The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-09-12
For the Campaign.


/ The VIRGINIAN will be furnished fol
the campaign or until the LIST of Deem
/ Der, for % cents, where "a club of six is
gotten Single copies 80 cts.
Mrs. J. N. Iiggett, of Jacksonville,
Fla, is visiting relatives i'll Rocking
ham.
A patent has been granted to DR.. W.
! b. Dodge, of Stuart's Draft, for IA road
cart
Mr.. Eddie McCuc. of Fort Defiance,
attended Presbytery at Monterey, last
week
Miss Minnie Zirkle, of Staunton, was
visiting friends in New Market last
week
Miss Mamie Liggett, of this place,
was visiting friends in Highland last
week.
Mr.. "Tobe" Shott, of Staunton, is
plastering a house for Bishop Bros, of
Monterey.
We return thanks to Mrs A. A. Arnold,
near Fishersville, for a basket of nice,
smooth tomatoes.
Mr.. J. W. Vawter. of Highland. eX
poets soon to remove to Staunton, and
make it his future home.
John A. Hess has been appointed post
master at Steeles Tavern, in place of
w. w. Thomas, removed.
S. j. Harnsberger, of Rockingham, is in
attendance on the Supreme Court, which
commenced on Tuesday last.
Lexington Presbytery will meet in
Staunton on the 10Th inst, pursuant to
adjournment at its recent session in Mon
terey.
Isaac w. Airey has been appointed
postmaster at Long Glade, Augusta
county, in place Of James r. Trout, re
moved.
b. d. Avis and family. who have been
living at Waterbury, Conn. some months,
have changed their residence to Wash
ington, ID. G..
Charles Clark, aged II years, of Rock
bridge county, was killed at Longdale
Furnace on the 29th while riding on the
front of an engine.
Mrs. A. II. Lawton, of Rochester, n.
Y, and her cousin, Miss Donaghe Yost,
of Staunton, are visiting relatives in
Harrisonburg.
Miss Meade Dawkins, of Staunton,
who left here with the Salvation Army
few months ago, died in Frankfort,
KY, last week.
We sincerely sympathize with J. w.
| Todd Esq, in the death of his venerable
and deeply pious mother, which occurred
in Richmond last week.
Col S. Brown Allen, Division Deputy
Collector, closed the Engleman distillery
in Roellbridge last week because Of iireg-
ularities in the operation of the still.
Mr. J. P Houck, of the Harrisonburg
Tannery, has made his arrangements to
bore for oil on his Tannery premises
where indications of oil have been as
sured
Mrs. John L. Hughes and children, of
this city, left Oh Monday last, for two
weeks visit to Mrs. HIS. sister, Mrs. Jas.
Smith, at the Miller School, Albemarle
county.
George G. Maslin has purchased the
Ashby farm above Waynesboro, con-
tanning 175 acres, formerly owned by
Hon. A. II. H. Stuart and Girard B.
Stuart, decd.
Hugh |. Shot, who has been prostra-
ted by malarial fever contracted in east
Virginia, is out again, and expects to re-
sumo his duties as postal clerk on the
Norfolk and Lynchburg road.
In noticing the difficulty last week be
tween some boys coming from the camp
meeting, it should have been the son of
John H. Greaver and not John d.
Greaver, who threw the rock.
Fred. Davis, son of J. Frank Davis,
has returned from Michigan and entered
at Prof. kable's school for another ses-
sion. He is a persevering and promising
young man, and a member of the craft.
Miss Alice NJ. Yost has accepted the
position of musical instructor in the
Female College at Searcy, Ark, and
expects to leave for that place on the
18th inst. by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway.
Mr.. P. II. Collins, FORMERLY of this
place, but now with Shanahans, Powell &
| Co., railroad contractors in Kentucky,
was married on the 9Th of September to
Miss M. F. Smith, of Stamping Ground,
Kentucky.
Mrs. L. H. Dreyspring, of Alabama,
who has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Mary Yost, for several months past, is
now visiting her sister, Mrs. Kate Sprin-
KEEL, in Harrisonburg, before returning
to the South.
Capt. W. 6. Kinney is in Baltimore to
participate in the celebration of the
events of the war of 1872 He holds the
position of Adjutant of the Second Vir-
ginia Infantry, and in that capacity he
will share in the ceremonies
We are requested to state that the u b.
Church, 2 miles west of Swoope's Depot,
Rev. L. K. Clifford pastor in charge. will
be dedicated on the 22d of September
The presiding elder and other preachers
will be present. All are invited to at
tend
Claude, the bright and interesting
little thirteen year old son Of Prof. T.
NJ. Turner of Lewisburg, fell head-fore
most, last Friday, into a vat of boiling
water in the Greeenbrier cannery, caus-
ing death in few hours. He was a
grandson of Prof. A. J. Turner of this