Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-07-09
Valley News Items.

The Moffett Register yieldrd $199.23
or the month sof June at Harrisonburg.
Prof. Harrison, of w. & L. UNIVERSE
y, left several days ago for Europe.
The Lutheran Synod of Virginia will
hold its session at Winchester next Au-
gust.
The people of Rockingham are mov~
ing to rebuild the bridges swept away
by the flood of last Fall.
Rev. J. I. Miller, of Staunton, preach
ed in the Lutheran church at Harri-
burg on last Sunday.
Some of the citizens of Front Royal
celebrated the 4th of July by eating
roasting ears Of their own raising.
The storm of last Friday week I'M
rooted the dwelling-house of Mrs. Jo-
seph Bennett, of Warren county.
Two gentlememen last week caught
some sixty or seventy fine bass in the
Shenandoah at Riverton, Warren Co.
Prof. Harry Estill, of Randolph Ma
con College, has been elected to the
chair of natural philosophy, mechan-
les, etc., in Washington and Lee Uni
versity.
The degree of D. D. has been conferred
upon Rev. G. B. Stricken, of Thinking
Spring church, Augusta county, and
Rev. J. Rice Bowman, of Harrison
burg.
Prof. Geo. w. Holland, OF Newberry
College, S. c., who short time ago was
elected Vice-P President of Roanoke Col
lege, has declined to accept the position,
having since been elected president of
Newberry College.
The Fincastle Herald says:-'The
body of the negro woman who, with
her family, was drowned in the great
flood last fall, was found last Thursday
imbedded in the sand near Pattonbuig,
opposite the mouth of the creek In
which she was drowned"
The Will of Danl Wright, the largest
land owner in the Shenandoah Valley
has been admitted to probate. He was
a widower, and died childless. His
property is devised to his nephews and
nieces His executors are Peter Slim
nell, of Frederick county, Va, and
Robert Lamon and Joseph Fl. Morgan,
of Berkeley county, w. Va.
The officers of the Farmers Bank at
Bridgewater j. w. F. Allemong,
President; j. S. Loose, Cashier; o. B.
Loose, Teller. Directors-J. W. +. AL
lemong. ]. S. Loose, Jas. +. Lowmap,
Joseph Click, B. NJ. Rice. The capital
stock will be $40, 900 to commence with
with charter power to increase to not
more than 100000.
We condense the following items
from the Lexington Gazette:
During the storm of Friday evening
week, Mr.. Holland had two hogs killed
by lightning. There was wire clothes
line attached to post of the pen and
fastened to tree near by. The light
ming poured down the tree to the wire
and thence to the pen.
The Moffett Register In Lexington
in the month of June yielded S24s.07.
We learn from the Commonwealth thai
the Board of Supervisors of Rocking
ham, at their recent meeting, fixed the
county levy at G cents; the parish levy
at G cents the levy for roads and bridg
es at 81 cents; the railroad tax at /;
cents; the county tax 10 cents, and the
district school tax 10 cents on each $1O(
of real and personal property-~total 81.
cents, to which add the State tax, 81
cents, we have a tax of $1.02! on eact
500 for 1873, as against $1.07 last year
decrease Of Al cents on the $10O; ano
had it not been for the appropriation:
absolutely necessary for the building o
bridges and roads destroyed by the food
of last fall, the decrease i'll taxation
would have been at least 10 cents on tht
$780, To this, however. will be addee
the usual taxes levied by the District
Board.
The Fourth of July was celebrated In
spirited usauu al Eulu UuIS, OucHdH'
doah county, Va. At an early hour 9
procession, composed of military compa-
Mes from Woodstock and Harrisonburg
a number of benevolent orders, Sunday
schools, etc. was formed, and, headed
by several brass bands. proceeded to
} Cedarwood Cemetery, il the suburbs OF
the town, where beautiful statue. rep
resenting Hope" was unveiled, after
which Rev. w. w. Bennett. president
of Randolph Macon College, delivered
an appropriate address. After The cere-
monies in the cemetery the procession
attended by large eoneourse of people
repaired to a neighboring grove, where
the Declaration of Independence was
read by Judge G. r. Calvert, Of Shenan-
doah, and patriotic Grafton delivered
by J. q. Liggett: of Harrisonburg. A
sumptuous dinner was served in the
grove