Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-31
TFrom the Baltimore American]

Ndi ed at = :0U O'CLOCK tnlS morning.
Ale was down town for the last
time the Monday before Christmas.
aHe was then taken sick, and took
to his bed, from which he never
arOse. Early in his sickness there
was evidently a marked failure OF
1.-The brain, and when not unconscious
entirely, his speech was incOher
lent. He was attended by Dr.. Peter
3Belew, his falher.ln-law, and Dr
Arthur Belew. his brOther-in-law.
both of Edinburg, five miles south
4 lof here. Mr.. Riddleberger was
agreatly Frustrated in the begin.
ming of his sickness, and for a
week preceding his death was
&entirely unconscious. His family
had no idea of the serious charac
ter of his illness, until infOrued
h aMonday that he could not live the
b week out, then they were compile
ately Frustrated.
He rallied a little Wednesday
Is snlght, but by noon OF Thursday
Abegan failing very rapidly. At 5 Z
nj. yesterday the use OF medicines
was dispensed with. kilograms
announcing the inevitable result
were hastily despatched to distant
Erelatives. At 2 80 this morning ne
.apassed quietly away. II was a
B kmemOer of tie Masonic fraternity.
nIuu Dy request of the family, lie
,8will be buried by the Shenan.
8dOah county bar, who will attend
@in a body. The burial will take
@place at Edinburg, his native home
Cat three o'clock TO morrow after
AnOon. The cOrtege will leave here
at p NJ. The body lies III the
8parlOT of his residence, on a high
Shill south of town. The counter
ance is calm, and the expression
natural and restful. AS fully hall
athe bar are down with la grippe,
that body is very seriously handi-
4capped IN performing the duties
assigned 1t tomorrow.
b (But the action of the Bar in re
4solve as to burial will show IN OuI
HcOlumns how and what they did,
HContlnuing the American CORE
sspondent says:
Z Ex-senator Harrison II. Riddle
Hberger was boz n IN Edinburg, in
kShenandOah 8 county, Va, October
Gath, 1914. His father was at one
time a stage driver on the Valley
turnpike, and was known and great
8ly liked throughout the whole route
tor his genial disposition and great
natural wit. He afterwards follow
Jed the trade OF gunsmith. The
Z Ex-senator inherited his fathers
5 sprightly disposition, aud on the
stump as well as in conversation he
was unequaled at repartee. He re-
Sceiyed a common school education,
but had the advantage Of a home
K Epreceptor for two years. He en-
tered the Confederate service when
vet a youth, and served three years
Jas second and first lieutenant of IN
Hfantry, ana also as cap
g tain of cavalry. After the close of
the war he engaged in the newspa-
B per business, got into politics. and
S6nally studied law, but never fully
E mastered the details OF the latter.
EIIe edited since 1870 four newspa-
+ pers at Woodstock, the county
seat, the Tenth Legion the SheRdR
doah Democrat, the VjrgiRidR and
SHENANDOAH HERALD. The lat.
tier paper be still owns. In politics
/ he always saw at the first glance
the popular side of every public
sQuestion, or had the knack Of max
Eing his side the popular one. In
many fierce local contests he was
bsOmetImes dOwned, and his enemies
Il were wont to say, "We have got
sHhim this time"; but he always came
Cup smiling, tried again, and won
Hthe next time. He represented
u nShenandoah county two terms OF
1.-TWO years each in the Virginia
-EHOuse of Delegates, and one teru
\ EOf four years IN the state Senate
4 HHe also served as common wealth'c
EattOrney of Shenandoah for two
kterms of four years each. lie was
Va member of the state committee
of the Conservative party unit
E1S75. He was a presidential elec
ktor on the Democratic ticket of 1915
hand held the same position on the
'kReadiuster ticket of 1880.
q Gen. Malone, who was opposed
,HtO Cameron running for GOYernol
ION the Readiuster ticket in 1881
suggested to Mr.. Rlddleberger the
advisability of his taking the nolni
anatiOn, Mr.. Rlddl, berger refused
Saying be was pledged to Cameron
HLater he vas elected to the United
Estates Senate, in the place of John
EW. Johnston, Conservative, by the
EReadjuster legislature that was
detected with Cameron, the Read
cluster governor. He took his seal
EDeeember 3, 1883, and his tern ex
kpired March 3, 1889. For two
wears bis vote was the balance OF
power 10 the United States Senate,
and during that period, had he
been so disposed, might have
cansed his political associates con
siderable trouble had he ever been
so disposed to be merceDary. On
.all party principles he voted vita
Nhis party, the Republicans, with
whom he aligned himself soon at
ter entering the Senate, but was
mot with them in the doctrine OF
centl allzatiOn. He left the halls OF
RCongress as poor as when he en-
tered them, aud neither mouey nor
Epatronage ever came TO him. lie
kremained IN Washington several
r.