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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-10

Mr.. VIM. Firth, prominent citizen
and business man of Front Royal, War
rem county, Va. was snffocated by gas at
the Niagara House. Baltimore, on the
night of the 10Th of December The un-
fortunate man was found lying face
downward on the bed with the gas cock
of the burner turned on full and the room
packed with the deadly vapOr. His re-
mains were brought to Front ROYAL for
burial. He leaver a wife and three
children.
peace n the family" You clnenjoy
good nights rest and retain pea CO 10 the
family by keeping DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup
10 the house.
At once popular and eficacious it has
"come to stay" We mean LaTador, the
"goldeo" specific for all malarisl troubles.
Price only 25 cents.
The young ladies Of the S. s. S., gave
splendid entertainment to the yOung
gentlemen of that society on Friday
night, of last week, at the residence OF
Mr.. w. T. Williams. The affair was got
ten up in the most elegant style. and all
who had the good fortune to be present
spent one of the most enjoyable evenings
of a life time Nothing was wanting ia
make the pleasures of the evening com
plete. The abundance of delicious re-
freshmeuts, with the lovely faces and
the sweet and gracious manners of these
human angels made these young fellows
think that they were floating around in
an earthly paradise.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-10

Madison District Teachers Institute,
which was reorganized at the opening of
the present school term for the benefit of
said teachers, and all who may attend
will hold it's fourth meeting at Union
Forge school house, Saturday Jan. H.
1890. at 10 o'clock, a. m. Teachers and
all interested in the subject from other
districts are cordially invited to be pres
ent and participate in these meetings.
, 1890-08-14

The rugs that are hung over all the
doorways at the art gallery attract al.
most as much admiration as Verestcha-
gins paintings themselves. Those that
hang in the middle room particularly
excite comments of wonder and delight.
Both these rugs were woven in India,
and measure 50 by 80 feet, and each
weighs about 1, 900 pounds. They would
make cunning little bath towels for
such giants as Atlas, who fourished
long ago before India rugs came into
fashion. All of US that have zone into
carpet stores and priced Turkey and
India rugs know how costly they are.
1t is easy enou~h, then, to believe the
story that $50 100 has been refused for
these two ! .se rugs, which after all
were made for the door mats simply to
an Indian rajah's summer residence in
the foothills of the Himalayas.-Buf-
falo Courier.
, 1890-08-14
a REMARKABLY PHENOMENON.
A Boy So Constructed That He Can Looats
Ore rs a DIvining Rod Does Water.

A Boy So Constructed That He Can Locate
Ore rs a Dlvining Rod Does Water.
The magnetic needle has long been
considered a reliable medium for divin-
ing the location Of veins containing
ironstone, or other similar deposits, and
in the course of some experiments con-
Quoted by Professors Rucker and
Thorpe, and other eminent men of sci
ence, some remarkable combinations of
and additions to the theories hitherto
held on the subject were achieved. 1t
was found that on approaching an area
beneath which ironstone was deposited
the needle became detected. In cases
where the iron was near to the surface
the detection was most acute, and
where it was hidden far below the sur.
a the degree of DETECTION was ac-
cordingly diminished, so that by care
fully noting the movement of the nee
die it was possible not only to fix the
exact locality where iron was to be
found, but also, according TO the de-
gree of detection, to fix with tolerable
accuracy the depth at which the vein
would be met with.
Another mode of discovering the
location of minerals is to use the
"diviner," as a person gifted with
magnetic powers" is called. There is
o in England a remarkable boy who
is regularly employed for this purpose
by a mining company In the north of
the country. The manager of the com
pany, in describing this boy, says:
Mineral veins and water have very
strong magnetic attraction for the boy,
who Is Is years of age and of ordinary
weight. II he stand in a small a
tity of water it takes a very strong man
to lift him. 1t is not at all necessary
for him to carry q stick. All he re-
quires to do is to walk over the ground
with his hands clasped, and he can i'm
mediately tell you If he steps upon a
vein. He a give the direction of the
vein, and say whether it Is weak or
strong. He can also, by simply walk
ing over it, say whether another vein
crosses into it.
When he came here we were all skep-
teal, so we took him on a portion of a
hill where we knew veins to exist, but
where no outside traces were visible,
and he correctly gave us the direction
of each. In his researches he cam
upon q very large and strong vein,
which was quite unknown to us. he
gave us its direction and strength, and
as we have since put a shaft down into
this vein we have proved that he was
exactly right as to its position. He does
not profess to tell whether the vein car
ries lead ore or not; all he can do is to
lind the vein for you and say what size
and strength it is. In the vein he found
Tor US we have not yet come upon lead
ore, but it carries rich mineral soil and
promises we'll" This boy is accompa-
MED by a medical man, whose services
are frequently required as the work of
discovery proceeds in consequence of
repeated magnetic shocks which he re-
eeives from contact with minerals or
water.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser
, 1890-08-14

