The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-07-07
Covington News.

Judge Mcdonald. of Bath county, at
tended Court Tuesday.
Messrs. Joe Lipop and H. L. Van Sick
Ter, of Clifton, attended Court Tuesday.
Mr.. Chas Rinehart is home from col
lege, where he recently took his M. d.
degree.
Among lawyers attending Court Tues
day were M essrs Anderson, Moore, Bear,
Hickman Bumgardner, McAllister and
James.
On last Wednesday at about | O'Clock
a very severe storm, somewhat after the
nature of a cyclone, passed over Coving-
ton, doing considerable damage Two
or three houses, partly constructed, were
torn literally to pieces and the roofs
blown from others.
The 4th of July hete was unusually
quiet. great many went fishing, some
to Clifton Forge, some boating Moth
ing to remind one of the great National
fire cracker by the small boy and linn
tied amount of fireworks at night.
Mr.. T. p. Edwards, formerly of this
place but now i'll business in New York
city, paid his friends a short visit on
Tuesday night. He was on his way
back from Hot Springs, where he has
been for three weeks trying to get relief
from severe attack of rheumatism.
Allegheny Lodge No 90, T. 0. O. f., of
Covington, held their election of officers
ct their meeting on June 2Sth. The fol.
lowing were elected and were installed
on Wednesday night, the 9th of July:
N. G., Ell. J. Johnson; V. g., G. w Har-
dy; r. S., t. R. Combs; p. S.. G. d. Lam;
t., L. Finklestein; c., L. J. Smith, The
Lodge here is in a very fourishing con-
dition, numbering about fifty members,
and increasing rapidly.
The Covington Band is very much of
an attraction with our people Consid-
ering the short time they have been in
possession of their instruments, they
certainly do splendidly and deserve the
commentator of the many whom they
make glad with their stirring music. AS
the instruments belong to the town,
we are pretty well assured that we will
have permanent band organization. A
band stand for evening concerts should
be constructed in the Court house yard
or in some other convenient place.
On the night of July 4th the post
Office here was broken into, the safe
opened and everything of value taken
therefrom. The thieves made good their
escape, the theft not being discovered
till the postmaster opened up Tuesday
morning. The loss to Mr.. McClintic will
probably reach 5000. The swag consist
ed of about $500 of postage stamps, be>
tween 800 and 5000 in money, and sew
eral valuable articles of jewelry. The
loss, we understand, all falls on the post
master, and much sympathy is expressed
for him on account of his i'll luck. The
house was entered by breaking out a
portion of window pane sufficiently
large to admit the arm of the thief, who
then reached inside and removed the
inside fastenings of the window The
safe was opened without the aid of tools,
though they came prepared to use them,
if necessary, as several articles of that
class were found scattered over the floor
Among these tools were a chisel and
brace, which were identified as belong
ing at Nettleton's planning mills. This
was no common thief, as from the neat
manner in which the job was performed
there can be no doubt the perpetrators
had worked at the trade before, and
from the selection made of articles
stolen, it is easily seen that the parties
thus helping themselves out of Uncle
Sans storehouse knew what it would
be safe and healthy to take. No clue
whatever as yet to the guilty parties