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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
The Iron Trade.

PHILADELPHIA. January 2-The following is
from an advance sheet OF the bulletin Of the
American Iron and Steel Association 1.-THE year
which has Just closed wac most remarkable
year the history OF the iron trade of this coun-
Try: When complete statistics are received it
Will be found that we made more rig iron. more
bar iron, more rails and more steel than in any
previous wear. The advance in prices during the
year was also without precedent To speak more
specifically the percentage of increase in prices
in all lines. except, perhaps, in crucible steel,
was greater in 1879 than in any preceding year. ii
allowance be made for the premium on gold dur
ing the war, the advance in 1aJ0 being on gold
basis of values. The importations OF pig iron,
old rails and new iron and steel rails during the
year were unexpectedly large, recalling our ex-
perience before the panic OF 1873, while our i'm
portat1ons OF iron ore were not only exceptional
in their magnitude, but phenomenal, amounting
to about five times as many tons as were
ever before imported in one year. But the most
remarkable TACT In connection with the history OF
the American iron trade for 1879 remains to be
has been mentioned, the demand for pig iron,
iron and steel rails. and iron ore was not metand
many orders have been carried over to the new
year, which consumers sought in vain to have
filled In 1872 The business embraced in the or
defss which were necesSar lily deferred to the new
year amount to very large percentage Of the
actual consumption Of the old year. Such sud
den and powerfuls timulus to the demand for
iron and steel and ore, following period of
great depression, was not expected by any of;our
manufacturers, and to the excitement caused by
the suddenness of this demand the rapid ad-
vance in prices is mainly DUE
In the following table we give the prices at
Philadelphia. and in Pennsylvania OF various iron
and steel products on the LIST Of January 1885,
with the percentage Of increase in the interyen-
ing year. The prices are fair average quotations:
r Per CT.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
Jan 1EJan 1Ipeeo 81 g.
1879 1880 Incr'se

The estimates OF the production in 1879 show
total Of l,65o.OOo tons, against l,l56eal tons in
1879. This Improvement in the iron trade is at
rails for new roads, the demand of existing roads
for rails, cars and loo omotives to meet the re-
qufrements Of increased business; the New York
Elevated railways; the manufacture OF wire fem
cling and iron tanks and pipes for oil regions. The
article concludes
Experience has taught us that it is not safe to
prophecy what any new year has in store for the
American iron trade. We will. therefore, simply
ssate what PROBABLY every person IN the TRACE aIs
be running in 1880 than In 1879, and that con-
sequence our iron and steel production in the
new year will be greater than in the old year
After the LIST OF April it will be fully equal to the
demand in all lines. Whether prices will remain
as high as they are or go still higher, no man can
find out,nor whether we will build more railroads
in 1885, than in 1879 It seems certain that our Inn
In 1879, large contracts having already been
made. Probably 500, 900 tons will be imported in
1850. We regfet that this should ever become
necessary. Whether importations, OF iron and
steel sha increase il the new year depends part
the action Of the present Congress. The steel
blooms bought during 1879. aggregating consid-
eraby less than $4,000 tons, have not yet arrived
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
An Appeal for Stricken Ireland.

Mrs. Jno. A. Pizzini, of Richmond, makes
an eloquent appeal in behalf ofthe suffering
In Ireland. The address says:
Encouraged by the sympathy expressed on
all sides by persons Of every creed and ma
ton for the suffering in Ireland, venture
to make final appeal, which feel sure
sweet charity's sake. The heart would be
hard indeed that would not be touched at
the grievous reports which are daily arriving
Of the want, the hunger. and the cold,
which are abroad among the stricken people,
and at the piteous cries for help from Amer
lea which accompany the tale of woe. AL
ready great meetings have been held in the
northern and western cities, at which i'm
mense sums have been raised, and yet we are
assured that mo amount of private clarity
will suffice,'' so great is the distress. This
is the reply Of one OF Ireland's greatest
bishops to Cardinal Manning, who had just
sent him thousand pounds. The Duchess
of Marlborough has raised more than eight
thousand pounds; but great portion Of
the population Of Ireland is without food,
and how long will even this fund last the
thousands who are to be fed from til 10 the
name of humanity, then, let US set aside
politics, and only concern ourselves with
charity. Let US think Of the once strong
men who see their darlings-their wives
and little ones-dying, starving before their
eyes, and who have not the power to pre-
vent it; no food, no fire, no work to be
obtained, nothing but most horrible death
awaiting them. Alas How can we stop to
dispute or wrangle in such dire extremity?
how do anything but help those helpless.
ones? Did not the money which was poured
by the North into the lap OF the fever-strick.
en- South give death-blow to the bitterness
which fingered after the war? And shall
Ireland, to whose poor America has always
been as the Promised Land, be ungrateful?
No. We may say OF this great charity as
Shakespeare says Of mercy, that
at droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven
Upon the place beneath; it Is twice blessed;
1t blesseth Him that gives and him that takes"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

