Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-05-23

that these annual gatherings, SO happily In
augurated, may become mutual, and that in
the conquest of peace and good will, the 9TH
Virginia, Stonewail Brigade, and 2Sth New
York, claim the right and left of the advance
ing column.
MAJ. JOHN WALLER,
LII. FRANK N. WICKER,
SERGr. L. d. SALE,
Committee.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Yesterday afternoon the 2Sth New
York Veterans held their annual election
and selected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Capt. d. Hardie, of Albion,
N. Y, President; Col. E. A. Bowen, Of
Medina, Vice President; j. Byron Lowell,
of Lockport, Secretary. The meeting was
held at the D., D. & B. Institution, which
the veterans visited by invitation Of Prin-
cipal Z. S. Roller.
LAST NIGHT
the young men of the city and county
gave hop in honor of the lady visitors
who came with the 2Sth. The ballroom
was handsomely decorated, and at late
hour last night the ladies and gentlemen
present were having a pleasant time dane
ing.
THE TWO COLOR BEARERS.
On the stage at the Opera House yester-
tey morning sat the two color bearers of
the two reglments-the color bearer Of the
18th, holding up proudly their bullet-rid-
died flag, and Mr.. Mat Fix of this coun-
ty who had borne the colors of the 5th Va.
After the singing of the "Star Spangled
banner" by Mrs. Peterson, the flag of the
28th was waved amid great cheering.
TODAY
at 9 a. m, sharp, the excursionists' leave
for Lexington. On tomorrow at 8; 80 p.
m., the train for Old Point leaves here.
ROSTER OF THE VISITORS:
The following is a list Of the veterans Of
the 2s.h N. Y, and their relatives who
came on the excursion:
Col E F Brown. Sup't of Soldiers Home
at Dayton. Ohio; J. Bryan Lowell, Secre-
tary 2Sth N. Y. Regiment; Col Erwin A
Bowen, Medina, N. Y; Capt B Flagler,
Collector of Customs at Suspension
Bridge, N. Y, and Past Grand Master OF
Mason Of N Y; 1t N E G Wadhams, Sus-
pension Bridge, NY; Capt David Hard lie !,
Albion, N Y; Col T N Wicker, Key West,
Florida; Capt L. r Bailey, Batavia, N Y
Capt W W Bush, Lockport, n Y; Lit j d:
Woods, g A Murphy, Martin Shook, Eli
Hamblln, ] Taylor, S G Brownell, Ziba
Roberts, Oscar Bayne and daughter; f
Butterfield, j Haight, John II Stahl, Lit
] ] Sullivan. Daniel Deitrick, Edwin Sax
ton, Peter Krupp, Ralph Wood, Geo b.
SWick, g WeatherWax, DR.. Murphy, G w
Sprout, Capt A A Ticknor, 1t J W Lit
tie and wife, VIM Empson, joint Gal lor,
J N Philips and wife, Henry Kenney. M
Vaudeville, l. Pratt, J Hamilton and
daughter, John B Gold, w FL Gaskill and
wife, Capt L W Wridgers. e W BoYce, J
A Smith, Geo E Smith, Wm IL Brown.
VIM II Hyde, Chas e Allen, John Bacon,
Elmer Fox, John Covall, JOS Phillips, L..
D. Sale, representing De5roit Post and
1ribune), VIM Ii Champion, e o Van
Brocklin, E n Snowles, J Taylor, L Leon =
ard, Jos Coville, Phil Moyer.C Holzheimer
III A Collins, Capt E A Martin and wife I,
John Silk, } M Lowell. Ii IL Helms and
mother, Frank Ellicott, Capt. H N Hop
kins, Mrs G l. Skeeles, widow Of Captain
Skeeles who was killed at Cedar Noun
tain, Mrs. A B Stetson. daughter of Col
D1nnelly the first Colonel of the 2Sth New
York; D L Balloon, D W Ainsworth and
wife, Mrs Capt Flagler, Mrs G w boyce,
Maj Strouse, E b Whitmer, A Patter-
son, o D Southworth, Peter Thomas and
wife, W W Allen, Col E M Spalding, Q
H Taylor, Hiram Jerome, G A King, G
w Wall and Capt Frank Lowell.
The following is a list OF the citizen
visitors from New York who came with
the excursion
Willard A Cobb, editor of the Journal,
Lockport, N Y; F R Downs, of Medina ;
E A Bentley, E E Bentley, L Schuman,
Kane, Henry Deering, Jno Coulter,
Horace Darling,J S Haight Stephen Need.
G W Swain, W o Holdridge, Luke Too
YER. F S Foster, j Hart, M Ryan, Geo.
IL Leery, Mrs. Dobleday, Dr.. M r Car
son, Mrs. Worth, Mrs. Chamberlain, Jno
M Bonesteele, Mrs. D Bird, j A McCol-
lum, Warren, P II Corwin, Mrs. N E
Howell, S S Pomeroy, editor of Suspen-
sion Bridge Journal; Mrs. A F Brown,
F Callum and wife, w Zimmerman,
Jos Dumville and wife, Frank Terry,
Thos Clement and wife, M Gridley, w
D Ballritt, E M Mott and lady, Il G Burn-
ham, A Molyneux, Seneca Sproul, Fran
CHS Hoag, Fred Craig, D Wohl, VIM EN-
ert, N D Haskell, editor shay County
Neaos; Jno Smith, Mrs. Frank Ellicott,
DR.. l. Balloon, ] G Hosburg, u D Cros-
by, H T Vandusen, L Brannan and three
ladies, ] X Ferry. G G De Lude, Jas Car
ter, w H Lockwood and wife, l. Whit
more, H M Ransom, A Mcconnell, Q S
Guild, Hon. VIM Richmond, j b Merritt,
S II Halsey and wife, c g Brown, Joseph
Clark, E L Doyson, Hon. j M Peck, G S
Griswold, l. s Croker. Henry Todd. of
the SPIRIT Of the Times !. j M Hovey. j l.
Johnson, Hon. E l. Pitts, Hon. VIM Ii
Smith, Miss Sage, Dr.. M Raymond and
two ladies. o M Cutler, of the Lockport
Union; Louis Lurmean, DR. L Dickinson,
R W Pratt, D W Colborough, Court
ney, E Dldema, Hon. G w Frerey, f L
Vandusen, Hon. w Bulger, o Pixley,
T o Castle, & M Chapln, A S Blair, VIM
Denel, G Allen, M G Remington, G l.
Tinkham. Ira Whitmore and wife, E
Marshall and wife, E B Hunt, F R Deems,
of the Press, w R James, r S Brainard,
NJ L Brainard and M A Brown.
A Model Dwelling.
The residence being erected for Jas. N i.
Mcfarland, ESQ.,, on the Parkersburg