The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
Hon / Ran. Tucker is in the city.

JlOD. d llti NChCi 10 III tliC Sity-
An interesting sketch OF Pleasant Hill
chapel is given on our first page.
S. Brown Allen, Auditor of Public Ac
counts, was in the city on Monday.
Judge Parker and Holmes Boyd, ESQ.,, Of
Winchester, were in the city on Monday.
Hon. Alex. II. II. Stuart, of this city, has
been elected President of the Virginia Histor-
ical Society.
We are forced to defer the publication of an
interesting article on the subject of the Mid
dlebrook turnpike, until next week.
Rev J. F. Kemper, recently of Harrison
burg, has been called TO the pastorate of the
Baptist Church at Front Royal, Va.
We regret to learn that our intelligent and
excellent Parnassus correspondent, Mr.. j. 5
Beard, has been quite sick for several days.
Miss Lille OF, daughter of John Ott, ESQ.
OF Waynesboro, Augusta county, is visiting
her cousin, Miss Maggie OFT. OF Harrisonburg
Maj Ballard Of the Wing, and Mr.. Barbee
of the Brdgewater Journal, were i'll the city
on Monday in the interest of their respective
papers.
We received an interesting account of the
school celebration at Koiner's store. but its
publication is unavoidably postponed until
next week
Lieut.. Philip F. Kennon, of Rocking CHAM
county, Va, who was a gallant officer in
Ashby's command during the late war, died
last Monday week.
We are indebted to Col. Skinner for copy
of the Capitation Tax Collection bill intro
duced by him in the Legislature. We will
publish it in full next week
A patent has been issued to Mr.. John P.
Rimel, of Striblng Springs, Augusta county,
for clover seed gatherer. Also, one to Eli
A. Janney, of Fairfax county, for car coup
ling.
At the annual celebration of the Ciceronau
Literary Society of Roanoke college, Mr.. c.
A. Miller, son of Rev. J. l. Miller of this city
was one of the debaters, and is reported to
have acquitted himself handsomely.
Monday was court day. and there was a
large attendance of the country people. The
day was warm and beautiful, and business OF
all descriptions lively The horse market
was in full blast but did not come abreast
of Harrisonburg's exhibit in that line.
Mr.. E. Brownold, of this city. an excellent
matchmaker and a pleasant gentleman, has
moved to Berryville, Va, with a view to open
ing jewelry store there. The people OF
Clarke will find him a capital workman, fail
and square dealer and one with whom it will
be pleasure to trade.
In justice to the Waynesboro correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial, we will state thai
the account of the death of Maupin tele
graphed to that paper which turned out to be
untrue, was seemingly well-founded rumor
and was generally believed by the citizens OF
Waynesboro. The correspondent simply stated
what he believed to be fact.
Mr.. Frank d. Pinkerton, one Of our most
enterprsing young merchants, has accepted
a position with the well-known fertlizing
firm OF Baugh & Sons, Baltimore, and is now
travelling in the South. Messrs Baugh &
tive, but we are sorry that Mr.. Pinkerton
should have found it to his interest to leave
Saunton.
S. Brown Allen, ESQ, the new auditor,
qualified and entered upon the duties of his
office on Monday, March 1st. His bondsmen
are John A. English, John E. Hamilton, E
A. Fulcher, H. A. S. Hamilton, Robt S
Harnsberger, and Robt s. Hamilton-all o
Augusta county, except Col. English, who
resides in Baltimore, but is a large property
owner in this CO nty.
Heber Ker, Jr of Staunton, Va, has passed
successfully the junior examination at tn,
! Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Their,
were 205 in the class, and less than 100 passet
the examination. Mr.. Ker has been constant
ly engaged as "A clerk in the large drug stor,
of Jno. Wyeth & Bro during the entire
College session, and has been able to devote
to his studies only such time as could b.
gotten from his daily work. A lady nance
| Babb, from Maine, stood first in the class.
MEETING OF PREsBYTERY- AT the meetin!
of Lexington Presbytery held in the Firs
Presbyterian Church, on Tuesday, Rev. j. H
H. Winfree presided as Moderator, and twelv
ministers and eight elders were in attendance
The pastoral relation existing between Re
T. M. Boyd and Mt. Horeb Church was dis
| colvod apd Mr. Roud dicmicced tn tho Savan