Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-25
PersOIaI,

Second Presbyterian church. next Wed
nesday evening, June Goth, at $50. OF
Mr.. s. Thomas Mccullough, Of Annapolis,
Md. to Miss Nellie Hotchkiss, the &C.
complished daughter Of Maj. Jed Hotch-
kiss.
One of the three full graduates at st aph-
enson Female Seminary at Charlesto wn,
W. Va, last week, was Miss Mamie E.
Pratt, daughter of Capt. G. Julian Pratt,
| of Augusta. She finished her remarkably
bright college record by standing first in
the class OF graduates and as such was Sc
lected to prepare thesis. The subject
was ION books" In the French class
abe was also awarded the highest honor in
being selected to read composition in
that language.
! Mr.. Charles Weisner and wife of Staun-
ton. are visiting Mr.. w p parents in Fred
ericksburg.
Mrs. Gen. J. E. b. Stuart and daughter,
are among the guests at Virginia Beach,
on the seashore.
F, The Washington correspondent of the
Alexandria Gazette, says the Senate Com
mittee has resolved to report favorably the
nominations of Capt. Ham Shepherd for
| Collector OF Internal Revenue, and W. A.
Ritenour, for postmaster of Harrisonburg.
Jos. B. Woodward, ESQ.,, Deputy Clerk
of the County Court, who with his wife,
has been visiting relatives in Cincinnati,
returned to the city last week.
DR.. w. W. S. Butler intends, we learn,
, locating in Roanoke city, where his son is,
this summer. He is a physician of lSn&
and successful experience and was in
charge Of several of the Confederate hos
pitfalls in the Valley during the war. He
has Of late made eye and ear diseases a
| specially and will continue that in Roa-
| noke. He has had remarkable success In
Staunton as many of his patients will tes.
tify, and his departure will be regretted.
Rev. Z. HI. Porter, pastor of Zion color
ed Baptist church of Staunton. who re-
ceived two calls to churches in Boston and
Detroit. Mich, has accepted the call to
Detroit.
A reception was given at the residence
Of DR.. A. M. Henkel, on Frederick street,
Saturday evening, to DIR. FL. 81. Henk Ell
and wife, who were married in Missouri a
| few days since. Those who were in at
tendance were charmed With the bride,
but the number was not so large as it
would have been, the deaths in the city
causing many to send their reg rets.
Mr.. Slaughter W. Huff of Stanton. the
| cashier of the Jordan Alum Springs this
| season, is in Richmond on business for
that watering place.
Carter IL. Harrison, Esq, of Stanton,
civil engineer of experience and abili ~,
has accepted the position of Division En-
gineer on the Maysville & Big Sandy rail-
road. His headquarters are at Concord,
KY.
q. b. Somerville, Esq, whose health
broke down so completely while conduct
ing large queensware house in Staunton,
IS now travelling for Chandlee, Quarles &
Co., a Baltimore house in the same line,
and the active life has restored him to
perfect health.
Rev. John A. Kern, of Warrenton,
Fauquier, has been elected Professor of
Biblical Literature, Moral Philosophy and
Metaphysics at Randolph Macon College.
He is brother-in-law of Messrs. B. B.
and A. A. Eskridge of this city.
Mr.. Otey Goode. of Stanton, the rep
| resentative of Williams & Co., tobacco
manufacturers of Richmond, is travelling
through the State appointing agents for
| the sale of the MAY Applet and s.Lucy
Hinton' brands of that firm. He has just
appointed H. A. Robinson in Lynchburg
as their agent. -
City Treasurer Arista Hoge, and Mrs.
Hoge, are at Old Point. On his way down
Treasurer Hoge stopped at Richmond and
settled his account for the last year, being
the first Treasurer in the State who has
settled his accounts in full up to this data.
Mr.. Nat Burwell, well known citizen
of Roanoke county. and even better
known to the older Inhabitants Of Angus
ia county and Staunton, died in the Luz
matte Asylum here last week.
Mr.. J. S. Skinner and sister, OF Calves
ton, Texas, are visiting their cousin. Mrs.
P. 7. Leftwich, 402 North Market st.
The friends Of Capt J. T. Long, the
popular councilman elect, have presented
him with cane bearing the inscription
ITO Capt. j. T. Long, o. c. d." which
being translated means, "old city dad"
Staunton boys are invading Kentucky
| in strong force. Thomas Shelton, Duns-
more graduate, son of DR.. Shelton. is
| clerking on 4. G.. Gooch's railroad con-
tract IN that State; Len Yost, son of
Maj. S. M. Yost, is clerking with Capt
E. T. Powell, on his contract in Kentuc-
ky, and Henderson B. Young. son of F.
M. Young. ESQ.,. is shipping clerk with
Hoge, Foard 4 Co., at Frankfort, KY.
Rev. DR.. Mcfarland has returned and
will fill his pulpit next Sunday.