The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-03-12
Next Tuesday will be st. PatriclS's day.

A'tNiitt ' iStit
DR. J. B. Catlett, of Washington city,
was at home il Staunton for short time
at the beginning Of this week.
James Wiseman has been elected
keeper eff the Rockingham poor house
to succeed J. J Kite.
Miss Hattie Miller, in the 18th year Of
her age. died at Greenmont, Rocking
ham county, Oh the 9th of February.
DR. o. F. Richter has been appointed
postmaster at Sweet Chalybeate Springs,
Alleghany county, vice J. p Kelly, decd.
John Wallace, Of the Revere House,
Harrisonburg, has been elected Coun-
Gilman in HarrisonhurS to succeed Ciias.
Esimail. resigned.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Jos.
p. Cline, within three weeks, lost three
fine horses by death, valued at about
$3.50. This is % severe loss to Mrs. Cline.
George Smith, q white man, who says
he is from Pennsylvania, was arrested
near Spottswood last week and brought
to Staunton, and has since been held in
the jail as a lunatic.
Al q. Fields MINISTRIES, about thirty III
all, gave in the Staunton opera house,
on Wednesday night OF last week, one of
the best minstrel performances ever seen
In this city.
Mrs. Thomas Conrad died in Florida
last week. She Was married TO Mi. Thos.
w. Conrad, son OF Geo. o. Conrad, of
Harrisonburg, year OF eighteen months
ago.
Mrs elemental Stuart. wife of Berry
Stuart died nj Fort Worth, Texas, on
the eth OF February. She was u daugb-
ter OF the late john P. Wilson, OF
stuarts Draft.
Ex- Congressman S. H. Lai4(ies, of Mt.
Carmel, H., nephew CT d. W. Landes
of this city, has been nominated for
Circuit Judge of the second judicial
circuit OF Illinois.
Jos. l.. Barth is now in the Eastern
cities laying ia q splendid line of spring
and summer clothing, hats, &c He will
select the best, buy for cash, and sell at
minimum profit Wait for him.
Messrs. Snyder and Calhoun, two
young railroad men of Augusta county,
have purchased the farm of W. H.
LeclSey, near Summers, Rockbridge
county, for q, 900. 1t contains leo acres.
Capt j. r. McNutt WAS found dead
on the floor Of his store, near Fairfield,
last week. He was L, years of age, aud
greatly esteemed where he was known.
He was born in Augusta county.
Ia the county court, on Wednesday CT
last week, Judge Stout entered an order
establishing voting precinct at Basic
City. At the May election he people of
that city VIII vote for county officers, and
VIII also elect municipal officers.
Go to W O. Thomas, No. 10 North
Augusta street, for fresh shad, bass,
front, perch, pike, and other fresh fish,
York River oysters, and poultry. A full
line Of vegetables in season found Tiers.
Robert b. Allen is no longer Chief En-
gineer and General Manager of the Vir
ginia Valley Land and Improvement
Company at broadway, Va, or of the
Broadway and West Virginia Railway
Company.
G. E. Du'irow, transportation agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, viii be
in Rarrisonburg on Monday, the 10th,
/ tCourt-day,) with maps, rates and routes
for all points West. Call on him at the
Revere House.
Abram Hoover, aged about City years,
whose youth and earlier manhood were
/ spent near Churchville, but who has re-
Gently been engaged in merchandising
in Page county, was admitted to the
Western Lunatc Asylum last Thursday,
having been adiudged insane.
Rev. s. X. Cox and J. P. HouclS, Esq,
of Harriscnhurg, passed through Staun-
ton Tuesday on their way to Conference
at Roanoke. Rev. j H. Waugh, pre-
/ siding elder of this district, and Rev j.
L. Williams, in charge at Stanton, left
on Tuesday for the same place.
We received Yesterday the funeral
notice of Little Tom" the youngest
child of Thomas p. and Matte White
/ Grasty, which took place from the resi-
denee of his grandmother, Mrs. NJ. NJ.
/ White, in Versailles, KY, on the 9Th
inst. We sincerely sympathize with the
parents of the child in this affection.
United States Senator John S. Bar
bour and Representative Il. ST. Geo.
ct,af Il al 40,
accompany the remains of the late Geo.
Hearst, United States Senator from Cal
ifornia, to his home in that State. They
started last week. While the mission is
a sad one, it will, apart from this, be a
pleasant and instructive journey.
The students of the Staunton Military
Academy viii make their annual excur-
sion to Washington for this year at some
time near the end of March. Mr. w. w.
Gibbs, business manager of the Acade-
my, is now making arrangements for the
excursion. Last year the excursion par
ty contained about seyenty~five Of the
boys, and the trip was made in Il special
ca: reserved for them.
Mr.. James Lambert, of New Bruins
wick, Illinois, says Il was badly let
cd with rheumatism III the hips and legs,
when bought a bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. 1t cured me In three
days | am all right to-day and would
insist on every one, who is afflicted with
! that terrible disease, to use Cham Der
Iain's Pain Balm and get well at once. :,
For sale by ". NJ. Allen.
To day, March IL, is the day set for the
/ third excursion OF this winter from the
Valley of Virginia to Washington city.
Upon both the B. s. o. and the G e. o.
! roads, the excursion rate is 1915 for
round trip tickets good to return upon
up to the evening Of March 90. BY the
r. & O. road excursionists can leave
Staunton day at iii and o'eloel. !;
by the G. & O. road at 9;37 and 1:4o
Rev. Dr. II. Fl. Halves formally an
nounced at the close of his morning SER
vice last Sunday that he will now re-
main with the Second Presbyterian
church of Staunton as long as God will
let him remain. He said he did not re-
! aIirn how ,n,Ich hn lOyar fI,ir al,,,rob onI