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

| MICAJAII WOODS, OF ALBEAIARLE-LAY-
ING THE FLOW ERs ON THE GRAVES OF
FEDERAL SOLDIERS.
1t has been long time since there was
so full turnout of our citizens generally,
and especially from the country, on Me-
mortal Day, as on Saturday slast. The
streets were crowded at an early hour
Many of the stores were handsomely dec
Grated. From Maj Newton's store and
residence a national flag was displayed and
the house beautifully festooned. Above
the flag was u deeply draped frame. sur
rounding the words: 1.-The Blue and the
Gray
The procession was formed under Mar
shals j. n Mcfarland, G. Julian Pratt,
John D. Lilley, Geo. W. Swoope, and
Lewis Hartman, and moved from the
City Hall to Thornrose Cemetery i'll the
following order:
| Stonewall Brigade Band
Staunton Artillery, Capt John L. Long.
West Augusta Guard, Capt. Thomas j.
Crowder.
| NeWtOWn Hose Company.
School children with banners, represent
| ing each Southern State.
Carriages with officers of the Memorial
Association and Orator of the Day.
Citizens on horseback.
Citizens in carriages.
1t was one of the longest professions
ever seen in Staunton on a similar occa-
sion, and demonstrated that the beautiful
custom Of strewing the graves of the sol
der dead with summer flowers still holds
its place in the hearts of the people
AT the cemetery the programme was
announced by the President of the Memo
rial Association, DR.. A. M. Fauntleroy.-
The exercises were opened by a fervent
prayer by the Rev. J. c. Jones. of High
land, after which the orator of the day,
Capt. Micajah Woods, of Albemarle, was
introduced. His address was III excellent
| taste, and at times eloquent and full OF
tender feeling. At its close, Mr.. w. III.
III. Lynn Oh behalf of Northern lady,
presented the speaker, in an appropriate
little speech, witha beautiful bouquet. In
accepting it, Capt. Woods said: go tell
| the Northern matron who has hOnoIed me
with this tribute of beautiful flowers that
| the Spring time and the Summer send the
same violets to bloom over the dead of the
| North and the South. Our dead heroes,
whether they wore the blue OF the gray,
are the joint heritage of II happy and
| restored Union, and assure her that should
the trump of war be sounded, our South
ern sons would join the sons of the North
| OH the line of danger, and each would vie
with the other in defense of common
flag and the honor of a common country"
| The graves were then covered with
| flowers, and salutes were fired by the artil-
lery and guards. A special volley from the
guards was fired over the grave of 1t. Jas.
T. Byers, formerly IN officer of the COM
pany.
1t was the subject of general remark
that the decorations were more beautiful
this year than for many years past, a fact
in large measure due to Capt. Robert A.
Hamilton, of the Newtown Hose Compa-
ny and his comrades of the same organi-
Etion.
AT THE FEDERAL CEMETERY.
Upon the return of the procession from
Thornrose, a detachment Of the veterans
OF Maj. Newton, marched to the Federal
Cemetery and placed flowers on the graves
of those who there rest. This WAS a vol
untary tribute to the dead who wore the
blue, but more especially in memory of
Col. Donnelly and Sergeant Sproul, mem
bers of the Twenty-eighth New York,
who fell at the battle of Cedar Mountain
in an engagement with the Fifth Vir-
glnia. 1t was an appropriate and in every
way cOmmendable act, and we trust it will
be repeated Oh u larger scale, with each re- |
curing memorial day.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.-I Tues 4
day morning, Hettie Shay, a courtesan,
was found dead i'm her room in Court II
House Alley. The evidence at the inquest l
before Coroner Harlan, disclosed that de- \
ceased had purchased an ounce vial of lau- \
danum at May IS drug store Monday even
ing, and it is supposed that sometime after
fatal result. She had frequently declared
her intention of ending her life, and about \
a week ago purchased some laudanum for
that purpose. A young man who had been
her companion for sometime, snatched the |
vial from her hand and threw it's contents
out of the window. To this young man
she seemed greatly attached, and stated to |
him on Sunday last, that if he got mar
ried, as he said he intended to do, he would |
not upon his return find her as he left her. |
One witness testified that she was dissi- |
pated and when under the influence of |
liquor was given to singing. On Mon 4
day night she was heard singing loudly, 1
and from that it was supposed she had
been drinking. No one saw her take the |
laudanum, but the empty vial was found |
near her bed when DR. McChesney, who
was summoned in the morning, found her
dead. Nor was there any one in the room
when the fatal dose was taken OF subse- \
quently whilst she lived.
The verdict OF the jury of inquest was
in accordance with the above facts, death
iiefiio pCCH PiOuuCCt, IL JIG OplHlOH VI
DR.. McChesney, by the laudanum. There
was nothing to indicate violence.
The deceased was about twenty three 4
years of age, and is said to have been
former resident of Harrisonburg.
DEATH CAUSED BY A SPLINTER.-T
Moffett's Creek correspondent of the
Greenyllle Banner, under date Of the I'd |
inst, says Our neighborhood was
shocked last Sunday morning to learn
| OF the sudden death of our esteemed cit
izen, Mr.. John M. Lucas. On "Wednesday
night previous to his death he was putting
some wood on the fire when he ran a
splinter into his thumb which was not re-
moved until next morning. On Thursday
evening he suffered a great deal from it. |
continued to grow worse until Sunday
morning, when his sufferings ended in |
death. His bereaved family have the
sympathy of our entire community in
their sad affection, and we feel that while
they have lost kind husband and father
the community has lost q kind neighbor
and good citizen. His funeral took
nlaca at his residence on Mondav aud +lo