Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-03-27
Personal.

PERSONAL.
The position in the office of Adams Ex-
press office here, now held by Mr.. Thos. H
Slaven, but which he has resigned to take
effect on the LIST of May, will be filled by Mr..
Jacob Wamsley.
Rev. A. NJ. Fraser, of the First Presbyterian
Church of this city, preached last Sunday ir
the First Presbyterian Church of Norfolk
His pulpit here was filled by Rev. J. A.
Quarles, D. D., of Washington & Lee Uni
versity.
Emmanuel Church, of this city, preached in
Warrenton, Fauquier county. and his place
here was supplied by Rev Geo. w. Nelson,
of Warrenton.
Capt Robert Bruce Norman, of Roanoke
city, died at 3 o'clock last Friday afternoon
at Stafford Springs Miss, whence he went
for the benefit Of his health, aged IS years, 10
months and II days. He was son of DR..
John Norman, for many years physician at
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, and
was born in Harrisonburg, and lived awhile
in Lewisburg then at Salem, and finally at
Roanoke city.
Rev. James Atkins has gone to Lee, Mass,
to visit his uncle, Rev. G. Moseley Murray,
formerly of this city.
Misses Lou and Mary Robertson, of
Charlotte, N. c.. are visiting Alex. F. Robert
son, their uncle, of this city.
Judge Roger A. Pryor has accepted the in
vitation to deliver the annual address before
the Virginia Bar Association August 9th at
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs.
The Waynesboro Sentinel says that Mr..
Geo. F. Taylor, Waynesboro' man has been
appointed weigher of mails on the Iron Noun
tain Route between St. Louis, Mo-, and Little
Rock, Ark Mr.. Taylor will enter upon his
new duties about April LIST.
]. B. Watkins has been elected president of
the Virginia Agricultural Society.
United States Senator Jones. of Arkansas,
was vaccinated at his home in Washington,
Ark, on Wednesday of last week and be-
came seriously ill.
On Friday, Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart left here for
De roit, Michigan, to attend the funeral of
her father, Gen. Philip st. Geo. Cooke.
Rev. William A. Roush, of Nelsorvllle,
Ohio, has accepted call to the pastorate of
the Disciples Church, Charlottesville.
We regret to state that Col. Jas. H. Skinner
has been confined to the house for some time
by sickness. We learn that he is getting bet
ter and will, we hope, soon be able to be out
again.
The appointment by Bishop Mills of Rev.
]. D. Donovan to remain pastor of the U. B.
church of this city is hailed with pleasure
not only by the members of his congregation,
but also by the community generally, by
whom he is highly esteemed both as an earn
est and efficient pastor and genial and popu-
lar citizen.
The wife of Mr.. c. c. Berry went on Mon
lay to Johnstown Pa, to see her father, Rev.
r. A. Frick, D. d.
We are sorry to announce that DR.. H. NJ.
Patterson is confined to his home quite sick
with an attack of La Grippe.
To-day, at Middlebrook, Mr.. Chas s. Wills
will be married to Miss Anna Bell Bocock.
Tomorrow, at New Hope. Mr.. Jacob l..
Tomorrow. at Newport, Mr.. David Sensa-
baugh will marry Miss Emma Arehart
ALLEGED OUTRAGE IN POCAHONTAS.
The Highland Recorder of Friday, as of the
week before, makes no mention of the report
ed outrage in Pocahontas county. The ac-
count sent to the Staunton Neps was dated
Monterey. March 18th, where the Recorder is
published, and its silence about it is rem ark
able, if it believes it occurred.
Since the above was written on Saturday
night, the Ne,cs of Sunday published the fol-
lowing from its Monterey correspondent
MONTEREY, Va, March 23-The Staunton
Spectator in commenting on my special of
March l4th, seems to doubt the truth of the
account of the outrage on Mrs. Tracy. Iour
correspondent obtained his information from
one of the most reliable men in POcahOntaS
county and he gave the facts just as Mrs.
Tracy related them to him, and since the arti-
Gle has beef published several reliable men
from the immediate scene of the outrage have
made it out great deal worse than when
your correspondent was first informed. If
the Spectator desires any further evidence of
the truth of the report can refer it to fifty
good citizens of Pocahontas county.
CORRESPONDENT.
For the sake of the alleged victim aud the
reputation of Pocahontas county, we had hop
ed that the correspondent of the News had
been misinformed. and that hope was en-
couraged by the omission of the Highland
Recorder and the Pocahontas Times to men
ton it in their issues of week after the date
Of the alleged occurrence. This evidence is
merely negative. but it is of the character of a
negative pregnant" as the logicans term it.
P S.-There seems to be something mys-
terous about the alleged outrage on Mrs.
Tracy in Pocahontas county, w. Va. 1t was
reported to have occurred on the 9Th of March
in the neighborhood of Travellers Repose. A
gentleman of this city informed us yesterday
that he had seen on Monday a gentleman
from Travellers Repose on his way to Wash
lngton to attend the Baltimore Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and
that when he inquired of him about the re-
ported outrage on Mrs. Tracy, he replied by
saying that he did not credit it-that he had
heard something about it, but that The believ-
ed it to be a made-up story"
If there be any truth in it at all. it will
probably prove to be such case of exagger-
alton as that illustrated in the story of the
Three Black Crows"
ST. PATRICK.
Rev. Father McVerry, of the st. Francis
A.