Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-17
THE NEW TOWNS.
Buena Vista.

BuGna VISTA
The Advocate and Journal have the fol
lowing:
High License.-Bigbie Bros, Hogan, and
E. w. Wilson, have applied to Judge Hous-
ton of the Rockbridge county court for a
license to sell liquor at Buena Vista, the
town council having given it's consent and
having fixed the license at 81 900 in each
case. The license of Wilson was granted
and the Sheridan building fixed as the place.
The other liquor saloons will be located in
store-rooms in the Palace Hotel building.
Embezsler.-C. G. Busbee, Secretary Of
the Wilbourne Saddle Mandatory, having
lived fast and used his employers money,
fled on Monday night to his former home
in North Carolina.
Waynesboro.
The Times has these items
PERSONAL---VERY.. L. A. Fox, Professor
of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at
Roanoke College, IS visiting his brother,
Dr.. A. G. Fox
The wife Of Gen. James A. Walker of
Wytheville, is visiting Mrs. T. Hanger, on
her way to the Warm Springs in Bath.
Soap-stone. -Steatite (Soap -stone) has
been found in a vein traced several hum
bred yards parallel to South River, on the
South River Mining Company7s land, near
here.
Shendun.
The News of Saturday has the following:
Sir Months Reriew.-At the end of the
first six months of it's active existence,
Shendun has nine large industries all &C.
lively at work.
PLENTY of Visitors.-The visitors at the
caves were so numerous and followed so fast
Saturday, that the electric lights were kept
burning the entire day, something never
found necessary there before. The travel
B. & O. to Shendun, is now SO heavy that
three trips to each train is a not an unusual
occurrence.
Personm.-C. G.. Henderson Of StauntOn,
an efficient workman. arrived here Monday
to take position at the Plumbers Sup
plies Works.
Basic CITY.
The Advance has these items:
Fourth of July Accideats.-A party OF
fifteen from Clifton Forge, among them
VIM. Byrd, aged nineteen, attended a
Fourth of July barbecue at Mountain Top
After dinner while driving down the noun
tain Byrd S horse ran off, turning over the
buggy Byrd S head struck rock and he
was made unconscious. He was taken to
the Basic City Hotel and his mother tele
graphed for. He is doing well.
On the same day and coming from the
same place, Mr.. J. II. Lindsay S horses ran
off throwing MI. L. and his wife out of the
surrey and badly bruising them.
"A calf at Fourteen Months.-A jersey
COW, aged thirteen months and twenty-four
days, owned by Mr.. G.. G. Gooch of Staun-
ton, gave birth to calf at his farm last
week.
The Bamd.-The Basic City Cornet Band
Of Is mem bers, have ordered their instru-
ments.
Persomal.-Mr. J. H. Lindsay of the
Advance, and his wife, have left for st.
dull, UllC lOllIlCl do (ClCssttC W UllC In d.
tional Editorial Convention.
MI. Hulst Glenn and Miss Mary Rapp,
of Staunton, were the guests of Mrs. W.
M. Page, at her home i'll this city, last
week.
President Gooch, of the Basic City Bank
spent the Fourth at the National capital.
GordonsviIle.
The Sun-Uerald has these items:
Summer Sport.-A orally paper" chase
on horseback was INDUCED in by number
of ladies and gentlemen, Monday. MI.
Chas. II. Walters won the first prize.
Personal.-Mrs. w. L. Walters, ST., of
Staunton, is visiting the family of her son,
MI. w. L. Walters, Jr., of Gordonsville.
Clifton Forge and Vicinity.
The Review and Valley Virginian have
the following items:
Ball at the Iptermont. A ball was given
at the new Covington hotel, the Intermont,
Friday night, by the young men of that
place, assisted by General Manager B. f.
Eakle.
New Budldings.-The new brick build
ing of the Covington National Bank, and
the new $4,000 depot, will be commenced
right away.
Iron Gate Progress.-At Iron Gate the
A. T. Withrow Company has completed
forty double tenement houses for the Iron
Gate Co., all of which are occupied. The
Showalter block is being pushed forward
Personal.-Capt. ]. G. Marquis of Staun-
ton, was in the city Oh the I'd instant, his
business being to superintend the erection
at Low-Moor of handsome 5000 monu-
ment to the memory of the late John Finn
of Clifton Forge, who died about year
ago.
Mrs. VIM. Burke Of Clifton Forge, has
returned from visiting relatives in Augusta.
The family of MI. G. G. Gooch are at
the Intermont Hotel at Covington.
Capt. John Donovan and Capt. John Nc
Quaide are about erecting handsome
building across the street from the G. Il 0.
workshops on the G.. & 0. Development
Go. S land.
Meade f. White of Staunton, attended
Allegheny county court at Covington last
week. and was in Clifton Tuesday evening.
Railroad Matters.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Compa-
nv has closed a fiye-year contract with G..