Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-12-20
Personal.

Odpt. JdIIltS y. O11licl VI otouhSOai 1Gl
on Tuesday night for Austin, Texas, hav
ing received clerkship in the depot there
under Mr.. Donald Allen. Few men ca ~
,, away more good wishes than Capt. Miller
who was an universal favorite here.
Mr.. Benz. e: Kindig, son Of the lat+
Emanuel Kindig, of this county, returned
this week after an absence of thirteen
years in Illinois, to visit his venerable.
mother who is eighty-four years Of age.
He was accompanied by his wife, also a
native Of Augusta who returns after an
absence of twenty-five years.
Mr.. H. A. OFT, who formerly resided at
Steele's Tavern in this county and emf
grated to California seven years ago, re-
turned from Los Angeles on Tuesday last.
He will resume his residence in Angus
ia county.
At the Grand Lodge A. F. NJ. which
met in Richmond, Mr.. }. Howard Wayt,
of Staunton Lodge was appointed Deputy
Grand Master of the 10th Masonic district.
At the meeting of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter, Mr.. VIM. Fl. Fl. Lynn, of Staun-
ton, was app tinted Grand Master Of the
Third Vail.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the
appointments by the State Board of Edu-
cation of Charles Grattan. Esq, as Super
intendent of Schools for Augusta co enty
and of DR.. r. S. Hamilton as Superinten-
dent of the Staunton schools. Mr.. NJ. w.
Quarles, of Waynesboro had been recon-
mended by the county Board of Trustees
Tor the position Of county Superintendent
but the election lies with the State
Beard
DR.. S. H. Henkel, of Staunton was last
week elected one of the Vice Presidents of
the Virginia State Dental Convention.
Prof. w. c. Kelr, State Geologist, of
North Carolina is a guest of Maj. Jed
Hotchkiss, with whom he is going on
geologi cal excursion to the mountains.
Rev. S. z. Hughes, of S. c., preached at
the Lutheran church here Sunday morn
ing and night.
Mr.. R. G. Rice and family, of Waynes-
boro left on Tuesday for Texas.
The Richmond christian Advocate"
in an editorial on the legislature says:
"The senate Of Virginia is representa-
tive body of the test element in the Com
monwealth. Two-thirds of the members
are communicates in some Of the churches
Koiner and Phlegar probably can repeat
the Westminster confession forward or
back ward without missing a word.-Their
faces have the set OF the cOjenanter, You
might draw, quarter, and diSembOwel them
before they would bulge from the line of
duty. : Gen. Ecnols is the 'swise
Ulysses, Laertes' son." in the House,
President, Dr. W. J. Jones; Vice Presi-
dent. James A. Patterson; Secretary,
Hugh L. Galiaher, Jr.; treasurer, James
A. Fishburne; Sentinel, W. r. Tally, are
the officers of the Waynesboro debating
society.
Capt. VIM. A. McCue, has been elected
the President Of The reorganized Staunton
debating Society.
The Central Presbyterian" noticing
Maj. Hotchkiss' pamphlet on Stanton
and Augusta says: more inviting farms
are nowhere to be found and Presbvteri-
ans Will find the community to great
extent of their osn faith
Rev. DR.. r. H. McKim, formerly of
Alexandria, a son -in-law of Rev. R. II.
Phillips, of Staanton, has accepted cal
to Trinity. Iurch, olumbus, Ohio,
CITY Council The Council met on
Tuesday evening, pre- ent, President Fultz
and Messrs. Ransom, Todd, Berkeley
Cochran, Burke, Abby, Evans, Crowle
Gooch and Byers.
Committee Reports Bumgardner,
Chairman Of the Committee on Streets, re-
ported that the work of fencing in some
Of R. G.. Bickle's property near the reser-
voir in consideration of his giving the city
the right to street. had been commenced
Mr.. Cochran from the Water Committee,
reported in favor of granting the petition
of w. A. Rhodes; also the report of Mr..
E. w. Harman, Sup't of Water Works.
showing $2l ,0S received for material fur
nshed citizens. Mr.. Crowle from the Com
nj tee Oh Light, reported adversely to a
petition for lamp at a point on johnson
st. Adopted. MIR. Todd from the Com
mittee On Schools, reported on insuring
the Academy Building, and the Committee
was authcr ized to insure the building for
81 900 and the furniture for 81 900. Mr..
Cochran from the Committee on Safety
reported, dismissing the petition of Ham
rick & Co., for permission to erect an ice
louise, it having been. withdrawn. The
same gentleman reported IN favor of allow
ing the Overseer of the Poor 500 for con-
tingent expenses. Adopted. Mr.. Crowle
from the Committee on Printing, reported
the work on the Hotchkiss pamphlet CIV
ing history of Staunton, not yet fully
completed. Maj. Hotchkiss explained that
only a small portion yet remained to be
worked off. Mr.. Gooch from the Fire
Committee, made a report concerning the
Hook and Ladder Co.
Closing Wells,--A resolution to close
the wells on public grounds was defeated.
Ayes, Messrs, Gooch, Berkeley, Crowle,
Burke and Ranscn. Noes, Messrs. Fultz,
Cochran, Evans, Todd, Bumgardner, By
ers and Abby.
Retrenehnsept.- MI. Todd from the Con-
mittee en- Retrenchment, made report
calling the attention Of the committees to
the fact that they were going too fast in
spending the appropriations allotted to
them, and transferring SAT- from the con :
tingent fund to supply gap already APP
parent in the salary fund.
Neac Busiaess-The following new bust
ness was introGuced-by Mr. Burke, to
borrow $4,000 to faeet interest, adopted;
by Mr.. Byers, authorizing tbs Superinten-
dent of Water W orks to see that the num-
bers are retained OH the houses in the
city, adopts d; by MI. Evans, for printing