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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07
Against so-Called Evangel1sts.

The Baltimore Conference, NJ. T.,
| Church, South, in session at Harrison.
burg last week, adopted a report made
by Rev. DR.. s. Rodgers, against the gem
eral run of modern evangelists, as d.
minishing respect for the authorized
ministry, introducing discord in the
churches, diverting effort from regular
work among the people, and intoxicating
irreverence and want of serious meth
DDS for promoting the cause of religion
Bishop Keener said it was high time
something was done in this matter.
sour preachers" he said, Fought to hold
all men to account who go into their
pulpits. We have no right to let any
man or woman who comes along go into
our pulpits and do as they please"
''In the debate on the matter Rev.
Vincent w. Wheeler said that Mr.. Moody
might be to all intents aud purposes an
evangelist but the great ma ority of the
men running around the country posing
as evangelists have no right to the name,
zone of these" he said, 'came to Clifton
Forge and went to the Baptist church
there. Somebody asked him why he al>
ways began with the Baptist church.
and he replied that the Methodists were
hard people to get at at first, but if he
could talk to them for five or six times
he could convert them every time. He
could easily get into the Baptist churches
for they didn't know much of what they
believed. Why, the people even got
mad because | wouldn't let him into my
church, and some said they would ask
for my removal. Why, sir, the hardest
weeks work | did was to clean up the
dirty work which that fellow left, and [
have not finished yet. They go around
trying to break up preachers influence,
creating divisions in the churches and
calling their pastors frost-bitt n hypo-
critics and hell conditioned proselytes.
Yes. sir, that's the very words they
used"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07

J. K. Smith has leased the Herald.
located at Shenandoah City, Page coun>
ty. He has had charge of it for u year by
arrangement with the stockholders of
the publishing company, and now goes
it alone in the cOnduct of the paper.
Mr. Smith is good newspaper man and
knows how to get UP readable paper.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07
Whisky Will be Higher.

A dispatch dated at Chicago, March
25. gives some disagreeabie views to the
regular whisky drinkers. 1t is as follows:
"a rise in the price of whisky may be
looked for at any time. In accordance,
it is said, with orders issued by the
whisky trust to further restrict the out
put in all the distlleries owned by it, all
of the Chicago houses in the combine
are running short Although the de-
mand for spirits is brisk. the output is
not nearly as large as last fall. The rec
ords of the internal revenue Office show
falling off in the Chicago distilleries
alone OF 800 bushels of grain per day,
which means six thousand gallons of
spirits daily. 1t is asserted that all this
i an indication that the trust has now
more complete mastery of the market
than ever before
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07
A Specimen Bourbon.

Hon. W. D. Bynum is democratic
member of Congress from Indiana. He
was so strictly laced democratic and so
unruly in his ways. in the last Congress
hehad to be disciplined for unparliamen-
tary language and publicly censured by
that body. He is now an aspirant for
the position of Chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee and has got
ten this bee in his bonnet by reason of
the ado that was made over him by his
democratic colleagues from theSouth and
North, when he exposed his ill-breeding
in the House for which the censure was
administered Last week when the very
just claim of the heirs of Gen. Sibley,
for the use by the U. s. Army of the tent
that he had patented, was under consid
GRAFTON he manifested his inner feeling
for the South. The claim had been al
lowed by the Claims Court and it was
before Congress for appropriation of the
amount allowed While it was being
discussed the following colloquy occurred
between Mr.. Bynum and Mr.. Jones of
Ullc ISG. vi nAUJoi
Sib]ey was Il citizen:
''Mr Bynum-If the gentleman wants TO know
why am opposed to paying this claim, state
squarely that object to it's payment because
Mr. Sibley was in the Confederate service during
the time the Government was using these tents.
MIR. Jones-That is the gentleman's objection?
Mr.. Bynum-That is the ground on which
put it.
Mr. Jones-Solely because Major Sibley was in
the South?
Mr.. Bynum-Not because he was in the South,
but because he was in the Confederate service
during all that time
Mr.. Jones-I understand the gentleman per-
fectly. Because Major Sibley was Southern
soldier you oppose the payment of this honest and
Just claim upon that sole ground.
Mr.. Bynum-I do"
We do not remember to have seen or
read any stronger evidence of hatred of
the South than is compressed in the
brief enunciations of Mr.. Bynum. They
clearly demonstrate that such feelings
are not confined to Republicans entirely,
and that when indictments are preferred
against the Republican party as the
enemy of the South, Mr.. Bynum and his
class of democrats ought not to be for
gotten, including Gen. Sickles, who said
that the $4,000 democratic majority in
Georgia represented $4,000 shot guns.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07

