The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29


is in progress at the American Hotel, as we go
to press.
Mr. Chas. NJ Galaher was in town during
the holidays. He is bookkeeping at Lownoor
Furnace.
Hon Edwin Wilt, member Of Congress
from Michigan, and lady are soiourning at the
Virginia Hotel.
Capt. Jno H. Dinneen, of Richmond, and
wife are spending the holidays with his rela-
tions in this city.
Mr. Ellis Mills, of the e. S. Senate Steno-
graphic Corps, is spending his holiday at his
fathers, in Staunton.
Our representatives ID the Legislature,
Mcssrs. Koiner, Skinner and Hanger, are
spending the holidays at home.
Gent Jno Echols spent the holidays at his
nome in this city. He has been in Kentucky
for some weeks working up railroad schemes.
Nh Frank Sagindorph and wife, nee Miss
lennie Wilson, are enjoying the Christmas
holidavs at Mrs SIS former home in this city
Mr. Tom Burke will shortly commence the
erection of handsome brick store-house on
the corner lately occupied by Byers and
cochran.
H Gen. Jos. +. johnson is in the city represen-
| | ng the Home Insurance Go. of New York, in
lac adjustment of the insurance on the Stock OF
Byers & Cochran.
Z Wehad the pleasure of call yesterday from
| bur old friend, G. s. P. TripIett, Esq, of Gull
| teper He is on a visit to his daughters, who
! Ire pupils at the Wesleyan Female Institute.
/ Messrs. Mason, Hege 81 Gooch have a large
bnvict force employed on the construction of
! the Valley railroad Their contract embraces
| three sections of the road Immediately south
| d Staunton.
/ The SPIRIT Of the Valley says: Mr.. John G
Stott, of New Hope, Augusta county, while
diving hearse in the vicinity of Luray, on
Tie 14th inst, met with an accident, his horse
running away with the hearse and throwing
him on the ground seriously injuring him."
Monday was court day and many of the
country people were in town. Towards even
ing the effects of egg-nog and apple toddy be-
cane apparent, but everybody was in good
humor and if little boistrous, why the nerv-
Gus should have remembered that it was
Christmas.
Messrs Bvers & Cochran have transferred a
small portion of their stock to the store room
ON Augusta street, recently occupied by ID.
O'Rcrk. In few days they will have on
hane large and fresh assortment of goods,
and gill be fully prepared to meet the wants
of their customers.
d.. Henry May, of Lunenburg, father OF our
esteemed townsman, Mr.. Geo. W. May, spent
few days with bis son and other relatives in
the city during the latter part of last week.
DR.. May is advancing in years, but has all the
freshness and vigor Of middle age. He is up
with the times, progressive in everything and
the strongest of Readiusters.
We are indebted to Messrs Houck & Wallis,
of Harrisonburg, for neat little calendar for
1892 Il contains the card of their Boot, Shoe
i Harness and Leather establishment, and is an
indication, TOO, of their enterprise and sagacity
in presenting their business to the public. 1t
has attended them is evidence that they are
appreciated by the Valley people.
The photograph of Peyton s. Coles, ESQ.,,
Grand Master Mason, has been presented to
and apron which belonged to Gen. George
i Washington, and was the handiwork Of the
wife Of Gen. Lafayette, and presented by the
latter to Gen. Washington. 1t is wrought on
satln,a is beautiful specimen ofthe taste and
4 workmanship of the time when it was made.
A difficulty occurred on Saturday night last
I IN which Girard Gregory, of this city, was
| struck on the head with bottle, and had the
skull mashed, and Harrison Shut, an employee
of the railroad, also had his head badly hurt.
A number of arrests have been made, but the
difficulty seems to be that no one is prepared
to identify the party who struck the blows.
Gregory is in critical condition. in con-
sequence of which the trial was postponed
until Saturday
Last week man named Hoover, hailing
from Sugar Grove, Pendleton county, got in
to rather an embarrassing position whilst
visiting Staunton. He appointed himself a
policeman, and seeing two green countrymen
in scrape, went up and boldly arrested them,
declaring that they could only regain their
liberty by paying fine. This the men did, and
the would-be policeman pecketed the money.
The matter was brought to the attention of
the police and Hoover was arrested, but upon
his own recognizance was allowed to escape
jail for the night. The next morning he start
ed for home before day. The police got wind
of his departure and gave chase, but were I'M
able to overtake him. They will keep look
out for him In the future.
Il In the Editors Drawer of Hd1pel's Monthly
for January we find the following: During
the long drought of the last summer the Ohio
River became so low that all the boats built
for that river had to tie up, and the Mountain
Boy was taken from the Big Sandy and put on
the Portsmouth and Cincinnati route. 1t was
important for Gen'l Jno. Echols to reach
Maysville from Ashland by certain hour, and
he went by land to Portsmouth, reaching
there before sunrise, and found, to his great
disgust, that the N0untaam Boy had left the
wharf at three o'clock in the morning. Some
what impatiently, he asked of the wharf mas
ter why the boat left at such an unreasonable
hour, and received the satisfactory reply,
; General, he wanted to get the advantage of
the dew"
II Whatever opinions may have been enter
itained as to the expenditure made for the
ierection of the city water works, at the time
they were under construction, no one will
iinow question the wisdom of the City Council
lin prosecuting the work to a successful end
land securing to Stanton the finest water sys-
TEN in the State Within the past three
months over 100000 worth of property have
, been saved, by reason of our admirable facili-
4 ties for extinguishing fire The splendid vol
unteer companies of the Fire Department arc
i always promptly on hand at the first tap Of
II alarm, and the fact that they have no cum
! brous engines to drag over the hills, enables
them to reach the scene of action with their
light reels in few moments In the central
ipart ofthe town, three or four tremendous
streams can be put into play on the shortest