Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-04-21
Personal.

Mrs. w. ii. Ba1l1e, OF StauntOns is WISHING
friends in Richmond
Mr. and Mrs E. H. Fisher left Richmond
Thursday to visit relatives in Augusta county.
Miss Mildred Lee daughter of General Rob-
ert E. Lee, is at Wormleys Hotel, in Washing
ton city.
Mr. and Mrs. James 6. Blaine and Gail Hamil-
ton have gone to Bar HarDor, accompanied by
VIM. Walter Phelps.
Mr. Asbury Whitmore, of FauquIer county,
has returned to his home after a short visit 10
his mahy friends in this county.
Miss Emma Switzer left on last Wednesday
night for Coal Valley. W. Va. to pay visit 10
her brother, Jessie Switzer, Esq. merchant OF
that place.
We had the pleasure of call last Friday from
Col. B. F. Harlow. Editor of the Greenbrier In
dependent, one of the best papers published in
West Virginia.
Lieut.. B. Day Spilman, U. S. A.. son of Judge
E. M. Spilman. of Fauquier county, is an
nounced to be married June 3rd to Miss Annie
Camden, daughter of Senator Camden, of West
Virginia.
Rev. T. H Lacy, DID,, Rector of st. James
Episcopal Church, Lewsburg. W. Va, has re-
ceived and accepted a call to the Rectorship of
the Episcopal Church at Weston. Lewis coun-
ty, w. Va:
The Richmond Dispatch of Sunday says:-
Mrs Archer Hartman, nee Miss Lee. of Louis
vile KY, and Colonel and Mrs. A. W. Har-
man, of Staunton. Va, are on a visit to Mrs.
Writ A. Chesterman, No. 400 west Clay street,
Richmond
Colonel Robert E. Withers, Consul to Hong
Kong, has been quite i'll with ma!arial-fever
and erysipelas. A letter from him, received by
a friend, says he is now much improved. His
daughters, Misses Willie and Secessie, who left
Virginia six weeks ago via San Francisco,
landed safely in Hong Kong.
SoIREE AT THE AUGUSTA FEMALE SEMINA-
RY.-The last soiree of the session was given
Thursday evening, the 18th inst. at the Angus
ia Female Seminary. The next public appear
ance of the pupils of this Institution will be
at the closing exercises of the scholastic year.
Great credit is due the School of Elocution on
the part of both teacher and pupils. for the
skill and proficiency displayed by the partic-
ipators in this entertainment, in the persona
ton of their respective character.
The evenings programme opened with that
beautiful exercise, Calisthenics, to witness
which never tires. The little girls in This per-
formance, for graceful movement, fairly emu
lated their elder mates. The recital of humorous
selections by the young pupils was highly
amusing Larry O'Dee being creditabiy deliv-
cred by Miss Gussie Bumgardner, while the
School Boys Composition, spoken by Miss
Clelie McWilliams. elected applause and
laughter, and there was not one in ihe audience
who could have found fault with its rendition.
Part the second embraced standard selee-
tons, and the fair participants therein rem
dered their parts with grace. and sometimes
Sadie Lawson nd Emma Howell being respec-
lively Ingomar and Parthenia in the scene
from Insomer, creditably enacted their parts,
and their we'll displayed talent comb ined with
that of the personators of the other characters,
standard of excellence.
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BALDWIN DISTRICT FAIR-ADDITIoNAL Cor
PoRATORs.-Capt G. Julian Pratt Secretary CT
the Baldwin District Fair, reports the follow
ing additional corporators to those heretofore
published Hon. Jno. w. Stout, Geo. A. Coy
nec, A. ]. Burkholder, 7. R. N. Speck, DR.. Cas-
per Kunkle, Alex. Fl. Fnltz. F. W. Walter, w.
R. McComb, II. G. Palmer, Samuel T. Coleman,
of Cumberland. q. T. Smith. of Nelson, g. II.
Harmon of Albeinarle, j. D. Mosby q Bros,
W. D. Tallsy, of Richmond. Philip s. Allen,
DIR. Carter Berkeley, j. NJ. Lickliter, Logan
ef, anu j. Ii, IlnSIey, OIL StauHlou
Captain Pratt was at Rockingham Court
| Monday and will remain in that county sew
| eral days. There will doubtless be a still fur
| Their increase of membership from that county
which is doing so much to advance the District
| Fair
Since the above was in type Captain Pratt
has returned and reports the following obtain
| ed during his recent trip to Rockingham B
| T. A. Myers, D. j. Driver. ]. ]. Bowman, Sarn'l
| F. Bowman, Jacob G. Bowman. G. W. Showal-
| ter Jno. f. Craun.
| JERSEYS JERSEY in
all the new styles out. at
ap2l-1t Shirley & TAYLOR'S.
|
| For the SPECTATOR.]
| In the article on the outside of this issue
should have said, in speaking of Gen. Walker
"R. Lindsay Walker and of his building the
sections of the C. g. o. near the Blue Ridge, the
contract was "R. Lindsay Walker & Co." II
| L. Gallaher, of Waynesboro, was his partnar
| In speaking of the contractors, Chicago men
| building the Texas Capitol, the several coun-
| ties, from to II that the three million and
| odd acres will FORM embrace much OF The
Staked Plains" territory, usually regarded dry
| aresian wells, and found flowing water inside
of 100 feet.
| In the enclosure constructed to hold the 100,
900 CATTLE to be put in at once, they discovered
| they had enclosed 500 buffaloes which, wher
| they discovered their domain encroached up
| on .sstood not upon the order of their going
but went at once,' and the wire enclosure
proved to be mere gossamer. They found quite
a number of elks and antelopes also enclosed
/ OCCASIONAL.
| About so colored persons, male and female,
| were baptized in the river at Lexington, Va
| on Sunday Of last week. About thousand
persons witnessed the ceremony.
Answer to Fractional money question In
| SPECTATOR.
Three tens, three ives, and five ones. ]. P
Lexington Presbytery viii be held in tn
Presbyterian Church in Harrisonbnrg on tn
4th of May.
| Ladies, if you want a nice Black Jersey
| Shirley & TAYLoR's is the place to get i