The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-02-05

Highland HeeOTUer, Jan. 1lSt Again we
are called upon to record the death of
one of onr citizens On Wednesday even
ing last Mrs. Eliza J. Gwin, wife of Mr..
David Gwin. who lives on jackson IS
river. died from typhoid pneumonia. She
had been sick but t ree days. having been
taken on Sunday evening. The deceased
was the sister of Messrs. Adam, Jno. W.,
and William Stephenson, and leaves one
daughter, Mrs, A G, lSonar, of Bath
county
The last payment on the purchase of tie
Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad
by its present owners was made to the
commissioners of sale in New York Sat
urday last and q release executed. 1t is
said the road will be extended westward
as far as Boyceville, Clarke county, Va,
on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. as
speedily rs possible.
The prisoners who escaped from the
Charlottesville Jail have all been recap
turel. They were surrounded in a hut in
RappahanpQck county, and captured. They
seemed satisfied to get out of the cold and
return to jail Accommodations.
How to Get In,
AND HOW TO GET OUT-MATTERSi WHICH
WILL REPAY CONSIDERATION.
There is going to be an enormous gath
ering OF peopleat Washington next month,
and while every provision is being made
in advance to avoid confusion and insure
the comfort OF all, still the gods help
those who help themselves. To look out
for number one is but the natural course
a sensible man would follow. The railroad
situation in Washington is easily to be
understood There are but two ,depots in
the city. Into one will come an aggrega-
tion Of travel from the South, the North,
the East and the West-train after train,
thousands upon thousands of people, until
'.packed like saFdines in box'' would be
but a feeble way to put it. Into the other
depot will only come the trains of the Bal
timore and Ohio, that Company owning
and using it exclusively for its own bust
ness=-eyerything i'll the hands Of it's own
officials, and details so arranged that there
can be no mixing up nor getting on or off
trains at wrong times and wrong places.
Indeed, it would not take much thoughton
the part of those who have had any expe-
rienee whatever as to crowds to appreciate
the advantage Che B. u 0. possesses in
Washington. Then, too, there are the
facilities the lines have in regard to track
room and unrestricted means of getting
trains directly into depots. For instance,
the B. q 0. is the only road into Washing
ton which can and does separate its pas
sengef business so that trains from the
West come into Washington on the TRACKS
OF one division and the trains from the
East and North upon the tracks Of another
division
The great Importance Of these facilities
may be appreciated from the fact that all
the trains that enter the National Capital,
upon other lines than the B. & O., come
together in a single depot, and the packing
and lammipg will be something terrific to
behold, let alone getting in and about them.
The great number Of trains from the
Southern lines alone would completely fill
depot double the capacity of the one in
question, and when to them are added
those from other sections, the chances are
that good many passengers will have to
walk into town or spend the day or night
abroad in vain regrets that tickets were
not bought by the B. & O.
Another item of no ordinary interest to
Western people is that by any other line to
Washington than the Baltimore and Ohio
all trains. from the West have to come to- |
gether with trains from the East and
NORTH. land all use one South-bound track |
forforty-odd miles. That is to say, that |
no other line but the B. &. O. has two
different divisions into Washington, one
for its trains from the West and the other
for it's trains from the North and East. |
All this may prove more or less confusing
OF perpleXing to those who contemplate
the Inauguration. and the best
way to settle all doubt is to decide to go
by the B. & 0. and thus avoid all danger
of going wrong.