The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-06-26

VALLEY VIRGINIAN.
sTAUNTON. VIRGINIA.
Wednesday Morning, ...June 26, 1867.
OuR ADVERTISING PATRoNs.-ln view of
the generous patronage bestowed upon us by
the business community, we will about the
middle of August, issue a business directory
containing the cards of our half yearly and
yearly advertisers, to be distributed freely at
all the watering places in the state, and
throu ghout the country generally.
LOCAL.
They have appointed Boald of health in
Lexington.
Fine ripe cherries sell in Berkeley at 10
cents quart.
They expected registration to close in Rock
ham to-day. Ue-r
They are cleaning up the streets and alleys
in Martinsburg.
D. Brown, (colored) addresses the people
of Page, at Luray, next Saturday.
The cars now run six miles beyond jack
sons River, on the Central road west.
The ladies of Old Jefferson decorated the
graves of our dead on the 14th.
Out Of 400 students at the University, this
year, 295 are professors of religion.
The Page Courier is happy to learn that
Mrs. J. S. Wharton is rapidly recovering.
- On the 18th five Penitentiary convicts from
Berkeley, left Martinsburg for Wheeling
&c. Woodson, Esq, of Harrisonburg, was
in our town last week, attending Circuit Court.
Counterfeit three dollar bills, third Nation
al Bank Of Philadelphia, are in circulation
Judge Drokcnbrcugh's law class presented
him witt, beautiful gold-headed cane, last
week
Our Fire Company have an excursion to
Goshen on the 4th of July, and big time may
be expected.
Ancsro man named Gibbs, was drowned
while bathing in Roanoke River, near Salem,
on the 10th.
The Register is pleased to sec, that improve
ments are generally and actively kept up IL
Harrisonburg.
"The Anniversary of John the Baptist,
was celebrated by the Rockingham Masons
last Monday.
Rev II. Suter, Pastor Episcopal Church,
Berryville, Clarke county, has accepted call
to Lynchburg.
Judge W. W. Crump, of Richmond, was in
attendance upon the last Circuit Court Of Fred
crick county.
A negro boy, residing four miles from Lu-
ray, broke his arm by falling from fence
last week.
Don't be fooled or scared by idle reports
Register according to Schofeld's orders and
you arc safe.
The Masonic celebration, at Frankfort,
Grecnbrier county, took place on Monday
the 9th inst.
Registration commenced in RockbrIdge yes
tcrday, and will conclude at Natural Bridge
District, July 1lth.
The locusts-and their name is lcgion-art
playing sad havoc with the forests and frui
trees in Grcenbrier county.
There will be no regular term of the Wcs
Va, Circuit Court, in Morgan, Berkeley and
Jefferson, until October
The Era is informed that fatal disease is
sweeping off the poultry, in and about Mar
tinsburg, at ruinous rate.
refreshing rain on the 10th, in Rocking
ham, greatly improved the corn, oats, grass,
and vegetation generally.
The Rev. Mr.. Leyburn has entered upon
his duties as Pastor of the Loudon st. Presby-
terrain Church, Winchester.
Rust has appeared on the smooth wheat in
Clarke and Frederick, but not enough to ma
terially lessen the yield.
The Free Press says the exhibition of the
NJ E.-Sunday School, of Charlcstown, on the
18th, was great success.
SPRING TRAvEL.-Last Friday morning g.
passengers arrived at Staunton, for breakfast
from Lexington MA Goshen.
The man, in Augusta, who objects most tt
seeing so much about Registering in the pa
pers, can't read word.
They had match game Of Base Ball in Lu
ray on the 22d, between their Ashby Club ant