Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30
Personal.

family to his farm in the county. Staunton
will very much miss them.
Among the legal gentlemen from the
neighboring counties attending the Court
of Appeals this week are Judges Il. e.
Allen, G. T. O'Ferrall and John T. Harris.
Rev. Geo. L. Cook of North Carolina. is
spending a short vacation with his friends
at Churchville.
Messrs. VIM. Forbes and VIM. A. Nc
Cue, the we'll known Insurance Agents,
accompanied by DR.. G. c. Phillips, Medi-
cal Examiner, left on Tuesday ON bust
ness tour as far as Moorefeld, W. Va.
They go in wagon and the trip promises
to be pleasant as we'll as profitable one.
Mr.. Stiles Hotchkss, son of Maj. Mel
son H. Hotchkiss of Staunton. has been
appointed on the water service corps of
| the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe railroad.
He has some sixty men under his charge.
An uncle Of his, Mr.. D. L. Bound, is sta
toned few miles from him.
We observe in the San Antonio Times"
the marriage of Mr.. Robert B. Minor, a
low yCl VI oOo dIus AOACbo3 w N1loo AUOAVSA
Houston, of San Antonio. Mr.. Minor is
a brother of Mr.. Berkeley Minor of the
Virginia Female Institute here, and Of
DR.. G. l.. g. Minor of the Shenandoah
Academy at Winchester. and cousin of
DR.. Carter Berkeley and Capt. Frank
Berkeley Of this city.
The Anderson W. Va. "Enterprlse"
notices the departure of VIM. Hansberger
to enter at the Augusta Male Acade-
my at Fort Defiance, and the Warren
Sentinel" notices the departure of John
W. Randolph and VIM. Kendick from that
county for the same destination.
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss of Staunton, was in
Lynchburg last week.
DR. J. c. Merrilat, native of France,
who some forty years ago was Superinten-
dent of the D., D. & B. Institution here,
died at Romney, W. Va, Sept. 18th. His
widow. daughter of the late Maj. Geo.
Eskridge, is a resident of Romney.
Mr.. Lorenzo Sibert, we'll known inven-
Tor in iron manufacture, died in StauntOn.
on Sunday last, at the residence of his SON.
in-law. David Evans, Esq. Three Of his
daughters are residents of Stanton
Mrs. John A. Noon, Mrs. David Evans
and Mrs. M. A. Cease.
The Wilmington IN. c. "Star" the best
paper in North Carolina, celebrated it's
fourteenth anniversary last week. Its pro-
prietor, Mr.. W. H. Bernard, is son of
our venerable fellow citizen, Peter D.
Bernard, ESQ.
We are glad to see that Col. w. L..
Bumgardner, who has been quite sick is
convalescent and out on our streets again.
Rev. James Murray, pastor of Bethel
church, will preach at the First Presbyte-
sian church tonight, and tomorrow morn
ing at IL O'Clock.
Mr.. Thos. G. Prince, formerly conduc-
tor on the main stem Of the B. & D. Rail-
road, has been appointed Supervisor of the
Harper's Ferry and Valley Branch of that
road.
Mr.. Blanton, who has had charge Of the
Shenandoah Valley 4. R. depot at Berry
vile, has been appointed train dispatcher
of that road at Waynesboro.
Mr.. Cornelius j. Hagan. VINO Qleu re-
Gently at Greenville of an overdose of
laudanum. was the bugler of the 18th Va.
cavalry and served through the war with
great credit.
Gen. John E. Roller, Capt. G.. G. Graf
tan, Judge John T. Harris, Judge Robt.
Johnston, j. N. Liggett, Esq, and W. B.
Compton, ESQ.,, of Harrisonburg, were in
attendance at the Court of Appeals this
week.
Mr.. Walter Packer left for the Univer-
sity of Virginia, Tuesday. He is a grad
uate of the Hoover High School, hard
student and an estimable young man, and
good reports may be expected from him as
student Of the great University he has
entered.