Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-12
BRIEF LOCALS.
All kinds of Job work done at this Office

All kinds of Job work done at this Office
Waynesboro is to have bank, The 1
quisite amount of stock is said to have bee
taken
j. P. Vawter, of Basic, had portion
two fingers cut off in the head jointer
Ellis & Coiner's factory last week.
Mrs. G. S. Slavin of Meadow Dale, Hig
land county, is very ill with no hope of h
recovery.
Hon. Chas. P. Jones Of Highland count
had two valuable three-year-old cattle xii
ed in his pasture by lightning last week.
When you come to town and wish enveIop
letter heads, bill heads or any other, kind {
job work done, call at the SPECTATOR an
VINDIoAToR Office
Mr.. J. Nick Koiner, whose mill was in
jured by too great weight from stored wheat
has been rapidly repairing the damage an,
is again at work grinding.
The Harrisonburg Free Press tells of
machine belonging to VIM. SINNERS, whicl
recently threshed for g. II. Swanks 125
bushels of wheat in twelve hours.
Mr.. Carter n. Glass, of the Lynchbure
Neacs. will nominate Maj. Tyler in the con
vention other persons will second the nomi.
nation.
There will be lawn party at the Bethle
hem U. B. Church near Swoope. on Thurs
day night, 10Th inst, weather permitting
If not, the next fair night.
The property of Frank Shultz, Charles
Shultz. Samuel Blackburn, Samuel Myers
and DR.. Thomas of Greenyille, has suffered
from petty thieves recently. Small rob.
bers having taken place.
Pocahontas county, w. Va, owns poor
farm, situated in the Levels" which is
valued at $4,000. 1t rents for 1888 year
There are only three paupers in the county,
so that it would seem the investment was
big one for so small a list of indigents
The .. S. bonded warehouse of W. E
Day, near Timber Ridge, Roclkbridge coun.
ty. was destroyed by fire one night last
week with all its contents, about twenty five
barrels of whiskey and one barrel of bran.
dy. The fire is believed to have been of in.
cendiary origin. This was the celebrated
old Gibson plant
Robert H., son of Jas T. Robinson OF
Covington, died at the residence Of Mrs
Mary Henderson in Clifton Forge, on the
I'd inst. aged about IA years He was being
taken from the sanitarium of DR.. Nickel
at MillbOrO to his home, but became so i'll
he could go no further.
The vote token as to whether a President
should be chosen, amongst the University of
Virginia Alumni at the Hot Springs last
week, was not by any authority, but was re-
sorted to simply to ascertain the sentiment
OF the alumni present on this question. The
vote resulted 80 against, % for, which was
surprise.
William Blackwell, for many years a
miller near Waynes boro, and for the last
six or eight years residentof Waynesboro,
died at that place on Monday of last week,
aged about 76 years. He was native of
Bedford county, but had lived nearly all
his life in this county. He is survived by
wife and eight children.
The Greea6rier Independent states that most
of the persons whose property was burned
in the great fire last week will rebuild The
banks found their vaults had protected
their contents without injury, and the books
papers, &c., were removed in safety, their
losses being only in their buildings. Both
banks will rebuild at once, and Will build
fire proof buildings.
Gov. Atkinson OF W. Va, is bending his
energies to recapture Gap Hatfield, who,
with his two brothers, recently escaped from
Mingo county Jail. He has sent out an Or
gained body of % men in search of them
and they are allowed to enter Kentucky in
their search. 1t is certain that death awaits |
some of the parties on both sides in the |
event they meet.
The Fourth Biennial convention of the |
Virginia Association of the Deaf, the State |
of the educated deaf mutes of |
Virginia, met in Charlottesville yesterday. |
Much business will be transacted. Mr..
VIM. q. Ritter of Charlottesville, but at the
line OF his election of Stanton, will pre-
ide over the sessions Of the convention, He
s the second president Of the association.
Which is now over six years old, having
'een organized in Richmond in 1891.
The first M. E. Church South which was
eceived into the Conference which met here
asst Spring is again in trouble. The pastor
Rev. VIM. III. Gross has resigned, and there
J dispute said 30 have arisen about the
ayment of $4,000 indebtedness on the
lurch, which it was believed the Balti-
nore Conference had assumed The Rev.
Dr.. Kibler will likely succeed Mr.. Gross.
rn fo l
osure proceedings. c
The New River d Virginia Railroad Co.
Is been formed, with $3.50 capital. to G
lid line in Fayette and Mercer counties.
mong those interested are Norris Harvey. /
Fayetteville, and G. w. Jones, of Red '
ar, W. Va. This. it is believed, is theI q
me company which has been promoting a
ilroad under the title of the Red Star Rail-
ad Co.. recently referred to in the Manu-
cturers' Record.
In the great l.. A w. wheel races which
ok place in Philadelphia last week Fred
hade who was SO popular in the racing L
re three weeks ago, took high rank u
longst the amateurs. Dispatches say: il
After the scheduled events had been run
, Fred senate, the Virginia mateur, sue | r,
,ded in breaking the worlds record for
e-third of mile. Schade was paced by al
o quads and got away beautifully. He G
gged the quads closely and finished in a
rife pace in :32 4 4 second, lowering Por-
S record OF "a Is seconds, made in 1894" =;
lobert Van Pelt aud Miss Leila Peyton h
lnson, of this city were married on FRI co
7 last, at Churchville, this county, by
v. j. II. Winfree. They will spend
; days in the county, after which Mr.. til
n Pelt will go to South East Virginia, Va
ere he has recently accepted position. de
be groom is the son of James Ii. Van Al
t, is printer and until recently a mem
of the Stonewall Brigade Band. The nj,
e is the daughter Of Charles l.. Johnson. tri
some time she has operated switch Wis
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