The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25

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on the 10th, from the effect of kick by
a horse.
A. g. Points, of Staunton, is making
arrangements to open furniture store
in Covington-
Rev. G. w. Station preached an inter
esting sermon in the U. b. Church,
Staunton, on Sunday last.
A. NJ. Whitlock and Lee Chapman,
late of Burketown, are now with j. c..
Whitlock, the New street grocer
Thompson S. Brown has been appoint
ed postmaster at Waynesboro, Va, in
place of A. F. Mosby, resigned.
John S. Lipscomb, formerly of Staun-
ton but now of Gordonsville, was in
Staunton last Thursday.
Fifty dollars were donated last week
by the Equity Life Insurance Company
for the relief of the suffering poor of
Staunton.
Services were held in the Methodist
church this morning at o'clock, in
commemoration of the day in which the
Son of Man was born.
John s. Taylor, manager of Pelter u
Co.'s store at Cotopaxi, on the Shenan-
doah Valley railroad, is spending Christ
mas at his home in Staunton.
Edmund Moss is at home in Staunton
spending Christmas with his mother.
He is a student of the Episcopal high
school in Alexandria.
Valley Mutual Life Association, has
gone home to spend several days of the
Christmas season.
Holiday goods.-Call and see our dis
play and examine our prices before you
order elsewhere. we are Headquarters
Wheat & Summerson.
Last Sunday, the 21st, was the short
est day in the year. The days will now
gradually lengthen. until the culmina-
ton will be reac.ed on the 21st of June.
For pain in the stomach, collie or chol
era morbus there is nothing better than
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rh@a Remedy. For sale by w. NJ. Allen.
The students of Prof. Charles S. Ro-
ler's Augusta Male Academy are enjoy
ing Christmas vacation of two weeks.
comprising all of this week and all of
next week.
A meeting was to be held last night
to organize Y. NJ. G. A debating club.
Sixteen young men have expressed a
willingness to take active part in de-
batting exercises.
Miss Mary M. Woods, of Willow Spout,
left on Monday, 22d inst, for Jenkins
vile, Ga, where she has accepted po-
sition as assistant in her sisters, Miss
Minnie G. Woods, school
Many of the young ladies attending
the four female seminaries in Staunton
left in the latter part of last week to
spend the Christmas holidays at their
homes. Among the number were about
forty from the Augusta Female Semi
nary.
We regret to learn of the serious i'll
ness of Mrs Mary Norman. of Fort De
fiance, mother of VIM H. Moormail,
Esq. She has been quite deerepid for
some wears from eaanH Il lame limb.
but for some days past. has been seri-
ously ill, and hen friends are very much
afraid she will pot. rally again.
The students of the Staunton Military
Academy will have but one holiday
Christmas day. Many of them live far
away in the South. and could not go
home if a week Of vacation were given.
About a half dozen of those living here
in Virginia have gone home for a short
visit
Leonard Yost came to Staunton last
week, arriving ON Thursday, to spend
the Christmas holidays at ho..As He
has been in Kentucky and adjoining
States during the last twoyea serving
as superintendent of railroad construc-
hon for Dennis Shanahan & Co., the
well known contractors
F. Mr.. J. A. Collins, of the Lone Foun-
tain neighborhood, who has been en-
gagged in engineering work in Wyoming
county, W. Va, arrived in Staunton on
Tuesday and proceeded to his home.
He has his field notes with him, and
will reduce them to form while spending
the hoaiday> at home. Il oaa
z, w. Oitsman, one of the best civil
engineers and draughts1nan we have ever
known, is on visit to friends in Staun-
ton from the Old Soldiers Home. Rich
mond. He is much improved in health
since he entered the Home, and ENJOYS
his reunion with friends here yerv
much.
blakemOre, the Main, street nj, e,t<>ora
pher, was out last Thursday morning
with a. camera taking the snowy streets,
with here and there vehicle heading
| through the snow, and lively clerks
/ perched on snow banks in front of their
places of business. These pictures will
be held in remembrance of a rare snow
storm in this part of Virginia.
Deeds for the following transfers of
real estate have recently been recorded:
! G. E. Haines and wife to James A. Full
tOtls uOuDIe DTlck mousse on w. FREEZER
lex street, $3.50. Samuel F. Prison,
com'r, to j. NJ. Quarles, house and lot
on corner of New and Frederick streets,
next to First Presbyterian church, So
800. Susie G. Ball to Elizabeth M. Goode,
house and lot on North Green street.
$4,000.
| Christmas day services at St. Francis
| Catholic Church will be as follows. High
mass at a. H., second mass immediate
ly following, and third mass at 1890;
vespers at 7.30 p. M, with sermon.
Father Fallon will of1ieiate in Harrison
burg. ST. Francis school will have the
usual vacation of about, one week. On
Tuesday, December 90, Father McVerry
completed his twentieth year as pastor
of st. Francis church in Staunton.
Mr.. James Jordan, of this county, was
detained in Highland by the deep snow
that fell last week. He went there to
bring his cattle in from their fall pas
ture, to give them winter attention.
Although advanced in years, he bearded
the storm, and arrived safe at his home
with his stock on Saturday last. He
must have had pretty tough time OF
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