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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
MI. Justice Hunt delivered The opinion
i lie cNllrt=nn one diSSentinm
Allegheny County Republican Con-
veution.

FShVASLs
Pursuant to a call of county chairman
Jos. I. Fudge. the Republicans of Ale
ghany county assembled in the Courthouse,
Covington, Virginia, on Tuesday, June >,
1855, (Court-day) for the purpose Of elect
ing delegates and alternates to the State
Convention to be held at Richmond also
to appoint the same or other delegates to
represent them ut the Convention to be
hereafter held at such time and place as
may be agreed upon, for the purpose OF
nominating candidate to represent Bath,
Highland and Allegheny in the next House
OF Delegates, and also torepreSent them at
q Convention to be likewise called and held
TO nominate a candidate to represent the
counties of Rockbridge, BotetOurt, Ale
ghany. Bath, and Highland in the Senate
of Va.
On motion. Gen. VIM. Skeen was called
to preside, and W. II. II. Frenger elected
secretary.
The object OF the meeting having been
explained by the chair, on motion. the
chairman WAS directed to designate COM
mittee Of five to report to the meeting the
names Of suitable persons to represent
Allegheny in the State Convention on the
10th Of July. The following committee
was named A. A. Macdonald. VIM. Hell
mintoller, A. g. Foster, Bryant Richard
son, ana A. c. Bryant.
After deliberatioa. the following names
We're presented to the Convention aud
elected
De1egates-J. W. C. Bryant and Joseph.
L. Fudge.
Alternate w II. II. Frenger.
The committee also recommended that
the following gentlemen he appointed as
delegates to Senatorial Convention, to
nominate State Senator, and also to rep
resent the county in q District Convention
to nominate u candidate for the House of
Delegates, to-wit:
Delegates-George w. HuddlestoH and
Robert NJ. Skeen.
Alterndte-E. NJ Nettleton.
The recommendation were adonted.
On motion, the secretary was directed
to furnish VALLEY VIRGINIAN aud Rich
mond Wing with the foregoing proceedings
for publication
On motion, The Convention adjourned.
W, II. II. FRENGER, W. SKEEN.
Secretary. Chairman.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

The Front Royal Nea0 Era is speaking
out very plainly and very justly from its
standpoint. 1t thinks the time for fool
ishness is past, and if the Democrats are
really in earnest about accepting Read
justment they should show fruits of re-
pentance. 1t concludes q well written ed
itorial on the subject rs follows:
Democratic Readjusters. the heroes OF
SO many Democratic victories, have fairly
won the honor of naming our next candi-
date for governor OF Virginia and if we
can name the best man for the place and
the most available candidate, he ought to
be accepted. We most sincerely believe
that Mr.. Massey is the man for the occa-
sion, and therefore we shall continue to
advocate his nomination till the meeting
of the convention in July, after that we
shall support the nominees of the Demo-
cratic party. 1t may be deemed q light
thing by some to refuse honors when they
are justly due, but remember that it is the
last straw added to the burden. which
breaks the back of the patient camel. If
you think you can get along without the
Democratic Readjusters, then treat them,
if you please, as ''hewers of wood and
drawers of water
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
Ess.

Near Alone liockbrdge county. on liz. 2arl,
OF May, Nj. J Russell Robertson a well. known
citizen Of A ~ county, aged u wears. Ii
Henry 4. Powell. in the 26th year Of herage.
in Augusta county, May I'D. Mrs. CHRISTINA
Ryan, wife 81 Nicholas Ryau Esq. in lie 18th
year of her age.
In HarrisonburS, on the 18th OF MAY. oftv-
phnd fever, AIR Chas. B, Miller Waterman Of
Tue kait. q Ohio depot at that place aged h,
wears. He leaves widow and seyerHl chii.
dren.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04


