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

ration festival.
The present House of Representatives
is not equal to the problem of pension re-
form. 1t has passed it on to the next
Congress.
The appointment of Gresham is
bold stroke to disintegrate the Republi-
can party. But it dosen't cement the
Democracy.
Secretary Foster says he means to
take a recess after he gets out of office.
Mr.. Foster has keen appreciation of
what will best suit the country.
The national quarantine bill has been
signed by President Harrison and is now
the country if its provisions are wisely
enforced.
Senator Coke spoke of the Sandwich
Islanders as fish -eatening Kanakas."
His opinion has undergone a change.
and he would not now be sorry to see
Uncle Sam enjoying that fishy sand
witch.
Senator PETERS whiskers cover a
good deal of respect for his own family.
His son holds $1,000 position on the
Senate payroll, while his nephew has
been cared for by 5000 position under
the Sergeant>at-Arms.
Gov. William Mckinley, of Ohio. is an
indorser on about $75, 900 worth of notes
given by Robert Walker, of Youngstown,
Ohio, who failed last week. 1t is said
the payment of these notes will exhaust
the Governors means.
Carroll D. Wright has been renomi-
mated as Labor Commissioner. His ex>
perience in Massachusetts was of that
varied and valuable kind WI C h
makes his continuance in office desira-
BILE one outside of party claims.
The Richmond State hopes the day
may come when telephone lines will be
stretched along country roads, affordins
farmers an opportunity to talk with one
another and with the outside world. 1t
will be realized in the mellenium.
Judge Eazen decided in favor of the
Republican House at Topeka, Kan,
Saturday, granted in an injunction re-
straining the State treasurer from pay
ing out money under the salary bill pass
ed by the populist House and Senate.
Things get wonderfully mixed up in a
great cosmopolitan country likes this.
Today Catholics and few others relig-
ious sects are observing Lent, while our
Chinese follow>citizens are celebrating
their New Year festivities with great re-
joicing.
Gen. Pierre g. T. Beauregard, the last
of the full generals of the Confederacy,
save one, has closed his distinguished
career, his gallant spirit having passed
into the realm of shadows at his resl~
dence, in New Orleans, at 10 o'clock, P.
NJ. Sunday.
The United State Senate adopted the
Sherman amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill authorizing the issue
of three per cent. Five-yea bonds for
the redemption of the greenback cur
rency under the terms of the resumption
act of 1875.
Gen. w. B. Franklin president of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers, Hartford, Conn.,, has issued Or
ders permitting old soldiers at the vari
GUS branches of the home to be volun-
tarily treated by the Kelly cure for the
liquor habit.
The lamest set of officials upon record
are to be found in Arson county, North
Carolina. The Coroner has but one
arm, the treasurer is crippled, the Regis
ter of Deeds has only one leg, two CON-
missioners are in the same plight, and
the Keeper of the Country Home is
minus an arm.
trated Building Edition" on Monday
last, giving resume of the rapid growth
of that city, accompanied by attractive
pictures of several prominent buildings.
There is no more effective way of adver-
Using the advantages of city or town,
than by judiclous use of the columns
of your home papers.
The first step in the revision of the
pension list should be the proper pub
LEGATION of the particulars of every
claim and claimant. Good men wodld
not shrink from seeing their proper re-
wards made public; the frauds and shys-
tiers would alone dread the criticism of
those among whom they live and who
would be ready to expose the falsity of
their claims.
The Junior Order of American Mechanics
appear to be doing much good in quiet
way in their efforts to develop love for
American institutions. They erect flag.
poles in schoolyards and present the
schools with colors. In their meetings
they discuss matters which pertain to
the best interests of the country and it's
citizens, and they work for patriotism
in many ways.
A resolution introduced in the West
Virginia legislature imposes license tax
upon individuals, firms of corporations
who employ laborers not citizens of the
Quilted States in mining or manufactur.
ing industries, or upon State country or
municipal Improvements after April 1,
1898. The bill provides tax of fifty
cents for each foreign laborer employed, |
to be paid to the State by the employer.
The Chamber of Commerce at Staun-
ton, Va, has been rejuvenated by
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
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-
tion of the all-round American who is
able to bring a variety of things to pass
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