Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-01-27
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NEWS AND COMMENT.

sitting.
The cost of the Homestead riot to the
state of Pennsylvania was $434, SlS, OF
which $S17 ,O53 was for pay of troops.
A large plumber of Pennsylvania farm
ers have been buying land around Nokes-
Vile, Va, andsettling there within the
past few weeks.
The verdict of the jury who tried the
thirteen strikers charged with riot at the
Steel Works of the Carnegie Company
finds ten of the accused guilty of riot,
two of unlawful assemblage and one Is
acquitted.
The editor of the Port Deposit (Md)
Press has made a discovery. He says
that at does not require much to start
. newspaper, but we have learned by ex-
perlenee, that it requires something more
than brains to run enc.
Mrs. PLebe Hearst, widow of the
California senator and millionaire, denies
that she is engaged to marry Senator
Faulkner, or, IN fact, any one. She added
that she did not know the West Virginia
statesman.
Kate Field says that women who aim
to be fashionable must neglect the home
husband and children, put away comfort
and convenience, be a frst-class hypocrite
and a good slauderer, and at the end OF
ten years break down and become a
physical wreck.
The table on which the articles Of agree
ment for the surrender of Vicksburg were
signed by Gen. Grant and Gen. Pemberton
is IN daily use in a beer saloon in Vicks-
burg The saloon keeper has been offered
large price for the relic, but refuses to
dispose of it.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has openly declared war against all
organized labor. TIE order has gone out
that the men must sever all connections
with organized labor bodies or their
names will be erased from the pay rolls
of the company.
California is agitating the question OF
deciding criminal cases by a majority
vote of the jury, instead OF by a unani-
nous vote as at present. She has tried
this system in civil cases for a number of
years with very satisfactory results. The
proposition, however, meets with very
formidable opposition among the people.
Howard J. Schneider, sentenced to be
hanged in Washington last Friday for the
murder of his wife, was not executed on
that day. The court in general term
decided that there is such doubt a. to the
condemned mans sanity as to warrant a
postpOnsment of the execution to Feb
ruary 18th and an inquiry as to his mental
condition.
The Washington correspondent of the
Alexandria Gazette, under date of the
23rd says lit is reported at the Capitol
to-day that Presldent-elect Cleveland
not only approves of President HarrisOn's
recent extentlon of the operation of the
civil service law, but that he intends to
extend it still further when he shall be
inaugurated."
Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia,
has placed himself on record as favorIDg
the election of United States Senators by
popular vote. In his speech before the
democratic caucus acknowledging the
compliment Of a unanimous denomination
be expressed the hope that the people
of West Virginia would vote for such an
amendment to the constitution if submit
ted by the National Congress.
At Indianapolis recently Lawyer John
Duncan, a noted pleader, was harrassing
an unwilling witness as only good law
yer can. At last be got the fellow so
agitated that be cried ont "Mr. Duncan,
are you trying to mako me tell lie ?"
40" responded the attorney, am try
log to extract the truth from you"
Whereat the exsspersted martyr of the
cross-examiner shouted "YOu can't do
il, sir; l tell you you can't do it,"
JIM. Rollins and family left Salem in
the fall of 1890 for Osaka, Japan, where
be was stationed as missionary. The
st. Louis AdrOcate, an organ Of the Meths-
dist church, in It's last issue says Of him
at is with very great pain that We an
nouucs that J. II. Rollins, formerly Of
the st. Louis conference, and for several
years a missionary Of our church in Japan,
has returned home IN disgrace, having
been guilty of gross immortality. He has
surrendered his credentials, and is no
longer a minister or member Of our
church"
The Richmond correspondent Of the
Petersburg Inder appeal says: Nearly all
the democratic workersihero are tender
ing Col. OFerrall their support. They
are Offering to orgauzs the city fos him
or to do anything else to promote bis
candidacy. OOtne VI lis iuOsO cutuueiaobiO
workers are men who year ago swore
they would support any man in preference
to OFerrall. There is great rush to be
first ia the band wagon. Apparently no
work il being done as yet for the other
alleged candidates. 1t 10 the opinion OF
many persons here that the colonel 10
really the only mau IN the race now.
The coll weather does not destroy chol- |
era germs Is now sn accepted principle,
and the best illustration Of the fact IL the
presence of the disease in Poland in spite
of the extreme range Of the mercury
there. An alarming story comes from st |
Paul, Minnesota, of the death in that
city from cholera OF German immigrant
who had just arrived on train from the |
East. In his possession wac clean
health certificate from the authorities of |
New York. This Occurrences 10 full Of
Minister suggestion. and those physicians
Mo. have predicted an early outbreak
kha Ma 0ue in this country in the spring |