The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-30

Tho Equity Company Gains u Large snit
IN Ififsburc.

o. leave their homes. at once raise the
question: Where are We TO gog' We who
know Winchester say: "Come 70 us.
There 81 not a healthier place, or place
whore. FOR social pleasures good Diet
pure air, ana the finest drinking water
in the state. than can be found Ia this
old historic town OF Winchester.
Besides the clearinghouse. we have
now frst-class hotel which IS usually
fpi an the year around. and now with
The prospect Of our new hotei Quilt by
the Equity Improvement Company, with
the late Judge Hundley 90 PRESIDENT
being opened this summer, we feel that
Winchester but for the fact that she has
never "boomod," may be said to be BOOM
ing.
THE TQuITy c0wpANY's SUIT.
By tho way. the Equity Company has
lately gained a large suit I'm PitisDurg,
which the company IS rejoicing over very
much, and feels more than ever assured
that st IS on q firm foundation. and that
the stockholders. ia the settling up OF the
company at no very distant day, VIII
come out at the "Dis end Of tho horn"
GRAIN AID FRUIT YIELD.
We feel that this year, owing 20 the
unusual prospect for grain and fruits, ana
the rise in wheat that we have a great
zeal TO bee thankful for. as there is al
most "a dcarih OF sickness go the doctors
aay). 10 epidemic Of smallpox. nor any
other scourge, that our sister cities are
called on to endure.
.iATRfnosTAL MArrTBs.
There are sixteen weddings on hand
between this time and the last of july,
and 20 many OF the boaux are showing
their good taste in choosing their wives
I'm their midst We older people ST by
and say. Let The good work go on,
and don't let Us be rcDroachcd amy longer
as the town where there is no marry
Ing or giving in marriage"
GIFTS 70 wECHsrlR.
In the past year there have been seven
or eight factories started, and spirit OF
Improvement oVlnocd IN every direction.
We attribute 81 largely 10 the fact that
Winchester has been the recipient oil
almost prlnccy gifts through The be
quests of the lato Judge Hundley, of
Scranton Pa. of $4,000 for a Public Ii
brary. and over S2OlJ,0JO for an Industrial
School, of Charles Broadway Rouss OF
New York city but former resident
here. who has never lost interest ln u.s.
OF largely over $4,000. TO various assoc
Citations, Of Mr. Richard Robinson, OF
Louisville, by, a native OF this
city, who has lately given, as an
endowment TO the Shenandoah Valley
Academy, a large sum FOR The education
of four young men from this city every
year at this school, al of whom, feeling
such an interest i'm the growth Of the
town, have given their money unsolicited
TO benefit. not only we who are now
living, but 10 build up our town as a
literary and educational centre Tor our
children hereafter. SO it BELTS us to keep
stirring and make our town great city,
with the prospect OF our new magnificent
library, our University School for boys,
and q fire department equal to any in the
State.
Mraf0RIAI-DAY HERE.
Mcmorial-Day. day which TO us
sOutnerncrs has always meant day OF
peace and goodwill to men," will soon
Doe here. TO us here in the Valley, we
have hardly known when the Both OF May
came, as the 9Th of June has beer kept
by as being the day General Turner
Ashby was killed, and lies buried IN our
lovely "Stonewan Cemetery" here. But
this year, because Chicago (Where GOO
of our brave dead lie buried is 10 Doe the
centre or "a large gathering 10 90 honor TO
the dead and unvoil a. monument seems
TO have thrown a bOmbshell into some
of the O.. A. r. posts The ladies OF the
stonewan Memorial Association and the
Ladies Auxiliary TO the Confederate
Camp OF Veterans, are determined TO
make our 9Th Of June a day long to be
remembered.
The camp will don its new uniforms
for the first time, and with the visiting
military and camps from different parts
of the state, there Will be as much en-
thusiasm as was shown i'm Houston.
Texas. the other day. The Federal and
Confederate cemeteries lie side by side
with only a stone wall TO separate them.
During the late unpleasantness stone
wall" meant q great deal
An amateur opera company, gotten UP
by Miss Mamie Mcclure, of Berryville,
and composed OF the leading society peO-
pie of that place, gave a beautiful and
most creditable entertainment here on
the Path of May. for the benefit of the
Winchester and Berryylle Camps OF Vet
Grams.
Tho Virginia Hospital, We know, Will
open its hospitaDle door 10 any needing
attention. aud this hospital which is very
near 10 many OF us in the Valley. being
connected with our now and n0urishing
University College of Medicine I'm Rich
mOnd, where so many students from this
part of the country will. I'm the future. be
educated and also because Of Its great
charitable object in becoming a 'Haven
n. r. NJ.