The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-11

OOiy MAKE Il pass " I'LL tte Wy tSoil Dlll
and the country will revive as if by MAJ
gle.
At this rate the only mill that won't |
soon start is that between Corbett and
Mitchell.
I'VE can't we'll buiid a faster way of get
ting TO Hawaii, but we should quickly
make tracks out of it.
The first duty of Congress is to remove
the cloud of uncertainty that envelors
the country. Pass the Tariff bill.
Speaker Crisp has issued warrants for
the arrest OF lodging members Is
there any warrant for this procedure?
Perhaps it might be shaking Hawaii
too violently to drop it instantly, but
there's no harm in getting it off our
hands.
The stockholders of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company may not receive
anything out of the wreck, but this does
not apply to the receivers.
Hon. WIN. L. Wilson, of West Virginia
will speak before the Kent Club, the
debating society of Yale University,
some time during March.
Capt. Jno. N. Opie, of the Stanton
bar, by the death of his fathet's sister
in New York, comes into the possession
of bequest of $1,000 to $1,000.
Mr.. w. W. Gibbs of Stanton, has re-
ceived the appointment of State Organ
izer OF the Prohibition party, at salary
of 81 200 year and travelling expenses.
State Senator Fl. D. Flood, of Apo
mattox, will be a candidate against Hon.
Harry Tucker for the democratic con-
gressional nomination in the tenth dis
trict.
Every Democratic member Of Congress
should be in his seat prepared to vote
squarely on the important matters that
are up for settlement. Absenteesm will
not do.
If the performances of Congressman
after election were as faithful as their
promises We're abundant before election
the people would have more faith in the
Government.
There are so many stories from Rio
that it is impossible to form any just
conclusion about affairs there. People
in America will have to wait until the
history of the Brazilian civil war is writ.
ten to find out the facts
Judge J. w. Woods was elected Judge
of the Hastings court of Roanoke City
by the legislature this week. and judge
W. W. Moffett was elected judge Of the
Roanoke county court. Both gentlemen
were appointed by Gov. Mckinney some
time ago.
AS an institution promotive of longev-
ity the army offers uneXcelled advan-
sages. Two men are just about to be
promoted to captancies who have been
respectively twenty-five and twenty
four years in the service as first lieuten
ants.
Prohibition was pat to popular vote
in Toronto the other day. So far as the
vote went it was declaration against
the saloon and the manufacture and
sale of intoxicants. but it did not go far
enough to have any perceptible effect on
public opinion.
Elk Judgeships seem to have attrac>
tiOns superior to d seat on the bench.
In the Atchison Railroad receivership
three ex-judges appeared for the Union
fVruC OF pth bo Il
road, and fifth for the st. Louis and
San Francisco Road.
Speaker Crisp after most determined
effort, obtained a quorum of the mem
bers of the House of Representatives on
Monday last, and the tariff bill was tax
en- up. Hon. VIM. L. Wilson, of West
Virginia, Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, opened the debate.
FL. e.! Tinsley, of the Vinddcator, is
ginia hotel. While not considered dam
gerously i'll, his condition is such as to
require the attendance of hissphysician.
We trust that the present attack may
be soon sutdned, and that Mr.. Tinsley
will resume his editorial duties at au
early date Yost's Weekly,
At the sale of the Luray Caverns and
property on the 21st uitimo DIR. A. NJ.
Henkle, of Staunton, bought the tract
of woodland east Of Luray at $50 per
acre; also about So acres of farming land
adjoining his farm at 1914 per acre. The
Of Baltimore, at $40, 100. The same
parties bought the Inn aud 20 acres Of
land for 81, 500.
Boss McKane is laboring under the
burden of eleven indictments, but he
has an undeniable pull, as was evidenced
by his reelection as president of the
board of election supervisors of Kings
county. 1t is travesty that the man
accused of election frauds and once con
victed and sentenced should be the one
above all Others charged with maintain
ing the purity of the ballot-box.
Missouri man whose wife was killed
by train while walking along rail-
road track with him near St. Josheph
mas Drought ciailn iOf $IU damages
against the company, patheticaily plead
ing: ''She was a good wife, and her
cooking could not be equaled in the State
of MISSOURI. She was worth all of that
to me. and | think you ought to pay
Congressman Amos Cummings, of New
York, is an able-bodied man and plain>
spoken in his WAYS and when he calls
another liar he is courageous enough
to back up his statement. But he has
tread on the toes of Southern gentle
man, and if it wasn't u fact that the old
dueiing days were over there would
probably be an 'affair of honor upon
his hands We trust, however, that it
will not be carried that far
Thomas Carter, chairman of the Re
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