Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-08-06


Mr. r M. Heal, of the Staunton "Free Press
registered at the Lewisburg Hotel; Mr. G. s.
Baker visiting friends in Roanoke; and M D.
W Shot in Highland. The family OF Mr.. W.
r. Rawson, formerly of Staunton, is summer
ing at Clifton Forge. Mrs. David Kyle, of
Augusta, is visiting her father Mr.. VIM. D.
Gibson, in Highland. The Winchester Times
has the following paragraph about young
lady who was thoroughly trained and equipped
at the Augusta Female Seminary for the pro-
fession of teaching: "Messrs. Bell Bros. have
on exhibition specimens of the artistic work
of Miss Ann Magill Fauntleroy. They are
drawings of great merit, and evince consider
able talent which gives great promise of fu-
ture distinction Miss Fauntleroy has been
engaged as teacher in the Episcopal Female
Institute for the next session. We congratu-
late the principal, A. M. Smith, ESQ.,, npon
having secured the services of such talented
young lady"
L. P. Smith, of EVANSVILLE, Md, arrived at
Lexington, last week, having made the trip
from Winchester to Staunton-92 miles on his
bycicle, in one day. Messrs. Danah, Thomp-
son, and Engart of the Lodge of American
Whealmen. who passed through Staunton a
| few days ago on bycicles, on their way from
Philadelphia to Natural Bridge, have arrived
at Richmond and had reception from the
l wheelmen there.
| In Harrisonburg, few days ago, while Mr..
| Rockingham Paul. of Staunton. and Miss
Susan B. Gray were driving down Gay street in
a buggy, the horse ran off, Miss Gray was
| thrown out and somewhat bruised. The shafts
| of the.vehicle were broken and the harness
wrecked.
I At Monterey, Highland, on Monday week,
lightning struck 4, stable in which Charles
Shumate, one of the mail carriers on the
staunton line was cutting feed, prostrating
him and partially paralyzing one side of his
/, body. He was fully restored to health within
! two days.
| The Valley papers are publishing the big
yields. In Roekbridge, Tate Sterrett's field
of 40 acres, averaged twenty-five and a frac-
ton bushels. of wheat to the acre. In Page
| county, quarter-acre on DR.. r. G. Brubak-
er's farm yielded fifteen and quarter bushels
of wheat. In Shenandoah, on the farm of S.
and d. Nef, thirty eight acres yielded an
average of thirty eight and H. 10 bushels to
the acre. In Rockingham, John Hollar thresh-
ed three hundred and eighty-three bushels of
| wheat out of three hundred and forty ordinary
sized sheaves.
! Mr.. Wlssler, of Edinburg, Shenandoah, has
sent off eight or ten of the hands employed at
his works there, to the neighborhood of Mt.
Tory Furnace, in Augusta county, where they
will spend some time prospecting for manga
nese.
| John F. Shirley, the well known job printer
| of Washington, and who was a brother of
| Gideon Shirley who was a well-known printer
in Staunton, died last week, under the infu-
ence of ether, while the surgeon was ampu-
tating finger that had been mashed in a
printing press.
The papers elsewhere announce the presence
of the following Augusta and Staunton people
there DIR. F. L. Henkel, visiting his mother
at Newmarket; Miss Maggie Campbell, visit
ing relatives in Newmarket; Mr.. J. G. Steele,
visiting relatives in Fincastle; Mr. Henry
Eichelberger, visiting his brother, G. F. Eichel-
| berger, in Winchester; Rev. James Willis,
| visiting friends in Winchester; Mrs j. L. Nc
! Cutchan, visiting the family of DIR. j. P Hug
hart, at Sewell, W. Va; Mrs. John G. Echard,
| is visiting her brother, Andrew Davis; in
Highland; Miss Mamie Liggett is visiting the
| family of Rev. Mr.. Watts, at Mcdowell