The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-12


Seminary, enjoyed trip TO the Cave yester-
day.
The Easter storm visited this section on
Sunday night, and Monday morning the
ground was covered with snow.
Boys. the Police are Instructed TO ar
rest all persons caught throwing rocks. Sew
eral were hauled in last week.
| Mr.. Jno J. Mcmahon. of this city. has lcas-
ed the Magnolia Bar, aarrisonburg. and will
shortly take up his residence. in that town
| Col NJ. G. Harman has been awarded the
contract for carrying the mail from Buchan-
an to Richmond, by way of the Canal. six
times a week, at 1853 per annum.
The State council of Virginia Friends Of
Temperance meets in Mt. Crawford on Tues
day evening April Oath, and will continue
its session, until the Friday following.
| The West Augusta Guards and Staunton
Artillery, as we'll as the V. NJ. |. corps OF
| cadets, will probably participate i'll the memo
| rial ceremonies at New Market on the 10Th
of May.
| A meeting Of the Directors OF the Valley
Railroad was held III Baltimore last week
but nothing of interest was transacted and
| no alteration made in the management Of
the road.
| Last week the house of Mr.. Simpson Pei
| ter, near Waynesboro, was accdentE burn
| cd-a defective ilue being the cause. Most
OF the furniture WAS saved. Loss between
| 81 500 and $4,000. No Insurance.
The car load of fat cattle which we noticed
| last week as having been shipped BY Col.Jno.
H. Crawford of this county, were sold in
Baltimore for G4 cents per pound. They
were quoted in Baltimore us Il rare lot.
Mr.. Geo. P. Baker, conducted the Y. NJ.
C. A. prayer meeting on last Sunday even
ing, and remarks were made by M.ssrs. Bay
lor, McCue, Henkel and Simpson. Mr.. B. T.
Bagby will lead next Sunday.
Last week, Isabel, Il little daughter, aged
four years, OF Mr.. lI.ary LlmD. of Fishers
vile, WAS badly burned by her clothes tax
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50 severely as to prove fatal.
The executive committee OF the Western
Lunatic Asyl um have awarded the contract
for the new addition to the Asylum, to Mes,rs.
H. j. Lllshboush and Bro, of this city. for
$l5,3 The entire cost OF tn. improve.
ment, including steam fixtures &c., is esti-
mated at $4,000 Competitive bids were re-
cevcd from Lynchburg, Blltim Ore and Rich.
mond.
Rev. Jno. Landstreet, agent for Wesleyan
Female Institute, preached IN the Methodist
church, in this city on Sunday last. DIR. Mar.
tin, the pastor being still unwell.
The pulpits of the other churches were
filled by their respective pastors, with the eX.
ception of the l,t Presbyterian. in which Rev.
Dr.. Brown of Richmond, formerly plstor Of
Stone church in this county, preached at night.
There were no services at the 81 Presbyter
ian church in consequence of the iudisposi.
ton of Mr. Simpson.
GOOD TEMPLARs.-District Deputy Grand
Worthy Chief Templar, VIM. B. Hyde, as
sisted by II. Sheffey Roller, F. NJ. Mark
hardwood, Ashby S. Hyde and Charles l..
Shumake, instituted a Lodge of Good Tenn
plars, at Verona, in this county. on Tuesday
evening, April 10Th, 1877. under very favor
able auspicies. The following person We're
elected and installed as the officers of the
Lodge:
/ Worthy Chief Tepplar-J. ". Coley; Wor-
thy Vice Templar-W. II. Johnson; Secre-
tary-H. W. Moore; Financial Secretary
g. W. Campbell; ChapIain-N. T. Drum.
heller; Treasurer-A. P. Wilkerson; Mar
slal-W. r. Wilkerson; Inside Guard-J.
| w. Gibson; Outside G,lird-O. NJ. Sutton;
Past Worthy Chief Templar-W. II. Golli-
| day.
N. I. Drumhcller was recommended as
Lodge Deputy. 1t will be known as Middle
River Lodge, and will meet on Saturday night.
PERsoNAL.-Col. John Lewis Peyton. the
popular author of the ''Amercan Crisis &c, :"
''Over the Alleghanies'' and other literary
works of acknowledged merit, has been re-
Gently elected corresponding member of the
Virginia Historical Society. He is alteady
corresponding or honorary member of many
learned societies, and has contributed not a
few valuable and interesting papers to their
collections.
In mentioning his election to membership
in the Virginia Historical Society, the Rich
mond papers give his address as Guernsey,
England. This is mistake. Col. Pcyton
returned from England to this his native
place, about a year ago, and has recently
purchased a beautiful residence which is now
being fitted up in the most complete AMI ell
egant style. After an eventful life, a large
portion of which has been spent at the courts
Of Europe. he has quietly settled in this city
to enjoy the fruits of his abors, and We hope,
! make additional contributions to the litera-
| ture of his native state.
We are gratified to see Mr.. John Paris,
President of the Board Of Supervisors and
recently clerk of the Supreme Court of APP
peals, again on the street. He has been quite
unwell for some TIM, but is recovering rap
idly.
Geo. W. Berlin, Esq, of the Harrisonburg
bar, was in the city Tuesday, attending to
4 professional business.
We we're pleased to meet, on Tuesday, our
OLD Rockingham frenI, Jacob Cowan, Esq,
who stopped day with his relative, Mrs. C.
A. Richardson, Gu bis return from Richmond.
Col. j. Q. A. NadenboUsah. OF Martins
burg, w. Va. was in the CITY yesterday,
looking remarkably we'll.
We are glad to state that the condition of
Senator Cochran. who was paralyzed in
Richmond last week, is greatly improved,
ard strong hopes Of his entire recovery are
entertained.
SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Friday
last, Mr.. Th0s. Scott. q worthy and esteemed
young man, met with an accident which re-
suited in his death. He was bfalespaan Oh
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. and at
0,e time of the accident was employed on
the freight train drawn by engine No. 2,
David sYiltshire, engineer. 1t is the custom
for the trains to help each other on the heavy