The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-19

Commodore Cosby of the United States
Navy, and wife, are guests at Kalorama.
Mr. j. A. Profit was so badly injured by a
train al Charlottesville, on Thursday last, that
he died the day following.
The closing exercises of the Public Schools
will take place at the Opera House on the
nights of the Sth and 10th Of June.
The offering at the Presbyterian church on
Sunday amounted to $780, This reduces the
bonded debt from $4,000 to $4,000.
We are indebted to Hon. R. E. Wthers for
bound copy of the memorial address on the
life and character of Hon. Zachariah Chandler
in the q. s. States Senate.
D. C. McGuffin, Esq, is able to be about in
his buggy. He has lost some little flesh, but
not one whit of that Old time vivacity that
makes him favorite with every one.
Up to yesterday evening the condition OF
Percy Echels, who is quite i'll with typhoid
fever at Ashland, Kentucky, was not i'm
proved. His life hangs as by thread, and
the most serious results are feared
Adam Kurtz, brother of John R. Kurtz,
of this city, died in Nelson county on the
14th, 1881, aged - years and 10 months. He
was long citizen of this place, and had been
living near Sherando until recently
Woodson & Aliens Ministries will give an
entertainment IN the Opera House Friday
night 1t is good performance-in fact
one of the best Of the burnt cork series, and
Will be enjoyed by all who attend.
The annual commencement exercises at the
Deaf, Dumb & Blind lnstitution take place on
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 18th and Sth.
The concert will be on Tuesday night, and the
distribution of prizes and diplomas on the
morning of the next day.
Mr. Michael Forbes, of Missouri, son OF
VIM. Forbes, Esq, General Agent of the Val
ley Mutual Life Association of Virginia, has
accepted the position of secretary to his faith
er. Mr.. Forbes will make his residence per
manently in our city.
A competitive trial is to be made during the
summer on the farm of Capt. Benton Koiner,
between the Osborn and Buckeye self-binders.
Mr. J. A. Hanger, of Staunton, is agent for the
Osborne and Messrs, j. H. Antrim & Co, of
Waynesboro' are the Buckeye Agents.
The Shenandoah VaUey says that ], c. Muir
ply, the efficient depot agent at Mt. jackson,
Va, was rendered the position of depot agent
at Staunton, Va, by the Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. Co., but declined, pretering to remain
in his old position with his friends
The South River Ado8rtiSer announces the
arrival of Prof Fontaine OF the University OF
Virginia in Waynesboro, and says that it is
his purpose to examine the mineral products
along the line of the extension of the Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad, with view to calling
the attention of capitalists thereto.
Mr. Peter Whitesell, an aged resident OF
Roanoke, formerly of Augusta county, died at
Salem last week of cancer. The day preced
ing his death Mrs. Whitesell, his wife,
was buried Both were most estinable chris,
tan people, beloved by all who knew them.
The body of the Rev. MIR. Waddell (the
blind preacher immortalized by VIM. Writ,
grandfather of DR.. j. A and Jos A. Waddell, OF
this place, who was so widely known in this
State eighty years ago, and about whose
name there hangs such halo of glory, was
removed last week to Rappahannock Station,
and buried in the yard Of the Presbyterian
church near there, which bears his name.
Carter H. Harrison, Esq, resident Engineer
on the Lexington and Big Sandy railroad, is
spending short time with his home friends.
The climate of the section in which Mr.. Har-
rison's residency is located, is very trying, and
the best of constitutions are affected by it. AL
most all of the engineers and worllnen have
felt the enervating influence of the malarial
district, and even the old residents cannot be-
come acclimated. The road will probably be
completed by the middle Of September
We were favored with a call on Wednesday
from Col Thos. Scranton, of Oxford, New
Jersey. Col Scranton has been nearly all his
life connected with iron works, in some form
or another, and his visit to Virginia, at this
time, Is to examine the iron property near
Goshen, with view to the establishment of
several blast furnaces. He expected, in COM
pany with Maj. Hotchkiss to be on the proper
ty to-day. He is an intelligent, genial gentle
man, and of course Il good Republican.
CLOSING THE SroREs.-We notice that the