Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-06-23

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| reached the full maturity of their robust
poSWer Is profound and rreparable loss not
out to that of the country at large.
2nd. That at very early age, when put
comparatively a tyrO In the profession, ana al
remote military post. he contributed to the
| records of Surgery an additional successful re-
suit IN an operation that had for years never y
Jailed to stamp the successful performer as
/ man OF commanding resources and marKeo
ability.
3rd. That in the Iaborious and manifold du-
| ties of an Army Medical Director in war OF
great proportions, when the number OF our
sick and wounded were vastly and incompar-
ably in excess of our limited resources, FOR
their proper relief. his executive and admin
istrative ability was found to be equal to the
clinical acumen he brought to the bedside of
the suffering patient, and that both amid the
responsibilities of the medical staff officer In
the field, and in the hospital, he uniformly
disclosed an energy and zeal Of the highest
order. associated with the technical learning
of the profoundest student of medicine and
surgery.
4th. That in the varied and delicate duties
of the general practice in which ne engaged at
the close of the war. and in which he rapidly
attained the very front rank in the procession
ly trusted physician. the unfailing friend and
careful adviser. The deep and permanent
hold he had upon all classes and conditions of
society was obvious. and their unlimited con-
fdence q tribute of which eartL's greatest,
might have been honestly proud
9Th, That not only in tbe practical walks of
been a recognized power, will his absence be
sensibly and widely felt, but in the literature
Of the science to which he was a valued and
highly successful contributor. will the vtgor
and grace of his scholarly pen be missed.
9Th. That 1t is impossible, within the limits
allowed by these resolutions to recount the
varied enviable and brilliant qualities of
mind and heart that went to make up the
sum OF his superior character, or to fully and
thusasm he uniformly brought to the dis
charge OF all the duties that his busy profess
sional career entailed: Amid the perpiexing
and wearing responsibilities of general pfssc.
tlce. as well as under the pressure OF official
position, he was ever conscientiously alive to
the discharge of every trust With ply
slque 100 frail for the activity and ceaseless
energy of his mind, his struggle to keep fully
abreast of the line he had Inscribed as the
measure Of his work, was determined but
painful. Introduced into new sphere of
professional labor by his election to the Super
intendency of the Western Lunatic Asylum
he carried to the discharge of this duty the
same zeal and diligent spirit of INQUIRY and
analysis, that had impressed success upon
previous administrative trusts, and the seve-
raj monographs-briefb by reason of his limit
ed official tenures-but bearing on the subjects
appertaining to the aiienist and the capacity
for more enlarged and liberal views of cura-
i've treatment in that domain, attested the
Characteristic strength and vigor of his mind
and evinced tbs depth of his investig lions
7fh That we tender to the bereaved and
devoted wife aud mother and orphaned chill
dren, the assurance of our deepest sym pathy
and respect, and that while we appreciate the
emptiness of mere words. and their INSULT
cheney to bring consolation or resignation to
hearts cruelty bereit, still to their minds the
consoling reflection should be ever present
that, though removed too soon, he was spared
to achieve life of great usefulness and benefit
to his fellow man, and that he has left. for
them very precious heritage in an unsullied
name, and reputation that knows no stain
or shadow OF reproach
Sth. Finally, that these resol utions be pub
nsned IN the Staunton papers, Richmond
Dispatch. Lynchburg Neacs and State Medical
j Journals.
