Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-01-06
NEWS AND COMMENT.


committed suicide in the presence of his
sweetheart by taking carbolic acid.
A movement is on foot in Richmond to
do as Georgia has done, and raise fund
which will pay Mrs. Jefferson DAVIS about
$500 annually.
January 10th, the anniversary OF the
birth of General Robert E. Lee, has
been made legal holiday and as such
will be observed in Richmond and else
where.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana has de-
clared constitutional the law passed two
years ago, arl known as the "Jim Grow"
law making it compulsory on railroads to
provide separate cars for negroes.
The Norfolk & Western Railroad Com
pany has placed an order with the Roam
oke Machine Works for eight new con-
solidated engines, go hopper bottom"
coal cars, % freight cabin cars, two wreck
ing cars and two supply cars.
Governor Mckinney has received a
copy of the joint resolutions passed by
the Legislature of the State of Vermont
asking for a uniform policy and laws to
be passed by Congress aud by the several
States against tramps and vagabondS.
-Four ex-goyernors of Virginia are liv-
Ing. They are Gen. James L. Kemper
who lives at Orange Court House; F. W.
N. Holiday, who is travs ling in Egypt !;
William Z. Cameron, Chicago editorial
writer. and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, criti-
e;ses what lie terms Mr. Clevelsnd's
"impertinent interference" in the selec-
ton OF the New York Senator, and says if
the New York democracy bows to such
dlctation Mr.. Cleveland will become the
Gear Of the nation"
GovernoT-elect Llewelling, OF Kansas.
announces that he has decided to offer
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease position on the
State board of charities. Mrs. Lease has
manifested her willingness to accept the
position. but in doing so she does not IN
any way relinQuist her claim to the
senatorship.
Tie new editors Of Anti-LiquOr. the
paper formerly published by Rev. J. r.
Moffett in North Danville, are G. NJ.
Smithdeal, of Richmond w Z. Nichols,
of Lynchburg; Rev. S. 81. Thompson, OF
South Boston, and Col. J. R. Miller, of
Pulaski. The paper is now published in
Richmond.
The official statement of CALIFORNIA;
vote at the last election was given ont
last week 10y the Secretary of State. 1t
shows that one Harrison and eight Cle-e-
land electors were chosen. Three Re-
publican and four Democratic Congress
men were elected. English, Democrat,
in the third district, was defeated by only
twenty-five votes.
The old story is that IN the west they
used to weigh hogs by putting them on
one end of a see saw and piling stones on
the other end Then they guessed at the
weight OF the stones. Some Of the $780,
600 hungry fellows these days might
weigh their chances for obtaining office
under the new administration IN a
similar manner; the Offices on one end
and their qualifications or party service
on the other, for instance.
"Giles Jackson, the wellknown COL
Ored lawyer of this city," says the Rich
mcnd correspondent OF the Petersburg
Indtr appeal, sis the proud possessor OF
the foot Of a hare killed in a graveyard.
Jackson thinks be has struck the greatest
luck piece in the world, and would not
part with it for a good deal. He does
not believe that hare's foot will bring
luck unless the animal is killed in a
graveyard, and If killed on a moOnshlne
night so much the better
The Virginia representatives In con-
gress will have a conference before the
4th of March with regard to the dstri-
button of patronage in which more than
one district IS interested. There are SIX
such positions to be filled-twO district
ATTORNEYS, two marshals and two collec-
tors of internal revenue. The congress
men will also be called upon to decide
whether they will recommend Mr.. Tucker
for attorney general OF Mr.. GOode for
solicitor general.
A good, live, clean newspaper 10 almost
invaluable in the family circle as well
as 10 the business man. Just such
paper is the grand old Baltimore Sun
Foil of vim and enterprise it spares
neither pains nor money in spreading
before its readers the news of the world
carefully sifted and made as reliable 80
possible. 1t is pre-eminsntly q clean
sheet, never teaching anything but the
purest morality. Through this part OF
Virginia it is a household word, and any
thing our people see 10 the sun goes
Whom be is inaugurated next March,
Mr.. Cleveland will lack but few days OF
being Sc years old, which is precisely the
average age of Presidents on their acces-
zion. The oldest President was William
Henry Harrison. who was c.; Buchanan
was 62; Taylor, 65; jackson and Adams
81; Monroe, 50; Jefferson, Madison and
J. Q. Adams. So; Benjamin Harrison, Sc {;
Hayes, "a; Lincoln, SO; I yler and Arthur
81; Polk and Fillmore, so; Garfield and
Pierce, AZ; Cleveland, 45; and Grant,
the youngest President, AZ.
The statement is published that Presi-
dent Harrison, at the expiration OF bis
term of office, March A next will become
a member of the faculty of the Stanford
University, having accepted PROPOSE
ton to deliver q series Of lectures on law
as non resident professor. This would
pecessitate bis occasional visit to Cali
fotnia from bis homo in Indianapolis,
prAstdanf Uar-