The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-01

w. A. Burke has been appointed asses
sor of real estate for Staunton for the
year 1885.
Judge Geo. r. Calvert, of New Market,
was in the city last week on professional
business.
Gen. John Echols arrived in Staunton
from Kentucky on Wednesday last, and
expects to return to-day
A decided elevation of temperature oc-
CURED on Sunday, and the welcome warmth
was enjoyed not little.
We regret to state that Mr.. Richard
Hawkins is still quite i'll. with very little
hope for his Improvement.
Mr.. Charles Brown, an employee of the
Charlottesville Jefersonian. is spending
the holidays with relatives in this city.
Mr.. j. w. Word. the popular sheriff Of
buckingham, was in the city yesterday,
having brought a patient to the Asylum.
Chas. F. Hoge. Esq, reached Stanton
Saturday from Kentucky, and has been 1T
tending at the bedside Of Capt. c. r. Ma
son, near Swoope's.
The Annual Ball of the Augusta Fire
Company viii take place at the Virginia
Hotel on Thursday night, January Is. II
will be an enjoyable occasion.
Mr.. Jno. 1,rathwaite. Il swift printer.
well known i'll Staunton, ips been declared
insane. He has been assistant foreman of
the Richmond Wing for sometime.
Mr.. Edward Hisey, lately Of the Wood
stock Vrgiaiail, spent few days in Staun-
ton visitinglrelatives and friends. We are
always glad to see ''Fleecelso handsome
face.
The Hebrew citizens of Staunton have
purchased of Mrs. Stribling the house re-
Gently occupied by Fl. l.. Hoover as q
school room and are having il fitted up for
a synagogue
Mrs. Jno. b. Stoddard died in Charlottes-
vile on Monday last, aud was brought to
Staunton on Tuesday and buried in Thorn
rose Cemetery on "Wednesday. where the
remains of her husband rest.
Last Thursday Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. An
drews went to Harrisonburg to visit Mr..
A s. parents. That night his pantry was
broken into and everything available
stolen, including flour, bacon, lard, etc.
During the holidays there were u num-
Der of pleasant Church and Sunday School
throughout the town and conn-
~, and if the pecuniary proceeds were not
always up to expectation the fun was i'm
mense.
A number of his railroad friends have
presented the popular conductor, Capt. J.
E. Fitz, with a grand old violin made in
Italy in 1916. We know of none who
would more appreciate such gift, and
none who more deserve it.
Mr.. Jos. Newman, a brakesman on the
B. & o. Railroad. fell from freight car
ut Harrisonbmrg last week. and received
severe injuries. He was brought to bis
home in this city and surgical attention
by DR.. A. M. Henkel.
Rev. A. W. Ruff. formerly of Licking
ton, who for some time has been in charge
of several Observation-Disclosures on Back
Creek, in Highland county, died there on
the Goth of Dec, after a weeks Illness.
He leaves wife and one child
Master Heber Brown, son of the late W.
G. Brown, is on visit to his mother and
sisters from Cincinnati, where he is en-
gagged in large Book Bindery. He is an
exemplary, clever youth and will be favora-
bly, heard Of hereafter in business circles,
if he lives.
Mr.. Albert Norris, young man aged
about IS, and son Of one of the proprie-
tors of Victoria Furnace, near Goshen.
died there on Monday last of typhoid fe-
yer. He had been IN this country but
short time, having come direct to the
furnace on his arrival from England. The
fever is prevailing to an alarming extent
in the neighborhood of the furnace.
Capt. r. II. Catlett has returned from
Chicago, where he had gone on business.
We learn from him that much interest is
being manifested in business circles about
the mineral resources of Virginia, espe-
cially since the report of the sales of
Southern iron in eastern markets and the
competition it implies with
eastern furnaces.
We regret to learn that Capt. G. r. Ma
son is seriously i'll at his, home neaa
Swoope's Depot. His daughter, Mrs. Jne,
B. Blackley, of this place, has been witai
him during his sickness. We hope to Learn
of his Improvement and speedy recovery.
His many friends in Staunton and throu cir.
out the State, will share with us in
this desire, for there is no one held ia
higher esteem for his many noble qualities
Of head and heart and his usefulness as a
citizen.
We were not aware that among the &C.
of Col. II, C. Parsons he
Vas also a poet, until we read a beautifully
printed collection Of fugitive poems
from his pen. The work is styled 1.-The
Reaper and among the verses are
some dedicated to Cyrus II. Mccormick,
the inventor of the Mccormick Reaper,
after his great invention had received
medals from various nationalities. There
is real poetic sentiment in some Of the
poems, all written at random, and to while
away leisure moment or to avail of the
of Il scene or event of acciden-
tai occurrence. AS memento the collec-
ton is very appropriate, and the artistic
style of ITS getting up adds to its intrinsic
value.
SEVERE ACCIDENT.-On Tuesday last
Miss Lucy Bagby, Of Richmond, niece Of
Maj. B. I. Bagby of this city, whilst
jumping from buggy in front Of Witt &
Bros. 3 store, slipped and broke both bones
of her left leg. She was carried to
Maj. Bagby's residence and at last ac-
counts was getting along as we'll rs could
be expected. Drs. Atkinson and Patter-
son rendered surgical attention. A sim
cere sympathy is felt for the young pa
tient, who during her short stay in Staun-
ton has won many friends.