Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-17
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VINDIcAToR Office.
The Weekly Sentinel, published a
Waynesboro by E. G. Myers, has sus
pended owing to poor support.
Edward M. Smith, of Albemarl
county, and Miss Massye A. Smith, o
Nelson county are to be married at Ladd
Va, on November %.
There will be no preaching at Ziol
Lutheran church next Sunday on &C
count of the absence of the pastor, who
will be Richmond.
Game of various kinds is coming In
rapidly. rheasants and cartridges are
displayed in nearly all the restaurant
windows.
Last Friday. Oliver, the five year old
son of Mr.. J. G. Splitter, livirg near
Middlebrook, was kicked in the face b y
colt and badly injured. The Messrs.
DIR. Dunlop sewed up the wound.
Turner K. Hackman received Satur-
day from Judge John Paul his commits
sion as referee in bankruptcy. MI.
Hackman will at once enter upon the
duties of his new position
City Clerk Argenbrfght on Tuesday
issued a marriage license to j. Edgar
Smith, of Greenvllle, Monroe county,
w. Va, and Miss Lula Crawford, which
happy event was celebrated in the Meth
odist church at $50 p. ID. yesterday
Died on November 11th at the home
of her mother near Calverton, Fanqulei
county, Miss Willie A. Bell aged 20
years. By the death OF this lovely
young girl many hearts are made sad
but we trust the home circle is only
broken on earth to be united in heaven
Mrs Jas. Cross, of West Augusta,
was in the City yesterday attending to
business matters relating to her prop
erty here She has leased the Highland
House to Mr.. JOHN Pear. an cid Staun-
tonian but who has long been keeping
hotels on the road TO Highland.
Cards have been issued announcing
the marriage of Miss Cassie M. HOge.
daughter of Mr.. P. Byron Hoge, OF
Baltimore, to Mr. Thomas j. Hartman,
of this city, to be celebrated in N. Ave
nue. Baptist Church on Thursday even
ing, the 18th inst
Mr.. W. ). Seitz, of the Tenth Ken
lucky; Gen. Walker, of the Ninth Vir-
ginia, and Representative Pearson, OF
the Ninth North Carolina, have al,
notified Republican headquarters OF
their intention to contest the seats, OF
Democrats who have been declared
elected.
OdrUS llhNC UcCu ny A4lo. ChOuP
of Cumberland, Md, announcing the
marriage of her daughter, Miss Bessie,
to Colonel George A. Pearre, proml-
nent lawyer of Cumberland and now
Congressman-electf from that district.
The prospective bride is a cousin OF
Major S. M. Yost of this city, and is
well and favOrably known here.
Charles B. Rouss and Col. w. E.
Franklin, of New York, have contri
buted 5000 to the fund being raised for
the erection at Front Royal, Warren
county, of a monument to the memory
of the six men of Mosby's command
who were hanged there during the war
by the order of General Custer.
All day long yesterday the material of
the new gas plant which is being erect
ed in the city, was being hauled from
the G.. g. o. depot and taken to the
points where it is to be used. The COM
pany is pushing their enterprise with
great energy.
Jack Carroll and W. n. Smith, of this
city, J. H. Engleman, w. H. johnson,
Edward Moore. E. L. HOuff, Robert
Clifton and W. Fl. Watts, of the county.
have been selected as jurymen for the
next term of the United States court
that conveues at Harrisonburg on the
9Th of next month.
General Scott Ship, superintendent
of the Virginia Military Institute. has
issued ids of invitation to the mar
rage of his daughter. Miss Lucy Ship,
to Mr.. Benjamin Huger, of Charleston.
s. c. The ceremony will be performed
In Grace Memorial Episcopal church,
Thursday evening, November II, at
o'clock. Mr.. Huger is a graduate of the
Virginia Military Institute.
A few nights ago Mr.. Lewis Hartman,
who lives about three mics north OF
Staunton on his fathers farm on the
Valley pike, lost about fifteen hundred
bushels of wheat and small barn by
which it was shocked, by fire. The
wheat was partially insured; but the
loss is pretty heavy. It was urques
tionahlv the WORK If an incendiarv