Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-29
NEWS AND COMMENT.


promoted, and is now the sole representa-
tive of the U. S. Treasury Department on
the Isthmus of Panama.
Gen. Longstreet is in very feeble health
at his home in Georgia. He has been so
i'll for the past few weeks that he has
given up work on his history of the Cor
sederate war. The book is nearly flushed.
On last Thursday, the Virginia Episco-
ral Council, ill session at Petersburg, de-
cided in favor of division of the diocese
by the following vote: Clergy, yeas 81
nays 90 laity, years IS, nays 81.
Gen. Wade Hampton, who was the orA'
tor of the day at the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the meet
log Of the South Carolina Legislature at
Columbia, announced that his political
career was ended.
The Supreme Court of the U. S., at
Washington, on Monday, held that the
Virginia law requiring inspection-for
which fees were charged-of flour manu-
featured outside the State to DO contrary
to the federal constitution.
The ex-reform Tammany organ reiteI-
ates the venerable chestnut that Govern
ex-senator Hill 10 a Democrat. ! he or
gan should be better informed. If hold
Ing the title to two salaried Offices is any
criterion, be is pair of DemOcrats.-N
\. Press.
The fight between Peter Jackson, color
ed of Australia, aud James j. COrbett, of
California, at the rooms of the California
Athletic Club in San Francisco on Thurs
day night of last week, for $4,000, was
declared no fight, the contestants in the
last thirty rounds simply walking around
the ring and looking at each other.
1t is stated in Washington that General
Gcff, of West Virginia, can have the posi-
tion ofjudge OF this circuit, to be appoint
ed by the President, but he does not
want it. The other names now most
prominently mentioned IN connection
with the position are SIr. Hubbard, of
Wheeling, and Judge Lewis, of Richmond.
ASt. Lonis paper says that glass may
ne cut With scissors as easily as if it were
a piece of paper The secret consists IN
plunglng the pane of glass into a tub of
water, submerging also the hands and the
scissors. The scissors will cut in straight
lines without flaw. This result is
achieved in consequence of the absence of
vibration. If the least portion of the
scissors is left out Of the water the viSra-
ton will prevent the glass cutting.
The Southern Improvement Company,
composed of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company, Drexel, Morgan &
Co., Geo T. Bliss, ]. Crosby Brown and
other bankers ofNew York NJ. E. ingalls,,
president of the c. & O., and Big R'y,
together with DR.. II. Mcclure, DR.. Geo.
Ross. C. O., B. Cowardin and others
of Virginia have purchased the Warm,
Hot and Healing Springs. A standard
guage railway. "a miles in length, is now
under construction from Covingtou, Va,
TO the Hot Springs and will be completed
early in July.
The free traders who have been con-
tending that there is no difference be-
tween free trade and reciprocity should
seek an interview with the English cot
ton manufactures and have the thing
explained 10 them. Those manufac-
turers ale so we'll assured that there is
difference that they are frantically
calling upon their government to follow
the example of the United States and
adopt a reciprocity policy with Brazil
and other South American countries.
They say if this is not done the Amer
lean manufacturers will drive them en-
tirely out of those markets. And these
are English manufacturers who are living
in the full enjoyment of the blessings of
free trade
A correspondent of the Washington
Post, writing from Berryville, says:-
A tin mine is being developed by the
work of about forty hands, six and one
half miles from here, under the supervis-
ion of Mr.. Pasco, practical miner from
the Cornwall tin mines in England. He
reports better prospects at the end Of
each week, and says that the youngest
child in this Valley will not lIye to see
this great deposit exhausted. Although
no other mine has ever yielded over 2 per
cent. of tin, Prof Mallet of Virginia, af-
ter an analysis, gives a written report
that the specimens he had gave ten
per cent. Prof. Genth, of Philadelphia.
makes the same report. Every statement
in this article can be verified by visit
to the locality, and it is deemed necessary
TO make this statement as the atm plate
liars" are becoming so numerous.
The Census Bureau has issued bulletin
containing statistics of the insane asy
lums of the United States. After giving
general statistics showing the number of
insane asy Inns 10 the whole country, the
bulletin furnishes figures of the various
States.
1t covers four asylums in Virginia, as
follows Southwestern Asylum at Mari
on, Eastern Asylum at Williamsburg,
Western Asylum at StauntOn, and the
Central Asylum at Petersburg. For tho
Marion asylum the bulletin shows that
the actual number OF patients there from
1887 to 1859 inclusive was 5l2. The ex-
penditnres amount to $685., 156. In 1889
the female patients numbered 2l5 and the
male 156.
At the Eastern or Williamsburg Asy-
lum from 1881 to 1889. inclusive, 1892
patients were treated. During the pre-
vious decade $50 patients were treated
Expenditures for the last ten years.