The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-02-01


opened, but the winter weather has not
yet arrived.
One of the faults of the Wilson bin is
the income tax Hence the probability
Of faults swearing
The Cleveland-H fight is interesting
TO the whole country, but profitable only
to the Republicans.
What proof is there that hos breeding
would langush if betting were abolish
ed?-Butfalo Express.
Mr.. John S. Patton, we'll known
journalist, has announced his candidacy
for Mayor of Charlottesville
Almost a week has passed without any
rumors of coming Cabinet changes
truly remarkable occurrence.
Mr.. j. E. Cook, editor of the Waynes-
boro Sentinel, broke his leg while skat
ing on roller skates in Waynesboro.
The real estate agents of Richmond
have decided to organize an association
to promote the interests OF their bus
mess
What this nation needs is to hang the
Hawaiian question 70 und the calamity
howler's neck and drop both into the
Pacific.
Andrew Carnagie in his letter to the
New York 1ribune gives the Wilson bill
his sanction and urges manufacturers TO
accept it..
The Government deficiency for Jan
uary will exceed $lO,000000, fact which
makes Uncle Sam pine for the good old
surplus times.
1t is rumored that Josiah Quincy will
succeed Mr.. Bissell as Postmaster Gen
eral and Mr. Bissell be made Attorney
cabinet.
The Mt. Vernon building at the
Worlds Fair received the premium for
the most successful State building. This
speaks Well for the Virginia Board of
managers.
A carp weighing twenty pounds and
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was caught last week ia the South
Branch of the Potomac, near Moore
field, W. Va.
Mr.. Cleveland has shown what he can
do and the Senate has shown that it has
very substantial powers of consent and
advice. Now let US have peace and
Offices for Democrats.
The Norfolk & Western Railroad Com
pany has placed with the Baldwin Loco
motive Works an order for nine COM
pound consolidation freight engines, to
weigh 135. 800 pounds each.
Baltimore did not respond and Chi
cago has gobbled the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad exhibit, which attracted
all eyes at the Worlds Fair. Baltimore
is too slow in some things
Up to Friday evening $50 persons had
professed conversion at the revival ser
vices in the Methodist Episcopal Church
South at Shepherdstown, w. Va. The
meeting is still in progress.
Congressman VIM. C. Oates, of the
third Alabama district, has formally an
nounced his candidacy for Governor Of
Alabama. Joseph johnson, of Birming
ham, is his strongest opponent.
Mr.. Bissell is feeling the prevailing in
activity of business. He has a lack of
confidence in something. We trust he
will get his nerve and muscle back be-
fore he forgets what axes are made for
The American eagle winks the other
eye and screams on the sly over-the vic
tory of the American pugiiist. The old
bird is ashamed to rent the air with a
genuine American scream because of
snch a questionable triumph.
A number of newspaper writer's have
been discussing the question whether
man has right TO commit suicide or
not 1t seems to be quite like the moot
ed question as to whether the average
man has any right to be alive.
An inmate of the West Virginia pen
itentiary died few days before Pres
ident Cleveland issued an order for his
dismissal. Such thing is liable to occur
any day in the case of some Republican
of1i,e-holder The President had better
hurry up--he has no time to lose.-Batch
anan BanneY.
The tariff organs live ia state of per
petual confusion respecting the effort
and extent of free coal from Nova Scotia
the single Canadian providence with a
r.; oJ,,. 70 Ia |, q
best conditions Nova Scotia could not
supply the New England market with
more than $4,000 tons yearly, as the
output cannot be increased because of
q. limited field. This looks very small
when compared with the $4,000, 600 tons
of soft coal mined and marketed in this
country in 1898, on which the consumer
paid tariff tax of rs cents ton, with
not one cent benefit to the wages Of
their miner. though we are told that
this is the actual intention of the tariff.
This 70 cents ton on a SO, 0OO,O0O ton
output amounts to exactly 1921 000,000
more than if the duty was taken off, as
the Wilson bill provides, and the $z7,-
010,OO added to the price per ton ia ac-
eord lnce with the tariff daty is the
amount of the subsidy the consumers
, pay to the individual operators, who
pocket the benefit. This is the $27 ,000,
900 subsidy the operators are fighting
for by the demand upon Congress to
retain the duty, and the situation is
simple enough to those who investi
gate 1t is not tariaf but subsidy that
at is at stake.
A Move in the Interest of Virginia.
The Exposition Committee of the
hamber of Commerce and the Execu-
tive Committee of the State Agricultural
Society are considering the matter Of