Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-05-13
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VIM. F. Lushbaugh left Monday for New
port News, where he will make his home.
Mr.. Geo. R. B. Niche. at one time edito
of the News, was in the city Monday.
Capt. R. L. Parrish of Covington, is il
the city in attendance on the circuit court.
Hon. John W. Arbuckle was in the cit
attending the circuit court Monday an
Tuesday.
Mr.. P. 81. Trout, after an absence of sew
eral weeks, is at home again much improv
ed in health.
Mrs. DIR. Hunter Mcclure of Richmond
is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Alex
F. Robertson.
Mr.. Robert Hill, Jr., a former well know
resident of Staunton. is quite sick at hi
home in Richmond.
Mrs. Matte Powers. wife of Mr.. Geo. W
Powers, is quite sick at her home near thi.
city.
Mr.. Jas. M. Shryver has been elected
Gen. Pass. Agent of the B. & o. in the room
and stead Mr.. Chas o. Schulz resigned.
Ashby r. Sydnor of the G. & o. went to
Richmond on Saturday morning for visit
of few days.
j. S. BOatwright, formerly resident al
this city, now of Roanoke, was in Staunton
this week on business.
Jas. Ker, Jr., G. & o. Passenger Agent at
natl.
! Miss Carrie Condor left on Monday for
her home at Bells Valley. after visit to
her aunt, Mrs. T. r. N. Speck in this city.
Miss Bennett Of Richmond, KY. who has
been visiting the Misses McChesney. return.
ed to her home on Friday.
| The friends of Rev. R. C. Jet will be pleas
| ed to learn that the latest advices are fayora-
BILE to speedy recovery.
Capt. J. II. Waters, Chief of Police of this
city, is in Pittsburg this week attending a
convention of chiefs, which will be a large
affair.
E. T. Jessup of this city has contract for
painting number of vehicles for party in
Charlottesville, and is there at present. and
will still be there for week or so.
Mr.. Geo. w. Hawxhurst of Falls Church,
Grand Secretary of the Independent Order of
Good Templars, is in the city attending the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Mrs. B. V. Jackson and daughter Carrie
| left Tuesday morning for Louisville, KY, to
spend a fortnight, after which they will 60 to
the sea side for the summer.
Miss Florence Berry, daughter of VIM.
Berry, and Mr.. John Parker of Raphine,
were married yesterday at the residence of
brides father.
Donald Allen. Esq, after an extended
Southern trip, has returned to Staunton.
He reports business dull and business fail
ures wherever he has been.
Prof. John H. Bader, superintendent Of
the public schools of this city, and E. O..
Peale of the county schools, were in Rich
mond last week attending the conference of
superintendent. Both have returned.
Mr.. e. R. Caldwell of the Augusta Nat
Bank, left Monday for Wheeling, W. Va,
where he was married Wednesday. He was
accompanied by Alfred Jaffe, who will
after Mr.. Caldwell's marriage, 60 on visit
to relatives at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mrs. Wehn. m other of James and Nicho-
las Wehn of this city, is very i'll at her home
here. having been recently paralyzed. Her
sons Jacob and Samuel have been summon.
ed to her bedside and are now in the city.
Rev. K. q. Jet, rector Of Emmanuel
Episcopal church OF this city, was operated
on by Dr. Mcclure on Thursday last for
appendicitis and is recovering rapidly. His
congregation on that evening held a meet
| ing at which prayers were offered for his
recovery.
Senator Edward Echols has gone to Red
Lands, CAL, to visit his brother-in-law, Mr..
M. Erskine Miller, of this city, who is pro-
badly the most extensive operator in coal
mining in the South Mr.. Miller is in ILL
health, and is spending some months on the
Pacific Slope, in hope of recovering his
health. His condition is such as to greatly
concern his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing Cockrell arrived in
New York Friday morning by the steamer
st. Louis. They have been abroad some
ten or eleven months visiting all the Euro
pean countries. Mrs. Cockrell, formerly
Miss Peachy Williams, arrived in this city
Saturday on visit to her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. E, Williams, where her husband
will join her in few days.
Hon. Jas. W. Marshall of Craig, who had
been billed to speak on last Saturday, 9Th
inst, at Mcdowell, the occasion being the
34th anniversary of the battle which took
place there, was prevented from fulfilling
the engagement owing to the unexpected
length Of the circuit court of Craig. Mr..
Marshall is said to have deeply regretted
his inability to attend.
Sudden Death Of Sam'I ChIttum.
A very sad death occurred in this city on
Monday evening when Mr.. Sam'l Chittum
breathed his last. Mr.. Chittum was young
man only about 26 years of age. who had been
in the employ of Jos. L. Barth & Co., for six
or seven years. He was a native of Rock
bridge, and his father, Thomas Chittum, at
present resides at Ranhine Mr. Chittum was