Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-06-18


the panorama pf the battle of Bull Run at
Washington, Tuesday, and among other yisi-
tors were quite numbers of ex-Confederate
and Union officers, who compared notes for
the benefit of the visitors
Miss Mary Lee, the youngest daughter of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, is now living in PORTUGAL
with Minister Lewis, whose cousin she ia.
The cantata of ''The Fairy Bridal, was
produced at Ford's Opera House in Baltimore
Monday night, to a crowded house for the
benefit of its venerable author, Prof. John n.
Hewitt, formerly member of the Wesleyan
Female Institute Faculty of Staunton.
( Thu. Charlestown Gree Press of Friday,
says: "Rev. A. M. Cackley and wife of
Waynesboro, Va, stopped over from Friday
until Saturday of last week with Mr.. H. T.
Miley, near Charlestown. They were on their
return from Baltimore, where Mrs. Cackley
has been under medical treatment, by which
she has been materially beneftted.''
The funeral of the Jewish Rabbi, j. K. Gut
heim at New Orleans Monday, was marked
by extraordinary features. The courts adj
journed and many of the stores closed The
State Senate after hearing euolgy on
his memory adjourned out of respect to him.
| Among the eulogies delivered at the funeral
| at the Temple Sinai, was one by the famous
Presbyterian minister, DIR. Palmer. Rabbi
| Gutheim was noted teacher and his scholars
| are all over the Union. Maj. Alexander Hart
of Staunton, is one of them.
James Nelson Montgomery, native of
! Augusta county, died in Lewisburg, W. Va,
| where he had resided forty years, on June
| 18th, aged 6S years. He had been a member
| of the old Stone Church in Augusta during
| the ministrations of Revs. Conrad Specie and
VIM Brown. During his residence in Lewis
| burg he had been Teller of the old Farmers
| Bank branch there, and before that was a
| prominent merchant. He was very pspmil
nent msmber of the Presbyterian Church
| there.
The corner stone of the new, and to be very
handsome building of the Y. M. G. Associa
+, ton, at Richmond, was laid last week. There
were many visitors from abroad, and among
| them Capt T. G. Morton repr esenting the
Staunton Y. M. G. Association.
DIR. G. s. Luck of Roanoke city, is prepar-
ing to build very handsome residence on
the corner of Roanoke and Church streets.
Mr.. J. E. Tinsley of Staunton, is the archi-
tect, and Mr.. Earman, formerly of Staunton,
has the contract for the brick work.
Rev. J. W. Shoatf, Staunton boy, deliver
ed the diplomas to, ard, made the annual ad-
dress before the graduating class of the
Montgomery Female College last week. OF
the same minister the "Roanoke Review
says: ''Rev J. W. Shoaf, of Salem, preach
ed an eloquent sermon at the Methodist
church Sunday morning. He is winning a
great reputation by his oratory, which is of a
fine order"
Mrs. Margaret Arnold, who was born in
Augusta county, Va, July 4, 1777, is yet liv-
ing in remarkable state of preservation near
Holland, o. She was married eighty five
years ago, and now lives with her youngest
son who is seventy-two years old, and spright-
| ly as young man. It is said that Mrs. Arnold
| has two sisters living in Iowa, one of whom is
| 112, and the other LOG years old, an average
for the three of 100 years and total of 1927
| years.
| Among the graduating class of the Girls
Home School, at Luray, Of which Rev. j. l..
| Miller is Principal, was Miss Ada Grove, of
| Augusta The commencement drew a large
crowd from the county as well as the town,
| and the annual address was delivered by Rev.
| Dr. Conrad, of Philadelphia. There were
| three graduates.
The 'Critic" states that Rev. R. H. Porter,
| pastor of the Zion colored Baptist church
| in Staunton, has been called to the Ebenezer
| Baptist church in Boston. Mass.
| At the commencement of Trinity Hall Col
| lege in Wytheville, the ''Dispatch" of that
| city describing the closing exercises, says
"Miss Agnes Davis of Augusta county,. read
| an original English essay entitled the ''Pur-
pie pie Island Without attempting to draw in
vidieus comparisons this piece Of composition
was one of the finest we have ever heard at a
literary research, which would. have done
credit to much older head"
The McCormicks, of Chicago, are shippin g
to Raphine large quantity of granite and
dressed marble for the purpose of erecting at
Old Providence monument to the memory
of the dead members of the family who are
buried there.
The Farmville "Journal" announces the
death in Prince Edward county of DIR. VIM
Morton McNutt in his 9th year. He was a
ma tive of Augusta county, and had Epracticed
medicine in Wythe, Charlotte and Rock
bridge.
The Richmond Ccmmandery of knights
Templar and a portion of the St. Andrews
Commandery of Richmond, left this week on
a pilgrimage. to Providence, R. I. Among
those who went were Prof. E. Louis Ide and
and Maj. A. M. CARRIER and wife,
Stuart F. Lindsay, gentleman prominent
IN Rockingham politics, and living at Bridg-
water in that county, was married on Wednes-
day last at Bristol, Tenn, to Miss Mamie
editor of the 'sBristol News" and former
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Miss Ella Wilcox, of Mt. Holly, N j., with
the approval of her father, engaged to marry
Mr.. John Cook. on May 18th. Three days
before that date, for some unknown reason,
her father changed his mind and refused to
permit the marriage. After consulting coun-
sci Miss Wilcox has brought suit against her
father for $50, 900 damages for the loss of her
lover. The strange suit is to be tried at the
next term of the Supreme Court, in Burling-
ton, N. j.
W. S. E. Waller and his maiden sister, of
Spottsylvania county, both venerable relatives
of Judge Robert Waller of that county, were,