Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-08-09
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FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. 8, 1878.
Local
Personal.

Personal.
Miss Alice Swain, the distinguished vo-
calist, OF Richmond, was in Staunton, last
Friday, on her way to Rawley Springs.
Miss Leila b. Zirkle, Of Augusta, was
chosen First Maid of Honor at the tourna-
ment at Orkney Springs, last week, her
knight being J. F. Templeton, OF Rock
bridge, Miss Mary Mosby, daughter OF
the famous Col. Mosby, of the Virginia
cavalry, was chosen Queen.
Hon. Marshall Hanger and Capt. T. d.
Ransom arrived in Stanton, Monday af-
ternoon, from their European tour. Mi.
Ed. Echols has gone on the White Sulphur
Springs.
Maj. Peter II. Woodward is, we areglad
to state, quite recovered, and i s%sojourning
at Mountain Top.
Mr.. Robt. W. Burke, Vice-President of
the National Valley Rank, left on Mon
day for Saratoga, N. Y, to attend the
Bankers Convention there.
MI. VIM. McEndree, the cashier Of the
Valley Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. has removed his headquarters to
Staunton.
The Charlottesville 'Chronicleo notices
among the visitors in that city last week
Miss Mary J. Baldwin, Miss Kemper, and
several young lady pupils of the. Augusta
Female Seminary. and Mr.. W. D.. Cooke
and lady of the D.. D.. 81 B. Institution.
Miss Baldwin's party were on a visit to
the University and Monticello.
Among the tent-holders at the Metho-
dist camp meeting at Wesley Grove, neal
Baltimore, which began Sunday, were
Mrs. James W. Newton, Mrs. Jno. NJ.
Carroll, Mrs. Geo. Harlan, and Miss Ship
ley, of Staunton. There were 1000 per-
sons at the camp, Sunday.
Wejust want to put a hundred pound
pressure endorsement on this paragraph
from the Charlottesville Chronicle:
A pleasant way to make the trip to
Staunton is on the mixed train, which
leaves Charlottesville about four O'Clock,
P. M. Capt. Pat Woodward is the con-
ductor, and a more polite and obliging one
is not in the employ of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway Company.
Mr.. P. B. Delaney, the editor Of that
able and vigorous sheet, the Harrisonburg
COMMONWEALTH was in the city Tues
day on his way back from the Charlottes-
vile meeting.
Mr.. Walter Edmunds, of Strawberry
Hill, neal Richmond, is making the trip
with his family from that city to the
White Sulphur Springs by the old stage
road in an immense covered spring wagon
built for the purpose and holding eight or
nine persons. /
Mr.. Alexander Foster, of Augusta. was
the Knight of Augusta at the tournament
last week at Rockingham Mineral Springs,
and was one of the successful ones. He
crowned Miss Otie Allen, of Shenandoah,
second Maid of Honor. Miss Lizzie Talia-
ferro, of Shenandoah, was crowned Queen
of Love and Beauty.
Rev. VIM. e. Baker, Of the First Presby-
terian Church, has gone for a short vaca-
ton in the country. Last week he was
one of the most prominent speakers at the
convention of Sunday School workers Of
the lower Valley. at Winchester.
Rev. J. B. Haskell. of Staunton, is
among the ciergymen attending the 10th
session of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia
at Winchester. There are fifty delegates
present.
The Richmond "Christian Advocate"
contains d long and able letter from Rev
DR.. Jno. S. Martin, of Stanton, on the
character and work of the recent General
Conference at Atlanta, written in reply to
some structures upon it by the editor Of
the Nashville "Christian Advocate" DR..
M. is well-qualifed as a critic in such mat
tiers by experience, having been present at
forty-three Annual and SIX General Con-
ferences. He thinks the last General Con
ference s'as orderly, respectful and as
considerate of personal feeling, and OF as
strict propriety as any body we have ever
attended"
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, of Stanton, de-
livered a course of lectures before the Nor
NAL School at Bridgewater, last week.
Rev. j. 1. Miller, Of Stanton, and MI.
Geo. Shuey, of Swoope's depot, delivered
addresses on temperance at the Methodist
church IN Waynesboro, Saturday. The
former spoke from the text, eff by eating
meat l cause my brother to offend. [
will eat no more while the world stands"
Mr.. e. W. Gilman, the well-known civil
engineer, lately Of Staunton, is engaged in
locating a road from Harrisonburg to the
Pendleton line, for Rockingham county.
A letter from Strlbling Springs in the
Alexandria s'GaZette' says ex 1t. Gov.
Marye is there. It adds, that ''little Miss
T., Of Staunton, enlivens US with her Pc
culiar style of wit and good humor.".