The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-03-26


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Mrs. ". p. auntmerson, of staunton,
is visiting her friend, Mrs. Moore, OF
Washington, D. G.
General a. Il. Norton, Of Texas, is at
Fort Defiance this week visiting his son;
who is 3 student Of the Augusta Military
Academy.
A. &. Harnsbereer viii go to New
York to morrow TO buy new goods for
his store. He will be absent from home
about ten days.
Mr. Frank Paulee, of Augusta county,
has bought q farm from II. W. Burns, OF
Highland county, and is making prepa-
ration to build on and improve it.
There was an unusually large number
of people in Staunton last Monday,
Court day good many horses were
offered for sale ana q number changed
hands.
Asbury Whitmore and his sister, Mrs.
Hedrick, who moved to Fauquier coun-
ty some years ago from Parnassas, in
Augusta county, came TO Stauntcn last
Thursday to see their sister, Mrs. Jefler-
son, who is quite i'll at the home CT her
niece, Mrs J. A. Fauver.
Miller McCue, express messenger on the
Chesapeake Il Ohio railway between
Richmond and Huntington, is very i'll
with malarial fever at the residence Of
|
ness began about two weeks ago DR..
J. ST. p Gibson is his attending physi-
clan.
The second store-rooin from the casts
ern end Of the Crowle building has been
rented for the Staunton Savings Bank,
for whose business it will make attrac-
tive and advantageous quarters. Prep
arations for opening the bank are being
hurried forward. Business will proba-
| bly be commenced by the middle OF
| April.
Rev. G. w. Spiggic, of Mt. Tabor Lu-
tlieran church, this county, has been
appointed by tlle Board Of Church Ex-
tension OF the Virginia Synod to look
after tho Interests OF the Lutheran
/ Church AT Buana Vista He will spend
next Qifth) Sunday there-hence there
will be no services at Mt Tabor next
Sunday.
All persons who received blanks to be
/ filed with a statement OF their personal
pronefty. VIII now find Capt. T. j. Crow
! der nj his office in the city hal! building,
ara those who nave lost the blanks sent
to them can now get now blanks from
him He has recently returned to his
| office, after having been kept at home by
a long spell of sickness.
Rev j. H. Waugh, who ahly-and eff
GENTLY served the Rockingham. district
fer the past four years rs Presiding 81
der has been ssigned t, the Berkeley
district, Hedgesgille, Berkeley county,
W. Va. He is one OF the most cultured
and deeply pious ministers in the Con
/ ference, and he will carry With bin the
best wishes of his many friends here for
the health and prosperity Of himself and
his accomplished family.
n. NJ. Warner, letter carrier in the first
ward of the city, i. dangerously i'll with
pneumonia. He is an excellent man for
1 the position, being faithful ana efficient.
and uniformly cheerful and courteous
! before ali with whom lie comes III con-
tact That lie may. speedily recover is
4 the earnest hope Of his multitude of
I friends Since tina beginning Of his i'll
ness, about tive weeks ago, his daties as
! letter carrier have been performed by
! Sylvester Smith.
Dr.. Il. Mayer has occupied rooms at
Mozart House for the past FIVE weeks as
an oculist. He has treated the eyes of q
large number of citizens OF both city
and county, and i'll every instance given
satisfaction. lie not only treats the
eye, but furnishes glasses adapted to
the use OF the eye, SO us to relieve it OF
strain and contribute to the enduring
strength of the sight. In every case
where ile has treated patient inmedi--
ate relief has been realized. His servi-
ces are in such demand that he will re-
main in our city two weeks longer.
4 man named Wren, from Buffalo Gap
neighborhood and employed as brakes
man on the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad, was guilty OF indecent conduct
at the residence of a lady in Clifton
Forge last Monday evening. Railroad
men becoming cognizant OF the offence,
! waited on Wren, and invited him by
force to the suburbs of the city. When
there, they stripped him and laid upon
his back 80 stripes with q raw-hide, cuts
ting to the flesh every lick. He was Civ
Ell twenty minutes to leave the place,
but he said tllst was too long q time,
and left as quick as his legs could carry
him away.
The first great sale of lots in Virginia
in 1891 will be held at Gordonsvlile on
Nav and r by the Gordon Land Com
pany, to be preceded on May 5 by @ dis
tribution of lots to the stockholders OF
that company. The movement for the
development Of the resources Of Cor
louisville has the benefit Of direction
from some able minds, and it is pro
crossing at a rapid rate. The company
announces that it has secured twelve
good Industries, which will employ hun
dreds of hands. The town is adyanta~
geously situated with respect to mar
kets and transportation, and also with
respect to the timber and mineral re-
sources of central Virginia The Cor
don Land Company is composed princi-
| naI!v of Stau,,fop men
at the Opera House Monday evening,
March 30th, we are to have the celebra-
ted Germans Ministries. This is the
original company, and the same that
plays in all the cities. Look out for the
grand street parade next Monday at
noon, headed by Maj. Evans and his
| Wizard Baton. He is a wonder. The
following is from the Lowell Times:
THE performance by Germans Min
strels at the Opera House was satisfac-
tory to the large audience that witnessed
it. The old time first part was omitted
and the almanacs got q rest. There was
no lack of singing during the evening,
however, and the company is strongly