The New York Tlribaslc of the LIST, re-
viewing the money and business condition
Of the past week, gives the following facts
to show the distrust of business men, and
rs . consequence the vast amount of cap
ital lying idle in the New Y orlz banks
For the first time the surplus reserve of
the Newly ork banks rises above $50, 900,
600. The loans decline nearly $4,000 600,
and are now 20,000,000 less than year
ago, while the amount of the deposits is
| 1854 ,90S, 600 larger, and the cash reserve
1888 ,600,0 900 larger. Never before in the
history OF the banks has the surplus above
legal requirements been one-third as large
at this time i'll the year as it is now, and
just six years ago, May 81, 1879, the banks
reported q total reserve OF $50, 500,
whereas the saTplus reported on Friday,
May 80, 1885, was $50, 768.925 The de-
posits at that date in 1879 soon after
specie resumption, were only $225, 100000
now they are 1851, 100000. Perhaps a bet
ter conception 0 the magnitude Of the
idle reserve may be gained by comparing
it w. tn the volume of business transacted.
Last year the reserve was just IS per cent.
of the amount of exchanges for the week
ending May 81 this year the reserve was
1873 per cent. of the amount Of exchanges.
At New York, the exchanges for May
have been about 1871 per cent. less than
for the same month last year, when the
panic greatly swelled transactions. Out
side of New York, however. the decline
in the amount of exchanges for the month
has been about 1873 per cent. It would be
a mistake to suppose that the shrinkage
in the volume of business, as respects
quantities bought and sold, had been as
great. Comparison of prices, with allow
ance for Importance Of articles, shows a
fall in the general average Of re- per cent.
since May 1, 1884. Thus about half of the
shrinkage appears to be in quantities and
and about half in the values obtained for
products. If the money of all sorts not IN
the Treasury one year ago, $l,3lS, 900 900,
was then fully employed, the shrinkage in
business and IN prices must have left about
$210, 000, 900 of it idle at this time, and it
is no wonder that the accumulation hare
is IlnDrecedented
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

No. has Pullman Sleeper, New York to Sa-
wanna, Ga,,without change. via Harrisburg and
Roanoke, and Washington to New Orleans
andoah Junction.
No. | has Pullman Sleeper Philadelphia via
Harrisburg and Roanoke, to Montgomery Ala,
without change.
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown Nd. with the Western Mary
land Railroad to and from Baltimore, Frederick,
Emmttsburg, Gettysburg, Penmar, Waynes-
Railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley Railroad to and
from Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg, Cham
bersburg, Mercersburg, Martinsburg, and points
on the Cumberland Valley Railroad and branch
eS.
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West and
Northwest, and Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
and the North and East.
At Shenandoah Junction, w. Va, with Main
line OF Baltimore d Ohio Railroad TO and from
Washington and the West.
At Waynesboro Junction, Va, with Chesa-
apeake Il Ohio Railway to and from Greenbrier
White sulphur Springs and Richmond.
AT Loeb Laird, with Lexington Branch OF
Richmond d Allegheny Railroad
AT Buchanan with Nam Line of Richmond
& Allegheny Railroad.
At Roanoke. with Norfolk & Western Railroad
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
AT Boyce for Wildwood and Winchester. Va.
At Cioverdale for Fincastle.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Mr.. Nathan Smith, in the office of the
chief clerk of the First Assistant Post
Master General, has resigned, and left
Tuesday last for his stock farm in Kansas,
where he will hereafter live. 1t is to be
regretted that so efficient and courteous an
officer should sever his connection with a
position where he was so useful and ac-
commodating. Those having business
with that office will miss him. He is one
of the most urbane of gentlemen and pc
culiarly fitted for the vexatious and ardu-
Gus duties of the First Assistants De-
partment In his retiracy from public po-
sltion, Mr.. Smith will be followed by the
good wishes of a host of friends.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

The examination of the witnesses in
concluded, and the arguments are now
being heard. The circumstantial evidence
was very strong against the accused and
the evidence on behalf Of the defence was
weak-so weak that it rather injured the
prisoner. On Monday the argument was
opened by Col. Aylett for the Common
wealth, followed by Mr. Evans for the de-
fence, who in turn was followed by his
colleague, Mr.. Pollard. The case will
probably be given to the jury to-day.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Louis Reaume, a maniac travelling from
Kansas City to Chicago, took possession
of the train with his revolver and killed q
policeman, wounded second and was
himself shot three times before being 4p-
turea at Chicago. He occupied the re-
clining chair car and drove every body else
out. He rested under the delusion that u
mob was after him to lynch him.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
Business Outlook.

