The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24


ton Forge more in one year than has
been realized in the last five years.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. X Anderson have
been visiting friends in Louisa county
for nearly a week past. Mr.. Anderson
has business there in court for a number
of clients.
Our friend, Architect Green, is as
CHEEKY and lively as a cricket. He has
his hands full of orders for plans and
specifications for new buildings and
this which makes him happy.
Money invested in Clifton Forge zeal
estate will be money well invested No
locality in TIE South can present IS
many advantages, and whose future is
more assured and promising.
Mr. e. X. Sargent left Tuesday for
few days trip to Newark, Nj, in re-
spouse to message conveying inteill>
gence of his fatler>in laws illness from
the breaking of a blood vessel by fall.
train of cars, loaded with goods for
the Grocery Company, struck one OF
the gates of the Lumber q Building Ass
ISOLATION, through whose yards the track
passes, Tuesday morning, and totally
demolished it,
We have met in Clifton Forge the last
few days number of persons who had
not been here since last fall In every
case wonder and surprise were expressed
at the progress OF the town and the sub
stantial character of the Improvements.
Mr.. J. Med. McCue, of Staunton, so
we'll and popularity known by a number
of our citizens, is visiting friends here
for day or two. He has great faith in
the future of the town, and says it has
the best outlook of any town in the
State.
GA boarder" informs us that the
Superintendent of the water works OF
Clifton Forge, intends to bring suit
against the milkmen of the town for
selling water for milk-an increase OF
water tax which he does not intend to
permit.
Mr.. G. n. Montgomery was out along
the works of Messrs. J. G. Carpenter q
Co. for several days last week and thus
dispensing joy to all the employees in
the shape of their monthly wages. 1t
was a very arduous tramp for him, but
the boys " enjoyed it hugely.
The contractors on the double-track-
ing have been q little blue on account
of the bad weather for the past week ;
but as the vernal equinox has now pass
ed we trust brighter weather is in the
stores OF the imm ediate future. And
then matters will get lively, sure enough.
Everybody is ripe for it.
Mr.. T. P. McAllister and Miss M. r.
Wilkinson, of Healing Springs, were
married on the 10Th. They came to Cliff
ton on the goth from bridal tour to
Richmond and the east, and stopped
with Mr.. Geo. Kincaid, of West Clifton
Forge, and are now visiting Mr.. Richard
Snead, a relative of the bride.
Mayor T. P. Bowles, Capt L. Hartman
and Col J. A. Frazier have been busy
the last few days valuing the property
and fixing the minimum prices of lots OF
the Clifton Forge Company, to be offered
at public auction on the 21st of April.
They lump good sum and show that
the Clifton Forge Company is solid.
We met Col August on the street the
other day with his hands full of plans
for houses, which he intends to erect.
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midst of live people, and that he meant
to make arrangements to bring his family
here. Come along, Colonel. Clifton
Forge needs just such men and will give
you hearty welcome.
The adoption of the amended Charter
will date a new epoch in the history OF
Clifton. 1t will assure outsiders that we
mean to have city here, and home PEG
pie will be stimulated to renewed exer-
ton to availsof the improved condition
of things and share in the advantages.
A dollar expended in Improvements will
then yield ten dollars in benefits.
Sev eral of our exchanges, some of
which have correspondents here, who
ought to know better, have fallen into
error in stating that the new char
ter proposed, takes in West Clifton
Forge. A portion of West Clifton was
embraced in the original draft, but OPP
position from members of that company
prevented it being included.
The large business being transacted at
the Clifton Forge wholesale grocery
would be taken as evidence of a long es-
tablished house When it is remembered
that it has been opened only few days
some idea of the future magnitude OF the
business may be formed. Car loads OF
goods are being unload ed, and then re-
loaded as job lots almost as fast as nm
| loaded.
Mr.. J. H. DeFord, of Baltimore, was
in Clifton Forge for a few hours on
Tuesday Mr.. DeFord is the proprietor
of severel tanneries, and is the gentle
man who is preparing to erect the tan
merry at Coyington, (which will not be
large tannery,n said Mr.. DeFord, but
larger than anything of the kind in this
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was much pleased with Clifton Forge.
and was surprised to find as many i'm
provements here as he did,
The Clifton Forge correspondent OF
the Staunton Neaos says that some of the
property owners of the town will spend
money to prevent the adoption of the
charter which will raise their taxes. We
doubt whether there are any property
owners so short sighted, for if they ac-
complish anything by the use of money
the amount spent would have to be more
than any one of the opponents would
pay in additional taxes during his natu-
raj lifetime 1t would be a narrow>mind
ed policy that would cause a citizen t6
spend money in influencing votes rather
than pay it in taxes for the improvement
of the town. The motive of the former
could not be eommendable, while in the
case it would be patriotic.
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