Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-08

- JuuRe 1eHrV w bOlE mas Teturnt
from u visit TO Newport News and OF
er points.
- Mrs. Joseph Quinn and Miss Mario
Quinn of Goshen, were In the ci,
Wednesday.
Mr.. Joseph Foster of Covington,
spending few days with friends an
relatives here.
Mr.. j. q. Wilton died on Friday a
y Waynesboro. after long illness. H.
leaves a wife and seven children.
Mr.. James W. Southland. an aget
- veteran. is quite i'll with pneumonia
at his home near Staunton.
Mrs. l. M. Smith has returned to be,
home at Craigsville, after a pleasant
visit to her sister, Mrs. e. l.. Denoon
in Richmond.
II f. l.. Harris, of Basic City, who
formerly lived here, was run over by a
street car in Richmond on Friday and
e seriously injured. He was crossing
b. the street at the time of the accident.
Mrs 5. G. Whitmore of Parnassus.
, has returned home after a visit of
some days to the family of Mr.. J. A.
! Hamrick at l118 West Main street.
this city.
This evening at o'clock there will
be concert given at V. F. l. by
Fraulein Freida Siemans at which
time Miss Duval will be glad to vel.
come her friends and patrons.
Mrs. j. W. Tyler Of Augusta Springs
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Chas.
L. Den DON. In Richmond. Mrs. Tyler
will, with heI sister, visit jamestown
before her return home.
Covington Sentinel: Mr.. ID. M. Ship.
lett, OF Augusta county, after visit
OF a few days with his daughter. Mrs.
A. B. Coffman, and the family of his
brother-in law, Mr.. d. H. Alexander,
left for his home yesterday morning.
Miss Bessie Hall of Grottoes, died &
Friday morning. after five months
illness from consumption. She was I
the daughter of Mr.. J. G. Hall. and Z
was just twenty-one years of age. She 7
is survived by her parents and one '
brother and sister-Andrew Hall, of Z
California, and Mrs. Carrie johnson. r
of Roanoke. Z
The West Virginia House on Satur- :!
day passed the Senate bill appropriat
ing $50, 600 for the defense of the State =
in litigation relating to the payment
Of the debt incurred by the old State of =
Virginia before the division. 1t is
stated that John &. Carlisle has been =,
retained for the State of West Virgin y
la
Col. Geo. M. Edgar left for Richmond tt
Wednesday, proposing to stop in Char y
ottesville. He was the guest Of Miss n
6. e. Weimer ut the Mary Baldwin d.
Seminary while here, and was the reel ri
,ient of many social attention 9, and re
vas delighted with bis sojourn of sew ar
raj days in our city.
eli,
The Richmond Times Dispatch an. ST
ounces that the G. & D. railroad has Sc
made an advance Of a little less than
0 per cent. In the wages of all its en- RI
loyes who now receive less than 5000 in
ach per month, those who have been or
ongest in the service being most ia Sc
ored. The increase takes effect from TO
1st. to
Allegheny News: Rev. Lamartine H.
'aul, OF Messy Greek, Augusta county,
rho was recently called to become the
aston of the Presbyterian church here,
as not yet notified the congregation
neither be will accept or not. He will rf
reach here next Sunday and the Sum- =
BY following and until after that time IT,
will be impossible to say whether he :
Ill come to Clifton Forge, or stay as .b,
aston Of the Messy Greek church, ! .
hich he served nearly 20 years. ~,
Two damage suits were last week in Gof
ituted in the circuit court. One by col
A. Brown against M. B. Stoddard en'
i'd the city Of Staunton, for $40. 900, tht
r injuries received while tearing down WI
le old market and house. The other .
= Miss Laura V. Price against the 1
lue Ridge Light and Power Co. for pia
200. for injuries said to have been 20
ceived by q fall of q street car. Ior
fro
Stuart Thompson of the Spots wood aft
ction, became demented few days she
% ana on SUNDAY morning at about tag
O'Clock shot himself in the abdomen ed
it'll double barrel shot gun dying to I
ortly after. No explanation of his I
urse is known. Mr.. Thompson was ard
hard working man, about As years ioi,
], and leaves a family consisting of M.
Is wife and several small children. GALS
Waynesboro VirRinian: Arthur Bor- 'a'
N. native Of Augusta county, hav. oon
g lived for the last five years in Cali. '"e
rnia, has decided to come back to a
10 garden spot Of the United States ~"
I'd has bought through q. M. Magic 'ua
10 Echerd farm Of 80 acres on White na
ridge road. adjoining Mr.. J. H. Lam. 'uo
r. Borden will move in this week. GU
r. Borden has many friends In Way
'sboro and we welcome him to our 81
and extend to him our con- A
atulations on securing this very de- exp
rable property. wei
the