Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-12-25
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Mr.. Mills has declined the proffer by
Speaker Crisp of the second place On tie
ways and Means Committee.
The Senate has passed bill to amend
the code 80 as to give Clarke and Warren
counties each a county judge.
The case of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia sgsinst the lawyers and doctors OF
Bristol was decided in favor of the de-
fsndant, the court holding that they
could not be required to pay license.
Coates & Co., of Baltimore, announce
that on or about the middle of January
they will commence the manufacture Of
bright tin pilates, at about the rate Of
eighteen hundred boxes per week. Whal
will the local tin plate prevarieators &c
about this matterf
The Treasury Department has directed
that a sanitary inspector be stationed al
Rouses Point, n. Y, to prevent, as far al
possible, the introduction of small pox IN
to the United States from Canada, where
the disease is represented as being almost
epidemic in form.
Mrs. John Paul and Mrs. John Wise
members of the board of lady manager
of the Chicago Far, have issued an sd
dress to the women of Virginia, asking
them to use their influence with the Vir
giuia Legislature to secure an appropria
tion for that Fair.
Several days ago Miss E. L. Van Lew
ex-postmaster OF the city of Richmond
paid her taxes TO City Treasurer Childrey
Before doing so she wrote the following
protest on a sheet of the Office paper
considering it crime to tax women
without representation, enter my pro
test against the payment of this and al
other tax bills"
The State Military Board of Virginia
has decided to allow every company OF In
fantry So per capita for each man present
at the annual inspection. The artillery
and calvary 81 tor each man present,
while the general field and staff officers
will receive $40. This money, which is
used to defray the necessary expenses OF
the military, will be distributed immedl-
ately.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Alexandria Gazette says: A Virginia
Congressman whose supply of the famous
"Horse Book" had become exbaused, be-
Ing Informed that he could get a copy at
secondhand book store, went there and
was offered as many as he wanted at $50 a
hundred. They had been sold to the
dealer by members of Congress at the
rate of s25 hundred. This is a fair
sample of the way the government money
goes.
A Washington special to the Richmond
Times says: The State Of Virginia has
been allotted seven places by the door
keeper of the house, but all Of them carry
small salaries. The best of the lot goes
to Colonel OFerrall, who will appoint
a messenger at 81 ,0CO per annum. Messrs.
Lawson and Jones each get messenger
at $3.50 per year, while Messrs. Edmunds
and Epes will appoint pages at SIS per
month during the session. Mr.. Buchanan,
who Is still detained at home by illness,
will have the filling of one place with sal
airy OF about $3.50 Der annum. Mr.. Lester
will also get small place for some con-
stituent of his. Captain Wise was i'll at
his rooms in this city yesterday when the
delegation drew lots for the patronage,
and upon learning OF the arrangement
he declined to be bound by it. Though
suffering with an attack much like grippe
he yentured out this morning to see
Clerk Kerr. As result OF his visit Captain
Wise secured the position of assistant
librarian of the House for Mr.. james r.
Fisher, of Richmond, at a salary of 81 800
per annum. This is the best place Vir-
GINA has yet obtained.