The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-14

OF LeWlsOurg.
Henry and Henrico counties, Va have
elected Hill delegates to the State Con,
VENT IN, instructing them to vote for
Hill.
Governor Patterson, of Pennsylvania,
declares through his friends that he is
not candidate for either the first or
second place on the Democratic Presi-
Dental ticket.
The Republicans carried Lincoln, Ne
braska, against combination OF Demo
Gratis and independents. and elected
their ticket in Tacoma, Washington.
In the State of Illinois, on the 9th. The
Republicans carried AZ towns and the
Democrats 26. A large number of women
voted at the school election, for the first
time.
The lot drawing at Warrington. Poca-
hontas county. has been postponed to
June list. This was caused by a change
i the location of the railroad which
necessitated Il re plating OF the grounds.
The friends of Senator Hill for Presi-
dent elected the entire delegation of 81
from Henrico county to the State Con
vention which meets May 10th, to APP
point electors at large to the Chicago
Convention.
One-fourth of the human race dies ha-
fore attaining the seventh year; one half
before attaining the sixteenth year. But
one person among 10000 attains the age
of 100 years, while one among 500 attains
80; one among 100 attains 60
A committee of the Massachusetts
House has reported a bill to abolish days
of grace on business paper. The idea
seems to be that a man who can pay has
no need of grace, and the man who can
not may AS well own one day as another.
The Republicans carried Rhode Island
on Wednesday last by electing the gov
ernor and both branches of the legisla-
ture. The Democrats have carried the
State by pluralities every year since 1888,
by majorities ranging from A, 800 down to
1850.
j. B. Pace, of Richmond, and his asso
ciate incorporators of the Lexington and
Western Railroad Company. incorpor>
ated last winter. called meeting for
April Is for the purpose of completing
arrangements to build the road from
Lexington to Bristol
We learn that Maj B. F. Eakle, of
White Sulphur Springs, has purchased
Mrs. s. B. Fry's farm near Lewisburg.
known as the Jacob Huffnage farm =
Price, $4,000. The sale will have to be
ratified by the Circuit Court on account
of infant heirs being interested.-L
burg Independents
A correspondent is informed that in
June, $780, there were in the United
States 1,797 railroads that maintained a
separate legal existence, of which TAI
were independent and 73o subsidiary
and 81 private roads-total mileage, 169,
500 miles In 1899 Canada had IA railroad
mileage of 10, 1862 miles
Congressman Allen. of Missouri after
making a speech in opposition to the ex-
pensive funerals of Congressman, says
he received IL letter from Il constituent,
saying: When you die, John, we won't
ask Congress to ray the expense of your
funeral. You've got enough friends
down here, John. to give you d respect
able burial, and we would take pleasure
in doing it,
Capt. Chas Roth, a mail agent for 20
years, running from Grand Rapids to
Jackson, Michigan. and who banged
Mrs. Surratt and the other consprators
against the life of President Lincoln, has
gone crazy. He did not throw off the
bags at one of the stations, and in look
ing for the cause, Roth was found in his
car, surrounded by mail bags and staring
wildly into vacancy.
The municipal election in Chicago, OH
the 9th, resulted in large Republican
gains, and the election of 30 Republicans
and II Democrats and Independents
making the Aldermen stand 80 RepubIi-
cans, 80 Democrats and Independents.
Nine of the 80, are at present members
of the council. Five of them are under
Indictment for bribery and fraud, whose
terms do not expire for year.
I0 STduu J lTN vi hotnok0 ClIY UfllS
week indicted fifteen citizens on the
charge of attempting to lynch man
named Fralin. who was charged with
committing an outrage upon little girl.
1t was with great difficulty that the mob
was restrained, and at his trial it was
proven that Fralin was not guilty The
list of those indicted includes the names
of Fl. j. Browne. J. A. Pugh and Fl. A.
Coleman, of the Roanoke Times
For the first time in the history of po>
liticaI national conventions in the United
States the Republican convention in
Minneapolis will contain full blooded
Indian, who is to be delegate from
Oklahoma. He is Il jineai descendant
from the old war chief. TecuI1 sch, who
was defeated by William Henry Harri-
son. The change which the whirlgig
of time has brought about is shown in
the fact that the descendant is a strong
Harrison man.
1t is noted by London financa! jour-
nal as one of the causes of the failure of
SO many Australian banks that many of
that when pinch comes they are unable
to realize, and are compelled to stop
payment. In New South Wales twelve
banks and financial syndicates own
about 5000. 900 acres of land. one insti-
tuition alone owning $500, 900 acres. A
similar result would follow the scheme
of Senator Stanford, as presented in Con-
gress, and the Alliance notion making
land the basis of loan operations.
The House of Representatives on the
9TH, passed the free wool bill by vote
of 1911 to go. This will not be agreeable
news to the farmers of the country, and
especially the wool growers. The wooden
goods as made from the woods are pro,
tected by a tariff for the benefit of the
manufacturers, but the wool which the
farmers raise and which goes into clothes