The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-06-10

THURSDAY. June 49, 1886
The Grand Theatre and the entire block
of buildings adjoining it, in Louisville,
KY, was burned on Monday last.
A number of tenement houses were
burned in Chicago on Monday last, and
seven persons were consumed by the |
flames.
Maj. T. 2. Wallace, Of Orange, is spe-
ken Of for the Democratic nomination for
Congress to succeed Hon. j. S. Barbour,
who declines reelection.
Henry Coffee has been appointed post
master at Maupin, Nelson county, and
Sarah G. Nisewanger at Tenth Legion,
Rockingham county, Va.
On Tuesday last the President and his /
bride returned to Washington from Deer |
Park. The determination to leave the |
mountains so suddenly was not explained, |
bnt was disappointment to many.
Rev. Mr.. Sunderland, who married the
President, says that he left the word
"obey" purposely out of the ceremony,
believing that the word honor" covers
all that was designed in the formula,
When such prominent Democratic lead
ers as Randall and Holman put their heads
together to defeat the civil service law, it I
is time for Mr. Cleveland and the Mug
wumps to band together for self-defense.
Mr.. Oscar d. Derr. postmaster of Roam
oke. and Miss Bessie A. Lawrence. of
Goochand county, were married Wednes-
day evening at Grace church, Goochland
courthouse, Rev. P. M. Boyden officiating.
The Senate has passed the Chinese III
demnity bill. The occasion for the bill
was the recent destruction of the property
of Cinnamon in Washington Territory,
and driving the Chinese from that Terri
tory.
In order to kill the oleomargarine bill,
Senator Beck offered on Monday. the
Morrison tariff BILL as an amendment to
it, and had it referred to the Agricultural
Committee, to which the oleomargarine
bill had been referred.
Revs. Sam Jones and Sam Small are
bringing their batteries to bear upon the
wicked city of Indianapolis Their ser
vices are largely attended and last Sunday
night six of the regular churches closed
for want Of hearers, all attending the ser
vices of Jones and Small. Several of the
ministers are very severe upon them, one
of them denouncing Jones as a moral
scavenger." This may account for Jones'
audiences and for the absence of listeners
to the other preachers.
Secretary of the Treasury, Hon. Daniel
Manning. on the goth of May, sent to the
President his resignation. The President
refused, requesting Mr.. Manning to with
draw his resignation and accept leave OF
absence until the 1st of October. This
Mr.. Manning did, and last week, with his
wife and several friends went to the Vir
ginia Hot Springs, where he now is, and
we hope will be much benefited and
speedily restored to health from the use of
the baths.
Mr.. Nathaniel Burwell, for many years
patient at the Western Lunatic Asylum,
died on Friday last. He was a citizen of
Roanoke county, and thirty years ago was
patient in the Institution. He was dis
charged as cured. went home, married and
raised family, and about a year ago was
again admitted to the Asylum. He was a
gentleman of culture and many excellent
qualities. and was welcome visitor in the
social circles of Staunton, in his lucid pc
RODS, when he first came to the city.
The defeat of the Home Rule Bill in
Parliament on the It'll, was a victory fof
Home Rule. Twelve months ago the
measure would have been laughed out of
parliament as too ridiculous to be dis
clssed. On Monday last it received the
votes OF 81 members out of a total vote
of $50, and the leader in It's support was
the first statesman of England. Public
sentiment, it will be seen, has undergone
marvellous change of late in relation to
the rights of ireland. and it is safe to as
sumo that with such leaders as Gladstone
and Parnell, an Irish Parliament is fixed
fact in the near future
Nothing could more forcibly Illustrate
the weak and tottering condition OF the
French Republic than the action OF the
Ministry in ordering the immediate expul-
sion from France of the French Princes
the Legitimists and Bonapaitists-and en-
towering the government to expel all 9TH
er Princes whenever their expulsion shall
be deemed by the government eXpedlent.
A government that cannot rest its eXls-
tance upon the devotion and patriotism OF
the people is the merest burlesque upon a
Republic, and the sooner it becomes one
of arbitrary forcethe more it will conform
to the true condition of public sentiment.
Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama. in the
House of Representatives, made violent
attack upon Edwin M, Stanton, Secre-
tory of War, under Mr.. Lincolns admin
istration. Wheeler denounced him as
traitor and an arch conspiratOr. Coming
from a Confederate General, the attack
upon Stanton naturally caused consldera-
BILE feeling and no little indignation with
Republicans and Union men in Congress-.
Hon. w. d. Kelly, on Monday last, re-
piled to Wheeler, defending Stanton and
rasping Wheeler severely. The Speaker,
seeing the drift of the discussion and that
it would damage the Democratic party in
the North, cut it off quite abruptly, ruiz
ing Wheeler out of order when he arose to
eply.
Salem Register: Died, at his home. near
Hanging rock, ON Monday, May 31st, 1886,
Mr.. John Niswander, aged 70 years. The
deceased was for many years merchant
at Dayton, Rockingham county, Va, but
moved to this place about sixteen years
ago and established the Salem nursery,
which business he conducted up to the
time of his death. Deceased was a mem
Der of the Lutheran church for many years,
and in all the duties of life was faithful.
Like a sheaf fully ripe he was gathered to
his home. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the Lutheran church on Tues
day by Rev. L. G. M. Miller, the pastor,
after which he was buried in East Hill
cemetery.