The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-06-19

was last week admitted to American cltl-
zenship in the Circuit Court.
Mrs. M. r. Brown. of Baltimore, Md,
| is on visit to her daughters, Mrs. B. 3.
Eskridge and Mrs. w. w. Bradley, in this
city.
Persons who want good pair of young
mules are referred to the advertisement of
Messrs. e. NJ. Gushing & Son, published
elsewhere.
Col. J. Lewis Peyton, with Mrs. Peyton
and their son Lawrence, have returned to
Staunton for short stay, in order to allow
the Colonel to settle up his business.
Mr.. w. A. Bowles, Mrs. Leila Beers and
Miss Alice Brown, left last week for the
Rockbridge Alum Springs, where they will
be staff assistants during the season.
Mrs. E. Jennie Wilson, of Seymour,
Texas, with her interesting children, has
arrived i'll Staunton, and will spend the
summer with her father, Mr. John G..
Slower.
There will be preaching in West End
Chapel, Staunton, on Sunday next, June
22,at o'clock p. M, by Rev. G. Il. ID. Col
Inns, of Greenville, by order of Rev j. G..
Dice. tai l,t3
John Eversole. Esq, of Rockingham
county, died at his residence near IIarri-
sonburg on the 18th inst. aged about 20
years. He was a highly respected and
/ ,,cofu1 ifi1on
| John S. Wise has introduced bill to
pay Jonas Lowman, of Augusta county,
Va. $27lfor stamps ON seven barrels of
whiskey accidentally destroyed by fire.
Said stamps were purchased from Collector
Bolts in 1878.
Harrisonburg People: 1t may he conf
IDENTIFY expected that work will be COM
menced ON the railroad from this place,
via Bridgewater very soon. So we are
told by those who know, or .'who ought to
know, " you know.
We are endebted to Mr.. Jno. I. Woods.
of Rockingham, for some of the finest
strawberries we have ever seen. They are
as big us a walnut and of delicious flavor
The variety is the 'Sharpess, one of the
best of the berries. s4sall f. hls,
Judge Mclaughlin court. which met
May 5th, adjourned on june 9Th During
the term 1914 suits at law We're disposed of,
Of which us were Judgments against par
ties residing in Augusta county. Thete
were 213 interlocntory DEGREES entered, of
which As were final. a.te4,.,a
Mr.. Frank Mosby, son of ]. S. Mosby,
of this county, met with quite a severe ae-
cident at Hampden Sidney the other day.
He was student at the college. and whilst
assisting in the de coration of the church,
fell from the pulpit and dislocated his
shoulder. At last accounts he was getting
on very well.
Ralph Root, a little seven year old son of
Mr. E. M. Root, was badly hurt on Tues
day, by having large stick of wood to fall
on him, cutting his forehead considerably.
The wound While not dangerous is painful.
DIR. Atkinson sewed it up and the little
fellow is getting along all right
Mrs. Bessie Wiber, daughter of Mrs.
Fannie Hartman, of this place, and her,
two children, sailed this week for Eng
| land, tovisit the parents of her late hns-
bank, She is accompanied by Mr.. Bng-
ham, who came over to escort her. Her
many friends regret her departure and
wish her pleasant and safe voyage across
the waters.
The suit of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad against Mr. Chas. O'Donnell has
been compromised, the company agreeing
| to receive from his securities, Messrs.
VIM. WlloIey and Thos. Burke $500. in
stead of the aIQouat Of the Judgment
$4,000. The counsel for the railroad came
into court and withdrew ''ali charges OF
larceny, fraud and bad faith against ChAs.
| O'Donnell, and merely charge him with
negligence"
In the Lutheran Church case last week,
Judge Mclaughlin decided that the plant
ifs should pay the costs. amounting to
some 81 ,5OO-Judge Smith, the commits
sioner, whose able report was compli-
4 mented from the bench, receiving some
81 $50. The plaintiffs against whom the
cost is decreed are Rev. !. Rachman Has
| kell, now of South Carolina Prof. =.
Louis Ide, now of Richmond Jas. A.
Piper, recently deceased DR.. S. Homer
Henkel, and Messrs. Geo. P. Baker, Geo.
| F. click and David Butcher, of Staunton
Mrs. Orlando Smith and her interesting
family left this place on Monday night,
via G. and O., for Macon, Mo-, where they
will. i'm future reside. Mrs. Smith and
her accomplished daughters win open a
school for young ladies. the prospect for
success in which are unusually promising.
This whole community regrets the depart
ure of Mrs. S. and her family, but what is
our loss will be Missonri's gain. We pre-
dict for Mrs. S. the fullest success in the
enterprise she enters upon, for few ladies
have higher qualifications for the duties
she is about to assume than she.
We had the pleasure of a call on Tues
day from Isaac Claypole, ESD, promi-
4
visiting at his relatives, Fl. B. Harms
berger, Esq, of Port Republic, Mr.. Clay
pole gives gratifying information Of the
Blaine and Logan sentiment in the Buck
eye State. He informed us that the sol
ders in the late war, irrespective of for
mer political association, are rallying to
the Chicago ticket and uniting in Blaine
and Logan clubs. The Irish American
citizens of that State, too, are declaring
for the Republican nominees with much
enthusiasm and unanimity.
Mr.. J. g. Dougherty, q patiye of Harri-
sonburg, and for number OF yeqFs 2 clerk
in the store of the late John G. Breckin-
ridge, of this place, has become defatpiser
to the amount of $1,000, as chief clerk in
the money order department of the Balti-
more Post Office. He had held the posi-
tion since 1859 and was regarded as one of
the most competent and accurate officers
in the department. He was known as
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