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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
Mononolies and Trusts.

From the New York Herald
A monopoly of any kind is foreign to
our institutions and obnoxious to the
people. Trusts are contrary to our laws
and stand condemned by the courts as
well as popular sentiment. In this coun-
try completion in every field of CONNER
cial, industrial and financial activity is a
public right as it is public necessity.
feel it my duty to say a few words in
regard to Eiy's Cream Balm, and do
so enmore or less half year, and have
found it to be most remarkable. | have
suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since | was little boy and never
hoped for cure, but Cream Balm seems
to do even that, many of my acquain-
tances have used it with excellent re-
sults-Oscar Osrrum, As Warran Ave,
Chicago, Ill.
W. N. Roach, Democrat, of Grand
Forks was elected United States Sena-
tor from North Dakota on the sixty first
ballot in the Legislature at Bismarck
Monday. This acquisition to the Demo
Gratis in the Senate will give them, with
the casting vote of the Vice President,
q majority over all other parties.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
The Public Finances.

The impression has gotten agroad that
the government finances are not in the
best possible shape. Gold continues to
depart from the country, and Secretary
Fosters recent journey to New York in
the hope of finding some means to check
the inroads upon the gold reserves has
awakeneda feeling of solicitude in finan-
cial circles. The failure of Congress to
suspend the operations of the Sherm an
act only aggrayates the situation and
drives the country with increasing rap
idity to silver standard.
In addition to this comes the intelli>
gence that the billion-dollar appropria-
tions of the Fifty second Congress are
cleaning out the Treasury, and Senator
German has warned the members of the
Senate that they will soon be called up
on to provide for an actual deficit.
These two things combined overshadow
the prospect of the future and give
gloom to picture otherwise hopeful
and bright. The country's industries
were never in better condition, business
is profitable and financial operations
among individuals are such as to inspire
confidence. But in the government bad
management appears to have de-
veloped a situation at which sound
financiers look with foreboding.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
A Caustic Criticism.

We are not wild with enthusiasm over
the idea, recently advanced, that we
are to have, for the next four years, a
administration of the fed
eral government. We do not mean to
indicate a desire that the government
shall be made a partiZan machine or
that it shall not be administered for the
welfare of all citizens of the republic,
irrespective of party; but it does not
seem to us that we have arrived at a
period when parties can be dispensed
with in political affairs. We believe that
most of the people who helped to elect
Mr. Cleveland, and all of those who
nominated him, did so with the under>
standing that the responsibility OF the
government should rest upon the Dem
ocratic party and that the administra-
ton should be within party lines. 1t is
true that the Independents rendered
valuable service at the late election,
which, for the sake of party policy and
of decent gratitude, ought to receive
substantial recognition; but there are
thousands of Democrats who question.
with reason, both the policy and propri-
ETY. of entrusting one of them, however
able and patriotic, with the highest
office in point of honor and the most
important save one, in the gift of the
President. -CharlestoaDa Free Press.
We endorse the above without reser-
walton. Yet, when you come to fix the
blame, don't place it all on Mr.. Cleve-
lands shoulders. Many prominent Dem
ocrats are so proud that they won't ac-
cept place in the Cabinet, and even
Mr. Carlisle hesitated for weeks before
consenting to undertake the task OF re-
plenishing the depleted U. S. Treasury
1t proves conclusively that Democrats
are not greedy for office, for they allow
the best positions to go begging. We
feel quite sure, however, that had Mr.
Cleveland cast his eyes towards oul
Mountain City-Cljfton Forge, ALE
ghany county, Va.-that here he could
have found suitable Cabinet timber
made of pure and unadulterated Jeffer-
sonian Democracy. There are at least
three young men of our acquaintance
who would be glad to serve the Presi
dent as members of his official family
and we would mention their names, but
modesty forbids.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
Iron Gate, Va.
ANXIOUS.
Feb o1st !

