Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-15

Staltltto1t Spectator. j,
WEDNESDAY. JULY Is.
LOCAL Department. l.
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WEDDING CARDS
beautifully printed at the SPECTATOR
office. An elegant new line of type
for this especial purpose.
The Staunton Daily Times has suspended
publication, owing to lack of support.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. A.
Fulton of this city, died after brief illness
on July, the Sth.
Mr.. VIM. F. Brand has purchased from Rosa
A. and G. F. lesser, the lesser property on
Frederick street.
The Staunton Daily Ne,Os has changed /
hands, and Mr.. George r. B. Niche has retir-
ed from the editorial chair
John Morgan, coIored boy convict from
near Middlebrook, died of typhoid fever in
the penitentiary last week.
By the opening of new walk and the
erection of fountain, the park has been
greatly beautifed this summer.
An old man in an epileptic fit fell from the
G. G. O. train yesterday afternoon, as it pulled
into the station here. He was not much hurt
and went on to Goshen. His name was not
learned.
The Rev. VIM. Cumming preached his
farewell sermons at the Second Presbyterian
church on Sunday last, prior to his departure
for his new field of action at Waverly place
near Baltimore.
A medal obtained by Mrs. Lewis Woodfolk,
of Richmond, who was Miss Figgatt, whilst
she was student at the w. F. L. in this city
in 1876, was recovered by a member OF the
Lynchburg police force from negro last
week. The medal was worn by Mrs. Woodfoik
brother at the time of its loss eighteen years
ago.
slate quarry has been opened near Ber-
Inns Mill in the vicinity of Bridgewater. by
Mr.. Smith Dinkle. Some elegant samples OF
slate taken from it, were shown US last week,
from the quarry, but we had not time
to inspect it fully. In point of color, and IN
smoothness of fin sh it certainly can be COM
mended.
The dead body of a negro was found terri
bly mangled on the track of the Norfolk
Western railway just beneath the brldge
which carries the Chesapeake q Ohio over
that road at Basic. He was identified as
James Powell, and it is supposed he mao
been killed by train passing an hour or SC
before the body was found.
On Monday Bud Owens, who some time
ago committed murderous assault on fohcf
c. E. Gregory, after he had been arrested 10
crap playing was tried in the Hastings Cour
and sentenced to five years in the penitentlary
Owens had already served term, and II
sentencing him the court added i've year
making ten he has now to serve.
We have received very neat catalogue o
the Rockingham Military Institute, new
school. whose buildings are now being erected
at Mt. Crawford in Rockingham county. MI
Otey c. Rulyey is the superintendent and tn
catalogue discloses an array of teachers wh'
will assist him. The session will begin sept
23rd '96. and end June 9th, '97, and the tota
expenses are put down at $500.
Now that we have new city government
new police justice, ard the same police 1ofe
rehabilitated, will they not look round an
see if some of the dives of this city cannot
broken up, and a few of the thugs OF the Gil
he relieved of their occupation? We hay
known of several cases of robbery and san'
bagging to occur in our streets, when new
reached the police court.
Some time since Messrs. E. ]. Wayland an
other citizens of Beverley Manor District pet
toned the Board of Supervisors to stop th
running of electric cars on the county ROAD
Plunkettsville. suburb of this city. On Las
Saturday three of the Board 7. M. Smiley,
A. Dunlap and A. 0. Anderson, Esqs declt
ed after thorough investigation, that tt
matter is not one within the province OF tt
Board" and the petitioners were duly notifit
to this effect.
Mr., e. w. Stewart of the City Council fayo
a chain-gang for the jail-birds. We are gil
to see this subject advocated and hope 1t W
be adopted, not only on account OF the pene
to the city that ought to be derived Therefor
but on account of the health of the pr1sone
Nothing but demagoguey prevents. If an
body is too tender. hearted to see these peor
..workn in the open air, they should see the
..rest'' in the Jail atmosphere, and their tene
hearts would throb no more for the poor
fortunates.
Stuart's Draft sent in contingent in the
of law-breakers Monday, VIM. Halter nj
cellus Hall, and Richard Coffey, who W
charged with maliciously assaulting and be
ing a tramp. The tramp was not IN ev1den
Justices Arch Kinney and J. W. Churchn
tried the cause, and Halter and Hall W
held to await the action of the Grand Ju
and Coffey was given five months in jail.
Peyton Brown, Esq, represented the "
mon wealth.
Last week some gentlemen connected "
the development of Basic City, met SC
capitalists at that point, who were looking
a favorable location for an abattior. In
establishment they propose building, al
,hoh lxr hogs