Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-10-11

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Rockbridge.
: Rev. Father Payne, of Clifton Forge
returned home Wednesday after ,
sh ort visit here.
Mr.. E. Wright spent few days bas
fishing near New Hope last week, will
his friend, Mr.. CARRIER.
Rev. DIR. J. a. Boyd, formerly pas
n tor of the Methodist church here, is re
ported seriously i'll in Washington hos
pital.
Superintendent F. D. Wood, of the
Va. Portland Cement Co., Craigsville
+. was in the city yesterday, en- route to
Newport, Ky, on a business trip in the
interests of his company.
Mr.. Edwd. E. Patteson, of Augusta
Springs, has returned from visit ia
his brother, DR.. A. Lee Petteson, ply
stefan for the G. & w. contract work
| on Messy Creek.
The Long Distance Telephone Co.
J was sold last week to a Mr.. Curtis, of
New York. Messrs. J. r. Kemper,
president, Geo. A. Gulley, secretary,
and N. g. Watts. treasurer and mana
ger, are retained in their positions.
d. B. Landes, of North Garden, Va,
a brother of Mr.. D. w. Landes, of this
city, died suddenly at his home Wed
nesday morning. His remains arrived
here yesterday, and were taken to
Salem church, where thu funeral took
place.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. B
Snapp, of Clifton Forge, died ~on Sun
day evening in Washington. The re.
mains were brought here for interment,
and the funeral took place Tuesday
morning from the residence of T. K.
Blackburn. The interment being in
Thornrose cemetery.
The Bible Society of Virginia has
issued a pocket edition of the Gospel
according to st John. 1t was turned
out from the press of Whittet & Shep-
person, and is in binding and type
neat piece of work. The society will
sell the little volume at one and half
cents copy. This is the actual cost.
The old frame building in Gas House
Alley. adjoining Hoy Bros. mill, was
partly burned on Monday morning
about half past four O'Clock. 1t was
the property of the Stanton Gas Co. |
and was used as a storage house. The
no belonging to Mr.. J. H. Wood
son were saved. and the loss is covered |
by insurance.
Mr.. j. NJ. Hodge. foreman for Mr. |
j. R. Gregory, has secured large con-
tract for paint work at Portland. Mr..
Hodge with his men are already at the
work, which includes four large double
houses for the Va. Portland Cement |
Co.
The many friends here of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Bumgardner, will regret
to learn that they will in short time
move to Slatington, Penn, where they
will make their future home. Mr..
Bumgardner has been elected superin-
tendent of new gas company at that
place and will 60 there to enter upon
his duties.
Mr. Wesley g. Ballew, son of Mr..
Jas. Ballew, of Mint Spring, died at
the home of his father Sunday morn.
ing, aged about 81 years. His funeral
took place Monday afternoon at Pleas
ant View church The following young
men acted as pail bearers: Thos. Will
liams, VIM. Evans, John Towberman, (
Jr., S. Robertson, R. Ramsey and VIM.
Lackey.
Mr.. N. H. Meek, of Advance, Ind, |
is on visit of some weeks to friends
in Augusta and Rockbridge counties. S
This is his second visit to Virginia in l
thirty years his absence this time hav- |
ing covered a period of sixteen years. t
The improved condition of the farms t
and the building up of Staunton he t
declares are most gratifying changes. t
The new county court house is rap. +
Idly nearing completion, the interior :
finishing is being done and in short .
time the offices and court will move
into their new quarters. The grounds
are being laid off and cement wall :
built. When finished it will present a ),
handsome appearance, credit alike r
10 the contractors and the supervisors, 4
under whose direction the work was :
done.
Manager r. d. Apperson, of the City }
Street Car Co., announced Tuesday '
that the cars would not run any more t
'or the present. That night they were a
taken in, and until some change is n
made in the ownership of the plant they d
will remain idle. The gas works and r
electric light plant will be run as usual C
rs they are making money. v
Rev. H. P. Barnes, for some years -
past pastor of the Annex Methodist +
church, will leave in short time to "
make his home in Illinois, in which
state be will enter the conference OF 6
lis church. His future home will be :,
1t Mt Vernon, Ill. Mr.. Barnes has +
been an active worker, and has made .
many friends in the county who will =
regret to hear of his contemplated de- :,
)arture. h
The West Virginia Spruce Lumber o
Co., which is branch of the West Vir- u
yinia Pulp and Paper Co., of COving- a
;on, recently found two sticks of dyna "a
mite capped at both ends, tied upon
he rails of their tramway at Cass, w. s.
Va. The object was doubtlest to blow b
Ip their log train, which might have b
killed a dozen or more of their employees. G.
The company has offered $500 reward \
or the capture and convicted of the a
e
The unusual sight in StauntOn of "
largo or grapes, mas Ior Cne second a
limo fhio foil hoop potad Inv tho huCu l.;