The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-18
The tariff discussion is in progress in

IL Boutele dosent feel fat it can't be
because he hasent been heavily sat on.
The long desired Hawaiian cipher dis
nltches have been laid before Congress.
While on this subject it may be asked
Ny len it's the law that's broken what
need for fixing the jury?
Possibly it might be better all roend
if there WAS less knights of Labor agita-
ton and more days work.
Looked into fairly, isn't taxing VIII sky,
PLAYING cards and cigarettes Il kind of
hand to mouth arrangement?
Judge Moore is holding his first term
OF Court in Craig county. The violaters
of law had better be on the alert.
Secretary Carlisle of the Treasury, is
in a financial strait. His resources are
growing beautifully less day by day.
A queer thing about electric wires is
that it's the permanently dead ones that
dosn't need to be buried underground.
sumption Of business. This at least
shows the calamity bowler is not a point
err
Reed and others are anxious to patch
up the Wilson bill, as they say, only they
want to use nothing but highly taxed
cloth.
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vile, Va, has withdrawn from the Cons
gressional race in favor Of Capt. Micajah
Woods.
The shark has always been typical of
the pension fraud, but New York trots
out that Buffalo specimen in compe-
tition.
Gen. Gordon's lecture at Philadelphia
which was to have been given to morrow
evening, has been postponed to Tusday
evening January %.
One young married logician tries to
prove that women live longer than men
because they require so much more
time to say goodbye.
If the pen is might Ter than the sword
on general principles, what terrific
combination the two make in the hands
Of the fighting editor.
Seven American warsfins are in Bra
lillian waters and while Peixoto and
MellO are LONG about who's getting the
advantage they just lie to.
The Republicans in Congress in this
bond issue business would like to put
the Administration in a hole. And this
after making the hole in the Treasury
Capt. Oscar Smith, survivor of the
Thirteenth New York Volunteers, has
been appointed chief clerk in the office
Of Secretary of State Palmer, at Albany.
Elaborate preparations are making in
Philadelphia for the Grant birthday
banquet, April ~ next. Gen Beaver is
chairman of the arrangements commit
tee.
bill has boon introduced in the Vir>
ginia legislature providing for the ad
mission of white females to the Univer-
males.
This is the way Judge Butler, Of the
United States District Court at, Phila>
delphia, does business On Friday he
rejected eighteen ont of twenty seven
applicants for naturalization.
'Uncle Alfred, - of Nashville, Tenn, is
the only person now living who was
present at the deathbed of Andrew Jack
son. He was the Presidents body-ser-
want and is now doing guide duty about
the Hermitage.
Ex-lIayor Grant, receiver of the st.
Nicholas Bank, of New York, has col.
r lected over $1,000,000 which he has
placed in the Central Trust Company
This is about so per cent. of the aggre
gate claims of the depositors.
The Police missioners of New
York have ordered a census to be taken
of the unemployed of that city. 1t will
begin next week and will probably be
completed in three days. The census
will be taken by the night patrol.
The Democrats of Louisville Ken
lucky, are in state of gloritication over
the fact that, for the first time in thirty
six years, they have Democratic post
master, although they haye had two
Democratic administrations within that
time. The Democracy of Louisville
have had more than the patience of job
/
time.
pittsburg iron men are saying harsh
things about Andrew Carnegie because
lac VOWS that he can sell steel so low
that he does not need a tariff to protect
him in business. Mr.. Carnegie tired OF
rocking the cradle of Infant Industries
some time ago, and has since exploded
several bombs in the old camp left be
thought.
Rev Sam Jones recently preached to
the colored people at Dyersburg, KY,
says the RAMS Horn After the sermon.
"a good old sister came to him and said
Brother Jones, God bless you You is
the preacher for me; understand every
word you say. You breaches just like a
niger; you has white skin, but, thank
God, you has black heart" She kne wv
Samuel.
Beach Soule, of Clifton Springs, near
Rochester, n. Y, has just won an inter
asting race across the continent agains t
death. His sister was dying at Oakland,
Cal, and telegraphed for him. He drop
ped his preparations for examination at
West Point, hired a light locomotive,
and after an 600-mile chase, caught the
Pacific express, arriving at his sisters
bedside twelve hours before her demise.