Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-06
Editorial Notes.

The man who now declares that his par
ty shall be known as the republican party
Of Virginia stood up in the Q. S. Senate
and said he was better democrat than
Ben Hill.
A number of Philadelphia capitalists
Eave recently made large purchases OF
mineral lands in Appomattox county, and
propose to expend considerable capital in
mining and working the products. r
Jack Cole, one of the survivors of the I'M
fortunate Jeanette crew, who was bereft
of reason while on that expedition, died
Monday morning, the 2Sth ult., at the gov
eminent insane asylum in Washington
He was 81 years of age.
Walton & Co., the largest coal operators
on the Ohio river, have shut down, throw
ing one thousand men out of employment.
What is to be done about it? Shall the
Republican remedy of increased protection
be granted the wealthy operators?
1t is said that Malone has secured pal
ace car in which to carry his delegation
from Virginia to the Chicago convention,
i. e., he will take all the Arthur men in
with him, but he has not invited the two
anti-Arthur delegates to travel with him in
this palatial style.
On May LIST, Mr.. Robert H. Fisher, who
has been filling the responsible position of
auditor of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road for number of years, was succeeded
by Mr.. Charles Bronson, late secretary and
treasurer of the Kentucky Central railroad.
Mr.. Fisher has been appointed local ticket
agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio and will
succeed Mr.. Charles Lorraine, who has been
appointed baggage agent.
Some one who 'tknows how it is him.
SELF" says: GA man who edits a newspa-
per is much more slave than man in
any other profession. The law is a jealous
mistress, but much more SO is journalism.
A man who binds himself to newspaper
has an existence of monotonous drudgery.
A lawyer can have a vacation, an editor
cannot-he is galley slave, chained to the
task. When the time comes he must write.
The will must come to the rescue. No
sooner does he get one paper out than all
his powers are taxed to get out another;
and he will fall by the roadside under the load
unless he has an everlasting spring Of en-
| II, bic hrooc+
The American recognition Of the flag oil
the African International Association, with
the evident intention Of ignoring Portu.
guese rights, has caused great irritation in
Portugal. Such recognition looks like a
piece of very sharp practice, novel in inter
national relations, and hardly contemplated
by international law. If sovereign rights
should be ignored because slavery has been
carried on, and high protective duties be
enforced, America would stand badly, as
she was Portugal's best customer in the
halcyon days of African slave-trading, and
her protective duties are four times higher
than those stipulated by England in the
AuSlO-I OrIuBu eSe treaty.
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The widow of Santa Anna, the once "a
nous Mexican President, General and Die
tator, is now living quietly in one of the
small States of that Republic, "the world
forgetting and by the world forgot She
is only 4S years of age, but if her husband
were alive he would be hundred at least
Santa Anna was President of Mexico three
years before his wife was born. The two
were married when the bride was thirtee1
years old. For twenty years her life was
spent in camp, surrounded by the whir
of warfare. Her husband was FIVE times
Pres dent of Mexico, four times military
dictator in absolute power lie was ban
ished recalled, banished again, and finally
died when with his wife in exile as trai
tor She has seen much "glory," and has
received unlimited adulation, but she hard
ly ever enjoyed one thoroughly peaceful
month in her life during the life of hel
husband.
United States Senate has passed the bill
providing for the establishment of a bureau
Of animal industry and the extirpation Of
cattle diseases. 1t provides, among Other
things, that the head of the bureau shall
appoint two competent agents, who shall
report the best manner of transporting anc
caring for animals, and the means to be
adopted TO suppress and eXtirpate pleuro
pneumonia and other contagious diseases
The head of the bureau is to prepare al
early as possible such rules for the extirpa
ton of the diseases as may be necessary
and invite the cooperation of State anG
Territorial executives. The sum appropri
ated for the purposes Of the act is $3.50, 600
instead of $250,000, as provided by the
House bill.
THE SAME OLD sNARE.-The cartoon III
the Campaign of week before last represent.
the Malone snake as shedding its mottlet
skin of Coalition and coming forth in it,
true colors as the black Republican snake
of Virginia, spewing forth its vile venom
of the Danville Riot.
Under this cartoon, in explanation, wa
printed the following
''This is the reptile that was warmed a
the hearth of Virginia, and turned ant
stung her. When he sheds his skin fo
every new season, be careful to remembe
that it is the same old snake %
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The Western Union and the Baltimore
Ohio Companies have reduced the price O
night messages to points in their territory
The Western Union rate is to be fifteel
cents for messages Of ten words and on,
cent for each additional word. The Bal
timore 8 Ohio will charge one cent
word for night messages to all points, M
charge to be less than fifteen cents and on.
cent for each word in excess of fifteen.
| SUICIDE AT RoNCEvERTE.-On last Fri
day week, Mr.. Alex. Robinson, of Romeo
verte, W. Va, committed suicide by hang
| ing himself with trace-chain in his barn
He had climbed a ladder, suspended one
| end of the chain to beam, tied the othe]