The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-12-17

THURSDAY. December IL. 1885 /
The division, by will, of the Vanderbilt
estate. leaves J. Gould the richest man in
the United States:
Gen. Robert Toombs, Of Georgia, died
at Washington, Ca, on the 18th, after
illness, agefabout rs years.
A bill to abolish prohibitory duties on
American beef will be introduced in the
French Chambers after the Christmas
holidays.
Mrs. A. d. Barnes. formerly Miss Price,
daughter of Mr.. G. w. Price. Of Lynch
burg, who was married last July. COM
mitted suicide on the 10Th, by shooting
herself through the head with pistol
Hon. B. Gratz Brown, candidate for
Vice President on the Greeley ticket in
1872, died near st. Louis on the 18th, of
pneumonia, complicated with heart dis
ease, in the 5sth year of his age.
On the 10Th, Hon. Jno. w. Daniel was
elected e. S. Senator to succeed Gen.
Malone from the 4th of March, 1877. The
vote in the Senate stood, Daniel, 26
Malone, s. In the House, Daniel, 70 !;
Malone, 2S.
The Democratic Legislative Caucus on
the 18th, nominated DR.. John L. Buell.
anan, of Washington county, for Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Massey
was candidate, but received only votes
on the first ballot Mr.. Grattan re-
ceiyed twelve. Buchanan was nomi
mated on the second ballot There were a
number of other candidates.
Col. Thos. NJ. Alfriend, the Oldest I'M
.derwriter in the South, died in Rich
mond on the 18th inst, aged IS. For years
before his death he was an authority on
questions pertaining to insurance and up
to few years before his death was the
only marine adjuster South of New York.
He was the father of Frank III. Afriend,
one of the most brilliant and instructive
newspaper men in the South. and gen.
tleman in the fullest sense of the term.
There is something very small in the
inquiry of Judge Stewart of Alexan-
dria, whether there is any way to abol-
ish the Corporation Court of that city
The presiding judge is a Republican. and
to get rid of him, the representative of
that city and county, would dispense with
the Court, if it can be done by legislation.
But that, we think. is beyond the reach of
the partizan malignants of that body. even
if there could be commanded sufficient
support for such reprehensible purpose.
The commercial traveller has a friend
in the United States Senate. On the 10th,
Senator Pratt, of Connecticut, introduced
bill making it misdemeanor for any
officer of a State or municipal corporation
TO interfere in any way with a commercial
traveller selling goods in q State Of which
he or the merchant he represents is not a
citizen, This, resolution, no doubt, is in
tended to come under the constitutional
provision regulating commerce between
the States
The Lynchburg Ne.Us calls Gen. John
A. Logan All "ourang-outang' and sena,
tor John Sherman a miserable creature. +"
aud declares that the tender of the NOM
nation for President Of the Senate to
Logan and the acceptance of that posi-
ton by Sherman were done to "annoy the
Democratic party" This is the style of
literature that is offered for consumption
to Virginia readers. How many of them
approve of such coarse epithets and dys-
pept;c growlings?
Senator Wipgield, of AlbeMarle, in
seconding the nomination Of Hon. j. w.
Daniel for U. S. Senator, in the joint
Session of the Lynchburg on the 18th,
said, 1--WE have no representative in the
Senate Probably the Bourb0nism Mr..
Wingfield represents has not but the in
terests of the people of Virginia have
Senator Malone and Senator Riddle.
berger. who have done more for the
people of this State gince they have
been in the Senate, than had been done be.
fore since the war, and more than Daniel
will be able to do. if he remains there half
dozen terms.
The general M anageT of the American
Iron and Steel Association makes the fol-
lowing important statement: . A gratifying
Indication of the improvement of business
in this country is found in the fact that
the steel-rail companies, which it viii be
remembered made a compact at Long
Branch last summer to limit their output
to what then seemed likely TO equal the
wants of the railroads for 1886, have al
ready before the beginning of the year, SO
nearly sold the whole of that estimated to-
tai that they have now increased the stipu-
lated output by 225 900 tons, making the
present limit for 1886 /, 000, goo tom
Gen. B. T. Butler and W. E. Chandler.
late Secretary of the Navy, own large
tract Of land in Fairfax county. assessed
at $50 per acre, ard are corporators in the
Great Fails Manufacturing Company.
Recently they rendered the payment Of
the taxes levied against their property in
coupons, which were refused. They then
announced that under the decision of the
Courts the tender was legal. and that
there could be no distress to compel pay
ment, other than in coupons. In view of
this position of the landowners, Mr.. hfer-
edith introduced resolution in the State
Senate on the 10th. repeating the charter
of the Great Falls Manufacturing Com
pany. This is the Bourbon way of invit-
ing capital and immigration.
Cooperative Societies
1t is believed by some of cur wisest po-
litical economists, thaC the formation of
Cooperative Societies is the only means
of adjusting the differences between CAPT