The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-10
waynesboro Items.


Reported for the vIRGINIAN.l
The sS.K r. Ri have understood that the
corps, of engineers that have been stationed
at this pointfor some time are to enter upon
the survey of a line from Greenville to Lex
ington and from there to Salem, SO soon al
they entirely finish the location of the line g
the first named point. And in this connection
l win state that in conversation wilma gen
tleman from the lower valley lew days since
learned from him, that Mr.. Kimball, OF the
(, firm of Clark, Kimball 81 Co., of Philadelphia
was now, or had been recently. IN London
perfecting the arrangements for the purchase
of The Atlantic. 81 Mississippi r. K. Ar. Aim
ball, 1t is well known, is the President OF the
company that is constructing the $. " +. n
J and the purchase of the A. Il NJ road Is ID
the interest of this new line. The s. VaR X
is not going to use the line of the Cumberiaho
| Valley r. r. from Hagerstown to Harrisburg
as was at frs. expected, but have under con
struction line of their own, twenty elgh'
! miles of which from Harrisburg towards
Chambersbnrg is al ready for the laying o.
| the rails. Asna:1S 'ssr
r. Wayaesboro in all probability have an
I opportunity IN the near future to .adyance-lts
inteie est should Page county persist in refusing
to redeem its subscription to the 8. V.:k Il,
have understood from very reliable authority
that the railroad, company has made Its MAJ
| proposition toythe authorities of thatzcounty
and in the event of their reflstl to meet us
obligations the company will establish their
shops at some other point nlLuray. way
nesbono will then be sthe mostaavailable point
within ap accommodating distance for the lo-
cation of It's shops. Every facility both in
water power and material for construction IS
available at this place, and should they estab-
lish foundry III connection with the shops,
this point affords convenience Tor obtaining
in the immediate vicinity, moulding sand be-
yond almost any other town on the line. This
with the other conveniences that will be APP
parent. should this "boro y. be selected by the
company, makes ii the most desirable pointon
the route for either construction OF repair
shops And l believe that we have in our
midst gentlemen whose influence can be relied
on to advocate the superior claims OF our
town and favorably present tothe company
the advantages Waynesboro possesses over
any other point on the road for the establish
ment of these shops.
iSietness.-The measles. since my last have
| made their appearance in the family of Mr..
H. H. ShackIeford Of this place. Several of.the
younger members Of the family are afflicted
with them Miss Matte Hutcheson, of your
city, is at hei brothers Chas. Hutcheson Id
this Town. lying very i'll with an affection of
the throat csslc cd zsc1iasEeA 7sa
FeTwaai-Mrs. Eveiine Huston and children
are spending the winter here at her fathers
Hon. VIM Withrow. Her husband, the Rev.
Hale Huston. has had charge ola congregation
at Taylorsville, KY, for some time but has re-
signed it and is now making preparations to
return as a missionary to China where he was
stationed for some years. As soon as spring
opens he will join his family here and they
will take passage via. San francisco for the
East. se
Dr. Fox, of North Carolina, brother of the
Rey Luther A. Fox. of Bethlehem Lutheran
Church, and son-in-law of Mrs. Simeon Koin-
err, near this place, has located in our town in
the practice of his profession. ~
Retred-Dr W. j. Jones, who has been
practicing his profession in this town and
vicinity for several years, has retired from
practice, having disposed of his interest to Drs.
Fox and Myers of this place for monied con
sideration. The two gentlemen mentioned
above have formed co-par,nership and will
carry on the practice of medicine together.
The many friends of Dr. Jones will be sorry to
hear of his retirement for during his residence
here as physician he has proven himself a
skilled practitioner as well as gentleman and
scholar. As he is engaged in editing the
South Riuer Adeertises," and is prominently
connected with the Elastic Wheel Mapufac.s
turing Co., (being one of the inventors of the
wheeD, he will continue to reside in our midst
The Doctor was influenced in retiring from
the practice of medicine by the fact that his
impaired health would not admit of him an
swering all the calls that were made upon his
services both by day and night.
Mqtyfnsonaql-From outward indications
and the amount of whispering between certain
persons of the feminine gender when they
meet either on the street or in the house of
worship, I am persuaded in my own mind thai
ere long the society records of our town will
DE called on TO add another matrimonial al
lance to its list e-tt-
If the conap,sitr WHO set up the Waynesboro
Items of last week had been attending to his
business he would not have made me say
"Messrs Fitzpatrick & McGraw," when the
latter name should have been "McGrann.s
Neither did | anywhere in those Items
write the the name Rev. Mr.. Alhans," but the
"Rec. Mr.. ABRAMS" was spoken of as having
preached in this place el s-tlas e