Feb. 2lst, 1898.
negro man by the name of Ed. Per-
ry, in attempting to cross the river in a
small boat last week, was drowned.
The Rolling Mill is being operated to
it's greatest capacity, and if there is any
other town in this section that can com.
pete with Iron Gate, we have not vet
heard of it.
Mr.. D. N. Motif, owner of the Star
Tannery: located here, is now on a visit
He has laid the foundation for a hand
some dwelling, which will be built bv
the WIthrow Lumber Co., in the near
future.
The Furnace has sold to the r. s. 8.
u l. Co. OF this place, all of her third
grade of iron. The ore is mined here
and made into pig iron by this Furnace.
and converted into bars, rods and spikes
all right here.
Iron Gate was visited last Sunday
night by very hard wind that shool
houses, blew out the window glass Of
some and all those under tin roofs did NOT
sleep but very little on account of fha
rattle of the tin, which continued ali
night long. The new dwelling house
being built by Mr.. J. NJ. Booze. On Mar.
ket street, which was framed and ready
for siding was blown down.
The town lookup which was to
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
Glen Wilton, Va.

Feb. 21st, 1898.
An old colored man, Dennis Rose
dropped dead here last Sunday from
heart failure.
Messrs. Shirley and Smith are repair
ing the ferry boat that was crushed in
the ice. 1t is badly needed.
Major Written, Supervisor of this Dis
trict, was in town looking after some OF
the Improvements in this part of the
county.
Several families have moved into the
houses at Gala Furnace and it is rumor-
ed that Mr.. Hileman contemplates oper>
ating the mines in the spring
The young ladies of Glen Wilton gave
an Ice Cream Festival on last Thursday
night. They realized about eighteen
dollars. The money goes to help build
the parsonage.
The remains of Err. Christian DeisIer.
who died suddenly on Craig Creek, were
inferred at Locust Bottom Church, Fri
day, Rev. T. ]. Miller conducting the
funeral services.
Captain D. S. Cook paid us his usual
business visit last week. He was accom-
panied by Mr. Hyer, of Cincinnati, a
large iron dealer, who reports iron very
low on the market
We had very sad drowning here last
Thursday evening, the 10Th. Mr.. Charles
Bolton, the keeper of the ferry at this
place, was crossing the river. which was
much swollen from the recent rain. with
his two little boys, Charlie and Harry,
aged twelve and five respectively After
they had started across the dead man"
on the east side of the river to which the
suspension cable was fastened, being I'M
sound, gave way, and as the small boat
was attached to the cable by one of the
guy ropes being fastened in one of the
oar locks, the boat Immediately upset.
throwing all three into the river. Charlie
managed to get his little brother in his
arms and swan to within about ten feet
of the shore, when, it is supposed, his
strength gave out and both sank to rise
no more. The body of Charlie was re-
covered Sunday evening and inferred at
Locust Bottom Church. The other two
have not been found yet. Mr.. Bolton
was about sixty years Of age and leaves
a wife and five children-two grown sons
and three daughters We extend to
them our sympathy in their sad bereave-
ment
ANXIOUS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23


The story is told in Topeka, Ks, that
Governor Lewelling was about to retract
his action in signing the agreement with
the Republican House, but was dissuad-
ed by Mr.. Cubbison, who told him that
if he did SO thousand men would be
killed.
tits inexcusable in persons to go to
church, and disturb the public worship,
or go to public meeting and annoy
the audience by unseemly exhibitions of
themselves in coughing, when a few
doses Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, that
peerless remedy for coughs and colds,
will surely cure cold. Try it.
When the Rajah of Lahore visits Chi
cago and goes to the Exposition in
state, it is expected that he will decorate
himself in jewels worth $1,000,00O. Of
course all the politicians and policemen
will be kept under lock and key while
he is parading around.
Queen Victoria's favorite instrument
is the harp.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
Covington Items.
Coy1NGroN, VA, Feb. sand, 1898

