The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-31
Hon. Jno. T. Harris is in town.

Hon Jno T. Harris is in town
Hon. John Paul was in the city this week
j. p Kerr, of the Rockingham Register, is in
the city.
The County Board of Supervisors meets to-
morrow.
Mr.. David Ruebush has purchased from Mr.
E. Ruebush, SO acres of land near Mt. Sidney
for $2450.
s. H. Letcher, Esq, of the Lexington bar,
has been in Staunton two or three days on
professional business.
Capt. M. A. Miller, formerly of this place,
but now residing near Gordonsville, was in
Staunton on Tuesday last.
Geo. w Berlin, Esq, and Gen'l ]. E. Roller
of the Harrisonburg bar, were in attendance at
Circuit Court Tuesday last.
Capt W. s. Lurty, and D. Shefey Lewis,
ESQ.,, passed through Staunton on Tuesday,
returning from the U. S. Court at Lynchburg
The father and uncle of Capt. Thos. D. Ran
son of this city, are spending few days at
"Oakenwold," the beautiful suburban resi-
dence of Capt. R.
On Wednesday, the 10th inst, little son of
NJ P. Berger, who keeps store at Gilmore's
Mill in Rockbridge county was drowned in
the mill race He was about four years of age.
Two freight trains on the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway collided last week rear Hawks
Nest. Fortunately no one was injured, the
only damage being the smashing of both
pilots.
Vennor is still predicting winter weather.
He sets down the 4th and 9th of April for
snow. He promises, however, a favorable
spring, notwithstanding an occasional snow
squall
There will be a literary entertainment given
by the scholars of Mt. Olive School, near
Hebron church, on the night of the 9Th of
April. The patrons of the school and all 9th
ers are cordially invited to be present.
Col. Thos. A. Scott, the great Penrsylva MIA
railroad king, has made donation of $4,000
to the Washington and Lee University. This
is the second gift Mr.. Scott has made to the
same institution, his former donation being
$4,000.
The last two numbers of the ROck5ridge En-
te,prise have contained an interesting sketch of
the Stuarts of Virginia, one of the Oldest and
most distinguished families of the State, many
representatives of which are now resident of
Augusta.
Moses Walton, ESQ., of Woodstock, and Maj
W. W. Newman of Luray. were in Stanton
Monday, on their way to Richmond to be pres
ent at the hearing of the Luray Cave case, in
which they are counsel, before the Supreme
Court of Appeals.
| The editor of that sterling little paper, tho
| Highland Recorder, was in the city Tuesday.
Mr. Sheppe represents Highland as all aglow
on the railroad subject and looking forward
with confidence to the early development of
| her mineral resources.
Mr. B. Frank Eakle after quite an extended
| trip through louisiana, Texas and other south
ern and western States, returned home last
| week very much improved in health, and highly
delighted with both climate and people ofthe
section he visited
We publish pretty full synopsis Of Gen =.
Mahones speech in the Senate last Monday.
1t will be found interesting reading, especial
ly to our Re-adjuster friends, and will not be
distastetul to the Republicans, because of its
scathing rebuke to Bourbonism.
The call of the Readjuster State Committee
for convention to meet in Richmond on the
| 0nd of lima 70 pnp,;nota Sfofa offinarc opd
the address accompanying, are unavoida-
bly, left out this week. They are in type and
will appear in our next issue.
Jno H. Dinpeen ESQ. formerly non-com-
missioned officer of the West Augusta Guards,
who is now practicing law in Richmond, has
been promoted from Lieutenant in Company
''Fr' to the position of Adjutant of the first
Virginia Regiment, with the rank Of Captain
| Last week. near Quinnimont on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railway, G. G. Nichols, a brake
man, lost his footing and fell between the
cars His injuries were SO serious that death
resulted in short time. His home was in
Fayette county, W. Va.
Mr.. VIM. Blackley, eldest son OF, J. H.
Blackley, Esq, of this city, has just returned
from Baltimore where he has been attending
Business College. He graduated in one ses-
sion, and took the first stand in his class, a
distinction that any young man may well feel
proud of.
Mr. John Goode son of Dr. VIM H. Goodc,
of this city, has been promoted to train dis
patcher on the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific
Railway, with headquarters at Springfield, Ill.
Johnny was one of our most popular young
men, and his many friends in Staunton are
pleased to hear of his early promotion.
Last Friday night, the weather was so warm
that persons sat before open windows until a
late hour. On Saturday morning they awoke
to find the earth covered with snow and the
feathery flakes falling thick and fast. They
accumulated to depth Of two or three inches
and then disappeared. There was another
slight fall of snow yesterday morning.
A paper by R. W. Emerson, on his personal
impressions of Thomas Carlyle, made up from
his unpublished letters written at the time OF his
first visit to England, will appear in SoRIBNER
for May. The publication is made by special
arrangement with Mr.. Emerson and the Mas
sachusetts Historical Society, before which the
paper was read, and in the minutes of which
1t is to be printed afterit appearance in ScRIB-
NER.
COMPLETION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
Last Monday evening the last spike was
driven at Luray, completing the Shenandoah
Valley R. R. from Hagerstown Nd, to Waynes-
boro|irglnia, where it connects with the G.
6 o. Road. Through trains between the
above points will be running regularly by the