Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-12-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.

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appendicitis.
Mr.. Amos Kelly, of Deerfield, hs
patented wagon bolster, for which
has been offered a neat sum.
Mr.. Wilson Eubank aud Mrs. Eliza
beth Anderson, both of near Shendun
were married in this city one Wednes
day by Rev r &. Jett, at the rectOry
Mrs. Fannie l.. l'artIow has purchas
ed from Il. s Turk. com missioner, tn
property o. the Prospect Heights co.
for the sum of s. 500.
The West Augusta Guard, 40 strong
under Capt. Carter Braxton, were in
Washington this week taking part in
the Centennial exercises
Rev John Ruff, of Monterey, Va, ID
assisting the pastor, Rev VIM. {.
White, in Il meeting this week at the
Warm Springs church.
Burglars blew open the safe of the
the city on Thursday night, and got
about $25 for their trouble.
Mr.. Jos. A. Miller, of Alone, Rock
bridge county, has sold his farm to Mr..
Nee. Copper, of Big River neighbor
hood for s., 900 cash.
Mrs. Nellie Hotchkiss Mccullough
has returned home from Montgomery,
Ala where she has been attending the
convention of the Daughters of the
Confederacy.
Mr.. d. N. Childress, who tor many
years has conducted grocery business
here, last week sold his stock and good
will to Mr.. T. r. Blackburn and will
retire from business.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert H. Ramsey, of
Deerfield, spent few days last week
with Mr.. Ramsey's sisters, Mrs. H. A. |
Wilson and Mrs. j. w. MOhler, near
Rockbridge Baths.
Messrs. John McCue and Charles
Morris, and Misses Addie and Mary
Dollhouse, of Waynesboro, were the
guests of Miss Lily Foutz, in Rock
bridge, last week.
Mr.. j. w. HUMPHREYS, who for some
years has been with Mr.. S. D. Timber
lake in his dry goods establishment,
will leave on January / for QUINN
mont, W. Va, where be will take
charge of the Union Supply Co.
Mr.. L. B. Lickliter and wife, of
Lynchburg, who has been here some
days, returned home Wednesday last
They were called her by the death of
Mr.. Lickliter's aunt, Miss Susan Fish
OF.
Elizabeth Glenn, the infant daugh-
tor of Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Glenn, died
about O'Clock Tuesday morning The
funeral took place Wednesday morn
ing at II O'Clock.
Mr.. j. X. Rodgers shipped to Glas-
gov, Scotland, last week carload of (
fat cattle purchased of Mr.. J. Frank
Clemmer. The average weight being
/ 504 pounds.
Thomas Rimel. who lives near Roman.
was chOpping wood Friday the axe
slipped cutting his foot very badly,
DR.. F. II. Crawford. of Mt Sidney,
rand and tho noaooou
State Superintendent of Public In
struction SOuthall, Was in the city this
week attending meeting of the board
of V. S. d. B. He made short talk to
the pupils of the public school,
Miss Annie Minor left yesterday for
Greenville, Augusta county, to visit I
her sister, Mrs. John H. Clark.-D. M.
Root. of Stribling Springs, was here on
business this week.-Thos. H. Burke, ,
the insurance man of Harrisonburg, +
was here this -Bridgewater
Herald.
MIR. A. F. Withrow, the contra ctor ,
for the new court house, is rapidly
pushing the work, and it is thought
that everything will be in readiness for
the laying of the corner stone on Jan a
uary lst, which will be done with i'm
pairing ceremonies.
Mr. A. g. Cleek, for many years clerk
OF the courts of Bath county, was mar. Z
ried in this city On Tuesda y to Mrs. M.
F. Cieek, of PocahOntas county, w. h
Va. Rev. DIR. j. M. Wells, of the Sec b
Ond Presbyterian church performing O
the ceremony.
Capt. Eustace Gibson, of Hunting. F
ton. W. Va, died at the Clifton Forge c
hospital on Monday. He was broth. q
er OF Col. Catlett Gibson, of Culpeper
county, and had represented the 4th
W. Va. district in Congress for several q
terms. II
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at Lexington on Thursday of last
week, a white boy named Toler, hand
ling gun carelessly, let the hammer u
slip from under the thumb causing the
gun 10 60 off and shoot Is year-old q
colored girl named Jones, from the ef-
feet Of which she died that night. v
Ex-State Senator w. A. Little, OF I
fredericksburg, was arrested in Wash
ington on Saturday charged with EN-
bezziement, and taken to that city, n
where he Was bailed in the sum of ST. f.,
GOO. Mr.. Littls says the action of the a
grand jury was surprise to him, and v
that the matter would be settled Salts
faetorily.
Er. w. N. Wilson, of the county, =,
was brought to the Kings Daughters :.
Hospital Wednesday evening suffering n
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