Have many acquaintance and few
friends.
Pay promptly; you will save interest
thereby.
Never Cypress the poor; even the poor
have votes.
Never critieise your neighbor; he may
be a fighter in disguise.
Lend your friend money at fair rate
OF interest, but indorse for no man.
Associate with the rich; u man is mis-
taken for the company he keeps.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07
Conf-renca Appointments.

! The 106th Annual Baltimore. Conference
of the M. E. Church, South, met in Har
risonburg on the 21st of March, and ad
journed on the 2Sth, after long business
session. The following are the appoint
ments, made by Bishop Keener, the pre-
siding officer, with preliminary proceed
ings and subsequent statements of the
condition of the church:
The name of Rev. J. N. Mccormick, of
Winchester, who has entered the Pro
testant Episcopal Church, was the first
name called. Rev. Rumsey Smithson,
presiding elder of Winchester District,
reported that there was nothing against
him, and he surrendered his parchments
No comment was made.
The Episcopal lethodist is to be pur-
chased by stock company of laymen,
and its publication in Baltimore CON
tinued, with Rev. DIR. s. K Cox and
Rev. W. X. Boyle, as editors
Front Royal was selected as the next
place Oh meeting OF conference.
A resolution was passed thanking the
Baltimore San for its accurate reports
of the proceedings.
Bishop Keener then announced the
appointments and the conference adj
journed.
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fnSSOr in Vanderbilt University.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07
New Implement of War.

SANDY HOOK, March 29-The new dis
appearing gun carriage, which has been
in position at the proving grounds since
November, was to day put through
proving test. The tests were conducted
before General John M. Scotield and the
members of the United States Ordnance
Board and q number of Congressman.
The machine is a triumph for American
skill and genius and is the first carriage
of its kind that has been successful.
The gun was mounted on the parapet
of the Old fertilization, with its muzzle
turned toward the lightship. When
prepared to load no part of the gnn
could be Seen from the breach in front
of the rarapet, but the moment the
loading was completed the machinery
was set in work and in an instant the
big gun, weighing $1,000 pounds, was
raised above the wall. The elevation
for fire was eight feet from the load
position. The gun was fired with an
electric primer and the recoil was easy.
The time elapsing from the compile
tion of the load position to it's recovery,
after reaching the fire position and drop
ing back, was less than half minute
and it is estimated that the gun could
be hoisted, fired and lowered to its origi-
nal position in less than twelve minutes.
The gun used to-day was one of the new
ten-inch steel rifles and the projectile
used weighed SIS pounds 1t was fired
with a reduced charge. The explosion
shattered most of the windows ON the
| Hook.
The carriage was designed by H. H.
Spiller, one of the designers of the Ter
ror, and was built under his direction
by the South Boston Iron Works. It's
operation is automatic. It's weight com.
plete is ffty-five tons. It's main princi-
pie is compressed air, which raises and
lowers the guns and acts as cushion
for the recoil, and is used to load the
piece. Its force varies from 325, when
the gun is at fire, to 1000 at the recoil
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-07
Allegheny County Directory.

