Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-12-30


On and after the first of January next the
publication day of this paper will be Thurs
day.
The B. & o. station at this point has been
improved by the putting in of new seats il
the ladies waiting room.
lee i,a,iliGg is going on all over the coun
ty ana clear quality 6iissseess thick IS bens
housed.
The Kings Daughters will give concert
for The b6neft of the poor on Thursday
night, 5lst inst, at Valley Home Seminary
The public is invited to attend.
r. 2. Bell, Fitzhugh Elder and Jas. Bum.
gardner, commr's, advertise the valuable
Lands near the city belonging to the Staun
ton Improvement Company, to be sold Oh
the Soth of January.
1t is reported that another train has been
put on between HarrisOnburg and Washing
ton, and that the freight business of the
road is very encouraging.
d. Miss Rosa Tucker, daughter of Hon. H.
sgEt. q. Tucker, gave delightful entertain.
Il ment at her nome on New street on Monday
evening Last, to a number of her young
friends.
An old subscriber in Bath Co., in writing
for rene wal of his paper, says Il have
been q subscriber to the SPECTATOR for
NJ ore than 80 years, and am more than 80
years old and half blind, yet cannot dc
without it.
The Hibernian Ball at the Virginia Hotel
last night was largely attended and much
enjoyed. The hotel was brilliantly illumi.
nrted and decorated, and splendid cola.
ton was served. The proceeds Of the en-
tertaiument will be devoted to charity.
rramps boarded g. & O. train just be-
low st. Aibans, last Friday and demanded
food. They were ordered off by the train
crew, but didn't go, and out numbered the
train men. The trains crew then made them
a Christmas present of what their buckets
contained. and the hoboes gave them no fur
tner trouble.
At the home of the grooms brother. Mr.
Ernest GoodfelIow, 1104 North East street
Bloomington, ILL.,, Monday, Dec. 81, Chas.
l. 4aodfellow and Miss Magdaline P KEEL
lcr we're united in marriage by the Rev.
Frost Croft of the First NJ. E. Church. Mr.
GoodfelIow Isl we'll known business man
Of Bloomington, and Miss Keller is the
Eldest daughter of H. S. and M. E. Kelle,
Of ChuTchville, this county. MI. and Mrs
3odfellow will reside in Bloomington.
Or. Il. E. Shepherd, so we'll known to the
people OF Staunton, who have on several oc
casions listened with delight to the classical
aGt scholarly lectures delivered by him
VIII resign his position as the President OF
the College of Charleston, S. e. The sew
agence Of his connection grows out of dis
:. agreement between DR.. Shepherd and the
I'd college governors as to the management OF
sssne Institution.
Sgibe morning and evening services at
sg Trinity church on last Sabbath were partic-
ularly beautiful and impressive, and were
!. largely attended. The Christmas decora-
Z tlons were very tasteful and appropriate,
and the music was of high order. At the
close of tie evening services, Mr.. William
Jaffe of Chicago, brother of Mr.. Alfred
Jahe of this city, accompanied by Prof.
Webb on the organ, rendered the following
elections on the violin, of which he is a
master ''Aria," by Bach; Evening Song. .
by Schumann; "Cavatina," by Raft; Aria, .
by Herold.