Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-09-02

MI. ). w. Dooley, VI lulS CITY, mas peer
e speaking for the Prohibition ticket at tn,
various points throughout the county.
Mr. Jas E. A. Gibbs of Raphine, has sold
patent procured by him for an improvement
in bicycles.
A. G. Braxton, who has been for week at
tending the Allegheny Circuit Court, returned
home yesterday.
t Mrs. E. J. Wilkinson and. her daughter
: Vera, are spending month at Cismont Abe
marie county.
: julius Witt received fall from his whee
, last week, which has laid him up for few
, days
. H. G. Braxton, T. K Menifee and one OF
two other young men have gone to Richmond
to engage in business there.
Miss Fontanie Ransom, Miss Katharine
Trout and Mr.. W. P. Trout have returned
from Raleigh Springs.
Mr.. A. S. Morton, who has been quite i'll
for some weeks, was well enough to be out
last week, but much reduced in tiesk.
Miss Mary Haines. of Waynesboro, was last
week visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank 7. Holt,
on East Beverly st.
Mrs. Hugh L. Gallaher has returned to
| Waynesboro. after an extended visit to her
sister, near Cleveland Ohio.
Gt- J. taylor Ellyson, whose wife is visit
ing az tie iolne of Maj. Jed Fotchk:ss also
spell Sunday last there.
1 i .ula'ea u Station people vent over to
Charlottesville yesterda, 10 attend the Chris
til Entaeavor Conference now being held
there.
Mr.. e. ID. Hailsip, of the News, left Monday
for the Indianapolis Convention. Messrs. J.
! Mason Miller, J. H. Crozier and C. W. S.
Barnes expected to leave yesterday.
lAr. 4. NJ. Rankin, Superintendent Of
Schools for Orangeburg, S.. c., was in the c; Y
OF Saturday last on tis way 70 Variety Springs
,-hilst b. ere he yisitcu the public school build
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Stubs AND IN Maupin,
ESQ, th1 city th wees, altendins, a
meeting of Executive Boa: of the D. d.
& R. Institute.
A number of the pupils of the D. D. & B.
have arrived and a large number will be in
to-day. The session began yesterday and the
teachers are all here.
Mrs J. c. Thresher, of Rockville, Md, daugh-
ter of Capt. VIM. L. McNiel of Pocahontas
county, with her two sons was in the city for
brief stay last week.
In shoot, between ]. Lewis Bumgardner
and William Mcdaniel, the latter won. kill
ing twenty tsr 20 5ible.tt EEa.l.y i've
NJ p ,enteen.
Nj nd Fannie Hogsett who have
been visiting their sister, Mrs. Frank Glenn
mer at Middlebrook. have returned to the
city.
Bowling Swoope, an old resident of Augusta
county, but who has been in Florida for years
and his wife, are spending the summer in
Waynesboro, the home of his wife in her girl
hood days.
DR.. Ben. Blackford last week went to Lex
ington, when he entered his two sons. Charlie !
and Arthur as cadets at the V. M. L. This is
Charles third session and his rank has been
very high.
Mr. Frank 7. Stribing and wife have re-
moved to Admission, Ala, where they will
make their future home, and where Mr.. |
Stribling will become Secretary of the Noble
Institute, we'll known school of that place.
Mrs. DR.. Hunter Mcclure, of Richmond, !
who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. A. F. |
Robertson, ofthis city. has, with her children,
returned to her home. Whilst here she lost |
very valuable diamond ring valued at four
hundred dollars
Hon. Hal. D. Flood, democratic nominee
for Congress from this district has Just re-
turned from a very satisfactory trip through /
Bath and Highland. On last Friday, he was in
Clifton Forge, and left for Appomattox the
same day.
Geo. c. Maslin, ESQ.,, of Waynesboro. was in
the city on Saturday last and reported that
free silver had by no means ceased to be pop
ular, either on account of Bourke Cockran's
speech or the State Jeffersonian convention
of last Thursday at Richmond.
The large congregation which attended
Trinity church in this city last Sunday even
ing, had the pleasure after the services were
over of listening to some very classic music
rendered by Mr.. VIM. Jaffe of Milwaukee, on
the violin, accompanied by Mr.. F. R. Webb
on the organ
Col. Joe. Lane Stern inspected the West Au-
gusta Guard at their armory leet night. Full
dress uniforms were worn and the company |
appeared in its smartest condition. His find
ing has not yet been made public, but we are
certain that it will show this to be one of the
crack companies of the State.
Mr. B. V. Jackson, division freight agent of
the B. & 0. R. R. at this place. and his wife
were thrown from buggy on Monday even
ing while driving in Gypsy Hill Park caused
by the feet of one of his horses breaking
through the bridge near the bear pen. The
timely assistance of persons near, prevented |
their being seriously hurt.
Professor J. A. Hiner, of the Spencerian
Business College of Louisville KY, has been
in the county with his family for several |
weeks visiting relatives at Parnassus. He in
forms us that there is one Bryan and Sewal |
Club IN Louisville with 5000 members, and |
that few such assemblies ever listened to pub |
Tic speaker as recently greeted Gov. Brown. |
The Louisville Courier Journal and gold are |
not in it.
Mr. Roger Atkinson, of Stanton, who is an |
able newspaper correspondent, having on his |
list some OF the leading papers of this country, |
accompanied Hon. H. D. Flood to Monterey
on last Friday. They returned to Mcdowell |
that night, where Mr.. Flood addressed the
ople.-Highldnd Recorder.
The President leaves the seat of gov
eminent for quarter of year at a
time, two of his Cabinet ministers are
in Europe, and most of the others are
summering at fashionable resorts. and
the clerks in some OF the government
departments at Washington are spend
ing most of their Office hours in pre-
pairing republican campaign documents