The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-07-30
iss jessie Baeg of Richmond.

Miss Ms,nie Bryant returned from a
visit % The Misses Grain, at Roanoke.
last Monday
Mr J. r. Sacks IS in Sew York laying
ia d supply OF furniture foe tie Excel
sioF Furniture 20.
1lMs LEILA johnson, Of staaaton, is
spending the summer with her aunt,
HRS. e ). Hunter
liz Lewis Rvalls aud his neiee, Miss
9rssie Ryalls, Of Savannah, Ga, are Wis
iting al Or Hughes.
Mrs c. ~ Eaton, with her two chill
dfen, left Monday to visit her parents in
in Powiattap county, Va.
N. NJ. Cartwell, a well-known and pop
ular hotel man, has leased the Hotel
Botetourt, at Buchanan. Va
Mr.. j. e. Thomas has returned from a
business trip to Greenbrer and Monroe
counties, lasting several days.
Mrs. w ~ Baily, of Moorellead, KY,
is spending a few weeks with her rela-
tive, Mrs. Pugb, Ct this place.
Annie, the little daughter of Mr.. o. c.
Morris, Who has been i'll for some time,
is convalesing, we are glad to learn
Ibry Holbrook. manager OF the Moore
Lime Works. at Eagle Rock, died last
week OF typhoid fever He was native
of Maine.
Master r. s. Wallace, of Savannah,
Georgia, spent last Thursday in Clifton
Forge with his brother, Mr.. G. S. Wal
lace. of the W T. Office
Goshen Furnace turned out on Monday
last $50 tons of pig metal The average
is between 40 and 100 tons per day. The
capacity of the furnace is 300 tons a day.
Harry Frazier, chief engineer of the
C. 4 O railway, was in the city Tues
day. His family is at the White Sulphur
Springs to which place lie went Tuesday
night.
Mr.. Fred liable, manager of the Star
Clothing House Of this place, left the
first of this week to visit friends and rel
atives in Winchester, Va, his former
home.
Miss Nellie Grady. who has been visit
hrs. Carlisle of this place for the past
two months, returns to her home in
Richmond this morning. Mrs. Carlisle
will accompany her.
The meeting of the Virginia Bar AS
ISOLATION at White Sulphur Springs on
the Goth. was largely attended by the
legal fraternity. George K. Anderson,
of Clifton Forge, was the only represen-
tative from this place.
The Fidelity and Casualty Company,
represented by Messrs. g. X. Anderson
& Co. has replaced the large plate glass
in the front Of Mayors & Kabeisky's
store, broken short time ago by a
burglar without cost to them.
Rev Mr.. Scanland, assistant pastor of
the Churche- on the Clifton Forge Cir
cult of the NJ. E. Church who has been
at his home in Montgomery county, for
the past two months on account of H.
health, returned here last Friday, much
improved. He flied the pulpit of the
Methodist Church l.ere Sunday
Mrs E. K Sergeant, jr. and her three
children, are on visit to the beautiful
home of Mr. Tukes, in Falling Springs
/ Valley. where they will spend most of
! the summer season. Mr.. Sergeant will
remain here, giving his attention to the
Wooden Mills, OF which he is general
manager, occasionally visiting his family.
Rev. Mr. Spencer. who conducted a two
weeks service at the Christian Church,
left on Monday fer his home in Rich
mond much to the regret of those who
heard him while here. He is a gentle
man of superior powers as a pulpit ora
tor, and won golden opinions of his abil-
ity during his two weeks stay in Clifton
Forge.
A railroad, four miles in length, is to
be built by Mr.. A. INITIALS, in the New
River district, to accommodate the very
valuable coal property. The construc-
ton of the road will be looked after by
the authorities OF the G. & o. railway.
Improvement and development is the
order Of the day all along the line OF
this great road.
1t is rumored that Frank Lyman, own
er of the Dolly Ann and Stack Mines,
and lessee of the Iron Mountain Mine
contenplates the erection of furnace
at Covington, which, if it proves to be
true, will make two furnaces at that
point. Step by step it will be demons
strated that this is to be the great irou
district of the country.
On Wednesday night of last W eek, just
after we went to press, a fire broke out at
the Planning Mills OF Bartlett Bros, on
Smith Creek, which startled the com
munity, believing the Wooden Mills to
be on fire The ire was in cabin ada
/ cent to the Mills OF the Bartlett Bros,
and belonged to them. 1t was entirely
consumed but the loss is small
a car load Of new machinery for the
Wooden Mills arrived yesterday and will
be at once placed in position. Several
more car loads will be soon received
Mr.. Sergeant is pushing the Mills us fast
DIS pOSSllNG anu VIII soon nave Unofn IN
operation, turning out goods to fill large
orders already on file. He finds no diff
Guilty in getting wool, as thousands of
pounds have been offered recently.
The passenger and freight depot, i'm
mediately west of Smiths Creek, is to
be constructed at once, as we learn from
competent authority. This will be a
great convenience to the people of Cliff
ton Forge, and to the travelling public,
and will add much to the business activ-
! ity and improvement of that part of the
city. 1t shows, too, that General M. E.
Ingalls, has some influence with the man
agement of the C. l. 0. railway.
There were two rather distinguished
citizens at the depot for an hour or SO
on Saturday last. The one was Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee OF Glasgow, Virginia, and
the other Hon. Judge Roger A. Pryor
formerly of Virginia, but now a distin