It Is now apprehended by anxious Demo-
Gratis that. Gen. Grants visit to Mexico
means annexation in some shape or anoth-
or, and that his object is to examine the por-
tions Of that country he would like to have
gobbled up as territory Of the United States.
With like reaaon they could accuse him of
design upon Cuba. Well, when he be-
comes Emperor, we do not know what he
will do. He may send squad Of soldiers
across the Rio Grande, and just scoop up
as many Of the States of Mexico az may
suit his purpose, and detail company OF
marines to seize the Queen Of the Antilles.
There is no calculating about Democratic
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
The Congressional Race.

There are some symptoms OF an early ag-
itation of the Congressional waters in this
district. Several Of the prospective candi-
dates have been quietly circulating in this
part Of the vineyard, examining the ground
and calculating the prospect Of the future
harvest. There is evidently going to be a
warm contest this fall. It may be assumed
that the present incumbent, Judge Harris,
will again be in the field, under precisely
what auspices we cannot say. The Conserya-
tive party is dead, andwe presume he will not
fancy carrying carcass through the con.
test. We cannot understand, at this writ
ing, what his political Identification will be.
funct as the once great caucus dynasty, and
Of course be would not think of linking his
fortunes with the Republican party. Paul
and Riddleberger will see to 1t, that be does
not enter the Liberal Re-adjusters' camp to
disturb their calculations. They mean to
have friendly contest in the family circle,
and the one who can fairly win will be de-
clared the candidate Of that party. Judge
Harris will have to seek his support outs ide
Of that hot organization, for his winning
methods are too well known for him to be
admitted to fall communion at present, at.
ter his refreshing silence In the last AMI
mated contest. It may be set down As q
well determined fact, therefore, that the Re-
adjusters will make nomination out Of
their own number, and that the present in
cumbent will have to depend upon the
forces heretofore opposed to them, II he
intends 70 enter the campaign at all.
In the event that full-aedged Re-adjus-
ter, in the person Of Paul or Riddleberger,
and Re.adiuster in the cool-peculiarly
Judge Harris identifcation-are announced,
the Republicans will have to consider the
situation, and do what is proper under the
circumstances. AS this is che Presidential
year, the difficulties and complications which
will attend the canvass will be more than
ordinary. We cannot determine at this
time the relations of the Re-adjusters to
the national contest, nor can we say what
attitude the adherspts Of that organization
will sustain to the Presidential capdi
It Is delicate situation. and Republicans
will watch 1t with interest, with an earnest
purpose to do the best they may for the CON-
mon country.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
I commissioners, Sale of
~ Valuable Land

By virtue of two DEGREES of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, rendered on the 18th day OF
June. 1879. and the other on the 9Th day of NO
vember. 1879, in the consolidated chancery causes
OF Baldwin Augusta Fair VS.. Bell ct al and Bell
vs.. Bells widow etal. we will as Commissioners
OF said Court sell at public auction in front OF
the Court House, in Staunton. on
MONDAY, JANUARY 2eth, 1880,
tthe same being County Court,) a tract of land in
said county, containing
164 Acres.
situated about miles west of Stanton and near
SwoopeS Depot, adjoining the lands Of Francis
Bell and others, and now in the possession of
James F. Bell. This land is in good state of culti-
walton, well watered, and is located in a GOOD
neighborhood, convenient to church es, schools SC
TERMS:-Enough cash in hand to pay the costs
OF suit and the expenses OF sale; the residue ena
credit OF one, two and three years from the 2snd
day OF September, 1879, payable in equal annual
1nstalments, the purchaser giving bonds for said
deferred 1nstalments with approved personal Sc
cur1ty, bearing interest from the ED day OF Sep
TENDER 1879, and waving the Homestead Exemp-
ton. and the title to be retained ultimate Sc
curity, or at his option the purchaser will be al
low ed to pay one-fourth of his purchase money
in cash, and be relieved from giving personal
security on his bonds TO rthe deferred Instruments
The land will be started at the upset bid Of $4,000
GEORGE M. COCHRAN,
VIM. A. HUDSON,
dec25-tds Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
Strengthening the Innocents. u

