Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-10-02
NEWS AND COMMENT.

The Farmers Alliance of Mechlenburg
county have nominated man by the
name of Epps for the Senate against Capt.
Scott, the regular Democratic nominee.
The Democrats of Scott county have
decided to make no nominations for the
House of Delegates, thus virtually en-
dorsipg John NJ. Hoge, the Alliance can
didate.
The Farmers Alliance has nominated
Mr.. Isaiah Printz of Fage county, as its
candidate for the Legislature. Mr.. Printz
is a sturdy farmer; has always been a
Democrat, but his candidacy claims to be
solely in the interest of the farmers.
The Valley farmers report the corn
crop as being the best raised for years.
This, with the certainty OF better prices
than have prevailed for years, for all
kinds of cereals, makes the outlook for
Virginia farmers decidedly hopeful one.
There is 81 900 pledged to a monument
at the V. NJ. l. to the cadets who fell at
New Market. and 5000 to monument to
Gen. Francis H. Smith the father of the V.
MI. These are the beginnings of what
is hoped will be sufficiently large funds
for the two objects.
General Hill, Virginia Commissioner of
Railroads, will IN his annual report en-
body as a suggestion to the Legislature
bill providing for separate cars on rail-
roads for white and blacks. The bill is
framed on the Alabama law, which has
been in operation for three years.
The Rev. DR., Samuel D. Burchard, for
merly pastor of Murray Hill Presbyterian
church, New York city, and president of
Rutgers Female College, died last week
at Saratoga, aged seventy-nine years. He
is the author of the phrase, rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion" which became IA
nous in the national campaign of 1884.
Judge Mclaughlin, of Rockbridge, on
last Tuesday. granted a charter for COM
pany with the above title. The object as
set forth in the application Is to manu-
facture iron and steel and tin plate and to
mine and smelt those metals. The amount
of land proposed to be held will be in
Rockbridge, Amherst and Nelson counties,
and shall not exceed so, 900 acres. The
capital is from $50, 900 to 100000
Lynchburg Adrapce.
Col. H. Clay King, convicted of the
murder Of David II. Poster, at Memphis,
Tenn, has been sentenced to be hanged
November 6. King is a Tennessee lawyer
of prominence aud the author of "King's
Digest" Though married, he became in
fatuated with Gen. Gideon ]. Pillows
widow, who got possession Of all his
property and then threw him over. He
was suing to recover the property and
Posten was the widows lawyer. He shot
him dead on the street without warning.
This timely paragraph is from the Balti-
more Herald: "That dreaded and danger
ous disease, la grippe, has really not let up
in its rayages during the entire summer,
and the continual increase of the death
rate from pulmonary complaints is a warn
ing to all. big and little, to take active
precaution against colds, wet feet and
unnecessary exposure. When the reaction
in the weather from this 'hOt wave comes
it will be a good time to dress warm and
look out for ones health"
Ex-Speaker Cardwell and Gov. Nc
Kinney both of whom are undoubtedly
In a position to know the statue of the
negotiations between Virginia and her
creditors, discredit the statement that
the debt committee (meanlng the Olcott'
Cleveland committee) has practically
given up the hope of settlement with
the state. On the contrary, both OF these
gentlemen are still hopeful of good result
from the conference.
Hereafter let ali conferences on the
debt be open and there will be no mis-
understanding or doubt as to the state OF
the case.-Inder-Appeal.
The county court of Loudoun county,
Va, decided in case before it last week,
that the fact that a temperance meeting
is interpreted with religious worship,
such as prayers and hymns does not bring
it under the law protecting public wor-
ship from being disturbed. Two defen-
dauts had been fined $40 by Justice un-
der that law for selling watermelons near
the grounds of a temperance meeting SO
conducted, without the permission oil
those IN control OF the ground. The jury
acquitted the defendants under instruc-
tons from the court that, cit the cause of
of temperance is subordinated to the wor-
ship of God, then the meeting ls one for re-
ligious worship, If the worship isincidental
to and subordinate TO the advancement OF
temperance doctrines, then the meeting 10
not religious and the jury must acquit
the defendant"
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