The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-01-15

Jacob Shank died at Ottobine on the
Goth Of December, aged G0years.
r. A. SHELTON was married on the 18th
Of December to Miss Mary Evers, both
of Otto3ine, Rockingham county, Va.
Mrs. Geo. A. Hanger has removed to
Staunton, and taken the house of Capt.
NJ p. Funkhouser, near the Deaf, Dumb
s. Blind Institution.
Mr.. J. NJ. Dougherty, of Raleigh, N.
G.. and Miss Henrietta g. Layman, OF
Clifton Forge, were married on the ed
inst. by Rev L. w McCorkle.
Mr.. J. l.. Beck, a member of the Bod
ley Wagon Company, arrived in staun-
ton last Saturday from Wheeling. He
was accompanied by his wife.
Mr.. James Blakey, editor and proprle-
tor Of the Charlottesville .IeGerSonaGn
Republican, favored the VIRGINIAN Of
flee with fraternal call last Friday
We are indebted to the Baltimor San
for a COPY of it's almanac for 1891. 1t is
well arranged and thorough, with relia-
BE information on most every page.
The residence on East Beverly street
that was formerly owned by Judge W.
A. Hudson has been sold by Emma ). ii.
Brown to Lucy l.. Funston for $4,000
District Attorney w. e. Craig and
Collector Pat. McCaull were in Washing
ton last week, pressing the claims OF j.
NJ Mclaughlin for postmaster at Lynch
burg.
S. w. Sterrett, prominent citizen OF
Monterey, Highland county, was in
! Staunton last Thursday. He went from
here to spend short time in Lexington,
where he formerly lived.
Two handsome refectcrs for the lights
in the Second Presbyterian church have
recently been put in place ut a cost OF
about 800, with money raised by the la
dies aid society of the church.
Miss Nettie Evans returned last Friday
to her home in Lynchbnrg. She had
been in Staunton with her sister, Mrs.
| G. M. Fifer. since the latters return last
| September from Florence, Alabama
From the local correspon lence in the
Spirit of the .Ja5!ey we have learned
that number of young men from Rock
ingilam are returning from the West
to renew their residence in the Valley.
Prof s. G. Lindsay, of High Point, n.
| c., who was located at sstaunton for a
short time in 1819S0, has been at Basic
CITY during the last two weeks visiting
his son. Mr.. j. II. Lindsay. editor and
proprietor of the Basic City Adcaaace.
The Staunton Terra Gotta Company
began Tuesday with force of eight men
to uncover its clay deposit, situated about
one nile west of Staunton on the farm OF
J. H. Connel. It is preparing to begin
the manufacture of drain pipe, sewer
pipe, and FIRE brick.
| d. A. Sl;anahan, of Kentucky, a
younger member of the well known firm
| of Shanahan s. CO., railroad contractors
arrived in Staunton about a week ago
He has been stopping on East Beverly
street with his associate in business, Har-
ny Hanger.
Twenty-Five Good Templars from
Staunton attended in Waynesboro Mon
day night quarterly meeting of the
district grand lodge. Ten of them We're
driven to and from Waynesboro in Alex.
Harman's four-horse omnibus. John w.
Bryan. of Stanton, was the presiding
officer OF the meeting.
The contract for building the Kroder
brass factory at Staunton has been
| awarded to T. J. Martin, OF Waynesboro.
He advertises in the VIRGINIAN this
week for reliable carpenters at good
wages The hum of industry is about TIC
! begin on the Development Company's
manufacturing reservation.
Travellers may learn a lesson from Mr.
G. d. Done. a prominent attorney OF
Parker, Dakota, who says: ~ never
| leave home without taking a bottle of
| Chamberiain's ChoIic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy with me, and on many oc.
casions have ran with it to the relief OF
some sufferer and have never known it
to fall For sale by ". u ellen.
The Washington correspondent of the
Alexandria Gazette, under date of the
9th, says: Among the strangers in the
city oday is Mr.. George NJ. Harrison,
of Staunton, Va, whose name is fire.
quently mentioned in connection with a
seat on the Supreme Court of Appeals,
Of his State, which court will be reor-
ganized by the legislature to be elected
next November.
p. Ii. Eubank, of Etna Mills, Prince
William county, has been in Staunton
this week, ON business connected with
| his sale of the lumber required for the
erection of the Bodiey Wagon factory
He has contracted to furnish nearly l..
600, 900 feet Formerly Mr.. Eubank came
| to Staunton regularly as travelling sales
man for Richmond and Petersburg to
bacco houses He was married in Staun-
| ton to a daughter of W. L. Herr.
An excursion to Washington over the
| C. s. O. railway will be conducted by the
G. & 0. Company on Thursday, Japuary
3d. The price of round trip tickets from
Staunton, good for ten days. viii be So
| 75 Excursionists can start fr,la Staun-
| ton on any one of the three regular
| trains, leaving at TAO and 9:37 q. H., and
1:40 p. IN. Complete information can be
| obtained from James ker. a.. ticket
agent at Stanton for c. & O. Company.
at the opera house tonight January
! Is, "a Social Session" will be presented,
a very funny comedy, replete with sing
ing, dancing and specialties. A striking
feature of the company is its famous
Black Hussar Band, under the leader
ship Of Edward E. Nickerson. The grand
parade will start from the Virginia Ho-
tel to day ct i2 o'clock sharp. Band con-
cert from 1910 to 1890 O'clock, and from
7 to 7:30 O'clock in the evening.
Mr.. William I. Price, e Justice of the
Peace, at Richland, Neb,, was confined
to his bed last winter with a severe at
task Of lumbago; but g thorough appli-
cation of Chamberiain's Pain Balm ena-
bled him to get up and go to work. Mr.,
Price says: The Remedy cannot be re-
commended too highly" Let any one
troubled with rheumatism. neuralgia, OF
lame back give it trial and they will be