The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-11-26

held at Augusta cnurcu, anu seven duui-
tions made to the membership six on pro-
fession of faith and one by letter.
Rev. DR.. C. R. Vaughan. pastor Of New
Providence Church. has accepted the pro-
fessorship of Pastoral Theology and Sar
cred Rhetoric in the Columbia IS. ca
Seminary.
Miss Gertrude Gum. a former popular
pupil at the Augusta Female Seminary,
will be married at her hone in Cnthbert,
Ca. on the I'd of December, to Mr.. Geo.
Mcdonald.
Gov. Cameron commissioned on Mon
day last, A. S. Lara, Esq, of this place a
delegate from Virginia to the Hart or Con-
vention, VIII oh met at Savannaa, Ca. on
the 25th ult.
Miss Theresa Scherer, most accom-
plished yonng lady and graduate of the
Augusta Female Seminary, has taken
charge of the White Rock Gap School in
Allegheny county.
The 3. & o. Telegraph Co. stole march
on the Western Union yesterday, the news
of the death of Mr.. Hendricks being re-
ceived over that line an hour before it was
announced by its competitor.
Mr.. Jno. Schutterle Jr. returned from
Texas last week where he has been pros
pecting for several months. Jno. is fully
persuaded, that. all things considered, old
Virginia will do for a while yet.
We are indebted to Mr.. L. ]. Heatwole.
of Dale Enterprise Rockingham Co., for
copy of Smith S Planetary Almanac, for
1886. most excellent work for which Mr..
Heatwole is agent. Price 10.
UCapt. VIM. L. Mcneil and wife passed
through Lewisburg from Stanton. Va.
yesterday to their home in Pocahontas
county.-Mrs. Mcneil has been visiting in
in Staunton for some time past.
Greenbrier Tndependent:-Fre Eflnger.
ESQ.,, a lawyer of Stanton. Va. spent
Friday and Saturday of last week in Lewis
burg. His was a business jaunt.
Messrs. E. Alexander g. Co., have leased
the room in the Burns building, recently
occupied by the B. & o. Express. and are
now fitting it up preparatory to the re-
moval of their stock of saddles, harness. &c.
Very Eminent Deputy Commander. w.
H. H. Lynn, of this city. attended the
sixty-third annual assembly of the Grand
Commandery of Virginia Knights TEN,
plar, held in Richmond last week
The Sunday State has reached us. 1t is
we'll gotten up and has in it valuable mis-
cellaneous reading. as we'll as the latest
news. The enterprise thus manifested is
creditable to the proprietor. aud should lie
literally encouraged.
Cards are ont for the marriage OF Mr..
S. Asa Dupuy, Of Franklin CO.. to Miss
Nary F., daughter of Rev. DR.. C.. Il.
Vaughan, pastor of New Providence
Church. The ceremony will be performed
December 2, at Il NJ.
Col. C. p. Huntington, President of the
Chesapeake & Ohio R. r., was at Clifton
Forge when he heard of the Galveston CON
fagation. lie at once wired the anthori
ties to draw on him for $4,000. Jay Gould
gave similar direction for the same amount
Clifton Forge Indepeneant:-C w
c. Mood and lady left yesterday for Aug
usta Co. The Capt. is prospectinga fire
grass farm, which he contemplates pnr-
chasing in that section. Mrs. Moody will
visit her brother DR.. r F. Davis neal
| Waynesboro.
| A protracted meeting is now in progress
at the Methodist Church, of which DR.. j,
s. Gardner is pastor, and great interest is
being manifested. A number of additions
have been made to the church member
ship, and many others have asked for the
prayers of the congregation.
Last Sunday morning, in the First Pres
byterian Church, DR.. Strider officiating
! Messrs. Jno. Murray, j. N. Mcfarland
and DR.. n. Wayt were installed as Elders.
The congregation agreed not to call pas.
tor at present. Next Sunday DIR. Strider
will preach morning and evening, and also
| in the afternoon, the latter service being
especially for children.
A dispatch from Harrisonburg to the
associated press says: BY the decision
of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir.
/ glnia in Richmond yesterday in the case
of Effinger's executor Us. Hall, &C., frem
Rockingham, affirming the lower court,
nearly one fourth of the property in IIar-
risonburg will be thrown upon the ma. !set
to satisfy the claim of the Hall heirs,
ascertained to be five sixteenths of the
land and improvements. The property il
worth about sixty thousand dollars.
At A. NJ. on Thursday last. Miss Helen
M. Eowies was united in marriage to JOS
/ eph w. G. Bryant of Clifton Forge, at
| the residence of the brides aunts, the
Miss McCurdys, of Covington. Rev. E.
w. McCorkle OBLIGATED. We will not
attempt to describe the many costly and
numerous presents. 1t is sufficient to say
they were in accord with the popularity Of
the bride and groom. The wedding break.
fast was all that possibly could be desired
The happy couple left on the early west
bound train en- route for New Orleans
where they will spend brief honey
moon.
Gcv. Cameron has appointed Col. A. w
Hartman. of Stanton, and Hon. j. F
Lewis, of Rockingham. delegates from
Virginia to the Farmers National Con
vention, to be held in indianapolis, on the
I'd of Dec. He also appointed j. w. Por
ter, Esq, of Albemarle, as one of the dele
gates from Virginia to the National Con
vention of Cattlemen to be held at st
Louis, Mo-, on the Goth, inst. He has as'
appointed as delegates from Virginia t,
the Southern Foresty Convention at Fred
erick Springs, Florida, on the 10th of Dec
| w. G. Moorman, of Augusta, ] l.. Eubank
of Bath, c. M. Louthan, Of Clark. and t
NJ. Imboden, of Bristol, Va.
The other night Jerry Barry, negr
boy, got off of the G. 6 0. train with
badly crushed arm. He had been steal
ing ride on the train, and at Mort
River station had received his injur
whilst the cars were being shifted. Up
on getting off at the DEPOT he was dj