Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
NEWS AND COMMENT.

tratlOn ana transfers III VII S'hi"'
books are now open.
ANY person who shall become q years
of age between the Goth of this month
and the Sth of November, IS entitle tc
register on the %.
Aud now it is denied that Judge
Gresham ever told any body that he would
vote for Cleveland. There is obviously
some tall lylng somewhere in this affair
Watch the purging of the pollbooks
The Anderson Mccormick force bill has
never been tried on the people of the Val
lev. But look ont this fall on the plea OF
pursing the registration books.
Hon. George E. Bowden, one of the re-
publican candidates for Congress in the
Norfolk district, has withdrawn at the re-
quest of the rCpab,ican national com
mittee.
Republicans everywhere should see to
it that every Republican vote is properly
registered at once, and qualified to vote.
And every -snoL jte should be gotten
cnt. 2o,led and counted on election day.
Chief Justice Fuller has appointed Mr..
Thomas S. Atkins, of Richmond, United
States marshall for the eastern district OF
Virginia, vice r. r Farr, deceased. This
appointment only holds until the place is
filled permanently by the President.
Judge Paul has written to Mr.. W. b.
Tinsley, chief supervisor of elections at
Lynchburg, stating that if application is
made all three OF the political parties in
Virginia must be represented in the APP
pointment of supervisors.
On Saturday last the firm of Yost q
Fraser, publishers of Tosfs Ueekly, was
dissolved and new firm name was made.
1t is Yost Printing Company. L. A.
Fraser, a. B. Blackburn and H. l. Shott,
all practical printers, compOses the hrm'
Mr.. Yost remains as editor.
Saturday, October 29th, is the day
fixed by law tor the public registration
of all qualified voters, not previously
registered Those holding transfers from
one coEnty to another should hand them
on or before that day to the Registrars
for entry on their books, otherwise they
cannot vote on the Sth of November.
January l, 1870, Virginia had thirty |
one State banks reported in existence and
the notes OF the entire list we're at a
discount ranging from one TO thirty-fiye
per cent; the notes of one were reported
unstable, and several was doubtful,
while FIVE were reported as bogus or
bankrupt, and the Democratic platform
of 1892 demands that a similar system
shall replace the National banks of the
present day -Yost's Weekly.
a good looking well-to-do and popular
young bachelor of an interior town was
being teased by young ladies of a club
for not getting married. He said: "PIl
marry the girl of your club, whom. on
secret vote, you elect to be my wife,"
There were nine members of the club.
Each GIRL went into a corner, and used
great caution in preparing her ballot and
disguised the handwriting. The result
of the vote was that there were nine
votes cast, each girl receiving one. The
Young man remains bachelor, and the I
clnb is broken up and the girls are all
mortal enemies, united in the determine
ton that they will never speak to that ]
nasty nan again.
" Y. Tribune: The racket made by the
Democratic press over Mr.. MacVeagh's {
letter is amusing. His conversion to
Democracy is hailed as a great victory for !.
tariff reform. The Democratic press is :
very careful to conceal the fact that be |
voted for Mr.. Cleveland four years ago
and that be has not acted with the Re
publican party since be left the Garfield q
Cabinet. MF. MacYeagh has been in the
Democratic net so long that there is all
1dor of very stale fish about his "recent
capture" His advocacy Of Dir. Cleveland
IS louder now than it was four years ago, {
because his business Affiliations with the
candidate are closer and more G
intimate than they were. f
The familiar face of Gen. William Ma
,ons is again seen about Chamberlin's. o
Je has been over in New York for sew
raj days in conference with the national
committee. but IS averse to talking about 6
he campaign or expressing his views v
mon the situation. The other day he
vas qsoted In a New York paper as
avino that be differed with Chairman Q
,arter as to the best methods to be pur-
ned in Virginia. This report alleged u
hat Mr. Malone advocated making a -
traight fight for the electoral ticket and r
voiding any entanglements that would OF
pillow an attempt to do anything In the u
congressional contest. Mr. Carter, it was 1
lid. disagreed aud thought there might e
o a chance Of electing congressman or
NO in addition to carrying the electoral of
eket for Harrison. The general stated To
nat he had no interview of this sort or. =.
fact, any other kind while in New W
ork. He was not, he said, in the habit bu
telling the newspapers bow he thought an
should be conducted. Speak o os'
y of the situation, he expressed his
lief that Harrison would be- reelected,
1t declined to 90 into details.-Wash- do
sfon Post, 12ih. ia