The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-08-16
Mrs. Eugene Peyton, who has been quite


see, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, tn
Carolinas, Texas, Arkansas, and probabl
other States are represented at tn
Springs, some of them by a number 0
their citizens, seeking either health 0
pleasure Among them all have hearC
nothing but commentator of the Spring
and their management this season. Eacl
will go away with u kind word and wisl
for the place, and this supplemented BY
the efforts that will be put forth for lex
season, will show a largely. increased at
tendance, and demand enlarged accommo
dations.
The meeting of the Medical Society Of
Virginia next month will be an occasion
of much interest, and the result to follow
of advantage to the Springs and the afflicted
of the State.
On Thursday night the 10Th. Crane
Fancy Dress Ball will be given at the
Grand Hotel, on the premises, and will be
an event to excite the ambition of boil
ladies and gentlemen. Those of Staun
tons beallx and bellies who may wish tC
enter the Terpsichorean arena, should make
a note OF this and adjust their arrange
ments accordingly. There is IL regu
lar costumcr now on the grounds and
the promise is that it will really be 4
grand affair of the kind This conclusion
is the more assuring when the names OF
the Committee of Arrangements are an
nounced, viz: Mrs. Cook, Norfolk Mrs
Cardoza, Richmond Mrs. Maye, York.
Pa Mrs. Adger, Charleston, S. e.; Mrs
Maitland, Baltimore Mrs. Donaldson. st.
Louis; Mrs. Russell Miss. Mrs. Dttman
st. Louis Mrs. Hollingsworth, Baltimore
and Mrs. Yore, ST. Louis-ladies versed
i'll such matters, and who will take pride
in making a success of the Season Fancy
Dress Ball at the Rockbridge Alum.
One marked feature of the company here
is there is no spirituous dissipation. Dur
ing the three weeks, lacking few days.
that / have been here have seen but two
persons who were under the influence OF
liquor, and they two young men who i'm
bibed too freely one evening" but whose
conduct afterwards was uneXceptionable
There is an excellent police force con-
stantly on the ga aare. patrolling the
grounds day and night. AS u result
there has been no disorders of any kind
no suspicious characters seen, and none of
the tramp tribe allowed onsthe premises.
Rooms are left unlocked night and day.
and | have heard of nothing lost, nor
of any kind i'll that direction.
For several evenings during last week
the young men amused themselves in a
test Of foot speed and hurdle race. Young
Mr.. Buck, of Baltimore, was the winner of
the first contest. and Mr.. Smith. of the
same city the second. The hurdle was par
ticipated in by Smith Brothers, of Balti-
m ore, and was an excellent demonstration
of both speed muscle and activity. They
leaped the ropes. four in number, three
feet high, at full speed, without touching
OF tripping.
AT the beginning Of the season there
was a little child, reduced almost to a
shadow, being carried about on pillow
Life seem ed to linger with it hestatingly,
every hour, apparently, promising to wit
ness the departing spirit. 1t took the wa
ters just as medicine would he admins
tered, until strength and flesh began to
return. Now it Graves the water, and if
III present indications do not fail, it will
soon be restored to perfect health. 1t is
the child Of Prof. L. r. Price, formerly
Of the University of Virginia, and now of
The Faculty of a Northern College, exactly
where / do not know.
Mr.. w. N. Page, the manager Of the
Victoria Furnace, informs me that the cost
If the ore on the cars, at the mines, for the
past month, has been SO cents per ton. The
distance of transpo rtation to the furnace
S about ten miles, over the road Of the
company, operated by it's own employees.
The exact cost at the Furnace | do not
know, but from the fact that the trans
portation belongs to the company | would
suppose it not to exceed 81 per ton taking
into consideration the labor and the wear
and tear on the railroad. The known cost
Of the Lake Superior ores, put down in
Pittsburg, is $3.50 per ton. With this
showing it requires no strain Of the inagi-
nation to discover that the Pennsylvania
plants cannot compete with those in Viz
ginia, and that the centre of iron manu-
facture for the United States must be
transferred to Virginia and the South 1t
is the opinion of gentlemen who have
studied the subject that many of the Penn
sylvania furnaces now shut down by rea-
son of the depression in the IRON trade,
will never resume operations, and that the
capital of that section will seek employ
ment in Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama,
in the manufacture of iron. Not long
since / conversed with an intelligent Vir-
ginian, who had just returned from Bos-
ton. He had learned there, from free in
tercourse with wealthy citizens, who have
each year surplus profits to invest, that
they are looking to Virginia. They have
heretofore been investing in gold and sill
yer stocks with poor returns-in some
instances no return at all, but loss of the
money invested. They see something tan
gible and certain in Virginia minerals, and
10 this field their attention is being di-
rected.
From information gathered in CONVEX
;ation with intelligent gentlemen here
from different Southern States, | learn
that Northern capital is rapidly coming
among them, and as the railroads now I'M
Ter construction, and others in contempla-
Iion, are completed, vast areas of mineral
and timber lands will be utilized and the
South become the busy scene of industries
unknown to our section, and which in the
past have made the North and West pros
porous and wealthy.
Tie LOCAL OPTION Nov EMENT.- AT a
recent meeting of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. the following resou-
tons were adopted
WHEREAS, We believe that the sale of intoxi-
catlng llquor as a beverage is a source of the
greatest INJURY to any community, resulting in
the fetarding of the material interests of the
Stale, crime, the corruption of morals, pau
perlsm, insanity, and premature death; and
whereas, we believe each community should be
allowed to protect itself against this injury by
refusing to allow such sale; therefore
ReS0tced, That we do hereby most earnestly
and respectfully urge upon the political parties
in Augusta county, Va to bring before the peo-