The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-15
DEFERRED ARTICLES.

John Hotstetter a wel-to-do farmer
Of Rockbri.lge county, accidentally fell
on his infant child last Monday and
killed it.
Emmons Rlaine, son of Hon. James q
Blaine, has been made assistant to Presl
dent Meyer, OF the Baltimore q OHIO
railroad, and will have charge Of the in
terests of the Company, west Of the Ohio.
Mrs D. G. Gilmore, the postmistress at
Anderson, has been removed on account
Of incompeteney. The applicants for
the vacancy thus caused are-Chas. 4
Thomson, Edward Shield and Lard
Ballard.
/ We learn from the Pochahontas Times
that Nj. Il. Nd. LoclSridge has sold his
farm on Knapp's creek, that county, to
Messrs. Henry and Amos Barlow and
Rice Moore, for the sum Of $4,000, viz
tuaily cash.
Lieut.. Dabney, retired officer of the
Navy, and of the Faculty of Prof Ka
ble's Military School, Staunton, slipped
and fell ON the crossing on Augusta ST,
opposite the Catholic Church last week,
injuring his knee cap, which will keep
him in his room for several weeks.
Dr. Briscoe B. Ransom, brother of Capt
T. D. Ransom. was married on the 30th
ult.. to Miss Rose St. G., daughter of
Henry Harrison, Esq, at the residence
/,f lasc foA IA, {r,
The bride is a sister of Capt. Ranson's
wife, and also of Geo. NJ and G. H. Har-
rison, of Staunton
A man named Luster, charged with
murder in Pennsylvania, was arrested ia
Bath county last week and taken to
Covington. The detective, who was
stimulated by a reward of $1,000, had
been with him for several weeks, butdid
not catch him off his guard until the &C
cused accidently shot himself, and laid
his gun aside for moment.
We referred last week to the state
ments against Gov. Campbell, of Ohio,
as to his private business and expressed
our regret that they had been made
Since then, the statements have been
denied all round, from Gov. Campbell
down, and the Governor has demanded
a full and complete retraetion by the
papers publishing them, or to defend a
libel suit.
Col G. T. O'Ferrall expresses the opin-
ion that Cleveland will be the Demo
cratic nominee for President in 1899, sill
yer or no silver. The Colonel is about
right, as Cleveland is the only person
prominently connected with the Demo-
cratic party, who would have ghost of
position on the silver question. What
will John w Daniel do then?
In attempting to arrest-a colored man
named Henry l.. Brown at Crimora, Au-
gusta county. last week, Deputy Sheriff
John L. Ramsay was shot through the
hand by the discharge of his pistol. He
was afterwards struck with a rock by
Brown and considerably injured. The
negro was finally secured and taken to
Albemarle, where he was wanted, but
subsequently returned to Staun Q IL :,
where he is held for assaulting an officer
while in the discharge Of his duty.
Governor Patterson has called an ex-
ira session of the State Senate of Pen
nsylvania, to investigate the relations OF
Auditor~General McCumant and Treas
urer Livsey, with the Bardsley rob
berries in Philadelphia The action of
the Governor looks to the impeachment
Of these officers, if the transactions in
| the premises are such as to justify it
There has been perfect cess pool of cor
ruption in official circles in that State,
Judging from the exposures made
Bardsley is already in the penitentiary.
| Who will follow him, is not given to
mortals to know.
Policeman Ryan, Of New York, was
| called upon to look after man and wo
| man, last Sunday evening, riding on a
street car, and behaving with improprie-
| ty. He stepped up to the pair, and re-
marking to the woman, who had her
arms around her companions neck and
| her head on his breast, Il want you,
| she looked up into the policeman's face,
when he discovered she was his wife
Realizing her situation she begged for
pity but the policeman-husband had a
duty to perform and he hustled her off to
| the station house and the next day had
proceedings entered for a divorce. He
said his home was a happy one to him
until that Sunday. The car scene was a
fearful revelation to him, and he propo
SEES to profit by it.
Mr. Chas. Smith, young man Of
Lynchburg, met with very painful
accident last week 1t seems that at the
time mentioned Mr. Smith who is the
fireman OF one of the yard engines Of the
/ Chesapeake and Ohio road was engaged
in what is known as blowing out" hii
engine near Fishing creek. He had
crawled under the locomotive for the
purpose of removing plug to let ou
the hot, muddy water While engaged
in this task.the plug was suddenly blown
out and youg Smith was deluged witt
the esca ping steam and hot mud. Whel
taken from under the engine his fac
and neck were found to be badly scalded
while his left arm, which was bare AM
resting just opposite the plug, was al
most boiled from the wrist to the elbow
Senator John w. Daniel, in his speec
at Staunton last Monday, a week, defir
ed the kind of Civil Service Reformer h
is He said Gen. jackson was the mos
perfect Civil Service Reformer this coul
try had ever had He reformed all of b
nolitical enemies out of Office and reform
ed his political friends in. He did NJ
believe inleaving single Republican
office. when the appointing power VIZ
in Democratic President He believe
in the spoils system and was opposed
everybody not in favor of it. This stru6
y responsive cord in his large audien
and they hoped and yelled at terrlb
rate Yet while Maj. Daniel was spea
ING the post office at Staunton, has in
emnloy q number of Democrats, kel
there under the Civil Service law, e