Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-02-06
Personal.

Prof. Alexander Nelson, Of Washington
q Lee University, is visiting his brother
MIR. VIM. J. Nelson, of this city.
Mr.. Henry FL. Myers and wife, of Lex
ington, are visiting Staunton this week.
The Wednesday Evening Club, of
Lynchburg, gave performance Of Esme-
ralda at the Opera House there, last week.
In the cast we see the name Of Ran
dolph Harrison, formerly Of Stanton, as
Estabrooke."
Miss Lottie Baylor is visiting the family
of Mrs. DR.. McChesney.
Misses Virginia Stuart and May Elder
nave returned from visit to Richmond.
where the former made the presentation
OF flag to the Stuart Horse Guard, named
after her noble father.
Zebulon Vance Love, pupil at Capt.
Kable's school, and cousin of Senator
Zeb. Vance, of North Carolina, who has
been quite i'll of pneumonia, is recovering.
The many Staunton friends of MI. J. o.
Hobbs, of Highland. will be glad to hear
that after long aud perilous illness he j S
safely convalescent.
Mr.. Lem. Koiner, Of Waynesboro, has
taken a clerkship with Mr.. M E. Miller,
by which, the Messenger says: .'Waynes-
boro loses and SGaun5on gains a level
headed boy"
President Hartman. of the Augusta
County Fair, has appointed the following
as it's representatives at the Agricultural
Convention at the New Orleans Exposi
ton, TO meet Feb. 105h: Staunton-Dr. n ,
Wayt and Davis A Kayser. Augusta
Coupty-A bsalom Koiner, Gideon Barn
hart, Jas. IL. Todd, A E. Mosby, Arch
A. oyroul, Col. II. J. Williams, W.
Churchmau and John IL. Paiklns.
At the 10Th annual reunion Of the Lou
isiana Division, OF the Army of N or5hern
Virginia, in New Orleans on the z2d ul5.,
Maj. Jed. Hotchklss responded TO "Tne
day We ceiebrate,'' III speech that was
received with great applause.
Rev. DR.. j. J. Lafferty Was at the Vim
DICTATOR office last Friday. If his "Luck
and Pluck" lecture has one-half the Wit in
it that his conversational description of
his experience in Washington in search of
the stenographer's appointment has, 1t Is
the finest thing of the day.
Miss Alice Mcclure. of this city, left
yesterday to fake charge of private
school near Norfolk, Va,
Misses Annie Childress, Annie Kennion.
Emmett Brooks and Linda Sproul, OF the
Augusta Female Seminary, and Miss
Annie White, OF Lexington, and Misses
Willie Christian and Carrie Mcclure, of
this c)unty, spent few days last week,
at MIR. A. A. Sprouts, the father Of Miss
Linda Sproul.
MIR. Richard S. Ksr, son of Hsbsr K or,
Esq, has ls5 passed the intern sdlate ex-
animation at Washington & Lee Universe
ty With distinction in every ticket he took
He IS one OF tue debators chosen by the
Washington Society for its celebration on
the % inst.
Mr., Il. II. a'CoQrt has removed his resi-
denee from this county to Roanoke. where
he Will open large boarding house.
The Teachers Association of the coun-
ty was organized permanently last Satur-
day, by tue election OF Z. T. Jordan, Pres
ident, and Il j. DEc5, Secretary.
The contract for the rock work Of the
Harrisonburg U. 5. Court house has been
awarded to Mr.. A. M. Valz, the energetic
contractor, of Stanton
Mrs j. F. Tempieton and Mrs. Geo. G.
Maslin, of W.ynesboro, are guests of Mrs.
}. A. Templeton, of this city.
Robert Hill, Jr., of Richmond, the
Southern agent of the great Continental
Brewery, was in Staunton this week.
The Lexington Gazette learns that Mr.
james A. Frazier, late Treasurer of tie
Y. M. /, is about to sac Superintendent
f. Ii. Smith for damages, in conne ,tion
with his removal from that office