The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-01-12

whom they can rally 10 1917, to rescue the
country from its threatened and impending
peril?
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
Plymouth Church has raised Henry Ward
Beecher's salary to $4,000 year.
Captain Martin Mcrideth Lipscomb, Of
Richmond, has emigrated to Texas.
Two colored children we're burned to death
in Charlestown, Jefferson county, W. Va,
last week.
Rt. Rev. James B. Donelan, formerly pas
tor of St. Mathews Church, Washington,
died on the 30th ult., at Burlington, Iowa.
The committee at Richmond have allotted
1852 % to the sufferers in Shenandoah
county by the late disastrous food.
Mr. Jno. Dean, of Greenbrier county. W.
Va, killed, recently, two deer at one shot
with rifle.
Mr.. Mckenzie has officially notified Col.
E. NJ Braxton that he will contest his seat in
Congress.
Rev j. McElhenny, a venerable Presby-
terian minister, died in Lewisburg. W. Vir.
ginia on Monday the End. He had been in
the ministry 81 years.
An effort is being made by the citizens of
the lower portion of Shenandoah county to
remove the county seat from Woodstock to
Edinburg
Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, has come
out against President Grant. He was, by
President Lincoln's appointment, U. S. Min
lister to Russia.
The Borad of Police Commissioners, Of
Richmond, has appointed Pat Woods (Porter's
Pat,) member of the force, vice W. P
Purcell, resigned.
There was fire in Lynchburg on Friday
night last, which consumed $40, 900 worth
Of property Some of it was insured in the
Home, New Haven, Connecticut, company
The Governor recently received from 8
citizen of Buckingham petition asking
the removal of his political disabilities, in
Cured by having been sentenced to the peni
Tertiary.
Mr.. Samuel Hartley, we'll known in thi'
place and throughout the Valley, in connec
ton with the Commission business, died il
Alexandria, on the night of the 4th, from
paralysis.
A colored man. named Stephen Strange
living in Clarke County. accidentally sho
his wife last week, from the effects of which
she died. He had been recently married t.
her.
The voters of Harrisonburg decided or
the 2sth ut., not to subscribe $1,000 to as
sist in completing the Virginia Telegraph tt
that place It would have connected tina
section with Alexandria by telegraph.
The Steamer Ironsides, in attempting t,
run the ice blockade in the Potomac between
Washington and Aqua Creek, on the 7th
inst, had one of her sides broken into BY
the ice and entirely disabled. No other loss
Jacob Williamson, aged 16, was found il
dying condition in his room at his father
in New Market on Monday night, the I'd
with vial containing chloroform held tight
ly in both hands, Immediately under hi
mouth.
Mr.. John Ryan, Of Culpeppcr county
committed suicide on the I'd inst, by takin,
| a dose Of laudanum and arsenic, mixed. H
died but short time after taking the potion
He was about 60 years old and leaves wife
but no children.
On Saturday last, at Middle Village, Ney
York. we'll dressed young man named Pet
Smith, drove to the cemetery, walked to I
new made grave, and blew his brains out, fall
ing across it. 1t proved to be the grave Q
bis wife and child, who had been burie
about ten days. 81 4
Judge VIM A. Harrison, died at his HON
in Clarksburg, W. Va, at o'clock, on the
31st uIt. His disease was appoplexy. Judg
Fl. was native Of Prince William county
Va, anda halter by trade. FL studied law
and became one of the most successful Grim
inal and land lawyers in the West. He wa
at one time Judge Of the Court of Appeal
Of West Virginia. Il.
i Chas. A. Dana, editor of the New Yor1
! Sun, in card refuting some charges agains
his integrity as an editor, describes the au
thors Of the charge-James b. Mix, black
mailer; A. NJ Soteldo. jr., selfacknowledg
ed sceundrel; Horace Greeley, philanthro
pist; and John Russell Young, convicte'
sneak thicf-news, 1 and winds up-"Mr
4 Greeley ia universalist, and believes tina
nobody will ever so to He'll, or he could no
] have been tempted to stand god father to tn
anonymous libel of two scoundrels and on
thief"