The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-01-30

the dry goods business at the Old stand,
and asks, as he deserves. the patronage
of his old customers and the public gen
orally
Mr.. d. M. Kyle, of Messy Creek, was
visiting relatives in Highland county last
week.
Rev. Robert Campbell has declined
the call from Augusta church, near Fort
Defiance.
Mrs Baptiste Dennis, formerly of
Staunton, died in Richmond this week,
aged 90 years.
W. H. Heller, a printer, formerly of
Woodstock, died of asthma in Chicago,
on the 18th. He at one time worked in
Stauntou.
J. E. Tinsley, architect. of Staunton,
has commenced work on his contract to
put up United States building at Char
lotte, N. G..
Mrs. A. b. Lightner, wife of Hon. A.
B. Lightner of this county, is at Ford's
Hotel, Richmond, and will remain there
for several days.
Mr.. A. 6. Keller has some good man
ganese and iron ore on his property near
Dooms' station, and has made arrange
ments for its development.
A. l.. Duncan. of DanviIle, a distir-
guished graduate of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute, has been selected by Gen.
Scott Ship to the command of the Ca
diets.
Rev. w. 7. Yarbrough will preach
next Sunday night, February Cd, at
kindig's Chapel: Monday night, Febru-
AIRY Sd, at Calvary Chapel; Tuesday
night, February 4th, at Christians
Creek school house. near Crobarger's
tank, S. V. r. r.
We return thanks to Mr. John Will
lams, one of our subscribers at Beverly,
w. Va, for the number of the VIRGIN
IAN of August LIST, 1899. which we needed
to complete our file for 1899 We APP
preciate the kindness and will recip-
rocate when opportunity presents.
We had the pleasure of call Monday
from Mr. Lee Cham berlain, of Chamber
lain, Wheeler & Co., of Ohio, who is in
terested in Goshen Furnace We learn
from him that Victoria is turning out
between 700 and 800 tons of metal per
week, and the prospect is for an increase
Highland Recorder: Mrs. Elizabeth
Rird bn I,o
from her breast by DR.. Henkle, of Staun-
ton, stopped over night here with Mrs
j. c. Matheny on her return home last
Friday. She says that she rests well at
night and feels greatly relieved. We
hope the cure is permanent
Col. and Mrs. J. Lewis Peyton, who
have been spending from six to eight
weeks at the Mozart have returned to
Steephill. They were much pleased
with the fare, accommodations. luxuries
and elegances of this popular Hotel and
the cultivated and refined company SO
carefully looked after by Mrs and Miss
Kinney.
The remains of 1t. Lewis S. Thomp-
son, of wheeling, W. Va, who was killed
in the battle of Allegheny, was disin-
tered by Mr. NJ Mcnamara, the sexton,
last week, encased in coffin and taken
to Elm Grove, w. Va, for Refinement
The only thing that was found in state
of preservation was the cavalry boots in
which the deceased was buried.
Hon. Geo. M. Bowers, of Berkeley
county, has been appointed Supervisor
of the Census for the First District of
West Virginia. Mr.. Bowers was the
Republican candidate for State Auditor
in the election last November and was
defeated by only 400 majority. He is
also one of the Directors of West
Waynesboro Land Company, organized
on Thursday last. He is a genial gen
tleman, and about IS years, from al
pearances.
ID. G. Carter, of the City Public
Schools, received letter this week from
j. H. Odell, of New York City, inform
ing HIM of the death of his oldest
brother John M. Carter, who died in
that city on January 91st. and was bu-
ried at White Plains, n Y, in the Odell
family plot. Mr.. Odell states in his let
ter that she was in our service seven
trustworthy in every respect, and we
feel his death as if it was one of our
dearest friends" Young Carter left
Staunton about IS years ago.
Capt. John N. Opie. counsel for Susan
ma Kingree and Annie E. Haney, her
sister, of Page county, instituted in a
suit in the Circuit Court of Augusta on
the 22d against the Valley Mutual Life
Association of Virginia for $4,000. Mr..
Kingree, deceased, was insured for So 600
Assessments were regularly paid by him,
sometimes few days after due, but the
company made no objection to this and
all went well until the policy holder had
reached the age of 65 and then they
wrote him that his last assessment had
not been paid on the day when due
May 10 last) and that at his age he
Coulu HOt De re-luSufeQ.-AI Cne Ul1ue
he was insured he lived in Rockingham
and generally went to Harrisonburg to
remit his sessments.-Argus.
Rev. w. B. Derrick, formerly pastor
of one of the congregations in Staunton,
now of New York, in a recent address,
spoke as follows: Remember it is only
twenty five years since the southern
negro was enfranchised. In New York
he has been free over seventy years, but
it is idle to say that the prejudice
here against him has died out. The
remedy for the negroes existing troubles
is this: Let him combine where he is nu-
merous enough to put liberal white men
in office. Let him offer his suffrage to
to respectable members of the white COM
munity in whose manliness he has faith,
and his troubles are over. Throw poll
tics to the dogs. The Lord knows we
don't make much out of it at the best.
The few offices we hold wouldn't sup
port more than a handful of us. But
help to elect good white men. and they
are bound to grant all the negro asks
equality before the law. He had no use
for the nightmare social eOuality'n