Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-31
NEWS AND COMMENT.

The report is denied that Mr.. Cleve-
land is to make six speeches in Ohio
Governor Campbell is to be congratu-
lated.-Inder- appeal.
The city editor of the New York Daily
Necs has been indicted for publishing an
account of the recent electrocutions. The
object is to test the constitutionality Of
the law.
Gov. Gray, of Indiana, is looking toward
the Democratic Presidential nomination
next year rather more earnestly than the
Democrats are looking toward him
Baltimore american.
An Illinois paper is of the opinion that
it is mostly after you have fallen into a
pit you begin to hear from your friends
of the many paths you might have taken
that would have led you safely around 1t.
The Alexandria Gazette reports that 80
car loads of fat cattle were shipped from
depots along the Manassas road last
Thursday week, sixteen carloads of which
were bought by Joshua Fletcher ana
shipped via Baltimore to Liverpool.
President Mayer of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, last Saturday executed
contract with the city of Cumberland, by
which that city is to be made the termi-
nus of three divisions, and all repair shops
are to be located there. The city in re-
turn pays the interest Of sixteen years on
$4,000 bonds.
The Tazewell county Alliance has NOM
mated Oscar Moore, of Abb's Valley, for
the House of Delegates from that county.
Moore is a grandson of Capt. Jas. Moore,
who, with his family, was massacred by
the Indians DUNG the early settlement
of Virginia. He is Democrat in politics
and the Democratic party will make no
nomination.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company has closed a fve-year contract
with C. Furness, one of the largest
steamship owners in England, for three
regular lines of steamers from Newport
News, Va, to Liverpool, London and
Glasgow, and also for occasional steamers
to Hayre and Antwerp. These will be
the first regular European steamer lines
from any port south of Baltimore.
The earnings of the Chesapeake and Ohio
road for the fourth week of June, show
an increase of $50, 537SS over those for
the corresponding week of last year.
The trouble between the Tennessee
miners at Briceville and the State au-
thorities has been settled amicably. Last
Monday week the miners compelled the
State troops to leave the mines at Brice-
vile with the convicts who had been sent
there to take their places. Since then
the troops and convicts have been at
Knoxville, and conferences have been in
progress between the State authorities
and the miners. Saturday the troops
were ordered home, with the understand
ing that the conyicts are to 90 back to
the mines until special session of the
Legislature, which is soon to be called,
acts on the convict.lease system.
The amount of breadstuffs exported
from the United States to Europe last
month exceeded by 100000 that of the
same month last year. Perhaps you have
heard that Europe was going to quit buy
ing American products because our Con-
gress passed a tariff bill which favors
American interests more than those Of
Europe. Aud yet here is Europe actually
buying more Of us than before the adop-
ton of that bill. The biggest reform
which could take place at present would
be the reformation OF some of these self
STYLED reformers from the habit of not
telllsg the truth.
The Washington correspondent of the
Alexandria Gazette says:
A package containing thirty eight one
dollar Louisiana lottery tickets has been
received at the dead letter Office with the
following endorsement: "Here are 80
tickets. They cost me $50, and l never
got cent. 1t is all humbug. They
send out small prizes, but the large ones
STAY at home. 1t is a good thing that
Uncle Sam has bothered them. There is
thousands that got BIT
That club of ffty-seven at Edinburg,
who, we suppose, have several hundred
of the one-twentieths on hand, also "got
bit"
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, of
Pennsylvania, and Col. W. W. Dudley, of
Indiana, chairman and treasurer, respec-
lively, of the Republican national COM
mittee, submitted their designations to
the national Republican executive CON-
mittee, which met in Washington We'd
nesday, and the designations were ac-
cepted. A subcommittee of the executive
committee appointed to name the place
and exact date for a meeting OF the full
rationalrepeblican committee. the meeting
to take place some day in November.
InlS 1ull committee Will sclOCb bhC Oluc
and place for the meeting of the National
Republican Convention.
Upon tie authority of Senator Petit
grew, it is stated that Mr.. B laine will ac-
cept the Republican nomination for the
presidency in 1892. If this be correct,
then there is very little doubt of his be-
ing the Republican nominee. 1t is further
stated that he will not remain in Mr..
Harrison's cabinet much longer. If he
should resign his cabinet position, we
should place some confidence In the first
statement. He cannot we'll remain 10 the
cabinet and at the same time be even
latent aspirant for the presidency in OPP
position to the President who is can
didate for re-nominstion.-Valley Vir-
gilman.