The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-02-13

Maj. Ed. B. Hill, brother of Gen. A. P.
Hill, and quarter master during the war
If his division, died in Culpeper on the
9Th.
Miss H. J. Robertson has been appoint
ed postmaster at Galatians, Va, and r.
L. Garter at Axtell, Buckingham county,
Virginia.
Brownlow Light, j. G. Speckard and
J. Fl. Van Dever, have been appointed
in the 9th Internal Revenue
district, Virginia.
The bill providing for the payment of
teachers in the public schools their sal
aries without regard to the attendance
of scholars. has become law
The officials of Kansas City, Mo, have
discovered a religious sect called the
Samaritans which believes in drinking
human blood as cure for all bodily ills.
w. w. Scott. of Orange county, late
candidate for Secretary of the Common
wealth, has been appointed to a place in
the Census Bureau and assigned to duty
in Arkansas.
Joseph Bacon. a colored boy of 12
years, at Louisiana. Mo-, deliberately
shot and killed his sister, aged s, and cut
off his little brothers head, because
'they wouldn't behave"
At the recent sale of the Barlow collec-
ton of rare books. at New York, Latin
translation of the first letter of Columbus
to Fer linand of Spain, was sold to Judge
Chamberlain for $4,000.
Mr. James H. Bemer, deputy Internal
McCaull, was married at Kernstown, Va,
on the 27th of January to Miss Ada
Green Bemer, of Frederick county.
The New York Presbytery adopted by
a vote of 90 to 43 report in favor of a
moder tte revision of the Westminster
confession of faith The Chicago Pres
bytery also voted for revision almost
unanimously.
The Harrisonburg Tannery, owned by
J. P. iouck & Co.. is to he enlarged.
The present capacity of the Tannery is
10000 hides a year. 1t is to be increased
to 10000. Philadelphia business men
are int crested with Mr.. Houck
Mr.. L. r. Stewart, of Virginia, has
been appointed consul at San Juan,
Porto Rico. Mr.. Stewart is the gentle
man who tried to break up the confer
ence OF the kickers. held in Richmond
some time before the election in this
State last fall.
Roanoke Times: Large numbers OF
steel rails are passing the city via. the
Shenan loah Valley and Norfolk and
Western railroads from the North fol
Southern points. Machinery is also
quite a large element in the line of ship
ments from and to the same points.
A wreck occurred on the Norfolk
Western railroad. at Huddleston Mill
on the 9Th, by the rails spreading be
hurled across a creek, a distance O
thirty Yards. and took fire from the
stove. Several were killed, among then
George Ker, of Eastville, Va, cousin
of Mr.. Heber Ker, of the VIRGINIA.
staff
Gen. Malone, by Edmund Burke. has
filed suit against W. P. Canaday fol
$500 on account of stock sold to him
1887 he was possessed of $4,000 shares
of the Gold Mining company's stock O
the value of $500 and the defendant
purchased the same at % cents per share
and plaintiff Endorsed it to him, but de
PENDANT did not receive or pay for the
same.
In Wichita, Kansas, Wednesday,
justice decided that corn WIS fuel.
Thousand bushels of corn belonging to {
farmer named Steadman had been at
tached. Steadman said he was using the
corn for fuel, and that one Thousand
bushels was not more than enough to las
a year. The justice ruled that under the
law e. EN- .oting years fuel the attach
ment co lid not hold.
About a month ago the princess o.
Wales had a sealskin jacket made for hel
lapdog, in Paris. and the important fac
was cabled over half the civilized world
1t was not in any degree of importance
but the result is amusing. One of the
most prominent furriers in New York
made twelve jackets for dogs immediate
ly on seeing the news in the paper anC
al hi fxuo
The bill to allow J. G.. Asbury and his
associates to erect hotel for colored
people at Fortress Monroe, has passed
the General assembly The consent OF
Congress is now necessary to make the
act practically available and this will be
given. The object is to erect a hotel fol
the :commodation of such co:ored PEG
pie as may be DESTROYS Of and are able
to spend part of their time at the sea-
shore. The hotel is to be one mile and
a-half below the Hygeia.
A colored girl named Frances Flood,
from New York, passed the civil service
examination very creditably last June.
There was no place for her at the time
Last week a call was made for clerk
in the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing Miss Flood was assigned to the
superintendent, and she was placed in
service as an assistant 80 d white
plate printer He refused to receive her
and was discharged. And now all the
plate printers are kicking against the
colored girl. and say they viii not work
with her, while the Superintendent says
he means to enforce the law, and stand
by the girl.
Mr.. Duckworth, a respectable Republic
can, was recently appointed postmaster
at Sharon, Ga. A number of Demo
Gratis the e objected to his taking charge
of the office, and threatened his life if
he attempted to do so. The matter was
reported to the Department and the
Postm aster- General instructed Duck
worth to enter upon the discharge of his
duties an the whole power of the De-
partment would be appropriated, if ne
cessary, to his protection. The Attor
ney- General, on application of the P. M
General, has orderd several deputy U.
S. Marshals to proceed to Sharon and
see that Duckworth is sustained and pro-
tected. 1t is just such insaLe action on