The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-07-09
Miss Nellie Miller, of Staunton, is Wis

Miss Nellie Miller. of Stanton, is Wis
ting at Dr. G. T. Lewis's.
Mrs J. E Rollins, of Covington, was
visiting at Dir. Lewis this week
Two unmistakable cases of yellow
fever are reported at Brunswick, Ga.
Messrs. Geo. K. Anderson and J. L.
Page are in New York on business.
Miss Nalley, from Richmond, is visit-
ing at the home of Mayor 7. p. Bowles.
Mr.. Z. w Scott, Jr., returned yester~
day from visit to the Greenbrier
White
Mrs. g. NJ Farrer and her mother, Mrs.
Mcdonald, have gone to Goshen to spend
a few weeks.
Mrs j D. Payne has sold out her
boarding house at the corner of Church
and Jefferson streets, and it is now kept
by Mr. Dickinson.
Messrs G. B. Gibbs, J. E. Blanchard
and J. III. and Lee Fitzpatrick, OF this
place, spent the Fourth of July and
Sunday at Old Point Comfort.
Miss Constance Warwick, daughter
of Judge J. w. Warwick. of Bath coun>
ty, is visiting her sister, Mrs. James A.
Frazier, at the McCurdy House.
Mr.. J. j. Boxley, contractor on the
Hot Springs branch of the G. & o., was
in the city yesterday. He reports that
the entire road. with the exception OF a
section near the Hot Springs, has been
graded ready for the rail. Mr. Boxley
has the contract for putting up the tele-
graph poles along the line, and this work
will be shortly completed.
Special attention is called to the adj
vertisement in this issue. of Mr.. f. a.
Hinkle, who has a competent and skilled
force of workmen. Mr.. Hinkle has done
satisfactory work for the West Clifton
Forge Building Company, the Clifton
Forge Lumber and Building Association,
and number of private persons here TO
whom he refers as to the character OF
his work. Ornamental plastering is
special feature OF his work
The case of Wright VS.. Allegheny
Bank. which has been pending for some
time. was decided by Judge Jones in the
County Court at Covington, on Tuesday.
The case was an interesting one. on ae>
count of the nice legal point raised The
circumstances as related to us are as foi>
lows Wright had stolen from him 500.
note which fell int the hands of the All
leghany Bank. where he discovered IT,
He brought suit for its recovery, fully
identifying the note by number, etc, we
are informed The defense set up the
claim that they were innocent holders of
the bill, for which they had given full
value without any caution from the
plaintiff Judge Jones rendered decision
in favor of the Bank.
James Bowler, Esq, represented the
plaintiff, and Messrt. Moore and Ander-
son the defendant.
The Clifton Forge Lumber and Build
ing Association is meeting with crafty
ing success. It's pay roll is now about
81 200 per month, ana IL is WORKING ABOUT
50 hands. On Tuesday, it was awarded
the contract for building the depot at
Covington, and is bidder for the depot
that is to be erected by the railroad com
near Gladys Hotel, in West Clifton
Forge. This depot is to be built at
once, we understand as also the freight
and passenger depot on the grounds
now occupied by one of the brick kilns
of Judge Swami, west of Smiths Creek
"a very eligible and convenient loca-
ton. These improvements will add
much to the building activity of Clifton
Forge. j N. Page is general manager
of the Clifton Forge Lumber and Build
ing Association, and d pushing one he