Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-12-28

per started here some months ago, mai
suspended.
Mr.. James McCambridge had BAG
Fall last Friday night on North Coaltei
Street, hurting his knee.
Miss Newland Shumate, OF neal
laurel Hill, who has been ill for some
slime, is now convalescent.
Mr.. Thoms Sorrel, the Oldest person
In Highland county, died at his home
on jackson river this week. He, was
born in 1893, and was in his 102d year.
Don't forget the meeting at the Tele-
phone subscribers to night at the city
court room, in the opera house at {
o'clock.
All of Staunton' young people who
have been away attending the differ
ent colleges are at home this week
spending their vacation.
Hon. A. F. Withrow, of Millboro
Springs, has moved his family here,
where1the will remain during the
winter.
Rentfro's "Jolly Path Finders will
be the attraction at the opera house
for the week of January 18th.
Mr.. w. P. Schmid and Miss Eddie Is.
Huffman went to Washington on Mon
day, where they were married that
afternoon by Rev. DIR. Donald Mcleod,
of the First Presby terrain church.
Two confidence men attempted to
work their card game on Mr.. j. l..
Coiner, of near Waynesboro, last
week, but they soon discovered that
Mr.. C. was on to their game and they
diappeared.
The poles for the long distance tele-
phone from here to Harrisonburg are
all up and the work of stringing the
wires il progressing rapidly, and the
work is expected to be completed by
January 10.
The fine brick residence on the farm
of Mr.. 8. W. Patterson. near Fis hers
vile, was destroyed by fire at an early
hour Friday morning. Mr.. j. B. Mas
sey. who occupies the place lost about
half of his furniture and meat. The
loss is about So, 600, partly covered by
insurance.
On Saturday Judge Grattan, of the
Hastings court, granted Mrs. Mar
garet Morris Beck divorce from her
husband James L. Beck, giving her
the custody of her little girl, and al
lowing her the privilege of assuming
her maiden name.
MI. Lewis G. Chamberlayne, son of
Prof. H. M. Chamberlayne, OF this
city, is located at Huntingdon, Ark,
and holds lucrative position with the
Kansas and Texas Coal Co. Mr..
Cham berlayne says in letter to his
father that there are over 300 Virgin
ians in that city.
Governor Tyler last week appointed
the following gentlemen members of
the board of visitors to the Virginia
Military Institute, to serve for three
from Jan. /. Louis G. Barley, Alex
andria; h. R. Kane, Gate City; Alex
ander Hamilton, Petersburg.
At the residence of the brides father,
Mr.. H. B. MARBLE, in West End, on
Wednesday, 10Th inst, Mr.. John Lynn.
foreman OF brick work on the new
court house, was married to Miss
Lena MARBLE, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. III. L. Wood, pas
tor of the Baptist church.
The Synodical Evangelistic Com
mittee met at the First Presbyterian
church here last week, and disc used
many matters, one of which was the
selection of a successor to the Rev.
Mr.. Wohl, who was killed about three
weeks ago at Williamson, W. Va.
Rev. Z. r. Leyburn. was selected to
succeed him, and Rev. j. E. Booker
was assigned Temporarily to occupy
the field.
: We learn from the Nashville Ameri-
can that Miss Martha Belle Christian,
daughter of Col. A. G. Christian, Of
Mint Spring, and Miss Bessie Baker,
of this city, were active participants
in the deer chase of the Oakdale Hunt
Club recently held, when two deer
were killed. Miss Christian was in at
the death of one, and Miss Baker at the
death of the other.
Mess. Page and Pat Gay, two young
and prosperous business men of Poca-
hentas county, w. Va, were in Staun-
ton, Monday and in the county several
days during this week, buying horses
and making arrangements to have a
mum Der OF cattle wintered here. Feed
is scarce in Pocahontas and the build
ing of the railroad has given a market
for hay and grain to the contractors,
so that cattlemen are looking else.
where. They report regular trains
running as far as Marlinton.
The Augusta County Horticultural
Society next meeting will be held in
Etaunton Police court room, (near
Landes' hitching yard, at 1890 a. M,
Saturday. Jan. 9Th, 1901, at which DR.
w. B. Dodge, of Stuart's Draft, will
deliver an address on CRANBERRY Cul
ture in Augusta County" The doc
tor will talk from a practical stand
point, for he has made financial sue
cess of growing cranberries in this
county. The public generally are in
vited. No admission fee.
The finest Christmas turkeys offere;