The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-09-23
South River Items.

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| While the Rev. Mr. Dolly was Conducting 9
religious service Thursday night of last
some villain entered the stable wherein were
Placed for bookkeeping. the preachers mar
mess, and stole the whole set save the collar,
| which 1t seems was too small to suit his pur-
/ pose, for on the same night the same thief stole
| q smaller collar from the stable of DR.. e. 8
1 Harris, only a stones throw from the first
stable. Mr. Dolly seems to be a favofite victim
| for it has been but short while since he lost q
horse, the same having been stolen. II IS TO pc
4 hoped that the same fate that overlook the
4 horse thief may find the fellow that took the
harness, viz, a term in the penitentiary
An attempt was made on the same night
to force an entrance into Sheriff Speck e stable,
but was frustrated by the security OF the fas-
/ Jennings
| In the garden of Mr. Jacob Speck, father of
| the Sheriff, there is pumpkin of prodigious
size Good judges put its weight Of {. ls5 to Low
| pounds. 1t Is OF a yellow color and of the shape
| OF an egg. Last year there grew on the same
premises pumpkin. 90 pounds in weight, IN a
ounce tree. The vine ran up the tree and
that 1t was ''some pumpkins" platform was
erected beneath 1t and there some eight OF ten
leet above ground 1t grew and matured. MI
Speck has been importuned by quite host
VINO have seen the present pumpkin growing VI;
| TO place 1t on exhibition at our District FAIR
| and he will probably do so.
A revival Of religion has for two weeks been
| n progress In the M. p. Church in Flshersvllie
Quite an interest has been awakened and
and united with the church. There is every
| reason for believing that the spiritucl condi-
ton of the community has been greatly bet
| tered. and 1t is 10 be hoped permanently SO.
Hngn Kerr has resumed his place behind the
welcomed by large circle of friends.
John Shiny. who for so many years engaged
Mr., 9. A. Guliey Of Fishersville. and then with
Antrim u Co. in Waynesboro, but who about
PIE Of We east taxing up his IN
souri,, returned last week to visit his old home.
rev young men have as strong hold upon the
directions of the people as has John Shiny. His
return was made the occasion of q perfect jubi-
lee among his old acquaintances. On first
learning that he had returned, many hoped
that he had tired OF the far-away West Or had
made his fortune and proposed henceforth to
dWel IN the land of his birth, but not SO, for
AFTER shaking hands all round John Will return
again 10 Missouri where he has built up q fine
trade In the confectionery business We wish
George, an elder brother OF John. He has been
IN The Lone Star State several years and has
made success Sc Of a his living there With him
soJourned q good while in Florida, but con-
clnded that Texas offered greater inducements
TO the energetic and he forthwith journeyed
thither. The eturn of all these young men has
broughtjoy to The households of their relatives
shadow hard to lispel.
We regret to lear of the illness of one of Mr..
Hugh A. $. Hanilton's little children. The
little girl. it seems, ate some corn at meal
something like week ago, and in a short time
complained of pains in the stomach, growing
several days labored to relieve the child. The
struggle was hard and at times the child's life
was uespittreQ OF. DuG al This WILLING we are
glad to say that there are grounds of hope.
Mr. Craig, of whose case mention was made |
Dy correspondent in the VIRGINIAN n week |
ago, is In the most ptiable physical condition.
Members of his old company are now taking |
steps toward raising handsome purse for him |
during the district Fair and all that his old |
comrades can do Will be surely done for his |
relief.
You may look at the Fair to see the fin est dis
play OF domestic articles ever before placed |
before the public. Our people are waking up |
and Ing active steps to place on exhibition |
every article calculated to interest the public |
That there will be q grand display can be no
doubt and that there will be greater crowds |
yogether than have ever assembled In the Val |
icy Is equally true Let the people of the Dis |
trlet rally around the Directors of the Fair |
and make the b. ID. Fair the fair af the State.
MOI Tor many years has a promotion given /
greater number OF people satisfaction than |
ward to be train dispatcher of the middle dlvis- I
lon of the G. q o. X. X. This promotion should I
nave Deen made long ago, but justice though |
sometimes tardy is always sure. No man on |
the road has q greater number of friends than |
Pas JACK and no man is more richly entitled to |
them than is he
The travelling public welcomed to his old |
place IN tue ticket office at Staunton, Mr.. Shep-
pard. who. to the regret of all who are so for
tunate as to know him, forced some time /
ago on account of i'll health to ask for sick
resume his duties and we hope he may have
YEARS of health granted him in which to give
his services to an appreciative public.
M. Mrs s,,i N: N. Baskin Who with her daughter
reside IN Pennsylvania with relatives, has re-
Turned TO her old state. FROM tho time Mrs. b.
reached Pennsylvania up TO within month or
two ago her health was such as that, had She
not returned to Virginia there can be no ques-
tion that but few months longer residence
In the former State would have marked the
proving rapidly and her old friends welcome
her home again. ROVER.