The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-03-30

makes old Neptune open his eyes.
Senator Daniel called on Secy Ores
ham to thank him for the appointment
of Walter d. Dabney as solicitor Of the
State Department..
Congressman Tucker presented eH-
Postmaster Burke's application for re
appointment to the office at Stanton,
to the President last week
A colored man named Strother carried
fifty colored men from Barboursville to
Pittsburg, Pa, Thursday. Most OF them
were from Albemarle county
Mr.. John W. Wolff, editor of the Fire.
Lance, Fredericksburg, and a we'll
known politician, is very ill at Provi-
dence Hospital, i'll Washington.
Capt. Thos G. Morton, of Staunton,
is a candidate for appointment as inter-
nal revenue collector for the western dis
trict. Capt. Shepherds old place.
Ex-President Harrison says there is
no truth in the statement that he is
of writing book ON any subject
Train No 3 on the G. s.. o. railway
had couple of cars deraiied at Brands
Depot east of Staunton, Tuesday morn
ing, which delayed that train several
hours.
DR.. Henry Holmes, a son of Prof Geo.
NJ. Homes, of the University of Virginia,
was run over and killed at Lynch's Sta
ton, on the Richmond and Danyille R.
r. Tuesday.
Edison thinks the man of the future
may be able to do without sleep. He
will have to if the noisy electrical car con
tinues to multiply in the future as il
has in the recent past.
Colonel Peyton, of Yorktown Centen-
NAL fame, proposes that the booth ami
versary of the birth of Christ shall be
appropriately celebrated by all the na>
tions of the world and especially at
Jerusalem.
Col Elliott F. Shepherd, Editor and
York, died in that city last week, while
undergoing an operation for gravel. His
death is supposed to have resulted from
the use of chloroform.
Appointments made by President
Cleveland are so acceptable that they
are readily confirmed by the Senate,
several without the formality of being
referred to committee. Cleveland is q
level headed President.
Ex-Secretary Whitney says he has a
letter from Mr.. Cleveland that is worth
more to him than any appointment. No
doubt of that, Mr.. Whitney, for if any,
one ought to be solid with the present
administration you are the man. Hold
on to the letter-dont burn it.
Last week the shoe factory property,
for years known as the American Hotel,
Staunton, was sold by Cushing & Son,
auctioneers, to Bowling, Spots s. Co.,
wholesale grocers, who will use it fer
their business. Price paid, $4,000.
The Republican Senators are buster
ing around, saying they will prevent an
selection of the officers of the Senate
They forget, however, that the Demo
Gratis hold the balance of power, and are
likely to make it felt at the proper time
The death of Elliott F. Shepard shows
how dangerous the use of anasthetics
really is. There can be no doubt that
f1,o
taking ether or chloroform, often as il
is done and rarely as it is followed by
fatal effects
Years agone the darkies ascribed every
misfortune to whateve success the 'tDiln-
mykrat" party may have achieved-we
wonder what they think now, with the
Democrats in control of the whole gov
crnment and as legacy from the Rep
ublican party high prices on every nee
ess Try of life, and the cheerful prospect
of still higher prices?
H. II. Kohlsant, trustee for the Me-
Kinley fund, says that by April every
dollar of the $4,000, for which Gov. Nc
kinley was bound as security, will be
wiped out, without touching the Nc
Kinley property. Notwithstanding the
protests of Governor Mckinley, dollar
remittances were made to Kohlsant,
without names, which aggregate nearly
the whole amount.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that the United
States cannot condemn property of pri-
vate corporations without considering in
the proceedings the earning capacity
thereof. Patent office officials state that
a decision of the United States Supreme
Court that a foreign patent having
lapsed by reason of nonpayment of taxes
an American patent granted thereafter
stroy Edison's quadruplex telegraph
anl microphone patents.
President Cleveland has pronounced
very emphaticaliy against appointing
relatives to office. He read lecture
few days ego about Senators appointing
their sons to committee clerkships and
late he refuses to consider the applica>
tion of a relative of himself because of
that fact. He is opposed to nepotism in
all it's forms.-Yost's Weekly.
How unlike his predecessor in this re
gar,l. President Harrison provided soft
PLACES for his sons, his brothers, nephews
and cousins, not forgetting his private
seer etary.
Col. Henry Watterson, of the Louis
vile Courier-Jou97aa1, delivered a bril-
liant address in Philadelphia on Friday
night last, under the auspices of the
Chatham Literary Union. His subject,
which was chosen by the Union, was
(which offers the best practical political
means for the benefit of the WOrkingme