The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-08

DEFERRED ARTICLES.

The Loudon and Westminster Bank. {
London. England, was robbed on til
21st of $1,25o,000
Ex- Governor Morehouse of Missouri
| committed suicide by cutting his throa
at MarysviIle, in that State, on the 23rd
| The Farmers Alliance of Page Count
has nominoted Isaiah Printz, allianc
democrat, for the House Of Delegates
1t is estimated that $50, 0O0, 900 OF gol'
/ will be sent from England and Franc
to this country during the next few
months, to purchase breadstuffs.
Sam Purdy. the celebrated trottine
stallion, died last week at Capt Fol
Dangerfeld's farm in Culpeper, aged q
years. He has some SPLENDID colts il
Valley
Mary A. Swetzle, an inmate of the
poor house of Rockingham county, was
run over and killed by freight train on
the Baltimore and Ohio Road, neal
Harrisonburg, last week.
Eleven men were convicted of murder
in the first degree, at Laurens, s. c., on
Wednesday and Thursday of last week,
and all of them were sentenced to be
hung Oct. 80. They are all colored.
Mrs. Isabella P. Steele, died in Bnena
Vista, at the home of J. P. McCluer, on
the 18th of Sept, aged 50 years. She was
a daughter Of the late w. B. Sterrett of
Rockbridge and wife of Jno g. Steele
deceased.
The Farmers Home Journal, for near
ly a year the official organ of the Farm
ers' Alliane in Kentucky, has given up
its connection with that organization.
The reason assigned is that the alliance
wishes to go into politics.
Rev. Howard McCreary, who was con-
victed of hersey in the Episcopal Church,
has renounced the ministry of that
Church, and accepted the charge of the
Universalist Church, Saginaw. Mich. and
will enter upon its duties at once.
The ST. Lawrence Boom and Manu-
featuring Co. has completed three miles
Of railroad in Pocahontas county to get
lumber to the river It runs from the
Buzzard place to Knapp's creek, a few
hundred yards below Huntersville.
ST. Bell, a lannon's trotting horse, died
at Franklin, Pa, Saturday, of collie. He
was owned by Miller and Sibley, and
valued at 100000. He is said to have
shown trials of speed on the fair grounds
at Franklin at the rate of 2.04 without
training
The horrible story of cannibalism
among the Russian peasantry is more
than confirmed, for in some of the afflict-
ed srsvinces it is said that starving fam.
lies, giving up all hope of rescue, are
prolonging life by devouring their help
less infants.
Philadelphia parties, who own the
have discovered remarkably
rich deposit of gold at Pen Run, Stafford
county, Va. The ore is abundant, and
much more profitable than some of the
mines of the Pacific slope. Considerable
excitement was occasioned by the dis
covery.
A millionaires' bank has been organ
lied in New York, the incorporators of
which under the law of the State repre-
sent $500,000,000, VIM. Rockefeller, G. P,
Huntington, and John j. Astor with W.
G. Whitney, Bishop Potter, and others.
1t will be a State institution, with cap
ital of 100000 and surplus capital of
500, 900 more.
A lady resident of Covington, Va, has
written letter to the United States
Treasury Department asking if there is
any truth in the published statement
that there is s8,O0O,O 900 in the vaults of
the treasury for the heirs of Robert
Morris She will be informed in reply
that there is no such fund in the treas
ury as that described by her.
Secretary Foster is ferreting out
long standing abuse in the Treasury De
partment. 1t is that of clerks drawing
regular salaries, and having the work
done by substitutes at less price. The
Secretary has issued instructions to have
every man answer in his place, as indi>
Gated on the rolls, and if not there in
person to know the reason why.
Distinct earthquake shocks were felt
on Saturday night at st. Louis, Mo-,
Louisville, KY, Terre Haute, Evansville,
Jacksonville, Loganport and Vineennes,
Ind, Mount Vernon, Peoria, Blooming
ton, Springfield, Jacksonville, Taylor
vile, Decatur and Mount Pulaski, ILL.,,
and Keokuk, Ia. No damage was done,
but people were greatly frightened.
The announcement is made by Mr.. w.
H. Rowlands that he will in week or
two, commence the publication, in Rich
mond, Va, of ssThe New South" a
weekly journal devoted to Immigration
in the Southern States, Agriculture and
Industrial Development. There should
be good field in the South for relia-
BILE journal devoted to these interests.
Lewis B. Earl, of Marshal, Mich, went
up in a balloon at that place with Frank
Thayer, of Mt. Pleasant. Earl was
going to jump with a parachute and
Thayer was going to come down with
the balloon The trapeze rope broke
when the balloon was up a short distance.
Earl's neck was broke, and he died at
once Thayer suffered a broken arm
and internal injuries.
Local scientists Of Galesburg, ILL.,, are
excited over the discovery of the remains
of an elephant ten feet below the sur
face, in the western part Of the city I'm
mense vertebra were found, and subse>
auently three teeth discovered. The lar
gest tooth is ten inches long, five and
one-ouarter inches wide and six inches
thick and weighs six pounds. There
were found portions of a tusk and some
fragments of other bones
Hon. w. B. Hubbard and Hon. W. "a.
Hearne, both prominent lawyers and
prominent Republicans, of West Virgin
la, engaged in fisticuff on the streets
in Wheeling on the nth. They were
engaged on opposite sides in an impor
tant case, out of which grew bitter feel
ino Thav met on the street. and after