The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-05
The President has signed the oleomar-
garine bill, and it is now law

The President has signed the oleomar-
,arine bill, and it is now a law
Able List, the great musician and COM
poser, died at Bayreuth, on the..lst Of Au-
gust, aged IS years.
The nomination of Fitz John Porter TO
be Colonel in the U. S. Army has been
confirmed by the Senate.
Gen. &C. Watts, Democrat. has been
nominated for U. S. District Attorney for |
West Virginia, to succeed Mr.. Frick,
Mr.. Nathaniel r. Dawson, of Selma,
Ala, has been appointed Commissioner of
Education by the President, TO succeed
John Eaton, resigned.
Mr.. McGraw. whose nomination for Col
lector of Internal Revenue for West Va, /
has been pending for over a year, has been
confirmed by the Senate.
For corpse, the Labor Herald seems to
be pretty lively. Royal will have to try
it again, before he makes a success of
abridging the rights of free press.
DIR. A. S. Mayo, clerk Of Powhatan co.,
is missing. He has made no returns of
fees to the Auditor for two years, and the
grand jury of his county has indicted
him.
Gov. Lee recently received letter from
Northern lecturing bureau Offering him
ten thousand dollars to lecture for ten
inf no In 0Ft 1,n
civil war. He promptly declined the Of
fer.
Hon. Geo. A. jerks, of Pa, recently
resigned from the position Of Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, has been APP
pointed by the President to be Solicitor
General, in place of John Goode, of Va,
rejected by the Senate.
e Gen. John 3. Gordon has received the
Democratic nomination for Governor of
Georgia. This was predicted when he
was escorting Jefferson Davis through
that State. Generalship is not always con-
fined to grim visaged war.
The Roekbridge County Neaos is now I'M
der the sole control of Mr.. Boude, that
gentleman having purchased the interest
of Mr.. Moore. The Necs is in prosper
GUS condition and we trust may increase
in prosperity under its new management.
A good many British and some Conti-
mental manufacturers are considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of removing to America The
trade depression abroad has lead to this
If fIo Ok
manufacturers of Glasgow has decided to
come.
Gov. Lee has appointed Mr.. III. Gillian
a ld,vyer of Richmond, delegate to the
Farmers Convention, which meets in
Minneapolis, Mimi. this month. Could
not farmer with sufficient sense be found
in Virginia to represent the farming in
terests
Gen. Dabney II. MauTy. of Virginia.
has been appointed by the President Z.
S. Minister to the United States of Colon
bia. 1t is stated that it is to recompense
Virginia for the rejection Of Mr.. Goode IS
nomination for Solicitor General-a poor
consolation for Mr.. Goode, and equally
poor recompense for the loss of 81, 600 a
year.
The Republican caucus of the Califor-
MIA Legislature has nominated A. p. Will
liams, prominent merchant Of San Fran
cisco, for tie United States Senate TO fill
the unexpired term of the late Senator
Miller Mr.. Hearst, Democrat, is the
present Senator by appointment, Temporal
rily, of the Democratic Governor of that
State.
Last Sabbath, as President Cleveland s
young wife came out of church while it
was raining, a policeman, standing at the
door rendered her his umbrella. She ac-
cepted and taking his arm walked to her
carriage in waiting. That policeman is
said to be very proud and happy man,
now, and much praise is showered, upon
Mrs. Cleveland.
r. Butler Malone. son of Gen. VIM :.
Malone, has formed a partnership with
Jay Cooke, under the firm name of Cook
& Co., for the purpose of conducting the
Banking and Brokers business in Wash
ington city. They will buy and sell stocks,
bonds, grain, provision. cotton, petroleum
and other securities. Young Malone is a
bright young man, genial and energetic,
and we hope will abundantly succeed in
his new business relations.
The surplus revenue bill passed by the
Senate last Friday has an important clause
attached. 1t provides for the redemption
of the trade dollar at it's face value, pro.
yided it is not defaced or mutilated. They
have to be presented within six months to
greenbacks. as may be selected. The bill
will have to pass the House and be signed
by the President yet to become law.
Now that the editor of the Labor Herald,
Richmond, has associated with Hon. Jno.
S. Wise, Hon. J. w. Daniel, as counsel to
defend his interests in the injunction
order against the publication of Ger
tain names in its columns, we await to
see whether the Democratic papers will
denounce him as they have Mr.. Wise. 1t
makes difference sometimes, in this era
of Democratic reform, whether man is
Republican or Democrat.
We learn that a movement is in embryo
looking to the candidacy Of Mr.. J. E.
Sanger. of BriGgewater, for Congress, in
opposition to Col. O'Ferrall. Mr.. Sanger
is Republican, intelligent, well informed.
and forcible writer and speaker. He is
especially well posted on the tariff ques--
ton and has contributed some able arti-
cles to the press on the subject. His in
terests and sympathies are with the work
ingmen and farmers, and he would receive
a support from that class irrespective of
party. He is practical and successful
business man, energetic and puhlic-spir-
tied, and withal, gentleman Of unblem-
ished character.
The trade dollar has been the instru-
ment of a considerable amount of sharp
dealing between the people and the bank
ers. 1t was in the power of the business
firms of the country to discount them
heavily by fixing a standard Of current
value. After boarding a good many of
them at the discount price, and awaiting
a year, they would be started out as dol