College students have peculiar GUS
toms, some of which certainly could
not be adopted by outsiders to advan-
tage. In a certain New England col
lege, for instance, n favorite gala s
tune some years & was q linen
buster, a tall white hat and a pair of
top boots, a rig calculated neither for
we nor dry weather, neither for heat
nor cold. In the same institution of
learning, Immediately upon the ringing
of an alarm of fire, it was incumbent
upon every able bodied student to
throw open his window, thrust forth a
tin horn, and blow as if the fire fend
was known to be as averse to the sound
of "a fish horn as were the college faculty
themselves.
Signs and door plates, numbers from
street doors and the gilded wooden
keys, boots and watches customarily
displayed before shops were all looked
upon as most desirable adornments for
q students" sitting room. Happily
these and similar freaks of student life
are being weeded out, and the day is
at hand when v q colegian will not
be ashamed to behave like a gentle
man, and learn to possess his soul in
patience, even though some callow
freshman dares to carry a cane and to
sport" (the proper technical term) a
stovepipe hat.-Harper's Young People.
, 1890-08-14

During thu epidemic of fux in this
county last summer. | had hard work to
keep a supply of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy on hand.
People often came ten or twelve miles in
the night To got a bottle Of the remedy
| have hcrn Ing patent medicines for
the last ten ye,rS and find that it has
given better satisfaction in cases of d.
arrbea and flux, than any other medicine
| have ever handled.-J. Fl. BENHAM,
Druggist. Golconda, Pope Co, Illinois.
Over Eve hundred bottles Of this remedy
were sold in that county duriag the cpl.
demic referred to. 1t was a perfect sue
cess and was the only remedy that did
cure the worst cases. Dozens Of persons
there will certify that it saved their lives.
In four other epidemics Of bowel com
plant this remedy has been equally sue
cessful. rs and SO cent bottles 70. sale
by DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1890-08-14

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-For some UNI
explained reason the treasury officers are
disposed to be very secret and mysterious
in regard to today's transactions. They
refuse absolutely to give out any informa-
ton in regard to affairs for the sale of sill
yer bullion to the government, which may
be received by the department today I'M
der a circular of Aug. L. 1t is probable,
however, if any purchases were made to-
day the fact will be made public about 4
o'clock this afternoon. The director OF
the mint said this afternoon that the de-
partment will, during the afternoon, an
nounce London prices of silver, but will
not, under any circumstances, let the pub
lie know the rates paid by the government
for its purchases, provided any are made.
, 1890-08-14
Stocks and CatrIe Markets.

