Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-21
BRIEFLOCALS.
All kinds of Job work done at this Office.


S. D. Timberlake has gone to purchase h
spring stock of dry goods
Col B. F. Harlow, of Lewisburg, W. Va
announces himself as a candidate for re
election to the Legislature.
Robert P White, very worthy citizen Q
Greenbrler county, died last week at hi
home near Lewisburg, aged 81 years.
In the Y. NJ. q. A. contest the Blues lie
on yesterdaY-61 mem bers and 2S4 points
Reds 90 members, 259 points.
: Measles has been very prevalent in Han
risonburg for some time. 1t is said to have
invaded almost every family in the town.
Frank T. Hollis show window has TO
some days been adorned with very perfec
representation of the battleship Maine, ant
n the back ground the city of Havana.
DIR. H. Welland, of Middlebrook, return
ed from College Of Physicians and Surgeons
on Tuesday of last week to spend his vaca-
ton.
When you come to town and wish envelope:
letter-heads, bill heads or any other kind Of
job work done, call at the SPECTATOR an6
VINDIcAToR Office.
President VIM. l.. Wilson, OF Washington
and Lee University. has agreed to deliver a
series of lectures in political government
at Yale.
A marriage license was issued last Friday,
to Huston e. Bolen and Miss Carrie l..
Ralphord by County Clerk Burnett They
will be married at Mt. Sidney. April 81.
T., +I,o chou, Of Po1l e, Pol
drug store, there is another model of the
ship, made by J. NJ. Hoge The first is of
card board and the latter oftin, and both
are admirable representations.
The two men arrested at Basic City on the
18th instant upon suspicion of being bur-
glars having offered lot of postage stamps
for sale, were reported to the detective
agency at Roanoke and identified as Houli
han and Filkins, noted safe-blowers of
Chicago.
In Lexington last week NJ. r. Bro wn, 4.
q. Templeton and q. W. Irvine were before
the county court for selling liquors to stud
ents and minors. Templeton was fined in
one case S25. Brown in one case SIS, and
Irvine was acquitted.
Lieut.. Mason Patrick, formerly of Lewis.
burg, but now in charge of Mississippi i'm
provsmentS near Memphis recently deliv-
cred q lecture in that city on Coast Defenses,
which has been very highly commanded,
Lieut.. Patrick is a nephew of the late Gov.
Hy. M. Mathews, and graduated second in
his class at West Point.
Rev. j. j.. Crickenberger, of Augusta
county, Va, has rented John A. CoX's house,
in east Lewisburg, and will. with his fami-
ly, move to our town this week, where they
will reside in future. We extend cordial
welcome to Mr.. Crickenberger and his fami-
Mediterranean.
A little son of Prof. B. F. Humphreys
died on Friday of last week. He had had
pneumonia as result of which an abscess
on the Lung came necessitating an operation
some days ago. lie had improved and it
was thought he would get we'll, but there
was turn for the worse sand soon the |
end came. The funeral took place at three |
o'clock Saturday from the residence, Rev. |
j. M. Wells, conducting the services.
A slight fire occurred in the residence aof |
the late ex-senator Jno. F. Lewis. at Lynn
wood, Rockingham county, on Saturday |
evening of last week, which threatened the |
entire destruction of the building, but by |
the timely assistance of neighbors, the
flames were checked, and the loss on build
ing was only few hundred dollars. There
~as also considerable loss on household
furniture. There was insurance on the
house, but none on the furniture.
and Miss Moore, of the sam county, were
married in Washington on last Wednesday.
They came to Staunton thinking they could
be married here, but finding that license
could only be issued when the lady
was a resident Of the county, they went
to Washington. They were not running
away. Mr. Grimes is public school teach
er of that county, and Miss Moore, the
daughter of a respectable farmer of the
Frost neighborhood.