The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-19

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Cutting case.
| Mr.. John Barrett. of Clifton Forge. was
in the city on Friday.
! Mrs. Barkman, of this city, is visiting
i friends in Winchester.
! The Irish National League is holding a
grand meeting in Chicago.
Col. Jas Cochran and his son John, are
at Webster Springs. w. va.
Mr.. 1'hos. Masin, of Frederick is on a
visit TO his brother. Mr.. &. G. Maslin.
MIR Samuel IL. Rosenbaum is spending
his summer vacation iii Washington.
Prof. Talbot Coleman has just returned
from pleasant trip to Balcony Falls.
Miss Azzie Coffroth, of Baltimore is wish
ting Miss Fannie Tannehill, of this city.
Mr.. Geo. A. Smith, of Martlnsburg, w.
Va, is on visit to his many Stanton
friends.
Miss Susie B. Anderson is visiting the
family of Mr. William Kremer, on South
River.
Mr.. Frank Hamilton, son of j. E. Ham
ilton, is at home again after long visit to
Missouri.
Mr.. N B. Layne, Of Amherst, is ON
visit to his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Tinsley,
of this city.
| The Baptist Sunday School had splen-
did time at their picnic at Millboro, on
Tuesday last.
Mr.. w. J. D. Riley. has secured good
contract, and goes to Roanoke in day or
two to complete it.
Mr.. Bowyer, one Of the progressive
young mechanics of Lexington, called to
see us on Saturday last.
Mr.. w. Lee Hanger. son Of w. A. Han
ger. of this county, has been appointed
state student at the V. M. /.
The Staunton Mutual Life Association,
has paid the policy of $4,000, to the heirs
of the late Lyttleton Waddell.
Rev. Geo. W. Station, formerly of
Virginia. now living in Iowa, is on visit
to his daughter, Mrs. W. l.. Olivier.
Mr.. w. w. Gibbs is On an extended
tour in the interest of that excellent
school, the Staunton Male Academy.
| Mr.. C. X. Zirkle and his son and daugh-
ter, Chas. G. and Miss Minnie, were visi-
ting friends in New Market last week.
Rev. E. D. Hanna, of Ohio, delivered
an instructive and impressive temperance
lecture in the I'd Baptist church last Mon
day night.
DR.. w. J Bell, one Of the most skillfu
and popular of our county physicians,
moves to .Fauquier this week. We regret
to lose him.
Prof Owens, one of the most cult waited
and successful instructors of Virginia, will
open a classical school for boys in this city,
next month.
| A pocket book containing a sum OF
money was found by Lilburn Givens the
other day, and will be restored to the
owner upon proper proof.
Mr.. W. II. Shirley Jr. the efficient and
popular clerk at Wayt & Bros drug store,
4 is spending part Of his summer vacation
at Wayesboro and vicinity.
Mrs. Frank T. Ware has left with us
the most beautiful double sun-fower We
| have ever seen. 1t is six inches in diane
ter and solid mass of soft yellow bloom.
Gov. Fitz. Lee was in Staunton on Tues
day night, on his way to Orkney to attend
a fancy ball. He was serenadcd at the
Hale House, and responded in a brief
speech.
We direct attention to the ADVERTISE
ment of Mr.. J. G. Jones, for a white cook.
He resides in pleasant and healthy por-
tion of Bath county. and the position is
desirable for any one competent TO fill 1t.
We regret being unable To insert the
| letter of our Mt. Meredian correspondent.
1t was crowded out this wee but is good
enough to keep. It. will appear in the
next issue. The same may be said of our
Middlebrook correspondent.
Mr.. J. A. Harvey informs us that Mr..
Isaac Newton's prospectings at I'M inc
Bank" have proven very successful. Three
fine veins of manganese have been struck,
and the indications point to large depos-
it of the valuable mineral.
Mr.. w. G. Barton, who for some years
has conducted meat store in Staunton,
left last week, with his family, for Wash
ington Territory, there to make his future
home. He is a n excellent citizen-just
such man as the State can least afford to
spare.
Mr.. J. E. A. Gibbs has erected grain
elevator at Raphine, with handling ca
pacity Of $50 bushels per hour. The car.
Ipenter work was done by Mr.. D. A.
Roser, of Rockbridge, and the tin work by
A. A. Grubert 6 Son, of this city.
| Neav Market Valley: Mr.. J. M. Sicily, of
Staunton, Va, arrived here last Mon
day, to spend week with Mr.. Anderson
Bushong and family, near New Market.
He formerly resided near this place, and
many years ago was student of the New
Market Academy, under Prof. Salyards,
Mr.. w. L. Towberman, of the United
States Senate Stenographic corps is spend
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his father. John Towberman. Esq. near
Mint Spring. Mr.. T. is an expert stenog-
rapher. and during his stay in Washing
ton has shown what kind of stuff Augusta
boys are made of.
Mr. r. G. Anderson, formerly of this
city, and more recently occupying a re-
sponsible railroad position in Alabama,
has been appointed master of trains for
the Georgia Pacific Railroad, vice E. L.
Smith, resigned Mr.. Anderson is splen-
did railroad man and his friends here res
Joice in his success.
Masters Homer Landes. Willie lesser,
Thurston Graves and Ed. Sheperd, of
Staunton, emulating the example of older
) excursionists, pitched their tent in the
woods. near Middle river on the farm OF
Mr.. James Jordon, about ten days ago
where they are spending the time very
pleasantly in hunting and fishing.
) Mr. Jacob Doom, with his son, of Logan
County Ohio. is on visit to his brothers
: Messrs. David and John W. Doom neal
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