The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-07-13

Henry T. Thurber. the Presidents pri-
waite secretary, is a hard working young
man.
John B. Bowman, merchant at Chris |
man, Rockingham county, died last
week.
The Democrats of Big Stone Gap have
elected Tyler delegates to the State con-
vention.
Rev. ]. Greaves, former rector of Ivy
parish, Albemarle county, died recently
in England
Mrs Butts, widow of the late Col. d.
G. Butts, died in Petersburg Friday last,
aged ninety years.
Fragments of paper musen't be loosely
thrown on the highways, but the streets
may be recklessly torn up.
Eighteen firemen lost their lives by
the burning of Cold Storage Wares
house in Chicago on Monday last.
Several icebergs are aground on the
banks of Newfoundland. Icebergs are
always where they are not wanted.
To not do 'hand's turn" is term
fairly expressive of laziness, but it can't
be applied to the organ-grinder.
Columbia is one hundred and seven
teen years old, and the only wrinkle in
her fair forehead is that over the Silver
bill.
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form of the speak-easy. It's said that
hunting them is a popular and growing
sport.
To do work of any kind thoroughly
one must take pains, though hardly in
the sense of a hail-storm with a hot
house.
President Cleveland is better. 1t is
officially denied that he has any cancer
Gus affection. lie had bad tooth ex-
tracted.
As Sherman has confessed he's sorry
for the silver law, possibly Foraker may
repent by the time he's convinced the
war is over.
Certain traits Of the American eagle
may not be described in books of natu-
raj history, but it's all right in the histo-
ry of the United States.
Everybody is glad to know that on the
Fourth so few of the nations small boy
made himself any smaller by blowing off
his head Or other parts
There is one office that no American
patriot seems to want. The Hawaiian
mission has been going around just beg
ging somebody to take it.
Dropping to something like sixty cents
is such big come down for the silver
dollar, no wonder Cleveland thinks it
best it should come down altogether.
Because patriotic Captain Lawrence
once cried: Don't give up the ship!''
various folks construe it to mean not
giving up collector or postmastership
There is more and more talk of Canada
coming into the Union. Just yet she
can't expect to be welcomed as a sister,
but we'll try to make it pleasant for her
as a border.
hO oOi hioh Iii JcIOI III HIS Hue
pendence Day speech to his Pertinent
didn't let off any, but he practically gave
large order for bombs cannon and
other forms of fireworks
When it's seen what slight things
make the students of Paris riot, it almost
seems blessing that they haven't got
the opportunities for deadly work offer
ed by the base ball umpire
Kentuckys Legislature, just adjourn
ing after a session eff five hundred and
thirty>one days, is proof there are other
things, too that natives of that State
can take long pull at.
An engaged couple of Bluefield, w.
Va, recently ran Il foot-race. The
woman won, and then refused to mar
ry her lover on the ground that she did
not wish to wed an inferior.
Mining at Iron Mountain in Missouri
has been suspended, the ore being ex-
hausted. 1t was supposed for long
time that the whole mountain was iron
ore, and the owners once refused S., OOO-
900.
Interviews with prominent business
men at Lynchburg and Fredericksburg.
Va, and Parkersburg, w. Va, shows
the sentiment in favor of the repeal of
the Sherman silver purchase act to be
almost unanimous.
Republican papers are commenting
upon the duty of the minority in the pres
ent crisis. The duty of the minority at all
ii mes in a republican government is to
acquiesce in the acts of the majority and
to behave itself in a seemly manner.
Col. C'Ferrall is far in advance of all
competitors in the gubernatorial race.
His friends come from every section of
the State, and a number of delegations
have been instructed to vote for him in
Convention first, last and all the time.
VIM Waddell, his wife and four chill
dren, while in camp on the border, await
ing the opening of the Cherokee Strip,
were drowned Sunday night. They
were camped in a valley and heavy rains
flooded their dugout and the occupants
were washed away in the darkness
Mr.. Robt Breckenridge, son of Hon.
W. G. P. Breckenridge of Kentucky, and
brother of Mrs. Judge Chalkey of Staun-
ton, was severely cut in the face and
hand by Edward Simms in Lexington.
KY, Monday. Young Breckenridge had
resented an insult by knocking Simms
down and the cutting followed
The Treasury department refused to
buy silver Monday at the price at which
it was offered The loss on the bullion
now stored in the treasury vaults in |
Washington in considerably greater than
it would have been had the Harrison /
administration refused to pay more for
silver than the market price.
The Boring Sea Arbitration Commits
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