The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-07-20
MILO Matbeuey. clerk of the Highland

ncut c.tfzcu Vi HiSftidnu, uieu Ut his nOult
last week. ieA 0hA a%As @ht 20
Prot. J. il. Leckey, formerly Superintendent
of city schools, and now Of / Fort Gibson, Miss.
is, with his family, on visit to friends near
Mt. Scion. .ss .'s,is f.s
The Board of Health has been ordered "a
thoroughly inspect the town, and the Chief d
Police directed to give every:aliey and gutter
acomplete lining. -. ta,Fn ,ista reel
The Baptist Sunday, School Of this city. has
determined to have an excursion to Alton on
the Bird of August. 1t will be q most delight
full opportunity for days recreation. -
Mrs. M. r., Brown, of Baltimore, accompa-
MED ly her son in law, Mr. T. w. Dawson, OF
of the firm Of VIM Dawson s. Co, of that CT
", Is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. VIM.
W. Bradley. ,-......... An~tett %
DIR. A. NJ Henkel. OF this city, seems to be
getting pretty deep into the stock business. =
Hehas recently purchased thirty odd Texas
mules and horses and sent them to his farm
in Page county. .... nanatayFl ri i
Mr. Hugh Sterling. Past Master at
Wheeling, w. Va, and Mrssrs Sweeny and
Walton, from the same city .have been on
bus mess visit in Augusta county for. the
past few DAYS. ..,.. s..,..s..s g
+ Hon. J. E. Massey arrived In Staunton
"Wednesday. on the Valley train. from Ma
ryland. where he had been to visit sick
son. He left for charlottesville this MORN
ing. isf J o. ....,.--... 1g9oiiisi.i %
Mr.. Marion Colbert of Richmond, s.special
Grand Deputy Master of the order of Odd Eel
lows. is visiting the Valley L.,dges, Last
D1t.ae delivered an Instructive address be-
i0ie the Staunton Lodge. b4slt.9-.-l s
At the meeting of the Council, on Tuesday
night, a proposition was submitted for the
erection of An iron bridge over Lewis Creek
on Lewis street, at a cost of $3.50. II was
referred to the Street committee, !, so Z
TT. Fanntleroy. of Winchester, q brother
of DIR. A. M Fsuutlcroy, Of this city, Judge
elect of the Court Of Appeals, has. bought a
farm in Goochand county, to which he will
remove from his present residence at Win
chester. 1annif laqoav0
Mr.. G. II. Bunch, Stanton boy, but
now prosperous cotton merchant Of Tus-
caloosa. Ala, was on visit, with his wife.
to his native town this week. Ne had the
pleasure OF q call from him. 1t is the first
time he has been here for number of
years. {. 81 !. ''',~ sss'l, r
The Hiqh,aad Recorder has the following =
Rev. w. E. Baker, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain church, Stanton, preached very able
sermon to an appreciative audience in the
Presbyterian church, in this place, Monday
night. Mr. Baker is gentleman of pleasant
address and an effective speaker sig g.iSS
|, Prof AS, Paxton. who for the past several
years has been conducting high school in
Hsrrisonburg, will.open q classical school at
Thinking Springs, in this county, about the
middle Of next September. The Register speaks
Of him as "a thorough scholar, and a high
toned, honorable gentleman" q b q ai
We learn from the New England Historical
Register, Boston, that Col Jno.. Lewis Peyton
of this city, has completed his history Of Au-
gusta county, and tia, it will be published in
month or two. 1t will be a:.work Of absorb
ing interest to the citizens of this section, and
will doubtless command q large sale herea-
bouts. .lsisbl4gH tno u,ls"ilarFj .THal
u alffi5NEr!f .aai iiltf EfEM lei -sHEs trlTiM
The new wheat is turning out very well =
Mr. R. s. Hansbergcr has threshed about / 500
| bushels, taken from several of his most lndif-
erent fields, and the yield has been 20 bushels
to the acre, and Of excellent quality. We have
heard of 8 number of farmers who have
threshed, and expressed satisfaction with the
| result Zoe - s g .s s7ne--sfie %
We notice that the Chief.of Police has pos
| ted bills warning owners of dogs that they
must pay the tax before the 95th Of this month
orresign their pets to execution As we mem
toned last week, scarcely one-tenth Of the dog
tax is collected and as the law has hereto
fore not been enforced against non-payers,
only avery few dog owners considered it nee
cssary to walk up to the captains office and
settle. Now, however, it is proposed to make
eack and every one comply with the provis-
Jon of the ordinanceor take the consequences.
Rev. W. B. McGilyray, Of Richmond.
preached two able and instructive sermons
Fin the Methodist Church Of this place on
Sabbath last. His text in the morning
was-s'I will never leave thee nor forsake
thee" Tn the evening -'.H they hear not
Moses and the Dropbets. ne ither will thew
:. ILL ~.
oo -peIsaaoo"' sl'o"ea~o"es 'o'e '''.' tie
dead" Both subjects were discussed with
originality and force, and made deep im'
preston upon the audience.
Wercgret to learn that sour young friend,
NJ. j. Shields Beard, of Parnassus, has been
so severely paralVeed as to Lore the use we
| tsust only temporarily .of the lower portion OF
his body. Although confined to his bed, his
mind retains It's full yieor, and his capacity
forneWs Rafheeing Is uninI3 lid, Is bis letter
In to-day = paper proves. II. B. has been one
DC our most valued cuEteo pondsnts for years
and on more than one secession We have cited
| his letters as models Of neighb0rhood cominu-
nicationss We hope that he may be fully re.
storedto health ina short time.
The limited states Circuit Court for the Eas.
tern District of Missouri. has appointed ex.
Judge Mauhcw =. Ouilen, OF o.. Lewis, an eA'
s;aner tar tbs. nistl;cs II I5a q reat ren,arI
ed to Judge Cullen when he attempted to
| thank him for the honor: Neyer mind, you