The State, under the above caption, has a
column of lamentation over the removal of
the clerks in the basement Offices by the
new State officers recently indicted into the
offices to which they have been chosen by the
Legislature. 1t will be difficult to arouse
any intense sympathy throughout the State
by such appeals. In this section the meth
ads adopted by the Conservative party, were
even more severe than the Re.adjusters have
put in force. We remember well, when a
few years ago the faithful and efficient
Corporation Clerk OF Staunton was singled
out for vengeance because he would not SUBJ
NIT to the despotic orders Of the caucus
machine, and was only saved by the earnest
and united efforts OF white and colored Re-
publicans. James F.. Patteson had served
gray. Not word could be said against his
eminent fitness for the position. Hisonly
fault was thst he had declined to submit to
a primary caucus, and for this reason the
cont ined power 1.-THE machine was exerted
to take from him the only means of support
he had, and turn him loose to starve so far
as the party could will 1t. The same decree
was about to be entered against the one
legged Commissioner of the Revenue, Geo.
81. Hudson, than whom better officer or
citizen does not live. The earnest protest
Of the people, however, forced the machine
to change its tactics, and..making virtue OF
necessity, nominated him in the face OF his
refusal to submit to caucus dictation.
We mention these cases to show that it has
not been the policy OF the Conservative par
ty in the past to regard age, faithful SER
vices, or MANNED limbs, as considerations to
control its favors. AFFECT obedience to eau.
Gus tyranny has been the only test Of merit,
and now when the rule it established is ap-
piled to its own following, 1t is heralded as
vicious and uncivilized. Let the CALLED jad.
vince.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
Markets.:

There has been very little doing in this market
since the holidays in produce. Scarcely any
transactions in wheat and flour have taken place,
and prices are merely nominal. Yesterday,
good to prime wheat would have brought from
40 to l As Extra flour. from rs to 80. Corn as
Oats 40 to Al. Hay $ls per ton. Bacon, old, 8 to
8h; new, to TX. The great scarcity OF bread
stuffs in ireland, Persia and Russia, where fam
inc in some portions Of those countries is prevail
ing. must necessarily, sooner or later. have its
effect on the markets. All the surplus of the
grain producing districts OF Russia must be alb
sorbed in the suffering sections OF the Empire
and the demands of Ireland must be supplied
from this country. These facts must have
bearing upon the future markets.
In Richmond, wheat was quoted at As to SO;
extra flour rs, family from to So, according to
brands, Hsy--timothy, from IS to 81; clover, rs
to g..
In Baltimore, wheat 40 to IS; March delive-
ries So to 50, April so to 81. Ha y-timothy
10 to $50, mixed, 16 to II.
STANTON MARKET, JAN. %. 1879.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
The Evidence Accommodates.

4. j. Footner, Of Toronto, Ont, certifles
that Warmers Safe Pills have cured him
OF billiousness and sleeplessness. G.. A. j.
Gadbois, OF Brookville. Canada, certifles
that the Safe Pills land Safe Bltters have
cured him Of malarial difficulties contracted
in Texas. E. j. Campbell, of Philadel-
phia. certlfies that the Safe Pills and Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure have nearly cured
him of bad chronic liver complaint And
like testimonials keep coming in.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

The Legislature re-assembled on the 9th.
The I'm finished business before the joint
body, at the time Of adjournment for the
holidays, was the election Of County Judges.
When that has been completed, we may
reasonably expect an earnest effort to ma
ture plan for'the settlement Of the debt.
We hope every member will be animated by
an earnest desire to reach solution of the
vexed question, and that spirit of concil-
iation will so control the members, that
speedy and satisfactory result will be
reached.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

The amount Of money in the State Treas
ury is said to be so small that the treasurer
declines to state the exact figures. There is
no prospect that the financial distress will
be relieved by any revenues soon. 4s the
Henkel school certificates are absorbing all
of the money and the county treasurers
seldom pay over anything else but this pa
ner.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

