The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-10-15
Go out to the Fair grounds to-day.

Hopkins, the popular clerk at the Mill
boro Hotel. are attending the Fair.
Rev. Fl. B. Vile. the new pastor Of the
Lutheran Church, preached an interesting
sermon to his congregation on Sunday
last.
Mr.. Frank Yates, an experienced teacher
and excellent young man, has been elected
to position in the Deaf Mute Depart
ment at the Institution.
Mai. J. G. Green, Maj. Ed. McMahon
and Maj. D. Shanahan, were among the
observers on the occasion of the Flood
Rock Explosion, at New York, last Sat
urday.
At the last meeting of the Virginia
Synod, which convened at Carmel, W..
Va, Mr.. Geo. f. Shuey, of this county,
was licensed a regular minister of the
Lutheran Church.
Capt. Geo. Grandstaff, of Shenandoah,
is in attendance on the Fair, with some of
the products of the Edinburg Manufae-
turing Company. He will also be present
at the Confederate reunion.
A catch of lis large cells, ranging from
2 to lbs. each, was put on the market in
Staunton on Tuesday morning by a son of
Mr.. w. A. Houff. They were trapped,
in Middle River, on Monday night.
MRS. w ELLIS, one of the NEST POI uiar
of the lady orators, will deliver a Temper
ance lecture at the Opera House tonight.
She is highly spoken of by those who have
heard her. and our people may expect a
treat.
Judge Newman and Mr.. Hafshberger,
of Page, favored us with call Tuesday.
They report a good feeling with the Re
publicans of that county, aud promise All
old time majority for the Republican State
and county ticket.
Invitations are out for the marriage on
Nov. 18th, of Miss Agnes Hartman,
youngest daughter of 1t. Thos. L. Har-
man, dec d., and one of Stanton most
attractive and accomplished young ladies,
and Mr.. j. l.. Hunter. of Pittsburg, Pa.
The Restaurant opened on Monday last,
by w. Kinney, Augusta street, is one of
the cosisst and most attractive ever ar
ranged in Staunton. Everything is clean
and bright as a new pin, and the attention
all that could be wished by the most fas-
tidious.
Kanawha Gazette Messrs. Fitz & Wood
ward, proprietors of the late Hale House,
have entered suit against Ruffner Bros,
for sums aggregating $i5s.000 for dam
age sustained by the burning Of the Hale
House. Ruffner Bros. have sued Fitz &
Woodward for claim of ST 500 also.
The Bridgewater Journal understands
that the Bridgewater Carriage Factory
has suspended operations for awhile. We
regret to hear this. 1t certainly could
have been fault of the management,
for if ever an enterprise was conducted
with energy and judgment it was the Car
riage Factory at Bridgewater.
Wytheyille Dispatch DIR. 2. B Greens
son of Maj. J. G. Green. left Monday a.
M, for Fort Worth. Texas, where, if he
likes, he will settle and practice his pro.
fession. Although a-.resident of Wythe-
vile but few months. he leaves behind
him many warm friends who join in with
the Dispatch in wishing him much success
DIR. Stephen Harnsberger, a prominent
and successful young practitioner of this
county, and son of the late Robert S
Harnsberger, left on Wednesday for liaiii
more, where he will practice his profession
in the Hospitals, and at the same tire re-
ceive instruction in the Medical College
in order to more thorough knowledge OF
his profession.
Wedirect attention to the advertisement
of Messrs. Myers Il Loving. commissi n
merchants. Washington city. Mr.. Myers
| is well 6nown in the Valley and especially
Augusta county, as reliable, safe bust
ness man, and Mr.. Long is equally favor
ably known in Amherst and Nelson. We
commend the firm to our farmers and
others having trade with Washi ngton.
We publish in this issue of the VIRGIN
IAN The prospectus of the Cincinnati
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We were favored with a call on Tuesday
from our old friend, Col. James O. liar
ris, of Atlanta, Ga, and brother OF Rev
w. A. Harris, of this place, and Hon.
John T. Harris, of HarI isonburg, where
be has been visiting. He carries his years
fresh and gay, and looks to be in splendid
health. His many friends in Virginia
will be pleased to learn of his good health
and worldly success, He is now tax col
lector for Atlanta. and has been connected
with the city government, in one way eI
another, for twenty years,
In the rotunda at the Fair grounds are
two ingenious and curious pieces of handi
craft doing much credit to the youthful
exhibitors the first is wooden chain cut
with a common pen knife from solid
piece or block of poplar by J. Baldwin
Brown ; the second, a walking cane made
from a young hemlock cut in the Catskill
maintains. New York. and wrought int