The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-01
The schools are preparing for commence

The schools are preparing for commence
ment exercises.
The Lexington Presbytery met at Loeb
Willow Church, Churchville, Oh Tuesday
last.
Arch. G. Stuart, son of Hon. A. Fl. II.
Stuart, of this city, left for Colorado Tues
day last.
The fire on the mountains west of Staun-
ton afforded brilliant scene last Sunday
evening.
Tyree opened the first soda fountain of
the season Monday, and reduced the delicious
beverage to five cents glass.
Next Saturday the annual meeting OF the
East Augusta Fire Insurance Company will
be held in this city.
Our farmers generally are corn planting.
From all we can learn the acreage this year
will be above the average.
The rehearsal Of 'Pinafore' has commenced
and preparations for its prese ntation are be-
ing made on an extensive SCALE
The Junior Dancing Club inaugurated the
summer campaign by a meeting at the resi-
dence of DIR. Baldwin last Friday night.
The wheat crop, we are glad to learn, has
considerably improved within the past week
or two, and the prospect for an average yield
is good.
The rain of Monday last greatly benefited
the growing crops, and was favorable to
corn planting which is now in active pro
gress all over the county.
The Waynesboro' Tribune has resumed
publication. 1t appeared last week enlarged
and greatly improved. Mr.. E. Donaghe is
now sole editor and proprietor.
That live little paper, the Higland Record
er. has changed hands and is now under the
editorial management OF Mr.. j. X. Camp
bell, good writer and for years county SUI
perintendent of schools.
The principal streets should be cleaned
and the dirt removed oftener than once a
week. We feel assured that majority OF
the business men in the heart Of the town
would prefer a daily sweeping up.
At the close of Mr.. E. C. Vincent's school,
near Stribing Springs, last week. a delight
full entertainment was given by the scholars.
Dialogues, recitations, tabeauX, &C., togeth-
err with the music of good string band,
comprised the programme and furnished an
evening Of rare pleasure.
The annual meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A.
| bolI iO},t af ytyhio
time the President report will be submitted,
new officers elected, and two delegates ap-
pointed to represent this association at the
International Convention to be held in Bal
timore on May 21st to oath.
Mrs. Dundore, o most estimable lady,
died at her residence on Kalorama Street, on
Saturday last. in the 6Sth year of her age.
She was the mother of NJ. P. Funkhouser,
ESQ.,, and grandmother of Mrs. W. l.. Oliv-
Ter, of this city. The funeral took place
Sunday evening from the Lutheran church.
Within the past week the trees have been
clothed in their new spring garb, and the
cool, refreshing shade they afford is as
grateful as warm weather can make it. On
every side the fresh verdure is seen, and the
white fences and arbors, as they CLEAN
through emerald curtains, form picture
pleasant to look upon.
Monday was Court-day and a considerable
number of people from the country were in
town. Candidates were numerous and &C
tive, auctioneers and patent medicine ven
doris were noisy, and machine agents repre-
senting everything from a patent tooth-pick
to traction engine ran against you at every
corner. The crowd was not as large as we
have seen, but the activity was something te
wonder at.
Our merchants and business men who
joined the commercial excursion to Rich
mond last week, are loud in their praises OF
the hospitable reception accorded them.
They were elegantly entertained at the
Rooms Of the Commercial Club, royal
banquet having been given there, and every
thing that could be desired was provided in
abundance. The object of the excursion, as
heretofore stated, was to establish bushes:
relations between the merchants of the in
terror of the State and those of Richmond
and we hope and believe that the result has
been even more than was anticipated.
1t will add hundred per cent. to the
general appearance of our town if our citi-
zens have their fences. out-houses. &c, neat
ly whitewashed. A majority Of them, witt
each returning spring, subject their prem
Uses to a thorough cleaning up, but there are
vacant lots and gardens which are neglec ted
} and form an unpleasant contrast to the ii
\ dyness Of their surroundings. Every one
who owns property in the city is sufficiently
interested in the general prosperity to make
the place as pleasant looking and inviting as
possible. and in no way can this be so wei
and cheaply accomplished as by the judiciou
useof whitewash and paint.
A petition circulated by the ladies and
numerously signed will be presented to the
City Council next Tuesday night, praying
that line of water pipe may be run from
the reservoir, through the Cemetery, and
connect with the main on Beverly St.
Should the Council grant the petition and
| lay Guo plr'C, IL 10 onC PutPooc Va 1uO LA
ecutive Committee of the Cemetery to erect
large central fountain, with wide basin
so that sun-tempered water will always be
handy to those who wish to plant flowers and
shrubbery, and otherwise beautify the spot
where their dead rest. Almost every family
in Staunton has sacred interest in the
graveyard, and all desire to see it made beau
tiful. Nothing will so much contribute to
this end as an abundant supply of water,
and the Council il should not hesitate. if in its
power, to at once grant the petition and
thereby enable lot owners to make Their
preparations before summer comes.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. w. r. Mari, who ha:
been Frustrated for several weeks. lie agar
on the street.