CoyINGToN, VA, Feb. 22nd, 1888.
Mrs. J. S. Ham has returned from a
visit to relatives in Shenandoah,SVa
Mrs. G. S. Shepherd has returned from
MARYLAND where she was called by the
serious illness of her mother, which re-
suited in death.
Building here has suffered only aztem-
porary check by the bad weather, but
they are at it again at the first oppor>
tunity. I wish | could tell of the mates
rial increase of buildings in the town,
but this will keep for later item.
The Electric Light in the Shops and
Mr.. Lyman's office near by gives US an
idea of the benefit we will receive when
our town is thus lighted up, and we look
with longing eyes into the future for
that time, hoping it will be as soon as 1t
is thought it will be, next summer.
Notwithstanding the bad weather,
the work at the Furnace is progressing.
The new large iron Boiler House, de-
signed and constructed by the Covington
Machine Co, is being rapidly erected
The Shops are doing good business
and are turning out some very superior
work.
Mr.. Ell. l.. Garrett, one OF our aDle
young lawyers, has been appointed AS
sistant Master and Commissioner OF
Accounts for the Court. We note with
pleasure this mark of esteem conferred
on him by the unanimous recommends
ton of the members of this Bar, for his
appointment, to the Judge of the Coun-
ty Court.
The Y. M. G. A. have moved into more
commodious and attractive quarters
over the Bank The Association has done
good work here and intend to do still
better. Their anniversary services will be
held on Sunday next at the Methodist
Church. They hope to be able to fully
carry out very interesting program
which they have arranged.
Brother Moore's "Reminis cences Of
$780," found responsive echoes in many
hearts, which the notes falling due dc
not allow to die out. Such a thing
might have naturally been expected
from investments made where a goal
could not climb, and we sympathize will
the investors (being of them ourselves)
but there would have been no occasion
for sad thoughts if we had invested il
Covington instead of annexed district
of other towns. ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
Gala, Va.

Feb. 21st, 1893.
The community around Gala Water
was shocked on last Thursday, the 10th,
to hear of the sudden death of Mr. Chris
tian Deisher, which occurred at his home
on Craig Creek, about noon of that day,
presumably from heart disease. Mr..
Deisher was seventy seven years OF age,
and during all his life had been valued
citizen of Botetourt county. He was
the father of Mr.. James Deisher of this
neighborhood, and of Mr.. Lewis Deisher,
of Glen Wilton.
Our people are much interested in a
rumor which promises a branch railway
from the Chesapeake and Ohio in this
county through Fincastle to Roanoke,
thus securing for the G. & O. southern
outlet, placing competing coal in Roan-
oke, and furnishing to the portion Of the
county through which it would pass a
means of transportation for mineral and
timber products that would be of bene
fit inestimable. The G. & O. Railway
Company, it is said will put up three
millions of dollars if the city of Roanoke
will give one million dollars for the work.
The juncture with the G. & O. as at
present contemplated will be made either
by way of Timber Ridge, ending near
Salt Petre Cave, or the Little Patterson
Creek route, to the Craig Valley branch
of the G. & O.
A large force-ffty or sixty men-will
shortly be put to work at Prices Bluff,
getting out ballast for the G. q O., at
least one is told as much.
Also we hear that neighborhood par
ties are negotiating lease or leases with
the Tredegar Company of Richmond, to
mine ore on the Rebecca Furnace tract,
near here. Now if all these hearsay re-
ports of active work do not come to
break the spell of ''hard times,n this
will be much disappointed community
and Madame Rumor find herself here
after badly credited Individual.
Mrs. E. G. Echols is recovering from a
very severe cold, which for week or
more has kept her quite ill.
Miss Mary Cloud Bean is also improved
after several weeks indisposition with
cold
Mr.. Thomas Norwood returned yester
day from Richmond by way of Wash
ington. Mrs. Norwood has been quite
sick in Richmond, but is now somewhat
better.
Mr.. G. 7. Price attended the Farmers
Alliance sale at Iron Gate last week,
where he purchased number of i'm
proved farm and garden implements for
use on his place.
DIXIE.
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to be paid to the State by the employer.
The Chamber of Commerce at Staun-
ton, Va, has been rejuvenated by a
reorganization and will take hold of the
questions affecting the business inter-
ests and the general welfare of that
city with renewed vigor. 1t has the
following officers: o. K. Lapham. presi>
dent Isaac Witt, first vice-president, and
Henry Hutchinson, second vice-presi-
dent, and PA. Ross secretary and treas.
urer.
DIR. Norvin Green was a good illustra-
ton of the all-round American who is
able to bring a variety of things to pass
during lifetime. He chopped wood to
pay his bills at school, and labored at
home several years to pay off mortgage
on the homestead and leave his father
free from debt. He practiced medicine
until he was a middle>aged man and
then completely mastered the Telegraph
business. There are no people in the
world like those of this country to do
great many things well.
In the death of Mr.. John NJ Robinson,
of Baltimore, the South loses one of it's
staunchest friends and a man whose en-
ergy and ability have been potent fac
tors in the development of the South.
AS the head of the Seaboard Air Line
and president of the Old Dominion
Steamship Co., Mr. Robinson was a |
conspicuous figure in the transportation
interests of the Atlantic coast, and his
administration of the affairs of these
companies has left an impress that will
not soon disappear. Sound ideas,
broad mind, an intelligent grasp of prac>
tical details and remarkable executive
ability, qualified him for the great work
that he did-a work that was only linn
tied by his sudden demise in the prime
of a useful life.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
Quarantine Against Southern Cattle

