The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-07-11

| Rockingham county, and Capt. Myers, of High
land county. The speeches were forcible and to
! the point.
| On the 9th the sense of the qualified voters
Of the county was taken as to whether the county
should subscribe to the capital stock of the above
named Company the maximum amount OF $50 600,
and resulted as follows:- For subscription, 538.
Against subscription, Is. The registered vote of
4 the county being about 775, we have majority of
about 49, Committees actively engaged in
securing subscriptions from private individu lis.
to the capital stock of the company, and it is be-
leved that $4,000, the required amount, can be
raised in this way without difficulty.
Our people want Railroad and are willing to
nav for it, The proposed route Of this road is
from the NJ E. part of county to the S. w., max,
ing Monterey point on the Road.
Husr1NGs Court FOR CtrY OF STAuNToN-Ju-
IY 5TH-Grand Jury empannelled and retired to
consider of their presentments.
George Harlan presented an account against
the Commonwealth of Virginia. and NJ Waddil
was licensed to keep an eating house on New
STREET. f tleU Eeg
Commonwealth against Alexander Nelson, VIM.
Barbour and II. r. Nelson, capias returned not
found, and new process awarded. 44sf II
Commonwealth against Alfred Slaughter, keep
ing disorderly house, continued till next term.
| Common wealth against VIM. Z. Baker, contnA
ued till next term.
P. Jaccherl was licensed to keep an eating
house.
| Grand Jury returned and made the following
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Jordan Winston, grand larceny, against same
for house breaking Thomas Armisead, petit
larceny James Miller, house breaking; Frank
Harris, petit larceny and count for form convc-
ton; James Perry aud Lewis hurry, assault
and battery Commonwealth against NJ. Doom
and Jerry Kelley, assault and battery.
Grand Jury adjourned over until next morh=
ing at 10 o'clock.
Platt ct ais. against Platt ct ais, in Chancerv,
referred to Commissioners Crawford Bayby, Har
rison, Utley and Taylor.
| On motion of G. NJ. Harrison, Robert craic
duly licensed to practice the Courts Ct this
Commonwealth.
| Commonwealth against Jordan Winston. trial
verdict and sentence for years in the Peniten-
tiary.
Commonwealth against same, Commonwealth
entered aolle pros.
Commonwealth against Thomas Armistead net
it larceny, not guilty. and prisoner discharged
Ordered that the Sergeant summon sixteen
good and lawful men to serve as veniriemen for
the trial of Commonwealth cases, and that they
be present at 10 o'clock on tomorrow, (Satur-
day.
Grand Jury appeared punctual to adjournment,
and retired to further consider of their present
ments.
P. H. Trout, defendant, against Morgan L.
Bobbit, in debt judgment, confessed for $780,
Thomas j. Niche qualified as administrator on
estate of Chapman J. Niche decd Levi Sha-
ffef qualified as Constable. Commonwealth against
James Mills, house breaking, guilty and REMAND
ed for sentence. Platt against Plat. decree for
sale of house and lot Commonwealth against W.
E. Baker, defendant, confessed Judgment, one
| cent fine and costs.
Grand Jury appeared and made the following
presentments Commonwealth against William
Jordan, assault and battery; Commonwealth
against G Lushbaugh, assault and battery; Com
monWealth against e. Cohn. assault and battery ;
Commonwealth against s. NJ. Bagby, assault and
battery.
Grand Jury discharged, and Court adjourned
until Monday.
| A. F. G. ExcURsIoN.-On Wednesday evening
of last week, ye local was favored with piece of
Dashboard bearing on its face the compliments of
J. H. Waters, and rendering US ride with him
and the festive spirits of fire organization, to
the White Sulphur Springs
The management of the Excursion was confid-
ed to Messrs. j. H. Waters, John NJ. Hardy. S.
Travers Philips, Charles Gregory, James Crick-.
ard and j. Lushbaugh.
AT o'clock, A. NJ. on the 4th, with our pro-
portions enveloped in a flowing duster, and heart
filled with joyous anticipations of the pleasures
and novelties of the day, EN- barked on thecars
and were soon speeding over the lovely scope of
country that stretches away to the skirts of the
! Aleghenys. The train was filled with as joyous
and light hearted a convocation as ever went out
from the cares Of every day life, and the merry
jest and inspiring song. kept glorious accompa-
niment to the throbbing pulse of the engine and
the clatter of wheels as sped on to the shad-
ows of the mountains.
1t would require more space than we can afford
to tell of the scenes along the route-,he busy
harvesters, the golden wheat fields the evidences
Of general Thrift and prosperity through Bells
Valley, and then the rapid changing of the PIANO.
rama into one of rugged grandeur, and teeming
with yawning caverns, towering cliffs and gloomy,
gaping tunnels, as we followed the iron hol Sc Ger
his sinueous and perilous track into the gorges
and depths of the everlasting hills
few miles West OF Miliboro, we lay off
for the Eastern bound Mail Train. and here
Kountz and Reynolds made the air vocal with
dulcet harmonies from the yiolins and flutes Some
daring and intrepid spirits also made sundry small
excursions into the adjacent underground of
whortlcberries, and were violently snake bitten
but the proper antldOteS were on hand and prompt
ly administered 1t was here, too, that we were
first apprised of the presence CT another repre-
sentative of the Staunton Press, P. l. K, of the
"Wild Cat" who discovered ensconced among
the ladies on one of the rear coaches. He ex-
pressed himself as delighted with the section of
country through which we were passing, and said
that from the profusion and size of the ..black-
berry patches he convinced that the nat
ural resources of Allegheny were iuexhaust-
ible, and that in his poetic fancy it was associa-
ted with that ''dstant Aidenn,' where all good
editors go when they die.
The Express Train at this juncture ratified past
US, and We went back to the baggage to keep
our faithful vigil over the provision baskets and
a bottle of-pickles which the ever provident
care of our excellent committee had secured for
our comfort at the end Of the route
+ At half past eleven o'clock, we ran into that
Paradise of pleasure seekers the White Sulphur,
and the legitimate pleasure of the day began. The
party had subdiyided into coteries and scattered
through the groves and over the lawns, while we
under the guidance of our friend, George b. one
of the old staff of the establishment ended our
way to the h.tel. After the parties had compile
ted dinner, the keys of the ball room were ten
dered Mr. Hardy by the Proprietors, the band
summoned, and the eight fantastic toe'' was
done with zeal and energy, until the whistle of
the locomotive summoned the gay jewellers away
to their homeward journey.
Nature was typefying the regret we all felt in