The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-22
A pleasant soiree was given at the A. F
Seminary Last Thrrcdau ninht

Registrar for Ward No. 2-office at store
of Treiber & Coyner.
Lee R Waddell, Esq, Agricultural edi
tor of the Charlottesville Chronicle. was
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. ]. w. Nicely and Miss Mary G.
Croft were married at Longdale on the
18th. Rev. E. M. McCorkle, officiating.
At the city Council on Tuesday.night
the acquisitions of the Fire Companies fol
increased facilities, were granted an(
some $3.50 appropriated.
Mr.. Harry Wegner, the artist. has OF
exhibition at Maslin 81 Booker Hardware
Co.'S store. splendid origina! painting o.
the death scene from Othello.
Drs. Stewart M. Yancey and j. P. Bish
OPP of Rockingham were examined OH Sat
urday last by DR.. H. M. Patterson, one O.
the State Board of Medical Examiners
Mrs. A. w Hartman, of this place, ant
Mrs. Archer Hartman, OF Louisville, Ky.
left Staunton on Friday last on a visit tt
Mrs. Jennie Chesterman, of Richmond
daughter of Mrs A. W. Hartman.
The Clifton Forge Independent says o
Mai. Hotchkiss' lecture on jackson
Campaign in the Valley" delivered there
last week, that it was a splendid effort ant
those who heard it commend it in thu
highest"
Among the bills reported in the U. 5
Senate on Friday was one giving pension
to Mrs. Margaret Dunlop, of Lone Foun
tain, Augusta county, Va, whose son, 8
soldier in the army, was killed during .
fracas in Missouri.
In the House OH the l4th inst, Mr..
Tucker introduced the petitions OF Sam'l
Click and j. b. Fauver, of Augusta. and
Il. II. Goodloe. of Nelson CO., Va, and
moved that their war claims be referred to
the Court of Claims.
The subject of an additional engine at
the water works came up in the City coun-
Gil Tuesday night, and after some discus
sion was passed by for the present. The
purchase will be made at an early date and
the sooner the better.
The Governor has refused to grant the
petition praying for the pardon OF Geo.
w. Amiss, convicted in the Hastings
Court of this city. sof mansla"gllter in the
killing of Burner. He was sentenced to
four years Imprisonment and his term
will expire next spring.
A colored woman named Fanny Mundy
who had been emf Logged for sometime as a
domestic by Col. j. l.. Peyton, Was arrestt d
the other day. and upon a search OF her
trunk large quantity of valuable jewelry
which she had stolen from Mrs. Peyton
was found. The thief was sent on to the
grand jury.
The advance corps of Barnum's show.
numbering fifteen persons, was registered
at the Virginia Hotel on Tuesday last.
After billing the city and county. they
went on their way to prepare other locali
ties for Barnum's arrival positively the
last for the great Snowman.
At meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce on Friday night last. a series of res
olutions declaring against the payment of
coupons for taxes, was offered by Mr..
Gooeh and unanimously adopted. A COM
munication from Gen. Jno. d. Imboden,
asking information in regard to the COM
mercial. manufacturing and agricultural
interests of this section, for use in the
forthcoming volume from the National
Bureau of Statistics. was read and referred
to the appropriate committee.
Mr.. Geo. Wash. Landes, formerly of
Rocking ham, but now of Ohio, where he
has been resident for eighteen years, is
on visit to. his friends in Augusta and
Rockingham. He is a cousin of Mr.. d..
W. Landes, OF. this city, with whom he
has been stopping for several days. We
had pleasant conversation with Mr.. L..
about boyhood times in Rockingham, and
a revival of incidents of the long ago. We
were gratilied to learn that he has been
successful in his western home and that
his sons are in prosperous business.
Mr. f. M. Sanger, of Wealaka, Creek
Nation, Indian Territory, is stopping at
the Hale House. His visit to Staunton is
to see his bright little daughter, Hattie,
who is pupil at the Wesleyan Female In
stitute. Mr.. Sanger reports the Territory
in prosperous condition. the winter hay
ing been favorable for.the stock growers,
the profitable industry of that country
There is but one sentiment among the ma
tiyes as to the proposition to form the Ter
ritory of Oklahoma, and that is inveterate
opposition, as violation of treaty rights
and stipulations.