The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-11
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Maj Baker r. Lee, of Norfolk, has
een appointed Collector of Customs at
forktown. Va.
Mr.. A. d. Butt, of Hinton, has been
ppointed postal clerk on the G. s. o. be-
tween Huntington and Clifton Forge.
A new pest called root web worm has
made its appearance in certain portions
If Illinois. and causes much concern
among farmers.
The Republicans of OHIO will hold their
State Convention to nominate candidates
for Governor and other State officers to-
day.
The Hessian fly is playing havoc with
the wheat crop in Kansas. Entire fields
of wheat have been plowed up and sown
in millet.
On the 4th in Baltimore, Harris Vein
baum, a venerable looking Hebrew, was
sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary
for receiving stolen goods.
The President has appointed Gen. w.
S. Rosencrans, eX-Representative from
California, Register of the Treasury, vice
ex-senator Blanche X. Bruce, resigned.
r. Z. Withers, jr., who is in the gradu-
ating class at the Virginia Military Insti-
tute. will accompany his father, Hon. R.
E. Withers, consol at Hong Kong, China
The Russians are evacuating Penjdeh,
but public notice of its surrender has been
posted at Herat. Afghan soldiers are in
censed. They had expected to avenge
their defeat.
The cap stone Of the Washington Mon
ument was struck ty lightning Friday
night. The damage is not serious, but it
suggests precautions to prevent repeti-
tion of the occurrence.
A destructive fire occurred at the town
of Suffolk. Va. on the night of the 18th .
The principal hotel, the bank, and nearly
all the business houses were destroyed.
Loss estimated at 100000.
Millions of young grasshoppers, evil
IDENTIFY just Matched in the warm sand,
have made their appearance in Colorado.
An area of three hundred acres is literally
filled with them.
Detective John Wren, of Richmond, has
presented his bill for service in the Gu
verius case, which foots up 81 10. This
method of making up case looks more
like "blood money" than justice.
A clerk was dismissed from the Sixth
Auditors office. as an offensive partizan'
for having proposed three cheers for the
''Plumed Knight when it was reported
Mr.. B laine had been elected President.
III. f. Beecher, son of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, has been appointed Collector OF
Customs for Puget Sound District. Wash
ington Territory. Mr.. Beecher is about
80 years of age, has been steamboat cap.
tain on the Northwestern waters. and is a
citizen Of Washington Territory.
Mr.. Richard D. Harlan, son of Justice
Harlan, of the United States Supreme
Court, and a graduate of the Theological
Seminary of Princeton, was examined and
licensed as a minister by unanimous con
sent. by the Presbytery of Washington, il
session at Alexandria last week.
a personal encounter took place on the
streets of Richmond on the morning Of
the Sth between Capt Jno. S. Wise ant
Capt. Tazewell Ellet, both lawyers, grow
ing out of a Irrigated case before Judge
Hughes. Capt. Wise was the assaulting
party. Umbrellas and fists were used, but
no serious damage resulted.
The corporation election in Lexington
resulted in the election of the following
independent ticket J. w. Haughawout
mayor; G. w. Irvine, G. w. Pettigrew
Jno. A. Blume, Z. A. Quesenberry, w
A. Rhodes, jr., and Jno. F. Crawford
couHcilmen. The mayor had 81 majority
over his competitor, G. P. Chalkley.
Amherst Democrat On the morning o.
May Goth. Mrs. Nancy V. Pendleton, wht
resides near Longs Mill. arose early, pre-
pared and ate breakfast, and was as wei
usual. She attended to her domestic
affairs during the day, up to 1870 O clock
p. NJ, when she suddenly dropped. deat
while clearing off the dinner table.
The Morgantown, w. Va Post, comes
to us in new dress, and much enlarged
1t is now one of the neatest, as it has al
ways been one of our most readable and
valued exchanges. 1t is in all respects a
model local paper, edited with industry
and ability, and richly deserves the
liberal patronage it receives. We wish il
contin ued prosperity and usefulness.
We are indebted to Hon. r. II. FAIR
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, for bound copy of the proceedings
of the Third Annual Conference of Coun
ty and City Superintendent of Public
Free Schools and Principals of High
Schools of the State of Virginia, held in
Richmond Feb. 10th, 1lth 18th and 18th
1t is accompanied by addresses and school
history of several counties and cities, and
contains much valuable information relat-
ing to the Public Schools.
The Front ROYAL New Era says "If the
Democrats should nominate a man (fol
Governor) who ought not be elected, in
view of the great interests at stake, and
the Republicans should nominate a good
Readjuster, we shall find hundreds of yo.
tiers scratching tickets or going squarely
over to the enemy That is a pretty
broad proposition, and would include about
all the aspirants for the Democratic nom-
ination. The Nelc Era, however, still
presses the name of Massey and Newber-
~, as the two men, and the only two, who
can save the party from defeat.
At Tye River Depot, Amherst county,
on the Both ult., a difficulty occurred be-
tween w. II. Bryant, aged fifteen, and
Jas. Gibson. aged seventeen, in which
Gibson was stabbed with a pocket knife
by Bryant, causing death in few min
utes. There was no one present but the
parties to the encounter but it is stated
that they commenced playing at first, then
got angry and finally came to blows. A
barlow knife, the property of Gibson, was
found on the ground unopened BRYANT