Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-02-21
Personals.

SVudISs
Mrs. Chas. M. East is spending some
time IN Washington.
Mr.. E. W. Friend, manager Of the
Racket Stock Co., has gone to New
York to purchase his spring stock.
Mrs. Eva Kite qualified In the COR
poration court as administrative of
Richard Watkins.
Miss Susie Forrer of Messy Creek, is
visiting the family of her uncle, Mr..
John Forrer, at Stuart's Draft.
Mr.. VIM. R. Tyree has gone to Roam.
oke, and from there goes to North
Cnrolina on business.
Judge II. W. Holt has re.appointed
Messrs. s. D. Timberlake, H. M. Nc
Ilhany and William Wholey. to con-
stitute the city pension board.
Mr.. b. W. Crum, one of our well
known agricultural implement and
fertilizer dealers. is on business trip
to North Carolina.
At the meeting of the Masonic Grand
Lodge in Richmond, Mr.. W. B. Nc
Chesney was elected grand senior
warden.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. 8. Kniseley have
gone north to purchase their spring
millinery. Their offering this season
promises to surpass any previous eff
fort.
A marriage license was issued this
week to Mr.. Howard F. Ellinger and
Miss Annie j. Estes. The ceremony
was to take place Wednesday at Cri.
mora.
Frank Cauthorn, who shot and kill
ed Mrs. Sydney Jones in Bedford
county few weeks ago, was on Tues
day acquitted on the ground of insan
1ty. He will be sent to the asylum.
Mrs. L. G. Dawson has gone to Hag
erstown to visit relatives and friends.
where she will later be Joined by Mr.
Dawson, and they will 60 north to pur-
chase their spring stock of millinery
and dry goods.
Our old friend, MIR. Jas Wood of
Mt. Elliott, who is Sc years old. is very
ill with heart trouble. Mr.. Wood has
always been very active man, and
his friends hope he may recover from
his illness.
Mr.. J. G. Scheffer, who has been in
Washington for medical treatment, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Rutherford.
near the city. Mr.. Scheffer is now
connected with the McCreery Hotel at
Hinton, W. Va.
Mr.. George Rinsland, who recently
went to Hinton, West Va, to open
the barber shop of the McCreery Hotel,
with Mr.. Harry Haupt, has returned
to Staunton. and taken his old position
with Mr.. A. Y. Pffferling.
Mr.W. E. Harris, of GoochIand c0un-
ty, and his son, Master Hardin, visited
Capt. G. A. Holt for several days. For
some years Mr.. Harris was the pro
prietor of the Eakleton Hotel, and has
many friends here, who gave him a
warm greeting.
Mr.. W. II. Henderson of Swoope.
hoe in oil 70 O
long time, but who bad recently i'm
proved, has gone to Baltimore, where
he will enter Johns Hopkins hospital
for treatment, and will probably UNI
dergo on operation.
The Niche Grocery Company's ware
house in Charlottesville, was burned to
the ground early Friday morning. with
loss of about $50. 900, on which there
was insurance amounting to about So
600. The building was packed from
cellar to garnet, which greatly impair
ed the work of the firemen.
Mr.. John A. Stuart, whose illness
was mention last week, died in Bed
ford county Thursday evening, aged
about Ga years. He was a native of
this county and was very prominent
in it's affairs at one time. He was
buried in Nelson county at the former
home of his wife on Saturday.
William Sells, son of Peter Sells,
one of the founders of Sells Brothers
Circus. died of gastritis and hemor-
rhage in New YORK on Monday. He
was himself interested in the Sells
circus, which was combined with Fore
paugh's several years, and inherited
the major part of his fathers 100000
estate.
The engagement is announced of
Lieut.. Harry M. Cootes, of the 18th
cavalry, U. s. A., to Miss Mary Lou
Cooke, daughter of Hon. Merritt 7.
Cooke of Norfolk. Lieut. Cootes is an
old Staunton boy and has made re-
putation in Uncle Sans army of
which he may we'll be proud, Last
summer he was stationed at James
town, and there met his future wife.
He is at present stationed at Fort
Oglethrope, Ga.
A beautiful Valentine tea was given
last Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Max
W. Mercereau in honor of her sisters
in-law, Mrs. Harry b. Woodward and
Mrs. Edward K. Mercereau. Miss
Shreckhise presided at the punch bowl
in the reception hall. and Miss Emma
Hoge invited the guests into the din
ing room, where the honors were done
by Mrs. Frank W. Bell, Mrs. Wayt B.
Timberlake, Mrs. Glasgow Armstrong
and Mrs. 4. N. Blackford, while Miss