Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-04-14
NEWS AND COMMENT.

The Democrats OF FTeuerlck county
Val, held their county convention on
Monday, in Winchester, and nominated
Judge VIM L. Clark for circuit clerk and
Thos. K, Cartmell for county clerk.
Sunday. April 9, was the anniversary
of the surrender OF General Lee and the
remnant of his army at Appomattox'
Twenty-eight years have elapsed since
the close of the war. A majority OF the
citizens Of the United States at this time
were either born since that event or have
co ne into the country since then.
"Elway," the home of Gen, J. N.
B,thune, near WarrsntOn, was destroyed
by fire last week, together with his ten:
en-. meat-house and three other Outhsuses,
also all the household furniture. Among
the latter burned was handsome $1,000
piano-the one used by Blind Tom while
IN the possession Of the Generals family.
GENERAL Bethuue barely escaped.
Gov. Mckinley, Of Ohio, has not yet
81 gned the "mashsr" bill, which provides
a fine of from 81 to $500 or imprisonment
from months to two years as thepenalty
upon conviction of any married man who
represents himself to be unmarried and
repeatedly as such calls upon a lady.
The Senate struck out the amendment
- mazda
applicable to married women representing
themselves to young men as being single.
Representative Jones, of the first Vir-
gn!a district, has, it is said, received three
thousand letters from persons in his
district and those in other portions of
tidewater, the writers of which appeal to
him to use bis influence in securing them
government places. There are,it is stated,
bat thirty offices in Mr.. JOnes's district
which be can hope to have filed. The
result will be that there will be a vast
number of disappointed ofice-seekers.
Ex-Attorney- General Rufus A. Ayers has
written letters to several Of his friends
announcing that he will rot be can
didste for Governor this fall. While Mr..
Ayers in these letters only states that be
witbdruws his name in the interest Of
harmony with a view of securing the
nominee for the Southwest, it is under
stood that be will throw bis strength for
Lieutenant-G Governor J. HOge Tyler, of
Pulaski, and will leave no stone unturned
to secure him the nomination.
The widow of Gen. Grant evidently is
~. snrArstitious even a little bit. Hay
ing sold her New York house and made
up her mind to make her permanent
home in Washington, ard liking the loca-
ten of the house in which Mr. Blaine
died. which has been the scene of so
many sad occurrences, she has made Mrs.
Blsire an offer for the property. There
are lots of people in Washington who
would not live in that home if it were
given to them.
Joseph Suffer, 60 years of age, was
arrested Friday Of last week, at Mime
apolis, MINI, for asking a street peses
trian for % cents to get meal. When
searched, IN the pocket of an old un-
dershirt were found certificates of deposit
on New York bank for 500, 600, bank
book showing that be had at some time
been granted patent for a motor. In hrs
pocket was found a greasy old wallet
containing $l54O5.
Another order has been issued by the
Postofice Department. 1t is to the sf-
feet that no fOurtb-class republican post
master, unless charged with offences that
would be sufficient to remove democrat,
will be removed until the expiration of
four gears from the day on which he took
charge of the office, and that no Prssl-
dental postmaster shall be removed ex-
cert for such charges as those referred to
and besides, that the latter's term of
Office shall count. not from the time he
took charge of the office, but from the
date of his commission.