Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-03-30
Briefs.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is the day appoint
ed for the sale ofthe Greenbr1er White SNDpAur
Springs.
The Methodist Congregation at Saerando are
taking steps to secure the building of house,
of worship.
There seems to be good grounds for the hope
that the Valley Railroad will eput under con-
tract between this time and next Fall.
Rev. Luther F. Smith will preach at Mt Ia
Dor Lutheran) church next Sunday in the
morning and at Middlebrook that evening.
There will be q solree by the school of vocal
music at the Augusta Female Seminary next
Friday night. The cantata-"G
will be rendered.
The question of ratifying the law for Maead-
amizing the roads in this county will not be
submitted to the vote Of the people till the ge-
neral election in May OF next year.
Next week, being holiday week at the Au-
gusta Female Seminary, a number of the pu-
pills, accompanied by the Principa will pay "a
visit to Washington City and Mt. Vernon.
We regret that we were compelled to post
pone the interesting letter of our cOrrespon-
dent at Williamson's. 1t will appear in our
| next ISSUE Hope to hear from there frequent
ly.
Rev. ]. NJ. Frost, pastor of the Baptist church.
will preach next Sabbath afternoon q o'cf0ckD
at MiddIe-river chapel, near Hundley's Mill.
After the sermon, Sunday school, will be Or
ganized.
Prof. E. Louis Ice. an accomplished musician,
who has for some time been an instructor of
music in the Staunton Female Seminary of
this city, has resigned that position, which is
now filled by Prof. DeValley.
ington Presbytery will meet in Churchyille to
dismiss Rev. D. L. Wilson to the Columbia.
Tenn., rresbytery, who has been called to be
pastor of the church at Pulaski in that State.
We understand that report is being circu-
lated in the county that the admission to the
approaching Spring Races In Apr Hat, the Fair
Ground, is to be Sl.OO. This is a mistake and
we are authorized to say that it will only be
% cents.
In accordance with the request of Rev. Dr. Je-
ter, Rev. DIR. H. H. Harris Professor of Greek
In the Richmond College, takes his place as,
Editor of the Religious Herald. Mrs, Jeter re-
tains the interest of her deceased husband,
and continues to edit the Home Department
Of that journ al as she has done for years.
The puzzle of Is has been superseded in
Staunt0n by that of 5-the question being to
~S'SAAAAAAO WhlCA Vi Uuc cd0QlualeS fOr the OI-
flee of Commonwealth's Attorney for the City
will be put in the position desired. At pre-
sent, like the babies farmed by Little Buttercup
they are wonderfully "mixed up"
Bear in mind and do not forget it, that, after
tomorrow. it is against the law to kill robins
till after the LIST of November and that for kill
ing or having them in possession the penalty
In each case is fine of ten dollars and impri-
SOnmpnt mr. TO
law should forbid the killing of robins at any
season.
An Intelligent subscriber writes to us as fol-
lows -
we have tried several of your recipes pub
Hsneu IN the SPECTATOR and found them ex--
celient, and now write to request that you
Puoiisn good recipe for making soap. The'
work.
Who Will enable us to comply with the above
request. by sending us for publication "eood
recipe for making soap?"