Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-07-01
Waynesb0ro Items,

reported for the Staunton V1Np1cAfoR1
| The sound of the hammer and saw il
heard in this live town from early mor1
till dewy eve. Among the new building
are the union Depot Of the e. & o. and s
| V. Railroads, a pretty mansard building
with two stories, now nearly completed
which will be perhaps the prettiest depo
building between Richmond and Hunting
ton; the large frame engine house of thu
S. V. Il. Il. with capacity for four en-
gines; cOmmodious frame building neal
the depot being built by Mr.. William M
Caldwell for wagon factory for Mr.
Joshua W. Harris, who has invented a new
wagon spring, a good thing. which is selling
his spring wagons as fast as he can TURF
them out.
Mr.. John W. Breedlove is also putting
up good frame hip roof dwelling.
Mr.. John Plumb, another, and Mr.
John Shindle, another, all near together
and on the same street.
Mr. S. A. Ferguson has just completed
a nice roomy dwelling. Mr.. W. B. Gala
her has nearly finished good tenement
dwelling, and DR.. J. S. Myers is building
another.
The improvement of the town, however
is the Waynesboro Female Academy. A
company has been formed, the money Sc.
cured, plan adopted, and it will in few
days be let to contract. 1t is to be built
on lot opposite the Presbyterian parson.
age, will be of brick, AZ feet by 2e, with a
large study hall below and music room
and study room for infant class above. 1t
will cost about $4,000. The stockholders
are J. A. Patterson, L. Fl. Antrim, J. B.
Smith, G. r. Haines, T. A. Bruce, Chas
Brooks, James Fishburne. George Griner
and Rev. Frank McCutchan, and Messrs.
Antrim and Patterson are the building
committee. Mrs. Stands and Miss Fan
ME Smith have been secured as the teach
ers next session, and if the Academy is
not ready in time they will commence in
the lecture room.
AT the seml-annual meeting for the cleo
tion of officers of South River Lodge
Knight of Honor, Monday night, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: G. r. Haines,
Dictator; J. A. Patterson, Vice-Dictator;
John II. Schindle, assistant Dictator; J.
R. Van Horne, Reporter; J. B. Roden,
Financial Reporter; w A. Jones, Chap
lain; R. G.. Wright, Treasurer; John Hill,
Guardian; D. P. Garner, Sentinel; DR.. W.
A. Jones, Medical Examiner and r. M.
OBJ IN ho -
Dictator.
Mr.. Samuel M. Woodward is hard at
work id his new position of agent for the
G. & o. and the S. V. roads, and he has
the competent assistance of Mr.. G. R.
Haines; his hands are full. Besides the
freight business of the two roads, he has
to sell tickets for ten trains daily.
Mr.. J. A. Patterson has the finest year
ling Alderny heifer ever seen in these
parts. He has refused 800 for it, and if
he takes it to the fair next fall. let the old
Augusta county stock men look well to
their laurels or town man will wear
them.
The farmers around here are right in
the midst of their harvest and the wheat
crop is a heavy one and but little injured
by the storms, which have not been very
heavy here. The corn and oats look
splendidly around here and fine crop of
grass is being cut, in fact this rich coun-
try around Waynesboro, looks now like a
big well kept garden.
Mr.. D. b. Engleman, of Staunton, is
here with his movable photograph gallery
and doing a driving business.