Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-03-25
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BRIEF


Co. Of Harrisonburg. will soon put in bla
their pottery at that place,
Sam'l H. Brown. an aged citizen of Il
Keezletown neighborhOod, died at the hon
of his son, Peter Brown, last week.
Yancy & Haas, is the style of new la
firm at Harrisonburg. composed of VIM.
Yancy and Telford N. Haas.
The members of the Dunkard church
this city are contemplating building
church here.
Weller Shanklin of Monroe Co., W. Va
has been granted patent on an improve
car coupler.
tended their lease of the Waynesboro Ser
tinel to two years. The business will
conducted in the name of the Sentinel.
Hon. j. Taylor EIlyson, who is promi
nent candidate for Governor announces tina
he stands squarely on the Democratic plat
forms as announced at Chicago and Staun
ton.
The body of Jackson, one of the men VIII,
was hanged last Saturday at Newport, KY.
for the murder of Pearl Bryan, passed
through here on Sunday, on the way to hi
former home in New Jersey.
The Monroe Waterman has discarded
with its last issue the word County from
its name, thus shortening it, but doing nc
further damage to the make up of that ex.
cellent journal
One day last week. in Lewisburg. W. Va
Ed. Conner sold his hardware store to
Messrs. W. E. Nelson and r. P. Ritten-
house, who, few hours later, sold it to
Messrs. II. F. and Ed. Harnsbarger.-Star.
The report is current that prominent
candidate for the Staunton Post Office was
locked up in a station house in Washington
last Saturday night. for inebriety and re-
fu.ing to pay cab fare.
Maj John w. Harris, trustee, has closed
out the remaining stock of the failed com
pany of Rhodes, Morton & Co., of Romeo
verte, W. Va, to L. E. and w. II. McClung
of Greenbrier Co.
A. Emerson johnson Of Fl Spring, Green
brier county, has compromised a $4,000
damage suit against the Baltimore & Poto-
mac Ry. Co. for personal injury inflicted on
him, by accepting $1,000.
Hon. S. H. Walker, one of the members
of the board of supervisors, was misquoted
last week in reporting the proceedings Of
the board. His resolution was not that
physicians bills be sworn to, but that all ac-
counts against the county be s,oorn TO.
In Monroe Co., W. Va. last week, Mrs.
Maud McNeer, wife of Eldridge McNeer,
Esq, of Salt Sulphur District, Mrs. Laura
Williams, wife of Mr.. Floyd Williams, Of
Potts Creek, Mrs. Ellen Burdett. of Spring
field District. and the Rev. VIM. BoYles, an
aged minister of the Baptist church, died.
Maj. Geo. Chrisman and DR.. John A.
Myers returned last week from a trip to
Kentucky, bringing with them five mares
and three horses, all thoroughbred Ken
lucky stock. We understand, they paid
$1,000 for one of them, saddle horse
Harrisonburg Republican.
The Staunton Base Ball Club under Mana
ager Jno. q. Scott and picked nine from the
printers played game on Tuesday afternoon
of five innings resulting in score of to 5
In favor of the Stauntons when rain put an
end to the game. There is no telling what
might have happened but for the rain.
W. ii. Kirtley brakeman on the G. & o.
Ry., was found with his neck broken at
Haxa1 Station last Saturday night. He
had made the run from Clifton Forge, and
was returning in the engine cab. The en-
gineer went into the telegraph station and
on returning found him lying by the engine
with his neck broken. He was the only son
of a widowed mother.
A man by the name of w. P. Wears, who
was writer on the staff of the Wheeling
Intelligencer. for the eastern portion of the
State, and who wrote under the nom de
plane of Arthur Middleton, has been ad-
judged insane. He wrote some monstrous
fabrications during the last campaign. He
had just been appointed clerk in Gov.
Atkinson'S Office.
Haste to the Wedding" is the tune which
has been danced to by many of the colored
population within the last few days. Nine
marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the Hastings court since Friday
last. Police Justice Landes has been the
cause OF this sudden change from celibacy
to congugality, reform among others for
which the community is much indebted
More persons were present on Monday,
court-day, than have been seen in Staunton
for long time. THE day was pleasant and
the crowd COCA humored. Horse trading
was indulgsd ia 60 a considerable degree
and few cattle came to town. No foreign
buyers were in town so few horses were
shipped A good deal of personal property
was sold in front of the court house door,
and several important land sales were made
which appear elsewhere.
On last Saturday the body of Andrew
Strother, the old negro man who was found
in North River, west of Mt. Scion, with a
bag of rocks tied about his neck, was disin.
TERED, and a jury summoned, and further
evidence taken. Three persons were put
under arrest to-wit: Geo. Strother, Nancy
Strother and VIM. Stuart George is the son
Of Andrew, Nancy is the widow, and VIM.
Stuart the Son-in-law.
Two negro boys who had been living near
Burketown with Mr.. David Bear took some
money from bureau drawer in the house
and left. Telephone messages were sent to
different portions of the county, and on Sat-
urday the boys were located on the Mt
Scion road: Deputy Sheriff Alex. Walker
arrested them without trouble and on them
was found the $46 taken. they had not spent
any OF it. Their names were John Jackson
and Eugene Pollard, They were committed
to await the action OF the Grand Jury by
Justice Hopewell.
New Advertisements.
The sale OF three tracts of la nd in High
land county are advertised in this issue by
Commissioners Jones Cnlaw (,rozier and