Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-07


Stanton, and then by the State beyond Coving-
ton, and then by the Chesapeake Ohio, which
is Interesting butnot SO much SO as the idea of the
personal connection of this remarkable man
with the road, which is better given in what the
reporter has taken down
WHAT THIS OPENING DOES FOR sTAUsToN
What the people of Stanton most want to
know is, what this thing does for the city :? The
first train that came Friday night, brought a
large order for goods from Huntington for
Burke & Bradley, large dry goods order for
another firm and pupil from Guyandotte for
that growing institution, the Lutheran Female
Institute This is by the first train, before the
opening of the road was known to the people off
the line 1 it lis thus in the green tree what will
it be in the dry? 1t will make Staunton the
point of transfer for all the travel of the Valley
going to West Virginia Messrs. Gao. W. Legg
and R. B. Sherard, members of the West Vir-
GINA legislature from Berkeley and Hardy coun-
ties who have been visiting in the Valley, ar
rived here Saturday to take the cars for West
Virginia.
WHAT sTAUNToN MERCHANTS AND SCHOOL coNDUC.
TORS SHOULD DO.
The great thing for Stanton people now to
do is to inform those on the line from here to
Ohio and all the points opened by this road as
to what we have here. We have the finest fe-
male schools in this country; let their conduc-
tors advertise them freely in West Virginia,
Ohio and Kentucky papers. Iii new country
as far as they are concerned, let them hasten to
occupy it. Its the first time Kentucky has had
an opportunity to educate its girls in Virginia.
Let our merchants visit the towns between here
aud the Ohio and stir their people up as to the
value of Staunton as a market to buy and sell
HOW rHE TRAIN WAS RECEIVED IN RICHMOND.
There was not much interest shown in the first
through train in Richmond. When it arrived
there was good deal of grabbing coal to keep
for curiosity. The police had to interfere.
The merchants exchange and authorities to
have grand excursion over the road west, and
a return excursion east from Cincinnati is e1-
pected.
sENGER ARRANGEMENTS.
On Tuesday night last, the first car load of
through freight for Cincinnati passed through
Staunton. 1t came from Louisa c. H., and was
consignment of Quercisron bark for tanning.
On the llth inst, mixed train will run from
White Sulphur to the Ohio river, that is daily
train starts from Richmond and runs through to
the White Sulphur. The next morning mixed
train, passenger and freight, leaves there for
Kanawha Falls lays there that night and the
next morning goes to Huntington. This will be
changed at the opening of the Springs season,
when daily train will run from Richmond to
Huntington, making the trip-420 miles, in
ezeven hours.
PROGRESS OF MOZART INsTITUTH-A SPLENDID
BuILDING.-The workmen Mozart Institute
have finished covering it in with an excellent
tin roof and the work on the inside is rapidly
progressing. 1t has progressed far enough for
the public to see what it is and will be The
building is A feet high by 81 feet wide and los
feet deep and has four stories, the basement be-
ing 81 feet pitch, principal IL feet, chamber
feet and the attic feet. On the basement story
are the dining hall "a by 40 feet with 10 foot
pitch, carving rooms and music rooms. On the
principal story are the entrance hall and five re-
cepton rooms, SO arranged that they can be
opened into each other, making one room GA
feet long. The ceilings are to be moulded, with
handsome centre pieces; a concert hall A by 40
feet, with pitch of 20 feet, and seating capac
ity for 300 persons besides room for l20 persons
on the stage. The stage is reached by private
stair case, which leads from three dressing rooms
for the young ladies on the floor above. The
chamber story has 20 comfortable chambers, and
the attic story has the same number and kind of
chambers. The front of the building is orna-
mentcd by massive portico 80 feet long, reach
ing from the two towers which form the front
corners of the building, which is led up to by
flight of stairs Is test wide.
On each floor, separat to from the main build
ing, is an earth closet and hosting apparatus,
the latter doing away with all running up stairs
by sci wants with fuel, trunks, &c This appa-
ratus will also bring up and remove dust for the
Closets of which enough will be stored in the
top Of the building to last an entire session.
The building will be heated by steam, the works
being in the cellar In the rear will be the CAL
isthenic ground which includes the skating rink.
The building will be finished and ready to be oc-
cupied by June 1st and the first concert will be
given June 18th The boarding department of
the Institute will be in charge of Mr.. West, Of
Norfolk The names of the parties who are do
ing the work are B T. Bagby, brick, Lushbaugh
Bros, carpentering, Samuel Lushbaugh, plaster
ing, VIM Coope, painting and glazing, Grubert
b Heydenrsich, timing, and Woods l. Co.; of
Baltimore, furnaces.
1t is the due of Mr. W. A. Pratt, the architect,
who has designed this splendid building, to say
that it is perfect achievement. In the general
effect, in the details, in the location, and in the
economy of space and material, it is triumph
of which he has good cause to be proud.
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THE CATHOLIC DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION II n COM
plance with the general request of the citizens,
this Association gave another performance on
Saturday night, which fully sustained the good