Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-03-31
Personal.

A private letter from sx-Goy- Holiday
to friend in Staunton. is dated at the
Palace Hotel. San Francisco, March Goth.
The ex Governor was 10 excellent health
and having tour pleasant in all respects.
Among the guests at the banquet given
in Philadelphia by Col. Patterson to Gen.
F'itz John Porter last week, was Gen.
Robt. D. Lilley of Staunton. On Satur-
day night Gen. Lilley was also present at
The magnificent banquet given by Mr.
Chllds OF the Ledger, to the Saturday even
ing Club. Gen. Grant. Wade Hampton
Roger A. Pryor and a large number Of
the distinguished men of the country
were present.
]. NJ. Ferguson, ESQ.,, the talented edi
tor of the Anderson, wv. Va.) Enterprise
was in the city on Tuesday.
Mr.. w. o. Stiff, bavine Joined his broth
er Herbert in business in Tennessee, Mr.
w. L. Olivier has engaged as chief CLERK
Mr.. Chas. S. Hurt, Of Petersburg. The
name of Hurt has been for years among
the highest in business circles in Peters
burg and of this younger member of the
family, son of Joseph Hurt, the Messen
ger of that city says:
Mr. Charles S. Hurt, one of our best
known and popular young citizens, left
this week for StauntOn, where he purposes
living with Mr.. Warner L. Olivier, the
well known bookseller and stationer at
that place. We take pleasure in introduc'
ing him to the people Of Staunton, with
haSt Wiqhoo fNr hiS flatIlro
Capt. q. r. Mason, the venerable rail
road contractor, now over eighty years of
age was in thescity Monday, and was walk
ing our pavements with the brisk step of .
man of forty.
Rev. H. H. Kennedy writes from Talla.
pleted his first pastoral round and found
''some genuine Floridian Msthodlsts. ,
His family was getting comfortably set
tied down.
The Harrisonburg Spirit says that Capt
HI. P. Dickerson, of Augusta, who was an
applicant for the position of Steward at
the Asylum, was among the first to offer
to go upon the official bond OF his success
rul competitor, Mr.-Mauzy. The friendly
offer was accepted.
Mr.. s. A. Bromberg has been appoln-
ted Assistant Travelling Auditor Of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Rev. VIM. Powers, of Grafton. W. Va.
has received a call to Trinity Episcopal
church at Towsontown, Nd.
Rev. Thos. VI. Reese. the pastor of the
M. E. congregation of Staunton in 1850
died at Altoona. Pa, on Sunday, and was
buried in Baltimore on Tuesday last. y
Rev. j. I. Miller of the Staunton Female
Seminary, has been rendered calls from
the Lutheran congregations at Newberry.
S. c., and Charlotte, n, GsENt will be a
bad day for 4h5 cause of female education
when Mr.. Miller shall decide to return to
the pulpit-a day that we trust is far off
| Frank T. Ware, a well known and sue
cessfnl colered merchant Of this city, has
been appointed to position under the
door keeper of the House of Representa-.
tives at Washington.
| BY the death of Admiral SPOTS, U. s.
| N, Commodore Pierce Crosby, who with
his family has been residing in Staunten
lately, is advanced in line to Rear Admir-
al
Rev. W. E. Baker, of the 1st Presbyte-
rian church of Staunton, preached severa
able sermons to large congregations in the
| Presbyterian church in this place, last
week = Woodstock Herald.
MI. j. W. Brandeburg has returned
from his northern trip with many new an6
beautiful lines of goods, including some
specialties which he sells exclusively.