Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-10
NEWS AND COMMENT.

A committee of the Board of Supery's-
ors of Rockbridge county has recommend
ed an appropriation of $4,000 for the
construction of new Court House.
Governor Fifer of Illinois, has signed
the bill enabling women to vote for all
school officers. Twenty-six of the forty
four States, a considerable majority of all,
have now given women some sort OF
suffrage.
Clarence Busbee, the assistant treasurer
OF the Buena Vista Saddle and Harness
company, has skipped. The amount Of
his defalcation Is not known. lie is
native of North Carolina, where he Is
said to be highly connected.
Sam Jones claims to have saved l5OOOi
sIuls by his preaching. As he has netteo
$4,000 by the operation, this is about
1884, cents per soul. If Sam will guaran
tee his work the price is not extortionate
Highland Recorder.
The Iowa Republican convention Ias'
week nominated II. c. Wheeler for gov
ernor ; went wild when Mr.. Blaine's name
was mentioned; endorsed the Mckinley
law and especially the reciprocity clause
also the present silver law, and the Har-
rison administration and the appropria-
tions made by the last congress.
Among the possible, if not probable
results of the tin schedule of the McKin-
ley law may be the transfer of large
number of industrial establishments from
Wales to the United States. This shows
the outrageous workings of protection
Free trade would have never done it,
Iader-Appedl, Dem.
movement is under consideration fol-
the removal of Roanoke College from its
present site to a reservation of sixty acres
on the south side of the Roanoke River
lust outside the corporate limits Of Salem.
The proposed site has been offered as a
gift TO the Board of Trustees. and fiHal
action will probably be taken in Septem-
Der.
A hotly contested local option election
was held at Big Stone Gap last week, re
.ulting in a victory for the "Wets." The
vote was 100 against license and l75 fol
license. The town has been 'dry" since
May 1st, as County Judge Miller refused
to grant licenses after that time until the
citizens had voted OH the question. Sen
ator ]. b. F. Mills and Rev. Mr. S;raley
led the "Dry" side.
Unitnd States Senator Daniel, of Vir-
ginia, delivered Fourth-of-July Grafton
before the Chautauqua assembly at Lex
ington, Ky. He was introduced by Hon.
w. P. Breckinridge, and spoke for over
two hours. he Cincinnati Commercial
Ga=ette's report of Senator Daniels effort
says "It was eloquent and patriotic, and
he held his audience spell bound during
its delivery"
From every direction comes the good
news that the Republicans are presenting
a solid and unbroken front to the enemy
there are no gaps IN the line, the voters
are touching elbows and marching on
towards victory, with the determination
to sweep away all obstacles. The cleo
tions of the present year will be prelimin
airy skirlnlshes to the great battle of mex
year which will decide whether thiI
Government shall continue to be admin
istered in the interest of America anC
Americans or for the benefit of Europe
There will, of course, he a number of side
issues, but the great question for eacf
voter to decide will be: Are you TO
America or for Europeg
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