Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-06-04
Personal.

Personal.
Mr.. c. W, Hartman, formerly of Staun;
bn. was in the city Sunday. on visit to
Mr. RAYMOND Damn before going to Spring
field, ILL.,, where lie has been appointed
Train Master On the Wabash, st. Louis Il
Pacific R. R., 365 miles long. John Goode,
fine Stanton boy and a capital telegraph
operator, who has been engaged with Mr..
Hartman ~ charlottesville, goes to Spring
field with him.
James A. Cowardin, Esq, the venerable
and esteemed editor of the Richmond
Dispatch passed through Staunton, on
Tuesday. on hi way to the Hot Springs.
Rev Wa. NJ. McElwee, of Palestine,
Texas, on his way to take charge OF the
PRESBYTERIAN church near Rockbridge
Baths, of which Rev. G. M. Humphries
was lately the pastor, preached at the End
Presbyterian church On Sunday morning
last. He is returning to his old county
having formerly resided in Rockbridge.
Rev. Thomas M. Boyd, Of this county,
has accepted an inv tatinn to deliver the
address before the Augusta Male Acade-
my at Fort Defiance, of which G. 5. Roller,
ESQ, is Principal, at the annual COM
mencement which takes place June 18th.
The first delegate from Virginia tina:
passed over the Chesapeake & Ohio road
going to Chicago, was Col. G. G. Temp
kins, of Southwestern Virginia, who went
through Staunton last Saturday morning.
Col. Tompkins is first cousin of Gen.
Grant.
At the Convention of Medical Superin-
tendents of American Institutions for the
Insane Ia body which was founded by the
late DIR. Stribling, of Staunton) which as
sembled in Philadelphia, Friday, DIR.
Black, of williamsburg, was appointed to
prepare memorial OF the late DIR. r. F.
Baldwin, Superintendent of the Staunton
Asylum.
TIE programme of the Fifteenth Annual
meeting of the Educational Association of
Virginia, is out. We see from the list of
speakers that Prof. j. 1. Miller, of the
Staunton Female Seminary, is to lead off
in the discussion of the Courses and
Standards in High Schools for Girls. How
far should they be directed or adjusted to
purely aesthetic ends 3''
Rev. Job. Turner was in the city this
week on his way West. He preached TO
the deaf mutes at st. Paul's church, Rich
mond, Sunday night A Richmond ex-
change says:
So eloquent and expressive were some of
the gestures of the deaf and dumb preach
or that those present unacquainted with
the sign language understood him even
before the interpreter spoke.
A letter from Roanoke College to the
Richmond Dispatch says:
Of the graduating class two are already
engaged in permanent field of labor. Mr..
L. L. Smith, Boonsboro', Nd, one of these
gentlemen, is serving Mt. Tabor cong re-
cation, Augusta county, Va. He is very
promising young man and is doing good
work in one of the richest portions of the
Valley.
Mr.. J. V. Brooke. Jr., formerly of
Staunton, was elected Mayor of Warren
last Thursday, and we guarantee will
make good one.
Rev. DIR. e. B. Strickler, of Thinking
Spring, will deliver the address before the
Alumni of Washington & Lee University
at the commencement this month.
Principal Leondas PoyntZ Of Staunton,
read paper before the conference of
Teachers of Deaf Mutes at Northampton,
Mass, last week on the Paramount i'm
portance of primary education" which
the Springfield Republican says was
very suggestive and caused considerable
debate.
Among the visitors attending the COM
mencements this week were Messrs. Thos.
Woodrow, Jr., and J. H. Thurman, OF
Ohio: W. o. Winston, of Ala; Leake, of
Richmond; Brooke, Of Memphis; Barner,
of North Carolina; McNutt, of Texas, and
Others.
J.R. Mcbride, of Lee, Mcbride & Co.,
an old citizen of Rockbridge, has been Oh
a visit to his friends near BrownSburg He
started back Yesterday taking young Adam
McChesney, a son of the late Zach Nc
Chesney, with him to engage in business
for his house large cotton broker estab-
lishment.
Prof. J. G. Dunsmore, teacher Of boo K
ke4 ping and penmanship in the Hoover
High school, left Wednesday for his home
in Monroe county. West Va. He will re-
turn with his family about the 1st of July
and settle permanently in this city. Mr..
Dunsmore is very thorough in his depart
ment. His pupils have learned rapidly and
,the wisdom of the Principal in introduce
ing this business feature into his currc-
ulum is now heartily endorsed by his pat
IRONS.
Mr.. Cbas. W. Callaghan, of Botetourt
is on visit to this city. Mr.. CallahgaD is
the General Agent of the Valley Mutual
Life Association for Southwestern Virgin
ia. is one of the most active agents the
company has and has been very successful
both in canvassng and locating sub-agen-
cies.
A letter from Washington city says thai
Bud Miller has had a very painful opera
7tion performed on his leg at the hospital
:and adds 81 never saw man with as much
NERVE in my life' Mr.. Miller was brought
{back to Stanton on Tuesday evening
last.
GONG TO WORCESTERSHIRE Staun
ton Artillery will leave for Winchester to-
morrow morning at 6 O'Clock to partiei-
pate in the decoration day ceremonies
there. The famous 5th Maryland regi
ment will be there, the Martinsburg Artil
u,