Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-07-04
LOCAL BRIEFS,

ed Yesterday too late late for this issue
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
James McCambridge is quite sick.
Rev. James Dunwody. father of Mrs
Jos. A. Waddcll, died on Thursday OF
last week at WATERFORD n. &.
Mr. Henderson M. Bell, of Bramwel
w. Va, mining engineer in the Flat
Top coal fields, is in the city spending
some days at his old home.
The Board of Visitors of the Virgin
ia Military Institute, has appointed
Howard Porter, State Cadet from
Staunton and Augusta.
Rev. Fl. P. McClin tic, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Basic City, has
resigned to accept call to church
in Missouri.
The Chesapeake Western Company
hgve contracted with w. M. Bucher &
Son for the erection of two story de-
pot at Stokesville.
Judge Letcher, of the Circuit Court,
has granted an appeal in the contest.
ed election case for municipal officers
at Basic City.
The large new barn of Mr.. J. II. Nc
Clure, near Brookwood, which was
nearly completed, was blown down by
the severe wind storm last week.
Mr.. c. E. Y eager was elected third
vice-president by the State Baptist
Young People Union at Lynchburg
last week, and Messrs. r. E. Tyler and
l.. P. Little were placed on the board
of managers.
The engineer corps of the G. W. Ry.
is now permanently locating the line
from Stokesville to the top of Shenan-
doah Mountain, and it will soon be
ready to let to contract.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle lex
cept green and purple.) Sold by Wilson
Bros, Stauuton, and l. n. Kagey,
Weyer's Cave, at 10c per package.
Among the graduating class at the
Virginia Military Institute last week
were Henry Jonette Geiger, of near the
city; William Vernon Smiley, Motfett's
Creek, and Thomas Munford Rinehart.
COvington.
Buy your cloth, yarn and blankets
direct from the Wooden Mills. The
Bedford Mills Co., Bedford City, Va,
will mail samples with prices, on ap-
piication. Goods sold at manufacture
ers prices. may 30 3mo
Among those we recently passed the
examination befole the State Board
of Dentistry were J. McNair Slower,
of Churchville, W. S. Carroll, of Wey-
er's Cave, and G. W. Griffith, of Cliff
ton Forge.
Wednesday morning at ten O'Clock
at the home of the brides mother on
North New street, Miss Kate Sinclair
May was united in marriage to MI.
VIM. A. WilIingham. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. DR.. A. M.
Fraser.
The faculty of the University College
of Medicine of Richmond, Va, en-
phasizes it's teaching methods even
more than its unusually complete
equipment, and the high standard OF
it's courses of instruction is recognized
throughout the United States.
The c. & 0. Railway has greatly |
improved it's schedule. and have added
a new through train from New York
to Cincinnati, so that a train passes
Staunton east and west every four
hours. This tells what it is to live on
a great trunk line.
The Wabash has paid Baltimore
something over eight millions on the
purchase of the Western Maryland,
and it is supposed that the West
Virginia Central & Pittsburg will
soon be connected with the Western
Maryland.
The Phoenix Oil Co., of W. Va,
otter prospecting in the western part
of this county for oil, have just secur
ed options On $4,000 acres of land near
Deerfeld, along the Big Calf Pasture
river. Some of the large individual
options were those of J. b. Clayton for
$500 acres. and r. A. Dunlap, for 8 800
acres.
County Superintendent of Schools
E. o. Peale, is one of the speakers an
nounced for the first convention of the
Virginia State Teachers Association,
which met in Charlottesville yester-
day, and will continue today and to-
morrow. His subject: 1.-THE choice Of
school trustees and their duties and in
fuence."