Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-04-08
VIRGINIA NEWS.

AT Newport news SdCurOdy As1VV
head of cattle were shipped to Europe.
Judge s. 6. Whittle, of Pittsylvania
county, ia mentioned as candidate for
Governor.
Itisproposed by the chicken fanciers
of Loudoun to have big show at
Hamilton this fall.
Mrs. Juliet E. Yates died last week |
at her home. Edgemont, near North
Garden, in her 61st year.
Capt. Isaac T. Gaines died recently
at his home in Paris, Texas. He was q |
brother of the Judge w. H. Gaines, OF
Warrenton.
Two hundred people have gone from
Washington county to South Carolina
in the past few weeks and others are
making arrangements to go.
Mrs. E. Mildred Chancellor, wife OF
Mr.. S. A. Chancellor, died at her home
at Silcott's Springs, Loudoun county,
on Tuesday last, aged rs years.
VIM, Milburn, farmer of Frederick
county. committed suicide Friday by
blowing his head off with a shotgun.
He had been mentally unbalanced for
some time.
Mrs. Arch Pope died suddenly at her
home, near Winchester on Thursday,
| of heart disease. She had been mar
ried but three months. She was formal
ly Miss Lineburg.
| G.F. Mayors, of Stephens City, is an
applicant for the consulate at Val
paraiso. and last week called at the
State Department in behalf of his can
didacy.
l. Rev. s. 8. Hepburn, of Omey has de
clined the call recently extended him
lby the vestry of st. Andrews church,
Richmond, of which the late Rev. Dr.
Pike Powers was rector
The union printers of the Everett
Waddy Printing Company, in Rich
: mond, are all OUT This action Is the
PAW that it would no longer recognize
the Jurisdiction Of the typographical
union.
Judge Baker P. Lee, of Hampton,
. has formally announced himself can
l didate for Governor. Politicians think
the Judges hope would be in a hot
tight between Messrs. Ellyson and Ty'
Ter.
Q Postoffice Inspector Wardle had q
{ conference with Postmaster Ferguson
q and Mayor Williams, of Winchester
Saturday, with view OF establishing
u free delivery service of mail in thai
y city.
I'll Miss Bessie Shield, of Ridgeford. n
l. j.. was seriously, and Miss Mary Wayt
J. of Atlanta, Ga., painfully hurt In
runaway accident in Richmond Fri
II day. Misses Virginia NJ. Tyler ant
q Ottie L. Fleming were also in the car
y rage, but they escaped injury.
IT Mrs. Julia Lock (nee Tebbs), Of Lees
burg, who married General McCook, o
the United States army, and after hi
death Mr.. Locke, of this State. an emf
ia nent lawyer, died recently at Sterling
after a short illness. Her remains wer'
inferred at Herndon.
10 The large lumber plant Of the Green
leaf Johnston Lumber Company. o
ls Baltimore. just across the river from
is Norfolk, in Berkeley, was burned t
the ground Friday evening, entallini
= a loss of $4,000 Fourteen drykifns
- valued at about $4,000, and $50 100
q feet of finely dressed lumber, valued a
t. about $50. 900 were consumed.
n Callie, the three year old, daughte
re of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hough. of Hills
10 boro', was fatally burned on Thursday
a Her mother had left her for a fey
"a minutes, in order to bring some waite
"a from the spring, and returning, foun
e. the child's dress in flames. With tn
at water in the bucket she extinguishe
:. the flames, but the little girl died o.
~ Friday.
The movement which was started j
~ Lynchburg about two months ago TO
D. the organization of an Independent
party has assumed definite shape. Tn
al sWorkingman's Party is the nam
Qiven to the organization, and its pre-
" moters claim that they have larg
TX membership. J. s. billiard has bee
es elected president. Five thousan
ne copies of a pamphlet containing th
principles and objects of the party wi
" be distributed on the streets.
- J. T. Lumpkin has been arrested o
~ the charge of making false returns
er- Pittsylvania county, and D. 0. II ughel
90 merchant and deputy postmaster q
- Holston, was jailed at Abingdon Frida
We on the charge of making false entrie
ne of stamps cancelled at his office. Th
wv warrant was issued on affidavit OF
N, postof1ice inspector.
d. Mrs. Harrison Robinson, of Chal
IN lottesville, lost bag of jewels on Lei
,. ington street, Baltimore, on WedDel
IT. day, of last week which was returne
to her by Miss Lizzie Towson throug
an advertisement. Miss Towson ha
picked up the satchel on the street
and nearly tainted with astonishmen
when she saw it's contents. When Mis-
TowsOn returned the valuables, Mr..
Robinson gave her the contents of he
1g purse. and promised to send her
~ check when she returned home.
of Mr.. Richard Sullens, we'll to
of farmer, living near Gainse's Mills. j
,is Hanover, was held up at the point 6
at q pistols on Wednesday last Th
in farmer does not believe in banks, and
ii. it is understood, often keeps consider
n able sum of money on his premises.
re- big man approached and threatened t
n kill him if he moved. The old ma
r. made a movement as if to strike hi
ut assailant, when the latter snapped ii
IT. revolver. Fortunately the weapo
rt failed to discharge. The highwaymar
id with heavy stick, then assaulted tn
ln farmer numerically. Sullens receive
an several very severe cuts.
adj Awful Confessions.
nc A dispatch from Charleston, w. Va
us says that Wylie Lewis has confesse
OF that he was the man who blew up tn
ID big Chesapeake & Ohio Railroa
OF hridoa across Morris creek during tn