The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-01-12

Ter street.
Mr.. G. d. Anthony an expert workman
in stone and marble. is in charge of the
stone work on the extension of the .. S.
building at Harrisonburg.
Mr.. ]. H. Picker has returned from
Birmingham, Ala. He says the real estate
boom has somewhat subsidized, but business
generally is active and on safe basis.
Mrs. Dr. Charles Phillips has purchased
of the Misses Thompson the house and
lot on Main Street. now occupied by them.
This is very neat and attractive little
home
We learn from the New Market. Va.
Vallee, that The wife of Judge Turney.
and mother of Mrs Dr. II. Fl. Henkel, OF
this place, died at Cameron. Mo. last
week.
Mr.. w. w. Brennaman, Of the Highland
Recorder, paid US pleasant visit last Sat-
urdav. His wife. has been on a visit to her
father. DIR. II. M, Patterson, of this place.
for several weeks.
Col. C. E, Hoge and II. P, Mason,
Esq, of Frankfort. KY, arrived in Staun-
ton on Tuesday, and will remain until
Friday, locking after their business inter
est in this locality.
MIR. C. A Roller. our Augusta Street
meat dealer, bought from Mr.. Click, near
Mt Sidney, hog on Tuesday last. which
melted 554 lbs. This is the largest hog we
have heard Of this winter.
Prof F. r. Webb of the Virginia Fe.
male Institute, Stanton, has been appoin-
ted Vice President Of the Music Teachers
| National Association, vice Prof F. G..
Hair, of Richmond, resigned.
We are glad to learn that Arista Hoge,
Esq, City Treasurer, who has teen con-
fined to his house for several weeks by an
attack of infammatory rheumatism, is
| out again attending to his duties.
We are indebted to Mr.. c. II. Fauntle-
roy, son of Judge r. 7. Fauntleroy, and a
rising young lawyer of the Northwest. for
a copy of the St. Paul Press, for which he
he will please accept our thanks.
| Sunday last, DR.. D. K. Mcfarland, of
the First Presbyterian Church. received a
telegram. announcing the illness of his
father, who lives in Mississippi. The DR..
left on the night trains for Miss ssppi.
Mrs. Mabel Murray. wife Of Rev. G.
Moseley Murray, OF Rapidan. Va. is on a
visit to her father. Mr.. James Mills Rey.
Mr.. Murray, who is well known IN Staup
ton. has charge of the Episcopal Church
at Rapidan, Va.
| Citizens of Waynesboro have under con-
sideration the subject Of establishing a
telephone line between that place and
Stanton. 1t is good Idea. We would
like to be i'll more immediate connection
| with Little Tammany."
4 We a.sset attention to tie advertise
ment Of MF David G.. Bowman, of his
neat, convenient and well appointed farm
at West augusta. It is delightful home
and offers remunerative Investment, t.
any one desiring such property
Rev. Il. Il. Pratt, OF this city who has
I haAn engaged for two years in tsansiatfng
the Bible into Spanish. viii Leave for the
City of Mexico, January l7th, where ht
will have y conference with members Of
the American Bible Society on the pro
gress of his work
Mrs. C. c. Berry, with her children, vii
leave tomorrow on the 3. & O. train fol
4 an extended visit to her friends III Balti
more and Westminster, Md. She will b.
accompanied by her sister, Miss Salli'
Fink, of Johnson, Pa. who has Deea
spending some time in this city.
i Lieutenant D. w Coffman, a gradual,
| from Rockingham, United States navy
who has been in Alaska for the past TIVE
years Oh the Patterson, has besn assigned
} to duty for three years atthe photographic
office in Washington. Lit Coffman is ;
} SOLE OF the late DR.. S. A. Coffman, o.
Rockingham.
We invite the attention OF cur readers
to the advertisement of L. w. Wood j
Son, No 10 S. 18th Street, Richmond, Va
Send for their new descriptive catalogue
for 1885. iteontains full description o.
desirable varieties Of seeds and plants. fol
: both farm and garden. They make /;
specially of grass and clover seed. Cata
Y logue mailed free.
Mr.. z. A. Winfield, son of DR.. Jno. @
Winfield, of Rockingham, passed through
Staunton this week, stopping day will
relatives here, for Sanford, Florida, wher'
he has formed business arrangement. III,
I is graduate Of the Virginia Military In
stitute and young gentleman of excel
: lent character. We have no doubt of hi
success in the South.
. Hon. J. F. Lewis. who has been confined
to his room at his home, Lynwood. Va.
was expected in Washington last week, t.
have an operation performed on one of hi
eyes. if his physical condition would per
NIT it. We regret to learn that Mr.. Levi
has been quite unwell for several week
past We hope to hear of his speedy re
coVery.
We learn that Mr.. 7 n. Lindsey, a ma
tive Of Rockingham, brother of Mr.. Mr.
4 Jacob Lindsey of Brldgewater, and uncl
! of DIR. T. G. Lindsey, of this place. died a
4 Carro,lton, Mo-, on the I'd inst, in the 70tl
year of his age. Mr.. Lindsey at one tim
was merchant at Churchville in thu
county, and is favorably remembered b
many citizens of the county. He was
. courteous gentleman, an excellent bushes
man and good citizen. His wife was
: Miss Cook. sister of Mrs. j. F. DAVIS, Q
this place
i. The bounding, booming west does every
thing on a big scale. Sunday, January
q 1855, the Kansas City journal. issued
forty page paper giving all the curren
/. news of the day. together with a histor
of the annual business, growth and deve
,. opment of Kansas City. Our friend Capt
McQuaide, viii be glad to show this wor
derful exhibition of newspaper enterprise
In accomplishing such feat. the news
q paper man was encouraged and sustaine
. by liberal people, who advertise freel.
because they know advertising pays.
g We had the pleasure of a call last wee
2, from Col. r. S. Turk, of Huntersville. Y
g Va, and ". A. Turk, Esq. of Raleigl