The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-12-09
south Riyeu Items.

The desire Of the swau boy has been
gratifed in large measure, for there now
lies white mantle of some twelve inches
in depth DER the land.
The thermometer has called its lowest
figures into requisition to express its SEN
timents touching the weather.
The sudden and extreme change from
delightful Indian summer weather to far
below freezing has a tendency to cause
those members Of our community who
dislike the cold to turn their eyes long
ingIy toward the South, and almost daily
tile cheap rates offered by the various CON-
petlng lines leading to Florida, are being
accepted by many who would otherwise
remain end freeze through the winter.
Others are taking advantage of the rates
to make visit South. with view to look
ing up business. or of making investments
in orange groves. while the unparalleled
boom in Birmingham, ala. bids fair 10
take an appreciable nnmser of our bust
ness men and laborers 70 that point.
Mrs. j FL. Whiteseli. of near Fishers.
night. discovered her dress Of calico TO he
in blaze. 1t had caught from the open
coal CRATE in her room. With great prt s.
ence of mind and without utterIng
sound she managed to smother the blaze
by rolling tbs burning portion of the dress
tightly in the other part. In doing SO,
however. she burned her hand, but luckily
not seriously.
His neighbors take turn regularly in
atching nightly at the bedside of VIM.
Groomes. whose stroke Of paralysis of
three weeks ago still holds him in help
less condition, with no marked improve
ment.
Rumor hath it that quite a number of
the solid capitalists are making their way
toward the mineral bearing part OF Au-
gusta. Twill be no great while ere this
section will experience. its boom as well as
Birmingham. Only let those interested
in the manufacture of iron and steel in
form themselves regarding the resources
here to be found and the matter is set
tied.
For do they want iron ore ? Then
where is it more abundant or of half so
good quality as that to be found on parts
of the great Kennedy. Mt. TORY. Hyden,
Hiserman, Alexander, Stuart and dozen
other tracts?
Do they require manganese? The same
region abounds in it. Everywhere shaft
has been sunk for it. it has been found
and of a high quality.
Do they want limestone for fluxing pur-
poses ? 1t. too. is here. DULY a river di-
yides the limestone region from the iron
and manganese, and it is rare thing to
find either of the ores named without
finding limestone within pistol shot OF
two.
DO they require transportation for their
products to the markets Then the Shen.
Valley Railroad opens the world north and
south, by an air line running through the
entire length of the mineral region, and
directly through beds of the ore, and from
the Gulf to the Canadas. The great N.
N. and NJ. V. stretching across the CONT
nent east and west, with cross lines at
many points, affords all the opportunities
needed to reach the markets of the West.
Northwest and Southwest, besides, with
it's lines of steamers from Newport News
to Liverpool, giving means of transporta-
tion to European ports.
Besides all this, either road can lay down
Unreasonable quantities of the finest
coke at any point it may be needed.
ROVER.