Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-01-23
THE NEW TOWNS.
The papers Of the new towns give the
following items of news
COviNgtOn,

The papers Of the new towns give thu
following items of news:
Covington.
The Allegheny Sentinel Of Friday last
says
Bank OrgGnieed.-T recently charter
ed First National Bank Of Coylngton opens
next week in temporary quarters in the
Office of the County Treasurer, with R. L.
Parish, President; A. A. McAllister, Vice
President; and Jos. E. Rollins formerly
Assistant Cashier of the National Valley
Bank Of Staunton) Cashier. Capital $50 600.
Increase of Vazue.-The Misses Nc.
Curdy have sold their ''greenback'' lot, fo1
which they paid 1925 seven years ago, fol
So, 600
7co Weeks on S4loW Roud.-The snow
has not melted much in West Virginia.
Two wagons loaded with produce were 10
days en- route from Huntersville to this
place, a distance Of SO miles.
The Nelc RdilroGd.-The Hot Springs
Branch of the c.. & O. will be built within
the next six months.
PersonM.-Miss Sallia Oney Of Staun-
ton, is the guest of Mrs. John Oliver near
Covington.
One of the water pipes in General Skeen S
house burst the other day, completely del
uging the upper floor.
Waynesboro.
The Times of his week has this:
Railroad F'acHities-T G. & O. Yes
Thule going East now stops at Waynesboro
on signal.
Social Cubs.-Two social clubs, one of
them the Bachelor Club, have been organ
lied here.
Appreciated Gifts.-Among the Christ
mas gifts received here, the Principal of
Valley Female Seminary was the recipient
from Mr.. w. L. Olivier and Mr.. Albert
Shutz, his polite and obliging assistant, Of
Stanton, of the most beautiful and elegant
coffee and tea set. To the co-principal he
gave Allibone Quotations, (prose) an vo of
nearly 800 pages, useful and Instructive.
To Master James Winston, ''Self help. y
And to Miss Mary Moore Winston, my
Lady Pokahontas, Writ by Anas Todkill,
with notes by John Esten Cooke
Reception.-Mr. 7. II. Antrim gave q
reception and supper to some sixty Of the
representative business men of the town Oh
Thursday evening. His sons law, Messrs.
Geo. G. Maslin and J. T. Templeton, as
sisted him in receiving
Clifton Forge.
The Review OF Friday has the following:
Election of OfScers.-The Y. NJ. c.
Association has elected G. NJ. McElwee,
President; G. W. Eaton, Secretary, and
E. Is. Hawkins, Treasurer
Fatal accident. j Ohm R. Henderson.
the engineer at Nettleton s saw mill at Iron
Gate, was instantly killed on the 14th inst.
by the explosion of the boiler and his broth
Ell and Il colored l;tborer slightly wounded
Wooden NiH.-Mr. w. L. Summerson
has completed the Clifton Forge wooden
mills and the machinery for operating the
same is said to be all boxed aid ready for
shipment.
Nine Leased. The iron ore mine near
Iron Gate, recently opened under the direc-
ton of Civil Engineer, D. st. George Fra
ser, has been leased by j. G. Carpenter.
Persoao1-Charles Curry, ESQ.,, of the
otaunton bar, was in the city Tuesday.
He was on his way to Covington to look
into land titles. BY the bye this branch of
legal work promises an abundant harvest
for attorneys in the ''near FUTURE
Buena Vista.
The Advocate of Friday has the follow
ing:
The Big Land Deoz.-The syndicate
which bought the farms of Col. J. c.
Shields, A. M. Glasgow and J. P Tribbett
adjoining the Buena Vista property, has
organized company with a capital of not
less than $150,000 nor more than So ,0O0, 600,
with the following officers A
T. Barclay; Secretary and Treasurer, S. NJ.
Donald; Directors, A. T. Barclay, A. K.
Rarig, B. G. Moomaw, G. B. Guyer, J. W.
Blackburn, J. T. Roudenbush, all of Buena
Vista; G. M. Clark and A. Q. Denniston,
of Philadelphia; and G. H. Eflinger Of Lex
ington The three tracts embrace about
l 200 acres.
Real Estate Erchomge.- Buena
Vista Real Estate Exchange has organized
with Z. b. Guyer, President, and Jno. w.
Childs, Vice President.
Remarkable Escape. Maggie Bell
Smith, aged fourteen, was struck by a G.
& 0. freight engine going fourteen miles an
hour and escaped with few cuts and
bruises.
Hotel Sold.-The Buena Vista company
has sold its new and unfinished hotel and
the surrounding fourteen acres of land to
Nc Candlish & Cloves for $125,000.