The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-06-30
Covington Items.

Bass fishing season opens July first.
Lots of fun ahead.
Miss Emma Wiley, of Salem, Virginia,
is visiting at Mrs. Hammond's on Bath
street.
A ball is being arranged by some of
our young people to be held at the Inter
mont on the night of July 9th.
Mr.. James Dickey returned from coll
lege last week. He will spend his vaca-
ton with his parents and return to school
this fall.
Mr.. Robert Parrish, Jr., is spending
his vacation at home, fattening up pres
paratory to making his attack on
school books in October.
Messrs. Crawford and Rome Bell and
Misses Rice and Dickey, while out driv-
ing on Tuesday, had a runaway from
which all fortunately escaped unhurt.
G. F. Moore and John W. Bear visited
our city on Monday on business. Mr..
Moore to meet his little daughter who
has been spending sometime with her
grand parents, and Mr.. Bear ON legal
business.
A. B. Camper visited Staunton Tues.
day on business. He returned Tuesday
evening accompanied by c. G. Wheat,
Past Grand Master of Grand Lodge, 10.
0. f. of Virginia, who attended the
meeting of that order here on Tuesday
night.
An engineer with corps of assistants
has been surveying our streets and max
ing estimates on the amount of paving to
be done, during the past week When
this estimate is completed, the paving
will be let to contract. 1t is now thought
that brick will be used.
One of the old buildings on Bath street,
which has been an eyesore so long, was
torn down the early part of this week to
make room for handsome two story
business house which will be put up
there by Mr.. Overholt. Mr.. FnkIestein
will also build business house on the
adjoining lot
In little stroll the other day, we saw
twenty-five houses under course of con-
struction, and we did not see near all of
them either. A house in Covington now
for frental purposes is the best invest
ment one can have The supply of dwell
ing houses does not by any means equal
the demand People who own lots here
and who are able to build, ought to do
SO by all means. Many persons are MAX
simply in the matter of rents,
Sometime during the years 1s9O-9I, we
saw a circular which made this startling
announcement to the credulous world
concerning our city. mo malaria and
no mosquitoes" Well as far as malaria
is concerned, the statement, we are hap
Ply to say, was correct. We venture to
say that when our side-w walks are paved
and our cutters cleaned, our sewerage
perfected and our streets macadamized.
there will not be a healthier spot in Vir-
ginia We expect then that the doctors
who now manage to get along by doing
limited amount of cholera infantun
and tooth>ache business in our town.
will have to move to greener pastures or
go into real estate business But sir. is
1t to be expected is it reasonable to sup
pose that the sweet voiced mosquito is
going to remain away, simply because
there is no malaria here? Not he. He
wants a healthy summer residence him-
self, for like many of us he is anxious
that his days may be long upon the
earth, and at the same time he wants a
good location for the education of his
family, and where they will have the adj
vantages of the best grade society. After
all he is not a bad citizen. He don't
bring into circulation as much money
probably as the tannery, but he will en-
pioy FAR more hands and keep more peo-
pie hustling right up to the scratch
we started to say he is here. He has |
evidently come to spend the summer.
tie VIII call ON you, and you will be filled |
Win an intense desire to ''be up and do
ing"