Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-01-05
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neighborhood, was in the city Friday.
Miss Lula Michael. of Waynesboro
= is visiting Miss Kate Fauver in this city
The Waynesboro Fire Company com
: pleted their bell tower last week.
E. E. Wallace and Howard D. Coynel
, of aynesboro, Spent Saturday in thu
5 city.
Mrs. Sanford Carson returned Satur
I day from visit to relatives in Deer.
I field.
4 Mrs. G. A. Henderson left Saturday
to visit her son. Mr.. w. H. Henderson
at Swoope's Depot.
Isaac G. Morton, Jr., left last week
r for Morganfield, KY, to accept posi-
tion in large mercantile house.
Ami Kiracofe, of Parnassus, was in
Staunton Saturday. Mr.. Kiracofe is a
, large handler of cattle and now has on
hand about 100 head.
II Miss Bessie Merritt, who has been
visiting at the residence of Col. P. B..
Hogshead, returned Saturday to her
home near Greenvllle.
| J. A. Will reached the city from
Charlottesville and is now at the resi-
dence of j. A. Fauver on the Parkers-
burg road.
Miss Mary Cameron, a teacher at the
Virginia School. for the Deaf and
Blind, left yesterday to spend few days
at her home in Deerfield.
Miss Ruth Coiner, sister, and Miss
Aida Coiner, a cousin, both of Waynes-
boro, are visiting Mrs. II. H. Blease at
the Wesleyan Institute.
Mr.. G. E. Young, Jr., the G. and 0.
Express Messenger between Washing
ton and Cincinnati is now visiting his
father, Prof G. E. Young, on Kalorama
street.
| Mrs. H. L. Hoover, haying returned
to the city from long visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Annie Holmes, in Mis-
souri,, Is stopping at the Second church
manse.
Rev. DIR. Finley has with him for the
holidays his two sons, Hon. John Fin
ley, of the revenue service, whose home
is Parkersburg, W. Va, and Mr.. Au-
gustus Finley, of West Virginia, near
Charleston.
Morton Rexrode and Miss Nettie
Baber were married Sunday evening at
1870 in the United Brethren church by
the pastor, Rev. S. K. Wine. They
are both of Augusta county.
Harrison Crummett. who is a native
of Highland county, but who has been
living near Slower, in this county, for
some time, died at his home on Monday
of last week, of typhoid fever, and was
buried on Wednesday.
MI. w. E. Christian, who is we'll
known in this city, and who married
the only daughter of Gen. Stone vail
jackson, left this week for Havana,
Cuba. He will act as special CORE
spondent of the Washington Post.
| Mrs. A. S. Woodhouse entertained
her Sunday school class at her home on
Sears Hill, last week, and the occasion
was one long to be remembered. Re-
freshments were served to the young
people, of which there were quite num-
Der present.
Mr.. John W. Bryan brought us few
English walnuts last week which were
raised on his farm few miles from
town on the Greenville road. They are
unusually fine specimens and this gives
an evidence that they could be raised
| 10 this county.
DIR. Claude Burke, of Burketown,
spent Thursday in the city. After
graduating at the Augusta Military
Academy, DR.. Burke took the medical
course at the University of Virginia.
For the last year he has been connected
with large hospital in New York.
Capt. Thomas Blackford left Thurs
day to resume his duties as command
ant at the Cheltenham Military Acad-
envy. Penn. He will stop off in Wash
ington to spend few days with his
brother, Benjamin G. Blackford, who
| is connected with the Standard Oil
| Company in that city.
Stribling Springs is still place of in
terest. Saturday party OF people
| who had been out there for the past
| eight months passed through the city on
| the way to their homes in Illinois.
Among them were Mrs. Bradbury and
son, John Bradbury, Mrs. R. l.. Rob,
Miss McNay and Mr.. A. G. McComb.
Catharine Bush, relict OF the late
Albert G. Bush, of Waynesboro, died
at her home on the edge of that town
on Friday Of last week and was buried
ON Saturday, aged about 70 years. Her
maiden name was Callen. She left no
I children. The funeral services were
!, conducted by Rev. G. D. White OF the
M. E. Church.
Il E. P. Wayland, of Waynesboro, re-
ceived telegram on Wednesday night
, announcing the death of his brother,
/, Robert A. Wayland, which occurred in
Chilicothe, Ohio, on that day. The in
terment took place in Chilicothe Thus
, day. Deceased was As years old and
was citizen of Augusta county pre-
vious to his removal to Ohio twenty
, years ago.
A rumor was current Thursday that
two negroes had been shot and killed
linear town on the ArbOr Hill road. An
oatinot;an Grnoad tho rumnr in