The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-03

Mr.. Jacob Wissler, Of Edenburg, Shen
andoah county, spent Tuesday night In
town.
Miss Ida Stutz, of Gordonsvile. Va,
! is visiting her sister, Mrs w. f. Fauver'
of this place.
DR.. Frank Miller left for Richmond
Monday night on a combined business
and pleasure trip.
mr.. ". I Steele, of Charlottesville, was
back amongst old friends Tuesday even
ing for a short time.
Commonwealth Attorney, w. u. Al
len. of Covington, was in town Tuesday
night and yesterday.
W. r. Grant. OF Rockhridge, has taken
charge of the Singer Sewing Machine
Office in Clifton Forge
r. S. Turk, Esq is announced as a
candidate for commemorative Attorney
for the city of Stiunton.
Mr.. L. NJ. Moselcy has been quite i'll
for a week or ten days from erysipelas,
but is doing well at this time.
/ On the 9th, Miss Matte Trimble OF
Monterey, will be married to Mr.. Luther
S. Dickinson, OF New Hope, Va.
Mr. ]. w. C!eary, representing the
National Electric Headlight Co., OF In
dianapolis, was in Clifton Forge on Mon
day.
w. r. McCue, Esq, announces himself
a candidate for Mayor OF the city OF
Staunton. The other candidates are
Mayor FuItz ana Heber ker.
Miss Matte Hughes returned from a
visit to Mrs. H w. hIstssie, in the valley,
on Tuesday. and will leave tomorrow
to visit Miss Fannie Tinsiey, in Rich
mond.
1t is reported that the Farmers Ali
ance works at Iron Gate have succeeded
in negotiating a loan which will enable
them to begin operations with smooth
sailing.
The Basic City AGoaaace is to be re-
moved to Charlottesville. Messrs Lind
sey & Haas, are good newspaper men
and will give the people of Charlottes-
a live paper.
The Literary Society will meet at the
Y. NJ. C. A. hall to morrow night. Music
and recitations will take the place OF
the debates, and an enjoyable occasion
is anticipated.
Capt. Beard. an engineer on the G. u
O.. and wife and bright little boy, re-
turned from Stanton Tuesday evening,
Where they had been visiting Mrs.
Boards relatives.
Jos. e. Rollins, cashier of the Coving
ton National Bank, has retired from the
firm Of Tyree, Rollins & Co., Charleston,
w. Va, and will devote his entire time
to interests in Covington.
We had pleasant call. on Wednesday,
from L. K. Deyendorf, Il prominent and
intelligent. business man of Washington,
! d c.. He was accompanied by MI. L.
K. Hickman, ofaIron Gate.
Capt. 7. S. Keller, of Charlottesville,
Va, spent several days in Clifton Forge
the latter part Of last week. He is the
proprietor of the jewelry house here, OF
which Mr. j. w. Lipop is manager.
Miss Berta Hodge, who has been teach
ing in the public schools here, left on
Saturday to visit friends at Low Moor.
If the private school is literally support
ed, we learn that Miss Hodge will assist
Prof Kittinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. n. Shepard left on
Tuesday for Lynchburg, Va, where
they went to attend the marriage OF Mr..
Shepard's sister, Miss Lucy, to Mr.. Mad>
dox, of Pittsylvania county, which took
place yesterday
Capt. r. H. Davis, DR.. R. S. Wiley and
Mr. John Lloyd returned from Richmond
on Saturday last, where they went in
the interest, pro and con, of the bill for
the extension of the corporate limits,
Mr.. LLOYD returned to Richmond Sun
day night.
Messrs. Fox Montague and Allen
Tyler, composing the firm OF Montague
& Tyler, railroad contractors, now oper>
ating near Low Moor, spent Saturday
They left that night for Richmond to
visit their families.
On Thursday last Mr.. A. B. Cochran
of Summerdean, Augusta county, was
married to Miss Fannie G. Rosen, of
Staunton. Mr. Cochran is a brother of
our townsman, Mr.. w. s. Cochran, who,
with his wife, went down to Staunton
to witness the nuptials.
Lieutenant w. G. Hamilton has ten
dered his resignation of the position of
First Lieutenant, Allegheny Division,
No. 1a, Uniform Rank. K. of P. at Cliff
ton Forge, Va Prospective business
elsewhere, which would prevent the
proper and efficient discharge OF his
official duties, is assigned as the reason.
Rev. E. W. McCorkle was called to
Buchanan last Friday to assist in the
funeral service at the burial of Mrs. D..
b. Gabbert who died of apoplexy. Mrs.
Gabbert and her husband, who is road
master on the James river division, for
merly lived here. She was a native Of
the Swoopes ncighborhood, Augusta
county.
Mr. G. A. K. Bowles has been quite ill
at the residence of Capt. Moody for the
past week from an attack of erysipelas.
His brother Mr.. W. A. Bowles, Esq, of
Basic City, arrived here to see him on
Friday, and on Saturday his mother
came up from Louisa county. At last
accounts he was improving and it is to
be hoped he W i'll soon be out again.
Capt J. G. Newman and Messrs. H. B.
Nicholas. w. T. Newman, f. S. Suddarth
and W. j. Bland all of Highland county,
but connected with the A. E. Withrow
Lumber Company, arrived here this
week to conduct the building operations
of that company in this place. The first
work in hand is the residence of Mr. J..
W. Alexander, near Dry Run. We trust
that building operations will be active
enough to make the stay of these gen
tlemen among US permanent.
Mr.. P. s. Bemis left last night, with