Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-12-09

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An interesting letter from our Parnas Su!
correspondent will be found on the first
page Of this weeks paper.
Chas. Crawford, colored man of the
hermitage neighborbood, and a particular
f~iand of the editor of this journal, butch
3red pro5s & the largest hog killed in this
county this year Il was 81 the Chester
sock. and weighed 515 lbs.
-aAuel A. Wilson, one of the leading
iuelchants of this city, formerly resident
~ highland county, was slightly paralyzed
l4e,day night of last week at his home in
ais city. Medical aid was summtned and
hls heart action was restored. and he has
been steadily improving since.
The Ladies of the Second presbyterian
church will give sociable at the residence
Mrs. A II. Fultz, on Vine street, next
Ff6ay evening from to 10 o'clock. All
a,e sOrdially invited to attend.
s. Harriet E. Riswick, an aged and
taaened lady of this city, died here las
tuesday and was buried on Thursday al
clock P. NJ, from the Baptist church
tDa Rev. M. l.. Wood conducting the fune
LEI services.
Victoria Holmes charged with the larceny
vi wearing apparel from the residence of w.
r.. Newman, was last Saturday sent on tC
the grand jury by Police Justice Landes.
Mrs. Julia Marshall, wife of j. Z. Mar
shall, Of Williamsville, Bath county. died
o. the 25th of November, aged about forty
1ve years. She leaves husband and five
2g.iGren surviving her.
g. A Accord, carpenter Of the Hot Springs
Bath county, while hunting last week slip
led and fell when his gun was discharged.
the entire load of shot entering the calf of
his leg. He is recovering.
A bear came on the back porch of j. L.
McAllisters residence at Warm Springs
Monday night of last week. He was heard
ard seen whilst there and in the morning
IS l0oT prints were plainly visible.
NJ Al. W. Knipple of the Arbo1 Hill
n.., Aacrhood, buthered five hogs last week
tina, ayeraged sos pounds.
Cards have been issued announcing the
ills city, at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening
bee, 6ih, of Joseph Anderson Glasgow, an
sU9raey of this city, now Commonwealth
3 tt0rney, and Maria Washington Ransom
the heautiful and accomplished daughter Of
Capt Ihos. d. Ransom Of "Oakenwold.
Dr mo. M. Tate, one Of the most promi
nnt physicians of this county, died at his
home at Greenville on the End inst. He was
one Of augusta S best citizens, and a man
seemed by every one. An extended notice
a. bis death will be found in the letter OF
our GreenviIle correspondent.
The approaching marriage of Miss Sallyt
Fruyne Patterson to DR.. w. V. Nantz ha:
been announced to take place at the resi-
denca of the brides mother on South Mar
bet street. on tomorrow, Dec. 10. Miss Pat
.er5ou is daughter Of the late DR.. Hy. NJ
Patterson of this city, and the groom is {
veil known physician of Maybury, W
"a No cards.
the Virginia Hotel one night last week
81 guest went to bed and blew out the gas
&nULhGr guest on going to his room which
adioined the one in which the gas had been
blown out, detected the oder and the room
g-as entered and the mistake rectified. Tht
person who had detected the odOrs of thu
en- and saved the life of the person wh(
Lad made the mistake, then went to bed anc
orange as it may seem, himself blew GU
tDa gas. and by accident the mistake was
detected and his life saved.
Our friend Capt. Thomas A. Blackford
Prof. Of Mathematics and military instruc
tor at Cheltenham Academy, Pa, has sem
us the Thanksgiving number Of the college
magazine entitled tbs Re0ille, which is ont
of the very neatest academic magazines we
have ever seen published. Cheltenham wor
the lnter-academio foot ball championship
this year, and fine picture of the team ap
pears Oh the front page of the work.
Robert Fifer, a young man OF about 2
years of age, died in this city on last Friday
night after rather protracted illness. Mr.
Fifer was raised in Staunton but for some
years had been in the show business, travel
ling under the stage title of Prof. Hany
Rolla, the young man. He was contor
ZIONIST Of reputation, and had acquired some
celebrity on the stage. He leave two broth
ers and one sister, Adam Fifer resides il
Newport News, the other brother, George
and the sister, Annie reside here.
Among the weddings announced for this
month at Lexington. are those of Capt
Montgomery Beverly Corse, assistant pro
fessor at the Virginia Military Institute
and son of the late Gen Corse, and Mis-
Ella Vivian Semmes, daughter of COlone
Thomas NJ Semmes, of the Virginia Militia
ry Institute, to take place at Grace Memo
rial Epicopal church, Wednesday evening
Dec. IS, 1896, at s o'clock, and Capt. Samue
Branch Walker, Jr., adjutant Of Virgins
Military Institute, and Miss Katherine lie
Hopkins, at the home of the bride, at til
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew w
Paxton, in Lexington, Thursday, Dec. II. a
1880 O'Clock in the afternoon.