The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-12

The Democratic primary elections in Au-
gusta county will be held on Saturday, the
9Sth OF May.
Mr.. James Paxton has been appointed sealer
of weights and measures in place of Magnus
S. Cease, resigned.
Mr. j. W. Hopkins, of Cannelton, w. Va,
spent several days in Staunton, last week on
visit to his family.
Mrs. Burke wife of Thos Burke, ESQ.,, of
Augusta county, and mother of Messrs. w. A.
and r. w. Burke, of Staunton, is quite i'll.
Vennor is again right The hot weather he
predicted about the 10th is on us. For several
days it has been uncomfortably warm and
sultry.
H. j. Lushbaugh & Bro. are now remodeling
the front of the house of F. W. Hager, and
placing in a brick front 1t will be handsome
improvement when completed.
1t is the time of the year when every one
should have his premises cleaned up and use
disinfectants literally Back yards and cellars
especially should receive attention.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company
has awarded contract for the erection of
hotel in Luray, Va, to cost $25 900, and to be
completed by the 1st OF August
The June offering at the First Presbyterian
church will be taken up on Sunday next, the
usual time being anticipated on account OF the
meeting of the General Assembly.
Miss McCue, of Fort Defiance, while sitting
in the Money Order Department of the Post
Office, of this place, on Wednesday was taken
with a fainting spell, but by application OF
cold water was soon restored.
Lieut.. John Donovan, formerly. of this city,
has been promoted to the captaiacy OF the Har-
risonburg Guards, one of the best military
organizations in the State. Capt Donovan
will make number one officer.
We are indebted for an invitation to at
tend the first annual meeting of the Berkeley
County Wool Growing Association, to be
held at Martinsburg on the 18th and 18th OF
May. 1t promises to be fine exhibition,
and will be well worth attending,
We have no doubt our efficient chairman Of
the Street Committee will see to it that the
streets are gotten in excellent order before the
Mining Engineers arrive. Especially should
the approach to the water works and the
grounds Immediately around the reservoir re-
ceive attention.
All but fifty miles of the Chesapeake &
Ohio railroad are laid with the finest steel rail-
and the whole road (421 miles from Richmond
to Huntingdon will be steel by the summer.
The Newport News branch and the Elizabeth
town, Lexington & Big Sandy roads are being
laid with steel. A larger spring travel this
season than ever before is predicted.
Hon. VIM. Mines, it is said, has leased Mt
TORY Furnace, and will, perhaps. move it to
nearer the Railroad We may reasonably ex-
pect to hear of big movements in the line of
iron manufacture in the region of the old Ken
nedv Furnace and adjacent lands that will be
hard by the extension of the Shenandoah Val
lev Railroad.-!S0uM Rtcer Ad0ertGser.
The Spirit of tile Valley has this to say of
our countyman, S. Brown Allen: 1--WE are
| pleased to see the name of that gallant, whole
souled Readjuster and intelligent and patriotic
citizen of Augusta, S. Brown Allen, promi-
nently mentioned as possible candidate for
the nomination of the Readjuster State Con-
vention 2nd of June, for Lieut.. Governor Of
Virginia Mr. Allen will sweep the Valley
counties as with whirlwind, and will add
| great strength to our ticket. We trust that
his friends will boom everywhere and secure
his nomination"
| We learn from the Ashland (Ky.) Indepen-
dent, that Percy Echols, youngest son Of the
General, was brought to the Aldine Hotel
from the Means tunnel, where while in the
employ ofthe contractors, he had serious at
tack of typhoid fever, from which he is now
slowly recovering, under his mothers faithful
care, who with her husband and eldest son,
had FASTENED to his sick bed All that medical
skill and careful treatment could do, was and
is being done for the invalid, who, it is gen
orally hoped, will ere long be able to be re-
moved to the the invigorating and balmy eli
mate of his native Virginia.
We acknowledge an invitation to attend the
Eleventh Anniversary of the Lee Literary So
ciety of the New Market Polytechnic Insti-
tute, on the evening of the 25th inst The
annual address will be delivered on the even
ing of the Goth Of Jolly, by Judge H. W.
Shefey, of this place. All who may be pres
ent on the occasion will have the pleasure Of
hearing an ornate, erudite and eloquent adj
dress, for there is no gentleman in Virginia
who is more capable of instructing and enter
tanning, or who comprehends in higher de-
gree all the forces which enter into the educa-
ton and advancement ofthe young men Of the
| State