The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-09-08

is K II. Catiett Esq, oil This city
1 Mr. &C. p Denny, late with s. D. Timber
lake, has accepted position in the well known
dry goods house of Davis A. Kayser.
Mr.. Fayette Coyle, formerly one of the
popular clerks at the dry goods house offs. d
Timberlale, has returned to his old place.
Mr.. Dabney Trice. of this county, intends to
go to Kentucky with his son-in-law, Mr.
Daniels and viii probably make his home
| there. ---ss
Mr.. Jos. A. Pelter has sold his forty-acre
farm near Waynesboro for $4,000 to Mrs.
Hicks, and has purchased a part of the Trice
| farm near Greenvillc.
Miss Bessie McKeldron. one of the fairest
of the Washington bellies, and great favor
lite in Staunton society, is visiting her sister
Mrs Judge Smith.
Abram Levy, Esq, OF the great dry goods
and notion house of Levy Bros, Richmond
Va, has been spending several weeks with
Maj Hart, of this place.
Prof A. j. Turner. returned to Staunton
| from Woodstock ON Monday last. He had
been there for three weeks to give instruction
to the Woodstock band.
| Mr. Edwin F. Surber has been appointed
deputy by County Treasurer, Samuel Paul,
ESQ. Mr. Surber will take the place made
vacant by the death of Mr.. Jno. G. Paul.
A patent has been granted to MIR. Jno. A.
Lutz, of Churchville for Transporting action on
a keyboard. This invention will be used by
Mr.. Lutz in the manufacture of his organs.
On Tuesday last the order of Good Sama-
ritans celebrated IFS anniversary by a parade.
/ The procession was preceded by the Excel
sior Band, and made a creditabe turnout.
The barn of Mr.. John M. Hogsett, about
three miles from Lexington, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday night last. 1t was insured for
800 in the Rockbridge Fire Insurance Com
pany.
John Goode, son of DR.. Goode, and one of
| the most energetic boys that ever left Staun-
ton, is now receiving a salary of 500 per
month, as railroad operator at Springfield,
| Illinois.
| Mr.. W. H. Baiie foreman of the VindicatOr
| office, has been elected a member of the FL
nance Committee of the Grand Lodge of Vir-
ginia Legion of Honor, recently organized in
| Richmond.
One day last week eleven sheep belonging
| to VIM. Lesley, near Laurel Hill, were killed
| by dogs. When found, the dogs were killing
| a hog, the property of colored man, and one
of them was shot
Mr. Junins McChesney, son of DR.. K. A.
McChesney, of this city, starts for Missouri
this week, there to make his future home. He
is one of those intelligent, active young men of
which Virginia has too few.
Col VIM. L. Bumgardner has gone to Wash
ington to meet Gen'l Fitz Lee and other Off
GERS, with a view to making arrangements for
the attendance of the Virginia regiments at
the Yorktown centennial.
Dr. Henry M. Patterson, of Highland
county, son of Jas. F. Patterson, Esq, of this
city, has been nominated as the candidate for
the Senate by the Conservative convention OF
Highland and Bath counties.
Mrs NJ j. Dillon, for a number ofyears con-
nected with the public schools OF Staunton
and one of the most successful of teachers, has
accepted similar situation at Columbia, Mis-
souri,, and left on Monday last for that place
The hour for holding the Democratic ward
meetings on the Sd of Octo., has been chang
ed to 7:3O o'clock p. m. The first ward voters
will meet in the Hurley Building, on Main
street, and those OF the second ward in the po-
lice office.
We had the pleasure OF call from Mr.. P.
B. Dulaney, on Wednesday, now of New
York, but at one time the talented editor OF
the Harrisonburg Oh Commonwealth. His fam
lily have been spending the summer in Harri-
sonburg, and Mr.. D. has now Joined them.
We had call last week from Mr.. J. X. P.
Shoemaker, Of scotdale, Pa, who recently
purchased a large tract of land in Nicholas
county, VIVA He will return to West Vir
ginia in short time, after arranging some bu
siness matters In Pennsylvania, and will make
that State his home.
Mr.. George Cave, who shot and killed Thoe.
g. Dent. in Lynchburg on the night of the 10
of August, was tried in the corporation court
of that city on Monday. The jury returned
verdict of guilty, fixing the term of imprison-
ment at ten years in the penitentiaay. A mo-
ton for a new trial was held under advise |
ment. |
Saml M. Woodward, jr., the well known
and popular railroad man, recently depot |
agent of the G. s. o. and Shen. Valley roads at
Waynesboro', will in few days open an office
in Staunton as the representative of the Shen.
Valley r. R. He will be assisted by Mr. Hen |
ry Smith, formerly with the B. s. O. Express |
The Richmond Standard has entered upon
the fourth year ofits existence. Mr.. G. Watson
James, the editor and proprietor, has proven
the possession thigh journalistic qualities, and
given to the country one of the most elevated /
and instructive weeklies ever issued in Vir- |
ginia. We wish the Standard that success its |
superior merits should command.
A. w. Bowman, of Augusta county, has
sold the cow Jennie O'Gant 3D." aged 10
years. and her calf, to John G. Rogers, of e.
licott City, Md, for 1915. Before Mr. Bow
man bought her, in 1874, she bad carried off
the FIRST prizes at the St Louis fair and the
Illinois and Iowa State fair. Since he pur-
chased her, she has taken premiums at the
Stanton, Richmond, Lynchburg and Culpeper
fairs.
We regret to state that Mr.. j B. Suit, whose
brief residence in Staunton
rendered him popular with all classes of our
citizens, has sold out his establishment to Mr.
Tanner of Richmond and will return to his
ormer home-the capital city. Nr. Tanner
will continue the business at the old stand,
corner of Frederick and Augusta streets, and
viii fully meet the wants of customers. MIR.
Clifford Bargamin, formerly Mr.. Suits part
Ter, has opened an esta plishmenti in the PECK
II building carrying good stock and he pro-
POSES to do all kinds of first class work in his
inc.
PINAFoRE.-The ever popular operetta of
snafore Is to be again presented to the citi-
ems of StasHsnnton by the best Of our home tai
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