The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-01-28
A telegraph office has been opened

The Lynchburg cotton mills has 40 |
on its pay rolls, and is doing
a prosperous business.
Charles W. Carrot was run over on the |
Richmond and Allegheny Railroad in
Saturday night, and killed
Representative Tucker has appointed
G. w. B.aHarris. of Rock bridge, cadet at |
West Point and David Kirkpatrick, of |
the same county, alternate.
E. E. Rollins, of Fredericksburg, died |
last week at an advanced age. He was
the father of Jos. E. Rollins, cashier of
the Covington National Bank.
j. R. Kemper has purchased 470 acres
of farming land near Swoope's Depot.
Augusta county, owned by the heirs OF
the late G. w. Swoope, for $22, 500.
Rey. Leonidas Rosser, an eminent min
lister and evangelist. in the Methodist
Church South, died at Ashland, Va. on
the 14th, of the grip, aged 70 years.
Daniel Bohan, one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of Staunton,
died last week of grip. He was a famil
lar figure on the streets and was one Of
the most industrious and strictly honest
men we ever knew.
Mr.. jeff Higginbottom, who was an
infant heir at the time his father sold
the land on which the growing town of
Bluefield was built, has brought suit
against the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road Company and other landholders
for $3.50, 900.
The Norfolk Virginiaaa keeps abreast
of the times and especially with the
growth and prosperity of the city where
it is published. Mr.. Glennan is a news
paper man of push and ability, and we
are gratiied to see from his journal that
he is meeting with the success he de-
serves.
Burglars have been very daring in
parts of West Virginia along thee & O.
railroad. They attempted to break in a
store in Upper Hinton last week and en-
tered the store of O. B. Miller and H. G.
Bare and the Office of J. G. Bright, of
Anderson. They got $3.50 only for their
trouble.
Mr.. Mills has written a letter to Speak
er Springer asking to he relieved of the
craftsmanship of the committee on rail-
roads, &C., to which he had been as
signed. and saying that he did not want
to be handicapped by such responsible
ity as he thought he could be more use
full on the floor.
Politicians and newspaper correspon-
dents one day last week announced a
serious rupture at a cabinet meeting
between President Harrison and Secre
tary Blaine. The next day Mr. and Mrs
Blaine gave dinner to Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison. Look upon this picture,
then upon this
j. Catlett Gibson, delegate from Gull
pepper county, has introduced in the Vir>
ginia Legislature bill to tax dogs at
their true value, none to be assessed at
less than SO, the tax thus derived to go
to the State school fund. Mr.. Gibson is
evidently seeking retirement from the
cares of legislative responsibility.
Jack the SIasher,'' who has cut the
Threats of dozen of drunken men and
women he has met on the streets of New
York and other cities, was arrested last
week. He proves to be a man named
Dowd, of reputable connections, who at
one time was in lunatic asylum, and
has brother who is q confirmed crank
Senator Quay brought suit, some time
ago, against the Beaver, Pa, Star, for
defamation of character On the 10th
the case came on trial and a jury
brought in verdict against the Star of
guilty as indicted. The penalty is 81 ,000
Quay will intercede in behalf of the de-
PENDANT. A similar verdict was rendered
against the Pittsburg Post.
The political situation in the Demo
cratic party is rather disturbed. The
friends of Cleveland begin to realize that
Hill is not asleep and that his inventive
genius will be tried to its utmost to con-
troll the Chicago Convention. 1t is now
said Cleveland will declare against the
use of his name in the Convention. If
this be SO, the situation will remain ia
an uncertain and perturbed condition.
Justice Bradley, of the United States
Supreme Court, died in Washington, on
the 22nd inst, aged 70 years. He was a
learned jurist, and an honest, incorrup-
tible public officer. His successor will
be appointed by the President from the
district in which he had Jurisdiction
comprising the States of Pennsylvania
New Jersey and Delaware. It is proba-
BILE the selection will be made from
Pennsylvania.
Jerry Simpson, the Kansas statesman
who was waited into Congress on the
calamity wave, says he is opposed to
war with Chill and that all international
disputes ought to be adjusted by arbi
tration. When arbitration will not arbi-
trate, what then? But we thought the
way Jerry faunts the red flag of politics
that he would be for fighting anything
and everything, SO long as somebody
else did the fighting.
1t is officially stated at the Agricul-
ture Department that the whole produe
tion of wheat of this country for 1891,
was 100000 bushels, as against $780,
262, 900 bushels for 1890. The corn crop
has increased from /, 4S9, 970, 900 in 1890 to
1900, 100000 bushels in 1891, and the oat
crop from 523, 621 900 bushels in 1890 to
73S, 1884, 900. The foreign demand has
increased in even larger ratios We are
exporting about 100000 bushels of
wheat week, and nearly 100000 bush
els of corn.
The Democratic National Committee
met in Washington on the 21st, and on
the 18th ballot, Chicago was chosen as
the place and the 21st of June the time
for holding the next Democratic Nation.
al Convention. The selection of the
place is considered a triumph Of the Hill
faction and practically places the party
under the control of Hill, Brice, German
and Barbour-the Senatorial Big Four