Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-14
CURRENT NEWS AND COMMENT


ROYAL, Warren county, for $4,000.
The Board Of Directors of the Rock
bridge Company have ratified contract
with English parties for the investment Of
81 500 900 in the town Of Glasgow.
Ex-Congrsssman John s. Wise has been
paid the handsome compliment OF being
invited to address the New York State
Bar Association at its annual meeting IN
January next.
In Richmond, Saturday, the School
superintendeuts, through Mr.. H. c. Nh"
ray, of Norfolk, presented Mr.. John T.
Massey with purse of $500 10 gold IN
bonor of his recent marriage.
The President has issued bis proclama'
ton appointing Thursday, Noveu'oee ~
a. day Of thanksgiving, aud recon- memo
ing to the people the remembrance OF 'ne
poor, the homeless ard the EOlro~fuI.
A correspondent Of che Richmond Stale
learns that survey las been made OF
sailroad from Gordousville to Frous Roya
20 connect the Chesapeake & Ohio with
she Cumberland Valley now at Winches-
Ter.
According to the latest returns from The
election the House of Representatives OF
the Fiity-SeeoDd COngresC will contain
oIy Democrats, SO Republicans aud IL
members Of the Farmers Alliance, a DEM
Ocratic majority OF l29 over the Repu6li-
cans aud lao over oil.
General F. T. Nichols, of Louisiana.
who made such . gallant SIGHT against
the lottery in his State, is diAmemDered
to q remarkable extent. He has lost
leg and an arm. aud is blind in one eye.
He lost his leg at Chsncellorsville, and
his arm Was carried away by cannon
ball at Winchester.
The dead body Of Paul Richter, the
man whom Jim Godsey shot 'ast week IN
8 house Of i'll fame In Bristol vas found
hanging to . bed post on Monday III
deserted house ;our milss south Of Bristol.
His boiy was cold and stiff, and covered
with blood. Some think it 10 . case OF
murdsr while others believe it TO have
been suicide.
To-day Virgins is rapidly growing ii
hcth manufacturing and agricultural de-
velopment, and her cities ale Increasing
in population and wealth. and the tat Of
progress seems TO be speeding on"al"
over . steady and well ieGclated and
managed road, who,e 5,anch lireS Ok
lend in every direction.-No0olk ~
giRioa.
November 18th is the day set by law
tor the GsorGis Legislature to begin bal
toting ior a United States Senator TO
succeed Jos. E. Brown. Governor Cor
dOn's friends are still hopeful that Browns
man,le will fsll upon him. Editor Walsh,
Of the Augusta Chronicle, says that there
is NOT q reasonable doubt that Gordon
~ill be tho choice Of the Legislature upon
the frst ballot.
4 man calling himself Detective Wrenn
snd claiming to be relative Of the late
we'll known Jack WrenD, Of Richmond,
recently IN MiddleSex county arrested
sixteen persons on warrants sworn DOT
by himself. had them locked mp, aud then
disappeared from the scene, siOce when
nothing has Lesn heard from him.
Allen W. Thurman, son of Judge Tho
man, in whose honor banquet is 70 &c
given at Columbus, Ohio, November IL,
addressed . Publication meeting at HaOl-
ilton, Butler county, Ohio, the lone OF
Governor Campbell, Saturday evening.
and gave the credit of the recent victo .
to ex-President Cleveland, and at 'le
Same time paid him handsome tribute.
A syndicats OF Washington negroes,
including, Fred Douglass and others
equally prominent in the race, is nego-
tiAting in LynchburR for the purchase o.
. considerable tract OF land near tho pro-
posed eolored college. They propose TO
divide the property into lots aud streets
and build comfortable residences 10 be
rented 70 eOlored tenants ct Inoder,te
prices,
The New York J, ;buRs says that Major
Mckinley is not In the lesst. distressed by
bis own defeat, and he 10 confident that
she doctrine of Protection is stronger
than it ever vas before. As 40 the future
effect Of the Mckinley bill. he has no
doubt that the sober sense of The country
will soon view it In the right light and
appreciate the great benefits which 1t vii
confer upon American vOrklng-mon.
The Democrats it IL generally conceded
elected = majority Of the members Of the
House Of Representatives last Tuesday,
aud will therefore control that branch Of
government after March Alb, 1891. II
the country Is kept upon the road Of de-
veIopmeut and prosperity, such a. it en-
tered upon two years ago and 10 now en-
joying, no one will have cause to complain,
but wO betids the party that interferes
now with the tide of prosperity upon
which the country is now mOviug.-PHSe
Courier.
The United States Senate after The
fourth ofMsrcb. 1881, will contain four
less Republican Senators than it does at
Mr.. ingalls,, Of Kansas. will be
succeeded by a member of tue Farmers'
Alliance, and Mr.. Evarts. o. New York,
Nr. spooner. Of Wisconsin. and Mr.. Far
we'll, Of Illinois. by Democrats. 10 New
Hampshire tue Legislature isstill claimed
by both parties and the succession to
senator Blair may hinge on tecbnicali-
" az TO the admission Of extra members
under the new census. The present
senate embraces a Republicans and 81
when the Senators from
IDAHO and Wyoming are admitted, there