Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-05-20
LOCAL BRIEFS,

Lexington Presbytery decided to hol
its fall meeting at Bridge water.
Mrs Robert A. Palmer Of BaltimoI e
is in the city, the guest of her sister
Mrs. John n. Opie, Jr.
John w Iaughawnnt. ey Mayor O
Lexington, died at his home there OF
8 .tuTdAy, at The age of nearly niDet
Years.
Mr.. Geo. w. Olivier was on Thurs
day last n animated by the Democratic
primar4 f.,r Navor of Charlottesville
Ta3 su .eAssfnl cand id tie IL Il brothe Ell
of Mr.. w L. Olivier OF this city.
There will be preat hing at Mt. Tailor
Luth, Fan church next sunday by Rev.
J. b. Umberger, Of o Iio, and on Sun
day, the 10Th, p congregational meet
ing will be held.
Ernest L. Eul ank of Grottoes, wi 0
has been working in the Pulp and Pa
pr Mill at Covington, was caught in
the betting there last week and so bad
~ injured that he cannot survive.
Gov. Montague his appointed Prof.
W. A. Bow,es as one of the delegates
to the Thirty first annual Conference
of Charities and Corrections to be held
in Portland, Maine, beginning June
Is.
The Chesapeake u Ohio coach ex
cursions for which the ten day tickets
will be sold to st. Louis and return at
rate of SIS, will leave Staunton and
Virginia points on all train $ of Tues
day, May "a, 1904, S 6 St
Mr.. Andrew Hess died at Ssngerville
on Friday, after short illness. His
wife died only about three weeks ago.
His funeral took place Sunday, aud
the services were conducted by Rey.
Geo. w. Wine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. j. Rodgers of SPOTS
W rod, have sent out cards to the mar
riage of their daughter, Ella Mittie, to
Mr.. James William Robertson, which
t kes place at home at $50 p. M, June
2 Mr.. Robertson clerks for Mr.. r. b.
Dull, the Cralgsville merchant.
DIR. M. Il. Crawford, ex surgeon, U |
S. navy, formerly of this county, has /
bought the Col. Morgan farm, a prop !
erty of considerable value and distinc-
tion, near ShepherdstOwn, WA. The ;
sale was negotiated by Mr.. II. w. /
HILLARY.
Mr.. James w. Leech, local mana ger
for the Western Union Telegraph
Was on last Tuesday grant
cd patent bv the United States Pa
tent Office, for his improved circuit
closer, which is considered all unusually
clever device.
There will be meeting in the Y
M G. A. Hall tomorrow Saturday at
10 a. m. for the purpose of organizing
to work under the auspices Of the
Educative Commission
of the State. Everybody is cordially
invited to be present, especially the
people of the county.
The following are the delegates from
Presbytery, who are at
tending the General Assembly at Mobile,
Ala. Rev. Holmes RalstOn. Hebron;
Rev. r. V. Lancaster, Abingdon; Rev. !;
Carr Moore, Bridgewater; DIR. j. G.
Irons, Elkins. W. Va; W. M. McAIlis-
TER, Warm Springs.
The following Staunton and Augusta
gentlemen have been summoned as
j Irymen for the U. S. District court
which meets in Harrisonburg une 7th.
Grand jury-Messrs. Ii. H. Harlow,
w. d. Fifer, A. P. Calfee, and J. E.
Harris. Petit jury Messrs. Geo. b.
A athony, }. w. Splece, j. ID. Arehart,
William Thurber, aud A G. Brush.
The annual council of the Episcopal
Diocese of Southern Virginia meets on
the 31st inst, in Petersburg. The
StauntOn delegates are Maj L. e. Ed
er, with Judge Henry W. Holt as alter
nate, of Trinity church; Mr.. Alex. f.
Robertson, with Mr.. }. l.. TempletOn
as alternate,o Emmanuel church. The
Women's Auxiliary will be represent
ed by Mrs. Taylor Bissel of Emman
uel, and Mrs james r Taylor, Jr !
of Trinity.
On Monday afternoon the National
Valley Bank received from Mr.. F. F.
Cimiotti, of New York, beautiful :
token of friendship and good will in |
the form of a large horse shoe, about !
three feet tail, composed of pink roses,
orchids, ferns, and other ii1wers. The
emblem was accompanied by q card !
which bore the name of the sender, |
and the words: with best wishes to
the new building of the National Val
lep Bank, and all concerned
Captain j. II. Gilkeson, of the New
port News Light Infantry, was I; cent
ly elected major OF the third battalion
of the Seventy first Virginia regiment.
to succeed the late Major Thomas, of
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