We publish below the Directory of the Count,
as Il matter of reference TO those who may have
occasion to address them.
JUDGE OF ALLEGHANY AND CRAIG,
Lyman Caalkley, Address Covington, Va.
COUNTY AND CIRCUIT CLERK,
J. j. Hobbs, (AdGress) Coyington, Va.
CoMMoSwEALrR's ATTORNEY,
W. E. Alien {Aadress) Clifton Forge. Va.
COUNTY TREASURER,
Joseph T. Fudge, (Address) Covington, Va
SHERIFF.,
s. G. Dyer, (Address) Covington, Va.
COMMISSIONERS OF REVENUE,
Samuel |. Fudge, Covington, Va.
SUPERVISORS,
A. ]. Accord, Jr., Clifton Forge, Va.
d. NJ. Davis, Arritts, p. o.
G. L. Maun, address Ben, P. o.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
s. T. Chapman, Coyinston, Va
COUNTY PHYSICIAN,
II. W. Anderson, Covington, Va.
COUNTY CORONER,
DR.. 0. G. Rodgers, Covington Va
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
J. A. Carson, Snake Run, Va
Clifton Forge Official Directory.
Mayor, I. ?. BowLEs
Clerk of Council, DR.. C. T. LEWIS.
Sergeant PAUL GLEASON.
CLIFTON FORGE DISTRICT.
Justices, j. L. IRVINE, W. 0. THOMSON,
j. Nj. WILLIAMS.
Constable, w. c. STRoUGH.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Prorisions for a Siege.

The French government, in conjunc-
ton with the Paris municipality, are
considering scheme for the erection of
stores for preserving supplies of frozen
meat, to be used in case Of another
siege. Paris in time of war needs $40
tons of meat day. AT this rate all the
fiocks of sheep and herds of oxen that
could be brought together at the last
moment would last but few weeks,
and it might be impossible to feed them.
The stores about to be erected will
contain even in time of peace large sup
plies of meat, and Immediately upon a
declaration of war will receive 10000
tons of beef and mutton. This repre-
sents fifty days full rations, or 100 days
half rations. The forts around Paris
have sufficient food to last three years.
No war is likely to last this length of
time.-EchO.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
THE DEACON CASE.
Edward Parker Deacon on Trial in
France for MansIaughter.

NEW YORK, May pa dispatch
from London says: After numerous
DELAYS the case of Edward Parker
Deacon, the American who, on the
18th of February, last, shot and
killed NJ. Abeille whom he discov-
cred in his wife's apartment at the
Hotel Splendide at Cannes, was
called for trial in the Court of As
sizes in Alpes-Maritimes near Nice
the criminal Jurisdiction of the dis
trict. Under the French law the
Jurors are chosen several days in adj
vance of a trial by the drawing OF
lots, and in this case those selected
are principally farmers living in the
country round about Nice, and on the
whole of something more than ordi-
nary intelligence for that class. The
courthouse is narrow and cramped,
having accommodations for less than
three hundred people.
There are three counsel for the
State with NJ. Du Moron, Procurner
of the Republic, as chief prosecutor.
The defense is in the hands of one OF
the most eminent members OF the
French bar, NJ. Edgar Demange, a
counselor of great eIoquence and con-
siderable skill in handling witnesses
and in bringing out strong points IN
favor Of his clients. Two lawyers,
including NJ. Clcmenceau, are present
on behalf Of the Abeille family. Mrs.
Deacon will not testify, except
through a sworn deposition, her alb
sence being based upon i'll health.
The defense will be justifiable hOm-
eide, together with the side allega-
tons that Deacon had no intention OF
killing his wife's betrayer, and the
| further that he was acting in what he
regarded as self-defense. The gen
eraI opinion is that the case will end
/ in an acquittal. The indictment
/ simply charges manslaUghter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
YOUTHFUL MURDERER.
sixteen-Year-OId Boy sConfesses a Terri.
Bile Crime.

