Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-07
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Mr.. John II. Hamilton, of Augusta, the
young gentleman who won such notable
distinctions at Washington & Lee Univer-
sity and the University of Virginia, left
on Saturday last, for New York, where he
will attend Columbia Law School. Mr..
Hamilton has one of the most brilliant
uiinds in Virginia and many friends in his
native state will watch his career with
high hopes.
The Charlottesville ''Chronicle'' MOTTO
ing the singing at the dedication Of the
cathedral there, by the choir from Staun-
ton, says 1.-The music was regarded as
very fine.''
Rev. Z. Beard has resigned the charge
of lions church, Waynesboro, which
has extended a call to Rev. j III. Barb.
Mr.. Beard will live on his farm very near
the Lutheran parsonage. MIR. Barb has
not yet signifed his acceptance of the CALL
Mr.. and Mrs. David E. Strasburg, of
Staunton. will celebrate their linen we'd
ding" 1.-THE twelfth) anniversary, on the
I4th inst. And this we know by the receipt
of the most stylish invitation that even
our friend Dayy sver got up.
Mrs. B. P. Cav, of Augusta county,
daughter of Rev. J. W. Wolf,) is in Bot
etourt, visiting the family of Geo. II.
Johnston, ESQ.,, and will remain several
months.
Messrs. Mcmahon Il Green, contractors
on the section of the Shenandoah Valley
r.;lrnaA hot ruaan Roonnko and filovord.,la
have taken a contract on the New River
road.
Mr.. G. e. Doyle, Of the Chesapeake &
Ohio r. R., will have an office at 7 orktown
during the Centennial under the direction
of the general passenger department. He
will be assisted by Mr.. G. B. Powell, of
the general passenger office of Richmond.
Mr.. Clinton Davis, OF this county and
formerly valued attache of this Office,
has taken a position in one of the depart
ments of the great drug house OF A. Vog-
eler & Co., in Baltimore.
Frank Yates, late pupil at Hoover's
High School, has been appointed to the
place of Monitor of the deaf-mute boys in
the Insti tuition.
Miss Fanny CARRIER, of Indiana. a daugh-
ter of Albert CARRIER, ESQ.,, is on visit to
her father.
Mrs. Jed Hotchkiss and Miss Annie
Hotchkiss, returned home on Wednesday
fron visit of several weeks to New
York.
Mr.. Thos. P. Peyton, of Albemarle, a
brother of Capt. W. H. Peyton, of Staun-
ton, and Col. Geo. L. Peyton, of the White
Sulphur. died on Sunday night Of paraly
sis.
W. Fl. Weller, Esq, has just returned
from the Northern cities where he laid in
one OF the largest stocks of dry goods that
has ever been opened in his h Andsome
store.
DR.. D. W. Prescott, of Edinburg, a well
known physician of Shenandoah, while on
his way from Hardy county, where he had
been visiting a patient, stopped on the
road in Shenandoah on his return, to get
drink of water and died suddenly Of Apo
plexy. Dr. Prescott's name is familiar
in Augusta county from a political cor
respondence recently published.
Mr.. Geo. P. Funkhouser, cashier Of the
bank of Plattsburg, Mo-, is on visit, with
his niece, to the family of DIR. A. M.
Henkel.
Mrs. s. N. Miller left yesterday for a
visit of several weeks to her sister, Mrs =.
E. 5. TRUSTEE at Pomeroy, Ohio.
MI Arch. G.. Stuart, of Stanton, is
now residing at Georgetown, Grant coun-
ty, New Mexico. ~
We tender our thanks to Capt. E. A.
Fulcher for lot of peaches, averaging
seven and half ounces in. weight A
pretty good record for oaas .ARspsGa.
Messrs. Barth & Loeb have opened a
splendid lot of clothing at Augusta
Clothing Hail." Their descriptive adver-
tisement will appear next week. 1t will
pay to read it.
The sale of tickets for the Baltimore
:'Oriole" commences tomorrow atathe b.
& o. agency .on Augusta street-round
tickets 81 IS.