Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-01-08
Valley News.

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ARRESTED. On Monday night last, Capt.
Monkey received telegram from Harper s
Ferry, stating that mulatto calling himself
William Thompson, guilty Of the larceny Of
800 from John H. Washington, ESQ, had
left there on the $40 train On the arri-
val Of the train here Thompson was duly
looked up and nabbed by the Captain and
conveyed to the lookup, where he now is
awaiting transfer to the Jefferson authorities
-,Berkezey Union. t.
CONSOLIDATION OF STAGE LINES. The
two stage lines that for some time past have
been running in connection with the Alex
andria, l4oudoun and Hampshire Railroad
TO Winchester, have been consolidated flr
Kemp having purchased the stock and coach
es Of MIR. Peacock. Mr.. Kemp will contin-
ne to run his line, making daily trips
| Winchester Times
We learn. with great pleasure. the prob
ability that our distinguished and respected
townslnan, Hon. James M. Mason, will soon
return to his former home, under the amnes-
ty proclamation. Though residents, for
years, Of another country he and his family
have lost none of their attachment to Viz
ginia- Winchester News.
THE RAILROAD We believe that all the
contracts for the building Of the Winchester
& Strasburg railroad have been given out,
and the work will begin next month It is
the intention of the Baltimore company to
push it through with a rush Winchester
Nescs.
The WEATHER weather for the
holidays has been quite mild Some of the
mornings during the past week have been
almost equal to the spring Of the year. In
one garden, Strawberry blossoms were pluck
ed on Christmas day Winchester Nevs
The Pennsylvania Central Railroad Com
pany propose to extend the Cumberland Val
ley Railroad from Hagerstown to Williams
port, On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
and the route has been agreed on.
REv1vAL.-The revival at the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, under Rev. DR..
Finley, continues with the most gratifying
results, the converts numbering twenty-five.
Winchester Times
We learn that VIM. NJ. Vancleve, Esq,
has been appointed District Deputy Grand
Master of this Masonic District. Berkeley
Union.
Mr.. John Taylor, an old citizen of Win
chester died last Friday night.
The following item occurs in correspon-
dence of the Louisville Com'ier-Joarnaz
from Lexington, Va:
GENERAL LEE.-You will wish to know
the truth Of the report that General Lee re-
ceived an offer from New York Insurance
Company of $4,000 a year to act as its
general agent i'll the South. Inasmuch as
the fact was announced through the papers,
from sources that must have originated with
the company, no confidence is violated IN
saying that the offer was, in fact, made on
the most liberal basis of conditions. 1t was
declined through no want Of respect for the
company, which is understood to be eminent
Iy respectable but because General Lee feels
that his place is here; that his mission is
the education of the youth of the South. and
that the splendid prizes of worldly wealth
should not allure him from the sphere of
duty He is a grand old man The quiet
enthusiasm OF the boys for the noble balance
Of his character explains the smoothness and
zeal with which they follow in the path he
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