PRESCOTT, IA, May pa prelimi-
nary hearing in the case of James
Dooley, who murdered Mrs. William
Coons and her little daughter at
Villisca on the 18th inst, is in progress
here to-day. DOoley is young man
about sixteen years of age, and does
not appear to be over bright. The
chief evidence against him is his own
confession in which he says that his
aunt abused him on account of his
failing to keep the cattle shut up,
and thereupon he decided to kill her,
that he struck her twice upon the
head with heavy paddock, and that
after she had been rendered uncon-
sciOus he fired six shots into her brain
from a revolver. Then her little ten
year old daughter came in crying,
and he killed her in the same manner
as he had disposed of her mother.
Dooley's statement of the reason of
the tragedy, however, is disprOved by
the declaration of the physicians that
the unfortunate woman had been the
victim of a criminal assault before
she was killed, and this is strength
ened by the fact that the body Was
found stretched out upon a bed, the
hands tied and the clothing torn.
The cold blooded nature of the muir
derer is evidenced in the fact that
after he had killed his aunt and her
daughter, he sat down at the table in
the same room and ate his dinner
alone before leaving, with the bodies
stretched out before him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
SHOT AND KILLED.
Robert Peters Kills Thomas WiiIie-The
Murderer still at Large.

HENDERSON, May 20.-LSpeciaI.l
At about sunset yesterday evening
the pleasant little city Of Henderson
was disturbed by the report of a shot
gun. An investigation showed that
Robert Peters had shot Thomas
Willie. The shot took effect in the
bowels, from which the wounded
man died at about II o'clock last
night. The trouble was about a pillow,
but the particulars are not known.
Peters is still at large, and it is not
known whether he will surrender to
the authorities or try to make his
escape.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
DAYToNIANs HAPPY.
They VIII Be Furnished Natural Gas at
Ten Cents Per Thousand Cubic Feet

They viii Be Furnished Natural Gas at
Ten Cents Per Thousand Cubic Feet.
DAYTON, O., May 23.-The Dayton
Natural Gas company has concluded to
accept the franchise offered to it by the
CITY council, and viii turn on the gas at
ten cents per / 900 cubic feet. The rent
of the meters is to be $3.50 per year, in
stead of So as before. On Dec. % the
price of gas is to be twenty cents per
/ 900. and the pressure is to be four
ounces per square inch, this is TO be
maintained for four years. If the press
IRE falls below the requirement, 40 per
cent. is to be deducted from the gas
bills for every month the company fails
to furnish the required pressure. Man
ufacturers and outside towns are to be
cut off, if NECESSARY, and fifteen new
wells are to be drilled in Mercer county
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
IS AT 7 ~ RAC1ETT::"

TRY a cake of buttermilk soap for the
complexion, it removes tan and frecl<Ies
the best soap i'll the market. Retail
price % cents; our price 10 cents.
Use Evilo, the celebrated complexion
powder, it is absolutely harmless. Call
for sample free. Retails for % cents
per box; our price 10 cents per box.
window shades complete on spring
top rollers, % cents, 80 cents, 80 cents,
40 cents to ~ cents each; curtain poles
complete with brass fixtures, IS cents
each.
Straw Hats. We have only 305 dozen
which we will sell at less than 1T cost to
manufacture them. Doll hats ] cent
each. Ladies' and chiIdren's all kinds
and shapes, cents, cents, 8 cents to II
cents each.
Give Us a Call! Spot Ca
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
An Anecdote of the Emperor William.


The forces behind William II are such
as have never been cultivated in Russia,
whose car lives in hourly dread OF as
sassination, and whose people are so
many items of an official budget, so
many units i'll military report. The
German emperor walks about the streets
of his town as fearlessly and naturally
as any other man, although the life Of
his grandfather was twice attempted
One day. in November of 1891, lie
was walking with guest through the
narrow and crowded thoroughfare of a
CITY not far from Berlin. The side
walks were narrow, and as the emperor
is a fast walker, he frequently had to
step out into the street to pass other pc
destrians, and especially clusters of peo-
pie who stopped for chat.
His companion, who had been in Rus
STA, was struck by the democratic man
ner in which the German emperor rubbed
in and out among porters, fshwives,
peasants and the rest of the moving
crowd, chatting the while and acting as
though this was his usual manner of
getting about. He was struck still more
by the fact that no precautions against
a possible 1nurderoas fanatic appeared
to have been taken and ventured to
speak of this. The emperor laughed
heartily, and said, "Oh, if l had to stop
to think of such things should never
get through with my days work.
Poultney Bigelow in Century.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
DYING nv A HOVEL.
The Wife of a Man Who is Too Misery to
Provide for Her.

