The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-01-22

DtauutOI1, va.
Giles Devier, ESQ, of the Rockingham
Register, favored us with a call yester-
day.
Gov. Mckinney has appointed Messrs.
VIM. NJ. McAllister of Bath. NOV mem
Der of the w. l.. A. Board), Baker +.
Lee of Hampton, and David A. Pierce of
Wytheville, to be members of the Board
of Visitors of the Virginia Military ln
stitute for a term of three years, from
January 1, 1891.
Intelligence has been received here of
the death at Baxter Springs, Kansas, of
Mr.. Geo. R Peake, in his S4th year. He
was formerly a senior partner in the lar
gest commission house in Richmond, that
of Peake & Bradley, his partner being
Mr.. NJ. N. Bradley, now of Staunton. He
was an uncle of Judge j. L. s. Kirby Of
Staunton.
A son of Mr.. M. d. Pusser, a merchant
of Gibraltar, N. c., was SO badly affiict
ed with rheumatism for year or more,
as to be unable to work or go to school.
His father concluded to try Chamber
lain's Pain Balm on the. boy. 1t soon
cured him and he has since walked one
and II half miles to school and back ev
cry school day. so cent bottles for sale
by W. NJ. Allen, Druggist.
Hon. J. Don. Cameron, of Pa. has been
reelected to the United States Senate.
The severest winter on record las
been experienced in England, Germai V,
and France. Great suffering has been
the result.
Dispatches from General Miles were
received by General Schofield Thursday
announcing the end of the Indian trou-
bles in the West The, hostile Indians
came in to Pine Ridge Agency and turn
ed in their arms.
General Milledge L. Bonham, of South
Carolina, has written to Governor Till
man confessing a misappropriation of
State funds while adjutant-gen raj of
the State The amount is pl laced at
about $4,000
Judge V. P. Chaplin, OF Clarksburg.
w. Va, commerce agent at Samoa, ut
der Fillmore's administration and lost
goods sc. in Il storm on the coast. He
filed claim for 100000 then, and has
just been awarded 100000.
The air ship, which has been in pro-
cess of construction at Mt. Carmel, III
for several years, has proved a snccess.
1t will be exhibited at the Expositi, n
building in Chicago, and is to fly around
the building and carry two passengers,
and to get 100000.
The first annual meeting of the Basic
City Mining, Manufacturing and Land
Company was held last Thursday noon
at the Hotel Brandon in Basic City.
The directors were all reelected. After
the wonderful progress attained by the
Company in building up Basic City, its
surplus at the end of the year was
1856. 1000
OF course the United States Supreme
Court has decided that the meat inspec-
ton law. passed by the last Legislature
of Virginia, is unconstitutional Every
one, with grain of common sense out
side of the Legislature, was satisfied that
the law would not stand. 1t was passed
to gull the farmers, and to make believe
that the Legislature knew something
about the Constitution. 1t was designed
rs deception, and is SO pronounced by
The supreme Court.
The very kind and too partial notices
u the VIRGINIAN, which we publish to-
lay, from the press of the state, refer
ing to the contemplated change in the
of this paper, call for CRATE
al Acknowledgements. They come from
10Th political friends and opponents, and
ire the expressions of Discrimination
Judgment and generous friendship. We
incersly appreciate them. No higher
estimony to the services we have en-
leavored to render Virginia could be
'ffered or coveted than that which is
'lven in the extracts we publish. It is
source OF unaffected qualification to us.
nd will be held in the kindest remem-
france through life