The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-09

UNcALLED FOR EXPRESS PACKAGES
Packages addressed to the following nance
parties remain uncalled for in the Adams
Express Office, in this city. Owners are re-
quested to call. pay charges and take then
away at once:
j. L. Avis. J. 6. Apple, c. Brown, DR.. i
Ii. Brown. Mr.. j. F. Bear, S. S. Campbell
Rev. W. Evers, Il. C. Fox, NJ. C. Fuller. D.
II. Hizer. T. FL. Harrison, A. NJ. Johns, II
johnson, R. Jennings, Jordan & Snapp, j.
C. Lambert, D. Mitchell. j. n. Opie, Mrs
D. O'Conner, j. A. Pearson, w. I. Rawson
J. Robinson, G. W. Swope, A. Templeton
W. Vint, L. Wyman, A. Botkin, c. F. Mays
J. Smith, W. r. r. Truss, 3. Dull.
CITY CoUNCIL.-Thc regular meeting o.
the city council was held on Tuesday night
last, aliof the members being present excet
Mr.. Gooch.
The session was long and tiresome, ant
the business transacted principally OF a rou
tine character, the most important OF which
was as follows:
On the recommendation Of the street com.
mittee. Il pavement was ordered to be laid
along the east side of Water street from Main
to Frederick, at cost not to excel $3.50
The same committee was ordered to have
Church street open, d to its northern termi.
nus. This latter improvement contemplates
the extension of the street from the Institute
building on Main street to Frederick, neai
the residence Of Mr., Jas. F. Patterson, trav.
ersing lands now occupied as lots, gardens
&c.
The water ordinance was amended so as
not to allow street sprinklers where Water is
not otherwise used on the premises.
The committee recommended that suita-
BILE building be erected on the Institute
property for the use of the Hook 6 Ladder
Company at cost not to exceed $3.50.
Among the petitions received and referred
was one from A. F. Robertson and others
for sewer along New street, come citing with
that OF Main, and resolution was offered
by Capt. Bumgardner instructing the com
mittee on Buildings to rent the room above
the Police Office to the military companies
at an annual rent of 500.
A. communica ton was received from the
clerk OF the school Board, informing the
council that the average to each teacher OF
the colored schools was Go pupils and that
some % applications had been rejected for
want of means of accommodation. The
communication asked that suitable room
may be secured and an additional teacher
appointed for the colored pupils. The Treas
urer report for the month showed receipts
sG,l7G.17 and disbursements $6,l6013.
LARGE TRACT OF UNIMPROvED LAND
IN MARKET is directed to the
advertisement in another column Of 4, 400
acres of unimproved land located in the
South. eastern portion Of Augusta county
As sheep rancho, there is no portion Of
Virginia that furnishes better location
and where sheep raising could be CARR ed on
more probably. Most OF the tract could be
utilized for this purpose, besides raising on
it enough roughness and grain for all de-
mands either for cattle or sheep or BOTH
The greater portion of the land is well
adapted to the growth of corn, rye, oats, to-
bacco, grapes and vegetables, the latter
growing to remarkable perfection. The
streams running through it are large and
located so as to accommodate the different
portions OF it; and supplying the entire tract
with ample water. About 500 acres, con-
stituting depression, through which runs
Cold Creek, could be made a productive
wheat farm. Game of variou; kinds abound
on the lands.
The property has heretofore been regard
ed as possessing iron ores and manganese,
and 1t has been treated as mineral prop
erty, no effort having been made to utilize
it either for stock or farming purposes
While there is no doubt as to the existence
of large quantities of these minerals, it is
believed that it could be made mora profita-
bic and exceedingly valuable at this time,
by appropriating it to stock raising and
grain production. A dozen farms of mod
crate size could be made out of it, and range
enough left for a large number Of sheep and
cattle.
The present owners of this land are not
situated so as to give it's improvement their
personal attention, and as it is dead capital
to them in its present condition, great bar
gain can be had in its purchase by parties
who would apply themselves either to rails.
ing stock or clearing it up for farming pur-
poses.
The Chalybeate spring is a very superior
mineral water, and in close proximity to 1t
is large, very cold free stone spring, the
road to both of Which coul be made very
good one at small cost.
There are excellent building sites conve-
nient TO the numerous springs which exist
on it, if it should be desirable to cut it 10
into separate farms or tracts.
1t adjons the property of Messrs. Rankin
& Co, and is but a short distance from their
widely known Wooden Factory.
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