Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-12-27

ANOA 1hhOOct, WIZ ado OCCA fiSlbll
: at his old home in the Spottswoo
neighborhood, left yesterday for h
home in the northwest.
On Thursday of last week MIR. Ru
sell NJ. BurntOn and Miss Laura
Fisher were united in marriage at tn
Baptist parsonage by Rev. M. l.. WOOD
They will reside near Barren Ridge.
Miss Sallie Robson, of Messy Greek
and Miss Sara Ruckman, of the Glade
spent several days last week with Mis-
Bessie Bell near Fort Defiance.
Miss Carrie Iden Payne of Warn
Springs and ]. Dewitt Steele of Miss.
were married yesterday at the Pres
byterian church at the former place.
| Mrs. Edward P. Chamberlayne, &C
cempanied by her little sun, Hartwell
went down to Appomattox Monday tt
spend the holidays with her parents.
Samuel Fl. Miller was married to Miss
Mary M. Potter, Dec. 18th, neal
Brownsburg, Rock bridge county, Rev
j. M. Shreckhlre performing the mar
rage ceremony.
Misses Florence and Bessie Craw
ford, students in Baltimore, accompa.
MED by their cousin, Miss Robey, of
the same city, are spending the hol.-
days at their home near Ferrol.
Mrs. Helen Feamster, daughter of
the late James Withrow, of Lewis
burg. died at the residence of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mabel Warwick, at Frank
fort, KY, on the 18th inst.
Capt. Carter johnson, of the U. s.
regular army, is spending the holidays
with relatives here. He will leave
shortly for Cuba, where, during the
Spanish war be did such good service.
D. L. Switzer, the jeweIer, last week
the county with handsome
s-day clock, and it is now hung in the
county court room. 1t is very fine
clock and an excellent timekeeper, the
only kind he handles.
Robert W. Fitzg erald, the Nelson
,oun ty postmaster, who was brought
here recently and lodged in Jail, charg-
ID with defrauding the government,
las been released on bail, his brother
becoming his bondsman.
Earl 8 Swartz, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tohn Swartz, of Pen Rose, died on the
9th after short illness, aged years,
months and 2 days. The funeral
ook place Friday from Pleasant View
hurch, the services being conducted
" Rev. G. w. Shuey. i
MIR. James Wilson Driver, formerly
this city, but for some years with +.
he Newport News Telephone Co., was =
larrled on Monday in that city to i
[iss Lottie Pearl Williams. Mr.. Dri-
Ell has many friends in this city who :
-ish him many years of happiness.
w. A. Cushing, auctioneer, on Sat- !
rday sold for Commissioners Fish '
urne and Glasgow, the George g. t
[asIin farm, south Of Waynesboro, to d
F.. G. Coyner, of West Virginia, for
$500. This is very valuable farm !
IT'S acres,
We have just received copy of the b
cientific American on "Development s
the U. 3. Navy since the Spanish Il
ar" which is beautifully bound and 9
icely printed. Quite a number of a
ne illustrations grace it's pages and
is an excellent paper to file away for II
atistical purposes.
Rev. Mr.. Telford, principal of the {
ewisburg wv. Va Female Institute, Y
hich was recently burned announces q
lat building will begin at once, and "
e school will be continued under
'ssibly improved conditions. This d.
as among the hest if not the very best 9,
male college in the State. al
tt
Mrs. John D. Clothier, of Marion,
ldiana, has been spending the week
ith her sister, Mrs F. Percy 10th, in
aynesboro. She will visit her father
u. P. B. Hogshead, and other rela- a.
res and friends in the city and coun- te
before returning home. b.
J John William Long and Miss Nora 10
'e Hanger were married Tuesday V
ght at half past six o'clock at the W
anse of the First PRESBYTERIAN church III
the pastor, Rev. A. M. Fraser, D. a,
in the presence of a few relatives til
d friends. They will make their W
me in Staunton. '"
Friday night about clock fire was tn
,covered IN one of the buildings in
g row, east of the city near OF
A. Bells factory. Itspread SO rapid III
that it was soon beyond control. er
lie adjoining house, next to the pike wi
o caught and was destroyed. If the M
nd had been blowing in the other vi vi
ection the whole row would proba- ar
7 have been destroyed ed
Mr.. ID. B. Taylor residing at his &C
lntry place near Deerfield, was in tbs es
y Monday, en-r0ute to Baltimore hy
led there by the death of his partner :
business MI. G. G. Sadtler, Jr. These
0 gentlemen have for many years been
ociated, 10 conducting the stove II
siness at Baltimore. Mr.. Sadtler d.
ng the active partner and manager. I'd
Mr.. Thos. II. Cross, former resi- 1 rs