Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-07-01
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Professor Ruth, geologist, is in Lou
doun prospecting for mineral deposits
He saws researches have so far been very
gratifying; that he has found gold and
silver in paying quantities in vicinity Of
Hillsboro. also traces in about thirty
localities of very fine quality OF German
silver steel.
Congressman O'Ferrall Of the Hh
Virginia district has declined an invi'
tation to meet Mr.. Alexander, who is
contestlng with him for the democratic
Congressional nomination in this district
on the stump, for the reason that he
thinks bis time can be spent to more
purpose in attendance upon the sessions
of the House,
The Republican national committee
which met in Washington on Monday
elected VIM. J. Campbell, Of Illinois
chairman, NJ. H. DeYoung, of San Fran
cisco, yice-cbairman, Thomas Fl. Carter
of Montana, secretary, Cornelius n. Bliss
of New York, treasurer, and F. L. Swords
of Iowa, sergeant-at-arms of the natlona
committee.
A young man from Culpeper elope0
with his sweetheart, and they went u
Washington city to get married. Upor
arriving there the happy pair went tt
the Patent Office and asked for a mar
rage license but the clerk informed th'
groom elect, that the department wal
not granting patents on marriage. They
vanished.
Last Saturday, says the Stanton Yin
dicator, there was shipped from Clifton
Forge nine 24-feet logs of different
woods from different parts of the State
to Chicago. They are Virginia's contri'
button to the Colorado of Forestry Of
wood from every State, at the Worlds
Fair. The logs were carefully wrapped
so the bark would not rub off.
On tbeifrst page of the HERALD viii
be found pretty full and carefully pre-
pared account of the proceedings OF the
Democratic convention recently held
at Chicago, and the platform there
adopted. Tie portrait Of ex-presiden'
Cleveland, the nominee, is also giver
with those OF some of the prominen
delegates and members Of the party, and
short but comprehensive SIX etches of the
nominees.
A pair Of infants has been presented
to Harrison Breedlove, of Carson, Neb.
who is seventy years old, by his wife
who is sixty-thrce years Of age. They
are believed to be Oldest couple on record
who have been favored in this way. II
is proposed to send the father, mother
and children to the Worlds Fair as sam
pies of what it is possible to do IN the
far West.
Detroit Free Press; The boy had been
sitting for three hours watching the Dol
on his fish-lne when the man came along
"what are you doing there3" said the
man. ''Fishin'," said the boy. "Got
snythingf" said the man. "Yep.'
"Whati" said the man. Patience" said
the boy, and the man offered him four
dollars a week to come down to the
railroad ticket office and answer ques.
tiOns.
The SPECIAL committee on assessment
of Virginia's mineral Lands, appointed by
the recent session of the Legislature, will
convene in Luray on the 18th of August
to begin its work. This committee will
have a good deal of work to do, which
will be of great Importance to the State,
as it is expected to materially increase the
revenue of the Commonwealth by bring
ing about an assessment Of all mineral
lands according to their actual value.
The talk of Cleveland as the illogical
candidate" in view of the Democratic
victory of 1890 is very amusing, The
real illogical candidate" In view of that
election is Roswell P. Flower. BE and
not Clevelafa, wrote the document that
won that fight. Flower was chairman Of
the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee, and he wrote q circular
letter to the local chairmen directing
them 10 tell Democratic merchants to put
up prices and say, "All on account Of the
Mckinley BILL" which had just taken
effect.--N. y. Pres.
Says the New Orleans Times Democrat,
a Democratic Flee-Trade paper: "The
attack made On sugar, and particularly
on the sugar bounty, By some crank
Democrats in Congress has met with 3
complete failure. The attack was o
piece of pure demagogism. The bornty
may be considered as safe this session
from the attacks of all demsgogues; and
1t is scarcely likely that we ~ill have
another Congress with so large q dem
agogic element in IL as the present one"
II the Tariff "reformerz" themselves
should rot know the worth Of the Tariff
"reformn Congress, who shouldi