The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-07-01
The New City Council.
A CHANGE OF FRONT AND FRESH coSIBI-
NATION. THE OFFICERS WHO WILL
PROBABLY BE ELECTED TO DAY.

NATION. THE OFFICERS WHO WILL
PROBABLY BE ELECTED TO DAY.
Sunday morning little knots of local pol
iticians could have been seen here and
there engaged in earnest conversation, and
every now and then very vigorous ex-
preston would catch the Par of the passcr-
by. The suppressed excitement was oc-
casioned by the rumor that Oh the night
preceding five of the members of the City
Council elected on the Anti Primary
ticket had formed coalition with the
three Primary Councilmen, and that a
caucus had been held and the city officers
elected on an altogether new schedule.
From what we have been able to gather
since it seems that the five Anti. Primary
Councimen, Messrs. Snmmerson. Crowle,
Teabo, Long and Butts, invited The three
Primary Councilmen. Messrs. Cochran.
Berkeley and Tams, TO conference, with
ont having extended the same courtesy TO
the other two Democrats elected on the
A iii Primary ticket. MessrS. Oherdorfer
a III lt'rgamin. to say nothing of the two
Republicans nlrssrs. Craig and McMahon,
who v,rc al~n elected on the same ticket.
At this feast of reason and flow of soul, y
th, CHI, { subject of consideration was the
dist risa;,i.a of the polls. The savory
MOI sci MAS disposed Of tn the entire salts
factint. Of he caucus. the following being
the =, stlt
For President of tile Councll-J. A..
Cochran.
For Commissioner Of the Revenue It.
J. Cinw!cr 10 fill the vacancy occasioned
Fur S,;m rintendent of the Water Works
-JnO r. Long. member of the present
Coiucil in place Of Nj. Dinneen. in
cnmhent
For Assistant Superintendent of Water
Works. y. Moore present incumbent.
For Police. The following incumbents :
J. II. Waters W. NJ. Simpson. Jos. New
man AMI JOS b. I.ickliter.
For Fire Police--a new oflice-Robt. A.
Hamilton.
For Super iEtendeht of City Streets ia
II. oflire-M Hounihan.
For Clerk tn Council-N. Argenbright,
present ii.eumbt MT,
For Messenger to Council and Oyerseer
of Poor-Jno. W. Bryan. The position
of messenger to the Council has been filled
by peytnn Hutchens, and that OF Overseer
of the Poor 10y VIM. Simpson, i'll addition
to his duties rs policeman. Mr.. Hntchens
la ont armed man, and Mr.. Bryan, we
understand refuses to take the messengers
place if Mr.. II. desires to retain it.
For Manager of the Opera House-W.
L. Olivier. present incumbent. For Jani-
tor of the same.~,J. W. Blackburn. present
incumbent.
The surprise occasioned by this action
of The FIVE Anti Primary Council was COM
plete. 1t was generally understood that a
caucus of the nine Anti Primary Council
men would be held on the night Of the alth
to make nominations. and the men who
had been most active in rlcc;inl that
ticket had reason to suppose that their
claims for The Offices. especially the posi-
tiqns Of pniceinen, would AZ least be cons
sidered. MIR. Crowder's selection was en-
tirely satisfactory to the AntiPrmary
people, us were those of some of the other
nominees The fight in the election last
May was made for a change OF police. as
MUCH rs anything else, and when the
Anti Primaries secured q majority OF the
whole Council. they had a right to expect
that their wishes would be respected. Five
of the Councilmen they worked for and
elected seem to take different view of
the matter now, and as natural cOnse-
quence the atmosphere hereabouts is
pretty sulphurous. If 'cusses' could be
coined. we would have funds enough to
make every yotera capitalist and decorate
the town in pmple.
When last heard from there were three
caucuses in full bloom: That mentioned
above; Mcssrs. Oberdorfer and Bargamin !;
and the two Republicans.
The new Council meets for organization
this morning, after which the various
offices at their disposal will be filled. The
programme as indicated above will likely
be carried out.
Clifton Forge Independent: Last Mon
day J. w. Barrett received draft for
81 500 from the Grand Lodge of Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen for Henry
Yeager, who became member of the
Freman's Brotherhood last June. He
contracted a deep cold in the latter part
of September which turned into consump-
| tion. His physician declared him totally
disabled April 18th, and his Lodge Jack
son Lodge No. ga of Clifton Forge) sent
the necessary papers to the Grand Lodge
in Terra Haute, Ind. and sixty days after
received his insurance of fifteen hundred
dollars, the amount this Brotherhood pays
to disabled members, just the same as a
death claim.
This Lodge of Brotherhood Firemen
was organized the 2sth of last June. In
the past year they have doubled their
membership and have contributed their
share of nearly three hundred thousand
dollars which has been distributed to the
widows and orphans of their deceased
brothers and among members of their
order who have lost a limb or become dis
come disabled, like their brother Henry
Yeager. Too much can't be said of an
organization composed of men who stand
on the fOOt-board and share the danger of
his engineer and who draws about one
third the salary, yet will gladly contribute
his part towards replacing in measure
the loss of dear one by contributing to
the support of the widows, orphans, or
some disabled brother. Success must
crown an organization of this kind. pro-
tected as they are by the aged mother IS
blessing and the widows and orphans
prayers, and the members of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen can rest
assured if they keep intact the principles
of their noble order that the grand Master
of the universe will, when the trip of life
| is over, say-Come ye that have labored SO
long for the weak and weary ones of your
order, come, and will give you rest.
STEELE's TAvERN.-Mr. M. Steele. the
veteran hotel man and popular caterer. is
building a large and handsome hotel on
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