The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-07-09

fer the FIRGINIAN.
Mrs. S. E. Fristoe. Of Front Royal, who
has been visiting her niece. Mrs. w, B.
Grove, returned home Tuesday.
Captain John McQuaide, of Staunton,
was in the city Tuesday, and called at
the NIRGINIAN Office
Mrs. j. C. King and daughter, arrived
here this week from Stanton They
viii make this their future home.
Mrs Warwick, wife of Adams Express
Agent Warwick, with her two children,
has gone to Charlottesville on a visit to
friends.
Mr. w L. Steele was back in Clifton
Forge for a few hours Saturday evening,
shaking hands with his old friends, of
whom he has a host
Mr.. SamuelCooper, "a merchant Of Green
Bank, Pocahontas county. was in the
city on Friday last aud paid the VIR-
GINIAN a pleasant call.
Mr. Edward Bush, who has been with
Davis & Snapp, OF this place. for some
time, returned to his home at Waynes-
boro, the first of the week.
We are indebted to B. NJ. Mosely. Esq,
for a copy of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers an excellent journal
for which he is the agent here.
Mr. Decatur Axtell and family passed
through here day before yesterday. on
their way to White Sulphur Springs
where they will spend the season.
w. L. Olivier and wife, of Staunton,
were in Clifton on Saturday and Sunday.
the guests of Capt and Mrs. L. Harnan.
They returned to their home on Monday.
Mr.. r. p. Hawkins, who has been i'll
for week or two, left Tuesday for his
home in Monroe county. w. Va, in order
to recuperate. We trust he may soon be
restored to health
W A Chesterman. of Glasgow, contrac~
tor for building Gladys Hotel. at Clifton,
favored the VIRGINIAN with a call on
/ Tuesday. He married the only daugh>
ter of Col. A. w Harman
Mr.. c. E. West, Agent for the Chesa-
peake and Ohio and Louisville and Nash
vile railroads at Newport, KY, with his
wife, has been visiting Mrs. j. L. Jones,
of this place. for several days.
The cool weather the latter part of
last week and the first of this was occa-
stoned by heavy hail showers in the
northwest and near the sea-board, where
ba; StCras faIl :, . hir, hon acUC
Messrs Hay g. Thomas, of this place,
| have been awarded the contract for the
erection of the Baltimore Banking and
! Building Company's 50xs0 feet Iron front
business building at Covington, Va.
Mr.. A. K. Bowles, the genial book
keeper for Messrs. Geo. X. Anderson g.
| Co. is off on a vacation of ten days which
| he is spending with his mother and
friends at Dabneys in Louisa county
Trains are now running on the new
track of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way from their new bridge in West
| Clifton, to Jackson river. The road has
! now double track from Clifton Forge
to Low Moor.
Mai. T. c. Elder and Col. S. Brown
Allen, of Stanton, and p. l.. larbrough,
! Esq, OF Millboro, were in Clifton Mon
day, to attend a meeting OF the Clifton
Forge Company Board, AS was also +. M.
Nettleton, ESQ.,, President of the Board.
The Racket Store always ha ssssome
thing novel and attractive on hand
There is scarcely anything customer
can call for that Pendieton cannot furn-
I ish And the beauty of it is that he
furnishes il at the lowest figure and in
the politest way
Mrs. J. L. Mann with her daughter, OF
Ronceverte, spent from Saturday until
Tuesday in Clifton Forge with her hus-
band. who is with Rhodes 6 Parish.
Mrs NJ returned home and Miss Mary
has gone on a visit to friends at Raphine.
Rock bridge county.
Captain John Lloyd, general manager
Of the West Clifton Forge Construction
and Loan COMPANY informs US that he
is renting the houses he has constructed,
at fair prices and readily. He has con-
strt1cted TWENTY-FIVE. some of them large
and commodious, suitable for boarding
houses.
The Craig's Creek railroad is nearing
completion. But a few miles have to
be built to reach New Castle, or Craig
City, and the whole line into the rich
iron region is about twenty-fiv miles.
When this road is finished we expect to
hear of extensive movements in the
lines of developing the minerals of this
section.
A. j. Accord, Sr., and wife have returned
from several weeks pleasant visit to
friends and relatives in the northwest.
Mr. Accord went to Staunton on Friday
last to hear Sam Jones, where he re-
manned until Tuesday morning, having
listened to five sermons from the noted
preacher Mr.. Accord thinks Mr. Jones
great man, as he doubtless is.
On Saturday evening last q suit OF
clothes and dummy" were stolen from
the front of Rodes s. Parrish's store
Thinking that some neighbor had taken
the clothes as a joke, no attention was
paid to the missing articles. Sunday
morning, however, the dummy" was
found by the cook in Mr.. NJ. H. Pendle-
toms stable stripped of the clothing.
Mr.. and Mrs c. j. Hunter have the
sympathy of the community in their sac
bereavement occasioped by the death Oh
Sunday evening Of their little five months
old daughter-a loss which only those
who have experienced it, can fully re
alize. The canse of death was cholera
infantum. The burial took place Mon
day evening from the Baptist church
Rev Mr.. Fizer conducting the funeral
services.
Messrs. Decatur Axtell, President OF
C. s. O. Development Company 6. w
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