Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-05-18

risonburg the best. He could not do
otherwise.
Virginia News.
The Upperville Colt Show will take
place on Wednesday and Thursday,
June IA and Is.
The residence of MI. Henry Whit
taker, in Caroline county, was destroy
ed by fire, with its contents.
G. Fl. Snead, a well-known druggist
of Lynchburg. is dead. He was aged
forty-two years and leaves wife and
five children.
Mrs. Ann English. wife of Mr.. Roy
English. residing near Mountain View,
in Stafford county, died suddenly at
her home last week.
Miss Madge Paxton, aged fifty years,
died at her residence in Lexington. For
fourteen years she was principal of
Anne smith Academy.
1t is stated the Norfolk and West.
ern Railroad Company is negotiating
for the control OF the Cincinnati, Ports.
mouth and West Virginia Railroad.
Dr.. S. w. Budd, one of Petersburg.
leading physicians, died on Saturday
at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Balti-
more, where he was taken some days
ago for treatment.
A point about one mile from Lees.
burg is to be the site of the annual en-.
campment of the District of Columbia
National Guard, which is to last eight
days, beginning June 10 next.
DR.. William Alexander Thorn died
at the residence of his son, Alfred P
| Thorn, in Norfolk, in the seyenty-nintt
year of his age. DR.. Thorn was ma.
tive of Culpeper county.
The postoffice at Villa msburg, Va
was robbed at 3o'clock Monday morn
| ing. The safe was blown open and
ters stolen. The robbers, who we've ex
perts, escaped.
| W. A. Thomas, of Clifton. has filed
papers in bankruptcy in the United
States District Court at Alexandria
| His liabilities will amount to about
$4,000 and his assets $14 600 to $4,000
| Mr.. Thomas has been in business al
Culpeper for number of years.
John S. Barbour, who was last veal
elected Mayor of Culpeper, has tender
ed his resignation as such to the Town
Council, on account of differences of
opinion between himself and the cOun
Gil concerning contract for water
with the Southern Railway Company
Judge A. M. Aiken, of the Corpora
ton Court of Danville has recently en-
tered an order exempting dentists
from service as jurors in his court,
holding that they come under the head
of physicians, who are exempted by
law.
John Jackson is in Jail at Newport
News for kissing another mans :. ife
The complaint against jackson was
made by j. w. Adams, husband of the
lady. Justice Robinson heard the case
and imposed fine of $25, in default of
which Jackson was sent to Jail.
The Lynchburg Ice and Refrigerator
COmpany's plant. the extract works,
owned and operated by Schilling &
Bruning, the tobacco factory of Stall
ing, Hancock u Co, and a number of
small dwellings in Lynchburg were
destroyed by fire on Sunday. Loss,
100000.
After experiments with wireless tele-
,raphy by the United States Signal
Corps carried on between the War and
Navy Building in Washington and Fort
Myer lii Alexandria county, General
Greedy has concluded that it will not
supplant the present system of wires.
The system will be more useful at sea
than on land.
The Rural Retreat Tunes says the
have been two hundred and forty
pounds of cabbage seed sold in that
place already for this seasons planting
in that vicinity and there is still a de
mand there for seed. This statement
will give some idea of the acreage that
will be planted in cabbage by the
Wythe farmers this year.
The barn and stables of Mr.. Willis
II. Lyon, member of the House of Dele
gates from Appomattox, were burned
last week near Pamplin City. Three
fine horses and mule were los, The
damage amounts to $1,000, and there
is no insurance. Mr.. Lyon a short
time ago suffered a personal affliction
by having his eyes cut seriously by
glass
A big deed has been recorded at Mar
linton between the st. Lawrence Boom
and Manufacturing Company and
John 6. Luke, of New York City.
The land conveyed is On the headwat
ers of the Greenbrier river and ap-
proximates 1916 acres at purchase
price of $77,620. The deed bore $78
war tax.
The stamping mill and machinery of
the Hughes Gold Mint near Fork
Union, in Fluvana county, complete
and extensive ore producing plant, re
Gently completed by New York and
Philadelphia capitalists was burned
last Friday night. They had just com
menced operations with success aid
held no insurance. The loss is many
the exact amount not being
known. The fire was fused by light
ming.
Rev. George d. Armstrong, D. D.,
LII. d., pastor emeritus of the First |
Presbyter1 Church of Norfolk and |
one OF the most eminent divines of the
denomination, died at his |
home in that city last Thursday after
loOn, aged eighty four years. He was
BORN in Mendaain, N. and was a
graduate Of Princeton and of the Union
Seminary Coming tn Vir-