on the Sabbath.
During a heavy thunder storm
Friday morning the postofice
building at Golf, Penn, was struck
10y lightning and completely demol'
isle and postmaster Henry was
seriously but not fatally injured.
At TIentum, Penn, the bell tower
OF the Central Presbyterian church
was struck and demolished, bat no
one was hurt. In PIttsburg the
storm was very heavy, but no seri'
Gus damage was reported.
The farmers of Oregon have no
faith IN free trade theories, IS
shown 10 the late election. She re.
lec,ed Hermann to Congress by q
majority of 5000. This shows that
the farmers of the west are firm
believers in a protective tarlft.
The Democrats, however, elected
their Governor, on account of some
local complications, by 1000 ma
iOrity. This looks like an emphat'
ic endorsement Of the Mckinley
bill
Baltimore has had high license
only a year; yet there are one
thousand saloons less than existed
before the law went into effect, and
an annual revenue OF 500, 900 has
been secured instead Of 49, IN.
der the old orders of things. In
about six months We shall proba-
bly, learn that there has also been
a falling of IN the number of such
violations of law as are generally
directly traceable to the iDtempsr.
ate use of liquors. How much bet
ter such a condition OF things than
prohibition which takes away the
revenue of state and city. but tails
to put a stop to intemperance.
The world has been eating up its
surplus wheat for sOme years, and
it has now approached close to its
exhaustion of that great surplus. In
this country our consumption 10 in
creasingS 5000 bushels annually, and
the demand from abroad 10 increas-
ing, as the advance In civilization
demand better food. This demand
Is obviously against dIminishing
supply, as TIE acreage of wheat