NEW York. Aug. I3. AFTER the
first hour IN the stock market dullness
and %staRnatIon again became a feature,
but there was a slight rally in the last
few minutes and the market closed firm.
Governments steady.
Money on call easier at ga 10.
Petroleum-Opened 90 closed 90; Sep.
TENDER, opened weak at 90s, declined
and then rallied, finally CLOSING steady at
81.
Copper-Llieless. Aug, $40. IS.
Lead-Quiet. Domestic, 81. SO.
TIn-DulL. Straits, $50 20.
Following are closing pnces of stocks:
Pacific 6s. l2!; American Express, IA;
Canada Pacific, SIT; Canada Southern;
SAY; Central Pacific. 80; Burlington,
ct; Delaware, Lackawanna Il Western,
441; Denver * Rio Grande, ISL; Erie,
PSI; Kansas & Texas. 1871; Lake Shore,
u; Louisville & Nashville, $50; Mich,
gan Central. 95l; Fargo Express, 40
Western Union, S23; Missouri Pacific, 695;
Northern Pacific, 33i; preferred, 81;
Northwestern, 1924; preferred, IA;
New York Central, Ct; Oregon I'm.
provement, Asst; Oregon Naviga-
ton, 90; Oregon Short Line, 42f;
Transeontinental, 4Gi; Pacific Mail,
400; Reading, 42!; Rock Island,
Ssf; Milwaukee Il st. Paul, 7Os; Texas
Pacific, 1873; Union Pacific, SGT; United
States Express. 20; American cotton
oil 2S;.
CHICAGO. Aug. MISUNDERSTANDING,
$1,000. Market steady; Beeves
"a. 7094. so; steers, S3.25(94. 40; stock
ers aud feeders, 5 .O0(93.O 90; Tex,
ans. Sl.4594. 20; western rangers,
3.OO(63. so.
Sheep = Receipts, 10000. Market
steady. Natives, SO. 2595 so; western,
50. IS IA. so; Texans, $4,000 90.
Corn-Steady. Cash 4s5, Septem-
Der 49s, May 53s.
, 1890-08-14
Women Covered With Blood.

GLAsco, N Y, Aug. 13.-A bloody
ARRAY took place here last night at a
dance attended by a party of Italian brick.
yard laborers. After freely INDUCING in
intoxicants a quarrel eusued. in which
nearly all present took part. Knives,
revolvers, axes and clubs were freely used.
Patapi Calpino was hacked with an az
until life was extinct. Two other men
were shot and another was felled with a
blow from a club, receiving probably
fatal injuries. The women In the place
also took part in the fight and were
covered with blood. One received three
severe cuts. Two men have been arrested
CHARGED with Calpino's murder, and the
police are on the track Of two others who
were implicated.
, 1890-08-14
Mysterious Fatal Shooting.

MOUNT VERNON. Ky, Aug. 49,
Last night a peculiar shooting affair took
place near here, from which Miss Maggie
Adams will probably die. The shooting
took place at the house of James Jones, a
neighbor, where Miss Adams was spend
ing the night with a daughter of Mr..
Jones. Jones and his daughter clsim
that some one entered the house after
midnight bv the front door, and did the
shooting while the girls were lying in bed.
and then got u by a back door. but
they could not recognize the assassin on
account OF the darkness.
, 1890-08-14

WASHINGTON. Aug. ID. = Calhoun
called up the senate joint resolution per-
hitting Lieutenant Colonel CorbIn, U. s.
A, to accept a position in the Worlds
Columbian Exposition.
The resolution was opposed by Rogers,
Farauhar, Henderson and Dunnell. The
house refused-27 to 67-to order the
resolution to a third reading.
The speaker laid before the house the
bill for the relief Of Nat. Mckay and ex-
ecutors of Donald Mckay, who seek com
pensation for work done upon monitors.
Springer made the point of order that
the bill must be considered in committee
of the whole. The speaker overruled the
point OF order and Springer appealed. To
sustain the decision of the chair the vote
stood. yeas los, nays 81. No quorum.
A call OF the house disclosed a bare quo
run, which disappeared when the vote
was received on sustaining the decision OF
the speaker. Adjourned.
, 1890-08-14

