Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-01
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FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 1, 1878.
Local
Personal.

F Capt. VIM. f. cambridge, well known
in Staunton, has been appointed Assistant
Superintendent of the Baltimore Il Ohio
Express Co., land has charge of the Marietta
and Cincinnati division and its branches
about 300 miles. His headquarters are at
Cincinnati.
Miss Leila Beers, for the past four years
one Of the most efficient teachers in the
public schools of the city, resigned her po-
sition on Monday last and Miss Ellen Har-
man, a. graduate of the Virginia Female
Institute, was elected to fill the vacancy.
Among the arrivals at the Eutaw
House in Baltimore, Wednesday, were
Capt. J. G. Marquis, Maj. B. L. Bagby
and Mrs. Smith, of Staunton, and at the
st. Clair, Maj. E. Mcmahon and A. S.
Lara.
Capt. Hartman Hiner passed through
Staunton, Saturday, on his way from
Highland to his seat in the legislature.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of Greenville, on the 18th INST, elected
President R. s. Hamilton of the Staunton
Y. M: c. A., Col. Jas. FL. Skinner and
Capt W. A. McCue, Honorary members
Of their organization. and their Secretary.
Dr.fT. Van. L. Davis, was instructed to no
tify these gentlemen Of the complimentary
action.
In the list of speakers of the debating
society at Culpeper we see the name of e.
S. Krouse, formerly prominent, and in
deed the most active member Of the old
Staunton debating club. He is to argue
in the affirmative on ''Will our Republic
decay like those of antiquity" The de-
bates in Culpeper are attended by both
ladies and gentlemen.
Among the Stauntonians in Washing
ton last week were Messrs. W. HI. H. Lynn
John Ell. Crawford and I. G. Morton.
Mr.. John Trimble, Superintendent of
the Staunton Il Parkersburg turnpike,
passed through here few days ago en-
route to Richmond on business for his
road.
Prof. Job Turner held services for the
Deaf Mutes in st. Paul's church, Rich
mond, last Sunday afternoon. His ap-
pearance revived recollections of the exhi-
bition given in st. Adams hall there some
years ago by the pupils Of our D., D. & B.
Institution.
They had some fun in the House of Dele
gates, Thursday, in passing around a paper
bottle Of cognac for word to
rhyme with ''terrapin." The. following,
from Mr.. Hanger, of Augusta. shows that
a man may be first-class legislator, but
not good poet:
You ask for word to ryhme with Terrapin,
1 could bet my drink were all pure gin.
Why couldn't Marsh. have said he
didn't care pin
What word rhymed with terrapin.
But that's always the way, your first
class poets are always hid away in the
newspapers. Obituary poetry
done at this office at ten cents line
mother-in-laws half price.
Mr.. W. II. Blackadar, of Richmond, the
agent of the Zee Monument
Association to procure subscriptions, pass
ed through here Wednesday on business
tour down the Valley He will return to-
day or tomorrow and pay his respects to
our citizens. Mr.. B. is an Ex-Confederate
soldier, and the Association Lave chosen a
reliable agent to represent their interests.
Messrs. Charles Lushbaugh, Ed, ard
Charles Hudson and. sJno. F.
Keller, all xcellent mechanics, left here
for Fort Worth, Texas. on Monday last.
The Highland Recorder notices the
arrival in that county of MIR. W. w. Gibbs.
the energetic agent of tie Baltimore &
Ohio Express co. in this city, who was
making arrangements to extend the bust
ness of his company.