Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-11-22
Personal.

! Personal.
| We were pleased to receive a visit en-
last Monday. from General J. F. Seig
! (now of NJ issouri,) son of David Seig. Esq,
near Churchville, in this county, who is
now on visit to his venerable father and
other relations. after and absence OF twen-
| ty- two years. Gen. Seig was gallant
| officer in the Confederate army, and oper-
ated in the trans-Mississippi department
during the war. and although often, when
in severe engagements exposed to shot and
shell Of Federal guns, came out without
a scratch. After the war he returned to
his home in his adopted state, of which he
speaks in glowing terms of praise, and is
engaged at his old business of tilling the
soil, in which he has achieved much sue
cess. Although we regret deeply the de-
parture, from our midst, of many of our
citizens, who leave us to seek new homes
in distant lands, yet we are delighted to
witness the success that they have met
with, and deeply rejoice with them when
they return on visit to the scenes OF their
earliest days. Gen. Seig was accompani-
ed thus far on his visit by Col. j. H. Steph-
ems, a native Missourian and prominent
gentleman of that country, who is also on
visit to relatives and friends in Rock
ingham county.
Mr.. Henry A. Walker, of the National
Valley Bank, Is spending short vacation
in Baltimore, Philadelphia and other
Northern cities.
Gov. Holiday has appointed Mr.. W. A.
Burke, of Staunton, a delegate to the
Convention for the Promotion of Ameri-
can Commerce, to meet at New Orleans,
December, 3rd.
DR.. Samuel II. M offett, of Harrisonburg.
author of the Moffett Punch. was in Bal
timote Wednesday, on his way to Illinois,
where his brother, E. M. Moffett, prom
inent citizen of Quincy. died on Tuesday
last.
Among the officers of the Grand Com
mandery of Knigh is Templar, of Virginia,
elected at the session at Norfolk, for the
ensuing year, was Emminent Commander
W. H. II. Lynn, of Staunton, chosen
Grand Junior Warden.
Capt. John Paul, of Rockingham. is to
deliver a . lecture before the students of
Shenandoah Seminary, at Dayton, on the
10Th inst.
Speaking of the models for the eques-
trian statue of Gen Lee in competition
at Richmond. the dispatch" says:
Mr.. G.. r. Firth, of Staunton, exhibits a
model for statue and drawing for
pedestal. It is probably the latter he most
prizes. 1t has received some commenda-
tion already. 1t proposes that the base of
the pedestal shall be of blocks of stone OF
uniform size, contributed by the States
formerly composing the Confederacy; that
each OF the ninetynine counties Of Vir-
its territorial outlines, and that the cap
the hundredth stone, upon which the
statue rests shall be presented by the city
of Richmond. The shape of the pedestal
(side view, above the base) would be that
Of the State. The plan is novel, but the
probability is that it would, when erected,
look too much like pile of geological
specimens or patch work of stone"
AT the assembling of the National
Grange in Richmond, Wednesday, Mr..
Geo. W. Koiner, who delivered the address
of welcome on behalf of the Executive
Committee of the Virginia State Grange,
was introduced by Master Blanton as 'sthe
boy lecturer of Augusta
Noticing the expected removal of Col
A. W. Harman to Texas, the Lexington
Gazette says:
We regret that the Valley is to lose such
a worthy and esteemed citizen. He has
been connected with many enterprises in
Virginia, having much of the energy and
push of his brother, the late Col. M. G..
Hartman.
Mr.. W. H. Williams, formerly a clerk
at the G. & 0. depot here, and well re-
membered as polite employee at the
White Sulphur Springs last summer, has
gone into commercial business at Hinton,
W. Va.