The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-04-26
sTATNTON,VA.

HoRsDAY. April o. 1888.
Lewis Payne has been appointed post
master at Covington, Va.
Secretary Bayard and Mrs, Folsom,
mother of Mrs. Cleveland, are to be mar |
ried IN June.
Mr.. o. B. Loose, of Lexington, engaged
in the jewelry business, has made an as
signment-assets about IS, 600, and liabil-
tiles about the same.
J. Bernard Peyton, Esq, has been
chosen Recorder for the city of Hunting
ton. w. Va, to fill the vacancy ocoasioned
by the death of Gen. Obey.
Hon. Ben. Harrison Will go to the Chi
cago Convention with solid, earnest del
egation from Indiana, except one district
which is partial to Gresham, but will vote
for Harrison.
Messrs. Geo. D. Wise and C. T. OFFER
rail- are set down. among The Virginia
members to speak in Congress in favor of
the Mills free trade tariff bill, aud Mr.
Yost against it.
The bottom of the South basin of the new
S20, 900 reservoir at Roanoke, fell out last
Sabbath week. The reservoir is located on
Mill mountain and lis capacity about 12,-
100000 gallons.
Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton, United States
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side on Wednesday last, while riding in
the cars from Frankfort to Welsbaden.-
The report is favorable to his partial re.
covery.
The Lexington Gazette comes out
strongly for Hon. w. A. Anderson as the
Democratic candidate for Congress from
this district. The Spectator has an
nounced for H. st. Geo. Tucker, Esq, of
this place, for the same position.
The House of Representatives Thursday
passed the bill to establish department of
agriculture. and a bill to create boards of
arbitration for the settlement of controv-
ersies between Interstate commerce car
riers and their employees.
A mission is in progress in Grace Epis-
copal Church, Lexington, Va. conducted
by Rev. DR.. Warner, of Holy Trinity,
New York city. With our Methodist
brethren these missions would be called
revivas. They have been productive of
great good wherever held.
The stables of Senator Stanford at Mt.
Alto, California, were burned last week
and six of his finest blooded horses were
lost in the fire. The loss is estimated at
100000. Norlaine, the celebrated year
ling FLY. that made the best time on re-
cord. was among the lost
The delegates at large from Ohio to the
Chicago Convention are Gov. Foraker.
ex-Goy. Foster, B. f. Butterworth and
VIM. McKinley-a strong team. The first
and last named are good Presidential tim
Der. They will vote for Sherman. bnt
either would make more acceptable can
didate.
1t is rumored that Secretary Bayard is
to become father-in-law of the admins
tratiOn, or in other words, that he is to
marry the mother p-law of the President.
Gossip says the marriage will take place
the End of June. which is the anniversary
of the marriage of Grover Cleveland and
Miss frances Folsom.
This is the year for the Republicans to
carry New York. 1t alternates every
Presidential election. In 1864. Lincoln
carried it. In 1868 Seymour; in 1872
Grant; in 1876, Tilden; in 1880. Garfield:
in 1884, Cleveland: and in 1888, Blaine, OF
whoever is the Republican nominee. That
is the way to count it,
>. Is. oyphax, recently appointed to a
place by the Secretary of the Navy. was
dismissed last week for insolence to a su>
perior. Syphax denied the charge but he
mad to go all the same. He has been act
ing with the Democrats for several vea1s.
He was at one time an active Republican,
and well known where Republican con-
ventions have been held.
In the Senate on the 18th. the bill to ad.
NIT South Dakota as State was passed
by party vote. the Republicans voting for
and the Democrats against. 1t goes to the
House. but it is not probable it will he.
come law. The Democrats profess ia
want to admit the whole Territory as one
State. but this proposition was deceitfrl
and not intended to effect the object they
declared.
The sub committee of the House Com
mlttee on education. on the 18th. decided
to report to the full committee substi.
tute for the Blair Educational bill as
passed by the Senate. The substitute
provides for the use of The money realized
from the sale of public lands, not to ex.
coed eight million dollars in any one
year, for educational purposes. he
money is to be distributed among the
states in proportion to the number of
persons of scholastic age.
1t is stated in the Norfolk papars that
Gen. Malone has removed Cant p
O'Conner, Chairman of the Republican
Executive Committee of Norfolk. and
that Col. G. A. Martin, as Chairman of
the County Committee, has removed
Charles Howard as chairman of one Of
The precinct committees. These removals
are because the offenders are opposed to
the present plan of organization and the
managerial policy of 'sour chairman. :,
That is the way the chairman gets AT the
Will of the majority and respects it.
}. Taylor ElIyson, a State Senator from
Richmond, has been nominated in the
democratic primary for mayor Of that
city; M. l.. Spottswood, for CITY attorney.
for sheriff. Levi 2. Winston: CITY auditor
Miles Turpin; cityatreasurer. John x.
Childrey, beating the Incumbent. S. C..
Greenhow: Frank w, Cunningham. col
lector; h. b. Munford. commissioner Of
revenue; E. c. Garrison, high constable:
II. A. Carter, constable; Chas. w, GoGdin.
clerk OF chancery court, beating the in.
cumbent. Benz. H. Berry; w p. Lawton.
clerk of hustings court. Alfred Shields.
clerk of circuit court. The defeat of
Messrs. Greenhow for treasurer. and Ber-
ry for chancery clerk was somewhat of a
surprise.
Gen. Malone by his peculiar methods to
make things solid for his managerial pol
1cy'' in the Norfolk district in decapitat.