The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-15

postmaster at Irish Creek, Rockingham
county.
Charles OConnor. the great New York |
lawyer, died at Nantucket, Massachusetts,
on the 18th, aged 80 years.
Dr. F. M. ,Hullihen, Of Wheeling, w. |
Va, was found dead in his office on the
night of the 10Th, supposed from apoplexy. |
On Monday, Mr.. Tucker introduced a
bill in Congress providing for the abolition
Of the tax. on tobacco and fruit brandy.
Tuly r. Wise, prominent San Fran
CISCO lawyer, and eldest brother Of Hon.
Geo. D, Wise, of Virginia, died in that
city on the 10Th inst.
Mr.. w, J. Dingledine. for three years
clerk in the Rockingham Bank, has been
appointed Cashier of that institution, TO
succeed Mr.. W. r. Warren, decd.
The Woodstock Virginioa has changed
proprietors and changed politics 1t is
nova Democratic organ andjis well con
Quoted by Messrs. +. d. Newman and M.
J.. Walton, editors.
Jas, a. Pugh. of Botetourt, charged
with offenses against the Post Office laws
.andindicted by the Grand jury. was tried
lastweek, in the United States Court at
Harrisonburg and acquitted.
Let the Ring have all the honor and
glory of the Primary. The long string Of
candidates for the council is another trap,
designed toldraw the friends Of each into
the meshes. The Ring is on its last legs
let it drop. fl
Col. H. q. Parsons of the Natural
Bridge. va, addressed the American For
estry Congress in Washington on Thurs
day last. He stated the way he planted a
large number of trees on his premises and
the success which he has attained
Senator Beck is for showing the Protec-i
tive Democrats the door at once. He is
opposed to admitting them to future party
consultations or recognizing them as mem
bers OF the Democracy any longer. Let
them go over to the Republicans and re-
main there he says. ~
Judah p. Benjamin. Secretary of State
in the Confederate government. died in
Paris on Monday, aged y years. He went
to England after the war and amassed a
fortune by practicing law in London. He
had represented Louisiana in the United
State Senate before the war between the
States.
One unexpected but welcome result of
the Tariff bill defeat in Congress is. ac-
cording to the Washington Post, to final
ly bury the fraud Issue of 1876 with all its
merits, historical and otherwise, so far be-
yOnd the chance of revivifcation, that it
can never cut a reputable figure in Ameri-
can politics again.
Three acres of ground in the city of
GAINESVILLE. Ohio, sank several feet on the
18th, carrying with it number of houses,
which were greatly damaged. A panic
followed the people in that portion of the
town. A tissue 100 feet in depth was
opened. The theory is that several de-
serted coal mines caved in.
American Manufacturers Mr.. Randall
says that Pennsylvania is now sending
capital into the Virginias at the rate of a
million and a half a month, the most Of
which goes into mines and factories. But
Pennsylvania capital would soon stop 60
ing to the Virginias if Protection were
overthrow. 1t might be well for the vo-
tiers of those States to remind Mr. Tucker
ct alof this little fact. , ~ 03g4
Mr.. Chauncey T. Fnley. of Missouri,
who has been quoted as saying that he
would not vote to make Mr.. Arthnr's re-
nomination unanimous if every other dele
gate in the National Convention favored
it, denies having used such language. His
position is that, as adelegate from a Dem
0cratic State, he should support the candi-
date that the delegates from electoral Civ
ing States felt assured could win.
In discussing the sUnit Rule last week,
the types made lis say that the delegates
from Virginia in the Chicago Republican
Convention would consider the chances
and availability of the several candidates
for the Presidential nomination 1t was
written and should have been so printed
''elois,s and availability" &c. We do not
prefer defeat with good candidate to
success with a mere chance candidate
The Free Traders of the Democratic
party-and that means three-fourths of
the following with Carlisle and Morrison
and WattersOn in the lead, have deter
mined to rule or rum the party. They re-
mind:us of the secessionists inthe Charles
ton Convention of 1860, and it is not i'm
probable that the Democratic Chicago Con-
vention of 1884 may witness split as IA
tai as that in 1860. When extremists take
the bit in their mouths they are hard to
stop or even check up.
We notice elsewhere the fact that the
Woodstock Viaya,ian, heretofore the or
gan Of the Readjusters of Shenandoah
county, has been purchased by Democrats
and would be conducted as Democratic
paper. From the leading article in the
last Shenandoah Herald the organ of the
Democratic party, in the form Of a vale
dictory by Mr.. ]. H. Grabill, we infer that
that paper has been purchased by the Re-
pnblicans of that county If this be cor
rect, it is tit for tat, and a pretty good tat,
it was. sn
The Northwestern Manufacturing and
Car Company of Saltwater, Mimi, of
which Senator d. M. Sabine is President
and owns $3.50. 900 of the stock, failed on
the 10th. A receiver has been appointed.
The liabilities are reported to be 81, 1OO,-
600, and the assets at $4.50O. 900, of which
S2,000000 are in bills receivable. The
general cause Of the failure was the low
price of wheat, making farmers slow to
pay for threshing machines. No one viii
lose by the sacrifice. The works will be
operated by the receiver. and in short
time the difficulty will be tided over and
all move along smoothly M
1t looks now that the Democratic Ma
tional Convention would be driven to the
nomination of Gov. Cleveland, Of New
York, and ex-Gov. Butler, of Massachu-
chusetts. The latter will have the backing