Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-05-25
LOCAL BRIEFS.

er at SchutterIe's mill.
H. NJ. Spencer is having new bar
erected on what is known as his lowe
farm.
On June 14th, the closing exercise
at the Virginia School for the Dea
and the Blind will take place.
A. B. Rohr had valuable hors
killed by train on the Chesapeake ant
Ohio Railway Tuesday night. Th'
animal was valued at Sl25.
NJ .B. Rife was slightly injured
last Friday at Plunkettsville He wa
unloading hay from a wagon, whel
be slipped and fell.
DR.. J. b. Fox, the new pastor of th'
Lutheran church, qualified before the
hastings court last week to celebrate
the rites of matrimony.
The sale of the residence OF Meade
F. White on West Main street to j. A
Wise for $500, has been confirmed BY
the hastings court.
The annual convention of the Staun'
ton District of the Virginia Christian
Endeavor will be held at Woodstock
June 1918.
B. Miller McCue received from
Chester, Penn, Sunday morning nine
carrier pigeons to be turned loose here,
which he did on Monday morning.
E. J. Lewis, of Alexandria, has been
appointed superintendent of the Ma
tional Cemetery to succeed the late
Major O'Brien.
James P. Sheets and Miss Alice Och
eltree were united in marriage last
Sunday morning at $50 by Rev. j. N.
Vandeventer at the Augusta church
manse.
Mr.. ]. D. Coiner, near Fishersville,
recently sold lot of unusually five
sheep for the Baltimore market. There
were is ewes, the bunch weighing Zoo
lbs-an average of 1909 lbs each.
The Ladies' Of the Second Presbyter'
ian church will give strawberry fes
tival Friday evening next beginning
at 5 o'clock in the room lately occupied
by G. L. Weller in Masonic Temple
The public are cordially invited.
Last Saturday Geo. ludlow and
Peter Whit, workmen on the new barn
of R. M. H. Cash, near Waynesboro
fell from the scaffolding and were pain
fully injured. Mr.. ludlow sustaining
very serious wounds. DR.. Fox, oil
Waynes boro, was the attending physi
clan.
There will be meeting of the Au
gusta Fruit Growers Association or
Saturday, June 3rd. a. II O'Clock, al
the courthouse. The subject undel
consideration will be apples and grapes
The public are invited to be present.
The Protestant Episcopal clergy O
the Diocese of Alabama have request
ed the resignation of Rt. Rev. 81. M
Jackson, Bishop Coadjutor of Ala
bama, on the ground of excessive in
diligence in stimulants. This actor
was taken at the Episcopal Stat
Council which recently met at Annis
ton.
The United Brethren church in thi
city, has been neatly painted on tn
outside and presents a handsome ap
pearance. The interior has also beel
painted, including the Sunday schoo
room. The church is said to hav
taken on a new lease of life under tn
passionate of Rev. L. o. Bricker, who
fully alive to every good word ant
work.
The Augusta Mutual Telephone AS
ISOLATION held an adjourned meetin
last Saturday in this city. After tw
sessions during the day the contrac
with N. G. Watts, manager of the e1
change, was renewed for six month
only. All lines are expected to max
payments and hand in rings by Jun
list, otherwise names will not appea
on the new card to be published q
that time.
A meeting of the Good Roads con
mittee is hereby called to convene i
the old Court of Appeals room ovt
the circuit clerks Office, on Saturda,
the 9th inst, at II o'clock, to he's
and pass upon the report of the su
committee appointed at their instant
to formulate plans for the permanel
improvement and maintenance of tt
roads of Augusta county.
q. J oRDAN, Chairman.
The Board of Directors of the Bal
win District Fair held meeting Mo-
day and elected John F. Taylor, pre-
dent; j. Baldwin Ransom, secretar
and J. N. Mcfarland, treasurer. A
advisory committee composed of t
president, secretary, John D. Crowl
Jr., r. N. Blackford and H. B. Sprol
was appointed with authority to
crease the membership to 10, to arran
for and conduct an exhibition tt
coming fall.
The spirit of improvement is on
full force in the Hermitage sectio
James Taylor, Neal Livick and J.
Obaugh have all built new houses. L
Davis and r N. Page have built III
barus, and }. Ii. Gochenour is bui
ing an addition to his barn. A n,
hay barn is to be built on the Shew
farm in the near future, and J.
Wise will erect new house.