Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-09-05
LOCAL BRIEFS,

At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday night Mr.. G. K. Hoge wal
elected member of that body to sue
coed the late o. NJ. Goode.
Mr.. Milton Hook, well known citi
Zen of Highland county, died at bis
home in Mcdowell on Thursday morn.
ing of last week.
The Mabel Paige Co under the man.
agement of H. F Willord, will be the
attraction at the opera house for the
week of Sept. %.
Mr.. L.. II. Hickman, the courteous
advance agent of the John Robinson
Shows, was in the city Tuesday max
ing arrangements for its exhibition
which will be Sept. IS.
The Augusta Baptist Association
will hold It's annual session with the
Buena Vista Baptist church beginning
Tuesday, September, the 9th, and con-
tinuing three days.
PUTNAM FADELESs DYES do not
spot, streak or give your goods an I'M
evenly dyed appearance. Sold by VIII
lson Bros, Stanton, and n l. Kagly,
Weyer s Cave, Va, Zoe. package.
The Republican Congressional Com
mittee met here Saturday night and
decided to bold convention at Buch
anan on Friday, Sept. rs, to nominate
a candidate for Congress in the 10th
district.
Mr.. William A. Sterrett, formerly
of Rock bridge, died on Friday last at
st. Joseph, Mo-, where be had been
living for some time, aged about So
years. He was soa of the late Will
lrm Sterrett of that county.
There will be communion services at
Mt. Carmel church next Sunday. Pre-
paratOry services Friday and Saturday.
This service will close Mr.. Boxers
ministry at Mt. Carmel, much to the
TtSTeU Vi JIlt COuRItSdLlOI.
The Junior Order of American Me-
chanics will hold lawn party at Mt.
Sidney tomorrow night. Ice cream,
cake, lemonade and other refreshments
will be served at usual prices. A brass |
band will be in attendance.
The contract for the new county
school house in West End has been
awarded to Geo. W. Peace. This
building is to take the place of the old
school house which stands on the side |
of the old Reservoir hill, and OF which |
so much complaint was made in the
early spring.
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 |
The American Bar Associate at its |
meeting at Saratago last week, decided |
to hold it's next annual meeting in Au
gust, 1908, at the Hot Springs, Va,
Portland, Me-, and San Francisco,
were in the fight for the next meeting |
place, but Virginia won.
Mr.. Charles H. Carter, formerly of |
this city, died at the Maryland Hospit- |
al, Baltimore, on Sunday, from com
plication of diseases. His widow is
Mrs. Mary Carter. The funeral took
place from bis late residence in that
city Tuesday afternoon. Interment in
Loudon Park cemetery.
Geo. A. NEWMAN has made for Mil
Ter & Bradley, unique glove case. 1t
consists of a series of drawers in the
show case, on the outside of which the
shades and numbers are plainly mark
ed. 1t is not difficult to find anything
you want there.
Mr. s. A. Porter. the we'll known
stockman of Highland, has moved
with bis family to the farm of Mrs: L.
l.. Hartman about three M lies north of
the city. where he will make his home
He will use his Highal Ind farm entirely
for grazing purposes.
Philip L. Allen, the bright fourteen
year-old son of Mrs. G. R. Caldwell,
who was operated on Saturday for ap-
pendicitis at the Kings Daughters
Hospital by DR.. Taylor of Richmond,
and DR.. h. Ii. Henkel, of this city, died
about O'Clock Sunday morning. AT
ter short funeral service at the home
of Mr.. Caldwell Sunday night, the re
mains were taken to Wheeling, VIVA.
the former home of Mrs. Caldwell, for
interment.
While the Chesapeake and Ohio yard
engine was pulling some cars from the
Western State Hospital crossing Sat-
urday evening, it was run into by an
eastbound freight train and the rear
trucks Of the yard engine was thrown
off the track and large hole knocked
in the water tank. When the engineer
Of the yard engine saw the train ap-
preaching him he jumped. The tender
of the regular train was torn to pieces
No one was seriously hurt.
Last Saturday morning as George
McKamy. respectable colored man
was walking on the street at Green
vile, an unknown dog attacked him,
biting him severely On the hand. AS
the dog showed symptoms of hydro.
phobia the incident created good deal
OF excitement. Miss Maggie OFT, who