Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-15
PERSONAL MENTION.

QleQ last week AZ Inc OToNc, I1ISIlldilt
Mr.. J. L. Bumgardner was here las
week from Beckley, w. Va.
Mr.. N. B. Hulvey of ChurchviIIe
was among the pleasant callers at GU
office on Monday.
Mrs. G. Julian Pratt has returned t
Waynesboro, after L visit TO her son
Mr.. w. A. Pratt.
Messrs. X. G. Blair and &. T. Glad
we'll of Moscow, were among the visi
tors here this week.
Messrs. J. +. Rohrer and. JAS. +. Dia
mond, of Churchville, were visitors
here on Saturday.
Gov. Mann has appointed I. G. Tate
of Culpeper, fertilizer inspector for the
Eighth Virginia district.
Mr.. Arista Hoge and his daughter,
Miss Bessie, have been spending some
lime in New York.
Mr.. Elias Summerfeld, now of New
York, is visiting friends at his old home
in Staunton.
While operating a saw mill ntar
Monterey, Highland county, Hubert
Smith had his hand badly larcerated.
Mr.. w. T. McCue has returned home
from an extended visit TO relatives in
Texrs.
Miss May Miller and Mr.. Carroll
Miller have gone 10 Atlantic City tc
spend some time.
Mrs. T. -, y. Speck and Miss Rachel
Speck have gone TO baltimore TO spend
month.
Miss Mary G. Wood of Augusta
Springs, was among the visitors in the
city this week.
Mrs. Haskins Hobson of Powhatan
county, is here visiting her daughter,
Mrs. G.. e, Ashburner.
Rev. l.. HI. Paul and wife of Clifton
Forge, who have been visiting the fam
lily of Mr.. John w. Paul, near Fishers
vile, have returned home.
Prof. w. A. Bowles has returned from
Kingston, N. Y, where he spent two
weeks. His wife stopped in Baltimore
on a visit.
Marshal r. A. Fulwiler spent Sun
day at his old home in Buchanan, and
from there went to Danville to attend
court.
Mrs. G. A. Haldeman and little son,
returned to Washington last week.
She was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Frances Woodhouse.
Mr.. Otey Root of near Ft Defiance,
left Wednesday for Philadelphia to
take a position as conductor on the
Rapid Transit Company'S line.
Mrs. Chas. E. Yeager left this week
for Alexandria to join her husband,
who left some time ago to engage in
business in that city.
Miss Nellie Bell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Bell of the Greenville neigh
borhood, has been taken to the Win
chester hospital for treatment. She
has peritonitis.
Mr.. Geo. Bowers, a we'll known mer-
chant, was taken seriously i'll Sunday.
At first it was thought he was paralyz-
ed, but this proved TO be wrong. 1t is
expected he will soon be out.
MI. r. w. Harris, we'll known
plumber, fell from scaffold at the
new home of J. S. Pancake, on We'd
nesday, where he was at work, and
was badly injured.
Mr.. w. III. Houff last week left for
North Dakota, where he has been iv-
ing some years. He spent the winter
at his old home in Augusta, and when
he left took with him his two children.
Mrs. s. III. Owens, well known here
died last week in Aug usta, Ga, where
she has been making her home with
her son. The remains were buried in
Richmond.
Mr.. w. Mcdonald Lee, an old Staun-
ton boy, now Chairman of the Virgin
ia Fish Commission, is mentioned as a
Democratic candidate for Congress in
the First District.
Jos. Shiff1et was struck by an N. Il
w. train near Elkton Sunday and kill
ed. His body was found that night
with his arms and legs broken, and his
skull crushed.
In another column will be found the
advertisement of A. M. Willis OF
Beaver, Oklahoma, telling about the
lands of that State and Texas. A letter
to him will get a quick reply.
There will be congregational meet
ing at old Stone Church Sunday at II
a. M, and at Spring Hill Sunday al
$3.50 p. m. The members of the differ
ent congregations in these communitie.
ARE urged to attend.
Thomas f. Walsh, who made mil
lions mining in Colorado, died ON Fri
day and was buried Sunday in Wash
.ington. He moved to Washington
some years ago and became one of it
most public spirited men.
Word was received here Wednesd;
from New York that Chas. Key, for
merly of this county, was killed IN tina
State, while shooting an Oil well
Nitroglycerine suddenly exploded
causing his death. He was 26 year