Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-01-13
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Mr.. Cleveland is reported not to be in
favor OF an extra session OF Congr ess
before September or October.
The President has appointed Henry Clay
Evans, of Tennessee, First Assistant
Postmaster General.
Thos. f. Goode, Third party csndi
date for Congress in the 4th district OF
Virginia. has given notice of contest to
Mr.. Epps, the Democratic candidate who
received the certificate of election.
Edward Murphy, Jr., was nominated
for United States Senator in the dem
ocratic caucus at Albany Tuesday night,
receiving eighty-fye votes. Congressman
w. Bourke Cochran received five votes.
The twelve electors chosen at the cleo
tion held in Virginia on November 9Th
net at the capital Monday morning and
cast their votes for Grover Cleveland for
President and Adlai E. Stevenson for
Vice President of the United States.
The second annual convention of the
Virginia State Temperance Association, OF
which Hon. John Z. Massey is President
ana Mr. Joseph H. Shepherd OF Richmond
Secretary, Will be held in Richmond
commencing Wednesday, January 18th
Dele sales from every Christian denomin-
alton, Good Templar lodge and Temper
ance organization in the State is expected
to attend.
A writ has been served upon the proctor
of the University of Virginia notifying
him that the executors of Mrs, Fsyer-
weather, who was the wife of Daniel
Fayerweather the leather merchant OF
New York. who bequeathed $3.50 900 to
the University of Virginia have instituted
suit in the Supreme Court of New York
to sst aside Mr.. Fayerwesther's will.
or the eight colored men and boys who
were sentenced to be hanged at Chester
town Friday for the murder Of DR.. J. H.
Hill, Of Kent county. last summer, four
are now in the penitentiary at Baltimore.
These are Joshua Blynard, Louis Benson,
Henry lIurtt and Chas. S. Emory. Their
sentence was committed by Governor
Brown TO Imprisonment for life at hard
labor. Tue Governor took this action
on account of their youthfulness.
The liquor law which goes into effect
IN South Carolina on July l next will
be stringent. 1t will prohibit the manu-
facture, sale, barter or exchange, or the
keeping and offering feE sale, barter or
exchange, 0! any spiritnous, malt, vinous,
fermented or other Intoxicating liquors,
or any compound or mixture thereof.
State agents, however. will be empowered
to sell LIQUOR, but under such close re-
strictions as will put it ont Of the power
of most people 10 buy.
The Petersburg Iadcr Appeal publishes
the following in its Richmond letter !:
"An active politician from Southwestern
Virginia, and warm friend Of Lieu
tenant Governor Tyler, told the Inder-
appeal correspondent to-day that accord
ing to the latest information he had
received on the subject Major Tyler is in
the gubsrnatorial race and the announce
msnt of Colonel O'FerralPs candidacy
will not drive him out. The Lieutenant
Governor according to my informant
intends to make big fght.for the prize
and will probably lose no time in organIz
ing lis forces. he expects to get a big
support from the farmer Democrats"
Ex-Speaker Reed hangiven away the Sc
eret of his ability to count quorum IN the
Fifty first Congress, when so many Of the
members were in the cloak room. He
and Representative Sherman HOar were
talking of the matter the other day
before the House began its session. and
Mr.. Hoar asked for an explanation.
"Come here and l will show you"
said Mr.. Reed.
He led Mr. Hoar up into the Speakers
place aud showed him bow be could stand
there and look through a door into the
cloak room on the Democratic side aud
could see a large mirror which brought
into view nearly every square foot OF
space in the room.
1T was useless, said Mr.. Reed, "for a
Democrat to attempt to keep from being
counted and recorded as present by going
in there. could see him as plainly as
if he had remained IN his seat on the
h)OT."