Mr.. WILLIAM G. EsKRIDGE died last Friday
evening in the Goth year Of his age. One SO
highly esteemed, who had occupied for forty
years responsible positions of trust and conf
dence and received during his life and at its
close encomiums which belong alone to
the virtuous and the good, presents an exam
pie worthy OF emulation. The life and the
services of the deceased furnish an appropriate
opportunity to record for the benefit of the liv-
Ing what true manhood will accomplish The
testimonials which Mr. Eskrldge's associates
and friends through many years of intercourse
oestow upon his memory, as the grave closes
over his form, are appropriate expressions of
great worth as exhibited in a character up |
right and consistent
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
WHEREAS. This Board has heard with sin |
cere grief of the death at his residence in this
city on The 18th of June 1856 at s O'Clock p NJ
or William Z. Eskridge. the Paying Teller of |
this Bank
RESOLVED, That in the death of Mr.. Eskridge
this Sank has lost Il lOng-tred and trusted off,
Ger, the community an old and honored citt. |
zen. and the memh ers of this Board and the |
surviving officers OF the Bank loved and |
faithful friend. Mr. Eskridge was born and |
reared in this community, and with the excep- |
ton OF q portion of his early life spent in the |
State of Mississippi has spent the whole of his
life among the people where he was born hor-
ored aad beloved oy all who knew him On |
the organization Of the old Bank of the Valley |
was elected its Teller, in connection with the
late Edwin M. Taylor as Cashier and until its |
dissolution by the result of the war in 1865, |
served 1t honestly and faithfully in that capac-
ity. On the organization of this Bank in De- |
cember, 1865, Mr.. Eskridge was elected the Tell |
er OF thls BANK again in connection with Mr.. |
IayIOr as Cashier. On the 18th of February |
1868, Mr. Taylor having resigned on account Of |
failing health, MIR. Eskridge was elected Cash
National Bank of stanton was Consolidated
with this Bank. and M. Harvey Effinger was
elected Cashier. and Mr.. Fskridge was restored |
to his office of Teller, which he continued to
fill until his death. The duties of all these Of |
ices Mr.. Eskridge discharged efficiently and |
faithfully, establishing and maintaining du-
ring the forty years of his Bank service the |
of q thoroughly true and honest |
man.
6eS0L0ed, Inat as a hitting tribute to the |
memory OF Mr.. Eskrtdge, the directors and Of |
fcers of this Bank will wear the usual bad 9e OF
mourning for thirty days, and will attend his |
luneral IN a body, and that the directors and |
ofhcers OF the Augusta National Bank be In
vlted to attend with us.
Resolued. That the Paying Teller's desk be
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread |
upon the minutes, published in the city ma |
pers, and copy furnished to the family Of Mr. |
The fuparoI fron, urx;.:.
Church, Rev. w. @. Hullihen, Rector. Sabbath
afternoon. The pall-bearers were Messrs Thos
Bledsoe, r. II. Catlett, Thos. D. Ransom. Il. !
NJ. Bell, Brooke Albert James II. Skinner. R. /
D. Holiday, and F. B. Berkeley.
At the residence of his father, on Sears Hill.
Saturday morning, Chas. Ernest, son of MIR.
Chas. I. Palmer, in the thirteenth year of his
age His sickness commenced last January
with rheumatism and dropsy. He was buried
sunday afternoon from his fathers residence.
Rev. a. a. j. Bushong, of Woodstock, former
y Pastor of Mt Tabor Church. conducting the
services
Tuesday morning, at his late residence ON
dreen street, Lewis W. Peace, in the seventy.
nrst year of his age. His funeral will take
place this afternoon at O'Clock,
TIE "APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB OF |
BOSTON, Oh their Virginia excursion left that |
'lty Monday the l4th, spent next day in |
and arrived here on the after
noon OF the 10th by the G. & o. line, and stopped |
At the Hale House. In the party were Mr.. |
md Mrs. John Richie, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. |
Luther Farnham, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Hall. Mr.. |
md Mrs. W. G. Holder, Mrs. S. M, MaIcombe. |
Mrs. Fl. NJ. Tower. Mrs. p R. Hollingsworth.
Miss Rose Hollingsworth. Miss Mary R. Sea- |
Verns Miss NJ. Richie, Miss L. r. Stone. Miss |
Porter, Miss Fl. e. Freeman. Miss e. NJ. Barr.
Miss A. G. Coburn. ]. II. Coburn, II. s. Scare,
}. B. Cole of the National Signal Service. G. |
W. kennard. E. E. Norton, and Mr. e. B.
Pratt under whose guidance the excursion is
made.
1t was the plan of the club to visit Mt. Rog- |
srs, as Elllott's Knob is now called, Thursday, |
out the weather being unfavorable, that part
Of the excursion was abandoned. They left
Thursday for the White Sulphur and
falls. The party Will return via the
Natural Bridge and Luray Caverns, and per-
haps some of them will return here for the
purpose of going up to Mt. Rogers and the