The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-08-27

on saturday last. returning TO
Washington from the White Sulphur
Springs. where he had been sojourning a
week for recreation.
Blair made fine speech at Mt. Sidney
last Thursday night, and altho' there had
been a misunderstanding about the APP
pointmeut fair crowd was present. The
Mt. Sidney band gave some good music.
There are million more manageable
males than females in the United States.
The girls ought to be careful and not jump
at the first offer without knowing all about
the animal they propose to embrace.
John III. Foster, native Eof Harrison
burg, died on his farm near Moberly, Mo-,
July ODD, aged 63 years. He removed west
about thirty years ago where he had re-
sided until his death.
Green Meadows, - the country seat of
Edgar Embrey, near Bealton, Va, was
destroyed by fire Friday last, during the
absence of the family. Everything in the
building was consumed.
Ex-senator ]. w. Johnston is commenc-
ing early to elect Gen. Lee. He says the
Democrats will carry the State by 5000 or
10000 and have a majority in the General
Assembly. The Ex-senator has prophesied
before, nor will it be the first time that he
has been mistaken.
The Democratic papers are making a
great ado over p. III. Bowling, because he
says he intends to act with the Democrats
hereafter. The Republican papers are
equally jubilant over the fact that the party
has gotten rid of a chronic pest and per-
sistent office seeker. He is now after a
postofice
presenting the claims of Massey and
Ayres. He said Massey could take care
of himself on the stump and Ayres was an
honest "backwoods lawyer. Be was full
some and free in his laudation of Gen.
Lee, but when it came to the middle and
tail of the ticket, there was a, paucity of
words as well as compliments.
The Farm aud Home, of Harrisonburg
ricultural Society, recently IN convention
at Richmond. This places the paper on a
pretty good basis, and assures its success
if the farmers of the State take the mat
er in hand and carry out the object of the
Endorsement. 1t is q good farm journal
and deserves support.
The debt of the New Y ork Central Rail
road, to which is to be added the cost of the
acquisition of its rival, the West shore, will
aggregate 1927 ,O00, 600, the largest obliga-
tion, it is thought, of any corporation in
the world. The Erie Railroad owes 500,
100000, the Pennsylvania $150,000,000 and
the Baltimore and Ohio SOL. 100000. The
Observation-Disclosures of these four trunk lines
exceeds one third of the national debt.
1t was not much of task to swallow
Mckinney, after he had been punctured
dition and the application of little
grease, the process was simple and speedy.
The State has good deal to learn before
it will be able to appreciate the fact that
threadbare tropes and figures, such as
Bourbon orators of Virginia use, do
not constitute argument or carry convic-
tion.
The Democratic Convention from Wash
ington county on Saturday last, nominated
byacclamation for the Legislature, Messrs.
Jno. A. Buchanan and A. Fulkerson. Mr..
Buchanan, accepted, in person, and Gen.
John d. Imboden accepted for Col. Fulk-
erson. Whether the Colonel will recog-
nize this mode of procedure we cannot
say. He is old enough to attend to his
own business and sane enough not to re-
quire committee.
The Lynchburg Vugiaian says the ST.
Louis Republican publishes story to the
disgraced English cavalry officer, was
no other than the gallant chieftain Gen.
Jeb. Stuart of Confederate fame. For
tunately for the romantic story every
body in Virginia knew Jeb. Stuart almost
from his cradle TO his grave, and know
that no other State or country can claim
the honor of his birth or fall heir to his
intrepid heroism.
A fearful accident occurred at the Cabin
Creek, w. Va, coal mines on the 18TH
A loaded car coming down the incline,
broke loose from the brakes and was
rushed down at a fearful speed. There
were eight men on it, four of whom jumped
off and were killed, Mr.. Oxley, the Presi-
dent of the company, being one of them.
The others remained with the car until
it jumped the track. They were badly in
jured. Mr.. Hodson, of Lewisburg, was
one of the latter.
We are pleased to record that the order
suspending Hon. John Amber Smith
from practicing before the War Depart
ment has been revoked by Secretary Endi-
colt. The suspension was the result of a
misinterpretation and the Secretary i'm
mediately upon examination of the case dis
missed it. There is no attorney in Wash
ington more honorable or with purer
record than John Amber Smith, nor any
gentleman in our midst more deservedly
popular and successful. -Woshington Free
Press.
The Ring is at its old tricks. Beaten
on the Primary plan to nominate candi-
, dates for the Legislature, it accomplished
its object by indireetion. The election of
delegates by the primary plan is as much
in their hands as to nominate by that plan.
Indeed. they accomplish more. They de-
lude the country people with the deception
that they are to have an old time conven-
tion, at the same time they will control
everything at the primaries in the cleo
ton of the delegates who will constitute
the Convention. There is but one way to
deal with the Ring and that is to mash it.
Some of our Democratic contemporaries
are gleeful over the endorsement of the
administration by the Democratic State
Conventions of Iowa, Ohio, Virginia,
Mississippi, &c. Why not ? The Demo-
cratic party has no principle OF govern
mental policy, 1t is party of spoils, and
as the administration has the disposition
of the spoils, it was perfectly natural for
the Democratic State Conventions to en-
dorse it. If they had not, they could not