Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-08
Personal.

Personal.
Mr.. Arthur Taylor, formerly with the Neao
in this city, is on visit to Staunton
Mr.. Geo. Henseley, who has purchased
home In West End, has removed his family
there from Spottswood.
Miss Lena Echard, of this city. spent Easter
with her sister, Mrs. John McCauley at Fair
field, Rockbridge county.
R. S. Turk, Editor and Proprietor OF the
SPECTATOR, left here on Monday on a business
trip to Pocahontas county, w. Va.
A. c. Gordon and wife, who have been on
visit to New York for week or more, have
returned, after most pleasant trip.
A number of the pupils of the Female
Seminaries of this city left last week to spend
Easter with the "Old Folks at Home"
Mrs. Ada Saupley, widow of VIM. Saupley'
of near Mi.nesville. has removed with her
family of four children to Mt Crawford.
H. H. Hudson, of this city, had the degree
of Master of Accounts conferred on him last
week by Dunsmore's Business College.
Mr.. Miller, the blind member of the old
D., D. & B. Institution board, is at the lnstl-
tuition spending a few days with Captain
Doyle.
Mrs. NJ T. Eubank and her sister. Mrs.
Glover, have gone to Warm Springs, which
resort Mrs. Eubank has leased and will run
this year.
w. w. Gibbs Esq who is now located in
New York, and who is travelling for the
Campbell Printing Press Company, is at home
for short stay.
Miss Annie NJ. Mcclure, daughter of DR..
Hunter Mcclure OF Richmond. arrived in the
city Monday evening and is the guest OF Mrs.
Alexander f. Robertson.
Randolph Berkeley, Assistant Passenger
Agent of the Southern Railway at Washing
ton, son of Dr. Carter Berkeley, is at home in
this city for brief visit.
Arthur and Taylor Blackford, sons of Dr.
Benjamin Blackford, who are students at
Col Chas. s. Rollers, at Fl. Defiance, are
spending Easter at their home here.
Mrs. Armstrong of Highland county, &C
companied by her little daughter, arrived on
Saturday last on visit to her aunt, Mrs. A. J.
Turner, who is ill at her home No. Is Fayette
street.
Mr.. C. C. Wholey, eldest son of Mr.. VIM.
Wholey of this city, is at home. Mr.. Wholey
is now studying medicine at the Catholic
University at Washington, where he has taken
a high stand
Mr.. David Arehart, Senior, dropped dead
at his home near Moffett's Creek on Monday.
March Both, aged 65 years, leaving widow
and married sons, and married daughters.
Funeral services by Rev. C. A. Freed at Mt
Herman Lutheran Church.
A number of our young men who are at
tending school elsewhere have come home to
spend the Easter holiday-amongst them are
William PiIson, Peyton Cochran, c. c.
Wholey and l.. A. WITT. The public schools
of this city were granted a holiday Good
Friday and Easter Monday.
Capt. Jas Bumbardner and T. Peyton
Brown have been in Woodstock this week to
try the case of Tobin's admir-. as. the B. & O
Ry., which is suit for $4,000. The evidence,
so far. discloses that Miss Tobin deliberately
sat down on the end of cross tie, and wheth-
er she went to sleep or not will never be
known, but that she sat until the train struck
and killed her.
Mr.. Theodore F. Shuey of this COUNT. who
has been one of the stenographic reporters of
the U. S. Senate for number of years, has
becoms the chief stenographic reporter of
that body to succeed Mr.. Dennis F. Murphy.
who has occupied that position for twenty
years. Mr.. Shuey, who learned stenography
by himself, is now one of the best in this
country. M
The Nems of yesterday morning makes the
following announcement
John B. Locke, who has been on the staff
of the News since the spring of 1894, has
severed his connection with the paper, to take
continue newspaper work. Mr.. Locke is
bright and hustling young newspaper worker
and writer, and has many friends in this
CITY,"
We endorse what the News says so hand
somely of him, both as a gentleman and
reporter and express the hope that journalism
will not lose the benefit of his services
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