The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-28


DIR. c. G. Phillips has been quite sick dur
ing the past week.
The Board of County Supervisors will hold
meeting to-day.
Mr.. ]. W. Shumake has bought the Dinkle
place near Mt. Sidney, containing about GO
acres, for So $50.
Geo. s. Krouse, Esq, editor of the Gull
pepper Times, spent a few hours in Staunton
on Monday.
Among the Easter visitors to New Market
were Miss Nina Stout and Mr.. Charles Mey-
ers, of New Hope.
S.M. Wilkes, Esq, of Staunton, has receiv-
ell the contract to furnish the Caldwell House
White Sulphur Springs, with furniture.
Extensive improvements are being made at
the Jordon and Rockbridge Alum Springs,
and large crowd is expected during the ap-
preaching season.
Mr.. Chas. G. Clarke, the business manager
Of the Richmond Wh@, and pushing, en-
ergetic newspaper man, was in Staunton on
Monday last, in the interest OF his paper.
The Warren Sentinel comes to us enlarg-
ed and greatly improved in typographical APP
pearance. The type are new and handsome
and the entire paper is gotten up in excellent
style.
J. A. Logan, agent for Jordan & Davis,
has sold to Echols, Bell & Catlett. $50 acres
of iron land. know as the Chambers track,
near Goshen. for $4,000 equivalent to
cash.
Capt w. w. Martin. of Allegheny City,
Pa, one of the owners of the California
iron property in Rockbridge county, which
was recently purchased for English capital
lists, by Mr.. w. N. Page, arrived in the city
yesterday.
DR.. n. Wayt & Bro have purchased of Mrs.
Sidney G. Crawford that valuable lot on Au-
gusta street adjoining the property of Prof
Hamer. The old frame house now upon it
will be removed and large double brick
store house erected in its stead
Theo. F Shuey, ESQ., one of the official re-
porters of the United States Senate, paid a
flying visit to his coy little home neal
Churchville, on Sunday last, and returned to
Washington on Monday night, to be ready fol
the Senate meeting Tuesday.
We have received the initial number of the
Exponent, a new Democratic newspaper Just
started at Culpeper. 1t is handsomely gotteI
up, and starts out with a fine patronage. A
Nj. Green Is the editor and proprietor and A
j. Stofer has charge of the local and mechan
zeal department.
Stanton is to have The Pirates of Pen.
zance," by troup of home talent. That city
can boast of some talented actors and actress
es second to but few in the country-When
| eyer 4. Louis lde has the management of an
opera, you may be sure it will be 0. K.-Ak
derSOn Enterprise.
1t is said the severity of the past winter
has resulted in the almost entire destruction
OF cartridges in the mountain counties of Pi
edmont. Whole coveys have been found hud.
died together frozen to death, and only al
ter close inspection was it discovered that
they were dead. The rabbit tribe have
been equally unfortunate
Rev. j. Backman Haskell, pastor of
Central Evangelical Lutheran church OF
this city, left here last Monday morning for
Charleston, S. c., the home of his boyhood.
to officiate at the marriage OF one of his
sisters. He will remain several weeks visit
ing his friends and relatives prior to his re-
turn to StauntOn.
MIR. Lucien Young, the popular clerk at
Levy Bros, and all enterprising business man,
will be married this afternoon to Miss Annie
Woodward, the attractive and esteemed
daughter of Maj. p. II. Woodward The cere-
mony will take place at the residence of the
brides father at 1.30 o'clock p H., and the
high contracting parties will leave di rectly
afterwards for Richmond