The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-07-24


Miss Gillie White, of Baltimore is
visiting Mrs. Conway Whittle.
See advertisement of Lewis Hartman,
Steward of the W. l.. Asylum, for coal
Hon. J. E. Massey, State superintend-
emit of the public schools was in the city
last week
Miss Fannie Myrick, of South Carroll
nia, is visiting Mrs. G. e. Myricz, Kalo-
rama street.
During the absence of Capt. Waters
Policeman William III. Simpson is acting
Chief of Police
T. A. Dawson is at White Sulphur
Springs, where he is filling the position
of Chief of Police.
Miss Cora Hudson of this city, left last
week on visit to Lexington and Rock
bridge Alum Springs.
Call on Earnest Hartman, in the Bran
deburg building, when you walt some
thing for the inner man.
Mrs. Stevenson, Miss Mary Grattan)
of Atlanta, is visiting her father, Judge
Chas. Grattan, west Main street.
Mr. Adam Shilflett, living near Her
mitage, died on the 18th, after a pro
tracted illness, aged about SO years.
Miss Rosa Anderson, of Richmond,
Va and Miss Ellen Bruce, of Halifax
county are visiting Mrs. VIM. b. Bruce.
Misses Fannie and Ella Parish of this
place were visiting their brother in Roa
noke last week and stopped at the Felix
Hotel.
Miss Kate Sohl, a daughter of one of
Baltimores most prominent tobacco
merchants, is on a visit to Miss Julia
Haines OF this city.
Near Salem Church, on the LIST of July,
Sallie Simmons, died, aged about
months. Within ten months, father,
mother and child have died
W. F. Sherman died suddenly at Iron
Gate on the 18th inst He was at one
time a merchant at Fort Defiance, and
was regarded as a good business man.
Rev. RObt. Gibson, of Cincinnati, o.,
filled the pulpit of Trinity Episcopal
Church Sunday. Mr. Gibson and family
are visiting his father-in-law, Hon. A.
HI. II. Stuart.
S. B. Avis, a student at Kable's Mill
tary School for several sessions past is
partner of the firm of B. d. Avis &
Co., real estate agents, Clifton Forge.
The senior is his father
E. M. Nettleton, ESQ.,, of Allegheny
county, was in Staunton on Friday last
to attend a meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of Clifton Forge Company, of
which he is list Vice President
Rev. w. t. Yarbrough will preach
next Sunday afternoon, July 9th, at
Smyrna, three miles from Waynesboro,
at 4 o'clock, and the same evening at
Central Point School House at 8.
We call attention to the advertise
ment of Isadore Cohn, No. S. New st.
Mr.. Cohn makes old clothes look new,
and rehabilitates east -off garments into
fresh, clean, wearable articles, and does
it at moderate prices. Try him.
Willie Bricher, eldest son of John
Bricher, living near Ottobine, Rocking
ham county, was overcome by foul air
in we'll that he had entered last week.
His age was about IS. He bore an enviable
character for morality and integrity.
Mr.. L. G. Strauss, of Staunton, was
married on the 23d instant at Lamar,
Mo-, to Miss Regina Barth of Lamar.
Mr.. Strauss is the junior partner in the
popular and prosperous firm of Jos. L.
Barth & Co., clothier, Staunton, Va.
E. M. Bryan, formerly of the Staun-
ton Postof1ice. but who had been on
Temporary service as q route agent, has
been assigned to regular duty on the
route from Lynchburg to Pocahontas.
He is a son of J. w. Bryan, Esq, of this
place, and deserving young man.
Roland Smith, son of Mrs. Orlando
Smith, of Macon, Mo-, is visiting his
uncle, DR.. b. M. Atkinson. Mr. Smith
left Staunton few years ago a small
boy; he now occupies the important po-
sition of freight solicitor of the Burling-
ton route, with headquarters at Kansas
City.
Mrs. A. r. Rosenberger, who left here
in May, and has been visiting friends, in
Richmond, Halifax G.. H., Lynehburg,
Roanoke, Hollins, Buena Vista, Alton,
Mountain Top, Grottoes, Monterey and
other points, is now in Waynesboro, Va
She will leave Waynesboro for West Vir
ginia,-her former home-neXt week.
NeaO MARKET Valley
The Democratic Convention for the
10th Congressional district, will meet at
Amherst C. H., August LIST. AS yet there
has been no opposition to the nomina
ton of Hon. st. George Tucker, the
present Representative. The Republi-
can Congressional Committee have as
yet taken no action looking to a Repub-
lican nominee to oppose Mr.. Tucker
We were gratifed to notice the digni-
fed and self-respecting terms in which
Hon. Edmund Waddill, Republican
Congressman from the Richmond dis
trict, replied to the bitter, abusive com
munication of Hon. Geo d. Wise. Wad-
dill has placed the controversy in its true
light, and ought to leave it there with
out any further notice of it.
1t was stated to US yesterday by an
observant farmer that the wheat is
turning out poorly at the machine
Most of the crop threshed, and from
which reports have been received the
average is much less than heretofore,
ranging from s to ~ bushels per acre.
We have heard of several good fields
Mr.. Perry Cline having threshed field
of 26 acres which yielded "a bushels to
the acre.
We call attention to the advertisement
of Miss May Hamilton, who offers her
services as instructor in piano music
She comes amongst us with the highest
testimonials of qualifications, as a sim
pie reference to the schools through
which she has passed and the honors won
will sufficiently assure. We commend
her to parents and guardians as a young
lady well worthy their confidence and
patronage.
H. 10 Tho