Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-02-27
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Lent began Wednesday.

LOCAL BRIEFS.
Lent began Wednesday.
We are sorry to learn that anothe
child of Mr.. Joseph Wampler of Weyer
Cave, is quite i'll.
The fire committee has purchase
from G. II. Cohron of Stuart g Draft
fine pair of horses for use by the lie
partment.
Secretary w. d. Hoge went to New
port News yesterday to attend the \
M G. A Convention. He was accom-
panied by Mrs E. W. B ssell, who will
report its proceedings.
Mrs. DR. J. s. Sellers of Weyer'
Cave. who recently underwent an ope
ration at Johns Hopkins hospital TO
appendicitis. is getting along nicely
aud is expected home 10 few weeks
At the celebration of the Washing
ton Literary society of Washington
and Lee University Monday night, MIR
R. A. LapsIey, son of Rev. R. A. Laps
lev of Bethel church, won the orator s
medal.
CHARLES Strother was arrested here
Monday on the charge of DESERVING
from the q. s army. He had fur
Tough good until January u. but he
failed to return to his command. He
was taken to Harrisonburg at which
place he enlisted.
The Washington Post of Tuesday
prints an excellent portrait of Miss
Anne Magill Fauntleroy, daughter Of
Mrs. A. Nj. Fauntleroy of this city,
who is taking part in the meeting OF
the daughters of the American Revolu.
tion in Washington.
The newspaper report that George
Taylor Blackford was seriously inj:r-
ed by getting his face frozen in snow
drift near Cumberland, Md, was much
exaggerated He had very rough ex-
perience in the drift during the severe
weather of last week, but the injury
to his face and eyes was only Temporal
nv, and be writes his father, DR.. Benz.
Blackford, that he is all right now.
The employees of the stock house OF
the Allegheny Ore and Iron Company
furnace, at Buena Vista went out on
a strike Tuesday morning for an in
crease of salary from one dollar to one
dollar and twenty-five cents per day,
as the result of which the furnace has
been compelled to close down. No
prediction can be made at this time as
to the outcome.
The Stanton Daily News has re-
cent addition to its staff in the person
of G. OBJ. Cowardin, Jr., late of the
Richmond Dispatch. Mr.. COwardin
Is a son of Chas. OBJ. Cowardin, and
a grandson of James A. Cowardin,
both distinguished editors of the Dis
patch in their day. He comes of good
newspaper editorial stock, and as City
editor for our neighbor, the News, he
is surely valuable acquisition to the
staff of that paper.
A movement has been started 10
Lexington among the friends of the
late Judge William Mclaughlin for
the purpose of procuring an l placing
in the art gallery of WASHINGTON and
Lee University large and handsome
p ortrait of this distinguished jurist.
For twenty nine consecutive years
Judge Mclaughlin grAced with digni-
ty and ability the Circuit Court bench
of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of
Virginia, embracing the counties of
Rockbridge, Augusta, Rockingham,
Bath, Highland and Allegheny.
Mr.. K. D Haislip, late editor of the
News of this city, now on the edltori-
al staff of the Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot, writes a cheerful letter to a
friend here. He says he has been very
kindly received in Norfolk and made
many new friends, but cannot feel at
home as he did in Staunton, and longs
for the ''fesh pots of Egypt" He sends
kind messages to old friends here,
among whom he names Rev. DR.. Scott,
Rev. r. G. Jett, and such old COnfeds
as McIlhany, Morton, Pace and Bob
Hamilton, "whose society he found
very congenial when he had nothing
better to do than to keep company
with them,'' and threatens an early
visit to the good Valley city.
Covington Sentinel: Mr.. and Mrs.
J.C F. Bell of Lexington street broke
up house keeping the first of this week
and are boarding for a few days at
Mrs. Lizzie Meetings. while the in
ventory of his stock of hardware and
groceries, which he recently sold to
Mr. Shirley of Bluefield, w. Va, is be-
ing taken. After the inventory Mr..
and Mrs. Bell will leave for Rock
bridge county where they will spend
some time until Mr.. Bell regains his
health which has been very bad for
several months. Mr.. and Mrs. Bell
since they came to Covington about a
year ago have made many warm friends
who are sorry to see them leave.
Baltimore Conference.