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-''It is a fact
that the control of the Wabash has passed
into the hands of the Canadian Pacific by
the purchase Of the stock that has been
held in England" said an Erie official to-
day. "The next election of Wabash
directors will show that the change has
taken place, but until that time the deal
is supposed to be a secret. Agents OF tbe
Canadian Pacific have been in England
purchasing the Wabash stock. and a ma
jority of it has now been secured. There
may be some delay in the formal transfer,
but the announcement will certainly be
made.
, 1890-08-14
Wanted to Lynch Him.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. l3.-The stabbing
of g. w. Saulsberry, a young attorney.
by William Ingram in Morehead, Rowan
county, KY. Saturday, came near result
ing in a lynching today. Saulsberry, as a
candidate tor county attorney, called at
Ingram's house, and in 1ngram's ab-
sence, it is said, attempted to take liber-
ties with the hired girl, hugging and kiss
ing her against her will. The Ing-ams
circulated the story to S~aulsberry's preiu-
dice, and he was defeated at the polls.
When Saulsberry met Ingram he pro-
ceeded to maui him. Ingram's father
ran to his sons rescue and dangerously
stabbed Saulsberry. The affair caused
intense excitement, and a crowd went to
the jail today and demanded Ingram. The
jail being strongly guarded they were
unable to carry out their purpose. In
gram was released on bail.
, 1890-08-14

DUBoUE. Iowa, Aug. 13.-Clara Fer
uson Mofat, a desrted wife living in the
small town of Ansmosa. near here, will
lose her evesieht because of excessive
weeping. She was married three years
ago and lived ~unhappily with a prof
ligate husband. who, after spending her
small fortune deserted her and her child.
Her grief has been constant ever since.
and she has spent her time quietly weep
ing. The result is an affection of the
optic nerve, which o~culists declare will end
in the loss of vision. She has gone to
Chicago for special treatment.
, 1890-08-14

LITTLE Rock, Ark. Aug. 13.-Mrs.
Sarah Jane Widner was convicted today
OF numbering her husband. The muir.
deress is 10 years of age. The couple
formerly resided at Antoine, Ark, and
in a dispute between the old mar and his
25-year- old son, the former was struck on
the head with a piece of furniture and
killed. The son has MOI yet been tried.
Mrs. Widner's sentence is five years i'm
.prisonment.
, 1890-08-14
Famine Follows the strike In VALE,

LONDON, Aug. 13.-Owing to she sus-
pension Of transportation brought about
by the Welsh strike provisions are held
at famine prices in the Rhondda Valley.
Negotiations between the men and the
employers have been resumed. Numer-
GUS meetings of railroad employees held
in London and the provincial centers in
dictate that many other roads will soon
become involved in the great struggle
which is at present confined to the roads
of the Welch system.
, 1890-08-14

DR.. Charles w. Dulles, a prominent
physician of Philadelphia, holds to the
opinion that there is hope for consump-
tives and that medical science will soon
be able to control the disease. In q
recent paper on the subject he pointed
out that while in England half n cen
fury ago there were SIS, 900 deaths
annually among 10, 00o, 900 people
there are at present in a population OF
40, 0OO, 900 but a. 900 deaths due to
phthisis.
, 1890-08-14

JOLIET, Ill, Aug. lS.-kvcTelt Z.
Watson, a conductor on the Joliet Elec-
tric Street railway. eloped today with the
wife Of a well-to-do farmer named Mrs.
Oscar Gatshlag. She is a daughter OF
one of the Joliei stone quarry operators.
Watson left his own wife with his two
little children sick with scarlet lever,
and Mrs. Gatshlag has several little chill
dren
, 1890-08-14
Metoric showersat Monticello.

