The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-06-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
COvington Items.


Mr.. G. T. Moore Of the VIRGINIAN at
tended among the Breakers" last Wed
nesday night.
+. NJ. Nettleton and Jos. T. Fudge left
for Minneapolis on Friday night last, the
former as a delegate, and the latter as q
spectator, to the Republican National
Convention now in session there.
Daniel Trigg, Esq, of Abingdon, Va,
who assisted the State in the prosecu-
ton of the famous Baker case, is here,
interested in the defense of Joseph E..
Hagy.
Rev. Mr.. Combs will preach at the
Episcopal church every Sunday, morn
ing and night, with the exception OF the
second Sunday in each month, on which
day he will preach at Warm Springs.
The bridge across the railroad con
Meeting Court street with the new town.
has been completed and is open to travel.
1t is a very substantial comely looking
structure and will add very considerably
to the convenience of wagons and pedes.
TRANS who object to waiting an half hour
for a train to get off the crossing.
The Covington Ice factory is now com
| pleted and the manufacture of the cool
ing su distance will be commenced at once
The ice will be made Of distilled water
| furnished from the reservoir of the Cow
ing Water Company. All who are ac-
quainted with Covington's water supply
will at once see that our ice will be per~
fectly pure as it will be frozen from puri
fed pure water.
The first entertainment of the Coving-
ton Dramatic Cub was one unqualified
success The play "Among the Break
ers,'' was well selected both with refers
ence to the stage upon which it had
to be produced and the characters which
were to be impersonated by our young
ladies and gentlemen. All parts were
well sustained. The people of Coving-
ton are unreserved in their comm enda-
tions, and express themselves as being
very anxious that the play be repeated.
The people of Covington are justly proud
of the unusually fine dramatic talent ex-
| hibited by the members of this club, and
hope it will not be many moons before
the curtain will rise on another of their
performances.
Considering the very limited amount
of time for preparation, the Presbyteri-
an entertainment on Friday night last
at the Opera House was a success. The
entertainment consisted of recitations,
music and tabaleaux. Some of the taba
leaux were exceedingly fine. The music
was not up to the standard of Coving>
ton Concert music, owing, we are told
entirely to lack of time and practice
The recitation by Miss Burruss was, of
course, good, as she never does it any
other way. After the program refresh
ments were served in theMasonic Hall
The entertainment probably Melted the
church over $50.
The first annual commencement of the
Covington Seminary, under the princi-
palship of Mrs. Charles Clark. was held
in the Opera House on Monday night
last, The house was filed and packed
with the many friends and we'll wishers
of the pupils and the school Some of
! the performances were excellent; all were
good. The exercises of the children,
1.-The Doll Drill, and The Harvesters,
were exceptionally good and showed
much painstaking on the part of their
instructors. The solo rendered by Miss
Thomas was indeed fine. Miss Thomas
has made very many staunch friends
here through her sweet voice and win
ming ways, who all hope she may return
next year. Mrs. CLARK may well be proud
Of her school. 1t is steadily growing in
reputation and numbers, and in short
time will be among the first of the good
Summaries Of this section of Virginia.