Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-03-05
Personal.

| Personal.
| Mr.. Leon Weinberg, who has been a
resident of this city for three years past,
and was an active member of the stone
wall Brigade Band, left on Wednesday to
| take a position with the Roanoke Ma
chine Co., at Roanoke City.
Coy. Lee has appointed new Board of
Visitors for the University of Virginia,
and among its members is Hon. A. Fl. H.
| Stuart of Staunton. Before the State po-
| litical revolution Mr.. Stuart was mem
Der. and also Rector of the University.
! Ralph Samuel has been appointed post
master at Buffalo Gap, vice John Tierney,
| removed.
Maj. Jed Hotchkiss and Hon. Jno. n /.
| Opie, were in Washington city, last week.
The young men of large dry goods
establishment IN Richmond gave dance,
last week, in compliment to Miss Mamie
Taylor of Stanton, who was about leav-
| ing for her home
Miss Garnett Vowles of Covington, who
comes to attend the sessions of the BAlti-
more Conference, is guest of Miss Annie
Shelton.
The Daily Crimson, the newspap of
Harvard University, says of Maj. Jed
Hotchkiss' recent lecture in Boston on
Pope's campaign, that his ''recital of one
of the most remarkable campaigns Of the
Civil war was given with such grace and
ease, combined with thorough knowledge
of the situation, that the attention of the
audience was kept at high degree of in
terest." While in Boston Maj. Hotchkiss,
by invitation, occupied the chair of Amer
lean History at Harvard. and lectured on
the use of topography in war, to the stu
dents. By invitation he also Iectured be-
fore the Commercial Club, and before the
Appalachian Club on the South. He re-
ceived the most flattering attentions from
Gen. Miles, Gen Gordon, Ex-General and
| Ex-Justice Devin and other soldiers who
were prominent in the war. Several din
ners were given him by distinguished citi-
zens, one of them being by Ex- Minister
James Russell Lowell.
| Miss Fannie Morson, of Warrenton, is
visiting her friends Misses Marie and
Sarah Bruce.
There have been added to the list of
shareholders of the District Agricultural
Fair Society the names of Messrs. g. L.
Cooke. Asher w. Ayres, Ihos kivlighan
Jonas Hageman, Z. A. Gladke, Chas. E.
Haines, and John lesser. Of Staunton, and
J. A. Patterson, of Waynesboro. The
fund Of the new society has reached 81 100.
Young Douglas who was injured on the
G. & o. railroad, near Longdale, few
days ago, at the same time that his father
was killed, died last Friday.
Engineer Ezekiel Lowry, who was in
1ured in the railroad collision in Staunton
some weeks ago and was lately taken to
his home in Richmond, was considered
dangerously i'll on Wednesday.
Hon. J. R. Tucker has introduced a
bill in Congress to appropriate SIS 900 for
the construction of public building at
Staunton,
John W. Stevenson, Esq. of Bath, was
In the city Tuesday, on professional bust
| ness.
Mr.. Jas. V. Carter, merchant in
Burns Block died on Wednesday last.
| Jos E. Rollins, Grand Dictator; W. H
Bailie, Grand Reporter; T. q. Morton
and J. W. Newton, of the Finance Com
mite. and Alex. Hart, Representative
are the Staunton members of the Grand
Lodge Knights of Honor now in atten
dance on it's session at Richmond. In the
election of Few officers Mr.. Bailie was re-
elected Grand Reporter and Mr.. Rollins
was chosen Supreme Representative.
1t. M. A. Trenary, of the Staunton
Artillery, has forwarded his resignation
to Gov. Lee.
Prof. A. A. Hopkins of New York, 9
| gentleman Of national reputation in the
! Temperance field, will lecture at the 2nd
Baptist church tonight.
Mr.. W. T. Fitzgerald has taken posi-
ton as clerk with the law firm of S heffey
q Bumgardner.