The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-05-24
Harrisonburg Items.
Reported for the VIRGINIAN.l

mark of an eX-newspaper man OF you
city, made to your correspondent tWo.yeal
ago. Great praise is due to the newsp;
pers of the Valley for their efforts
bringing our hidden mineral wealth to TIL
attention of capitalists. but the VALE
VIRGINIAN has Observation-Disclosures tina
coal of great value existed in the Mort
River Gap, now known us the Dora Coz
fields. For this reason | think that TIL
VALLEY VERGINIAN should have the hor
or of being the first paper to publish tn
following authentic report of the result O
the boring made by the Pennsylvania Da
mond Drill Company, in the fall OF 1881
in North River Gap. Augusta CO., Va, o
the land purchased two years ago from }
d. Price. Esq. and others. by Thoma
Cochran, Esq, Gen. J. B. Price, &C.
The Drill Company drove two holes OF
the Pryor tract Of land to the depth o
914 feet and one hole on the Davis tract
about three-fourths of u mile distant from
the first drilling to the depth of 1871 feet
The drill used was what was known as
four-inch drill The core" was taken
and carefully boxed, marked and numbere,
on the ground, and shipped from there t,
the freight depot in Harrisonburg, where
owing to some misunderstanding between
the yendees who reside i'll Philadelphia AM
New York. it remained until recently
when it was ordered to be shipped to Phil
adelphia, where the boxes were opened
the core" showing the following: Quite
I,ae, I,, 1,.i11
"A vein of excellent fire clay ten feet thick
at % feet Il vein of Is inch coal at 40 feet
a vein of u inch coal at 56 feet a vein O.
80 inch coal ut 40 feet vein of coal eiah
feet was passed through. and at a depth OF
l25 feet another vein was passed of fir
feet thickness. Thence down, to the deptl
OF 9l4 feet, when red sand stone was
struck, several minor veins were passed
through.
The l67 feet hole sho,ced erdctty the sanat
core, y proving beyond doubt that this
field has. regular deposit of pure anthra
cite coal OF rich quality. A practical Goa
man who has examined this core, y pro
nounces the coal eXhumed by the drill as
the very best specimens of anthracite Goa
ever found on this continent. The core
can now be seen at 222 South Third st.
Philadelphia. This practical proof of the
richness and quantity of the deposits in
the Dora field, contradicts most emphati
cally the assertion of self-opiniated sur.
face-guessers and book worms, and is q
decided victory for the opinions of the ed
ltors OF the VALLEY VIRGINIAN and the
very few persons of this and Augusta
counties, who never wavered in their faith
OF the mineral wealth of the North River
GAP.
Hems.-A son of James Karicofe shot
Theopholus Shitflett. ut Almond Depot
III this county, last Wednesday evening,
during personal difficulty. The weapon.
a slngle-barrelled shotgun was heavily
charged with bird-Shot The contents en-
tered Shiflett' s lower abdomen, inficting
a possibly fatal wound. Karicofe has not
yet been brought to jail. 1t appears that
young Karicofe assaulted Shiffietts son
and the father was pursuing him to chas-
tise him, at the time Of the shooting.
Prof. Chas. Clary, assisted by the best
OF our local talent, gave most ENJOYABLE
concert at Masonic Hall, last THURSDAY
evening. Charlie, y as he is endearingly
called here, at his birthplace, had a full
house. We have listened on three Occa-
slons to Whitening, / ave attended Ole
Bull concerts frequently, and had an in
innate acquaintance with Americas Ole
Bull, Nh. ALI. Howard, but we think that
Prof. Clary s rendition on the violin of De
Belros Arias No. and Z, last Thursday
evening. was equal. if not superior to any
of them. The cornet Duet between
Profs. Chas. w. and Jas. o. A. Clary, re-
ceiVed a hearty encore. The duett of
Misses Haas and Harrison was happily
rendered and loudly applauded. The fea-
ture OF the evening was the solo, 'sOnly a
ID Ii
Points, daughter of DR.. VIM. j. Points.
The immense number of boquets presented
her but meagerly testified the appreciation
OF the audience. Kentucky boasts. and
with right, of the histrionic powers of her
favorite daughter, Miss Mary Anderson 4:
had Miss Points a brief period of the ne
cessary stage training, Virginia would
soon claim a rival of Miss Emma Abbott.
on the lyric stage. Everyone connected
with the performance did well, the names
OF Misses Mary Eshman, Devier. Thur
mond, lfick and Mrs. Pierce being suffi-
Gent proof. The hall is very deficient in
acoustic arrangement, size. ventilation and
seats. There is only one thing to COM
mend it for, and that is the drop curtain.
More pretentious places of amusement
usually have some foreign subject repre-
sented, such us Streets of Paris. y Scene
on Lake Como, etc, but our town hall is
patriotic the motto Of the management
IS America for Americans. y Our drop
curtain is evidently Il scene from the Yo-
semitic Valley-A Miners Tent after a
Storm. But despite these little drawbacks
OF comfort, whenever Prof. Chas w. Clary
gives another concert, he will find it ne
cessary to post at the door the placard.
NO standing room. y
fHhp plaptinD Il, tho oil obco,I,
ing topic. The election of the Readluster
county ticket is confidently expected. The
principal contest is between Messrs. Chas.
d. Harrison, the Readiuster candidate for
Commonwealth Attorney, and Winfield
Llggett, who will be supported by the
Democrats. Both gentlemen are person
ally very popular, and the election of either
VIII insure competent prosecutor. The
friends OF each are working like beavers,
but so lar, the usual acrimony of Rocking
ham canvasses has been happily avoided.
There is considerable feeling over the
election for constable in this district, the
candidates being Sheriff Ralston and the
present incumbent, Mr. Samuel A. Davis.
The wheat crop promises a most album
dant yield, and our farmers are jubilant
accordingly. Corn planting is about over,
but owing to the lateness of the season,
early roasting ears will be a luxury.
There IS a gentleman, his wife, and only
child. living in this place, whose birth
days fall on the 18th of August. Rather
q singular coincidence, but decidedly in the
interest of economy.
A decided frost was visible in the low
lands OF this place the morning of the 18th
of this month.
Hon. Jno. L. Harris has been visiting
Atlanta, Ga, where he has large property
interests.
{. Douglas Gray, Esq, who has been
quite Ill with pneumonia, at the residence
OF his daughter i'll Baltimore, returned tC
HarrlSonburg last week. HiSmany friends
VIII be pleased to know that he is rapidly
regaining his health.
Collector OF Internal Revenue Bolts in
forms me that the rebate on tobacco will
not amount to $4,000, in this revenue dis
trict.
The indications for an immense fruit
crop have not been SO fiattering for years
as they now are. The curculio, however
IS attacking the plum, Peach and apple trees
are fairly bending beneath the weight of un
developed fruit. The cherry crop will bt
unusually large.
John L. Broderick, who was run oyel
by the cars of a construction train at Cave
Station, on Monday 18th of MAY. died al
the residence OF his brother-in-laW, Mr.
7. o. Sullivan, last Friday afternoon Mr.
b. was i'll his 18th year. He was buried il
Woodblne cemetery, on Saturday after
noon, his remains being followed to thu
gave by large number of people. The fu
neral services were conducted by Father
McVerry, of your city. 3.
Capt John Donovan of tha Harrison