Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-23
NEWS AND COMMENT.

The Governor of Wyoming has signed
the bill appropriating thirty thousand
dollars for the States exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
The Indian troubles seem to be about
over. Gen. Miles announces that all the
chiefs have absolutely submitted and Will
surrender their arms.
The trial of Charles E. Kincaid fer the
murder of Congressman Taulbee in
Washington has been postponed from
January Goth until the third Monday in
March.
Professor Koch's report, describing the
composition of his lymph, is comparative
~ brief. 1t says the lymph consists Of
glycerine extract, derived from a pure
cultivation of tubercle bacilli.
In accordance with the action Of the
board of public lands and buildings ex-
Gov. Thayer has surrendered possession
OF the executive apartments, but under
protest. Gov. Boyd has taken possession
Of the rooms.
Five hundred school teachers in Kan
sas have signed petition to the Legis-
lsture to amend the school law 80 that a
teachers certificate cannot be issued to
any person who uses profanity, intoxicat-
ing liquors or tobacco.
The State board of Agriculture has de-
clded to hold a farmers institute in Char
louisville February % and % and has
appropriated $3.50 to defray the expenses.
1t was also decided to hold an institute in
each Congressional district whenever 3O6
farmers signified a desire and intention
to attend the same.
Monday, the first public observance of
Gen. R. E. Lees birthday, made legal
holiday by the last le0islsture, YVES cele-
brated BY the principal cities throughout
the Commonwealth. State and municipal
offices and banks we're all closed and bus
mess was quite generally suspended. No
22d OF February or 4th Of July has been
SO universally celebrated since the close
of the war as was Monday. In Richmond
the parade was a strictly military one,
participated in by veteran infantry, cay
airy, and artillery under the supervision
of Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans,
who paraded through the principal streets,
thence to the Lee Monument, where
thousands of people we're gathered. On
the arrival of the procession the bands
played popular Southern airs and the il
fantry sud artillery fred a salute. At
night Lee Camp gave banquet, which
was attended by Gov. Mckinney, Mayor
Ellyson, and other distinguished citizens.
The United States Supreme Court Mon
day handed down its opinion affirming
the judgment of the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Eastern District of
Virginia, directing that writ of hGbeas
corpus be granted to William Rehman,
convicted in Norfolk of violation of the
otatc hlcdt iDnpcCtiOu law 4Hio 10 onO
of what are known as the dressed.beef
cases, arising out of State legislation,
hsyinstfUr fts-ehiect the restriction 'ofI
ths-ssle of meats by frsS lOcats6 outside
of the State in which meats are offered
for sale. The statutes of Virginia make
it an offense to offer for sale fresh meat
slaughtered more than one hundred miles
from the place of sale, unless first in
spected, provision for which ls made on
the petition OF not less than twenty per
sons. the compensation 10 the inspector
to be one cent per pound. 1t was con-
tended that this law was an interference
with interstate commerce, and therefore
unconstitutional and void. The court in
sn opinion by Justice Harlan, sustains
this contention, and afirms the judgment
of the lower court ordering Rebman's re-
lease.