The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-02-12
Lent comes Feb. 18th.

postmaster at Milnesville, Augusta coun
ty, Va.
A little son of Mr. VIM. M. Caldwell, OF
Waynesboro, had his arm fractured whilst
playing ball.
A little son of ex-Sheriff VIM. l.. Mowry
of Waynesboro, was dangerously gored by
Il bull last week.
DR.. J. III. Fultz has sold to RIM. Ayers,
small farm west of Staunton, containing
between 80 and 40 acres.
A number of prominent citizens of High
land county passed through Staunton on
Tuesday last en- route to New Orleans.
The work of frescoing the Opera House
has been commenced, and will be pushed
rapidly to completion.
Rev. A. Paul Funkhouser, editor of that
sterling paper The People, Harrisonburg,
was in the city on Tuesday.
In the Spectator of yesterday, Capt. T.
d. Ransom publishes an earnest appeal for
contributions to the Jackson monument.
BishopJ. J. Glossbrenner preached an
| eloquent and able sermon in the Method
ist Church at Fincastle last Sunday week.
If the first week may be accepted as an
index, the Ground hog prophecy will be
apt to rank with Vennors predictions
| hereafter.
Mr.. John Brooke has purchased of Mr..
E. G.. Pollard 100 acres of land west of the
city, part of the old Montgomery Hall
estate.
Cards are out for Il e marriage of Miss
Bette. daughter of DR.. w. j. Points, of
Harrisonburg, and Mr.. Robert p. Stone,
of Washington city.
Not for the past ten years have our bust
ness men experienced such difficulty in
making first of the-year collections. Cash
is a lost commodity.
Rev. Job Turner left Staunton yester-
day for Florida, and will be gone month,
visiting the Exposition at New Orleans
also, before he returns.
Tonight. Messrs. Licklider and Dinkel,
members of the State Committee, will ad-
dress the Y. M. C. A. at the Association
Hall. The public are invited.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
Monday next, 10th. for the purpose OF
laying levy on railroads for county and
school purposes and for other matters.
Greenbrer Independent: Miss Alice V.
Dice, of Staunton, Va, is the guest of
her brotherin-law, Mr.. VIM. E. Leonard,
Rev. Mr.. Dice and wife left us for Staun-
ton Oh the Friday morning train.
The Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered at Union Church, on
Sunday, Feb. ga, by Rev. j. A. Preston.
The Communion services will commence
on Friday, the Goth.
The young ladies of the Wesleyan Fee
male Institute give one of their delightful
soirees tomorrow night. The programme
is an inviting one and in aayaace we can
promise most successful renditiaa.
Mr.. d. F. Taylor, who went to Colorado,
10 September last, to look after the effects
of his sou who was drowned In Grand
River, returned on Tuesday last. He ex-
poets to revisit Colorado, and probably
make that his home.
A party Of young Stauntonians, COM
posed of Messis. McH. Holiday, w. b.
McChesney, w. T. MeG9e, 7. HI. Wood
ward, J. T. Stuart, w. G.. kinney, Asher
Ayres, left for the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton last night over the e. & O..
The ladies of the Hebrew congregation
have on exhiatltiOn at Hamaker's jewelry
store an elegant silver geryice, a fine pair
of opera glasses, and HANDSOME gold
headed ebony cane, which they propose to
Taffie for the benefit of the synagogue fund.
Col. Randolph Harrison, State Commits
sioner of Agriculture, has written letter
to Mr.. Jno. w. Todd &C this city, in which
he expresses the opinion that neither
spring wheat nor barley can be raised with
profit in this section.
Last week Jos. CrOwder was convicted
of keeping disorderly house and fined by
the jury 500. A new trial was asked for
on the ground of informally in the in
dictment, The judge set the verdict
aside and the Commonwealth Attorney
entered noble pros.
Invitations are out for the marriage of
Miss Jennie L. Watts, daughter of Capt,
W. H. Watts, to Mr.. T. B. Peasants.
The ceremony will take place in the Meth
odist church at Anderson, West Virginia,
on the 18th. Miss Watts is a native of
Staunton, and her many friends here wish
her . happy and prosperous future.
A meeting of the Teachers Associa-
tion'' of the county, has been called to-
assemble in the Court House !0p the 4th Sat-
urday in February. Every teacher ia the
County is invited to be present, and al
special request for promptness is made.
The meeting will be called to order at ~
O'Clock sharp, and will not be in session
over two hours,
The lightning of the city by electricity
is by no means a dead question, though
there has been a comparative cessation of
the discussion for the past fortnight. Last
week representative of the Edison Elec-
trio Light Company was ia town, looking
over the ground. In short time prop
osition from that company will be sub
mitted for the illumination of Staunton.
Rev. W. H. Wilson, who died in Wash
ington city about four months ago, was
well known all through the Valley as a
Methodist minister OF eaEnestness and
ability. His widow and son reside in
Washington, and recently the young man
was arrested charged with threats to MUIR
der his mother, who he alleged was Sc
creting the will of his father in which
property Was left to him. He was bound
over.
AN INTERESTING RELIcF.-The Buck.
harmon, W. Va, correspondent of thes
Baltimore american communicates the
following, which will recall to some of our
readers the early enterprise of Mr.. Miller
at Messy Creek. The forge was operated
after the war between the States, and was
burned some years ago: