Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-02-04
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SICK at his home with grip.
Mrs. Geo. G. Maslin, of Waynesboro, i
visiting friends in Richmond
Meade F. White, who has been quite il
with grip, is recovering.
Miss ESSie Menifee is the guest of Mrs. E
D. Taylor, No. 8 east franklin street, Rich.
mond.
b. V. jackson, of the Baltimore and Ohio
has been in Baltimore for several days or
matters OF business for his road.
Mrs. j. w. Newton, who has been sick
for two months with grippe and nervous
prostration, is slowly improving.
DIR. j. E. Arbuckle, of New Hope, has
been dangerously i'll for some time, but is
now thought to be improving.
Rev. Robert G. Jet left last week for
treatment for his eyes.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr.. V.
Lynn Hoover and Miss Leona B. Shuey, on
Tuesday next at Valley Mills
| Rev. DR.. II. II. Halves. formerly pastor
of the Second Presbyterian church here, has
been ill at his home in Bluefield, W. Va.
Mr.. P. II. Trout has been elected presi-
dent of the Equity Life Association, in place
of Gen. Fitz Lee resigned
| W. r. Knowles, who has been ill with
typhoid-pneumonia, is reported improv-
ing.
Miss Lizzie Kinney, after an absence of
tnp n bo irt d<,fE cLarc 10
has returned to her home at the Frederick.
j. Lewis Bumgardner, who has been for
some time on the sick list, has begun
| to improve.
Capt. G. e. Merritt, of Greenville, was in
the city Monday. but has not entirely recov-
cred from the attack of grip. from which he
| has been suffering
Mr.. r. Lockhart Gray, attorney at-law.
left on Monday morning for Fitzgerald,
Georgia, where he expects to locate and
continue the practice of his profession.
Messrs. W. B. Whitlock and Elma Wilson,
two young men from Staunton, have been
elected elders of the Presbyterian church at
Fire Greek, w. Va.
Rev. j. II. Boyd is still confined to his
house with severe attack of grip, from
which he has been suffering for several
weeks.
Miss Alma Hawpe, who has been visiting
Miss Mary Funkhouser on East Beverly ST.,
returned to her home at Greenville on Sat
urday last.
Mrs. ]. H. Stickley has returned very
much improved, from Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. where she has been for some time I'M
der treatment.
Mrs. Dabney Davis. of Charlottes vile, en-
route to her fathers home in Lewisburg. W.
Va, paid Miss Mary Funkhouser short
visit during the past week.
The Staunton correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch says that Col. s. Brown
Allen is candidate for the position of U.
S. Marshal for the Western District of Vir-
glnia. Col. Allen was last week appointed
County Chairman of the Republican party
of Augusta to succeed the late William E.
Craig.
Mr.. M. Erskine Miller. accompanied by
his niece, Miss Mary Miller, left Saturday
for Seguin, Texas. and after short stay
there will go to Southern California, where
he will spend some time, with the hope of
benetitting his health
Dir. Mcclure of Winchester, and Drs.
Glasgow and White of Lexington, had a
consultation Sunday after examining Hon
John Randolph Tucker, and pronounced
his disease durable and expect him to be
aGle to return to his duties i'll about six
weeks.
David Switzer has returned from New
York, where he purchased stock of jewelry
for the new store in the Marquis Building
to be opened on the 10th inst, by himself
and W. A. Grubert
A. E. Harnsberger of the Racket Store
here, has gone into partnership with his
brother, William, at Danville, Va, in a
store of the same kind He will continue
to devote his personal attention to his Staun-
ton store.
Mr.. John Carmichael, son-in-law of the
Hon. Ran. Tucker and Hon. Harry Tucker,
came over from Washington on Monday
night on their way to Lexington to see the
Hon. j. Ran. Tucker, who has developed
pneumonia and is thought to be very i'll.
Wii Kinney. proprietor of the European
Hotel near the e. & o. station, had the mis-
fortune on Tuesday to slip from ladder
and disiocate his shoulder. The injured
joint was properly treated and though suf-
fering good deal, MI. Kinney has done S
well as could be expected