Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-29
Local
Waynesboro News.

BIG STORE AND BIG MILL-METHo-
DIST PROTRACTED MEETING-THE sHEN
ANDOAH VALLEY R. R.-NEW PAPER
PERSONALS,
&C., &C., sc.
Reported for the Stanton INDICATOR
WAYNEsBORO, VA, Oct. 18th.
A visitor can't stay in Waynesboro an
hour without finding out that the largest
retail store in the Valley of Virginia and
one of the largest and best manufacturing
mills are beth in active operation here and
doing great deal towards building up and
advancing the material interests of the
town.
LARGE BUSINESS HOUSE.
Mr.. Thos. H. Antrim has just enlarged
his store to double its former capacity and
has INST the wants of the community by
opening special department in the large
building for everything that his customers
can want; so that in his single establish
ment one will find everything that be
would in city after visiting half dozen
stores. There are two long store rooms
side by side, with the centre of the parti-
zion open, so that both are thrown into
one. In the middle of this opening the
desks and railing of the clerks are placed,
a skylight above the new part of the store
lighting the place by day and number OF
chandeliers and lamps by night. and two
large stoves warming up the whole. The
r. If kIo OF fyun
and two large oval show cases are appro-
priated to dry goods and ladies dress and
fancy goods. Then comes the mems and
boys department we'll stocked with ready
made clothing, boots. shoes, hats. &C., and
a private room for trying on and fitting,
AM another neatly furnished with sofa,
bure. an, mirror, &C., for the ladies. Then
there is a separate department for the
oueens,yare and large and well selected
stock it is. Stationery, tobacco, cigars,
&c. come next, then large and varied
stock of hardware, and next a grocery de-
partment we'll filed with everything fam
ily needs and equal to good big store IT.
self while the cellar is stocked with such
things as are usually found on ground
floor. The place is busy with buyers and
sellers from early until late, generally open
mntil 10 o'clock at night and often crowd
ed and giving six statesmen all that they
can do to wait upon the throng. All IS
system. neatness and business, and the
hest model of country store on a big
on. lie the writer has met with in his travels
over twenty one States.
BIG MILL.
Smith Patterson have done everything
thew could to make Waynesboro good
wheat market. and they have succeeded
we'll. There IS no better appointed flour
ing mill in the Valley. and none, except
one in Winchester, VIII ich has the eapaclty
of this mill, which is, when at It's oest'
100 barrels day. They al e now grlnolng
from so to 60 barrels per day, aDout oo.ooo
bushels year. Their best -four cahno. 10
beat anywhere in the country, gnu VIC
trade of the mill is just four times whaI ~
was under any former management.
NEW PAPER.
Waynesboro has newspaper again. ana
a very neatly printed, creditable sheet IL
is. The editor is DIR. w. J. Jones. 1t is
called the South River Advertiser, and
is printed by the Elastic Wheel Co mpany,
consisting of Messrs. W. ]. Jones, w. A.
Jones, r. F. Way, G. M. Grove and Dud-
ley, Waynesboro men, with the main end
in view of advertising their buggy wheel,
which is the invention of one of the cor
porators and has the merit to make 1t a
success if rightly pushed. There are SUI
copies week printed, and the attention
the editor pays to local news makes it
readable sheet.
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY ROAD.
The Shenandoah Valley railroad is, I'M
der the active and business management
of Messrs McGrann & Fitzpatrick push
ing further eastward from Waynesboro
every day and the gap between the present
4,9rmini rapidly narrowing. Trains now
nm, "a miles from Waynesboro. Another
train and engine were brought to the WORK
yestel day via the B. & o. and Valley Rail
road through Staunton, so that two con-
struct,o1, trains are now in use pushing
forward tie work, and it is expected that
the gap will be closed up by the middle OF
November, The excavation for turn
table for the new railroad has been made
opposite the G. & -. depot, and hands,
mules, carts and bCsses are making things
lively in that locality.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Rev. Frank McCutchan and Elder VIM.
W1throw, of the Presbyterian church here
have Just returned from Synod at Martins
burg.
Rev. Mr.. Van Horn, of the Methodist
church, has been holding an interesting
otracted meeting here for more than
week. He was assisted several days by
Rev. e. r. S. Hough, of Stanton. Several
persons have professed conversion and 1t
ia hoped that the meeting will grow IN IN
terest.
Miss Annie Moffett, the youngest
daughter of Mr.. A. S. Moffett, of Staun-
ton. a young lady who has many friends
in YOUR city, is lying very ill at her reia
tion,s Mr.. Elliot Flshburn's. She has re-
Gently returned from visit to the west
much worsted by her trip. and her friends
have almost despaired of her recovery
INCREASED RAILROAD BUSINESS,
As our train moved out from the station
\ noticed a number of workmen digging
AMI blasting in the cut west of the depot.
asked the conductor, Capt. Linn, what
they were at 'Cutting side track for
the G.. g. y. and the Shenandoah valley,
ne said, "Heavy work too. 1t will be