Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-05-20

office. An elegant new line of type
for this especial purpose.
BRIEF LOCALS.
All kinds of Job work done at this Office.
Mad dogs have been killed in Greenbrier
county, where they caused much alarm.
Last week the will of Miss Josephine
Calhoun was admitted to probate, with W.
II. Landes as administrator.
Jacob Scherer, we'll known in this city, is
playing ball in the Newport News. Hamp-
ton team.
The New Hope Postoffice has been taken
charge of by Chas. R. Parr, the new Repub-
lican postmaster, and it has been removed
to new quarters.
Mrs. William Wease, who formerly lived
in this county, died at Dayton. Rockingham
county, last Saturday. She leaves hus-
band and large family of children.
Mrs. Fannie Argenbright, mother of DR..
H. M. Argenbright, of Mt. Crawford, was
paralyzed on last Saturday and is seriously
i'll.
The store houses of the DR.. VIM. Chap.
man estate on Main street, are being repaint-
ed, and much improved. Mr.. Early is doing
the work.
Herbert Baker, a colored lad of seventeen
years. son of Victoria Baker of this city,
dropped dead on last Thursday morning,
and was buried Friday afternoon.
Last Saturday the Blacksburg boys defeat
ed the V. M. rs at Roanoke, in game Of
ball by score of to 1. 1t is expected that
the V. NJ. rs will play here soon.
Glass Brothers, formerly of Lynchburg,
but now of Buena Vista, will erect large
fouring-mill plant at the last-named place
as soon as the necessary machinery arrives.
Samuel A. Wilson was last week appoint
ed by the Circuit Court. trustee of the
district parsonage M. E. Church South at
this place in the stead of P. N. Powell, de-
ceased.
A change of schedule on last Sunday was
made OF the G. & o. which is as follows
Eastbound 2O7 and 11.06 daily; 1920 and 2.3O
except Sunday. Westbound 4.22 and 7.05
daily; 1888 and TAT except Sunday.
Mr.. Jas. g. Lightner. prominent attor-
ney Of the Bath county Bar, will be married
the 1st of June to Miss Dora e. Guin,
daughter of Mr.. Geo. GUN. of McClung,
Bath county.
Mrs. Margaret q. Hoover, wife of G. q.
Hoover, died and was buried at the New
Hope Methodist church on last Sunday
morning, the Rev. j. Kyle Gilbert conduct
ing the funeral services.
W. W. Burns of Warm Springs, was
found by his wife at the wood pile in an
unconscious condition last week. He had
fallen whilst chopping wood. He was
taken in and resuscitated, but he has been
quite i'll since.
The contract for tearing down the old
Baptist church in this city and the erection
of a new and handsome edifice on the site
Of the old one was last week let to Messrs.
Stewart and Blackburn, who are large con-
tractors in this city.
VIM. II. Mcneil, the white man charged
with criminal assault upon Willie Coffee,
little girl aged about ten years, living
near Plunkettsville, was given a hearing
by Justice Kinney last week and was sent
on to the grand jury.
The N. & W. railroad shops at Shenan-
dOah closed down last Saturday. All work
formerly done at Shenandoah has been
transferred to Roanoke. This is an unex-
pected blow to Shenandoah, which will
greatly affect the business of the town.
1t is understood that the Norfolk and
Western Railroad has secured contract to
deliver 600 cars of coal to Norfolk each day.
The largest contract the company ever had
was 500 cars per day, and this additional
will, it is thought, necessarily compel them
to increase their force of trainmen.
1t was stated in Washington Monday that
Mr.. Bowen, eva. Congressman, would be
appointed U. S. Marshal for this district, and
that Mr.. s. Brown allen would Withdraw. on
the promise that he would be otherwise pro-
vided for, and as any port is better than the
open sea in a storm, Mr.. Allen, it is said, will
accept the situation and withdraw.
The Hon. Peter S. Hyde, State Senator
from Piedmont, Va, one of the democratic
members OF the present Constitutional Com
mittee of that State, died suddenly of apo
plexy on Thursday of last week, on his way
from Winchester to his home. Wemet Mr..
Hyde at Lewisburg recently and travelled
from there to Washington with him. From
there he went to Harrisonburg, Va, to visit
brother and thencet to Winchester stopping
at several intervening points TO visit rela-
tiyes. He was about 60 years Of age. He
Was gallant (lOufnd ara 70 cnldior ond vorv
popular in his district.
Last Saturday was the thirty-third ami
versary of the battle of New Market, in
which the corps of cadets of the Virginia
Military Institute took part, and made its
memorable charge. The cadets, in this bat
tie, were organized as battalion of infan-
try, of four companies, and as platoon OF
artillery, serving two 3-inch Iitle guns.
There were over fifty cadets killed and
wounded in this battle, out Of an aggregate
of $50. That afternoon at $40 o'clock the
graves Of the five young heroes who fell in
the fight, and whose rema ms are buried
in the Institute cemetery, were decorat.
ed. and appropriate music was discoursed
by the Virginia Military Institute Post
Band. Many ladies and officers of the insti-
tute and cadets and others attended the ex-
ercises. There was suspe nsion of all acad-
emic duties at the institute.
DEER PARK.
To those contemplating trip to the noun
tains in search of health or pleasure, Deer
Park, on the crest of the Allegheny noun
tains, 5000 feet above sea level offers such va
ned attractions as a delightful atmosphere
during both day and night, pure water,