Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-09-23
NEWS AND COMMENT.


The third party in Alabama has made
nominations for Congress in all the dis
triets, tie nominees being formerly DEM
ocIats.
The Republican convention of the 9Th
district. held at Manassas, Monday, nom
mated Hon. Park Agnew, of Alexandria,
a candidate tor congress by reclamation
J C. Wysor, democratic presidential
elector for ninth congressional district,
is i'll with diptheria. He has recently
lost two children from the same disease.
Colonel J. @. A. Nabendcusch, who
commanded the Second Virginia regiment
Stonewall Brigade, died in Martinsburg,
w. Va, Tuesday, week.
Gov. Flower. OF New York, has never
been credited with being a Solomon
but be is probably too wise to remove
Labor Commissioner Peck for having
told the truth.
The old McLain house, at AppOmattox,
the scene of Lees surrender to Grant,
has been purchased by nor thern parties,
who propose to tear down the building
and reconstruct and put il on exhibition
at Chicago.
The Democrats of the Second district
have nominated for congress. D. Gardner
Tyler, of Charles City county. The
nominee is a son of ex-President Tyler,
and was born IN the White House.
A wilkesbarre judge sentences his
DRINKS to an hour in church instead of
Imprisonment in Jail for an offence -
And it is said that the victims of this
punishment seldom offend a second time
This Is pretty tough on the preacher
An ordinarily truth-loving Missouri
contemporary reports that, by soaking
eggs in iodine and carbolic acid, Mr.. /.
Walton, of Liberty, has obtained chick
ems covered with hair five inches long
instead of the conventional feathers.
The enemies of Gov. Hogg, of Texas,
accuse him of naming his three children
respectively Ina Hogg, IRA Hogg and
Moore Hogg. The Texas campaign bids
fair TO be one of the most unique on
record, and the fear is expressed that it
may become personal.
they look pretty closely after the
daily walk and conversation of their
clergy down in Ohio. A story comes from
thence of the deacons calling on the pastor
with the complaint tb&t-he swOre. The
gees. was dumbfounded and asked for
bill Of particulars, whereu2on it was
explained to him that theWeek before he
had gone fishng with wSrldy man, and
when the latter yelled: "Parson, Pve
bad a damn good bite y the good man
responded cheerfully, $50 have l."
Free trade would encourage the
foreign shop and discourage the American
shop 1t would increase tho demand for
workingmen abroad and diminish the de-
mand forworkingmen a.. home; it would
give employment to those on the other
aide of the Atlantic and take employment
away from those on this side it would in
crease the spindles in foreign factories
ana diminish them in our own it would
bnild fires in their furnaces AMI extiu-
gnisb them in ours Governor Mckinley
at Buffalo.
In the case of Newbsrrv against Viii 7
Iiams from the circuit court OF Bland .
county, Judge Lewis rendered an opinion =
determining a nice question Of long
3 standing in the courts of this state, at =
stanton, last week, viz; That IN trial .
at Law before jury, when exceptions
are taken to the rulings Of the court 4.
during the trial, after a verdict by the !,
Jury. the court OF appeals cannot grant
new trial nor consider the validity #
the exceptions. Judge Hinton dissented
saving be believed the law in virginia. t
was well settled to the contrary. h
From Washington correspondence to Il
The Alexandria Gazette Capt. Page
NcCarty of Virginia says that the demo-
cratic speakers from his State be meets
here tel him that the third party will I
cut n, fl .ure at the coming election l
there. but that he bears from people
more likely to know abOut the strength
Of the party referred to. that it is greater
than supposed By those not members OF
4 and that the word has been passed
among it's members, in the towns as well
AZ in the country, TO say nothing, keep
mum. and show their strength on election
lay"
The committee of United Confederate {
Veterans appointed by Gen. j. b. I
,ordon. consisting Of one member frcni ,
acb southern State, with Gen. W. IL
,abell. of Texas, as chairman, met ~
richmond on Saturday. Resolutions :,
we're adopted selecting Richmond as the
lace for the location of jefferson Davis's
aud providing for the appoint a
..n. of committees from each State TO Z
rganize at once for the collection OF
anas The work will begin at once r
ma i is contemplated to lay the corner |
~, - the monument some time during
II month Of May, 1898 among the i
ron;nent Ccnfedefates present were t