MoNTIoEELLo, ILL.,, Aug. ia
beautiful display OF fire works in the sky
was plainly visible here last night. The
falling stars and shooting meteors made
the heavens radiant with light. The
greater part of these meteors shot from
North to South. One very brilliant
meteor amc almost in a direct line toward
this city. leaving a great train Of fire be-
hind it, when suddenly it exploded.
, 1890-08-14

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. l3.-Mormon
missionaries from Utah are at work
among the Indians Of southern Alberta
in the northwestern territories, and are
making numerous converts to polygamy.
The government has had great difficulty
in impressing upou the Indians the evils Of
more than one wife, but the proselyting of
the Mormops IS undoing all the work of
the pnst.
, 1890-08-14

About a week ago Wiseman was tried in
the district court here for murder and
found not guilty. He killed a deputy
marshal at Temple and was tried last
January, the result being a hung jury.
Much indignation resulted from the jury's
action. While out on bail for this charge
he shot at another man in a gambling
house, and at the time Of his death was
under 81, 500 bonds to await action of the
grand jury. The two were found in their
carriage dead yesterday morning.
, 1890-08-14

PARIS, KY. Aug I3.-Hume Clay. a
prominent young lumbernan OF this city,
has been missing some days. 1t is now
discovered hat he has been guilty of ex-
tensiye forgeries. His property is in the
hands OF the sheriff. 1t is alleged his
liabilities will amountto more than $780,
900.
The whole of Eastern Kentucky is
startled. Clay stood high IN social and
commercial circles. His plan was to at
tach his grandfather's signature to notes.
, 1890-08-14

MILWAUKEE, Aug. Is. = The city
council this evening passed the new gamb-
ling ordinance prepared under the direc-
ton of Chief of Police Jansen. Under it
the police can enter any residence or
other place where there is suspicion tina,
gambling is carried on, and any cards OF
implements found in such pl zee shall be
taken as prima facie ,vidence of guilt in
the prosecution.
, 1890-08-14
THE D0IhGS OF A DAY.
The Business Transacted by
our National Fathers.
Discussion of the Tariff Bill
the Main Question.
The World of S~port-Happen.
ings Here and There.


WASHINGTON, Aug, 13.-The house
amendment to the senate bills to adopt
regulations to prevent collisions at sea
and to amend the act relative to shipping
commissions was concurred In.
The senate then proceeded to consider
alton of executive business.
A resolution offered by Edmunds yes
terday. limiting debate on the tariff bill,
was referred to the committee on rules.
Blair's resolution authorizing a pro-
vision for the previous question took the
same direction on his own motion.
The house joint resolution extending
the provision of existing laws providing
for the temporary expenditures of the
government to the 29th of August was
taken up and passed.
The tariff bill was then taken up pend
ing the question on Vests amendment, of
Tered Monday, reducing the duty on tin
plates from two and two-tenths cents to
one cent per pound.
Stray continued his argument in sup
port of the amendment
Carlisle took part in the discussion, and
citing statements made by UntiIneyer,
that the quantity of tin plate annually
imported into the United States was 346,-
692 tons, costing 500, 000, 900, and the
production OF that material in this coun-
try would give employment to 800. 900
workmen. He had made calculation on
the wages which those workmen would
receive under those conditions. If one
half OF 1913, 000, 900 was spent in wages,
the other half going for material and ex-
penses, each one OF the workmen would
receive the magnif ent sum OF $38. 80 per
year.
Morgan next addressed the senate in
opposition to the proposed increase on tin
plates In conclusion he said: Il know
that nothing that | can say vii stay the
majority. You addressing the Republican
sidel have entered on the passage
OF al act, which throughout
its every page, places additional burdens
on the people. We cannot stop you. At all
events we have done a thing which was
right and proper and necessary. That is,
we have had free and open discussion on
this matter. 1t has been debated at
length. being participated in by Gray, AID
rich, Hiscock and Dawes, the latter ex-
pressing conviction that the American
laborer would rather pay one-half a cent
more for a tin can bearing the stamp of
the American eagle than one cent less for
one bearing the stamp of the British
lion"
The tariff bill was laid aside informally
and the conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill vas presented and
agreed to.
Plumb. from the committee on appro-
the relief OF destitutlon 10 Oklahoma. He
said he would ask for action on it tomor-
row.
The house bill, making appropriation
for an additional clerical force in the pen
sion office, was taken from the calendar
and from the various amendments re-
ported by the committee on appropria-
tioos, was agreed to and the bill passed.
Adjourned.
, 1890-08-14
ou,ncy's County Treasurer Killed

