Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-01-27
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y Personal.
Miss Birdie Bell left Saturday for visi
to Baltimore.
Mrs. Charles A Holt is in Woodstock. or
visit to her mother and relatives.
Mrs. Kent and Miss Kent, of Wytheville
are guests of Capt. George M. Cochran.
Albert Hoge is again at home for a few
days from the V. NJ. l.
Mr.. G. F. Irvine, of Long Glade is visit
ing his brothers in Charlottesville.
Mr.. j. B. Andrews. of Charlottesville
was IN the city this week.
Miss Mamie Sullivan is in Harrisonburg.
visiting friends.
Rev. II. f. Scheele spent Tuesday in Basic
City.
W. L. Olivier went to Washington Tues
day on short business trip.
T. e. Prince, superintendent Valley
Branch of the B. & o. is in the city.
Mrs. Donald Allen and sister, Miss Halle
Tuesday went to Washington on visit.
Mrs. W. W. Gordon. of w ashington, is
visiting Mrs. NJ. E. Miller. at Eastwood
this city.
Fitzhugh Elder left Monday for Balti-
MORE where he attended the Duffy-Sams'
wedding on Wednesday.
Hon. NJ l.. Walton, of Woodstock. has
declined the position of colonel on Gov.
Tyler's staff.
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port, Pa, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H.
F. Scheele.
Mrs. j. NJ. Wells and children, who have
been visiting in Mississippi, have returned
home.
| Prof. VIM. A. Bow1es, of the ID. ID. & B.
| l., went to Richmond this week to make a
statement before legislative committee.
Lemuel Parker, until recently janitor of
the Masonic Temple, has gone to Newport
News to seek employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. S. Stickley, who have
boon visiting friends in the Valley, have
returned to their home in Candanian, Texas.
Capt Jno. N. Opie, after being at Lynch
burg to attend the Advisory Council came
to Staunton and spent day or two at his
home.
Mr. Gilmore Patten, prosecuting attorney
Of Monroe county, W. va, Gas in Staunton
for few days this week on a visit to his
cousin, Mr.. A. G. Braxton.
Mrs. Willis e. Campbell, daughter of Mr..
Samuel Campbell, was married on the 23rd
inst, at Stuart's Draft, to Mr., Gilbert
Lowry.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. johnson and little
daughter of Mt. Sidney, after spending sew
eral days with Mrs Johnson's parents here,
returned home Monday.
Gen. James A. Longstreet has been con-
Gen. Wade Hampton, in spite of the opposi
ton made to it.
Mrs. Williams, of Warrenton, who has
been visiring her daughter at the Mary
Baldwin Seminary, left Tuesday for st.
Louis.
Miss M. Blannie Frost, of Kentucky, was
few days ago summoned to Staunton on
account of the illness Of her sister, Mrs. M.
N. Bradley, who has pneumonia. Mrs.
Bradley is improving.
Mrs. Cora Turner Freijs Cries. who for
the past two or three weeks was visiting her
ather and family at her old home, No. Is
Fayette street. left last week for Indiana
polls, where she now resides.
Mrs. o. Il. Gresham and her little daugh-
rer, Virginia, left yesterday morning for
THAR futura homo OF HoUnrctomn Md
where Mr.. Gresham is the manager of the
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Louis Witt, who went south for his health,
has been much benefited. He is now in
Mexico. He has had some flattering offers
to form business connections in Texas. His
eturned home.
Messrs. Geo. 4. and Alex. Hanger, the
former of Salisbury, N. e., and the latter
of Portsmouth, Va, have been visiting
their mother, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hanger, of Way
nesboro, for some days and were in Staun-
ton on Monday visiting friends.
Messrs. q. NJ Bear of Churchville. J. N
Mohler of Mt. Scion, d. A. Bell of Fish
ersville, Rev. Samuel Driver of New Hope.
&. E. Schumacher, B. F. Smith, and j. q.
Richie, were amongst the callers at this
Office Monday.
Mr. Jos. 3. Woodward, Clerk OF the Cir
cult Court, left last Thursday for Florida,
where he will spend several weeks with his
wife's sister, Mrs. Samuel NJ. Bailey, on
Santa Bal Island. The island is on the
Gulf Coast south of Tampa in the midst of
the trucking district. with climate that is
almost tropical. The pleaure of the jour-
ney was considerably marred by severe
shaking up that Mr.. Woodward received
when his train which was running at full
speed came in contact with freight train
that was taking a siding north of Charles
ton, S. g. Two negroes were killed and
several of the train men injured. Mr.
Woodward escaped injury and proceeded on
| his way the next day.