Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-30
BRIEF LOCALS.

EXPIRED.
BRIEF LOCALS.
All kinds of Job work done at this Office.
A. P. Finter has been appointed postmas-
ter at Lyndhurst in this county.
The Baldwin District Fair has decided
not to have an exhibition this fall.
The Rockbridge Republicans on Saturday
nominated JAS 81. Frazier and E II. Gill
bert for the House of Delegates.
The Presbyterian Synod of Virginia will
meet at Fredericksburg on Saturday, Octo-
Der 20.
A new postoffice has been. established at
Genoa Rockingham county, with Chas. E.
Chetter, as postmaster.
Chas. Whitlock of this county. had
horse stolen week or so ago, and recovered
it in Nelson county last week.
IN. Page has purchased the. old Tom
Burke corner, obliqueIy across from the
Virginia Hotel, paying $4,000 for same
Henry Condor, brother of d. s. Condor
of this county and Chas. q. Condor of Bells
Valley, died last week at his home near
Baltimore.
The Confederates of Allegheny county
will hold a reunion on the 18th, at Coving-
ton and the day is to be made one excelling
any thing Allegheny has seen.
Fred Carter, clerk of the Evans Hotel at
Winchester. was arrested Saturday. charged
y, with stealing suit of clothes and other
things from the proprietor.
Maj Lewis Ginter, the we'll known Gig
arctic manufacturer, is said to be gradually
sinking at his Westbrook estate near Rich
mond.
Rev. Samuel Driver, the we'll known
Dunkard minister of the Barren Ridge
neighborhood, has been doing evangelistic
work in West Virginia for some weeks past.
Henry Huffer, near Emanuel church, had
daughter to die on the 19th and she was.
buried at Emanuel church on Monday, Rev.
Geo. Wine conducting the services.
Hon. Edward Echols. candidate on the
Democratic ticket for Lieut-Gov. and Mr.
W. T. McCue drove to Nelson Court house
On Monday, where Mr.. EchOls addressed a
large and enthusiastic audience.
The Democrats of the Seventh Senatorial
district have nominated s. H. Letcher of
..Rockbridge for the Senate, to succeed Hon.
Chas. P. Jones of Highland. who was not a
candidate for reelection.
The cadets of the Virginia Military In
sttute will 60 to Nashville on Oct. 18th to
attend the exposition. The battalion will
90 by way of the Chesapeake & Ohio via
Louisville.
j. B. Harlow, formerly of Augusta, was
killed last week by the explosion of a boiler
athis saw mill in Albemarle county. His
father was also fatally injured at the same
time and died later.
The fall meeting of Lexington Presbytery
will be held at Millboro, beginning on
Wednesday, Oct. r. Rev. j. NJ. Wells of
this city, the retiring moderator, will preach
the opening sermon.
Our Waynesboro letter, and our Moffett's
Greek letter came on Wednesday morning,
and at that time our columns were so filled
that we were obliged to omit them, along
with State news, editorial matter and other
important items.
On yesterday morning, Mrs. John Petit
grew, sister of Mrs. Henderson M. Bell of
this city, died at the residence of her uncle,
Mr.. John Riley near Charles Town, W. Va.
Deceased leaves a husband and several
small children. She was one of the most
loveable of women.
A leading Republican in conversation
with us, and several other persons on Tues
day, said that he had heard three republic
cans that day say, that after the exhibition
here on Monday last they would never vote
another republican ticket.
= A daughter of Abram Cook, living near
Emanuel church, died on Saturday, 18th
inst., and was buried Sunday. 10Th. at
Emanuel church. The funeral services
Were conducted by Rev. L. II. Paul of Mos
ny Greek Presbyterian church.
Miss Elmira Huffer, daughter of VIM.
Hnffer, died at her fathers home, near Mt
lSoloa, on Monday of last week and was
puried on Wednesday of that week at st.
Pauls Lutheran church. The funeral was
preached by Rev L. H. Paul
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