Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-01-12

Virginia and West Virginia.
W. b. Paynter died in Richmond.
The Virginia Court of Appeals met
yesterday.
Henry Edmr Is dropped dead in
Leesburg.
Andrew Carson nd Mics Isabelle
Staunton died in Ale andria.
Ex-Judge Gaines died suddenly in
Charleston, w. Va.
The West Virginia Legislature will
meet in Charleston January IL.
James Webster, colored, was hanged
in Bedford City, yesterday, for crimi-
nal assault.
Governor Atkinson is urging the
retention of both of the regiments
from West Virginia in the service.
VIM. P. Roudabush, one Of the old,
est citizens of Rockingham county,
died Monday, aged 81 years.
Mrs. Sarah Norris, of Lancaster
county, committed suicide by drown
ing.
&C. Spain, of Chesterfield county,
was fatally shot while partridge hunt
ing.
| Oliver Arthur, of Clifton Forge, was
struck by Chesapeake and Ohio en-
CINE and killed.
| Clifton, the handsome residence OF
Major Barry, near Warrenton was de-
s6oryed by fire.
The grand jury of Richmond indict-
ed Eugene Barnes on four charges OF
embeZz!ement.
The grow tn of Winchester last year
was greater than that Of any previous
year in it's history.
The collier Marcel is loading Poca
hontas coal at Lambert's Point for the
warships at Havana.
The city council of Huntington, w.
Va, made a sweeping reduction in
salaries of all city officials.
Rev. J. B. Fuusten, of Trinity Epis
copal Church, Norfolk, has declined to
accept the bishopric of Boise.
Rev. DIR A. E. Dickinson, of Rich
mond, and Miss Bessie Bagby, were
married in King and Queen county.
In Norfolk county Miss Agnes John
son was killed outright and Miss May
Mitchell badly hurt in a driving acct
dent
The January term of the United
States Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia opened in Alexandria last
Monday.
| Judge Waddill opened the January
term of the United States court for the
Eastern district of Virginia at Alex
andria.
Mrs. Susan Anne Powers, one of the
oldest residents of James City, dice
| Tuesday after an illness of seyera
months.
| Albert Coles, colOred, was run over
by Norfolk and Western train al
Farmville Wednesday, and instantly
killed.
A dispatch received in Lynchbure
states that Private William Cleland, oil
that city, was accidentally shot and
killed in Havana.
Winchester has received 100000 OF
the special bequest to that city by the
late Judge John Handley, and will
soon get $780, GOO additional.
The Rev. Robert G. Jet, director OIL
Emanuel Episcopal church, Staunton
continues quite sick with grip. He is
attended by trained nurse.
Thomas Conner, a railroad emplOye,
died in Harrisonburg from blood pois
oning and lockjaw, caused by the pre-.
mature explosion of fire cracker.
The Virginia Court of Appeals is
hearing arguments in case involving
the right of the Legislature to abridge
the right of a court to inflict punish
ment for contempt.
The Virginia Glass Company, Of
Alexandria, will build a factory il
Richmond which will give employ
ment to zoo hands.
| Stewart Yeakley and Mortimer Bun
cutter, young farmers of Frederick
county, drank muriatic acid by his
take for whiskey and will probably
die.
George W. Nicely, of Middleway
w. Va celebrated his 92d birthday
last week. He is in good health, &C
tive, and has an excellent memory.
Governor Atkinson, of West Virgin
ia, has pardoned William Banks, who
was sentenced to the penitentiary fol
life from Berkeley county for larceny
In the United States Court at Alex
andria, Edward M. Lewis, aged fifteer
years, was convicted of stealing let
ter and sentenced to a reform school
for two years.
Governor Tyler is interested in the
case of thirty-five cadets expelled from
the Virginia Military Institute. He
| thinks the board of visitors will rein
state them if the young men will