QUINCY, ILL.,, Aug. 10 John r.
Kreitz, county treasurer and a prominent
business a met with an accident in
the railroad yards this afternoon which
resulted in his death at 6 o'clock. He
was standing on the track talking with
Joseph Bolt. They stepped OF to let
a train of freight cars by, but were caught
between the cars and a platform used for
storing Ice, and were terribly crushed.
Boll's condition is critical,
, 1890-08-14

PARIS, Aug. 13.-The conference OF
American %consuls IN the method of ap-
plying the Mckinley bill in Europe,
which has been in progress here for several
days. concluded its deliberations to-day.
Its recommendations will favor l~eniency in
the enforcement of the bill.
, 1890-08-14
No Minister to the Vatican.

n NOME, Aug. 13.-Cardinal RampolIa.
tae Dapal secretary of state. has been in
Il, !. by the English government that
p,n,, impossible for England to receive a
vat;csn "'9y or to send = minister to the
vstic,n II has been suggested by the
British mat asecretary be attached to the
shouida legation at Vienna. whose duty it
v,t;csa oe 70 conduct negotiations with the
and to sometimes visit Rome.
, 1890-08-14
New York o, BROOKLYN ;.

New YORK. Aug. I3.5[Brotherhood j
New York won by superior all-round
playing. Attendance 1850
New York.......3 1l01 0 o. 6
BrooklyD.........O o 5000 p 3
Base hits-New York 8, Brooklyn 6
Errors-New York !, Brooklyn 4. Bat
teries-Keeie and Ewing, Henming and
kinslow. Ferguson and Hol-
bert.
, 1890-08-14

BERLIN, Aug. 11.-Emperor William
arrived here today on his return from his
visit to. Queen Victoria. He will create
Prince Eitel Frederick. his second son.
the duke Of Heligoland.
, 1890-08-14

LONDON, Aug. 13.-The postmaster
general has gwen a final decision in the
matter OF the applications for reinstate-
nent Of the postmen who were discharged
for taking part in the recent strike. Oh
the 100 men dismissed he decides only
fifty shall be again employed. A number
Of the men who were discharged are emf
grating.
, 1890-08-14
BASE BALL.
Boston 8, Philadelphia I.

BosToN, Aug I3. = brotherhood
After a hard fight the Bostons won by
punching their hits. Attendance 2.400.
Boston 700 3 4 o. 8
Philadelphia. - 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 O. 7
Base hits-Boston IL, Philadelphia Is.
Errors-Boston 0, Philadelphia 3. Bat
teries-Gumbert and Murphy, Sanders
and Milligan. Umpires-Sheridan and
Gaffnev.
, 1890-08-14

MI. John Carpenter, of Goodland, In
diana, says: Il tried Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy,
for diarrhoea and severe cramps and pains
in the stomach and bowels, with the best
results. In the worst cases | never had
to give more than the third dose to effect
a cure. In most cases one dose will do.
Besides its other good qualities it is
pleasant to take" 25 and so rent bottles
for sale by DIR. W. N. Hlnt.
, 1890-08-14
Notice to Insurance Companies.

This is the time when insurance com
panies should rank the driver of the trot-
ting horse as IN extra hazardous risk. If
he is not being killed by a railroad col
lisiop, or by somebody taking off the
wheel of the sulry on the track, he is
being dumped in the pools.-Detroit
Free Press.
, 1890-08-14

KALAMAZOO, Mich. Aug. I3.-Forty
of the best citizens Of Bangor which town
went dry at the last election, have served
notice On the proprietor of an original
package saloon that he must close out or
they will raid the place.