Quarantine Against Southern Cattle.
Secretary Rusk of the United States
Department of Agriculture, has given
notice that from February Is to Decem>
Der /, no cattle are to be transported
from a certain described area to any
part of the United States north or west
of that area, except by rail and for i'm
mediate slaughter. The area referred to
is quarantined to prevent pleuro- pneu-
monia spreading, and it's line extends
from Texas, thence reaching and follow
ing the Blue Ridge mountains to Am
herst county, Va. to Appomattox, and
finally, along the Southern boundries of
Orange, Culpeper and Stafford counties
and the eastern boundry of Stafford to
the Potomac river to the Chesapeake
bAv
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23

have been erected some weeks ago, but
on account of bad weather, was not
commenced. is now let to contract and
will be completed in q short time The
town authorities are also working and
repaYing the sidewalks and streets. We
wish them much success, and hope these
improvements may continue from time
to time until the town will have paved
sidewalks and solid streets from one end
to the other.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-23
This Looks Like Captain sHam'
Will Win.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Captain Ham.
Shepperd, of Warrenton, secretary of
the Virginia Democratic State Central
Committee, is in the city. 1t is under
stood that he has a clear field for the
collectorship for the Western District of
Virginia, as Mr.. Otey, of Lynchburg, is
understood to have decided to withdraw.
Captain Ham. Shepperd had already Sc
cured the endorsement of nine out of
the ten members of the Virginia delega
tion in the House, and also had the back
ing of Senator Hunton. Senator Daniel
and Representative Edmunds were of
course backing Mr.. Otey, and were dis
posed to stand by him to the last if he
should remain in the field. If it be true
that Mr.. Otey is willing to step aside, it
is said that Messrs. Daniel and Edmunds
will very cheerfully endorse Captain
Shepperd and that would give him the
solid Virginia Democratic delegation.
j. T. Clark Sentenced to Five Years
in the Penitentiary.
DANvILLE, Va, Feb. 2O.-In the Hust-
ings Court this morning J. T. Clark,
who was last week convicted of man.
slaughter in that he killed Rev. J. r.
Moffett, was arraigned for sentence. In
answer to the usual question, he had
nothing to say why the sentence should
not be imposed on him.. Judge Aiken
then told the prisoner he had had fair
trial, and it did not become him to ex>
press an opinion as to whether the pun>
was or was not severe enough.
but he would say the verdict was, in
his opinion, amply sustained by the evi-
dence, and in accordance with that ver>
dict the court sentenced him to serve
five years in the penitentiary. Counsel
asked for suspension of the execution
Of the sentence for sixty days to give
time for an application to the Supreme
Court of Appeals for writ of error,
which was granted, and Clark was re-
handed to Jail.
The herald., 1893-02-17
A FOXY OFFICIAL UNDER FIRE.

