The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-10
General News.

general news.
J. HI. Dupuy, of Roanoke, has beer
elected Judge of the 18th judicial court
The Legislature finally adopted 9
bill appropriating $4,000 for the Worlds
Fair
The litjleaa log cabling near Dora Fur
mace, Pulaski, where Gov. Floyd began
his married life, is still standing.
Air. Samuel Walthall, a son of Prof. L.
D. Walthal!. died at his home at Wilton
last Saturday evening, in the 22nd year
of his age, from pneumonia following
the grippe.
The Senate last week passed bill
with an appropriation for the Worlds
Fair of $50, 600, and the House afterwards
rejected its bin by vote of 4S to IS, it
requiring 81 to pass. The House bill APP
propriates $4,000.
Congressman jeremiah Simpson, of
Kansas, says: both the sub treasury
scheme and free coinage are losing
strength among the farmers. In my
opinion the former will be dropped and
the latter must give way to the tariff. T"
1t is-believed that a conference will be
held by representatives of the United
States, Great Britain, Germany and
France, on the silver question, with a view
to reaching some common ground for
these nations to adopt q bi metailic
currency. Secretary Foster is in London
at this time.
The Democrats in Congress appear to
be hopelessly divided on the silver ques-
ton. 1t threatens to disrupt the party,
as both the free coinage of silver Dem
ocrats and Democrats opposed to il, are
and aggressive and will not
listen to suggestions of compromise.
Hon. E. Boyd Faulkner, of Martins
burg, has been appointed Judge of the
circuit of West Virginia, com
prised of the counties Of Jefferson, Berk
eley and Morgan, to succeed the late
Judge Duckwall He is a brother of
United States Senator G. J. Faulkner.
One third of the territory of Wyoming
is underlaid with coal. it is said. For
twelve years it has been known that
there has been a subterranean fire in it,
and recently there have been volcanic
mostly from accumulated
gas. The explosions are heard for thirty
miles
Mrs. Mary Nevine- Blaine was granted
IL divorce from her husband, James &.
Blaine, jr., son Of the Secretary of State,
on the 22nd, at Deadwood, S. D., and
awarded the custody of their child, 81 ,000
for counsel fees and court expenses, and
800 month as permanent alimony.
The court granted her ell she asked.
Says the Washington correspondent Of
the Alexandria Gazette. Strange as it
may seem, it is understood that the idea
that the Federal government should
agree to settle it's claims against Virginia
on the same terms accepted by the pri-
vate creditors of the State, was suggested
by Senator W. E. Chandler, of New
Full arrangements have been made to
the Cripple Creek road to
Speedwell, within the next few months.
A great deal of grading has already been
finished on this section of the road.
When this extension is completed it will
open up several of the most valuable and
extensive deposits of limonite ore in the
now celebrated Cripple Creek Valley.
United States Senator John NJ. Palmer
writes to correspondent as follows: II
agree with you in one particu
Iar-that Cleveland would arouse the
The contingency of my domination for
President is so remote it is hardly worth
at all. | would not, under
any circumstances, accept the vice-presi-
dencyn
A bill making County Treasures the
legal agents for the distribution of the
as war assessment and which by act of
the last Congress is to be refunded, has
passed the Legislature. No other party
is authorized to pay this tax, and the
full amount will be repaid, excepta com
mission to the Treasurer for his part in
the repayment
The University of Chicago had another
gift of $1,000,000 added to it's endow-
ment. A letter was received by the
trustees from John D. Rockefeller tender
ing that sum in five per cent. gold bonds,
to be handed over to the trustees with
accrued interest March 1. The giver re-
serves the right to designate the eXpen-
SEES to which the income shall be applied.
The letter concludes as follows: II make
this gift as a special thanks offering to
Almighty God for returning health.
In an interesting discussion on klepto-
mania in fashionable circles Mr.. Henry
reveals the fact that he has
been assured by one of them that it is
the commonest thing in the world for
well bred women to rob one another.
0lOFcS, scraps Vi lace. ldIlS, Ildudhei
chiefs are regarded as common property,
and it is never considered quite safe to
leave purse or stray money about in bed
rooms to which "dear friends have ac-
cess. This is all inexpressibly sad.
Mr.. Moody is one of the men they talk
of as Surgeons successor as pastor Of
the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London.
Across the water it is believed that the
American evangelist is enough of a Bap-
fist to come within the requirements OF
the trust deeds Of the church property
but little hope is entertained of per>uad-
ing Mr.. Moody to go. A younger brother
OF Mr.. Spurgeon and three of the preach
er's students, Archibald Brown, William
Cuff and E. 6. Grange, are among the
possibilities.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
has been sold by r. H. and w. Il. Ed
munds, to Walter Fl. Page, editor OF the
Forum, New York. E. FL. Sanborn, OF
Philadelphia, and Thos. P. Grasty, who
has been for three years the chief South
ern correspondent of the Record. The
policy of the paper will not be materially
changed. E. FL. Sanborn will be the ne"