Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-12-09

Messrs Bolen and Blakmore shipped
over three hundred turkeys from theil
store in Spring Creek for Thanksgiv
ing.
| Miss Kate Driver, Of Rockingham
spent last week with Mrs. Hugh Clark
Mr.. A Il Gilkeson, one of our bus y
active citizens, who was taken SO sud
denly and SO dangerously ill-on the Bird
of October, has partially recovered un
der the treatment of Drs. Henkle, Blaii
and Jones.
Little Lula Hogshead, aged 4 years
| daughter OF Mr. Geo. Peery OF Dorcas,
died of diphtheria on the S2d of Oct.
She was sweet. beautiful child. and
the pet of the household and the com
munity at large. She sat up in her
bed aud sang hymn from beginning
| end when the little sonl was already
plnu.ad for its upward flight.
Messrs. Turk and Dillon Of Bridg--
water, were in our midst on the 18th.
on business of Importance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Karicofe of Hagers.
town: nd, visited Mrs. Daggy of our
village on the 10th.
The series of meetings conducted at
the Moscow chapel in October by the
Revs. Paul of Messy Greek. and Van
deventer of the Augusta church. pleas
ed everybody.
Mr. Ed. Bolen, merchant at Mt. So
Ion, is erectinga butcher and general
storage house on his grounds at Spring
Creek.
Many people in this section have
butchered and the weather scare was
worse than that of diphtheria. Mrs.
- of our village, watched her pork
all night that it might get the benefit
of the air and that the rogues might
not get the benefit of it.
Mr.. ]. H. Silling has two pretty
young dogs named Nip and Tuck"
Mr.. Silling has discovered in his mean
derings that nearly every family is
supplied with such dogs, and he con-
cluded to be lin the SWIM"
Miss Gussie Hedrick of Baltimore,
attended Parnassus church on the 18th.
Mr.. Geo. L. Obaugh of the Dorcas
section who is seventy-four years old,
did as much work on the nice house
built for his son, Mr.. Harrison Obaugh,
IN the Stover section, as any of the
young mechanics. Mrs. Obaugh is less
fortunate than her brisk and appar-
emily young husband, as she has been
a afflicted'for years with rheumatism.
Mrs. Katie Camp of Lynchburg, well
known here, is visiting in Rockbridge.
Mrs. VIM. Route, her two children
Master Sam and little Mary. and Miss
Sue Dabney of New York city. spent
the summer at the Frontier" the res
idence of Mr.. J. NJ H. Randolph.
Professor and Mrs. Lindsay who
taught the Parnassus school last win
ter, found a more lucrative position in
Highland. and have moved there.
Mrs. Buckner. wife of Col. Buckner
of Mt. Solon. died of cancer on the 1st
of Oct. at her boarding house, the
home of DR.. J. R Keezel.,
i Eis9e, lovely girl of 10 summers,
died of typhoid fever at her home on
the Goth of Oct. She was the second
daughter of Prof. j. Hatch Slower of
Churchville, who has recovered from
the same dread malady, with which he
was SO dangerously i'll.
BROKEN WING.
RICHMOND LADY RoBBED-While
Miss NJ A. Arents, of Richmond, was
shopping in buttons bookstore, New
York, one day last week., saleswo-
Liam saw George Brown, of New Bruns-
wick, N. j., remove pocket book from
Miss Arent's satchel. She gave the
alarm and Brown tried to replace the
purse. He was prevented by, floor
walker, and arrested by an officer. The
purse contained $25 so. and Brown was
Charged with grand larceny in the def
ferson Market Conrt. He made a
.pitlable plea of poverty and hunger
His appearance belied this. He was
attired in stylish suit of expensive
goods and wore a costly overcoat. He
carried an ivory handled, silk um brella
that anyone would suppose pawn
broker would have advanced S. on
willingly. He wore gold ruined spec
tacles, and seemed to be man of ed
ucation and refinement. Magistrate
Simms committed the defendant in
81 COO bail to answer.