Messrs. Cowardin & Ellyson have sold the
Dispatch Establishment to the Dispatch
Company. James Cowardin is President
and Fl. X. Ellyson, Secretary. These gen.
.lemen and two of Mr.. Cowardin's sons and
one of Mr.. Ellyson's and W. F. Drlnkard,
constitute the new firm, by which the Dis
patch will hereafter be edited and pub
lished.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
Executors Sale of
~ Valuable Personal Property
will sell at public auction on

will sell at public auction on
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2Ist, 1880,
at the late residence of W j. D. Bell Decd all OF
his personal property, consisting in part OF 8
large quantity of
PARLOR, CHAMBER, DINING ROOM AND
KITCHEN FURNITURE,
Head of Work Horses,2 Colts, 25 Head of Fat
Cattle, Superior Mich Cows Durham Bull, 10
Fat Hogs, Shoats, Hay, Cloverseed, 500 or 600
Bushels OF Corn, about 1900 lbs Bacon, and sever
al Barrels of Flour,
l COMBINED EXCELSIOR REAPER MOWER,
nearly new,l Hubbard Mower, 2 GRAIN DRILLS,
SPRING WAGON and harness nearly news
Farm Wagons, Wheat Fan, l Corn Shelter,
Flows, Harrows, and Pillow and Wagon Harness,
Set OF Blacksmith Tools, complete, and great
many other articles too numerous to mention.
aS- TERMS made known on day of sale.
All persons having claims against the estate
are equested to present them properly anthem
estate will please come forward at once and set
tie. WILLIAM BELL Executor
aa- Sale to commence at 10 O'Clock A. M.
jan S-tds-Spec. copy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08
List OF Letters IL Remaining I'm the Post OF
flee at StauntOn, Augusta County. Va.
JAN. 9Th, 1890

LA DIES.
Brown, Miss Eveline irwin, Mrs Frank
Briggs, Miss Kittie jefferson, Mrs Gle
Bushong, Miss Kate Johnson Susan
Bani ster, Mrs Rebecca Parker, Mrs SaIlie
Chapman, Miss Lou w Rogers, Mrs Hannie
Dresser. Mrs Dec Taylor. Miss Mary
Dimnr, Mrs Maggie White, Miss Cora
GENTIAEMEN.
Anderson, James Johnson, John d
Berry, Peal, A N
Bell, M. Rogers, w
B1bly, Simon Sexton, John
3reeden. Wesley Turk, VIM A
Cox, Franklin Wills, Beverly
Cease, q Wiford, E
Gains. Robert Watson, Hud
Owens, William White, James col
Hugaina. Phil 2
The above letters if not alledfor within thirty days
will be sent to the dead letter Office. Persons call
ing for them will please say that theyare advertised
8. NJ. YOST. P. M
Unmailable letters remaining in Staunton o
January 9Th, 1880.
E. Weser. ll16 E. St.. N W., Washington. D. C.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

Hon. Luke Pryor has been appointed by
the Governor OF Alabama, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death OF Hon. G. S, Hous-
ton.
Col. Geo. B. Corkhill has been appointed
U. S. Attorney for the District OF Columbia,
to succeed Gov. Fl. H. Wells, formerly Gov
ernorof Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

The securities of N. C. Taliaferro. late
store keeper at the penitentiary, have dis.
covered shortage on his books of some
$4,000. Mr.. Taliaferro acknowledges that
his book are $4,000 short, but says that the
amount will be made good by his securities.
he stated that he did not know how to &C.
count for the shortage, but from the fact
that he was engaged 10 the commission bus
iness, as we'll as agent for the penitentiary,
aud that the TWO branches we're mixed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

THE BUCHANAN AND CLIFTON FORGE
R. R. is rapidly approaching completion
and bids for the cross-ties will be received
from now until Jan. 2Sth. Specifications
can be seen at this office. or can be obtsined
BY addressing Wm. Jolllffe, Chief Engineer,
Buchanan Botetourt County, Va to whom
all bids should be sent.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

Body-snatchers have been busy at Oak
wood Cemetery, Richmond. The WAig es-
Inmates that at least forty have been taken
from that burying ground In a short time.
Some OF them, it is believed, have been
shipped west. Most of the bodies taken
are supposed to have been paupera, but not
oil
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore american says that Col. John s,
Mosby, Consul at Hong Kong, will probably
be recalled, because Of correspondence out
side Of department circles, relative to mats
ters which should only be officially consld-
cred.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

The repeal OF the capitation tax, or so
amending It as not to make it q prerequis-
lite to the right Of suffrage. is said TO be a
fixed fact. Many Of the debt-payers In the
Legislature favor the change and the Gov
ernor 1t is stated would probably not veto q
resolution looking to the repeal of this law.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-08

List Of letters remaining in the Post Office at
Middlebrook for the quarter ending December
3lst 1879 II not called for in 80 days they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Miss Matilda Lee, Mr.. Green Gonny. j t. Mont
gomery. E. L. Palmer, George F. Reed, in care OF
7. G. Bosserman. JB. FAUVER. P. M.
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