The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-14
LEXINGTON.
THE WHEAT CROP THE FINEST IN
MANY YEARS.
fIeeip. 10 The springs me Second vIr-
ginis Regiment 10 go Into Camp
Buena ssta 10 Wake Bid FOR
lis fncaippment

LRXINOTON. VA, July l3.-The
: weather continues bad and dry. The
wheat harvest is over, and it is the
finest crop in quality and quantity
garrcfedin this section Of the valley for
years.
The famous Rockbridee Alum has a
/ company Of $50 with large daily arri-
vais. the R1ckbridge Baths has a nice
company. and the Natural Bridge l. up
10 her usual large average for this time
Of the season.
The Second Virginia regiment. Col
ouel Joseph A. Culton commanding.
with headquarters at Winchester. and
made up in the counties Of Augusta,
B0iet0urt. Clarke. Frederick. Pulaski.
Pafe, Roanoke. Rockingham. Shenan-
doah. and Warren. will 90 into camp
s)me time in August. and the probability
Is that the city of Buena Vista will be
selected as the camp grounds. The
Bucna Vista company will offer the
regiment every iuducement 10 select
that point.
Since the semicenienniai Of the Nir.
gina Military Institute is over. the en-
tire corps oi cadets has gone home. and
the barracks. where ten DAYS ago two
hundred 0r more men lived is now de-
serted and as quiet as a chufch-yard
Dir. Ross ROss. son of Colonel !. II. ID.
Rcs7. has gone TO the Cliuch Valley
Railroad to jim an engineer corfs. So,
Nal1r Thomas W. Wade. Of the
United States Treasury Department, is
home ON vacation.
Ms. HELEN Bruce. Of Louisville. Ky.
ls home. the guest Of her father. Pro
ies-or J. j. White.
Mrs. Walter Coles. Of s.. louis. Mo.
Is spending the summer with her
parents Colonel and Mrs. Edmund
Pendlet0n.
Professor T.. J.. Harris. Of Tulane
University. New Orleans. is home with
his father. Professor G.. j. Harris. Of
Washington and Lee University.
Mr. James A. Quaries son Of profes-
s9r j A. QuaFle-, OF Washington and
Lee University. has gone 10 Louisville.
KY where be- VIII locate in the prac-
tee Of law.
Colonel j. a. Brgigland. ex-Consul to
llavfe. France d, visiting his relative.
Cyrus II. Burgess
Ir. ). Gallaiiu Paxton. Of ludc-
pendence. Mo-. with his family. is here
for the summer. he as9u Of the late I
General Frank Paxton. and j. brother I
of Hon. ". W. Paxton. editor of the /
Rockbridge County Nccs
IL is reported here that Judge Thomas /
of the State Court OF Ap- /
Dealf cOntempiates purchasing a sum
mer home here ON the suburbs.
Miss Annie i. johnson has been ap-
pointed q state pupil from Rockbrllge
10 the Virginia State Female Normal
Institute at Farmyille.
the jackson Memorial Association is
advised that Valentine, the sculptor. is
making fine progress on the model for
.he brOtze heroic size figure of Stone
wall Jackson.
The Lach Laird Improvement Com
1auy will distribute d, iOtstO the stock
holders the 10Th instant
Lexington Lodge. x. of p. has sent
Q handsome donation to the X. of +. &C
IChu-iown.
a. x. Moore. the new county treas.
irer. has been iuductod into office.
The Buena Vista Building and Invest
neut Company has been chartered. and
vi 40 once begin the erection at Buena
y ista Of 80 600 worth of business and
.e-idepce houses.
The Virginia Military Institute band
IS al the Old sweet Springs and Noeik
'I- Richmond band is booked for the
season nc the RockbrIige Alumn.
Cards ont for the marriage. On
,he 18th instant at ;he FIRST Presbyte
'ian ChWch. Redmond Of Miss Fan
Die. daughter of Judge b. r. Wellf0rd.
if that city, 10 Prof Henry Alexander
White. chair history. Washington and
.ee University Of this place.
The general offices of the Buena
Vista Company have been removed /
rom this place to Bucna Vista.
The paragraph going The rounds of
he pless announces tha. Governor
'liz Lee would accept the post OF Su-
leriniendent of the Y. NJ. L. iu Jauu-
nv next. when General Smith rctires.
would indicate that General Lee at Que
inc would not accept the place.
'Or Fix months it has been
,noWn here that he would
ccept the place. having so expressed
I.mseif. fact well known mere for
months. lie will be- elected o. succaed
ienerl Smith. and notified January I, I
500. the day lac goes out as our Cover.
.0r. and will az once take charge n the
'lfgima Military institute. McG.