Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-15
Personals.
DIR. ]. D. Dreher, President of Roanoke Col
lege who has been i'll, is now convalescent.


DR.. ]. D. Dreher President of Roanoke Col
lege, who has been i'll. is now convalescent.
Bishop George F. Pierce of the M. E. Church
South, preached twice in Danville last Sunday.
Mr.. Edward Smith, the American consul at
Mannheim, Germany, died of apoplexy on Fri
day.
Capt. S. S. Brooke. editor of the Roanoke
Court of Roanoke.
Dr. Henry Latham, the oldest and most
prominent physician in Lynchburg, died at
his residence of paralysis last Friday night.
Miss Lille Patterson has returned to her
home in Monterey, Highland county. after a
visit of several months in Tazewell county.
Rev. DIR. George II. Martin, for many years
pastor of the Reformed church in Woodstock
has accepted call to Burkettsville, Frederick
county, Md.
Mr.. Jacob Lowman, aged 70 years. died on
Saturday week, at the residence of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fannie Hiner, near Monterey. High
land county,
Mr.. Elliot Baker, living in Milwaukee, a son
of Rev. VIM. E. Baker, late of this city. was
married on the End inst. to Miss L. N Petit. of
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
James A. Waddell, civil engineer of Rock
bridge county, fell from a second-story window
in Montgomery, Ala, Wednesday night, and
received injuries which caused his death in a
few hours.
TIE Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will meet
in Lexington to-day. Capt. T. j. Crowder, j.
w Ailor, Capt. James H. Waters. and W. o.
Straughan, of Staunton Lodge, No. IS, will be
in attendance
The marriage of the Princess Victoria of
Hesse with Prince Louis of Battenburg is fixed
for April 3Oth The Queen will attend, but she
has given orders that there shall be an entire
absence of festivity.
FIJI. Mays, ST., the Oldest ,member of the
Fincastle bar, died Friday week, aged SO years.
He was several times before the war elected to
the Legislature. and since 1870 held the posi-
ton Of United States Commissioner.
Rev. Douglas Clark, who recently accepted
the call to the Baptist church at Bridgewater,
preached his first sermon there on Sunday
morning Of last week. He is young minister
of promise, and will, no doubt, be acceptable
to his congregation there.
Mrs. Catharine Hundley. very excellent
old lady, died at her residence, near Salem
Roanoke county, on Thursday, 10th inst, aged
about IS years. She was devout Christian
lady, and had been member of the Lutheran
church, of that place, for many years.
We learn from the Mountain Herald that Mr..
VIM. ]. Phillips. son of Mr.. Samuel Phillips,
died very suddenly on last Friday morning
week, at his residence in Hinton, W. Va. He
leaves wife and four children and large
number of relatives and friends to mourn his
loss.
J. Frank Davis, late an employee at the Wes-
tern Lunatic Asylum, has engaged with the
Blue Ridge Nursery, OF Albemarie county.
Frank has had considerable experience in that
line, and when it comes to making selection
of fruit for customer he knows exactly what
is what
We learn from the Lexington Gazette that
Mrs John J. Gillock died at Clifton on Satur-
day week of meningitis. She vas daughter
of Lewis p. Davis. Esq. Eight children are left
motherless by this sad dispensation, a number
of them small. the youngest being about six
months old.
Mrs. A. G. Spangler late of Lewisburg, W.
Va, died in Charlottesville. at the home of her
son-in law, Mr.. VIM. II. Waddell, this morn
ing. Her death was caused by Bright's disease
of the kidneys. The funeral took place from
the Lewisburg Presby terrain church at II o'clock
Friday morning.
Peyton Brown, farmer, living n ear Bladens-
burg, Md, committed suicide on Thursday af-
ternoon in the streets of that place by shoot
ing himself. no particular cause can be as
signed for the deed. His mind had been I'M
balanced for some time and he was addicted
to the use of opium,
Charles Reade, the distinguished English
novelist, who died Friday, will be remembered
by the thousands who have read his works.
not only for the entertai nment which he af-
forded by his novels, but for the substantial
good accomplished by his pen in the way of
reforming many old abuses.
Mr., James NJ. Eads, of the mercantile firm
of Moose & Eads in Lexington, died on Monday
morning of last week after sickness of sew
eral months. He was married in Oollierstown
at which place his remains were buried. Dur
ing the war he was a member of the Rock
bridge Grays, Twenty Virginia In
fantry.
We learn from the Greenbrer Independent
that Master John Bright, a son OF Mr.. Jesse
Bright, of Lewisburg, w. Va, was wounded by
a spent ball in the late riot in Cincinnati He
was shot through the right hand and in the
right h1p-boIh wounds pelng mace by Jne
same bullet. He is under good treatment and
repidly improving.
DR.. Thos. II. Kinney, of Winfield, tue county.
seat of Putnam county, w. Va, on the Ka-
nawha River, about Midway between Charles
ton and Point Pleasant-a son of the late JEFF
ferson Kinney of this city-is on visit here to
his brother Arch. and other relatives and
friends. We are gratifed to learn that he is
doing well in his profession.