Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-01-27

! Robert Butler Malone, son of the lat
Gen. Malone, has been appointed Consu
at Nuero Laredo, Mexico.
Gabriel Bic RavendaI of South Dakota
has been named as Consul to succeed Capt
Thos. s. Doyle at Beirut, Syria.
A gentleman of Staunton who has mum
Der of fine pear trees finds that they are lit
orally covered with San Jose Sale. Nothing
can save the trees. They are too far gone
Maj. Jed Hotchkiss has prepared for sub
mission to the legislature bill to provide
for thorough geological survey of thu
State, to be prosecuted gradually but stead
lily and continuously.
Geo. F. Sager of North Bristol, Ohio
spent Saturday in the city. He is prospect
ing with view to starting plant to man
facture metal roofing here.
After an idleness of eight years the oldes
and largest manufacturing industry of Win
chester is to start up again, it is the Win
chester Paper Mill. 1t will get under way
by spring. The managers are now busy
putting everything in shape.
The Bank of Princeton, Mercer county
w. Va, was lately swindled out of S1,005
by forged check on Baldwin Ballard, OF
| Monroe county. The swindler is large
man, about so years of age, and gave his
name as e. P. Lilly.
The Little Kanawha railway has been
$3.50, 900 bonds voted to aid the enterprise
have been issued and delivered to the rail-
road company. The road will be completed
to Elizabeth, distance of twenty five miles,
before the middle of February.
E. S. Moomau and Mason Mathews Of
Lewisburg, W. Va, have bought the entire
stock of drugs, fancy articles, etc., now in
the drug store of o. P. Sydenstricker & Co.,
and will hereafter conduct the business at
the old stand under the firm name of E. S.
Moomau & Co.
The County Court of Webster county has
ordered an election to be held in Fork Lick
district on February 10th, to vote upon the
proposition to give $40, 900 to aid in build
ing narrow gauge railroad from Hard
wood to Addison.
Rev. DR.. A. R. Cooke of Waynesboro,
delivered an able address at the Second
Presbyterian church Sunday morning, 1t
being the occasion of the first semi-annual
meeting of the Marie Pratt Missionary So
ciety. In the evening he addressed the
Christian Endeavor Society.
Next Friday evening at 730 o'clock,
Sunday school mass meeting is to be held in
the First Presbyterian church, conducted
by Prof. Hamil of Illinois. The meeting
is under the auspices of the Sunday School
Society of Virginia.
The city council have contracted with
Lynchburg company for $4,000 vitrifed
bricks for paving johnson street from Au-
gusta street to the bridge over the creek at
Thornburg's stables, and from there to
Lewis street Belgian blocks will be used.
The work will be done at once. and will be
great Improvement.
Senator Southall, the Superintendent elect
of Public Instruction, has introduced a bill
providing for board of seven persons to
prepare annually list of questions upon
which applicants for school teachers GER
tifcates shall be examined. The replies to
the questions are to be returned to the board
and those who pass are tie be graded.
Mr. j. e. Carpenter. of Clifton Forge, has
leased the new store room, recently built by
him, on Main street, next door to Moody
and Smiths Hardware store to Messrs.
Shelton and Trout of Waynesboro, Va. who
will in the near future open dry goods
store there.
Miss Chloe Tyler Sans, the daughter of
the Rev. j. Julius Sans, d. D., was married
to Edward Duffy of the Baltimore bar on
Tuesday, at p. IN. at Holy Trinity church.
Owing to the recent death Of Mrs. Horace
II. Sans Of Norfolk. Va, the brides aunt,
no invitations were issued. Miss Sans is
we'll known in Stanton where she has
spent some time on various occ asions with
her sister. Mrs. j. Addison Cooke.