The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-10-07
South River Items.

South River Items.
Reported for the VlHGINIAN.
/ The bill-poster of the on coming circus
in passing along one of the streets OF
Waynesboro, threw out a batch of hand
bills, which in falling scattered and fright
ened team of four horses, standing near
Alexander 8 ware rooms, and which i'm
mediately started On a full run down the
steep street leading to the river. In the
| flight they demolished several buggies and
did other damage to property along the
| street until they ran on to the pavement
in front of the Nalle House where they
were stopped by becoming wedged between
the house and the trees standing along
the pavement.
John Plum has been nearly blind for
some time, his eyes being affected by the
heat OF the sun to the extent that the
pupils were blistered and SO extremely
painful as to render him almost wild. He
is considerably improved at this time.
Petty thieving is becoming pretty gen.
eral again, and chickens, and other porta-
bles, disappear almost nightly.
DR.. Vaughan, since leaving the D. d.
y B. Institution, of which he was for
some time the efficient superintendent,
has opened high school for girls at the
village of Chester, between Richmond and
Petersburg. From a catalogue of the
school, handed us by Capt. M. Lynn, who
has been patron of DR.. Vaughn's school
for number Of terms. we are impressed
with the high esteem In which DR.. V. and
his able corps Of assistants are held by all
who have patronized the school. The
highest testimonials have been rendered
the DR.. both by the pupils and their
guardians, and they are richly deserved
for In addition to the many educational
advantages enjoyed, the girls have the
motherly care of Mrs. Vaughn constantly
over them, and the Seminary is to them
all truly home In its broadcast sense We
wish DR.. Vaughn eminent success.
Mr.. Sam ] Steele's wagon. with load of
baled hay. was consumed by fire in the
road between bis home and Fishersville
last week. It seems that Sam Miller,
colored man who was driving the team, lit
his pipe for a smoke as he rode along on
the hay. Having finished he knocked on
the ashes and spark caught in the hay.
lie rode on totally unconscious of what
was going on behind him, and as the wind
which was blowing gale was in his face,
hewas not aware of the destruction until
he felt rather hot In the rear. On looking
around he beheld the hay in so advanced
stage OF combustion that he had only time
to unloose the team before the wagon and
its load lay in ashes in the road.
Mrs Capt. g. B. Coiner's funeral took
place from Thinking Spring Church. on
Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Preston. assisted by
DR.. G. M. s. See IA former pastor) con-
Quoted the services. Although the church
is the largest house Of worship in the
valley, outside the cities, 1t was filled to
its utmost capacity-not sven standing
room left nnoeoupied, while over hun
dred OF the multitude remained outside.
The crowd assembled was estimated at
from six to eight hundred and was made
up Of persons from nearly every section of
the county. No higher tribute could have
been paid to the great worth of Mrs.
Coiner than was displayed by the spon-
famous outpouring Of the vast concourse
assembled on the occasion. The process
sion that followed the hearse from the late
home of the deceased was more than
mile in length and the head of the line had |
reached the grove which surrounds the
church before the last vehicle had moved |
through the outer gate at the farm.
The most remarkable revival Of religion |
that las ever been known In South River
District has been in progress for several
weeks at Lyndhurst depot, S. V. r. R.
How many conversions have been recorded |
up to this time we are not informed, but |
on lastsSunday night there were 80 peni.
tents at the altar, Rev. Mr.. Caakley, of
the M. i. Church at Waynesboro, is con-
Quoting the meeting, and is being assisted |
by the ministers Of all denominations in |
the community.
No matter in what season the traveller
from New York, Philadelphia OF Balti |
more visits the Valley of Virginia. the
most delightful and comfortable route is
via the Western Maryland and S. v. roads. |
From the moment the cars emerge from
the confines of the city of Baltimore until |
they halt at Roanoke there passes before
the eye OF the tourist an ever changing
panorama which seen once is never for
gotten. After leaving Westminster the !
train begins to climb. Up, up, up you go,
in and out, now speeding along through |
the most beautiful farming section,
stretched out miles before you with it's
hundreds Of palatial homes; and now
plunging into canyon with the towering
mountain, with its jagged rocks frowning
upon you as though ready to topple over
and grind you to powder. On one side, and
its mountain river. churned to frothy
whiteness as it goes bounding, tumbling.
rolling, jumping, whirling, flying on
through the gorge over it's bed of rocks
toward the ocean, on the other. Now you
are fairly on the mountain side, and of
sudden the train makes sudden twirla land
you are coming right back toward Balti-
more-you have turned the Horseshoe
Bond, and now as the iron horse puffs
along you may cast your eye out of the
window and look right down on the track
you have just passed over and although
you are more than mile further on you
may almost shoot a peanut from your
thumb and strike the road beneath you.
But on you climb until at last as the train
halts the neatly uniformed brakeman calls
Pen-mar, and the engine stands, with its
trucks in one state and its drivers in an
other. Pon-mar takes it's name from the
first syllables Of the names of the states
Pennsylvania and Maryland. Should you
desire to take view of the most exte nsive
prospects accessible 10 the eye of man in