The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-05-28
Staunton Notes.

extensive preparations are being made
~ the management of the Staunton
Development Company for the lot sales
IN the 2nd and 3rd and the lot drawing
~ the 4th of June. The immense build
If the Bodley Wagon Works Company
40 by $40 feet will be appropriated ON
,he occasion to lunch room, and every
hing essential to creature comforts will
De supplied in abundance 1t was ar
.anged to dedicate the Bodiey Building
md the industrial project connected
with it about the 31st Of May, and Rev.
Sam Jones had promised to be present.
But he could not fill his appointment
at that time on account of protEacted
sickness. He has designated the 9th of
June as the date when he will commence
q series of religious services in the Bod
ley building, to run through or 10
days.
II the reports that come in are in any
degree reflective of what will be, there
will be large attendance of interested
parties at the lot sale, on the End and
3rd proximo. Excursion trains will run
from Pittsburg and Philadelphia; New
York and Boston will furnish goodly
of visitors, and the west. inclu-
ding West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio
and Indiana will send in good delega--
ton.
The remarkable executive powers of NJ.
Erskine Miller have never been SO COM
prehensively and successfully displayed
as in the management of the Develop
ment Company. Ii 1t is not great sue
cess, in the results of the sale, 1t will not
be his fault. He has labOred very earn.
estly and necessarily for the inaugura
ton of the scheme, and has conducted
its interests with remarkable ability.
He is one of the brainiest men in the
State, and as practical as he is brainy.-
There is nothing dreamy or visionary i'll
him. Common sense, an indomnitable will
and tireless energy are his governing in
fiuences, and these were called on very
literally. We hope and believe the re-
suits of his work will be of great good to
Staunton and this part of Virginia es-
pecially.
The sale days will be an interesting
occasion, and thousands of strangers
will be present from various parts of the
country to add to the diversity and in
terest of the occasion.
The school commencement season is
now on. Last Sunday Rev. Mr.. Mcclure
preached the commencement sermon of
Augusta Female Seminary; Miss M. j.
Baldwin, principal, to a large audience
in the Presbyterian Church, and also
preached at night. Similar ceremonies
will be observed by Wesleyan Female
institute next Sabbath, Rev. Mr.. Boyd,
of Baltimore, to preach the opening ser>
mon. The Virginia Female Institute Mrs.
j. E. B. Stuart, principal, and the Vir-
ginia Female Seminary, Rev. J. Willis,
principal, will also have their closing
exercises during this and next week.
The seminaries for the education Of
young ladies located at Staunton are thp
pride and boast of the city. The Angus
ia, the Wesleyan, and the other two
named, are all well attended, literally
patronized and very successful.
In addition to these, there is Prof.
Kable's Military Academy for boys, the
Parochial School, under the auspices of
the Catholic Church. and the Public
Schools, making in all not less than 1900
pupils, many of them from distant
States. The influences emanating from
these seats of learning are salutary and
refining, and have a marked effect upon
the tone of society.
The large and valuable Bark Extract
Works of O. K. Lapham, of Chicago,
located at Staunton, Va, were discover
ed to be on fire Saturday mnrning.Giis
23rd, about two O'Clock. The material
was SO inflammable that it was soon at
the mercy of the flames and beyond the
resistance of the efforts of the excellent
fire department of the city. The whole
of the main building, covering the val
liable machinery of the establishment
was entirely consumed. 1t occupied the
site of the old G. & o. round house and
nothing but the brick walls of the
structure and the dislnantled and ruined
parts of the machinery remain. The
bark sheds were saved, but they are
not costly The loss, we hear. was about
$40, 1000, and the insurance upon the
whole establishment about $4,000. So
the loss is fully covered by insurance.
A new and full set of machinery had
lust been placed in the building. It is
not known how the fire originated, but
is suspected. We under
stand the works will be rebuilt. They
employed about 100 hands, and have
been very successfully operated for
of years past.
The case of the Berryville Land and
Improvement Company against s. NJ.
Wilkes was tried in the CIRCUIT Court of
Augusta county. last week. The point
at issue in the case was whether Wilkes
had ever subscribed to the capital stock
of said company the sum of $4,000, pay~
able 10 per cent. on call of the Board,
and 10 per cent. not oftener than every
sixty days thereafter. until the whole
is paid up. The agent who took the
told Wilkes that only three
would ever be called for, and
Wilkes. in the presence OF a witness,
agreed to take the stock 80 shares at
$25 per SHARE but did not sign his name
to any subscription paper or prospectus,
but the agent put his name on list of
in his (Wilkes) presence and
without his dissent and there were SUBJ
sequent acts of Wilkes which showed
his ratification of the act. The suit was
for three assessments or 5000, and the
jury under instructions of the court
found verdict for the plaintiff. Mar
shall Mccormick and Tucker for plains
tiff, George NJ. Cochran and White for
An interesting life insurance case was
tried at the pending term of the Augusta
Cnuutv Circuit Court 1t was that OF