A
Provide for Her.
EAsrLrvERPooL, O., May 2S.-The
attention of the authorities of this city
has been called to the case of William
Wildblood. an old miser worth about
$4,000. His wife is paralysis sixty
wears old. Her husband refuses to pro-
vide help and the only attention she re-
ceiyes is from him. He frequently goes
away and stays nearly all day.
The only food she is given IS prepared
By himself and is unfit for dogs. He re-
fuses to pay the gas bill, and there Is no
light in the house from one week to an
other. He is too miserly to buy kero-
sene. The neighbors volunteered assist
ance, but were driven from the mouse
with oaths and the door is locked all the
time. Citizens are advocating violent
measures, as the woman can not live
long in her present condition.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
DEFINING HANGED.
The Notorious Murderer Swung Into
Eternity at &c o'clock This Morning.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, May -
AT one minute after 10 o'clock iris
morning Frederick b. Deeming, HE
wife and child murderer was hsrVrd.
Seventy reporters and doctors e, h
cred in the jail yard, and Outside
there were several thousand WaIing
for the black flag and the signal mat
the execution was over with. Deem
ing confessed to the killing OF his wife
in MeIbourne, but insisted that he
knew nothing of the Liverpool muir
uerS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
TEN THOUaAND DOLLAR BOND.
Sergeant Davis Delivers Himself Up and
Is released on Bail.

NASHVILLE, May 2O.-[Special. +
Sergeant Charles Davis, charged with
killing Charles Rear, one of the
recent mob in Nashville, came in
this morning and gave himself up to
the authorities, and was taken before
Squire Harris, who denied him bond,
and be was committed to jail.
Through the intervention of his
friends, however, a supercedeas was
issued in the Criminal Court and the
prisoner released on a $1,000 bond,
which was promptly given. Mr..
Davis says he has been in hiding in
Williamson County.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
CHURCH GATHERINGS.
EpiscopaIians and CumberIands in Ses-
sion in Memphis.

MEMPHIS, May 2l.-The State con-
veutIon of the Episcopal Church adj
journed yesterday. The convention
decided finally and definitely this
morning to ask the general cOnven-
ton in Baltimore in October to con-
sent to the erection of new diocese
in West Tennessee.
This action also calls for the APP
pointment of an assistant bishop for
Middle and East Tennessee. The
final settlement of the matter will
rest with the general convention.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
Old Towers in Ireland.

The Oldest and most noted remains OF
religious architecture of Great Britain
are the round towers of Ireland, of
which 11S are still to be seen. They
are all built near churches and monaG-
teries, and in time of danger were used
as strongholds. When bells were intro
duced many of them were used as bell
towers Philadelphia Ledger.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24

The cry is made that Judge
Turney's candidacy is a war on the
farmer. In view OF the fact that
majority of the farmers in Tennes-
see, SO far as they have spoken, are
in favor Of Judge Turney, it wonld
seem that the farmers are a little
slow to appreciate the fact.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
SECOND MISTRIAL.
The Jury in :the Whitthorne Case is Dis
charged and Mistrial Entered.

NASHVILLE, May 21.-[Special.l
The jury in the WhitthOrne case, in
the United States Circuit Court, re-
ported again yesterday afternoon
that they could not agree on a YER
dict. They were then discharged by
Judge Jackson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24

This is not the year for dark horses
to stay in the bushes, only to come
forth to capture their fruits of victory
after another has won them.-Knox-
Vile Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Democrats should keep their eyes
on good men for the Legislature and
see they get the nomination and are
elected. This is no year for trimmers-
American.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24

After thinking it all over we have
concluded that Old Pete will not peter
cut this year; some other year.-Mur-
freesboro News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24
The CumberIands.

MEMPHIS, May 21.-The Cumber-
land PresbyteriaDs in session here
are discussing removing the theologi-
cal school from Lebanon, Tenn, TO
some larger place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24

The Ship of State will sail on this
year without Gov. Buchanan being
on boaId.-KnoXVille Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-24

VIII the esteemed Atlanta COusti-
tuition now go so far a. to call Georgia
"a rotten Republican borough ?"-
Chattanooga News.