The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-20

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sehoois' one OF them for the colored pc
pie. No better evidence could be AZ
duced OF the sincere desire of the ia,
paying citizens of the State. than III
liberal provisions being made for fl
education of the rising generation {
ootn races. This action on the part {
the Capital City of Virginia is volum
q protest against the unjust assault
which have been made by outsiders ur
on the educational advantages of tn
commonwealth When the condition o
the people, at the close of the war i
considered, and the result of their bra v,
ehofts to recover from the disastrous
effects OF the four years bloody contest
and place themselves on progressiv We
grounds, are measured. it will be a won
der to future generations how If was
they accomplished so much. The old
state IS marching to the front. and il
her own people will persevere in the
brave and magnanimous course thew
have thus far pursued, within the life of
another generation there will be no
more advanced and prosperous Com
monwealth in the Union.
The Spanish reciprocity treaty is a
splendid business provision, and the pre-
iminary arrangement which is the treaty
Itself In substance, will go into effect
September the first. 1t is based almost
exclusively upon the free sugar market
that Cuba and Porto Rico find In the
United States. II the Spanish refuse
TO give us reciprocity and compensa-
ton, in the language of the treaty, the
President would proclaim a duty on the
sugars of the Spanish Islands and dis
crlminate in favor of Brazil, which has
yielded us advantages that are compen-
satlng in reciprocal convention. This
is international business. The markets
OF CUBA and Porto Rico are among the
most important that are opened to us.
The new treaty is certain, as all informed
business men know, to increase our ex-
ports The tariff law of 1890, thus pro-
vldes for the purchase of more flour and
pork from us. The political point is that
the repeal of the tariff of 1890 would de,
stroy our Spanish treaty, for it, like the
tariff itself, is based on free sugar
The visit of the French squadron re
Gently to Comstadt, Russia, Prince Bis
marck says, was the result of three gross
mistakes of German Diplomacy The first
mistake was the visit of the Empress
Frederick to Paris; the second was the
renewal of the Triple Alliance, which
was divulged with such eagerness by
Emperor William, and the third was the
Emperors noisy visit to London. The
effect OF these errors was to draw France
to close relations to Russia, and estrange
these two great powers from England
and Germany. When the mighty con-
l1ict OF the armed legions of Europe
comes, and come it will in the near fu-
ture, the sagacity of the conclusions of
Prince Bismarck will be made apparent
Cashier 7. j. Maple, of the Exchange
Bank, at Columbus Grove, O., had Just
opened the bank Saturday morning
when man appeared in the door with !
4 revolver in each hand He shot the
cashier and an old man who happened
to enter the bank, and grabbed $1,000
and disappeared, saying, "I'm second
Jesse James, He ran through the
street, firing as he went. At the edge of
the town he entered cornfield. He was
not captured The old man is dead
1t seems that the large vote cast for
the new Constitution of Kentucky, was
The result of cooperation between Re
publicans and Alliance men. The Demo
Gratis opposed it, because it required
banks, railroads and other corporations
to be taxed and also eliminated the
word white from the Constitution, con
forming it to national law and the Con>
of all other States. The Alli>
ance men and the Republicans will con-
troll the Legislature.
The death of child near Glade /
Springs under most horrible circum>
stances is reported. A physician was
called in to prescribe for the child, which
was unwell, and administered what was
thought to be calomel. The doses were
too large and soon the child was salivat-
ed. Then followed, until death kindly
put an end to it's sufferings, horror OF
horrors. The little ones teeth came out /
one by one or We're plucked out by it's
own hands, the whole side of its face
was eaten away, it's flesh sloughed from
the bones and its body became mass
of putrefaction. The matter is to be in
vestigated
Philadelphia Press Southern farmers
complain that an 100000 bale crop of
cotton brings less money than a 4, 900, GOO
bale crop did. Doubtless in dollars; but
the dollars received for the 10000
bale will buy more of everything the
farmer wants than the 100000 bales
did. Cotton is so per cent. as high as it
was in the 100000 bale days, but all
metals and manufactured articles and
are only from 20 to 40 per
cent. as high. The farmer is making
more value under this arrangement than
he once did.
While Mrs Barbara Hatcher and her
husband, George, were partaking of the
noon day meal at their home, in South
Boston recently. George made remark
W HIS vile tuttt UlAC Ittbt6f ulO uOl Ike,
when she seized the carving knife and
stabbed him in the back The knife
penetrated a lung and he will probably
die. The woman, who is fifty one years
old, is under arrest.
Myra Fancher, beautiful girl, sixteen
years old, Thursday night shot and in>
stantly killed A. G. Jones on the street
at Zelwood, Fla. Jones, who was sec
ton foreman on the Florida Central
Railroad, courted the girl a year and
discarded her. Miss Fancher was ar
rested and taken to Orlando for trial.
Edward Borst and Manly Lee, both
colored, charged with the murder last
March, of VIM Bronson, were found gull
ty at Lexington, Va, last Saturday, a
week, of murder in the second degree,
and were sentenced for and 6 years res
spectively in the penitentiary.
The Farmers Alliance store at Spar
tanburg, s. c., has failed, and Messrs
Allnut, Nixon and Goldsborough, of
Baltimore wholesale shoe dealers, have
entered suit in the United States Dis
trict Court for 81, 925 against the direc-
tors of the alliance in Spartanburg coun-
ty.
Mr. T.. Bobbitt. died in Lexington last