The remarkable strike of iron and steel
workers. which commenced at Pittsburg
and other points on the LIST of June, i'm
plicates diversified interests and affects a
large number of persons apart from the
immediate operatives. 1t is estimated
that not less than one hundred thousand
workmen are thus thrown out of employ
ment, and at least half u million people
dependent upon their labor will feel the
effects. Not only this, but the money paid
out to the workmen when the furnaces
and factories are in operation, will be
fecting the market of the farmer, the
trade of the merchant, and reaching to
every class of enterprise and industry.
The strike is one of the most extensive
ever known in this country, and cannot
but have a serious effect upon all branches
Of business 1t comes at time when
there is universal depression peryading
all industrial and business relations. Cap
ital is plenty but distrustful, and instead
of seeking investment, is hiding in strong
boxes and behind bolts and bars. There is
more idle money in New Y ork to-day than
has ever been known before and the same
may be said of Boston and Philadelphia, and
the more important centres of trade. Thl
withdrawal of capital from business en-
terprises, Of course, is felt in the rural
sections, for whatever affects business in
the centres ramifies throughout the coun-
try and touches the most obscure sections.
A change for the better does not look
promising for the near future. Confidence
is plant of slow growth, and not until
the policy Of the new administration is
known in regard to the customs laws and
the currency and Congress has given some
evidence of it's purpose, can we reasona-
bly, expect any great improvem ent in the
situation. Added to this, is the short
wheat crop, giving promise of reduced
freightage for the railroads and conse-
quently less activity in business and small
er returns for the corporations. These con-
ditlons will not only affect stocks, but will
discourage new improvements, whether
inaugurated OF in contemplation.
The general outlook, therefore, is not
encouraging for any unusual activity. We
may expect a revival to a degree, but 1t
will be governed by extreme caution, and
only in obedience to the direct wants and
demands of the country.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
MARRIED..

IN Winchester on Thursday. Nav 2s,,, IsS,
by Rev. DR.. y. NJ ellber. Mr. John 4 singer
Of s!annton, formerly "f Winchester and Miss
Gertrude Lewis, daushter of Mr.. John Lewis u
AZ the residence OF Mr. VIM. Eal;I,. q, Siauli.
ton, May 2lsf by Hev A. 4 Laird air ,IdAii a .
Mcdonald OF Saith county. Va, ir Miss t'mily
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Col. Char les Denny. Of Indiana. has been
appointed United States Minister to Chi.
ma. He was born in Botetourt county,
Va, educated at the Virginia Military
Institute and Georgetown College, studied
law and removed to Indiana, where he
has lived since. He was in command of a
regiment in the Union Army during the
late war, but on the issuing of the Eman
cipation Proclamation, he resigned. declar-
Ing that he would never fight to free the
negroes He has been prominent Dem
ocrat and held several positions in his
adopted State. His abilities and character
are highly spoken Of.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Mr.. E. F. Hill, of Anderson, W. Va,
was recently appointed postal clerk on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. He made
two trips, and came to the conclusion that
the work was not what he expected. as he
had to work harder for his living there
than at anything else he ever tried, and
consequently resigned. The work of a
postal clerk in these days OF newspapers
and business enterprise requiring large
correspondence, is about the most labo.
rious we know of, and very few men, who
might become experts, could not make
more money at something else not so ex-
acting and laborious.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
Tha Eoupons.

The Richmond State of thej 29th says
Judge Hughes to-day entered the same de-
cree in q number of coupon cases which
Judge Bond entered few days back i'll the
case of John Stewart 5 executors VS.. the
Treasurer of Henric0 county. In each
ase the plaintiff had rendered the State
cx-receivable coupons in payment Of his
taxes, which were refused, and the county
treasurers were about to levy when the
plan tiffs fled their bills for iniunctions.
In each case the Acknowledgement in
terposed an answer for the Treasurer,
stating that the coupons had not been YER
flied before the tender under the prOvis-
ions of coupon Killer No l." The
plaintiff excepted to this answer as being
no answer and the exceptions being set
down regularly under the rules to be heard
after argument, Judge Bond held that the
treasurer had made 10 answer, and struck
it out and gave final decree as for want
of an answer.
Judge Hughes to-day followed Judge
Bond S ruling in q number Of cases. In
each case it was decreed that the taxpayer
paid his tax when he rendered coupons.
That he might deposit his coupons with
the clerk OF the court who should give
him a receipt. stating on its face that his
tax was paid by order Of court that the
collector is forever enioined from levying
on or returning the taxpayers property as
delinquent, and that he pay the costs,
about $40 in each case.
Amongst the cases in which this decree
was made are II. &. Dulaney, owing SO 900;
Daniel X. Stewart, owing S2,954; David
B. Tenant, owing 81 .Si3 =; D. b. Tenant
q Co., owing $3.50 Charles II. Paxton,
owing SSH.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
NEW ADV ERVIsEMENTS.