Attorney-General Hart is hailed before
a committee of the assembly to answer
charges which, if proven, will result in
his impeachment. We have already
alluded to the fact that he has withheld
from the state treasury large sums of
money recovered in courts for the state.
The actual amount specified is nearly
$4,000. The controller had never been
notified by him that he had recovered
these sums, nor did he ever make ten
der of payment. For over year. he has
held in his own possession and to his
own use this large amount of the states
money; and when the knowledge that
he had recovered it came accidentally to
the controller, who insisted upon his
turning it over to the state, he made the
flimsy excuse that he did not know to
which fund it should be paid, as if that
were any of his business whether it went
into the general or any particular fund,
30 long as it went into the treasury. Yet
with this fimsy excuse he has gone into
court, not, we are assured, with the ex
pectation that he will secure any decis-
ion of the slightest importance on
the subject, but in order to break
the force OF any criminal charge that
might be instituted.
1t is to be hoped that the committee
of investigation will give the examina-
tion of himself and his Office the widest
latitude. There are well-grounded sus-
picions that the crookedness of his ad-
ministration is not confined. to the mere
detention OF money recovered from the
state with view to its entire CONVEX
sion ultimately to his own use. 1t is be-
lieved that he has made compromises
for insignificant sums in state suits,
when as high as 100000 could have
been recovered in one case. 1t is also
charged openly that he has run bis
Office in the interest of silent law part
ners, neglecting his own duties in order
to fatten their fees. It is matter of
general notoriety that he has spent most
of his time in the Blythe estate and in
other legal business connected with his
private practice to the great detriment
of the public service.
1t is too late to successfully carry out
bill Of impeachment at this session
but not to sufficiently expose acts on his
part as an official for which he can be
summarily dismissed from Office.
The herald., 1893-02-17
THEIR NUMBER SHOULD BE REDUCED.

1t is sometimes possible to have too
much of good thing, and this holds
true even of judges. These gentlemen
are of course, like their congeners. the
lawyers. indispensable, but, all the
same, we are justified in recurring to the
old saw that enough is as good as feast.
We have now six superior judges, and
Assemblyman Kerns has introduced a
bill into the legislature reducing the
number to four. This is good measure,
and it ought to pass. We understand
that 1t has the endorsement of such ex-
perienced lawyers as Hon. S. M. White
and ex-Mayor Hazard. We had six
judges before Orange county was cut
off from Los Angeles county, and we
have six judges still. The probability
is extreme that another extensive por-
ton OF Los Angeles county will be
taken to make the county of San Au-
tonic, and unless Mr.. Kerns's measure
shall pass we shall still be saddled with
six judges. We assure the members of
the California legislature that four
judges will be amply sufficient to handle
all the litigation that is liable to arise
in thie county. 1t will not in the least
distress the able gentlemen who admin
lister our judicial affairs to have to do a
little work. We do not see why so
many judges were provided for original
ly, although the facts that Orange
county was still portion of Los Angeles
county, and that we were under pressure
OF boom that threatened to put us
ahead of San Francisco in few years,
made the action of the legislature not
unreasonable, under the circumstances.
We hope all the Los Angeles members
of the legislature will support Mr..
Kerns's bill. 1t certainly meets the ap-
pfoyal of the people, and is in the
line of economy and of whole
some public policy. We have not
seen the bill; but we assume
that the plan is to provide for dropping
two of the judgeships as the terms of
their occupants expire. No other plan
is possible, because the constitution of
California provides that the compensa-
tion of no judge shall be diminished
during the term for which he shall have
been elected.
The herald., 1893-02-17

We might as well admit that this is a
small ewindle OF the Panama canal order
before we go any farther. Whether the
house committee, which has shown that
it has 'got on" to this $12. .000, 900 swim
die, can find way to annul the fraudu-
lent issue, we cannot say; but Repre-.
sentative Geary has declared that his
committee must know all about this
stock before they. will be prepared to
shoulder the responsibility of making a
favorable report. This part of the affair
looks very suspicious. If the mouey
equivalent was actually used in the Mic
aragua and Costa Rica Legislatures to
secure the concession, it must have been
used in illegitimate ways, and the peo-
pie of the United States have right to
know all about it before the bill is
passed.
The herald., 1893-02-17

MEssRs. KINNEY AND GRIFFITHs re-
turned from Sacramento yesterday,
where they have been for some time to
push the legislation in the interest of
this city and section which the Citizens
Non.psrtisan association of Los Angeles
had prepared and sent to the legislature
for the action OF that body. They re.
port that the bills are we'll advanced
and in good progress towards passage.
Both the gentlemen speak very highly
of our members, and say that Senator
Mathews is doing excellent work for his
constituents. The representatives from
this county in the assembly are COM
mended for their faithfulness to our in
terests, and Mr.. Finlayson has made a
most creditable record as a legislator.
He Is regarded by his fellow-membere
as one of the strongest representatives
on the floor. Major Kinney does not
believe that the bill for the creation oi
San Antonio county will go through.
The opposition it has evoked from here,
on account of running the boundary
line 80 as to take in Azuss, Glendora
and portion Of San Gabriel valley, will
be fatal to it.