The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-07-10
Major James Dooley and wife are at

week.
MIR. Jas. Apperson has been appointed
agent for the Staunton Street Railway
Company
The Misses Gadsden, of South Caro-
lima, are visiting Mrs Louis Wake, West
Beverly street
Mr.. Adams, of the street car firm, has
been in town several days this week,
looking over the line.
Major Jno. w. Carroll, of Lynchburs,
was in town Sunday last, stopping with
Capt. JAS ii. Waters.
Mrs. and Miss Tipping, and Miss Eva
Thompson, are spending some time with
friends in Lexington, Va.
The Goshen water works have been
completed and the citizens are now sup
piled with pure spring water.
Mr.. j. E. A. Gibbs, of Raphine, will
spend the summer in Montana. He will
make a short trip to California.
Mrs. r. c. Blair, of Augusta county,
was last week visiting her mother, Mrs.
John Mcpherson, of Lewisburg, W. Va
w. ii. Bailie, Esq, of the Buena Vista
AdCocote, is in town this week as dele
gate to the Methodist Sunday School
Convention.
Mr.. A. Stuart Houff and his father-in
law, Mr.. Showalter, of Rockingham,
was in the city July 4th and favored us
with a call
carpenter named Yeager was pros
trated by the heat, while working on p.
H. Trout's building. He soon recovered
and returned to work.
Miss Rebecca Young has returned
from Monroe county, where she was in
structor in private family during the
present school term.
A. C. Gordon, Esq, was appointed, at
the late session of the State Bar Asso-
citation, member of the committee on
Library and Literature.
Geo. NJ. Harrison, Esq, was re-appoint-
ed member of the Executive Commit
tee of the State Bar Association, at its
late session, at Old Point
Capt. Ham Shepperd has been APP
pointed a member of the Executive
Committee of the State Democratic
Committee for the 9Th district
Mr.. Charles Witt has withdrawn from
the real estate firm of patterson, War
den 4 Witt, and will return to Balti-
more, where he will go into business
Mrs. DR.. C. H. Getzendanner is in town
staying with her mother, on East Bever-
ly stleet. Mrs. Getzendanner has been
living for some time in New York.
Mr. Hugh Powell has returned from
the John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
entirely restored to health. He is loud
in his praise of the management of this
noble institution.
The iron furnace at Basic City is be-
ing rapidly constructed under the su
perintendency of Mr.. 2. T. Henry, who
is well equipped for the work. Its ca
pacity is to be 100 tons daily.
j. ID. Cochran, son of Col. James
Cochran, Folly Mills, graduated in the
schools of General and Industrial Chem
istry, and Analytical and Agricultural
Chemistry at the University of Virginia.
Mr.. A. H. Nok, of Richmond, Va,
who has been travelling in New York
State for a Richmond cigarette house
was in town the first of the week He
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trip.
7. M. Turner, of Lewisburg, w. Va,
was in the city Sunday and Monday last
on visit to his father, Prof A. J. Turn
er. He is looking well, and met with a
warm reception from his numerous
| friends.
E. NJ. Gushing sold on Friday of last
week over two hundred lots for the Ron
ceverte Mining and Manufacturing Com
| pany which aggregated over $40, 600
The bidding was brisk, and the plan on
which they sold we'll devised and advan-
tageous. ''s-
The much abused plumbers are having
their day. By order of the city fathers
all lot owners along streets where sewer
pipes have been laid, have been directed
to make connections without further
delay; and under these peremptory or
ders the plumbers have Lave had Their
hands full. The work has been going on
lively.
F. A. Berlin, Esq, of San Francisco,
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father, Col George w. Berlin, of Rock
ingham, left his card at the VIRGINIAN
office on Friday last. We were sorry we
were not in to greet and congratulate
creditable record in the profession of law
in his adopted State.
Miss Janette Metz, of Fauquier coun
ty, who was a graduate of the Augusta
Female Seminary, returned recently
from Macon, Ga, where she has been en-
gagged in teaching, sick of malarial fever.
She stopped at the Seminary to visit her
aunt, Miss E. G. Weimer, and was strick-
Ell down with the disease contracted in
Georgia, and died Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. J. NJ. Whitmer, who until five
years ago lived in Parnassus neighbor=
hood, Augusta county, but then moved
to Nebraska. is on a visit to his old
friends in this county. He looks as
though the West agreed with him physi-
cally and financially. He notices a
marked change in Staunton and the
evidence of progress not observable
when he left.
We learn from the Basic City Adoance
that company to manufacture lucifer
matches was organized In that place last
week minimum capital $40, 900; officers:
J. Alex. Bumgardner, president; NJ. D.
Miller, vice president; w. P. Boyer, sec
rotary. The above named and Samuel
Forrer, Dr. S. Harnsberger, NJ. W.
Quarles, r. w. Crowder, J. A. Wise and
W. w. Sproul directors. The stock is
being taken rapidly.
We are gratified to see that Lawrence
P, son of Col. J. L. Peyton has returned
from the Virginia Military Institute
with honors clustering upon him WORTH
ly won. This was Lawrence's first session,
and we were prepared, by reason OF
his high standing at Prof. Kable's Mill
| tary School i'm Stanton for tho d;ct;n