fE7O ALI. WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-I have
l this day employed Messrs. BARGANIN &
SHEPARD as my agents to carry on the bust
ness of PLUMBING ana GAS FITTING, DC
They are authorized 10 buy sell for cash
only W. j. BURKE.
stanton, Va, June I'd, lSs5.-3t
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Rev. J. E. Booker was installed as coe
pastor of the Charleston, w. Va, Presby-
terrain church, yesterday.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Ex-President Arthur is suffering from
Pright's disease of the kidneys, and is
looking badly. He is preparing for sea
voyage.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

They had a warm time in Amherst
county over the selection of Supervisor
for one of the Districts. The aspirants
were Messrs. Watts and Cabell. A pri-
mary was ordered to decide who should
be the Democratic candidate. The first
vote gave q majority for Watts. Irregu-
larities were charged, and then another
primary was ordered. AT this Cabell won
by IS votes. The friends of Watts claimed
Irregularities in this. and they were not
willing to submit. 1t was a family rum
pas, and we await the result with indif-
ference.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in he Post Office at Staunton, Au-
gusta county, Va, June }. 1883.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Farmers in the country will do well TO call
me before purchasing elsewhere
Mir. l., NJ. PORTER is with me aud will be glad
to his friends, to whom he will give his
personal att enton.
ES-Do not forget the place,
r. l.. STRATTON.
No. 10 North Augusta Street,
june4 Staunton, Va
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04

Judge jackson. of the q. S. Court, at
Charleston, w. Va. upon foreclosure pro-
ceedings directed the sale of the River
Division of the Ohio Central Railroad and
of the Point Pleasant Bridge Company
within one hundred days. Thos. r. Sharpe
receiver, and j. E. Kenna, Thomas Burns
and J. Fl. Cracraft. have been appointed
commissioners to sell the property. Sew
eral companies are DESTROYS of getting it.
A Toledo syndicate wants to make con-
nection with Norfolk, Va, and the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railroad Company has q
weather eye on it.
The stockholders of the Washington,
Ohio and Western Railroad Company held
a meeting in Alexandria on the 9th OF
May and elected the following Directors !:
President, A. M. Martin directors, t. G..
Woodbury., Portland, Me-; F. M. Colston,
MARYLAND !; II. d. Cooke, Washington H.
S. Cummings, Washington r. I. Barton,
Virginia Fl. Heaton, Virginia ; G. II.
Bates. Delaware w. G.. Oakman, New
York c. E. Kimball, New York A. G.
Campbell, Kansas U. L. Boyce, Virginia;
C. II. CLARK, Pennsylvania.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
OFFICE OF CRY TREASURER,

sTAI-NroN, VA, June LIST, 1885.
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF STAUNTON CITY
IN BONDS.-By resolution Of tn City Council
passed May 18th, 1850 | am directe TO notify
holders Of &a3altoR City Bonds, ''SERLES d.
due January lst 1885. that they will be paid IN
ftt!E p0a presentation at this Office on or after the
Isl day " Jiy 1885, and that Interest Sufd bonds
eaW cease after that date. Respectfully,
JOHN NJ. CARROLL,
june4-St City Treasurer
ID L. sTRATTON,
Successor to LEFrwrcH K srnArroS,)
DEALER IN
GROCERIES u COUNTRY PRODUCE
NLnI.R rnRACCn SEED EEEn sc
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
The Senate and Appointments.

The reasons assigned for the adoption
OF these rules, says the Critic, are under
stood to be in effect that the Senate, I'M
der the constitutional provision of lad
vice and CONSENT is an advisory body to
the Executive, and with him is held re-
sponsible for the character of the Civil
Service, and that under the laws of Con-
gress establishing Civil-Servlce reform in
the public offices of the country their duty
requires some such action as indicated in
the above ''caucus rules
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-06-04
HENANDoAH VALLEY RAILROAD.

