Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-07-29
BRIEF LOCALS.
All kinds of Job work done at this Office.

BRIEF LOCALS.
All kinds of Job work done at this Office.
An excursion train on Sunday from Ric
mond brought about 900 excursiOnists mos
ly colored people.
Reeves Gait has removed from his hon
IN Staunton to point about two miles fro
the city, near his lime kilns.
Joseph A. Glasgow, Trustee, advertises
tract OF II acres of valuable land ne,
Staunton, for sale. This sale presents a raj
opportunity.
The State convention Of the Prohibitio
party OF Virginia will be held in Lyncl
burg on the Goth Of August, in the hall
the Young Mems Christian Association.
When you come to town and wish enveIop
letter-heads, bill heads or any other kind {
job work done, call at the SPECTATOR an
VINDIcAToR Office.
j. K. Campbell. Esq, attorney of Coy
1ngton. who was paralyzed some time age
is so far recovered as to be able to wal
about.
Mr.. Jas. A. Critzer of Basic City, recent
ly threshed 231H bushels of wheat from
acre field. We have heard Of no crop tt
beat this.
The mountain resorts are filling up. Til,
hotel of j. W. Warren at MilIbOro, is over
flowing, the Warm has large company
the White has doubled its company in the
last week, and other places are equally for
tunate.
At the close of the bicycling races last
week as the crowd was leaving the grounds,
William, son Of Mr.. r. e. Todd, was riding
round the race track rather rapidly, when
he collided with James Timberlake, and
was thrown from his wheel, breaking his
collar-bo
The building of railroad from Freder-
icksburg west through Culpeper and Madi-
son counties, is being strongly urged It
would connect with the G. & W. at Eikton.
These sections are badly supplied with rail-
road facilities, and to them it would be a
great boon.
Last week Mr.. W. A. McComb shipped
several fine hogs from his celebrated Shenan-
doah Valley Herd, Poland China bred
sow to E. l.. Geeding, of Albemarle county,
Poland China boar thoroughbred to L. d.
Myerly at Swoope's, and fine brood SOW to
Chas. Linkenberger of Botetourt county
A very fine photograph of the building
committee Of the Masonic Temple has been
on exhibition in the window of G. W. Hew-
tits store for some time, where it was franz
ed, and was from there taktn and is now in
one of the show windows of n Wayt g.
Bros. drug store. The committee consisted
of Maj. II. M. Bell, VIM. A. Burke, W. L.
Lushbaugh. e. q. Gooch and j. Howard
Wayt.
A we'll known Staunton typo, just before
leaving Charleston. W. Va, where he had
spent six months or more, expressed himself
in the following lines:
'Of all the towns know so we'll,
And they are many assure,
From what I've had here to endure,
l think that Charleston must be HI"
A Miss Cauthorn, who was walking along
the public road near Millboro one day last
week, was much frightened by tramp who
suddenly from the brush at the
road side. She ran and gave alarm and the
tramp fled. He was afterward captured and
put in jail at the Warm Springs, but was af-
terward released as the authorities were
satisfied that his sudden appearance had
startled the lady, and that the man had
really no intention of doing her harm.
Capt Thomas S. Doyle, consul to Beirut,
Syria, has sent Capt. John Nc Quaide sever.
II very rare coins, which are on exhibition
IN the collection of curio kept by Capt. |
McQ. at his place of business. One coin |
bearing the superscription and image Of the |
Emperor Dioclitian is about 1900 years of |
age. The other coins are much more mod |
Urn, but all are interesting. One is a Per- |
ian coin aged about century, one copper
'oin is Turkish, and one an Egyptian nickel
piece.
Ralph Samuels, ex-postmaster at Buffalo /
rap and baggage master on the e. & o. be-
ween Covington and Hot Springs, died at
buffalo Gap. his home, on Saturday last.
lie isssurvived by a brother, Herbert Sam
Iels. The brothers are both from Staten Is
and. New York, from which place they
anne some years ago, and located at Buffalo
rap. The funeral took place Sunday after
loon at o'clock from the Lockwillow
Presbyterian church at Churchvillc, the
ervices being conducted by Rev. Mr.. Bare
q the absence of the pastor,
Mr.. F. A. Byerly has leased the Rocking
IAN Military Academy buildings at Mt.
crawford. and will conduct a military
chool for boys there during the approach
1g scholastic year. He has secured the
ervlceS OF Chas. M. Blackf0rd, son of Dr..
len. Blackford of this city, as his comman-
ant and teacher of mathematics. Mr..
'lackford is of the V. M. 1. class of last {
ear. and carries from Col. Price, the COM
landant OF the V. M. l., the highest testi-
onials as to his soldierly qualities and his
eneral fitness for the position. If the other
embers OF the faculty have the character
tics for their positions possessed by Mr..
laokford, the school ought to SUI cceed.
Theimariners, those who sailed the deep
lue sea, to-wit: C. L. Cooke, T. A. Black :,
rd, capt. Jas. Bumgardner, Prof. F. H. ,
ebb, George Beall, Ernest Hartman, Thos. :
. humphreys, Richard P. Bell, Fitzhugh ,
lder, E. W. Stewart, Edward Baker :
ID n. T. Bell, Jr., are at home, after
voyage of about two weeks from Old
pint to New York and back again. Mr..
poke left the party at New York, but the a
st OF them came back to Hampton and re l
rned from there by rail. We learn that S
point OF health there was nothing mara
at could have been gained, but they caught p
fish as the weather was too squally TO
NIT OF fishing. On their return In one e
ght the wind was 81 tempered to these o
1t they sailed 100 miles. Some of them N
q never been out of sight of land before
we are told and when the top-sails were VI
rried away. and the halyards broken and
jib boom split by the gale. there was D
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