The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-02-12

for several days because of indispositior
The Ladies of the Second Presbyteri
an church will serve dinner at Marcel
Court. The place of serving will bt
announced later.
A silk dress. handsomely decorated
with roses painted by Miss Louise Halves
has been attracting admiring attention
to the window of Maj. Harris store
j. S. Moffett, real estate agent Of
Harrisonburg, spent last Friday in
Staunten with his brother, w. G.. Moi
felt, the gentlemanly station agent OF
the B. & 0. Railroad Company.
Thomas Lohr, formerly of Stauntop
is to be superintendent of brick making
| for the Grottoes Brick and Building
Company, corporation recently organ>
lied in Kentucky to operate at Shendun.
The dramatic entertainment that was
TO be given in the Staunton opera house
Tuesday evening by the jackson Monu-
ment Association of Lexington, was post
poned to some future date not yet an
nounced.
Geo. d. Fisher, the oldest born citizen
in Richmond, died on the 18th inst, aged
81 years. He was one of the best of men
and beloved by all who knew him. He
was a brother of the late Dr. Fisher of
the Western Lunatic Asylum.
William Patrick, director of the
Ruana Visto con,nonv with d Row
lor and a number of other stockholders
living in Staunton, will go to Buena
Vista to-day to attend the second an
nual meeting of their company.
Saturday afternoon for New Orleans, to
spend several months in that city visit
ing the Misses Jamison and other friends.
She has visited the Crescent City every
winter during the last four or five years.
Another excursion to Washington city
over the c. & O. Railway will take place
to-day, Feb. 10. The price of round
trip tickets from Staunton, good for ten
days, is only 1915. Excursionists can
start to-day on either of the regular
trains leaving Staunton at 9:37 and $40.
Rev. DR.. Nelson's revival meetings at
the Baptist church before Christmas
were not continued long. but their effects
have been present in the congregation
ever since. One person was received for
baptism last Sunday night, and several
Others have been received recently
James E. Tinsley, the architect and
contractor, spent last Saturday, Sunday
and Monday with his family in Staunton.
His $4,000 government building at Char
lotte. N. c.. was practically completed
by January 10, since which time he has
been engaged upon his contract to erect
a 500, GOO government building at Helena,
Ark.
Robert Foster, formerly employed by
the c. & o. company, is now check man
at the j. & O. depot. His predecessor
with the Baltimore & Ohio, R. K. Clack,
is now clerk in the G. & 0. freight office.
VIM. Chittum, recently of Raphine. is
now telegraph operator at the B. & O.
depot. His predecessor, r. H. Nelson,
who was located here temporarily, has
gone to Woodstock
The recently opened rooms of the Bev
erly club, on the second floor of the
Trout building, are elegantly furnished.
The cost of the entire outfit, including
billiard tables, was about $1,000. The
cuisine of the club is located at CUNT
ner's, few feet off in the rear, and a tel
phone connection has an order filled
with as much promptness as if the kitch-
en- were in the club house.
On the 9:37 train this morning dele>
gates from the Staunton T. NJ. C. A.,
from the Stanton Military Academy
association. and from the Ladies' Auxil-
larry, between forty and fifty persons in
all, will start for Lynchburg to attend
the fifteenth annual State convention of
the Young Mems Christian Associations
! of Virginia. Most of them will return
home Monday or Tuesday
Mr.. B. L. Partlow, who returned re-
Gently with his family from Clifton Forge
| to Staunton, has begun extensive i'm
| preyements on the very desirable Cos
pei Hill property that was formerly own
ed and occupied by Col M. G.. Hartman,
deceased, and afterwards by Maj. E. Nc.
/ Mahon. Itspresent owners, Mr.. Partlow
and Gen. Roller. will divide it into a
/ number of lots. The residence upon it
is being torn down.
Tomorrow evening, February 10, is
the time set for the piano recital of Eds
ward Baxter Perry of Boston, to be given
in Y. M. G. A. auditorium under the au-
spices of the Ladies' Auxiliary Fifty
cents is to be the price of admission, with
no extra charge for reserved seats. Mr.
Perry is a pianist of remarkable skill
and his lecture upon music will be quite
instructive. No lover of instrumental
music should fail to hear him.
A german club with quite large men,
bership was organized at meeting last
week in the law office of Braxton g. Brax>
ton. The following officers were chosen:
James Ker, jr., president; w. w. Nc
Gufin, vice president; R. E. R. Nelson,
secretary Geo. HI. Bell, treasurer Ken
lCtl ACOOy, HToU lcttutT, Stutl lLtWIS
Bumgardner, second leader. The club
has rented the dancing hall and several
rooms in the new Crowle building, which
will soon be neatly furnished and fitted
up for its use.
Maj. Jed Hotchkiss is expected to de-
liver an address this evening at ban
/ quet to be held in Charleston for promo
ting West Virginia's exhibit at the Chi
cago Worlds Fair. His and other ad-
dresses to be delivered there will be print
ed for circulation throughout the State,
to arouse general interest in the prepar-
alton of a creditable exhibit. Notwith-
standing the heavy expense that falls
on every class of participants in worlds
fair, it is unquestionable that all the ex-
pense judiciously incurred yields large
returns. Nothing but an international
exhibition enables the possessor of un-
developed wealth to show it effectively
to the world, or the manufacturer to
show his wares in close comparison with
those of his competitors. A State pos
sessing undeveloped natural resources
can well afford to make liberal appro-
priation OF money for exhibiting them