Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-04-17
LOCAL BRIEFS.

M l6b aDu AcC GILL vi Oduft WIZ
was the guest of Miss Rosa Wiz, re.
turned home this week.
Mr.. H. M. Clemmer and wife al
Mrs. N. W. Bosserman of Arbor Hill,
were in the city Tuesday.
Capt. G. B Conner of Fishersville.
was in the city Tuesday night to hear
Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. A. M. Horn has been appointed
postmaster at Stokesville, on the CIV.
Railway.
The contra ct has beeu let for 8 new
hotel at Portland, and work will lie
begun at once.
F.. M. Gushing Il Co., sold yesterday
for Fit zhugh Elder, trustee, the G. G.
Merritt farm near Greenville to Capt.
j. N. Mcfarland, at $40 per acre.
Mr.. Geo. o. Green of the Clifton
Forge Review, came down Tuesday
evening to hear Hon. VIM. j. Bryan
and remained in the city that night.
Misses Ida G. Summers and Bessie
Burke of the Deertield neighborhood,
were in the city short while this week
visiting friends.
The Harrisonburg News and Rock
ingham Register have consolidated,
and will hereafter be published by the
News Register Company.
Rev. Geo. w. Slower, the new United
Brethren pastor, will reach here toner
row afternoon and fill his pulpit San
day.
The postoffice at Anderson on the
Schutterle Mill road has been discon-
tinued and mail for that office is now
sent to StauntOn.
A number of young lady students
have reported for the spring term of
Mrs. M. S. Moffett's RockbTidge Nor
NAL.
A local option election was held in
Danville last week, which resulted in
the "Drysn carrying the city by 2O3
majority.
Mr.. Ralp w. Nickel of West Vir
GINA, a recent graduate of the Duns-
more's Business College, and Miss Nit
tie z. Gisner of this city, were married
in Washington on Monday.
The annual State convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of V1r-
ginia, scheduled to be held at Newport
News the latter part of June, has been
postponed until September.
Gen. Rufus A. Ayres, former attor
ney general of Virginia. authorizes the
statement that he will be candidate
for Governor before the next State con-
vention.
The magnificent organ recently pur-
chased for Trinity church. reached the
city last week, and will at once be In
SJdll6u. uC luOUI SOpO Ro.oON
and is said to be the finest in the State
Mr.. &. Emmett Greaver has returned
from Charlottesville, where on Wednes
day he was awarded the contract for
plasterlng the new National Bank
building by the contrac 1ors-the King
Lumber Co. While Mr. Greaver' IS bid
was not the lowest, the character OF his
work was taken into consideration and
he was awarded the contract.
Mr.. John E. johnson and Miss Belle
Brltton were married Tuesday morn
{ ing at the home of the bride near thil
city. Rev. 1. w. CaDter performing
the ceremony. They left on the morn
Ing train to visit the brides parents
IN Orange county.
Thomas Becks, of East Rockingham
is dead. Ii was in his ninetythirt
year, and leaves % children, 50 grand
children and about As great grand
children. A sister of Mr.. Becks die
a few years ago at the age of 9S years
e Among the delegates appointed b
Gov. Montague to attend the Natlona
Conference of Charities and Correc
tions in Atlanta next month are Prof.
VIM. A. Bowles and DR.. Benjamin
Blackford of this city.
The Confederate monument, whlc
is being erected in "Our Soldiers cemt
terry one mile Lorth of Mount JacksO
by the Mount Jackson Chapter, Unite
Daughters of the COnfederscy, will b
Unveiled on the 9th of June.
Andrew G. Gilligan, who about thre
years ago was sent to the penitentiar
for IS years for the murder of hi
sweetheart's father, G. Beverly Turf
err, in Isle Of Wight county. died j
that Institution last week of cOnsun
ption.
While Workmen were demolishin
the old bank building in Harrisonbul
last Thursday it collapsed killing job
Long, white laborer, and Frenc
Turner, colored, and seriously init
ing two other coiored men. The bull
ing was being torn down to mat
room for the new $60, 000 bank.
Last week Gen. James Magiil
Pulaski, Grand Commander OF tt
Confederate Veterans of Virginia, vi
tied Stonewail Jackson Camp and d,
Iivered fiue address. During the e
ercises N Uses Maxwell, Hughes ar
Fretweii, recited and Miss Belle Stewa
sang. Gen. Magil left the Lext NOR
ing for a trip down the Valley to Wis
different camps.
Mr.. William Larner returned tn
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