Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-05
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Over 4. leo Italians arrived at New 1orK
Tu ,sday.
It has been well remarked tlat it is not
hard for man worth a million of dollars
to be philosopher. 1t is not however
necessary that he should be one. lie can
be anything he pleases.
J. W. Casper, of POcahOntas, has been
arrested in Roanoke and sent on to the
grand jury on the charge of raising checks
aud it is said he has operated extensively
in that way.
T. G. Smith and John Mays bad fight
at Stuart, Henry county, last week, DUR
ing which Smith shot Mays three times in
the neck and breast and Mays stabbed
Smith with knife and broke his weapon.
Smiths wound is rot serious, but 1t is
thought Mays will die.
Miss Annie R. Houston of Fincastle, va
has graduated from the Baltimore Medlcai
College with the degree of Doctor OF Med
icine, and was also awarded special
prize. Miss Houston is good material for
another woman physician at one OF the
Virginia insane asylums where insane
women are being treated by men.
An inventor in Paris has patented q
new kind of corset, especially for young
ladies. The corset has whistle attach
ment, and when pressure is applied from
the outside it shrieks loudly. Just now
the inventor is wondering why his corset
doesn't sell. Inventors are usually very
simple minded men.
At the recent State Democratic conven-
ton in Louisville a set of resolutions was
offered, one of which read THAT 10
1892 the colo,s of Democracy should be
placed in the hands of the son Of truth,
courage and manhood Grover Cleveland"
Whereupon one sturdy aud sensible dele
gate cried out On Grover Cleveland :"
Which the convention proceeded to do bS
rejecting the resolutions.-Inder appeal.
At the May term of L. s. District Court
at Abingdon, which has been is session
since the 9Th inst, Judge Paul appears to
have broken the record in the amount OF
business dispatched. At the opening OF
the term there were 297 cases on docket,
which were supplemented by ia new in
dIctments by the grand jury, making All
cases in all. These have all been disposed
of in one way or another. The cases tired
BIZ Jury numbered Il, in which the;e were
SO convictions and Is acQuttals. In a
others the defendants plead grilty. The |
Abingdon THgiaian of last week pays a
warm tribute to Judge PauPs capacity |
for despatchlng business, as well as tie
noticeable fairness and ability of bis rul-
s-ROckiRgham Register.
The First Annual Session of the Gl,n
Echo Chautauqua, located near the city |
of Washington, D. c., will open on June
10th with the dedication of the Nam Am
phitheatre aud concert by the Washing |
ton Marine Band. The program provided
for the rest of the session is a very in
teresting one. 1t includes a series of
summer schools in Art, Language, Litera-
ture, Physical Culture, Orstory and
Delsarte, kindergarten, Business, Science
and some other departments.
Among the lecturers to be heard during |
this first session are such men as-Dr. I. |
De Witt Talmage, Hon. John j. Ingalls,,
Chancellor John II. Vincent, DR.. W. r.
Harper, DR.. Russell Conwell, Rev. Thos.
Dixon. Prof. John B. Denote, DR.. Lysan-
der Dickerman, Dr. Wilbur Davidson, |
MI James A. Green, DR.. Samuel G. Smith,
Maurice Thompson, Thos. Nelson Page,
DR.. George L. Spinning, Mr.. Fl. A. Moore,
aud many others.
There will be large chorus organized
under the direction of Prof. c. C. Case, OF
Cleveland, Ohio, and irst-class chorus
pipe organ is being built by The Carl
Barckhoff Church Organ Company, of
Salem, Ohio. This is to lie in position in
time for the Opening Day.
The Association has purchased 500 large
tents which will be floored, and every |
provision made for the comfort and enter
tainment of large company of guests
Special rates over all the railroads.
Apply to Room Q, Sun Building, Wash
ington, D. c., for copy of the Glen Echo
Chauaaqaa, containing the program and
announcements OF the class work for this
first session.