The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-08-23

by Can't, James l.. Sterling,
The Democratic Convention for the 9TH
Il strict on the 18th. nominated for Con-
g,ess John A. Buchanan. of Washington.
Mr. Geo. A Hudson of Amherst county, |
WAS seriously injured in a collision on the |
Norfolk and Western at Forrest Depot on
Friday last.
Charles Croker. one of the great rail-
road kings of the Pacific slope. died at
Monterey. CAL last week. He was worth
$40 000, 200.
John Browns Fort at Harper's Fer
r.. has been purchased by New ork par
ties and will be placed in Central Park at
NJ distant day.
DR.. Chas. P. Wertenbaker,- of Char
io'tesville, has been appointed assistant
surgpo, in the marine hospital service, at
a salary of $1,000.
Golden EIam shot and killed A. e, Pyne
sn Dinwiddie county on Saturday. the
difficulty grew out of dispute over an
account of about 81.
Mrs. Habel. widow. aged So. commit
ted suicide at her home in Salem, Roanoke
county. Fri lay night by taking laudanum
Her husband took his own life at Liberty
by the same means few years ago.
The antl-probitionists in the Buffalo
district. Rockbridge. county. have petl
toned the Judge for an election on the
29th of September. to determine the IL
cense question. The district went dry
two years ago.
Gen. Wickham's will was admitted to
record in Hanover county last week. 1t
appoints his wife and son, II L. Wick
ham. executors without bond, and wills
his whole estate to his wife, 1t is estl-
mated at $3.50 COG.
New York Tribune: England gase he
land free wool, and it killed Irish sheep
growing When England gives anybody
anything 1t is likely to be deadly poison
to the recipient Your politics, therefore
Mr.. Bull. are declined with thanks.
In 1850 the session of Congress last ed
until the last of September. With that
exception, btie pftScilt CoHSiCSo Afso oeAe
longer than any one previous. 1t is not
probable that it will adjourn before
October. In that event it will take the
belt as the longest
Gen. Boulapger was elected on the 10Th
TO the Chamber of Deputies for the De-
partment of Somme by majority of
34.7l3. He also heads the poll in the Char
ente and Nord Departments. The an
nouncement of the figures caused great
excitement in Paris. and shows that Bou-
hanger is still an important political factor.
A syndicate of capitalists of Roanoke,
Va. are negota for the purchase OF
75o acres of land adjoining the city limits
of st. Louis. The price to be paid is $500
per acre. or $3.50 600 for the whole. Capt.
JIG. Langhorne, Col. R. II. Logan. and
Messrs. D. B. Strouse and L. j. Shickle,
of Salem. are the principal stockholders of
the syndicate.
The Democrats of West Virginia met
in State Convention On the 10TH at Hun
mated for Governor; P. I. Duffy for An-
ditor: w. T. Thompson. for Treasurer:
B. S. Morgan, Super lntendent OF Schools;
Alfred Caldwell, for Attorney General:
Henry Brannon and Dan. E. Johnston, for
Supreme Judges.
President Cleveland has allowed the
River and Harbor bill to become law
without his signature, by keeping it from
Congress ten days without returning il
vetoed He thus allows measure to be-
come law which he does not approve, and
one more obnoxious than that vetoed
by HIM last Congress, involving $22,
600 600.
The Rochester Volcsbldtt. an influential
German newspaper. is the third journal
published in New York State which has
abandoned Cleveland and come out for
Harrison and Morton recently. The most
damaging blows which the Democracy is
receiving this year are being dealt in the
very State which the Democrats are most
anxious to carry.
The Democratic papers are making a
flourish over what they say is the defec
ton of Hon. D. d. Farnsworth. of w.
Va, and his determination to support
Cleveland. Well, that is abont like nearly
all the reported recruits to Democracy. -
Mr.. Farnsworth has not acted with the
Republicans for number of years, and is
about as faithful to the Democracy as most
of the renegades with whom be is classed.
Here is list of the New York state
70 ha for
this year: The Buffalo NeUs. edited by
Cleveland s best friend and the man who
Grst nominated him for governor; Syracuse
Herald, Utica Press. Rochester Volksb'dtt.
The Rochester Post EGpress is stabbing
Cleveland in the back, and so is the AL
bany Times. The New York Independent
is supporting Harrison, while in 1884 1t
was for st. John.
Mr.. Fl. st. Geo Tucker, the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the 10th district
states to the FIuvanna Bulletin, that the
s.canyass must be made red hot. 1t will
need every exertOD-but We will win. F"
Well. Mr. Tucker car have it as hot as he
may wish 1t is likely it Will be made
most too hot for him before he gets
through. and he will not win either. Mr.
Tucker commences his boas!ing most too
socn. He bad better hold up little until
he learns more about the situation.
Like the case of Mr.. Farnsworth, of w.
Va, who is reported as a convert to De-
moc-acy, but who has been Democrat all
the time, is that of Mr.. John b. Rhodes,
of Delaware county. Pa. Mr.. Rhodes has
been a Democrat all his life. and voting
for Cleveland will be doing as his father
before him did for the Democratic nom-
nee. So with Mr.. John Stephenson, of
New York. large manufacturer. He is
reported as convert to the cause of free
trade. when in fact Mr.. Stevenson sup
ported Cleveland in 1884, and Hancock in
1852. And so it goes all along the line.
A gigantic system of post Office robbery
has teen unearthed in Chicago. A man
named Voro Oherkaupf was arrested, and
in his room were found letters, drafts. and
papers, estimated to repres est $3.50, 900.
II /, o'ioyed that the DaDPrS. &c, found