The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-25

antee satisfaction.
The Corbett- Mitchell fight continues
to hang fire, but Dole and Wills seem
about ready to come to blows.
The modern war scare appears to be
an official conviction that unless there
is fight soembody will get licked.
E. l.. Hite, Staunton printer, re
Gently bought for 500, at public sale,
the outfit Of the Gordonsvill Gazette
office.
what South Carolina wants is MOI G
pig pens and less cotton patches is the
trenchant way IN which the Charleston
Nel0s and Cuorier. sets forth a vigorol S
plea for diversity in agricult ure.
What delightful State of the Amer
can Union Hawaii would have made
with two great parties cohtending for
mastery under the lead OF Boss Dole and
Boss Liliuokalani
Tuesday after Hawaiian correspond
ence sent in by President Cleveland had
been read, Mr.. Boutelle attempted as he
has a number of times recently, to call
up his Hawaiian resolution, but was
forced to take his seat by the Speaker
who called upon the sergeant alarms.
The freight business on the Chesa>
peake and Ohio Railway for the past few
weeks has been exceptionally heavy, in
dicating increased traffic and a more en-
cOuraging condition. Much of this traf-
fic was through freight, large quantities
of Western corn constituting the freight
Who shall say that women are not re-
ceiving their full share of recognition
when Harvard University, the most
conservative institution of learning in
this country, relaxes SO far as to admit
the fair sex to the degrees given in the
academic part of the college attended 10y
men.
We doff our hat to Judge G. F. Moore,
OF Allegheny, and wish for him much
success. Brother Moore is editor of the
Clifton Forge Reoie10. a prominent at :
all We know he may be judge of three or
four different kinds of whisksy -Buch-
a1t011 Banner.
The Montgomery Farmers Club,
which met in Rockville the other day.
hit the nail on the head in the resolution
which statred that many parts of the
country are too far from market for
profitable agriculture. Good roads and
more railway lines constitute the para
amount problem in Maryland.
The burden of want appears to rest as
heavily in''Australia AS in any part Of the
world. The commercial stringency was
most severe and monetary panic most
widespread. Now the people are reap
ing the whirlwind, and the tales of suf-
fering which are reported from the ocean
continent are pitiful in the extreme.
Senator McPherson's withdrawal from
the finance committee at this time is a
cause for regret. The work of that com
mittee in revision oftIle tariff will be ofthe
greatest Importance. Mr. Mcpherson S
experience and sound judgment would
be especially valuable. Senator Mills is
probably the fittest man to fill his place
Senator Walthall, of Mississippi, occu>
pies a unique position as a Sena Tor who
wants to be relieved of duty, but cannot
The Mississippi Legislature elected Mr.
Walthall for "A term which does not be.
gin until March 4, 1885, and this is what
under the laws of the State, he cannot
resign FROM until it begins. But Sen
ator Walthall's predicament-if it is one
and there is some doubt about the mat.
ter-should have no Influence on Con
gresham Joe Sibley, the free coinage
Of silver advocate and anti-Wiison bill
Democrat of the Erie district. Mr.. Sib-
ley can resign, as he threatens to do, and
his district would probably feel very
much gratiied if he did.