The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-06-24
Messrs. Manor Il Bear, of Harrisonburg

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Secretary Manning's improvements since
he has been at the Virginia Hot Springs,
has been steady and rapid.
Mrs III. II. Teaford has been appointed
post master at Denmark, R0cllbridge co.,
vice n. w. Smith. removed.
A new postofice has been established at
Valley Mills, in this county, with Mr..
Andrews D. Tribbett as postmaster.
Col. John E. Penn, of Patrick, is spoken
of as prominent Democratic candidate
for Congress to succeed Hon. John w.
Daniel.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is IN his 18th year Of
his age. and yet he is stumping his district
in Scotland with the youthful dash and fire
of Disraeh.
Mr.. RANDALL has following of thirty
five Democrats who will not bow the knee
to the old time doctrine of free trade and
who wisely, if inconsistency, spit upon
their national platform.
The New Orleans Picayune draws a We
correct difference between doctor anda
lawyer. When the former gives you up
your chance for life is gone; when the
latter gives you mp your money is gone.
The Greenbrier, w. Va, Independent
came to us last week in an entirely new
dress, presenting very handsome appear
ance. The Independent is an excellent pa
per and deserves the success it is receiv-
ing.
Mason M. Patrick, of Lewisburg, W.
Va, graduated at West Point at the close
of the session this year, second-best in a
class of seventy-two. This is very high
honor. and reflects great credit on Mr..
Patrick.
We learn from the Lynchburg AdUa1ace
that Judge Paul had to adjourn his Court
last Tuesday, for want of funds to pay
witnesses and jurors. This is the second
time the u S. Court in this District, this
year, has had to adjourn for the same
cause.
The cases set against W. r. Smith, the
defaulting clerk in the Auditors office,
were to have come up in the Hastings
Court of Richmond, on Tuesday last. Mr..
Smith S health has not improved of late,
and is such as will not enable him to at
tend The trial 1t was consequently post
poned.
There are six vacancies in the Peabody
scholarships allowed Virginia int the Nash
vile College. Examinations to fill these
vacancies will be held as follows; Farm
vile, June 29th; Salem. July 9th, and
Staunton, July 9th. State Superintend-
John L. Buchanan may be applied to for
further information.
Gen. Malone, as Chairman of the State
Republican Committee, has called meet
ing of that body for the Goth inst, in
Washington city. The object is to dis
cuss and determine the nature of the cam
paign to be made this fall for members of
Congress, and to advise as to the time of
holding the District Conventions.
On Friday last, in executive session of
the Senate Mr.. Shepperd was confirmed as
collector of internal revenue for the
Staunton district. and Mr.. Ritenour as
postmaster at Harrisonburg, Bib at
Charlottesville, Cullingsworth at Rich
mond, Haller at Wytheville, Linney at
Cord louisville, Dearman at Danville, Cald-
well at Warrenton, Head at Leesburg, and
Forbes at Fredericksburg.
President Cleveland promises to swing
around the Western circle during the
summer and has accepted an invitation to
be present one day in July at the Chicago
Exposition. Since his marriage there is
considerable talk about his nomination to
succeed himself in 1855, and Mrs. Cleve-
land seems to be throwing considerable
animation into her husbands movements.
The suit of Hal Dulaney. for $1,000
damages against the Indemnity Board of
Virginia, will come up for trial before
July. This suit grew out of the refusal
Of the Treasurer of Shenandoah county,
under instructions from Auditor Marye,
to receive coupons for taxes, and levying
on the property of the plaintiff for the
amount of the State tax.
Mr.. III. w. Fuller, general passenger
agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way, has been appointed in addition
general passenger agent of the Ches-
apeale, Ohio and Southwestern, running
from Louisville to Memphis, and it is un-
derstood that he will remove to Louisville
in the early fall, so as to be near the cen
tire of the line between Newport News
and Memphis. A branch general office
will still be kept up IN Richmond.
John G. Scott and Miss Emma Scott.
son and daughter of William Henry Scott,
of Richmond, Va, by curious colncl-
dence, each received gold medals from the
institutions where they graduated on
Monday the 14th. Master Scott car
ried off the orators medal at the Wash,
ington and Lee University, and Miss Scott
received Il like honor at the closing exer-
cises of George F. Merrill's Select Female
School, Richmond.
The New Professors at the w. & L..
University.
The Trustees of Washington & Lee
University, at the recent meeting, were
peculiarly fortunate in the selections they
male to ill the chair of Moral Philos0-
ply and Belle Lettres, and the chair of
Chemistry and Geology. Each Of the gen
tlemen selected is specially fitted for the
position to which he was called, thus
making the corps of professors at the
University not only complete, but an ex-