Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-09-12
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Misses Alma and Mabel Nimmo, wi
have been visiting relatives here, r
turned to Clifton Forge last week.
The Methodist Sunday School {
Bridgewater held their annual picn
at Stokesyille last Thursday.
r. &. and Mrs. Lucy German, died o
the 9th inst. at the home of her pa
ents in Clifton Forge.
Mr.. W. A. browne, business MANI
ger for Paul Gilmore, was in the cit
Tuesday, making arrangements for th
appearance of that talented young &C
tor on Tuesday, Sept. 30th.
Mr.. James Cross, one of the bes
known citizens of West Augusta, ant
for years the contractor On the mai
route between Staunton and Monte
rey, is seriously i'll with typhoid fever
The Western State Hospital is now
crowded to it's utmost capacity, about
1,O42 patients confined within its walls
and number of applicants waiting
admission.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES dOs not
spot, streak or give your goods an un
evenly dyed appearance. Sold bv Will
lson Bros, Stanton, and n [. Kagly,
Weyer's Cave, Va. Zoe. package.
Fennel Morris. who killed Isaac Cave,
an old colored man at Verona some
years ago, was tried last week in the
county court and sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary.
Milton T. Parlow, father of Messrs
B. l.. and M E. Parlow, of this city,
city, died on Thursday at tine home of
his daughter in Mt. Jackson, aged 70
years. He was buried at HarrisOnburg
on Friday.
A friend of Major Norman V. Ran
dolph has letter from Mrs. Raddolph
at the Brunswick Hotel in Waynes-
boro. He is improving slowly but ar
ticulates imperfectly as yet, eats with
relish and bis physicians think he can
in work or two be removed to his
home in Richmond.
The demand for stock of the Valley
Railroad held by individual sharehold-
ers is not likely to continue much |
longer. A number of shares have been
sent in to this office and We are ready |
still to negotiate for the purchase of |
the stock at the Spectator office If
Mr.. John b. Smith has purchased an |
interest in the Palmer Hollow Con-
crete Building Blocks works from MIR.
VIM Larner, and will be connected
with that gentleman in the manufac-
ture and sale of the blocks Mr.. Smith
is an energetic and pushing man, and
the two together will no doubt soon
succeed in establishing large business.
Capt. L. Ii. Strother, q. s. A, 22nd
infantry, has been detailed by the
President as professor of military
science and tactics at the Virginia
Military Inst itute. Capt. Strother isl
a Virginian, and distinguished grad
ate of the Institute, having taken first
Jackson Hope me dial class of '79. He
has recently served on the staff of
Gov. Taft, of the Philippine commits
sion.
Willie Bryan, the little son of Mr..
and Mrs. W. S, Bryan, met with
painful accident at the wood and coal
yard of his father, Wednesday. He was
ca ught In the belt of the engine that
runs the wood saw and was hurled {
through the air several times, his
was torn from his body and
be fell to the ground breaking his arm
n two places, and it is feared iDjuring
himself internally.
Passenger train No on the Shenan-
loah Valley Division of the Norfolk
lad Western was wrecked Sunday af.
;ernoon two miles north of Glasgow,
oy some one driving a spike between
he rails on curve. The train was in
charge of Conductor g. E. Grove and Y
vas running at rate of forty miles an t
hour. The engineer and fireman were t
injured. Among the pas
engers on the wrecked train were I
Messrs. r. A. Fulwiler and E. D.
Shepherd of this city. None of the ,
passengers were much hurt, though all
we're considerably shaken.