Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-29
FRIDAY. AUGUST 20. 1890.
CURRENT NEWS AND COMMENT

The true secret OF HE Is I'D slu-
pity your duties and your wants.
Over 100000 worth of lots
were sold at Buena Vista Wednes'
day.
Ninety FIVE crematiOus have
taken place in the crematory at
Cincinnati. The cremStOry has
been built only two years.
Mrs. Garfield lately sold farm
near PrestOnburg, KY, to specnla'
tors for $1,000, which Gen. Gar
field bought during the early days
of the war for less than 800.
Enthusiastic and sanguine Demo
Gratis would as well not bank too
heavily upon a split of the Repub'
licaDs in the senate on account OF
the force bill. "Some things are
not what they SEEM
The Democratic convention for
the second district OF West Virgin
ia, at Keyser, yesterday unani-
mously nominated Hon. VIM. L.
Wilson for Congress. This Is the
fifth time Mr.. Wilson has been
bOnored with the nomination.
Hon. John S. Wise says he is
going to buy a residence at Oman
cock, AccOmac county, this fall
and make Onancock bis home, and
that the first man that mentions
politics to him he will knock his
head off.
1t is understood that Senator
Daniel, of Virginia, has become
independent In fortune by the rise
in the price of real estate in Lynch
burg during the last few years, and
that he can now be classed among
the rich men in Congress.
Sixty OF the sixty-eight counties
in Alabama have been heard from
officially, and show a majority tor
Hon. Thomas &. Jones, Democrat,
for Governor, Of S9,749. The ag-
gregate vote in these counties is
l7O,jOO, a very large vote for. an
of year.
The Senate agreed on Monday
to conclude its consideration of
the tariff on the Sth of September,
nothing interfering to waste the
time allotted to the tariff bill. The
metal schedule was thereupOn con-
cluded, as also the wood schedule,
and the sugar schedule was enter.
ed upon.
a quick firing gun, the invention
OF Mr.. ThrOnsen, was tested recent
~ at FinspOng, Ia Sweden. The
result showed that ten shots can
be fred within twenty-five seconds,
which is twenty.fOur shots a min.
ute. All the shots were true and
hit the target within a space of
nine inches long by six inches
wide.
Two Cincinnati women thought
they would make a fortune by
opening a restaurant and hanging
out a sign alone Cooking Here"
But the patronage was so poor
that they were threatened with
bankruptcy, when a recently mar.
RED man advised them to change
the sign so as to read "No Home
Cooking Here" They are now do
ing a rushing business, and will II
soon retire with a fortune. :
Judge J. p. Smith. of Fort
Worth, Texas, whose wealth is
now estimated at s1,OOO,OO0, once
walked from Kentucky to Texas
because he didn't have money
enough to pay his passage. Owing
to the opening of new roads the
walking is much better now than
1t was then, Notwithstanding which,
the Judge says, he very much
prefers to make the trip By palace
car.
A prominent citizen Of Denver
got married the other day and dis
patch was sent out to the effect that
he had welded a "hsndsOme colOred |
woman" The news shocked bis 80.
ciety friends IN Chicago and New
York, and they Immediately set the
wires to work to ascertain all the
particulars, and the result was they
learned that a telegraph operator
had made a mistake, and that
their Denver friend had mar
ried a Handsome Colorado wO-
man, The Denver man Is now
supposed to be on wild hunt for
the operator.
John Phillips, a negro, was
hanged at BoSdtOn, Mecklenburg
county, Va, last Friday for the
brutal murder OF Capt. r. @. Over.
by, a prominent citizen. In April i
last while Phillips was passing