The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-01

of cheese every week
Judge D B. Lucas, of the west vi
ginia Court of Appeals, states that he
not an aspirant for the United State
Senate
w. l.. Van Lear, a prominent cltlze
of Augusta county, died near Foil
Mills, on Sunday last, after protracte
illness, aged 70 years.
John M. Young, of Grayson county
who killed his father, wounded hi
brother and another man and escaped
has been captured in Arkansas
Royster, charged with the murder o
young Epps, the telegraph operator a
Suffolk, was captured on a Brazilian
steamship at Newport News Saturday
Mr.. Chas. Lewis Peyton, prominen
citizen of Greenbrier county, W. Va.
| died at his home at Richards, in thai
| county, on the 14th inst; In S5th year O.
his age.
The amount of gold brought in from
Europe within the past week, is about
$6,245, 900. At this rate we will soon have
back our shipment abroad of last spring
and winter.
VIM. Bolen, an old and highly respect
ed citizen of Hinton, was killed by an
engine at that place, last week. He was
on the front of the engine, which ran in
to wagon at crossing. King Law, a
colored man, who was driving the wag-
on, was also killed.
The Democrats have nominated Ros-
we'll p. Flower, for Governor of New
York Lieut. Governor Jones intimates
that he will run as an Independent dem
ocratic candidate, as a protest against
the machine method which he alleges,
dominates in his party He is the Jones
who pays the freight.
1t is unlawful to catch trout at any
time between September IA and April 1.
Fine for violation of this law is $50. Per-
sons catching trout between those dates
are also liable to be prosecuted by the
United States Fish commissioner, if CON
victed for taking trout in any stream
that has been stocked by a United
States Fish commissioner.
Murat Halstead closes an editorial let
ter in the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
with these pregnant words: LII the Pre-
sidential office at last seeks Mr.. Blaine,
we presume it can find him, and that he
will be nominated by reclamation and
elected by the grandest political demon
stration and the most splendid express
sion of generous confidence and substan-
TALLY unmeasured good will that the
country has ever known"
An enterprising man in Somerset
county, Md, has gone into the business
! s1tsIne; terrapins. His terrapin farm
is an acre in extent, on a creek, sur
rounded by heavy fence, driven two
feet and half into the ground, and ris
ing four feet above the surface. This is
to prevent the diamond backs from es-
Gaping by their burrows, from the IN
closure or being washed out by the high
tides.
The removal of County-seats is conta-
gious. The last heard from in which
there is talk of change, is our neighbor,
Pocahontas county, w. Va, where there
is proposition for removing the Court
house from Huntersville to Warrington,
where an effort is being made to build
up a town at the junction of the propos-
ed railroads to run through that section.
Col McGraw proposes to give several
acres of land and 5000 toward the re-
moval.
Mr. William Baer, of Bolivar, Freder
lex county, Md, seventy seven years
old has son fiftyefour years old and a
daughter but one week old. He has a
second wife and is the father of sixteen
children, eleven of whom are living. He
is republican, and one of the children
is named Jane Grant, another Ruther-
ford b. Hayes and another Dolly Cars
field He expected to name the news
conner Benjamin Harrison, but it will
have to bear Mrs Harrison S name.
Senator Call claims that he was elected
by the Legislature of Florida, to succeed
himself in the q. S. Senate. Gov. Elem
ing refused to sign the certificate OF cleo
tion because he did not believe it was le
gal. The Governor therefore proceeded
to fill the vacancy that he claims will
exist on the 4th of March, by the APP
pointment of Hon. R. H. NJ. Davidson.
The question of right to the seat will
come up for determination before the
Senate, when it meets in March next
John Campbell, president of the Hecla
Iron and Mining Company, lronton,
Ohio, died in that place on the 18th,
aged "a years. He was one OF the most
extensive operators in iron Industries IN
the country, and had been very success
full. His ancestors came from Scotland,
and their defendants a hundred years
ago enigrated to America and settled in
Augusta county, Va. The grandparents
of Mr.. Campbell removed from this State
to Kentucky and thence to Ohio, where
Mr. Campbell was born.
Seven employees of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad who were arrested ON the
charge of robbing freight cars at Bruins
wick, Md, and receiving stolen goods
from cars, were given hearing before
Justice Thomas Turner in Frederick
George Danohue was discharged, but
Jerry Morgan, William Fowler, George
Schultz and Morgan S. Rice were held
in $4OO bail each and John McKenna
and William Clark in 5000 bail each for
court. Rice was the only one able to
give bail.
Fl. Clay King, a prominent lawyer and
public man of Memphis, Tenn, some
months ago shot and killed David H.
Poston, another lawyer engaged in an
important case against King. The diff
fculty grew out of Kings relation to the
widow of the late Gen, Gideon ]. Pillow,
involving valuable real estate which had
been decided by King to Mrs. Pillow
while fascinated by her influence. The
trial of King resulted in his being found
euiltv of murder in the first degree; and
on the 18th he was sentenced to behung