The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-30
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James Rhodes. the murderer of the aged |
couple, John O. Massie and wife, in Albemarle,
has not yet been captured
Hon. Roscoe Conkling has been invited to
deliver the address at the commencement ex-
ercises of Blacksburg College.
The Legislature has fixed Thursday to-day
for the election of Judges for the corporations
of Richmond, Danville and Staunton.
The Richmond Dispatch gave its readers a
full sheet extra, dated Monday morning, con-
tanning graphic and exhaustive account of
the great fire in that city on Sunday last.
Hon. James G. Blaine has been invited to
deliver an address at the Winchester Fair
next fall and has signifed his acceptance of
the invitation. If not prevented by unfore seen
circumstances.
John Waggy. aged n years, of Pendleton
county, W. Va, fell into cellar-way at the
house of Rev. Joseph Bowman, near Harrison
burg, Va, last Monday week, and received IN
juries from which he died Thursday.
Capt JOS nj. Stevens, died at his home in
Middleburg, on Thursday last, aged about
fifty-tive years He was wellknown through
out the Valley, and especially in Rockingham
where he lived for number of years.
The bridge over the James River, at Rich
mond, known as the Petersburg Bridge, which
was burned last Sunday, is to be rebuilt at
once Trestles will be up within thirty days,
as a substitute until the bridge can be COM
pleted.
Hon j. A. Huhbel has been elected chair
man of the Republican Congressional Com
mittee. The Executive Committee will elect
secretary. Mr.. Hubbell was the former
chairman and did splendid service in that ca
paclty.
In the Parkersburg Annual Conference Of
the church of the United Brethren in Christ, in
session at Grafton, w. Va, last week, a resolu-
ton was adopted which prohibits the admis-
sion to Conference of any person addicted to
the use OF tobacco.
Col c. H. Tyler, who purchased farm and
located in Rockingham shortly after the war
died at his residence, in that county, last week
He was Captain of dragons in the Federal
army before the war, and an inspector of cav
airy under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart in the Confede
rate service.
A destructive fire occurred on Saturday las,
at the town of Grundy, the countyseat o.
Buchanan county. The courthouse, clerks
office, the jail, tive hotels, two stores anc
many dwellings, in fact all the heart of the
lown, was consumed, leaving but few houses
on the outskirts.
On last Friday, the bill to create the ofic'
of General Commissioner of Sales for the sew
eral counties and cities of the Commonwealth
and to prescribe his duties and fix his com
pensation, was passed by the House, by
strict party vote. On the same day the bill il
reference to the whipping post was passed BY
vote of 30 to %.
Guiteau was intently engaged Sunday il
reading the accounts Of the seven hanging
affairs in Pennsylvania, which occurred at var
ous places in that State on Friday last. ID
remarked that all died brave and Supplemental
this by the assertion 81 viii die withou
fiinching, too, if am executed ); see if don't.
1t is we'll enough for HIM to contemplate tina
event. for it will certainly come
MIR. s. P. Rounds of Chicago, has been ap
pointed Public Printer, by the President, il
place of Mr.. Defrees, resigned. The talk tina
Mr. Walker, the State printer of Virgins
would probably get the position, we were per
fectly satisfied from the first, was mere talk
The same may be said of the appointment OF
Cabinet officer from Virginia.
The ant-polygamy bill has become Law
by the signature of the President. Their
will be appointed five commissioners t.
take charge of the affairs of the Territory
to serve, it is thought, two years at $500
each per annum. The bill requires tina
they shall be of each political party. and
is understood that three Republicans an,
two Democrats will constitute the commits
sion-all of whom will be lawyers.
Hon. Geo. 81. Pendleton, United State
Senator from Ohio, is looming up a
a Democratic Presidential cand idate i
1884, and is to pose in the role of
reformer. Mr.. Pendleton doomed up il
1868 as a Green back candidate for tn
Democratic omination, but the loom di
not last long. His present hobby wi
prove about complete as bubble as tha
of 1868.
We understand the post office at Broadway
Rockingham county, has been discontinued
and mail to that point is ordered to Timbe
vile, two miles distant. A change was rt
Gently made in the postmaster at Broadway
and because OF this many of the persons here
tofore dispatching their mail and purchasin
their post office supplies at that point, hav
refused to do 80, in order to deprive the ne'
postmaster of the commissions on the legit
mate business of his office. These facts be
coming known to the Department the offc
was ordered dissent inued.
The Gear has relinquished somewhat tn
severity of his self-imposed prison in tn
imperial palace, and at the same time I'll
Nihilists are less aggressive and demonstra
tive than heretofore. 1t is possible secrt
negotiations have been going on betwee
the Emperor and his dissatisfied subjects
and that, as a result, mutual concession
have been made. Be that as it may ther
is one thing that may be accepted as certain
until the rigors of the government ar
modified, and the rights of the people hel
in greater respect, there will be no securit
for the life of the ruler of Russia. Tn
matter has gone too far for the people eve
to yield all that has moved them to the TO-
nation OF the Commune. and its kindre
associations.
The attempt of number of democratic pa
pers to arouse feeling of hostility betwee
the races because Of the remarks of sewers
colored men in Richmond, recently, abor
mixed schools, is properly rebuked by tn
temperate and sensible reference to it by til
Petersburg appeal. That paper says that yer
few of the intelligent colored people Civ
countenance to any such suggestion, and II
gard the present school arrangement as bes
for both races. The pestiferous malcontent
in each would soon have a miniature pande
monium in the State if they had their way bu
the common sense of the people, white an
colored, will see to it that agitators and mis-
chief-makers are incapable of disturbing th
good feeling which exists between the race
On Monday last. the Senator from ROCKING