Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-01-23
NOTES ALONG THE ROAD.
MILLBORO--ITS GROWTH--vICTORIA FUR
FURNACE-A GREAT INvENTION-PER
SONAL, &C.


| Va. This is one of the handsomest coun-
try churches in Virginia and there is not
another congregation with so small mem
| bership which has shown such enterprise.
The membership Is only 16, but there is
now only $40 Of debt remaining or the
church. The Sunday school, which is
superintendent by Mr.. Legrand Mann, has
| rs scholars, about five for every church
member, remarkably large proportion,
and last year it raised the sum of 1882 80
towards the church debt. The church at
Windy Cove, which IS considerably larger
than this, unites in the support of Mr..
Campbell and he divides his time equally
between the two. He is highly esteemed
and much beloved by his charge.
MINERAL PAINT. -
Upon the farm of Mrs. M. M. Bratton,
II miles from here, a large deposit of red
mineral paint has been discovered. 1t has
been for years past used by the neighbors
for painting their brick hearths, but has
been of late tested by experienced chemists
and is pronounced of excellent quality,
and Mr.. Frank Darnell has used it success
fully upon building here. Maj. Hotch-
kiss has taken specimen of the paint to
the New Orleans Exposition.
The boarders at the Millboro Hotel were
attracted the other night by a loud cack-
ling proceeding from freight train which
had stopped in front Of the entrance and
upon investigation it was found that there
was car loaded with geese, several decks
of them, probably as many as thousand;
the first carload of live geese that some of
US had ever seen.
CRASH BY WILD TRAIN.
The regular mail train from the west
due here at 7.45 A. M. and 10 Stanton at
$50, was six hours late Monday morning,
owing to quite serious accident to two
freights east of Clifton Forge. No. Is had
nearly reached the sum NIT of long, heavy
grade, when the train broke loose from
the engine and tender and commenced
to move back. The conductor jumped
from his caboose and ran back to signal
No. "a, which was about 10 minutes be-
hind him, but the train soon passed him
and ran rapidly down the road. The en-
gineer and fireman of "a, seeing the wild
train bearing down upon them. leaped
from the engine and escaped with some
scratches and bruises, and immediately
afterwards the two trains ran into each
other with a crash. the caboose of No. 18
being forced over 24's engine, carrying
away smoke stack and cab and resting
upon the tender, several car loads of coke
and other freight being wrecked. The
road was blockaded for six hours and con-
siderable damage done to engine. cars and
freight, but fortunately no lives lost and
no one seriously hurt.
Mr.. Arch. Wlthrow had large gather
ing of gentlemen from this place and the
surrou nding country at his residence,
three or four miles from here, Monday,
and pleasant day was spent and a sump-
tuous dinner enjoyed by his appreciative
guests.
Mr.. ". Fl. Hopkins, the we'll known
and popular hotel man, is still at his post
in the office of the Millboro Hotel, and
the accommodating attentions of the old
soldier add no little to the comfort of the
soiourner here.
MILLBORO IMPROVEMENTS.
Millboro has improved much in the last
year. several new buildings having been
erected. one by J W. Warren. Esq, and
another, dwelling. by Mr.. P. L. Var
brough. The last named gentleman is
preparing to build handsome residence
for himself on one of the pretty wooded
hills, opposite the depot, on the southside
of che valley. DR.. G.. M. Nickel is also
| building handsome residence on the hill
on the other side of this little valley. No
place in the State has prettier sites for
| building than Millboro and there IS no
more pleasant and attractive little place
on the Chesapeake & Ohio road. The
Millboro Hotel is being constantly i'm
proved and beautified and has we'll earned
| its soubriquet among travelling men, of
the "Drummer's Home"
VALUABLE INVENTION.
Victoria Furnace is in full operation
and its large force of hands is being con-
tinually increased by new accessioDs of
miners, mostly colored. 1t is now turn
| ing out 100 tons per day of the best iron
it ever made. Capt. W. N. Page, the
General Manager, has recently secured
the patent for most valuable invention.
heating apparatus for boilers. 1t con-
sumes all the smoke. cinders and Gust of
the coal, and by its use only one-third of
the usual amount of fuel will be necessa-
~. Nothing will be seen from the CON-
bustion of coal but jet of flame and there
will be no annoyance to passengers on
railroad trains from smoke and ciDders;
while tie invention will be invaluable to
steamboat companies in lesseping the bulk
of fuel, which is so great for long voyages.
The gas expert in the patent Office at
Washington, to WHOM the model was re-
ferred, pronounced it the best thing that
had been brought there in 20 years. The
apparatus was tested in drying out the
furnace last fall after repairing, and 1t
only took so tons of coal to do what 800
tons had done by the old mode when the
furnace first went Into operation.
| PERSONAL.
DIR. FL. G Miller, for many years pop.
Mar and successful practitioner of medi.
cine here, has recently returned from a five
months stay in London, England, where
ha has been engaged in introducing val
uabIe invention in which he is interested
and has succeeded in making very adj
vantageous sale of the patent.
Mr.. K Moore, late of GoOch Il HOge's