Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-12-25

Those who attended Trinity Episcopa
Church last Sunday morning will always re
call with pleasure the solo, Come Unto Me,
rendered by Mr.. Luxford. Nothing coult
have been more appropriate and beautiful
than this voluntary, as he sang it.
Hon. Edward IEchols. Silas Walker, anG
Crawford Sims, have returned to their: home.
during the Legislativelrecess::
Homo. P. Jones, Senatar from Highland
has also gone home.
Rev. G. W. spiggle, of Kittanning, Pa.
renews his subscription, and says Il was
rejoiced to geta copy Of. the SPECTATOR to day.
We were rejoiced to hear from so good a
friend, and extend to him and his the com.
pliments of the season.
DR.. J. E. Eakle, of New Hope, has beer
confined to the house for the past month. He
has suffered very much with boils.
Mr. B. L. Partlow has moved for the win
ter to his farm near Fishersviile.
Capt. H. w. Holt and family left Thursday
Surrey county, Va.
Frazier Bell, Erskine Miller Rodger Wake
Kent Harrison, students at the Alexandra
| High School. are at their home for the holi.
days.
Judge Geo. NJ Harrison, of the Supreme
Court, is spending the holiday recess at
home.
Our public schools have closed to resume
on the Sd of January. Many of the teachers
have taken advantage of the vacation to visit
friends, or spend the time at home. Amongst
those are Misses Young, Fay, Grattan, Brown
and Messrs Twilley and Weaver, and possibly
others.
Mr.. V. B. Kerr, who runs the old Brew
mill on Christians Creek, called to enroll
himself as subscriber.
Col. J. c. Shields has sent kind words and a
years subscription to the SPECTATOR.
Hon. H. St. George Tucker is in the city,
during the Congressional recess. He called at
the SPECTATOR Office and congratulated it.
Mr.. E. L. Bell, Of Lewisburg W. Va, a
prominent merchant of that town, was in
the city visiting friends last week.
Kent Snyder, son of Hon. A. c. Snyder. of
Lewisburg, a student of Washington and
Lee University, spent few days here on his
way home.
Miss Gussie Bumgardner, teacher in the
Allegheny Female Institute at Clifton Forge
is spending the holidays at the home of her
parents in this CITY, -.,-,.- go; -s-
Mrs. ]. E. B. Stuart, Principal of the Vir-
ginia Female Institute. will spend the holi-
days in Norfolk.
Prof. James A. Harrison, of the University
of Virginia, accompanied by his wife and
little son, spent few hours in the city on
last Saturday on their way to Lexington.
He and his wife both expressed great sur
prise at the improvement of Staunton during
the past few years.
James R. Taylor, Jr. & Co. is the name of
a new insurance firm to begin business with
the new year. The firm is composed of James
R. Taylor, Jr. and W. J. Perry, and their per-
manent Offices will be in the new Masonic
Temple. They represent the very best fire
and life companies, and are the pleasantest
kind of people with whom to deal. They
need no introduction to the.citizens of Staun-
ton or Augusta county.
Among the new building and loan compa-
MES to be chartered and begin business within
the last year in Staunton, is the Augusta
Home Building and Loan Association. This
company proposes to lend money on good
farm as well as city property. This is field
not entered except to very limited degree by
other companies. The Blue Grass, Ken
lucky Corporation has closed up and gone out
of business here, leaving more room for this
enterprise than before. The officers names
appear in an advertisement in another COL
umn. The success of this company has so far
been phenomenal.