Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-11-05
Koiner's Store Items.
[Reported for the Staunton VINDICATOa.1

Ueported for the Staunton VINDIcAToa.l
Mr.. W. D. Huffman is moving into his
new storehou near Red Mills.
Messrs. W. r. Talley and L. Parker
were in Stanton last week attending the
| Masonic Centennial.
| John McCauseland left last week for
Stafford county where he will attend
school the coming session.
| Mrs. st. g. Koiner is on the sick list.
Mr.. W. r. Talley has returned from
Baltimore with his Fall and Winter
! Goods.
Mr.. S. N. Patterson has opened store
near Harriston. We wish him thriving
| business.
Mrs. Elizabeth Koiner and Mrs. DR..
Phil Koiner. of Rockingham county. have
been visiting relatives in Augusta.
The Crimora Manganese Mines gave
their employees one day last week as a
vacation ON account Of the death of one
of the owners, Mr.. Carnegie, of Pitts
burg, Pa.
The protracted meeting which has been
in progress at New Hope. closed on the
oath ult.- A great deal of good was done,
there being some twenty odd converts.
A protracted meeting is soon to COM
mence at Hermitage. 1t will be conducted
by Rev. J. A. Preston of Thinking Spring,
and Rev. Geo. l.. Bitter of Augusta
church.
The congregation at this place (all
! Iapo the looks
of their chapel by giving it a coat of paint.
They have quite recently had a tin roof
put on it.
Our farmers are as busy as bees since
the rain preparing for their seeding. Some
of them are not near done ploughing.
NED HAZARD.
Extension of the Letter Special-DaHVery
[ Under an order Of the Postmaster Gener-
| al. the special delivery system, heretofore
IN effect in cities and towns having pop
! ulation of 4. 900 and upwards, has been ex-
tended to all post offices in the United
States, and is now in operation every
where The privileges of this system have
also been extended to all classes OF mail
matter instead of being confined to letters
. of first class matter as at present. Ac
cordipgly every article of mailable matter
| to which is affixed ten cent special de-
livery stamp,in addition to the postage re-
| quired by law, will, upon its arrival by
mail, have immediate delivery by special
messenger within the carrier limits Of Any
free delivery post office, or within one
mile Of any other post office in the United
States to which it may be addressed.
Drop letters and other mailable matter
deposited for local delivery, and bearing
special delivery stamps in addition to the
postage. will be entitled to Immediate de-
livery in the same manner as matter re-
ceived at the post office by mail.
Registered letters or parcels will also be
, entitled to immediate delivery, the same
as ordinary letters or parcels, when bear
ing special delivery stamps in addition to
! the full postage and the registry fee re-
I CURED by the law and regulations.
| The hours within which special delivery
will be made will be from A. M. to II z
| M. at tree delivery Offices. and from A.
M. as late as 8 p. M. at all other postofn
ces.
! The design for the new postal card will
be put to press about December l.. The
bureau Of engraving and printing is now
/ preparing the plates. The new design is
/ very simple. There is vignette of Thorn
as Jefferson in circle, without elabora
ton. The legend United States Posta
Card. " is along the upper edge; lone cent;
under the vignette, and beneath all ''Noth
ing but the address on this side" TIE
objection to the present design is that it is
too large for the size of the card, and does
not give writers sufficient space to put the
address On properly. It will probably b
the middle of December before the new
cards will be ready for sale.