Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-04-08

Staunto1 Spettator.
Tuesday, 4priJ, s 1878.
A Northern firm propose opening large
wholesale Jobbing House in Staunton soon.
Several handsome dwellings are soon to go up
on Churchman lots, Frederick street.
Enterprising men are talking of building an
oil warehouse near Staunton and it will pay.
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Lewis street is being McAdamized and Frog
Lake" (Stuarts old meadow, Gallow's TOWN. is
building up.
The English statue of Gen. Stonewall Jack
son is completed, and Gen. Pendleton learns il
will soon be forwarded to Virginia.
Tam's Town, and all that way, continues to
improve, and the piles of brick in the yards in
dictate extensive building in the City soon.
An enterprising citizen suggests street rail-
road from w. L. Asylum to Tams Town on
Valley Pike, and says it would only cost SIS, 600
and would pay.
There will be an exhibition at Christian Greek
school-house % miles from Greenville, next
Friday night. Rev. Mr.. Cooper is teacher, and
the public are invited to attend
j. W. Aby's fine residence, on Red Hill,
commands one of the finest views of mountain,
hill and Valley, in the city. and is worthy, in
all respects, of its elevated position.
Valentine could find models for his casts of
statues of the Heroic Age, in the striking atti-
tudes assumed by the gay and festive youth, on
the street corners Sunday afternoons.
We call attention to the advertisement of the
Loeb Bros, on corner of Main and New streets
They advertise an immense stock of new and
beautiful Spring goods at low prices.
Brooks" says Mr. Burdett's dog story amt "a
patchln' to dog he had out at Pointsville, for
he laid in ditch 10 days and never got up
Burdett will "rise to explain" or hand in the
checks.
Charley Stafford has painted new and beau
tiful sign for the jewelry store of our old friend
Gabe Hirsh. 1t fifty represents the beauty of
the gentlemen within and the artistic display of
spring notions it points the way to.
FINE WoRK.-Cox has secured one of the best
coach painters in the State, and is reftting Har-
man & Co.'s old coaches in style for Spring sea-
son. Several new ones will be added and the
lines fully equipped with fine stock, sc.
Staunton now boasts regular Richmond Dis
patch correspondent, Dick, and a Baltimore Su,,
amateur called Valley They theoretically
make up their letters from the local columns OF
the City Press.
To THE SUNNY SoUTH.-Mr Charles Thomp-
son and family left April LIST, for Sherman, Tex
as to find home. His sons-in. law have been
there year, and he joins them. Mr.. John c.
Bell of Rockbridge left on same train to sell
lands in Bell, Erath and other counties.
A MOUNTAIN ENGINEER.-Col. J. W. Nc
Candlish, of Millboro, is the Oldest engineer on
G. s. 0. r. r. Twenty five years ago he ran the
first train on the Central Railroad into Rich
mond. 1t is said to be hard life, but the Sol
oneP' has prospered on it and now weighs $50
net, and is jolly in proportion.
The Doc ORDINANCE, which went into effect
April 1st provides that if the owner of any dog
fails to pay the license tax of ST. 25 he is subject
to fine of $5-one-half of which goes to the
informant-and if the fine is not paid, and can
not be made, the party lays himself liable to
work out the amount in the chain. gang, at rs
cents per day, as provided by the law.
THE CEMETERIEs.-A new plank fence is be-
ing put around Thornrose, and Mr.. Mcnamara
is generally improving the grounds. The Sol
diers' Cemetery has been ploughed up to kill
the briers, &C., and prepare it for adornment,
when funds sufficient are secured. The trees
and shrubbery in both grow finely and the grass
is looking fresh and green, and, in time, they
will compare favorably with any in the State.
GOOD SELL.-The young ladies Of the Angus
ia Female Seminary practced good April
Joke on some of our young gentlemen last week
They sent out a number of printed invitations
to attend Soiree to be given by themselves,
whereupon considerable number of young Ia
dies men, from the University of Virginia and
from our own City, 'got themselves up'' in their
most exquisite dyke" aad responded to the in
vitation. On arriving at the Seminary they
were greeted with the stunning sound-'Aprll
Fool"
AGREEABLE SURPRIsE-On last Wednesday
evening, about twenty-five ladies Of the Metho-
dist congregation, met at the residence of the
Presiding Elder in this place, for the ostensible
purpose of having rag tacking." They took
provisions with them, and, unknown to the wife
of the Elder, had it conveyed to the dining
room. A little before the usual hour for supper
the bell rang. and they all responded to the call,
much to the chagrin of the lady of the house, ano
on opening the dining room door, "a most bountiful
board was spread before them, which exhibition
instantly transformed the feeling Of chagrin into
feelings of delight.
EMPRovEMENT.-The Messrs. Lushbaugh
Brothers are preparing to remove their Door,
Sash and Blind Factory, from its present build
ing to new and more convenient locality on
the opposite side of the railroad, on their lot
formerly used as the public garden. This change
will give them a more capacious undergrad
and other wise greatly increase their facilities fol
business. The Messrs. Lushbaugh have done
much for the improvement of our City, fol-
which they deserve much praise, and we have
no doubt their new enterprise will be apprecia-
ted by discerning public