The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-06-25

The Florida Legislature has decide
that Jefferson Davis birth day shall h
a public holiday. A very foolish an
unaccountable proceeding.
Sir William Gordon Cumming, one {
the principal figures in the recent baccs
rat scandal suit, decided against him il
London, was married on the 10th inst
to Miss Florence Gardner, a wealthy Ne,
York lady,
President Hyppolite, OF Haiti, mag
lining that there was conspiracy bein
formed against him, had over one hun
dred prominent citizens of Port a,
Prince, summarilY and qneeremoniousl,
massacred last week.
John Bardsley, city treasurer of Phila
delphia, pleaded guilty to Is Indictment
charging him with mal>administration il
his official position. 1t is estimated tina
there are between 100000 and 81 ZOO, o0(
of funds unaceounted for.
Lord Brooke, it is stated, will institute
suit for divorce from his wife, Lady
Brooke, because of too great intimacy
with the Prince of Wales, who will be
made co>correspOndent. 1t is the out
growth of the baccarat scandal
The Duke of Portland is the champion
subscriber to newspapers, He takes all
the papers OF England, and a heap more
from all over creation. The preceding
Duke used to do the same thing, and
filled up three houses with them.
Sir John Mcdonald, the premier OF
Canada, and the most noted statesman
of that province, died on the 9th after a
protracted Illness He Was conspicu-
GUS figure in Canadian affairs, and had
welded an irresistible influence in pol
itics and legislation for nearly half a
century.
The President has appointed Thomas
G. Fuller, North Carolina Democrat
as one of the five judges of the Land
Court, authorized by the last Congress
The commissions only run for two or
three years. This is the position for
which the friends of Col Thomas Smith,
of Virginia, pressed him.
President Polk, of the Alliance, says
an active campaign will be II once com
menced in forty States to make known
what the Alliance wants ia the way of
State and National legislation. That is
right. Let the people be informed on
all questions, and their import, and they
will be apt to give fair verdict.
The picnic of the Farmers Alliance of
Loudon county took place on Wednes-
day at Philomont, and an attendance of
from 900 to 200 was addressed by Sen
ator PETER and Hon. Jerry Simpson.
The speeches seemed to give. general
satisfaction They DISCLAIMER sfiisg i53IfS
in the third party movement.
A fearful railroad accident occurred in
Switzerland on the 14th, by which 1870
persons were killed and large number
injured. An excursion party, composed
Of many of the most influential people of
Bale, were going to feast, and in cross
ing the iron bridge across the Moernhan,
it gave way under the weight of the
train, resulting as above stated.
A massive and imposing granite shaft
was last week erected over the grave of
John Letcher at Licking
ton, Va 1t is of Richmond granite and
is marked by great simplicity of design.
The base is four feet square and the top
of the shaft is eighteen feet from the
ground. 1t bears the inscription John
born March goth, 1918; died
January 25th, 1884. Virginia's war Gov>
ernor.n 1t is tribute of respect and de-
votion from his family.
The Itata, the rebel Chillian ship
which escaped from San Diego, Califor-
MIA, with 5000 stands of arms for the
rebels in Chill, and in the pursuit of
which the u s. war vessel, the Charles
ton, has been blowing the sea for two
weeks, surrendered at Iquiqui to the
u. s. squadron in that harbor. She was
taken in tow for San Diego, where pro-
ceedings will be instituted for her con
demnation. Her Captain showed him
self to be an expert seaman.
U. s. Senator D. W. Voorhees,, is the
seventh Democratic Senator who has
declared against exPresident Cleveland
as the Democratic nominee for the Press
idency in 1892 An attempt is being
made to unite the West and the South
on the silver question to oppose him, as
against the East, that is in favor Of his
The Democratic masses,
we think, however, are decidedly partial
to Cleveland. and Judging from present
indications he will be the nominee of his
party.
1t is stated that corner is to be forms
ed on silver bullion. This is not i'm
possible. The silver production of the
world is not now equal to the consump-
ton. So much of it goes into plate, and
contrivances, that it's use is
increased within the past five years be.
yond the resources of the workable
mines. Shrewd men see this and conse-
quently may take advantage of the de-
metal to make a corner on 1t,
and thus advance its price beyond par
with gold.
1t is stated by people from Front Roy
al that the the survey for the connection
of the Norfolk and Western with the
Virginia Midland railroad at that place
has been completed and that the build
ing of the necessary mile OF that road
will soon be commenced and speedily
finished as there will be little or no cut
ting and filling. They say that the i'm
preston there is that the Norfolk and
Western will make it's connection with
Washington by the Virginia Midland,
via Alexandria.
John A. Cockerell, W h 0 has been
prominent in making the New York
World a great newspaper success, has
secured a controlling interest in the New
York Commercial Adcertiseq, one of the
Oldest papers in the country. Hereafter
a morning edition of the paper will be
issued, under Mr.. Cockerell's manage
ment. 1t will be independent in every