Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-23
THALHlMER'S.
THE VALLEY CITY.
Notes-PoIiticnl-Py
Pofpts-Briefs.

sTAIJNTON. VA, February 2.-lspe-
cial)-superintendent OF Public scnoois
John h Bader is in JacksonVilIe' RIA,
attending the sessions of the Natlonai
Convention OF Public School Superintend-
ents. Mr.. Bader accompanied MS sis.el-
in-law, Mrs. Hilton. rs far as Chasiot'e'
N. c., she going on thence to her honie'
at Spartanburg. .o,-
her husband, Mr.. ]. r. Craig, VINO mas
opened a. store in Macon. Miss.
one of Covington's pretty girls MISS
-JessIe Skeen, - In the city, the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett G.. Gooch, on soutn
Market street.
MIR. Charles e. Hoge, of Frankfort.
XIV. with his daughters, Miss Eva Hoge
and Miss Kate Hoge. are visiting reia-
tives here. o,,,.
Judre George X. Anderson. Of Clifton
Forge. was in town this week, being en-
tertained at the home OF Mr.. ana MIS-
Garrett G.. Gooch.
Mr. Edwin III. Reese, OF the baltimore
News's reportorial staff. arrived Thurs
day to visit his father, DR.. Beverly +.
Reese who has been quite sick for ten
days past.
VISITED WASHINGTON.
ou,te n number of our citizens availed
,bemse,ves of the reduced rates to Wash
ington. offered both by the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Baltimore and ONO
railroads. and went on the Thursday
trains to peep in on the doing OF Congress
and the capital. These reduced rates are
offered once each month during the gay
season in washington. are well patron
tied. and afford no little pleasure TO our
people. .,,o T..
Mr.. II. Clay Niche, Of Albemarle, Is
snsnd,no a fortnight In Stanton with his
daughter. Mrs. J. Breckenridge Catlett
Tn the mast two years there has been
n notable Improvement in the matter
as we'll as in the extent or newspaper ad-
vertislng by our merchants. This I'M
provement too. seems TO have gone hana
in hand with better "lhuo" oisPiaSS VI
better goods
IMPORTANT SURVEY.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway has
a CORPS OF engineers surveying the nne
and running levels from the White Sui
phur Springs northeast 10 1uh'si ss,'.
In Pocahontas county. w. Va, distance
~ thirtv-two miles. This lateral extern
sIon will discover a splendid section, rich
in ora and timber. According 10 MT
Axtelle the road will not be built this
xaar However. II Is one OF the enter
nrIses decided on for the future. The
grades between the two points are easy
there being but TWO small MOUNTAIN III
yldes. to be crossed.
The Hon. Edwin Este, OF New YORK,
vaa IN stanton this week feeling the
nuIs. OF Republican opinion as to the
candidacy Of Hon. Levi p. Morton Tor
the Republican presidential nomination:
Mrs. John A. Coke, OF Richmond. Is IN
town. a guest Of Mrs. Jeb Stuart, at the
Virginia Female Institute.
Misses Hoggand and Wilson. OF Norfolk.
who have been the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs A. +. Kinney for several weeks
mast. left Friday for Rapidan. where they
will visit friends.
"Factory HILL" in East staunton. q
mart Of the Staunton boom property. has
been purchased by Mr.. NJ. Erskine Miller.
Forty acres for 5000
Past-Grand- Chancellor W. l.. Olivier.
accompanied by fifteen members 70 Staun-
ton Lodge. No. Is, Knights Of Pythias.
on wednesday night went down to
Wavnesboro' and Instituted there Blue
Ridge Lodge. No. 50. with an initial men,
nersbin of fifteen. Grand Chancellor w.
"a Garrett, OF Leesburg. Will officially
visit stanton Lodge Monday night
Mrs. Herbert Holmes a Court. who
intended to leave for South Carolina
this week to look after big interest In
nronerty there, was detained at home
by a severe illness.
Miss Rosa +. Witz is in Baltimore. the
guest of friends.