The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-06-14

1ttuliOllC 0HulCD uI llDlllOkt.
Tomorrow the County Treasurer
throughout the State will make their an
nual reports to the Auditor.
The Harrisonburg Base Ball Clubplayet
a match game with the Stalnton nine las
Monday. and got badly licked
We had the pleasure of acall, last week
from Hon. Phllander Herring and j. G.
Sanger, Esq, of Bridgewater, Va.
Mr.. w. L. Olivier, of this city, has beer
appointed District Grand Chancellor Of
the Knights of Pythias for this District
Gov. Cameron has appointed Maj. Jed
Hotchkiss, Of Staunton, a Virginia com
missioner to the Southern Exposition al
Louisville.
We regret to learn that Miss Maggie
Bateman and Miss Minnie Moon, both OF
Fishersville. are sick. Hope soon to heal
of their recovery.
The Staunton Artillery gave supper
last Friday night. Like all of the en-
tertainments of this excellent organiza
ton, it was first-class in every respect.
Don't forget that Burk stage line to
Lexington is the speediest and most com
Portable way of visiting the historic tow
during the ceremonies of next week.
The Dry Goods, Clothing, and Boot ant
Shoe merchants have agreed to close then
place at O'Clock in the evening, Saturdays
excepted, during the summer months.
Mrs. Margaret J. Morton. mother OF
Capt. L. c. Morton. of the Tmdicdtor, and
u venerable christian lady. died ut the res
idence of her son in Charlotte county, OF
the 3D..
Maj. b. F. Eakle, one of the most popu-
lar of hotel managers. and well known il
this city, will be the cashier at the Green
brier White this season under the new
| lessee, Mr.. Ph9bus.
| Grasshoppers are said to be playing havoc
with the crops this year. They have APP
peared in great numbers in some sections
| of the county. and are particularly de-
structive on the grass.
On Tuesday last, w. E. Craig, Esq, of
this city, delivered the annual Grafton be-
fore the Alumni Association of Roanoke
| College, his subject being the Character
istic Progress of this Age
The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg LndeG-Arpeat states that L. z.
Hamilton, of Augusta. has been appointed
clerk in the First Auditors Office, in place
of John Alexander, resigned.
The name of Miss Annie Seig was unin-
tentionally omitted from the list of grad
yates of the Staunton Female Seminary,
in our notice of the Commencement eNer-
cises of that school last week.
Our newsy little contemporary 1.-The
Greenyille Banner is now a year old, and
commences its second volume with bright
prospects. Not many towns OF the size of
Greenville can boast of so good paper.
At the recent meeting of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers held in Ro-
anoke, Maj. Jed. IIotchkiss, of this city.
read a paper on the ''Iron Ores of the Viz
Ridge"
DR.. Julian Ward, medical inspector of
the b. & o. Relief Association, was in
town Monday. He was formerly civil
engineer OH the Valley Railroad and has
many friends all along the line of that i'm
proyement.
Miss Anna M. Miller. of Richmond, Va,
died suddenly at Reno. New, on June sth,
while travelling with Raymond S excursion
party from Philadelphia She was sister
of M. A. Miller, of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway.
Roanoke Times Rev. DR.. Dosh, of this
place, started to Staunton on foot last
Wednesday. The Doctor believes in good
exercise and plenty Of it to preserve
health. BE careful doctor, there is a law
against tramps,
The Mother Goose entertainment adver-
tised for last Thursday night was post
poned on account of the weather, but
the night following it came off and proved
a decided success, every one seeming to
enjoy it hugely.
A fire at Crimora mines, miles north
of Waynesboro, on Friday night, the Sth,
destroyed about $500 OF $4,000 worth of
property belonging to the company. The
explosion of kerosene lamp was the oc-
casion of the conhagration.
Bridgewater is'preparing to establish a
fruit canning enterprise. That little burg
seems to be absorbing all of the pro ductive
industries of the Valley. Her citizens are
full of vim and energy and are making
those qualities pay them.
A. G. Arion, living in Long Glade, was
arrested last week charged with stealing q
horse from Harvey Arey, near Mines
willie. The horse was recovered, but not in
the possession of Arion. Some one, how
ever, saw him riding it.
The Circuit Court, Judge Mclaughlin
presiding, has been i'm session here for sew
eral days. Nothing of general Importance
has come up. In the suit of A. A. Lynn
VS.. the G. & O. Road, for killing horse,
the plaintiff was awarded damages to the
extent of 1868.
A series of Union meetings among the
various Protestant congregations of the
city, was inaugurated at the Methodist
church last Sunday night by a sermon
from Rev. w. E. Baker, of the First Pres
byterian chuFeh. His subject was 1.-The
Sabbath as a Civil Institution.
The Enterprise is the name of a small,
neatly printed advertising paper to be is
sued monthly in large editions, the first
humber of which is before us. 1t is es-
peelatsy devoted to advertising purposes,
\ and wM sse distributed gratis, on the cars
and through the mails. Baltic & Morton
publishers.
We learn from the Roanoke Leader that
it is in contemplation by the Methodist
Episcopal Church to establish af Roanoke
what is known as a Conference Seminary,
with accommodations for several hundred
students, both male and female. A lot
upon which to erect the building has al
ready been obtained.
The Highland Recorder says Miss Es-
telle Trimble, who has been attending
tlse Lutheran Seminary at Stauntoa. dur
ing the laast session, returned home We'd
nesday last accompanied by Miss Emma
po,un,an and Miss Carrie Clemmer, of Ar