The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-09-02

! MISS Nettle b. HalneS. OF this city, l
visiting friends in Nelson county.
Mrs. J. c. Scheffer and Mrs. J. Claxton
OF this city.are visiting i'll Shenandoah.
Miss Sue Jamison, of this city, is visit
ing her cousin, Miss Belle Rogers, of Al
bermarle.
Miss Bessie Lay, daughter of judge
Lay, of Richmond. is visiting the famil.
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Miss Josephine c. Dielitsch, of Wash
ington CITY, is visiting her friend, Mis-
i Bertha iIeidenrGh.
Miss Bessie Jones' daughter Of Mr.
Sain'l d. Jones, near Churchvile. died ol
the 10Th of scrofula.
Rev. Francis NJ. Lewis, of Opelousas,
La, is visiting his nephew. j. N. McFar
land, County Treasurer.
Jos. L. Barth, the popular clothier ii
now in the north laying in supply of The
best and cheapest clothing.
Mai. Thos. Shumate, now of Iowa, but
formerly of this city and county, is Oh Z
business visit to Virginia.
L. F. Vogel, the popular clothier, is in
the North on his fall trip. Look out for
fine clothing when he returns.
Rev. g. Is. Stricken, of Atlanta, Ga, is
spending his vacation in the nelghborhood
of Thinking Spring, his old charge.
Mr.. Jonathan Brown, a useful and re-
spected citizen of this county. died neal
Waynesboro on Monday, i'll his 9th year
We regret to learn that Mrs. w. A.
Hickl;ne, daughter of Mr.. j. A. Moore, of
this city, is quite sick at her home in Nc
Dowell.
Messrs. Isaac Witt. T. A. Bledsoe and
]. Howard Wayt have returned from q
visit to Old Point, where they went for a
brief vacation.
| Rev. Solomon J. Love, formerly the pas
Tor of Hebron Church, in this county, died
at his home in Kansas City, Mo-, on the
10th of August.
Mrs. Kate Hilbert, one of the most pop
ular of our Staunton ladies'. together with
her daughter, has gone to Roanoke to
make her home there.
Mr.. Dabney Crosby. jr,, formerly editor
Of the Halifax Record, and last year prin-
cipal of the Hermitage school, died sud.
denly in Halifax county last week.
A lawn party. will be given at New
Hope, Friday and Saturday, Sept. Sd and
4th. for the benefit of the Laurel Hill
Union Band. Two bands will be present
each night.
Mr.. M. B. Oberdorfer, leaves for the
1 North to-day to purchase Install supply of
clothing. He Is going TO purchase a good
lot. cheap lot and lot to suit all sizes
and please all tastes.
Mr.. F. M. Sanger, of Wealaka, Greek
Nation, Indian Territory, was here this
week. to re enter his daughter at the Wes-
leyan Female Institute, where she was a
bright pupil last season.
Mr.. Geo. C Maslin, of the Maslin &
Booker Hardware Co., leaves to-day for the
Northern factories and importing estab-
lishments. He will make big purchases
and give big bargains when he returns.
Yesterday in the Cathredal, at Louis
vile, our young friend, Mr.. D. A. Shana-
han, son of Maj. D. Shannahan, was mar
ried to Miss Wayne Mcdonald, daughter
of Mr.. ]. G. Mcdonald. May long life
of happiness and prosperity be theirs.
Miss Gussie Patterson, who was elected
one of the teachers in the Graded School in
Harrisonburg, has resigned that position
to become pupil in the Augusta Female
Seminary of this city, of which Miss NJ. J
Baldwin is Principal.
Mrs. Lucy Smith, who has been on q
visit to her brother, Rev. Patterson Fetch
er, at Broadway, Rockingham county. was
paralyzed on Friday week. Her husband
was telegraphed for and at once repaired
! to the bedside of his wife.
Miss Fannie e. Tannehil1 the accom-
plished daughter of Mr.. Jos. f. Tannehill,
of this place, left on Tuesday last for the
Indian Territory, where she will teach
instrumental and vocal music at the
Harell Institute, at Muscogee, of which
Prof. J. r. Brewer, of Tenn, is principal
On account of the illness Of Meade F
White, Esq, Commonwealth Attorney
the trial of T. J. S. Coiner, for the killing
of Mr.. Montezuma Brown, at the Fair
Grounds last October, has been post
poned. Mr.. White is quite unwell from
overwork, but it is hoped he will soon be
out and attending to less:
An Anderson correspondent of the
Greenbrier Independent says: Miss Emma
Todd, who has been visiting here and at
st. Adams Kanawha county, for several
weeks past, has returned to her home in
Augusta county, Va, and it is believed
that one of our most worthy young mer
will soon have burning desire to inhale
Augusta county air."
Prof. J. L. Massey, of Sherwood Fe-
male Seminary, has secured the services
of Prof. W. Newton Holmes, b. A., OF
Syracuse University, N. Y, who will be
assistant to the principal in the scientific
department of the school. The corps OF
instructors already engaged gives assur.
ance of a high standard of scholarship al
Sherwood, and the promise Of eminent
success in the career of the institution
which it will richly deserve.
Miss Maggie Stack, daughter of Capt. ].
J. Stack, of this city, left here On Tuesday
morning for Emmettsburg, Md, to enter
the Convent at that place. Miss Stack is
only l 8 years of age, devout Christian,
and will doubtless be valuable addition
to the noble sisterhood she enters. She
will be much missed by the Catholic
Church here, having always taken an
active part in everything pertaining to the
| interests of her religion.
Mr.. Chas. E. Rusmisel, graduate of
Dunsmore's Business College, and recent
ly the book keeper for L. Witt & Bro, has
taken the position of bookkeeper for
Cooper II Co., Mason CO., w. Va. s min.
ing and coking firm. And Mr.. w, A.
Mccormick, shipping clerk for Baker
Bros, of this place. has accepted a posi-
tion in wholesale house at Marshall Tex
as. The young men are well qualified for
the trusts confided to them and viii, no
doubt reflect credit on themselves, and
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