Valley Spirit

--As quite a number of our Public Houses have recently changed proprietors it may be of some advantage to persons visiting this place to know how they are at present conducted.

Ex-Sheriff Brown, who recently took the stand on East Market Street, kept by Keyler & Bradley, is doing an excellent business, and all who put up at his house speak of it as being kept in the very best manner.

The "White Swan Hotel," lately conducted by Foltz & Miller, is now in the hands of Messrs. Weist & Grove. This house had formerly a very large run of custom which has been considerably increased under the present proprietors.--It is now kept in the best style and affords a comfortable and convenient stopping place for all persons visiting town. The accommodations at this house are of the first class and charges moderate.

Mr. Reilly, we understand, is doing a fair share of business at the stand formerly kept by Mr. D. Trostle, on West Market Street. We are informed by persons who have put up at his house that it is kept in a very cleanly and orderly manner--that his table is provided with the best the market can afford--that the house throughout is well furnished, and that the proprietor, and every one employed about the establishment, is attentive and obliging. We have no doubt that Mr. Reilly will regain the custom this house formerly had as he is determined to spare no exertion in conducting it in a manner that will gratify and give entire satisfaction to its patrons. Give him a call and you will find his house comfortable and pleasant and his charges reasonable. We refer our readers to his advertisement in to-day's paper.

The "Franklin House," the principal Hotel in the place and which has recently been so admirably conducted by Messrs. Hutchinson & McKenzie, will, we learn, shortly change proprietors. Mr. Jas. Reamer well known over the country as one of the best Hotel keepers in the United States will take charge of this popular house. Under the management of Mr. Reamer this house will be placed on an equality with any first class city Hotel, and will doubtless attract, by the very superior manner in which it will be kept, a large share of the patronage of the traveling public, as well as become a favorite place of resort for a majority of all others who visit our town on business or pleasure.

Our Hotel accommodations are, we believe, equal, if not superior, to those of any other town in the State, while our terms are considerably less. A knowledge of this fact should, we think, induce many to become sojourners with us and our town a place of summer resort for the parched up denizens of our cities.

--The Town Council have been "standing the raps" for some time about the bad condition of the crossing, on Market Street, near the Post Office. We are now informed that the Gas Company, in digging to find a leak in one of their pipes, caused these cavities that, in bad weather, have made this crossing so unpleasant. The Gas Company have, heretofore, been very prompt in making repairs, whenever they have disturbed the condition of the streets or pavements, and we hope, in this instance, so great a nuisance, caused by them, will not be overlooked any longer.

--Our Town Council have published an ordinance against fast driving or riding through our streets. It does not seem, however, to be much regarded, for we have noticed some tall specimens of fast horsemanship on our streets since its promulgation. An example will be required to be made of somebody before the law is respected.