Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20

l E0u0Ott0ss
J. Marshall Crawford of Pond Gap, is in tn
city on business.
Mrs. Cummings and Mrs. Bullet, of Louis
vile, accompanied Mrs. Echols.
J.B. Stephenson. of the Harrisonburg bar
is in attendance on our Circuit court.
VIM. H. Fix, of Spottswood, made pleas
ant call at this Office on yesterday.
j.. Fix, of Greenviile, is graduate thi
wear of the Union Theological Seminary.
Chas T. Hutcheson has accepted the posi-
ton of book keeper with Rowling, Spots q
Co.
| Mr. J. E. A. Gibbs and-wife of Raphine'
went to New York last week to spend seyera
weeks there.
las. Clark. the senior partner and head o,
the JAS Clark Distilling Co., was in Stauntor
several days last week.
Joseph 7. McAllister. prominent attorne
of Warm Springs, has been in the city several
DAYS attending the Circuit Court
! Mrs. ]. F. Tannehill, who has been ill for
some time at the Va Hotel, has been remov-
ed to the Kings Daughters Hospital.
c. Harry Haines of the Stonewall Brigade
Band. and Pres Dolan, of the Blacktord Band
have accepted positions in New York and have
gone there.
H. Patterson, who has been with Mr.. Jno'
B. Guntner in this city for some time, has
gone into business at Hinton, w. Va, and re-
moved there.
Cant. Alex. Hartman, who has been at Fort
Assinaboine Mont, for some time, has re-
turned to Virginia, and IS in the city visiting
his mother
Mrs VIM. R. Bader, of McGaheysville, Rock
ingham county, is visiting her brother in-law-
Prof. j. H. Bader, Superintendent OF the City
Public Schools.
We are pleased to inform the friends OF
Hon. Geo. M. Harrison, that his leg is knit
ting nicely, and that he is improving as fast
as could be expected.
Hartwell Macon, an old, resident Of Staun-
ton, bnt who now lives in Williamsburg, Va,
was in the city on business and pleasure last
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Cora A. Freijs, of Chicago, arrived in
the CITY on visit to her parents. Prof. and
Mrs. A. ]. Turner and family. Mrs. Turner
continues to be very ill.
General John Echols and family, of Louis
vile, KY, arrived in the city yesterday IN his
special car, and are the guests of his son, Ed
ward Echols, on Beverly Terrace.
We had pleasant call last Thursday morn
ing from Mr. j. B. McCutchan of Craigsvilie,
who has been for many years prompt-pay-
ing subscriber of the SPECTATOR.
Mr.. W. b. Schm1d, member of the old
Stonewall Brigade Band, has accepted POSI-
ton as carionet soloist at Fort McHenry with
the United States band at the fort.
'Prof." Garner, who has attracted consid-
cradle attention on account of his pretended
discovery of the monkey language, used to
monkey around Staunton selling hedge fence.
Daniel O. Connell, one of the most expert
lumberman of Greenbrier county, W. Va,
called in to see us yesterday. He reports BUSH
ness in lumber dull, but not as bad as year
ago.
RS Gamble, Esq, of Spring Hill, was a
caller at our office on Monday. Mr.. Gamble
was appointed delegate to the Democratic
State Convention on last Saturday, but de-
clined to serve under silver instructions.
Thomas ODonnell, last Saturday night in
fit of somnambulism walked outon his back
porch and off, falling distance of about II
feet breaking four ribs one piercing the lung.
He was attended by DIR. H. M. Patterson.
In the suit of D. v Ruckman against the
B. & O. Ry. tried in the Circuit Court last
week, Judgment was rendered in favor OF
Mr.. Ruckman for $75 and cost. The suit was
for three cattle which had been in some way
ost in transporting them.
Mr.. VIM. H. H Frenger, Editor and Pro-
prietor of the Clifton Porge Re0iew, called at
the SPECTATOR office on Monday afternoon.
He learned in the SPECTATOR office the art
preservatiye of all arts" and he now publishes
an excellent newspaper.
Lonis Witt and Jno. B. Cochran were grant
ed preliminary certificates in the Hastings
Court last week to enable them to apply Tor
license to practice law. Both are students OF
Washington and Lee and Mr.. Witt is presi-
dent of the law class of 1896.
Our old and valued friend Rev. Job Turner
will accept thanks for copies ofthe Times and
Herald of Los Angeles Cal, of the l1th inst.
We notice from these journals that our Rev
erend friend preached in the guild room of st.
Paul's Church in that city on Sunday, the 10th
inst to large audience of deaf mutes.
VIM. B. Trout, son of Mr.. P. H. Trout. who
has been in Johns Hopkins Hospital for some
months or more, where he was operated on
for appendicitis is not doing well and bis
physicians have advised that he brought home,
which will probably be done to-day. The
weather is hot there, and the wound has not
healed well, so it is hoped be will be improved
by change.