Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-03
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Senator German will direct the nation
al Democratic committees campaign
work next fall. The chairman, Senator
Brice, is going to Europe.
The Missouri river is cutting INTO the
Kansas shore and threatens to leave 81
Joseph, Mo, two miles to the east with
the city's million dollar bridge spanning a
dry spot.
He. Clay, hailing from Chicago was
arrested in Stanton on Friday Of last
week for forging a check on Campbell Il
B,xbv. proprietors of the mantel factory,
upon which he drew tue money at Augusta
Natl onal bank. The check was for Si2.oO.
Within the past few days ID cattle at
fected with bydrophobia have been killed
near Dunlaps, Iowa. Twenty dogs have
also been killed. A little child OF James
Fanez has developed symptoms OF hydro
pbobia. She drank milk from one OF the
cows affected.
II has been officially announced that
Gen.J. A. Early has accepted the invita-
tion of the monument committee as orator
on the occasion of the unwilling OF the
Jackson monument at Lexington July IL
His subject will be the military achieve
ments and character of General Jackson.
Next year the full electoral college will
consist of AS members, and to be elected
thereby, candidates for President and
Vice President must receive at least rs
votes each. Failure TO choose by the
electoral college throws the election INTO
the House of Representatives,.
The War Department has issued an Or
der TO the effect that the field or union OF
national flags in use in the army, on and
after July 4, 1891, consist of forty
four stars in six rows, the upper
and lower rows to have eight stars and
the second, third, fourth and fifth rows
seven stars each in blue field.
Rev. Sam Small having settled his &C
counts satisfactorily with the Utah Uni
versity, has at bis request been transferred
from the Colorado Conference to another
connection, where he will pursue his min
isterial work. Rev. J. Wesley Hill, one
of those who slauderel Mr.. Small, has
been Indicted by the grand jury for libel
Mr.. S. NJ. Colgate, well-knOwn New
York manufacturer, has written a letter
to Mr.. c. G. Eddy, vice-president OF the
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company, in
regard to wool growing in Virginia. Mr.
Colgate says he has had one years ex-
perienee with merino sheep in West Viz
cinia and is satifed with the return. lie
is confident that money can be made by
sheep.raising in both the Virglnias.
Young men think they know just
what kind of a woman they will Harry,
and they are sure that they will marry
no other. The result is apt to prove them
very much in error as to what they think
they will do and will not do. You can
tell better about the weather afterward
than before; SO you can tell better after
marriage than before what kind of a
woman was to be your wlfe.-Ner York
Ledger.
The Lynchburg Adrance. in speaking OF
Rev. John Jasper's discourse on the sub
iect of "The Sun Do Move" which be de-
hyered in Lynchburg, on Tuesday, says
one of the first points in his argument
was that Joshua commanded the sun to
stand still. If the sun didn't move, why
this command :" Another was that "when
you get up in the morning the sun is on
one side of the house when you eat sup
per the sun is on the other side. Is not
this evidence that the sun do move ?"
Senator Pettigrew. of South Dakota, Tho
wasln New York, last week, declared to
representative of the Times that 1.-THE whole
Northwest IS ablaze for Blaine, and the
people will not listen to the name of any
other candidate" Being asked if the
Farmers Alliance Republicans give any
support to Blaine, Mr.. Pettigrew said
"You let small boy 90 into Farmers
Alliance meeting in South Dakota and
give yell for Blaine, and the meeting
breaks up at that point with cheers for
Blame and reciprocity"
The Washington correspondent of the
ALEXANDRIA Gazette, under date of June %,
says: "a Virginia Democrat now here
says that in a recent talk with Mr.. Robert
Beverly of his State. Mr.. Beverly inform
ed him that the Farmers Alliance of viz
pinia would meet IN August at Richmond
and perfect arrangements for prosecuting
a vigorous campaign in the fall. lie
said they would have candidates IN
every county of the State, and would,
he felt sure, elect a majority OF
the members of the legislature. He also
said the majority referred TO would
not oppose the re election of U, S. Sena-
tor Daniel"