The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-10-26

The Silverites have given up the fight
in the Senate.
All this legislation about him must
make the Chinaman tired, even in his
joints.
The Fair will end in blaze of glory
and the blaze will come from a nations
heart, fred with justitiable pride.
William Rogers, who killed w. G.
Woods in Tazewell county in 1899 and
made his escape, was captured in East
Tennessee last week and returned to
Tazewell Jail.
If five Senators can force ''compro-
mise" which delays the repeal of the
Sherman law one year, how many years
can forty Senators delay the repeal of
the Mckinley bill by compromises"
The New York militia had sham
battle Saturday. The cartridges used
were blank cartridges, but the battle
was much more exciting than the sham
battle which has been waged in the
Senate.
A poll of the eighty-tive newspaper in
Mississippi shows that forty-five openly
favor the repeal of the Sherman law,
eighteen oppose it and the others take
no positive stand, while of the entire
M eli fuv0 nhsfp
against IA vote.
There is an unusual inquiry for farm
ing lands in Alabama. The general
manager of the lands of the Alabama
Great Southern Railroads says he re-
ceives applications every day from the
North and West from those desiring
farming lands, and number of sales
have already been made to parties who
will move in.
Hon A. F. Wthrow, in card which
appears in another column, fatty denies
the intimation by MANY Citizens" in
last weeks issue, that he had made GER
tain promises to the Manager of the Low
Moor Iron Co., in regard to the washing
of ore in the streams flowing into Jack
courageous manner in which Mr.. With
row meets the charge, and cheerfully
give place to his rejoider. The VIRGIN
{ IAN is always in favor of fair play.
The Greenville Is. CO. Meas says in
quiry among those in condition to know
brings the pleasant information that the
farmers in that section of the State are
in good financial condition and appar-
emily in no danger of suffering. Fertal-
ling men and bankers report about as
country euetomcrr usual antic-
ipating their notes due in November
and thereby saving interest. Collections
from this source have been quite fire.
quent during the past week and repre>
sents large sums of money paid in.
Governor TiIlman, of South Carolina,
has sent a circular letter to the mayors
of the cities and towns of the State re-
questing them to send him comparative
statements showing the number of ar
rests "Reminiscences or disorder occasion
eddy the use of whisky for lthe period
extending from July to September, 1,
1892 and the same dates for 1893; also;
for September alone this year and last.
He says his object is to obtain correct
information as to the workings of the
dispensary law as compared with the
license system. There are now sixty-six
dispensaries in operation in the State,
and whatever information may be given
the Governor will probably be used in
his Forthcoming message, as he is conf
dent the reports will show up in favor
of the dispensary system.
The New Orleans States Endorses the
action of Governor Foster in announcing
that the Mitchel-Corbett prize fight
will not be allowed to take place within
the borders of Louisiana. The States
says: 1.-The pugs, thugs and toughs
had better turn their eyes in a direction
other than that of New Orleans. There
will be no more prize fights in this city,"
Governor Foster is man of great abil-
ity and firmness. To him is largely due
the law for the suppression of the Lou
isiana lottery. He led the fight against
the great evil, and from every hustings
in the State exposed it's iniquities. When
the fight became hottest heaccepted the
nomination of the anti-lottery element
for Governor and was elected, and with
him a Legislature which passed the law
to suppress the lottery, which law will
soon go into operation.
4 week from to-day the greatest of all
international exhibitions, the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, will be at an end. In
spite of many disadvantages it has been
a marvellous success. The buildings
themselves are an exhibition of archi-
lecture, OF energy and broad views. and
in them is contained the greatest aggre-
cation of the products of human enter
prise and skill ever collected together
Notwithstanding the peculiarly unfavor-
able year financially, it has been bus
mess success and the number of visitors
will have been largely in excess of those
at any previous exhibition ever held.
Including to day the total paid admis>
sions have been but a trifie short of
twenty millions. During the month of
NJ W they were l, 050,037; June, 2,675, 113;
July. 2,760, 1858; August, 4,515, 493; Sep
TENDER, 4,659,975, and for the first 81
days of October, 4,590,604.
In the Exposition of 1889 the price of
tickets during a great portion of the
time was but five cents The admis-
sions averaged $4,000 on working days
and 100000 on Sundays. At the Phila-
delplia Exposition of 1876 the total |
number of paid admissions was 8,014, |
374. That exhibition opened May 10 !
and closed November 10. The total |
admissions for the months, including |
free passes, was as follows: May, 1896,
June, 952, TT; July, 906, AL; August, l.
175, 314; September, 2,439,es9 October,
2,663,9 11 November, ,O37,84O. A strik-
ing feature of the Worlds Fair attend.