The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-08-18
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS

Who played the "shell gamer

by Special Contributor.l
Who played the ''shell gamer
The Bell Telephone Patent expires
March It'll, 1888.
Jno NJ. Langston has announced him
self Republican Candidate for Congress
gress from the 4th dist.
Cholera is raging in Teheran, the cap
ital of Persia. Deaths average sixty per
day, and the disease is on the increase
The Irish people are still on top.
There was an Irishman aboard the San
ia Maria with Columbus when he dis
covered America.
Sept 7tb is the day of the battle be-
tween Corbett and Sullivan. Sullivan
has trained down to 80 pounds and is
said to be in splendid condition.
A train of Knight Templars met with
an accident near Centon, Iowa, on their
way back from the Conclove, inJurlng
quite a number. No one seriously hurt.
The Edison and Thomson Houston
Electric Illumination Companies hitiler.
to rivals, have been consolidated. The
Thomson Houston management was re-
tanned.
The Empire State Express on July
4tb made the run from Syracuse to
Rochester, n Y, 81 miles in "A minutes
or equal to 65s miles per hour making
up 80 minutes on her regular schedule
Gov. Buchanan, of Tennessee, has
committed the sentence of Henry Clay
King from hanging to imprisonment for
element and Gov. Buchanan was
hanged in effigy.
The Democrats of the Eigth District
in Convention at Alexandria, Va, the
10th of August. renominated E. E. Mere
dith for Congress by reclamation. SO
far Mr.. Meredith's only opponent is Mr..
B. b. Turner, nominated recently at
Third Party meeting.
Chicago has a novelty in the way of a
wagon propelled by electricity. 1t is
equipped with a small three horse motor
and twenty>four Cells storage battery.
1t is calculated the wagon can make ten
miles an hour and easily climb any hill
in Chicago 1t is the property of the
American Battery Company.
Canada is to have ship railway from
Toronto to Collingwood or Lake George
| This will save about 800 miles of very
tedious navigation and will connect
Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. The
road will be three standard guage
track rails, ITO pounds to yard, carry YES
sells registering 1000 tons or 1000 tons
displacement To be hauled by 6 or more
large locomotives.
The scales of wages signed by Anal
gamated Association, PIttsburg, reduc-
ing workmens wages 10 to Is per cent.
while Carnegie has signed with non
union men at old scale for 3 years. This
is thought winning card for Carnegie
as many of the workmen are dissatisfied
and is thought will return to their mill.
Sec'y. Prick has gone off on a trip to
parts unknown. 1t is reported combin-
ing business with pleasure.
Patrick Quinn, W. W. telegraph OPP
orator was shot at Delaware. N. j., Oh
the 10th by Hattie Acres. He is in the
to make any statement except that he
| will not prosecute Miss Acres as she had
cause to shoot him. Miss Acres has been
released and returned to her home at
Cresco, Pa, where she is suffering from
nervous prostration.
A strike of the Switchmen on the
Erie q Lehigh Valley Roads at Buffalo
| has taken a serious course. The Stri-
kers have destroyed about $50 cars by
fire Passenger trains are being delay
ed, and business on these roads is practi-
cally at a standstil The Sheriff has
summoned posse and is arming his
men only with CARDS saying if any fire
arms are needed he will call out mil-
itia The strikers declare they are de-
termined and are fighting for then
rights. Serious trouble is anticipated.