Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-27
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June roses will soon be in bloom.

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June roses will soon be in bloom.
Save your flowers for Memorial Day.
Don't forget that juno the eth is Memoria
Day.
The weather has been cool and showery dur
ing the past week.
THE music OF the spheres" can be heard a
the ten pin-alley on Main Street.
See C. Il O. Railway advertisement for chang
of schedule, which went into effect yesterday.
a lawn party will be given in aid of the Yves
End Sabbath School, on the evening of Thurs
day, May 29h.
The Staunton Artillery have ordered fifty new
helmets. They expect to get them in time fo
Memorial Day at Winchester.
| We are indebted to Senator f. E, Withers fol
a copy of the report oftha investigation ofalleg
ed electoral frauds in the late Presidential cleo
| ton.
AS it is now getting warm enough to take the
babies out for an airing. The little nnocents
are beginning to make their appearance on the
| streets in large numbers.
! It is said that by washing the hands with salt
| ana VA! III Nttttl dllSi OAlOuS Vi llSl
the unpleasant smell of both will be efectually
removed.
| The song OF the candidate,
"Howdy, howdy howdy do,
| How's your family aud how are you"
| is no longer heard in the land.
! The Presbyterian church at Williamsville
| Bath county, is being painted. The Sunday
School Convention will begin its session there
on the 18th of June.
II is said that to get the fashionable spring
| bonnet into its proper diapidated shape it is
| necessary to sit on 1t all day and sleep on it all
night. But whether that is 20 or Rot no fellow
can find out.
| MIR. NJ. d. Bailey has sent q sample of very
fine wool. cut from the old stock Of sheep, one
year old, which measures II inches. The fleece
weighed pounds and the wool is Of very fine
| texture.
| The Hebrew Feast of weeks, in commem ora
ton ofth delivery to Moses OF the Ten Com
mandments on Mt. Sinai will be observed to-
day, and there will bc services 3 the Synagogue
on Augusta Street, at l011in the morning.
Furguson, cfthc Anderson. Enterprise, says that
when he descended the incline at Canneltcn
he did not incline to think he was going TIC
heaven, put 10 Tue OiutI place
| Facitis desccnsus -4reIfai.
He sang, Farewell: vain world, am going
home
On Monday night of last week, thewife Of MI
| John J. Straughan, printer in the office of the
VALLEY Nirginian,' presented aim with pain
of twin boys.-Spcc ator.
Didn't you stretch little, brother Mauzy,
| Surely there were not f0r OF them at once
AlGe1SoH }ate?p1[s9.
Certainly not, ana friend OF the l1,at6r j.liss
is mistaken in surprising that par can mean
-four Does he claim -four shoes when he
buys ''pair:" Two boys at a birth are twins
and constitute 'par oftwin boys"
The tickets for the concert by the Mendels.
soiln lyuintette Clri} are for sale at Olvier's
| Book Store. We advise all vino wish to get
seats TO procure them early, as the fame Of the
performers and the fact of this icing the First
C5accTt II the '3eto Gig Iat' viii draw very
| large audience.
The best Goods ever offered for cents, III
this community, can be found at GLADKE's.
Personals.
j. b. King is appointed postmaster at Ferroli.
Augusta county, uice Eugene W. Green, re-
signed.
| Mr.. John N. Carroll was elected City TreasJi-
re: of Stappton on last Thursday without any
| opposition.
| Mr.. Joseph \. Woodward, the well-known
hotel man, will soon leave for the White Sui
| phur Springs, where he has accepted position
in the conmssary department.
We learn that Mrs. C. II. Tipping has leased
the Willow Spout Female Seminary, and will
open school at that place next fail. Mrs. Tip
ping has been most successful as teacher il
the Public schools of stanton and as Princi pai
of the Female Seminary at Lewisburg, West
| Virginia.
Messrs. II. w. DeLong and Oscar Woodruff,
| Of Evansville, New York, returned to Staunton
| last Saturday after week fishing in the Wes-
tern part Of Augusta. They are much pleased
| with their trip, and had very fine sport. es~
terday evening. in company with Major N. II.
| Hotchklss, they left on the Chesapeake & Ohio
| Railway FOR Kanawha Faila.
| Me- J. V Brooke j.. who for several years
| has been practicing at the Stanton bar, has
returned to his former home at Warrenton,
Fauquier county, where he will continue to
practice his profession. MIR. Brooke, during his
residence here, made many warm friends, who,
whilst ragretting his departure will, watch his
| future career with interest, and with the best
wishes for his success and prosperity.
DR.. Ohm E. Lockrdge, a native of this coun-
| ty, and an intelligent and skllful physician
who removed from Mt. Scion in this county to
Indianapolis, Ind, some four or five years since
has recently been elected Physician, by tbs
! Board of Trustees of the Institute for the Edu-
cation of the Deaf and Dumb in that city, tc
succeed DR.. j. N. Kitchen, and DR.. VIM. Glenn
of Murcie superintendent 10 succeed Mr.
| Thcs. McIntire.
| The Huntington (W. Va Adue,tiser says thai
| Gen. Imboden spent the night Of last week al
the Merchants Hotel. In the evening the band
| serenaded the General, who responded in 6
| handsome speech III which he referred to the
resources and prospects of West Virginia, anG
was heartily applauded by the audience
General Imboden is engaged in developing
coal and iron mines on the Gauley and Ka'
nawila rivers.
| The Huntington AdUeftisef OF the 9th inst.
says 81 the matter CT the proposed extension
westward OF the Chesapeake d Ohio, General
Echo!s Of s;taunton, who, simultaneously with
Mr.. Huntington's Western trip, made visit tG
look after the Mt. Sterling route, has made
some PROCESS in negotiations with the Ken
| lucky people regardingit. He found our neigh
| bors q little cut OF humor over the delays III
completing this road. consequent upon the gen.
eral depression of the times, but left them in 6
| better humor after mutual explanations had
been heard and it is now hoped that the cher
! led scheme of uniting US with the West and
South by this route viii be realized within q
reasonable time. The Generals suavity OF
| manner and frankness in the treatment OF the
subject doubtless contributed much to further
| this object
| Staunt Il. mayG-t
| TIE ORATORS MEDAL.-The orators medal
awarded by the G. A. Literary Society Of the
University of Virginia was won, in the contest
ON the 10Th inst, by Mr.. j. w. Graham, of Ken
| lucky, theslhject ofwhose address was Music
| Tho Ot her CONTESTANTS were Mr. VanueryOCt OF