The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-09-03
reported for the VIRGINIA


The large conconrse that attended the
funeral Of Col. David w. Coiner last week
fully attested the high esteem in which pc
was held by the people Of his neighbor
hood.
A great deal Of sickness prevails IN our
township at this time.
| The scarlet fever has about disappeared
| from Waynesborc.
Hog cholera has made its appearance III
the eastern part of the district and we
learn that quite number of farmers near
Waynesboro have been heavy losers.
The Messrs. Deford, the large tanning
firm of Luray, are running all the teams
they can hire, and four 6 horse teams OF
their own in getting their bark to the II. IL.
at Lyndhurst. This firm has. for the last
two years. been giving employment 70
hundreds of our laboring men along the
Blue Ridge, in this county, and III that
time have expended not less than $oo,ooo
for bark and labor.
Explorations for manganese are still IN
progress along the waters OF Back creek.
and with a fine show for a large lind III Inc
near future. A Baltimore firm nave
number of hands engaged in sinking a
shaft Oh the lands of David Hiserman,
near Sherando
Messrs. I4arew s. Lewis have several
hundred Thousand feet of the finest pine
lumber stacked up on their yards III
Sherapdo. This lumber is being shipped
to Staunton by their own teams when
make daily trips thither. 1t finds ready
sale. Henry H. DERRICK, Esq, has charge
of the mill and yard.
Sherando is having a regular business
boom. The rattle of the bark wagons IS
perpetual. ansl there are but few oilers
about the village.
The Republicans in that vicinity are
well pleased with the ticket OF the party
and will, as usual. roll up good majority.
Mrs. DIR. G. B. Vogel, of Roanoke City,
is on visit to the home of her father, ID.
J. Hyden, Esq. Little Miss Gertrude
Balsley accompanies her.
Mrs. NJ. J. Arnold, who has been spend
ing month with her son, A. A. Arnold,
left for Winchester OH last Monday. She
will spend week in Harrisonburg, en-
route, where she has many relatives.
Mis- Lizzie Little, of Rockbridge. who
is visiting in our district. has made many
friends since her arrival here. We hope
she will consent to prolong her visit many
weeks.
A little 3-year old son of William Carter,
ESQ.,. of the vicinity Of Hump Back, fell
from the stile in front of his fathers
house, one day last week, and broke his
arm. AS only one bone was broken and
the fracture simple one, the arm was set
by the home folks, and the little fellow is
now all right
Robert Padgett, son of Reuben Pad
gett, near Sherando, was hauling wood on
Friday last, and in driving out for load,
sat on the coupling. His foot came in
contact with a stump, and before the
horses could be stopped his leg was terri
bly, hurt. !. Our informant hadn't learned
the extent of the injury when we saw him,
but it was feared that the leg was badly
mashed.
There are a great many bass in South
river. Your. correspondent has been sue
cessful in inducing number of this gamest
of the finny tribe to take the bait and has
thus been enabled to breakfast repeatedly
in sumptuous manner.
Mr.. AS. Lara, of your city, purchased
the Shumate farm, one mile east OF Fish
ersyille, on Saturday, for $23.25 per acre.
Mr.. l.. will soon make an Eden of his pur-
chase It has on it the finest spring be-
tween Staunton and Charlottesville.
ROVER.