Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-09
mhs MEinbttatar.
/. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 9. 1886.
Local


Local
Personal.
Prof. J. L. Campbell, Of Washington q
Lee University, passed through the city
Monday on his way home from Brooks
Gap, where he has been spending some
time exploring the mineral resources OF
that region.
Judge Benton j. Brown, of Van Buren,.
Ark, is stopping at Kalorama. He is an
enthusiastic supporter Of the Democratic
nominees and has reputation as stump.
speaker Owing to sickness he had to de-
cline an invitation to the Folly Mills pole
raising, but hopes during the summer to
take part in the canvass.
Mr.. VIM. A. Pratt, formerly of Staun
to n, who has been on the engineer corps
of the city of st. Louis, filling the posi-
ton of City Surveyor, has just been pro-
/, NOTED to the position OF District Engineer
of st. Louis. Under the system there
this places him in Il position OF Importance
second only to the Chief Engineer. Mr..
| Pratt is an engineer of great promise, and
/ has risen rapidly in his profession. Both
he and his wife formerly Miss Rebecca
Kinney, niece of Maj. III. M. Belly are
| former residents of Staunton, and their
friends here will be pleased to hear of Mr.
| Pratt's promotion.
at the commencement at Greenville,
S. g. Military Institute, last week, among
| %lo 1ofo .hf, Aiofi afin u
Jno. 81. Manly, a son Of Rev. DIR. Chas.
Manly, the former much beloved pastor Of
the Baptist church here. The lad obtain
ed distinctions for Latin. Greek, French
and Mathematics, He was former pu-
pill at Hoover's High School here.
Messrs. D. E. Strasburg and r.. J. Det-
tor have been chosen delegates from the
Methodist Sunday School here to the an
nual convention of the Baltimore Con-
ference Sunday School Convention, which
meets near Baltimore July 21st. Mrs. j.
w. Newton and Miss Lizzie Daniel were
elected alternates.
MIR. Chas. W. Echard, of Covington,
formerly OF the Stanton bar, addressed a
Readjuster meeting recently at Warm
Springs, Bath county.
The faculty of Yale College last week
conferred the honorary degree of Doctor
of Laws on President Hayes, and Judge
Hugh W. Sheffey, of Staunton.
The Culpeper ''Timeso of Friday says
'sMr. G. l.. Shumate, of Staunton, who
was on visit to friends in town, the early
part of the week, was driving out last
| Hau inn Who ho ron
near Brandy Station, throwing him out
of the buggy and breaking his. arm. The
Broken limb was set by DIR. r. s. Lewis
and On Wednesday Mr.. S. left for his
homa.7'
Mr.. J. II. Leckey, formerly Principal OF
the High School in the StauntOn Public
Schools, and who for the past session has
filled the responsible position of Principal
Of the Port Gibson [Miss.] Academy, has
returned with his family for summer
visit to our mountain. They all look ir
excellent health and do not appear to have
suffered from the climate of the low coun
tries.
Maj. John w. Johnston, Attorney fol
the Richmond & Allegheny, R. R., and
the fir.t man in the internal Improvement
Of Virginia, was among the guests at the
Virginia Hotel on Tuesday.
Maj. Hotchkiss. who is just from tn,
White Sulphur, contradicts the reported
, Goodness in the intercourse there O
Blaine and Cameron. So far from it, tn,
Major says they We're participants in so
cial game of calds the other evening.
The State Educational Association O.
West Virginia met at Hinton last Mon
day. Prof. Jno. j. Laid, of Va, is as
signed a. prominent place on the pro
: gramme of its exercises.
Mr.. e. Halle, Jr., of Staunton, has beer
appointed census assistant to Maj. Jed
} Hotchkiss. the expert special agent of the
census for mining statistics in Va. anl
West Va.
Rev. j. M. Frost, pastor of the Baptist
church, left yesterday afternoon for a
months vacation at the Variety Springs
which his people, at a congregational
meeting on Wednesday, very thoughtfully
and literally rendered him.
Mr.. Jno. D. Towberman, of this county,
arrived in Staunton yesterday morning
after fifteen days. trip from Atlanta,
Ca. having Travelled all the way in a
buggy. He says the Hancock boom in
Georgia and North Carolina seems to have
reached even the Republicans.
We regret to hear that Mr.. VIM. G.
Brown, of the U. s. Internal Revenue De-
partment, has been lying quite i'll at his
residence in this city. He was reported
by his physician as much better yesterday.
Gen. R. d. Lilley, of Staunt6n, is at
Long Branch.
/ Arthur A. Splitter, formerly of Staun-
ton, an U. S. deputy collector of customs
at Richmond, was removed from office on
Wednesday. and s. F. Maddox appointed
in his place.
Mr.. j. McAdair and lady, Of Lexington.
were in Staunton yesterday on their way
to Rawley Springs.
Rev. Wm. A. Harris. D. D., wife and
daughter Of this city, are among the
guests at the Rockbridge Alum Springs.
IT, Watson JAMES. Esq, editor of that
capital paper the Richmond Standard"
was in the city yesterday.
A GAME BIRD The jay birds that make
their home in the grounds OF the W. L