The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-04

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mons this week, Monday and Tuesday
evenings. at the Town Hall, and closed
his meetings here on the latter night.
Mr.. C. b. Camper. of the Fincastle
Herald, was in town on Tuesday, stop
ping over on his return from a visit with
his sister to friends at Lewisburg, w. Va.
Miss Nellie Grady, who has been visit
ing Mrs j H. Carlisle for sometime, re-
turned to her home in Richmond on
Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Carlisle.
Mayor Hugh A. White, of Buena Vista,
was in Clifton Forge on Friday last, and
paid his respects to the VIRGINIAN. He
reports his city in flourishing conol-
ton.
The regular meeting of Knights OF
Pythias will be held at their hall in the
Masonic building on Tuesday evening
February the 9th, 1892, at 7:S0 o'clock.
A full attendance is requested.
jackson & Co. have opened new res
taurant near the new depot, in West
Clifton Forge, where they are prepared
to serve the public with the best the
market affords. Give them call.
nav line Of water pipe has been la id
from West Main street up to Church
street bridge. This is done to supply
the Frazier building and the Carpenter
wholesale house and opera house with
water.
Mr.. Patterson, of the firm of Patterson
& Hardisty, has gone to New York to
select a stock of wall papers for the
coming season. Those wishing good
work at moderate prices would do we'll
to give them call.
The Covington hotel, under the mans
agement Of Mr.. A. B. Camper, is being
conducted in first class style, and the
guests are treated in first-class manner.
Mr.. Camper is demonstrating that he
knows to run a hotel,
Mr.. J. D. Hobbs, Of Roanoke, Va,
spent Monday in Clifton Forge. He was
on his way to Covington to visit his
brother, J. J. Hobbs, clerk Of the courts
of Allegheny county. Mr.. Hobbs had
not been here in three years, aud re-
CARDS the transformation of our town as
something wonderful.
Mr.. Never Coplen, of Baltimore. father
of our townsman, Mr.. M. Copien, arrived
in town the latter part of the week on
visit to his son and family. This is Mr..
off 70 oh hnrp
On the previous occasion he was carried
past owing to the fact that he is unable
to speak English and could not tell
where he wished to get off.
The iron front of the new Carpenter
wholesale house, which has been put up
within the past week, is great addition
to the appearance of the bull ling and to
that locality The tin roof is now being
put on, also, and when these are com
pleted the building will assume the ap-
pearance of city airs. Both these add1-
lions is the work Of that energetic con-
tractor, r. L. Thomas.
Attention is called to the law cards of
Messrs. Geo. A. Rivercomb and Il. L.
Garrett. The former is well known to
our readers, having been born and raised
in an adjoining courtyard having an ex-
tensive acquaintance and relationship
among the people of this county. lie is
a young man of fine ability and business
capacity Mr.. Garrett is a young gen
tleman who has recently come to the
hoe 0nn6
impression upon those who have en-
trusted him with business as a careful
and painstaking representative OF his
clients.
Abraham S. Williams died at his resi-
dence in Bridgewater, Va, on the 9th
of January, of grippe, aged " years. He
was gentleman of deep religious con-
victions, of high moral character, and
citizen without reproach. He had been
a member of the Luthern church for half
a century, and lived his profession OF re-
ligion in his daily life. He leaves
widow and five children: J. E. Williams,
of Monterey, Va; Mrs. R. P. Lowman,
of Rushville, Va; Mrs. NJ. H. Hedrick,
of Dayton, Va, and Misses Fannie and
Alice Williams, of Bridgewater, Va. He
rests in the assurance Ct glorious i'm
mortality.
A remarkable exposure of iron ore has
been made at Mine Bank, on the Nor
folk and Western railroad in Augusta
county, owned by the Virginia Mining
and Investment Company. The railroad
to the mines and the mining plant hav-
ing been completed, opening the mines
has been commenced and ores are being
shipped. The first opening exposed a
40 foot breast of needle ore that ana
lyzed 81 per cent. of metallic iron. Three
other openings give the same quality OF
ore, and present p body of ore far sur
passing anything of the kind ever dis
covered in the Blue Ridge Range. From
$50 to 200 tons daily will be shipped for
the present, and the OUTPUT enlarged as
the plant is increased in handling ca
pacity.