The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-07-10

China proposes to borrow thirty mi |
lion taels ISL 6el of American silver fer
strategic railways in Manchura.
The motion of Senator Morrell, Nh IL
day last to take up the Mckinley Tariff
Bill, was defeated 10y vote of 90 to 90.
General Adam E. King. of Maryland,
has been appointed to he desirable and
lucrative position of Consul General to
Paris.
Mrs. Pauline P. Dnprez died at the
residenceo of herson- in law, Rev. L. B.
johnson, of Harrisonburg, on the 50th of
June, aged 80 years.
The Richmond legislative delegation
has recommended Mr.. James G. Lamb to
Gov Mckinney as the successor of the
late Hon. E. H. Fitzhugh, judge of the
Chancery Court.
A number of New York and Philadel-
phia capitalists have organized the Rich
land Tube Works, and will establish
large plant, with $500, 000 capital, at
Richland, on the Norfolk & Westt IN
Railroad.
The directors of the Detroit Museum
have covered the nude statues with
drapery, in answer to petitioners who
asked to have their bushes spared. And
now the directors are the laughing stock
of the town.
In South Greensboro, North Carolina,
which has population of 1900, the cen
sus man did not appear; and 1900 PEG
pie are consequently left out. One town
ship in the same county did not have an
enumerator.
On the passage of the Federal Election
Bill the vote of the Virginia delegation
was as follows: For the bill-Bowden.
Waddil Against the bill-Lee, Lester,
O'Ferrall, Tucker, Venable, Buchanan,
Edmunds. Not voting-Bayly Browne.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of JEFF
ferson Davis, arrived in New York from
Europe Sunday last. She was met at
the steamer by her fiance. Alfred Wilk-
inson, who accompanied her to the resi-
= dence of Mr.. Latham, where she will re
main a few days.
Thirty-five Young ladies were invested
. as novices in the order of the Sisters OF
Notre Dame, in Baltimore. Tuesday
last Their novitiate will last two
years, when they will make profession
of VOWS; at the end of seven years
they will make their final VOWS.
Miss Anna Magdalen Ehret. the oldest
daughter of George Ehret, rich brewer
of New York, is to wed the Baron Carl
Won Zedlitz OF Germany. Miss Ehret is
twenty-five years of age. She is a
graduate of the Sacred Heart Convent
and carried off the honors of her class
A cloud burst along the Ohio river
July 3rd, occasoned great destruction
to bridges. crops and farm houses The
government dam at Marietta, Ohio
which cost 100000, was washed away
The Panhandle and Coshocton railroad
was badly washed, and the Ohio cana
broken.
A syndicate of Roanoke capitalists
has subscribed to 100000 of the River
mont Land Company stock last Tuesday
The gentlemen composing the syndicate
are. Jos. III. Sands, M. NJ. Rogers, G
O'Leary, A. s. Asberry and James s
Simmons. The property of the River
mont Company is located at Lynchburg
Va.
The President has signed the bill fol
as State in the Union. The bill to ad
NIT Wyoming having passed the Senate
III uouuu receive r. vorut,ie tfvr1 il
the House, and another State will be
admitted Each will elect two U. S
Senators, adding four to the Republican
column.
In Roanoke county last week Mr.. Pc
ter Kefauver was driving an OK team
which ran away His son. who was OF
the wagon with his father, ran in front
of the team with view of stopping
them, when they ran over him, killing
him instantly. His father was thrown
out of the wagon afterwards, and his
leg broken.
The largest single log of poplar evel
cut in West Virginia was cut a few days
ago in Logan. 1t measured SO feet in
length, GO inches in diameter, 900 cubic
feet, and 81, t25 feet board measure This
log alone is large enough to build a
good-sized frame house. 1t will be run
out for the Cincinnati market on the
first water of sufficient size in the Guyan
river.
Capt James F. Peyton, yardmaster OF
the Virginia Midland Railroad freight
yard, Alexandria, dropped dead while
uperintending the making up Of a
freight train at the yard Friday even
ing Capt. Peyton was welI-known
throughout the State, having been for a
long time one of the passenger conduc-
tors in the Midland service.
Friday afternoon. just before the Grip
pie Creek train pulled out Of Ivanhoe,
Wythe county, a number of persons
who were on the car got into a row, in
which Walter Gunter cut another party
very severely in the face and neck with
knife, whereupon the other party,
whose name was not reported, drew his
pistol and killed Gunter instantly.
Rockbridge county is steadily decreas-
ing its railroad debt. The county sink
ing fund commissioners cancelled on
Friday county bonds to the amount of
$2:100, they having been bought in by
the treasurer. Two Thousand dollars
We're Cancelled in the winter, making
81, 100 during the fiscal year. The amount
outstanding of the $780, 600 of bonds is
sued is $247, 600.
The Democratic Convention which
met at Scranton, Pa, on the End inst,
nominated r. E. Pattison for Governor.
and Chauncy Black for Lit. Governor
the same ticket that was nominated and
elected in 1882 by 40, 900 majority The
dissatisfaction with the manner and
methods of the nomination of Delama-
ter by the Republican Convention, EN-
courages the Democrats to believe they
can repeat the result of 1882
There was a large meeting of the
Farmers Alliance of Prince William
county, Va. at Manassas, Friday last
The Democratic members of the Ali
.auc6 held a maefinp and audorco1 State