Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-05-04

- sue Invention Is great improvement
on the appliances BOW in use.
Il Mr.. j. A. Hupman has received
short letter from his SOD, Mr.. J. (
Hupman. In San Francisco saying tn,
he and his wife had escaped unhurt bl
lost their all by the earthquake al
Il fire.
Mr.. WIN. Il. Lightner, prOminen
citizen of the county, was paralyz re
on w ednesday night of last week at h
e home near West View, and has bee
in q serious condition since. He wa
in Staunton the day before, and al
peared in bis usnal health. He is
brother of Mrs. David O'Rork of thi
/ city
A dispatch from Leesburg. Va, an
, nounces that Rev. W. Fl. Burkhardt
of Haddonfield. N. } rector of Grac
Episcopal Church, has accepted cal
to the rectorship of st. James Epis
copal church in that place. He IS I
nephew Of Rev. W. Q Hullihen, recto
of Trinity Episcopal church this city
MIR. NJ. l.. Bragg, formerly with th'
Portland Cement Co. at Fordwick, bu'
now chief engineer with the electric
department of thee. & o. Ry. at New
port News. and his brother. Mr.. Jas
A. Bragg, were in the city w ednesday
having been called to Harrisonbulg
by the serious illne Sc of their mother.
A mass meeting of citizens of Way
nesboro have nominated the following
ticket to be voted for at the election
on June 18th: For Mayor. J. E. Cooke.
For councilmen, t. j. Yancsy, J. E.
White, Il. W. Alexander, DIR. T. 8.
Richardson, W. W. Glass, Jr., w. G.
Ellison.
Mrs. James A. Hutcheson who has
been an invalid for many months, was
extremely i'll this week, and at one
time it was thought she could not live
over night, but she rallied slightly and
was living at the time of going to press.
II er sons, Lewis of Memphis, Tenn,
and James, who is in the army at Fort
Leavenworth. Kansas, have reached
home
The friends of Mrs. T. g. Morton will
be glad to learn that she continues to
improve, and Is sitting up short while
every day. She is at ColaltO. the home
of her nephew, DR.. Geo. E. Barksdale
on Chimborazo Park in Richmond.
She has had, during her illness, the
skillful and unremitting attention of
her nephew and Is extremely fortunate
in making such rapid recovery from
pneumonia.
Mr.. w. L. Buck, formerly of this
county. and now of Vliets, Kansas.
was married to Miss Carrie F. Dubois
on Wednesday, 18th ult., at Atchison,
Kansas. They will be at home at
Vliets, Kansas, after May 10th, where
the groom has resided some years.
Mr.. Buck ia son of the late N. T.
Buck of this county, and is a most ex-
cellent gentleman. His bride is one of
Atchison's fairest daughters, and a
most estimable lady.
Col L. s. Brown, General Agent for
Washington of the Southern Ry., was
in Staun on on Tuesday looking after
delegates to the Baptist Convention to
meet at Chattanooga next week. There
will be rather heavy travel from this
quarter, and when passengers who are
likely to take the Southern are discov-
cradle Col. Brown may be looked for
in the quarter from which they come.
The Southern will likely get nearly
every passenger who leaves here for
the Convention.
Augusta county men and Staunton
ians now living in our neighhOrlng
city of Charlottesville are all doing
we'll and seem prosperous. The most
conspicuous example of this is furnish.
ed by our esteemed county man, Mr..
j. K. Hidy. for long time merchant
at Craigsville.
Mr.. Hidy has delightful home on
fashionable resident street and in bust
ness matters has become an important
factor in the city of his adoption. His
large department store there has been
still further enlarged and the stock in
creased In each department. includ-
ing dry goods. groceries, etc, the lines
he carries are heavy and complete, oc
cupying two floors of double store room
width. At the rear of the building is
cash office, from which system its
cash carry ing boxes are sent out over
the wires to the clerks in every part of
the establishment. Mr. Hidy is great
ly pleased with Charlottesville and the
pttronsg" its people are best owing up.
on him His business though large,
be says is ever on the increase,-a just
tribute. his friends think. to his ir-
domitaDie energy, and superior bust
ness qualities.
Local Notes of Interest.
II. W. HilIeary e Co of CharlOttes-
vile. have for sale some valuable farms
| in the Piedmont section. A glance at
| A. I,A int
| ing.