Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-05-11
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"A new pObL-OulCo hds UCCA CcboDAAohSN ~o
Stanley. Highland county. with J. w. Reed as
postmaster.
The Allegheny Tribune expresses the opinion
that the Richmond and Allegheny railroad
will be extended to Plttsburg Pennsylvania.
For the past week, the temperature here has
been that of midsummer, the mercury ranging
from IS to 80 degrees in the shade in the after
noon.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says that "be-
fore October, the Valley will be fully aroused,
and the old Tenth Legion of Democracy all
ablaze."
The shoe factory recently started in Char
lottesville by Mr.. ]. F. Elliott, is now in full
operation, employing about fifteen hands, and
turning out from thirty to fifty pairs of shoes
per day.
The Jonathan Brooks farm in Rockbridge, on
HAYS Creek, containing al acres, was sold on
Thursday last to VIM. N. Wilson, of this coun-
ty: for So 700. equivalent to cash.
The Highland Recorder says that Capt. Har-
mon Hiner has very recently purchased the
Sounding Knob property, and contemplates
making out of it a sheep rancho.
The commencement exercises of the New
Market Polytechnic Institute, will open on
Tuesday evening, May 18th, 1880. The Annual
Address will be delivered by Hon. A. G. Rid
die, of Washington, D. G.
Rev. Mr. Ransdel, the pastor of the North
Presbyterian Church of Washington city, has
married a Catholic lady, which has caused some
excitement in his congregation, a majority of
whom, however, stand by their pastor.
The Rockingham Register says that there is
in the family ofSamuel Shrump, ESQ.,, of Day
ton. Rockingham county, German Bible in a
good state OF preservation which was printed
in 1871. which descended regularly through the
Niswander family, whose names for generations
are contained in the family record on its pages,
We are pleased to see that DIR. s. II. Moffett,
an able readjuster of Rockingham, who will
act with the organization of the Conservative
marty, has been elected q delegate to the State
convention by the Conservatives of Rocking
ham. We would be pleased to see him elected
an elector by the State convention.
The Valley will vote for the nominees of the
Cincinnati Convention. You can risk "your
bottom dollar" on that. The people of the Val
lev will take theirs straight" without any
Malone ingredient of an Independent or any
other kind of ticket. They are not only patri-
otto and good Democrats, but are too smart to
be fooled with painted mule.'
The Allegheny Tribune announces that con-
pregational meeting has been officially called
tn assemble in the Covington Presbyterian
church on the fifth Sunday in this month. i'm
mediately after public worship. in the morn
ing, to consider the request of Rev. ]. M. Rice
for dissolution of the pastoral relations be-
tween himself and that church.
Tn view of the fact that Blair, of Wythe, has
declared In favor of rigid application Of the
doctrine of adjustment to the National debt,
tho Charlottesville Chronicle says
IF the the Readjuster party adopts the idea
ofone OF their leading men, who proposes to
" the National debt, it will have to be
rrooohristened. Blair-therskites will then be APP
propriate."
Tho labor strike at Bentonville, on the Shen.
.ndoob Valley railroad has ended and without
the necessity of resort to force. though the
militia were called out.
The strikers were colored laborers. a number
of whom were arrested and imprisoned. About
eve hundred italians were working on the road
In the same neighborhood, but they did moi
join the strikers. ~