The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-04-16

a new post ONCE mas Deen eStaDilSneu ~
huntsville. Bath county.
Mr.. Jas. F. Patterson, native of Au
gusta, died in Salem last week, aged II
years.
We had the pleasure of acall on Wednes
day, from S. F. Lindsey, Esq, of Rock
ingham.
h Mrs. Jnos Croll (aaee Miss Ada Reese is
on visit to the home of her father, DR.
B. P. Reese.
| Col. Houston, Of Roanoke, has purchased
| the Cotopaxi furnace near Greerville. and
will begin operations at once. 3
The hotel of Lee Squires, who moved
from Middlebrook to Roanoke, was consid
erably injured by fire the other day.
We were pleased to see Capt. w. II
Peyton in the city Wednesday, much i'm.
proved and moving actively about.
Mr.. H. P. Dickinson is fast recovering
from his recent sickness. and is now able
to give active atteutisp tohis. business.
Mr. c. C. Burks, formerly of this place
is keeping the Irwin House, Lexington.
Last Court day he fed at dinner 1O9 hun.
CRY guests.
John M. Conrad, deputy postmaster at
Harrisonburg, for the pasttwos years. has
resigned, TO accept a position as travelling
salesman of Baltimore House
Miss Hattie G. Hunter, of Greenbrier
Bridge, has entered Miss Baldwin S school
at this place, to receive instructions in yo-
cal music, under Miss Douglas.
In the Hastings Court, last week. the
will Of Mrs. Jane F. Taylor was admitted
to probate, with Jas. r.. Taylor, executor.
who qualified in the sum of $4,000.
Mrs. Bette A. Lambert has sold River
Bank Mills, Rockingham county, to Mr..
w. III. Marshall and e. c. Proctor, for
$500. The property is to be improved.
DR.. W. A. Picker successfully passed
the examination before the State Exam
lining Board in Richmond last week, and
was granted permission to practice med
icine.
Mr.. Jno. Z. McChesney. formerly Of
this city, has been elected Mayor OF Aber-
dene, Dakota, his adopted home. Out of
4 total vote Of 347 Mr.. McCheshey re-
ceiyed BAL.
Col. Gilbert II. Firth, formerly of tins
city, and now resident of Richmond, has
writted poem, IAN Ode to Virginia.
which is highly spoken of by the Rich
mOnd press.
Rhodes, col, was convicted of stealing
$570.00 FROM Virginia Gill, fand sentenced
to the penitentiary for one year. The
money was recovered.
Adistrict meeting Of the Dunknd Church
was held in Bridgewater last Wednes-
day and Thursday. There was a large at
tendance and matters of interest and i'm
portance to the church were considered.
Rev. Job Turner returned this week
from six weeks tour through Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida, and to New Orleans,
and left yesterday for New York, where
he holds service Sunday next. Thence he
will go West. geastlHf AWg 2,AAYEe
Monroe Waterman: Col. j. b. Peyton,
the well.knowns Clerk of the West Vir-
ginia House of Delegates, has assumed
the management of the Natural Bridge
Hotel in Rockbridge county, Va, for the
coming summer.
We are indebted to Frank G.. Hileman,
Of Va. for an invitation to attend debate
of the Demosthenian Literary Society of
Roanoke College. April II. The question OF
discussion will be-"Resolved that the
Press should have no legal restrictions.
The Highland Recorder states that the
mail to Monterey frequently lays over Sat
urday nights at Mcdowell. This is in
direct violation of the regulations gov
erning the mail service, and any such Of
fence should be reported to the Second AS
sistant Postmaster General
On last Sunday morning the BAPTIST
Sunday School was reorganized by electiing
w. FL. Kable, principal of the Staun ton
Male Academy, Superintendent, and J. T..
Hutchens, teacher in the public scht Dl,
Assistant Superintendent. II Il u
Mr.. Harvey F. Slaven, of Montere y,
spent several days in Stanton last week,
the guest of DIR. Lindsey. He was on
his way to Bealton, Fauquier co. ! lie
was married in Washington city by
Rev. DR.. Cox, on the 14th to Miss Maud
Y. Siple, of Bealton. We wish the young
bride and groom many years of welded
bliss. -A' ,ii''.'.s'i' 'a.' a'''
On Tuesday morning Messrs. Albert
Blackburn and Henry Parent, two of.
Staunton's most worthy young men, left.
via the B. &. o. road, for Chicago and
Elgin, Ill.,, respectively. Bert and
Punk y are both popular in our city, and
will be missed by their many friends, es-
pecially those of the gentler sex. We wish
them success.
1.-THE alarm of fire was given yesterday
about O'Clock, which brought the Fire
Companies promptly to the residence of
Prof. A. J.kTurner in the western part Of
the city. One of the chimnies had been
on fire for several hours, and the SPARKS
settling on the roof caused il to ignite. Ut
was however soon extinguished,I with ts-
fling damage to the building. = 3 W Ag1
Maj. J. C. Green. wife and, daughter.
are stopping at.thes Fourth Avenue Hotel.
Wytheville. Mrs. Green and daughter
will remain there during the summer sea-
son, or at some of the mountain resorts.
The Major himself could not be contented
to be ''cribbed, cabbined and co1lfined''
within, the, marrow limits of, that, little
city, andiwill only hold it AS ahasel bf 3D.
erations. -
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Prof. A. Dreyspring, well known to
some of our older citizens as at one time
connected with the Wesleyan Female IN
stitute. is the author of book entitled,
Cumulative Method of Learning Ger
man The popularity of the work is evil
denced by the fact that being only six
months in the market, it has gone through
the second edition. 1t teaches the Ger.
man language by itself that is, it dis