The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-30

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EIGHT PAGES.
The Lowell News says that recen: ar
rival from Cuba says that Weyler Is q
Dutchman whose parents 1--we in Ohio.
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The position nigh. be too humble for
him, but Mr.. Hanna's genus would pos
itively shine as President MrKnicy's
Secretary.
Chicago thieves have stolen an arte-
sian well. but the Washing ,on Post Is
glad to know that they were conslderate
enough TO leave the hole.
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The present cold wave may give an ex-
cuse to raise the price of ice during the
summer on the ground that the crop
was spoiled by the late frost, suggests
the Baltimore American.
The packers and provision dealers of
Chicago and other Western cities a:e
profoundly stirred by the action of GER
tain Swiss cantons and the threa tened
action of France and Germany in ex-
Guiding Anne lean mea: products.
y Kentucky man who lost his voice
yelling for Mckinley wants an oflce
under the administration. says the New
York Journal. The chances are that a
great many patriots will lose their voices
yelling for Offices they will not get
Senator Lodge bucked against the in
eVitable when he tried 10 abolish the
Cong; ess!onal Record. The Congress
siona Record is not the best publication
in the world. but 1t keeps whole lot of
statesmen from being thought dead.
The South Carolina Legislature Is con-
s!dering bill TO compel a., railroad
trains TO stop at oil stations, and the
Philadelphia Ledger says lis purpo.c
appears to be TO keep Florida bound
tourists IN the State as long rs possible.
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The Kansas Legislature is making a
mighty rumpus In behalf Of Cuba. Here's
a plan for the settlement OF the Cuban
question, as we'll as the Kansas GU stion;
Let's swap Kansas to Spain for Cuba,
sight unseen" says the Louisville Cou-
rier Journal.
just lO1 years ago a Ken;ucklan bor-
rowed book from friend, and the
Atlanta Journal In noting the fact. saws
that last Saturday il was returned 70
member Of the owners family by a
graHds'n of the Dor. over. Bo-k-keep. ns
is fine art In Kentucky.
Lieutenant Won Brusewi:z. Of the Ger.
man army. has been sentenced to impri-
sohment for three years and twenty days
tor killing workman, wuo accidentally
brushed against HIS chair In a restau-
rant. suppose the workman had killed
the Lieutenant, what then?
A Havana dispatch by way OF Key
West says the insurgents under Rivera
In P:nar del Rio occupy an impregnable
position. This exactly .allies with Cap
tain General Wey'er's report. He sovs
he cannot find Rivera: and no position
can be safer than one which cannot be
discovered, remarks the Savannah News
The Alexandria Gazette saws thai
making sassafras OIL is a grea, industry
in Nelson county. In radius of ter
miles four mills are a; wo:k. and yer,
many people are engaged in digging ant
hauling sassafras roofs. which are solo
ut 81 per ton a: the mill. The oil com.
mands ready sale in New York and othe,
Northern cities al fine prices.
Six years ago." says the New Vol
Mall and Express. "there were but ,w:
direct steamship lines between Southern
ports and Europe, while to-day there ar,
eleven cities At the South. each O
which has one or more lines of trans t
ient!c steamers. These facts must no
De Owe. looked by those who seek III,
cause of the decline OF New York.
commerce They will help to explain
where our trade has gone and why"