Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-12-16
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Governor Mckinney has designated
Judge Chalkley, of Allegheny, to hold
court in Augusta until the vacancy caused
by the death of Judge Stout is filled.
The Postoffice Department las reduced |
the fee for registering mail matter from
10 TO cents-tO take effect the lst of
next month.
George n. Woodbridge, cashier of the
Savings Bank OF Richmond, Va, commit
ted suicide By shooting himself Monday
with revolver at his residence in that
city.
The vacancy at the West Point Military
Academy for the Seventh district of Yir-
ginia has been filled by the appointment
of Willis B. Pattie, of Madison Court
House.
Maj. ]. Ogden Munay, recently OF Gosh
en-, has leased the plant Of the Herald
Of Progress established at Shenandoah
City by Mr.. S. X. Smith, and will revive
the publication of the paper.
The joint committees of the Maryland
and Virginia Legislatures, which have
been IN Washington considering the
oyster boundary qaestl on, failed to reach
conclusion and adjourned.
1t is said that Coy. Mckinney IN his
next message to the General Assembly,
will recommend that biennial sessions be
abolished, and that the law be so amended
as to remit ANIMAL sessions,
The Abingdon yirginian regrets that
citizen Of that town has been sent to an
insane asylum, and innocently adds;
HILARIOUS couviyiality, superinduced By
alcoholic beverages, rarely fails to get
the best of EN-"
Mrs. H. Clay King and her two caugh-
,ers are in Nashville, looking toward
securing the absolute pardon of the
husband and father, Col, King, who is
now serving a life term for the murder of
David Poster, in Memphis.
A little boy seven years old named
Eddie Parker. who was arrested IN
Chicago on a trifing charge, was frighten-
ed to death by the police who, in fun,
threatened him with the gallOws and
penitentiary.
The Government manufactures postal
cards, sends Thorn to the post offices all
over the country, sells them for a cent,
and then, when the message is written
thereon, not only carries them to the par
ties to whom they are addressed, but
brings the answer without extra charge
In view of this fact there seems to be no
good reason why letter should Lot be
carried for one cent when the writer
furnishes the paper and the envelope
Postmaster General Wanamaker's rec
ommendation, therefore, for reduction
of letter postage to one cent, is something |
which the country at large will endorse
Such reduction would increase the amount
of correspondence, would facilitate
business. aud would really result in little
or no falling of in the reve nues OF the
Department. His suggestion should be
adopted, -Al.raRdria Sun.
On MONDAY night about 1l:2O o'clock,
as the east bound vestibuls train was
leaving the city limits of Huntington, w.
Va, three masked men who had entered
the day coach commenced an indiscrlml- |
nate fling of revolvers to terrify the |
passengers. The passen gers Immediately
grappled with them and Oscar Koch,
young German, from Chicago, was shot IN
the head and moItally wounded, and
Peter Drake, another passenger, was shot
10 two places but not seriously. BY this
time the co nductor had secured revolv-
er and with some of the passengers
opened fire. The robbers pulled the bell
cord and jumped from the train followed
by a volley OF pistol shots. Koch, the
brave young German, died about O'Clock
in the morning. Every effort Will be
made to capture the villains, The crime
of train robblng is becoming appalllngly
frequent. The only way to check it is to
string up the scOuudrels whenever
caught
Our latest reports state that two OF the
numbering tram robbers have been
arrested. One named Forgey was shot
through the shoulder and the other, Tom.
Collins, was shot IN the leg. Collins has
made q full confession.