The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-02-06

ing held every Sunday evening.
Sunday last was ladies' day at the Y. NJ.
C. A. and the room was crowded. -
Mr.. Koiner has presented resolution in
the Senate to authorize the Virginia Female
Institute of Staunton to borrow money.
There will be meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Augusta County Fair, next
Saturday.
The ladies of the Baptist church held
fair during the early part of the week. and
cleared quite a nice little sum for the bene-
fit OF the parsonage fund.
In the House last week, Mr.. Hanger pre-
sented a petition from number of citizens
of Augusta county asking an amendment to
the present fence law.
Mrs. Jonathan S. johnson has purchased
the farm recently owned by Mr.. VIM. Shu-
mate and situated near Mt. Sidney, for ST.
700.
The Goodson Gazette had the misfortune.
| to have its inside form .pied,' last week
Instead of its usual Interesting original mat
ter it published a cut Of the Institution, and
a plate OF the deaf and dumb alphabet.
Mr.. John O'Connel, who lost leg. during
the late war, and has been living in the
vicinity of Staunton on farm, can hear
something to his advantage by calling at the
VIRGINIAN Office. ttsE fMff
Next Saturday is the day appointed for
| the meeting of tie Re-Adjusiers Of Staun-
ton and Augusta county, to appoint dele
gates to the Convention which meets in
Richmond on the 25th. Is. il-s
| The Enterprise, published at Anderson, w.
Va, by j. NJ. Ferguson, formerly OF the.
| Waynesboroa Tribune, is before US. IL is d.
| very creditable issue, and the first number
has healthy appearance. We wish it sue
cess.
| We haye received copy Of pamphlet
prepared by Col. W. D. Coleman, in expla-
nation of the State Treasury irregularit les
several years ago. We shall examine it
carefully hereafter. We have not the time
to do go this week. q
Judge sheffey is to appear before the
Committee on Roads of the Senate Of Vir-
| ginia to give his reasons why the bill intro
duced by Senator Sherrard, of Rockbridge,
to vacate the Valley Railroad charter, should
n OF pass. ~
Capt. J. C. Smith, the polite and efficient
express agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, at this point, informs us that the
express charges between Staunton and
Baltimore have been reduced from 81 per
100 lbs. to Is cents. This will be gratifying
news to our business men as express ex-
penses constitute a considerable item in
comm ercial transactions. 49,
At Elizabeth Furnace, the Eureka Iron
Company is turning out ten tons per day Of
most excellent iron. At Longdale, where
the furnace is new, 3 ton OF iron is being
produced with ton OF coke, result accom-
Old Uncle Jim Williams, formerly SER
want of John McCue, Esq, decd, of this
county, now resident of Stanton, says he
is SO years old, Ills appearance bears him
out in the statement. Age, however, has
not abated his poiteness. He Is seen daily
on the streets, but his gait is feeble and
halting. as.
The Farmvile Journal is the name Of a
new weekly paper published at Farmville,
Va, the first number Of which is before us.
j. NJ Crute and S. C. Irving are the editors
and propretors, and Mr.. A. NJ. Cowan
formerly of this place and an experienced
journalist, the business manager. 1t is a
neat paper, and well gotten up, and the ed
itorials practical and sensibly written.
Recently considerable reduction lin the
pay of employees OF the C. 6 D. R. w. has
taken place, and on Sunday last large
meeting of said employees was held in this
city, and resolutions adopted protesting
against the reduction. The meeting was
very orderly, and the resolutions were
couched in the most respectful language
They will be presented to the authorities at
Richmond.
If there is any faith to be placed In the
"Ground Hog'' sign, we may prepare for
six weeks more of winter. Last Sunday
was the time appointed for his swineship's
promenade, and at no time during the day
was the sun obscured. The saying is, as al
most everybody knows, that the "Ground
Hog comes out of his hole on the End of
February, and if he sees his shadow, returns
and remains six weeks, during which cold
weather prevails. If the day is cloudy and
he fails to see his shadow, the backbone of
winter is broken, and garden seeds are in Or
der. The coal dealers will be specially graf
flied at the result of Sundays observation. -
DEATH OF AN EsTISdABLE YOUNG MAN.
Wallace Martin, son of Rev. DR.. John
S. Martin, of the Baltimore Conference, N.
E. Church, South, died on Friday last, aged
about 25 years. He had been sick but a
few days with an acute Inflammation of the
stomach, and his untimely death was sur
prise to his friends. He was well known
in this community, living three miles from
town in the Poplar Hills on plantation de.
vised by his grandfather, the late John Ruff,
to his mother. -
His funeral took place at II A. NJ, Sun
day, from the Methodist Church, of which
!. he was member, the pastor, Rev. 1. w.
Canter officiating. The church was densely
packed, and improvised seats were placed
in the aisles to accommodate the vast assem-
blage. The choir sang the mournful and
| plaintiye hymn ''Gathering Home,f Mr.. G
NJ. Cooke, of Washington and Lee Univer-
! sty presiding at the organ. 4afs a43o
After reading chapter from the Scrip.
lures. the pastor stated that it was not lin
his power to make an offering worthy of the
character and virtue of the deceased. He
felt too keenly the loss the Church had sus-
tanned, and sympathized too deeply and
tenderly with the grief-stricken family to
attempt the task of paying fitting tribute
to his memory. lie could say nothing. not
already known Of him who mingled SO late
ly among them, and of those high qualities
of mind and heart which ennobled ant
adorned his nature. Life, so sweet and low
ing to one so young, ambitious and full o.