The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08

Valley r. r. meeting next Wednesday.
Now for rest from the canvass and cleo
tions.
The election is over and still all are not
happy.
| Staunton visitors to the State Fair report
pleasant trip.
The confectioners are preparing for their
Christmas stocks.
Gathering autumn leaves is now the popu-
lar employment of young ladies.
The Culpeper Times has been enlarge d
and improved. 1t is well edited.
Auction sales of dry goods, &C., nightly
congregate crowds on New street.
Dry goods, clothing, &c., are cheaper
than before the war, and yet we hear of hard
times.
The hardest frost of the season came Sat
urday night The earth was white next
morning.
There has been more fruit shipped from
Stanton this year than daring any season
since the war.
There is an unavailable letter in the Rich
mond Post Office addressed to Miss Jane E.
Mccartney, Waynesboro', Va.
We are indebted to Hon. John I. Harris
for valuable public documents, for which he
will please accept our thanks.
The sacrament Of the Lords Supper was
administered in the Methodist and other
churches last Sunday morning.
| Tom. Burke will shortly commence the
opposite the establishment occupied by him.
Judge Harris, Chairman of the Election
Committee, retains the services of Mr..
Smith, of Albemarle, as clerk to the Com
mittee.
An itinerant with a large performing bear
made his appearance on our streets Monday
and created quite an excitement among the
juveniles.
Over thirty thousand tickets were printed
at this office for the recent election-enough
to give each voter in the county six apiece
and leave some for the poor.
The freights on both the Chesapeake &
Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio railroads were
never heavier-the quantity of stock passing
over them being particularly large.
The indications are that the number Of des-
ttute who will have to be supported by pub
lie and private charity during the approach
ing winter, will be unprecedently large.
Last Thursday the sportsmen were out in
full force, and the bags were large. We are
informed that birds were never more abun-
dant, and the coveys are almost all grown.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
Church will give an oyster supper in the
Grange Hall tonight for the benefit Of the
Mission Sunday Schools. Go down and help
them in their laudable efforts.
Prof. G. L. Kearsley will open his second
dancing school in the Grange building, on
Friday and Saturday afternoons, November
9th and 10th, at 81 p. m. Also night
school for gentlemen, on Monday and Tues
day evenings, November 18th and 18th.
The readjusters did not carry their ticket
entire in this county, but they set the ball
in motion that swept over the State. The
next Legislature will correspond in senti-
ment with the proclaimed views of the 10Th
of May meeting in Augusta county.
The Grange Hall last Thursday evening
was we'll filled, the attraction being the
wonderful piano performances of the negro
prodigy, Blind Tom. All of our Female
schools were fully represented, and they as
we'll as the entire audience were more than
pleased with the entertainment
Miss lola Burks, a pupil in our blind de-
partment, obtained premiums for worsted
knitting at both the Winchester and Lynch
burg Fairs.
Two other pupils have work now OH exhi-
bition at the State Fair in Richmond.-Good-
son Gazette.