The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-07-10

The German authorities are much
pleased at disappointment of Hon. j. A.
Kasson as.United States Minister at Ber-
lin.
Hon. John A. Kasson, member OF Con-
gress from Iowa, has been appointed by
the President minister to the German
Empire.
Hon. Alpheus Taft, minister to Aus
tria, has been transferred to st. Peters
burg, to represent the United States gov
eminent.
Roger A. Pryor said in Chicago Monday,
that Cleveland. if the Democratic candi-
date for President, would lose New York
by one hundred thousand.
The total assessed valne of real and per-
sonal estate for 1884, in New York city is
81 1888, POS, 343-an increase over that of
1883, of $61 ,l76,1
Advices from Egypt to the 18th, dated at
Suakin, state that Gen. Gordon had been
murdered by his soldiers, and that the
Mahdi had captured Kartroun.
Misses Charlotte Williams and Susie
Gibson, daughters of prominent residents
of Richmond, were accidentally drowned
whilst bathing at Old Point on Monday
last.
We Inadvertently last week classed Mr..
Fulkerson with the big Four This
was a mistake. He was in Congress at
that time, but went off with the Big Four
and Massey.
The Allegheny (Va.) Iron Mountain
Mining Co. has closed a contract to furnish
northern firm with $4,000 tons of iron
ore. This ore is said to be of a remarkably
fine quality and exists in almost mex
haustible quantity.
In pursuance of provision in tie Leg
islatiye, Judicial and Executive Appro-
priation bill, reducing the number of in
ternal revenue agents from thirty-five to
twenty, Jacob Wagner and j. T. Wilson
have been discharged.
Mr.. Tilden, under date of July 5, again
declines the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency. His telegram is addressed
to Hon. w. H. Barnum, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, and re-
fers to his letter of June 10, as conclusive.
Congress finally passed the bill to pay
United States Marshals, District Attor-
neys, Clerks of United States Courts, &C.,
by salary, instead of fees, as heretofore.
The amount of the salary .of each is not
given in the published proceedings of the
last hours of the session.
The liabilities of the firm of Grant &
Ward, are reported by the assignee to be
SIC, 92,647.72; nominal assets 1927, 1884,
09S.56; actual assets $57, 174.3O. The re-
port gives a sorry condition of the jum-
bled up business, and the reckless manner
of keeping accounts.
The republicans of Brown county, Kan
sas, are organizing full regiment OF
plumed knights, to consist of ten COM
panies. The companies are named re-
spectively A, B, C. d, E, F, G, FL, [, K,
and on parade their position will be that
of regiment in the United States army.
In the Senate on Sunday Gen. Logan
denounced the statement that he was a
''land grabber" and the owner of large
tract in the Southwest as utterly untrue,
and further that he had never hal any
connection whatever with the purchase or
exemption of any large body of land.
The educational bill which passed the Re-
publican Senate early in the session, was
never even introduced in the Democratic
House. By its failure to become a law
the children of the South have been robbed
OF tens of millions of dollars that would
have gone towards providing for them a
splendid school system.
The only merit that Cleveland seems to
have is that he has no record on national
questions. The Democrats want a dunn
my. Bayard, far his superior in every
sense, has consistent Democratic record,
and for that reason will not be nominated.
The Democracy is afraid of itself and es-
pecially Of its known policies.
The commission of five sent from Mad
rid to examine the condition of Cuba and
the advisability of selling the Island. will
report in favor of sale, three out of the
five Of the commission signing the report.
1t assumes that if not sold it will be lost
to Spain by instruction as the Spanish
American colonies were in 1925.
Congress has adjourned until December
and Mr.. Massey is still out in the cold.-
He says that he expended from 81 900 to
$4,000 in his contest, while there has only
been an allowance of SO ,5OO-a very nice
difference, out of his pocket, for the glory
of losing contest. This is what he gets
for butting up against 5000 majority.
There is quite a stir among the poll
tfcians Of the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict, under the new apportionment. The
Conventional nominate successor to Col.
O'Ferrall, is called to meet in Luray on the
28th. The friends of Holmes Conrad and
Micajah Woods are pushing them as COM
petitors of Col. O'Ferrall, and the latter IS
friends are earnest and active in his be-
half.
The friends Of Cleveland claim that he
will get 453 votes on the first ballot. This
win be a majority, and by the general
usage Of the party, entities him to the
two-thirds vote. or the nomination. In
this calculation, Virginia's twenty-four
votes are given to him, which may be
. mistake, as Flower has claim on
the Bourbons of Virginia, in return for
a dip into his barrel for about $4,000, TO
aid them in the last State canvass.
A. German girl. residinglat Ohio, Her
kimer county, N. Y, was bitten by dog
about twelve years ago. She suffered no
serious results except scar on the arm.
The other day she began barking like
dog, frothed at the mouth, and at times
became violent, dreading the sight of wa
ter. While in her spasms her whole arm
turns purplish color. She is suffering
from hydrophobia in it's virulent from, and
physicians say she can live few days only.
A few gentlemen in New York calling
themselves independents seem to think
that the government rests upon their
shoulders, and that they are called upon to
purify its methods fand elevate it's char