Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-27
Personal.

PERSONAL.
Mr.. J. W. Morrison and family, late OF
Staunton, are spending the summer at
Blue Mountain House, a pleasant summer
resort on the top Of the Blue Ridge Noun
tains, on the Western Maryland railroad
in Maryland Mr.. Morrison is IN his usual
health.
Rev. DR.. Bartlett, of Washington City,
formerly of this county, and who was the
teacher in youth of those other we'll known
teachers, Maj. Jed Hotchklss and Capt.
FL. l.. Hoover. and who was, later, the
pastor of the church in Indian apolis in
in which Henry Ward Beecher commenced
his pastoral life, made brief visit to
, Staunton last week.
Lt.-Gov. Jno. f. Lewis, was thrown
from buggy near his farm last Friday,
and it is feared, seriously injured inter-
nally.
DIR. Hunter Mcclure, a son.in-law of
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, was throw from
buggy near Richmond Monday morning.
and had rib broken. The runaway acct
dent happened near Bon Air, sum-
mer hotel near Richmond, and Col. Tai
colt and daughter, who we're in the We
hicle with the Doctor, were badly cut
and bruised.
Civil Engineer and Architect. e. W.
Oltmans, of Staunton, was in Harrison
burg last week making a survey for the
US Government, of the ground for the
new post Office. court house, &c.
Lebanon College. Pa, has conferred on
the venerable Bishop J. J. Glossbrenner
of the United Brethren church, the degree
of Doctor of Divinity.
Mr.. W. M. Blackley, son of James II.
Blackley, Esq, left on Monday night for
Navasola, Texas, where he will be mar
RED July 1st to Miss Belle Bassett, form
erly pupil at the Wesleyan Female In
stitute.
Mr.. Geo. A. Thornton, formerly of
Staunton, has taken the position of en-
balmer at the undertaking establishment
of E. Erswell at Birmingham, Ala.
DIR. VIM. r. Vaughan, former Principal
of the D. D. & B. Institution, now of
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Assistant President of the Georgia Semi
nary for young ladies, rendered him re-
Gently.
Miss Mary Randolph of Edge Hill Sem
mary, Albemarle. who has educated many
of the young ladies of Staunton, died on
Monday last She was great-grand-
daughter of Thomas Jefferson, and her re-
mains were inferred at Monticello.
There is on exhibition at Hamaker's
jewelry store, two statuettes in bronze of
General Robt. E. Lee. They are twenty
one inches high, and are exact miniatures
of the statue lately erected at New Or
leans. They are attractinga good deal of
attention.
Donald Allen, Esq. of Texas. was in the
city last week. having brought his wife
and children to spend the summer at the
old Halle homestead.
Ex-Collector of Internal Revenue of
this district, B. L. Bolts. ESQ.,, one of the
straight-out delegates to Chicago. was
robbed there Of $3.50 gold watch which
was presented to him nine years ago by
the employees of the Internal Revenue
Department.
Prof. Leo Wheat, of Clarke county, the
of his right leg last week by leaping from
a buggy while the horse was running
away.
Mr.. John G. Ker, the eldest son of H eber
Ker, Esq, Deputy Postmaster here. was
married at Chicago on the 10Th inst, to
Miss Ada Collins of that city. Mr.. Ker,
is resident of Quincy, III.
Rev. Frank McCutc han, of Waynesbo.
ro', has received call to Mt. Carmel
church, Holston Presbytery, Tennessee.
Mr.. JOS s. Tyree, of the firm Of W. R.
Tyree & Co., has been granted a patent
for bottle label.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Lewis Ro.
senbaum, Tiler of Staunton Lodge, A. F
M, was severely hurt on Wednesday night
by falling into cut dug in the street OPP
poslte the lodge room, for a sewer. He
was coming from the lodge room after
the lodge adjourned, and the opening not
being thoroughly protected, walked into
it.
1t will be seen in an advertisement that
DR.. ". l.. Walters, one of the most popu-
lar of Augusta county physicians, has
bought into the we'll known drug firm of
Carter Berkeley & Co. The new firm will
be Berkeley u Walters.
Howard College, of Alabama. at its
commencement last week, conferred the
degree of D. D. on Rev. j. M. Frost, for
merly of Stanton.
Dewitt Talmage, the famous New
York preacher, with his family, will ar
rive at Rawley Springs July Sth.