TINE TABLE-In effect May 25th, 1885.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

The New Jersey market gardens have
long been the source of supplies for
New York and Philadelphia. but com.
plant is now made by The gardeners
that their business is no longer profita-
BILE, owing to the competition and cheap
transportation from the South. One
man expresses tho opinion that such
gardens can be conducted more profit.
ably in the vicinity Of i1land cities and
towns, which a.e not reached SO readily
as New York by Southern trade. In
support of the claim that the business
is not profitable in that locality. one
producer near Newark offers careful
computation of his expenses and in
come from two acres of ordinary good
land during last season, which was
rather uniayorable. The total expenses,
inclusive of labor, amounted to 1922. 20.
Total receipts S1,277.GO. Deducting
the outlay, ss54.3o remained to pay for
the labor OF six months. To the or
binary comprehension this seems like q
reasonably fair profit, and leads to
specnlations in regard to the income
from those two acres before Southern
competition was known. Such state.
ments are also calculated to excite in
quiry into the merits of such business
when tried, rs suggested, in the neigh
borhoods of the inland cities.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

The Insult offered tl,o l'n.tod
States flag hy the Mormons on the
Fourth Of July plainly shows the
animu, of that sect toward oul
government. Yet prosclytcs to
their faith are constantly tlockina
to orr shores, Quite recently a
band Of 500 landed in New York,
If We have the right to exclude the
Chinese, who come to America,
with no intention Vi violating the
laws, it certainly seems within the
competence Of the government to
prohibit the immigration Of those
who avowedly purpose 10 set them
at naught. This would be no more
an act Of religious Intolerance than
to lnterdiot Thugs, whose religion
prcscribcs murder AS Il holy act
from settling in our midst. Poly.
gamy, rs well As murder, has been
proven by the history Of Ill civiliz
Cd nations to he Incompatible with
a progressive society and dcstrsc
i've ~ the best interests ui II com
munity. Ii should therefore he
treated accordingly by the civil
authorities st. Paul Globe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
What Is Left for the Poor!

OF our vast public domain, but little
is left. Railway companies, American
Barons," and European Sirs and
Lords, have come into possession of
millions OF acres. 1t is estimated that
thirty owners monopolizc territory in
the United States which would make a
path eight miles vide once around
the earth. Out Of and upon this
land generations to come must live;
but the present owners have acquired
for themselves and their successors,
the franchise Of forever levying and
increasing tax for it's use. It is not
alone on Western plains, however,
that the evils Of land grabbing APP
pear. To a degree far less in area,
but greater in value, the lands of our
cities East and West have been wrong
fully appropriated to private use, and
made the basis of an oppressive system
of private taxation. Though it is i'm
possible to compute the am unit of this
tax which all have top for the benefit
Of the few, It is p lp.,' le fact that il
must be a proIi2inus sum. But this
evil does not end tn the tax the land
being largely withheld from use, cities
are unduly crowded, progress is i'm
peded, wealth is concentrated, poverty
is increased, and caste distinctions are
eHcouraged-conlitons from which the
whole country suflers.-Jersey City
Le10or
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
A Leading Issue Before the SeA.
Congress.

Judge Daniel F. Miller, Of keOhuk
! one OF the leading Democrats OF the
state, wines &c Gen. Weaver us fol
lows, which shows that he IS no,
pleased with the Gold Bug Admin
iration and also that he is in SYM
pathv with Gen. Weaver and tie
Greenback iar.,.
The leading issues before the
neNt Congress VII. be. probably, the
retirement OF the srceabaci. and Il
change in the silver MONEY. 10 make
it more valuable, or rather to put
more ii the present coins.
- :. that il IN $50 ! thi,lii) the
sp.cil! l.s.rr.i - liz money power,
tie holders q L. :. bonds and god.
why III. Secretary IF the Treas.
IL. desires 10 pay bondhoiders i'm
gold rather ,,.a.. silver: j. q strange
thing to me-.
When Grant and his party abolish
ed gIeenl,as.ks fer coin 10 pay bonds.
it wa !. gleat robbery IF the public;
and now TO ub9.isi! silver to pay
bonds il, gold coin, is /. .trange thing
to me.
when Grant and his party abolish
ed greennarns a.. ..oin to pay bonds,
it wns !, great robbery Of the public
and now 70 abolish silver t. pay
hpn,l, in gold coin, is of the same
characirt Q! wrong.
i shall eNpce. you aea; Miatc. to
expose the frauds IN burning words
of indignation.
! d. L. MILLER.