Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-02
RRIEE LOCALS.

BRIEF LOCALS.
All kinds of Job work done at this Office.
Newton Woodson and Miss Mary Terrell
were married yesterday near Basic City.
Newton M. Parish and Miss Elizabeth
Carey were married at Barren Ridge.
William Gilmore and Miss Graney were
Tuesday night married near Pointsville.
William H. Parnell and Mrs. Demasters
were married in Staunton Tuesday at the
parsonage by Rev. F. j. Prettyman.
The dwelling house of W. A. Hedrick in
Greenbrier county, W. Va, was recently
burned together with nearly all its contents.
Mr.. Yost has offered bill in Congress to
pay the heirs of j. s. A. Trotter of Stanton
1915 for carrying the mail in 1851.
DR.. Jas. Kincaid. former resident OF
Greenbrier county, W. Va, died at Catletts-
burg, KY, on the 22d of May.
When you come to town and wish envelopes
ietter-heads, bill heads or any other kind OF
lob work done, call at the SPECTATOR and
INDICATOR Office.
Col. VIM. H. Efinger. formerly of Harri-
sonburg, now of Portland, Oregon, has
been nominated by the Democrats for cir.
cult judge.
In Covington last week an unknown col
ored man was so injured in attempting to
board moving train that he died shortly
afterward.
Rev. u. M. Layton, for number of years
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Frank
ford, Greenbrer Co, W. Va, has returned
to his former residence near Mt. Meridian
in this county.
Waynesboro after spirited fight has
elected new mayor and council. Mayor
J.W. 10th. Councilmen, John W. Ely
son, L. Kemper Huff, T. W. Alexander, s..
Il. Lambert, e. M. Barger and T. j. Yancey
The Kings Daughters Hospital will
close during June to repair and clean up.
Miss Rison, the nurse in charge, will spend
her holiday at home in Richmond.
Mr.. Ernest l.. Austin, son of DIR. q. n.
Austin of Lewisbnrg, was married to Miss
Esthea Stump at Grantsville, Calhoun coun-
ty, W. Va, on the 18th of May. Mr.. Aus
tin has many relatives in Augusta.
Miss Laura Brown, sister of Mrs. Charles
s. Hunter. who has been a student at the
Mary Baldwin Seminary and guest of her
aunt, Miss Emma Brown, has returned to
her home in Georgia, having finished her
examination.
Edward Marshall (colored) who stole a
COW from Rev r. l.. Teltord, of Lewisburg
in 1896, and was sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary, has been pardoned by Gov
Atkinson.
The Southern Railway hauled over eighty
trains of troops from Chattanooga to Tampa,
Fla, in a period of seven days. This is on
an average of nearly twelve special trains q
day, and all of them were handled without
any mishap.
A Mingo county. W. Va. jury found a
prisoner guilty of "involuntary manslaugh-
ter" for shooting at man he did not hit
and who is still alive. The judge di5charg-
ed both jury and prisoner.
Capt. VIM. Il. Fowle has been appointed
to a position in the paymaster department
of the army. Capt. Fowle's wife is cousin
of Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, and Gen. Lee used
his good Offices in his behalf. Capt. Fowle
was Gen. Lees chief clerk, where he wa:
commissioner of internal revenue.
K. S. Turk, Staunton. Va, has shipped
the bay mare Belco, by Pamlico, to New
Jersey, to be bred to Red Wilkes. Belco i:
owned by W. A. Turk, passenger agent a
the Southern railway. headquarters O
Washington, D. e. Mr.. Turk also own
Bachelor. by Pamlico, out Of a mare b.
Alcantara.-The Horsemen.
Walter Beard, the negro, who attempted
criminal assault on Mrs Beard of Romeo
verte. W. Va, notice of which appearet
in this paper last week was last Thursda
shot and killed by Mr.. Dudley Of the pur
suing party. He was not killed dead, blu
died in the Lewisburg Jail next day after h
was shot.
Lieut.. Andrew S. Rowan has been rec
commended for lieutenant colonelcy b.
Gen. Miles, for his successful penetration
of the Spanish lines in Cuba some week
ago. Lieut.. Rowan Is member of tn
Nineteenth Infantry, and son of Col. Johl
M. Rowan, late Treasurer of W. Va, an
an uncle of Jennie and Mary Lin Caperto
who are at school in this CITY,
The Letter wheat deal is over and Ma
wheat went down 80 cents to 81 %. Thel
was big break in the deferred futures, O
favorable crop reports; large receipt
everywhere and enormous worlds whef
shipments-over 10. 1000, 900 bushels. Lett
had not many shorts left in May, possibI
800, 900 bushels.
Mrs. Sue S. BERTHE, wife of Harry Berti,
died at 2:20 o'clock Thursday morning, aft
lingering illness, aged 45 years. The Fl
neral took place Friday afternoon at fol-
o'clock at the First Presbyterian churcl
and the Rev. r g. Gilmore conducted fl
services. Mrs. BERTHE was member of tt
First Presbyterian church. She is survive
by husband and two children, Cecil al
Laura. She was native of Florida.
1t is reported that the Little Kanawl
Railroad Co. has determined to extend i
line from Elizabeth to huntsville. II
construction work has begun. Passeng
trains are now in operation between Par
ersburg and Palestine, distance of thir
miles. The road was built in 1897 fro
Parkersburg to Elizabeth, distance
twenty-six miles. H. Z. Jackson, at Par
ersburg, is president of the company. 1t
stated with much positiyeness that t
(Camden Road) the W. Va. Central, wi
be extended twenty miles into the GauI
coal fields.
Letcher-PauI,
Hon. Greenlee D. Letcher, son of the Ia
Gov. John Letcher, was on Tuesday mi