Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-30
NEWS AND COMMENTS.

The amount to be appropriated
for pensions tor the next fiscal year
is placed at s141 3Sl ,57O,-sIO,OOO
600 less than last year.
Great religious revivals are IN
progress at Stanton, Waynesboro
and Clifton Forge. Nearly 400
parsons have recently prolessed
conversion.
A systematic attempt was ma le
yesterday evening at ZmCsville'
O.. 10 destroy the city by hre'
Considerable excitement exists, as
it is regarded as an attempt TO
burn the place for the purpose OF
plumber and robbery.
The discovery of thirty human
bodles 10 a cave near Churin zlo,
Mexico, is thought to account Tor
the strange disappearance OF many
victims Of robbery In that region.
The Rlchmord Times says 1t is
rather peculiar coincidence that
during the past thirty years no
person has been convicted by
Richmond jury of murder in the nrst
d.gree. In the Ciuyerius case as
we'll as IN the trial OF J9ter Philips
the juries had to be secured from
Alexandria.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
read took charge of the Warm
Springs property on November
1st and it is probable that extern
sive improvements will soon be
made IN that popular resort. There
is talk of another large hotel being
erected at the springs.
The Grand Lodge OF MasOns will
meet in Richmond on the first
Tuesday in December. Major
Mann Page is the grand master.
He Is now serving his first year
and will 1t is believed, decline re,
election. A few years ago he was
on earnest advocate of a motion
to limit the grand masters term
to one year, but the proposition
failed. Major Page, to be consist
ent, can't accept another term, 80
some people say.
The G. A. Il. threatened to egg
the President if ne sbould attempt
TO review them in st. Louis, and
their late commander-in-chief hop
ed that his brain, heart and hand
might be paralyzed. Their present
commander called to see him before
he fell and twisted his ankle re-
Gently, to protest against the
removal of pensioners from Office,
but he declined to receive him
Was this a case of "getting even"l
A branch of the ". c. I. U. o
Pennsylvania we're very severe 10
their criticisms Of Mrs. Cleveland
because she followed the usua
custom and broke a bottle of cham
payne in christening the steamship
St. Louis, launched at Philadelphl
a short time ago.
It is SAID that Mrs. Cleveland i
a strict temperance woman,a Stron
advocate of temperance and nevt
uses wine at her own table or els
where. 1t is Just such wild fam
nclsm of the w. G. 7. U. and oth'
societies of the same kind, TIL
ininres the cause of temperate
In many places this society whiC
might be power for good has d
troyed its entire influence by IA
aticism.
An effort is on foot in West v
GINA to provide a home for nee
ex.Conftderate soldiers. We hol
the effort may be pressed to a 81
cess. and that Virginia, stimulate
nv the efforts of her daughter,m
take steps to greatly increase
facilities for the same work. L
miserable pittance in the shape
a pension aDnuallv allowed o
manned and wounded soldiers
but poor compensation for the II
of an eye, leg, or an arm. In
who survived the fearful war, q
who for 80 years have been pro
cutting their business enterprise
should eyer be mindful of all "
suffered so severely in that tear
struggle.
vsr,fcation of the Armenian ID