The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-07-25

visiting Miss Valley Hoover, at tne
Hoover House III Staunton.
Mr.. S. NJ. Woodward, of Bridgewater,
was in Stanton last week, on business
and visiting his fathers family
We call attention to the advertisement
of L. Nj McClintic, Commissioner, for
bridge letting in Pocahontas county, w.
Va
There will be a picnic of the T. b. con
gregation at Fairview Chapel, one mile
south of Mt. Crawford, on the list Of Au-
gust.
Judge Geo. G. Grattan, of Harrison
burg, was in the city last Saturday, in at
tendance on the funeral of the late Robt.
| Craig.
E. NJ. Nettleton, Esq, of Allegheny
county, was in the city Saturday last.
He is one of the live and progressive men
of that section.
Messrs John and Chas. Halk, of Wash
ington, Indiana, are spending their va
cation with their mother, Mrs Virginia
Halk, of this city.
Hon. H. ST g. Tucker and George M i.
Harrison, Esq, are at the White Sulphur
/ Springs. attending the session of the
Virginia Bar Association.
W. E. Craig, Esq, United States Dis
trict Attorney, left for Danville on Mon
day last Judge Paurs Court COM
menced there on Tuesday
Mrs Mary Weller Lewis, daughter Of
Judge Lewis, of the Court of Appeals
is visiting Miss Cornelia May, daughter
of G. w. May, North New Street.
Mrs. Orlando Smith, formerly of our
/ city, but who has for some years been
Mo-, is visiting her brother, DR.. b. M.
Atkinson, and her sister, Mrs. Wake.
n. E. Whitehurst, Grand Masterof the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
As, on tonight, July 25th, 1889. A full
attendance OF the members requested.
Mrs Margaret Kinney, who for some
years has been living with her son in
Texas, and Mrs. Gen, George W. Getty,
are visiting their sister, Mrs. NJ g. Har-
man, and other relatives in our city.
Mr.. g. W. Fitzgerald, formerly of
Staunton, has been promoted to the po-
sition of stenographer to the Paymaster
of the Navy at a salary OF 81 400 per an
mum. He is graduate of Dunsmore' S
Business College.
The Stonewall Brigade Band will con
tinue their open air concerts, which have
| been the source of so much pleasure to
the public The next performance will
be rendered tonight, the 25th, on Cos
pei Hill, at 81 o'clock.
Miss Thompson, of Brooklyn, n. Y;
| Miss Minnie Henkel, daughter of Hon.
! DR.. Eli J. Henkel, of Baltimore, with
Miss Ada Miller, daughter. of DR.. A S.
Miller, of New Market, Va, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs A d. Henkel. of this city
The Spectator contains numerously
signed calls upon Hons. A. B. Lightner
and Edward Echols to become candidates
for the Legislative nominations. Why
not have free fight and dispense with
nominations Some body will be cheat
ed, if this is not done.
A large and delighted crowd assembled
in the Courthouse yard, Tuesday night
last, to enjoy the open air concert given
by the Stonewall Band. 1t was the first
open air concert of the season, and it is
hoped the Band will repeat it weekly or
oftener. 1t was a great treat to our peo-
/ pie
The workmen on the Y. NJ. G. A. tower,
when they had put on the last slate,
erected a small United States flag, from
the point of the tower roof. 1t is a good
and appropriate emblem, and suggests
that some permanent ornament should
be placed on the tower to give it a more
finished appearance.
We notice in the Richmond Dispatch
the death, Sunday last, of Mrs. Leila
Symington, the wife of Stuart Syming-
ton, of Baltimore, and the daughter OF
Rev. Pike Powers. Mrs Symington will
be remembered as one of the most beau
tiful and accomplished young ladies who
ever lived in Staunton.
The friends of Meade f. White, ESQ.,,
Commonwealth Attorney, gave him
a good Gaming yesterday. 1t was admin
istered in a neat little speech by Capt.
E. A. Fulcher, and was made out of wood
from the tree on which Hodges was hung.
The cane is highly ornamented with va
l. rnI Nv, II,
/ James Yates.
j. Garland Penn, eX-editor of the
Lynchburg, Va, Laboge5, was in the city
this week. Mr.. Penn is now engaged in
writing history of colored journalists
of America which will be published in
September. Ii work has the co-opera-
ton of Hon John NJ Langston; Editor
L. Il. Fortune, of New York, and other
prominent colored men of this country.
We are indebted to DIR. III. H. Craw-
ford United States Navy, for a copy OF
the 'SdmOa Times" published at Aqui.
Samoa. 1t is a small sheet, printed in
English, and well filled with advertise
ments. Shippers, hotels, saloons, bar
bers photographers, and almost every
other kind of modern business finds q
place in the advertising columns
Rev. S. r. Rogers, pastor of the NJ. E
Church, South, in this place, left OF
Monday last for Wesley Grove Camp
meeting, where he will remain eight
or ten days. Next Sabbath, the 28th
Rev J. A. Kern, of Randolph Macon
College, will fill the pulpit here
morning and evening, and on the fol
lowing Sunday Rev. A. Hammond viii
preach morning and night. DR.. Roger
, will be absent two Sabbaths.
We have received copy of the 6tl
Catalogue Of the College of Montana
located at Deer Lodge, in that Territory
Among the faculty of the institution We
; see the name of DR.. Frank w Trapha
gen, teacher of Chemistry and Natura
Sciences; also of general and analytica
: chemistry, mineralogy and physics. H,
will be remembered as one of the corp
of Prof Kable's school, Stanton, Va
The street work now being done unde
the supervision of Superintendent Hou
| nihan, adds greatly to the appearance,