Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-19
Personal.

| Baldwin Wayt, who IS student at TN
University of Virginia, spent few days
home last week.
Herbert II. A'Court former subject
Great Britain, was naturalized by the Coun
ty Court last week.
| Our venerable friend, Mr.. R. a. Curry, ha
been spending a few days with his son
Charles, in this city.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank viii
have to increase its force of clerks, if bushes
keeps up as it has been in the last week.
| Dr. Hy. NJ Patterson has removed into the
which he purchased some time ago.
Miss Mary Miller Mathews of Lewisburg
w. Va. is visiting Miss Mary Funkhouser on
East Beverley street.
I j. NJ. Perry, of the law firm of Blease &
Perry was in Richmond last week on bust
ness before the Legislature.
VIM. B. McChesney, Esq. returned from
Richmond Monday, where he had beer
transacting important insurance business.
Jacob Scherer. the ball-player of Staunton
but who played with the Roanokes last year
will this year play with the Scranton pa
team.
Mr.. S. T. Peck, of Ronceverte, W. Va, is in
the city on business and pleasure also. He i:
spending a few days with his friend, Mr.
M. NJ. Robertson.
W. W. Brennaman, Esq, of Pocahontas
Va, was in the city last week. and renewed
his acquaintance with many of our people.
A. C. Gordon left Monday for William and
Mary College, where he delivered an address
before the Phi Beta Kappa Society on yester.
day.
The Committee of Investigation of the D.
D. & B. Institute after spending several days
taking testimony here returned to Richmond
on Friday last.
Mrs. Jacob Picker and her daughter, Mrs.
DR.. E. F. Wayman, have both been consider.
ably indisposed for some days, but are now
better.
Our merchants are getting ready for their
spring trade: Mr.. G. G. Berry has put some
fresh touches on the front of his store and
Loeb Brothers are improving theirs.
Hon. H. st. Geo. Tucker telegraphed a
friend in this city that he is hopeful of the
outcome of his election contest. The argu-
ment was completed on last Saturday.
Rumors are current that Amelia Rives
CHAMBER the novelist, is to wed Prince Trou
betzkoi, an artist and composer, whom she
met at London garden party last season.
B. B. Eskridge, formerly manager of the
Adams Express Office now of Washington,
D. c. has been the guest or his brother, Mr.
A. A. Eskridge, for several days.
On today Miss Bertha Hydenreich will be
married to DR.. w. E. Oliver of Elliston, Va,
at Chrst's Lutheran church in this City, the
Rev. H. F, Shealy officiating.
An interesting and authentic article on the
troubles in Armenia is published on the 4th
page of this issue.
Whitfield Mauzy, brother of Albert G.
Mauzy, of this office, of McGaheysville, Va,
who has been in the city on visit, returned
home last Saturday.
E. G. kirkpatrick returned to augusta last
week from visit to his father, Geo. Kirk
patrick, and brothers, who reside on An
thongs Creek. in Greenbrier county, w. Va.
Andrew Pifferling of this city, will be mar
ried to Miss Lille Nails on February 18th,
next Wednesday, at noon, at the home of
the bride, Del Ray, Alexandra county, Va
Col. H. J. Williams was in the city last
week for several days in attendance on a
meeting of the Board of Visitors of the
Western State Hospital of which he is a
member.
Mr.. G. D. Letcher, of the law firm of
Letcher & Letcher of Lexington, son of the
late Governor Letcher, has been in the city
several days engaged in taking dispositions
in an important law suit
Mr.. H Michie of Albemarle county, is on
visit to his daughter, Mrs. DR.. J. B. Catlett.
On yesterday he paid visit to his old Com
rade in Arms. Rev. DR.. G. W. Finley. of
Thinking Spring, who has been quite sick Of
late.
Messrs. McIlhany & HILLARY sold last week
farm in this county, which contains about ITO
acres Mr.. Balter is an Englishman who
has been in this county a short time.
William B. Van Lear and George A. Van
Lear, sons of Mrs. Mamie Van Lear of this
city, have purchased the Christian Barbee
Drug Company of Roanoke, Va, and will
hereafter conduct the business
r. W. Smith, prominent plummer of this
city, was paralyzed in his left side on Thurs
day evening last at his place of business on
Main street, and was taken to his home about
in the afternoon. His condition is reported
better.
Mrs. VIM. Hevener has bought from VIM
Sterrett, of Rockbridge Baths, his farm of
near 300 acres in Grab Bottom, Highland
county, for $40 per acre, or $4,000 This is
one OF the finest farms in that county and
added to her other lands, makes a princely
estate
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Bet
tie Splitter, of Sangersville, to Mr.. John Riten.
our of Harrisonburg. The ceremony will be
solemnized in Harrisonburg on Wednesday
March 4th, at the residence of Policeman
Meyers, brother-in-law of the bride.
large committee of citizens will leave TO,
Richmond to-day to urge the State Democratic
Committee to select Staunton as the place for
holding the State Convention. The only rea
son urged against US, is that we have not the
| hotel facilities This is all talk. Our hotels
are like omnibusses, there is always room fol
one more.
Mrs. Hilton, with her son Harry, who has
been spending the winter with her sister. the
wife of Prof. ]. H. Bader, returned on Mon
day to her home near Spartanburg, s. C. She
| was accompanied as far as Charlotte, N. c., by
Prof. Bader who was on his way to Jackson.
vile, Florida, to attend the National Conyen
ton of Public School Superintendent which
assembled in that city yesterday morning tc
remain in session till Friday.
Andrew Price, Editor of the Pocahonta
Times, an excellent weekly paper published a
Warrington, Pocahontas county, w. Va, wa
in the city on Monday, on his return from
Mt. Clinton. Rockingham county, where h.
az vic; &1If g..