The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-01-22
Transfers of Real Estate.

Transfers of Real Estate.
In the Office of Newton Argenbfight
city clerk of Staunton, bargain and SALE
deeds have been recorded within the las
few days for the following transfers O
real estate in this city:
b. T. Bagby and wife to George b
Greaver, about three acres OF land on
North Green street. Consideration moi
stated.
Daniel A. Kingan to Ella Sheppard
(colored), lot in northern part of the city,
near Mt. Zion Colored Baptist Church.
Consideration $500.
b. A. Blakemore and M. B. Hamrick
to Mrs. Mary E. Moss, the Kinney frame
residence on West Frederick street, with
q part of it's lot. Consideration. $4,000.
The sale of this property announced
about two months ago was not COM
pleted.
C. T. Palmer to Albert J. Dabney, two
lots on North Augusta street, not far
from the residence of A. J. Butts. Con-
sideration $780,
r. Edgar Timberlake and C. l.. Til
man, to James N Anderson, lot on the
corner of West Beverly and Stafford
streets, in front of Judge Grattan's re-
sidence. Consideration, $1,000.
Mrs. Lizzie Moore. the accomplished
wife of Capt. N. d. Moore, is visiting rel
atives in Cleveland. Ohio.
Mr.. c. A. Loud, proprietor OF the
s'Hamman" shaving saloon and bath par
lors, who has been indisposed for several
weeks, is out again.
On Friday evening of this week the
ladies of the Methodist church of Green
vile will give supper for the benefit OF
their church.
Rev. A. H Hamilton. pastor of Mt
Carmel Presbyterian church, at Steele's
Tavern, arrived last week from a Eu-
ropean tour of four months.
Hon. Absalom Koiner, of Augusta CO.,
was in Richmond last week attending
meetings of the State Board of Agricul-
ture aud OF the Virginia Agricultural and
Mechanical Society.
Michael Palmer, an aged man living
four miles southwest of the city, and C.
H Hunter, another man of the county,
were adjudged insane last week, and APP
plication for admission to the asylum
has been made for each.
Arthur Cook, of Missouri, student in
Lexington at Washington and Lee uni
yersity, spent Saturday, Sunday and
Monday visiting relatives in this county
his aunt, Mrs. J. Frank Davis, of Staun-
ton, and his uncle Col. s. A. East, of
Spring Hill. This was his first visit to
Augusta county.
Mr.. Samuel Evans a prominent Mer-
chant of Winchester, died suddenly on
Thursday night of heart disease. He
was taken ill about midnight and told
his family it would be fatal, which it
proved in few hours to be. He was a
member of the SD regiment Va. infant
ry, Stonewall Brigade, and since the war
had been engaged in the boot and shoe
business in Winchester. He leaves five
John s. Evans of Lynchburg, and Hen
ry, Edward and William Evans of Win
chester.
To-day, January sa, is the time set for
the midwinter excursions from Virginia
to Washington city. An excursion is to
be conducted by each of the two rail-
roads reaching Staunton, the Baltimore
& Ohio and the Chesapeake s. Ohio.
The rate charged by each is 1913 for
round trip tickets good for ten days.
Excursionists can start to-day on any of
the regular trains. They leave Staun-
ton at III and on the B. & O., and at
9.37 and LAO on the C. & o.
w. NJ. Allen moved his stock of drugs
last week, during the four days ending
with Saturday, into his new and attrac-
tive store room in the Trout block. His
drug business is now conducted on the
site that it occupied formerly when own
ed by Trout, Stribling & Berkeley, in
whose store Mr.. Allen began his profess
sion as a druggist. The store room just
vacated by him, on the corner of Beyer-
ly and New streets, will be occupied soon
as real estate and insurance Office by
William J. Perry & Co.
William H. Rosen, an employee at the
bark extract works, fell forward from a
cart last week upon the shafts, with the
serious effect of breaking three ribs. He
is lying at his home at the southwest
base of Sears Hill, under the surgical
care of DR.. H. NJ. Patterson. On account
Of his age, beyond fifty years, his condi-
tion is somewhat serious, though it is
hoped that recovery may be brought
about without protraeted delay Much
sympathy for him is expressed by his
neighbors and friends.
The Sisters of st. Francis School, Staun
ton, Va, return most grateful thanks to
the following gentlemen for furnishing
inside blinds for the windows of their
school rooms, adding beauty to the
house and comfort to the pupils and Sis
tiers. God bless them: John Burns, s. :;
Major Edward Mcmahon, 81; Capt. J. J.
Stack, 81; Edward Burke, 81; Frank
and Martin Bergin, 81; Thomas Kivlig
han, 81; Capt. John McQuaide, 81 ;
Daniel Crimmens, 81; Michael Kivlig
han, 81 Mrs. Mary Kelly, So; Michael
Croghan, $3.50; Dennis Brown, $3.50 !;
Frank Kerr, 3; J. J. Murphy,2; Thomas
Cochran, 2. Total, $500.
The ten-round sparring match that
was advertised to occur in the Staunton
Opera House on Monday night did not
take place, for the good reason that
scarcely dozen persons were present
The participants in the match were to
be w. s. Layton, of Buffalo, N. Y, who
has been in Staunton several weeks
teaching sparring, and Michael DAILY, of
Philadelphia. Both are said to be pugi-
lists of considerable note in the North.
It is WELL perhaps, that the men of
Staunton have not been infected with
the coarse sport craze, which has de-
graded SO many persons in the North
and West. &'H
George B. Greaver, the enterprising
and successful plasterer, will begin in
March to build at a cost of about $4,000
handsome ornamental frame residence
for himself on the west side of North