Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-11-26
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The Presbyterian minister at Wytheyille
who was member of the Synod at Richmond,
writes home to the Enterprise" about Gen.
Lilley's death as follows: "Tuesday night, he
was drawn into an exciting debate on the
turned to member near by and said, 'sThey
have gotten me SO excited that cannot
think p His confusion and excitement were
the premonitory symptoms of paraly sis,
with which he was soon stricken and from
which he died"
The Harrisonburg Spirit" says locomotive
engineer Taylor McAbee of the Valley rail-
road, was badly scalded at siding between
Sandy Hook and Baltimore, on the 10th inst,
by his train, which waso a siding, being run
into by milk train fireman leapeG of
but he staid on and tht whole of his left side
was badly scalded. He is well known In
Staunton and along the line.
The N. Y. "Sun" has this personal comment
on former colored pastor of Stanton,
which will interest the members of his former
congregation here: "There are few men in
this town whose attire attains more perfectly
the quiet elegance of good taste than that of
the Rev. DR.. William B. Derrick, pastor of
the Bethel Methodist Church of Sullivan st.
He dresses throughout in black broadcloth of
the finest quality, and always wears tall silk
hat, nd never displays jewelry. His clean
shaven face has deal of manly beauty in it,
and the ladies of his congregation are charmed
by his courtly manner. The elite of the colored
society in Gotham fill the pews of his church,"
DIR. J. Rice Bowman, formerly pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Harrisonburg, has &C.
cepted a call to Pomona California He has
been located in Gainesville, Texas, since leav-
ing Lexington Presbytery.
The New Market ''Valley" says: "Probably
a bakery will be established at New Market
at an early date. Mr.. Steinbach, staunton,
Va, was here this week prospecting. We
wish it success''
The Rockbridge 'sNews" says that the eli
Henry" minstrel troupea while at Lexington
wanted to go to Roanoke in their private car
to fill their engagement there, but the B. &
o. Co. refused to t.ke the car over their road
to Loeb Laird (the Shenandoah Valley point
of connection) fourteen miles, for less than
$40 the round trip. The company left their
car at Lexington and went by stage.
correspondent of the "Deaf-mutes' Jour-
nal" says that Arthur Tucker. a graduate of
the D., D. & B. Institution, has taken place
as printer on the Petersburg 'Indey-A Appeal, ,"
and J. Dunlap Baker, the printer whose place
he took, and who is now attending school at
the Columbia Institute, is also graduate of
the D., D. & B. Institution
Rev. Percy G. Elsom, Staunton, boy and
former pastor of the Fulton street Baptist
church in Richmond. has received call to
the Baptist church at Stanford KY, The
pastor of the Presbyterian church-i in the same
| town is Rev. A. S. Mofett who also went
from Augusta county.
The society reporter of the Richmond
estate" announces the names of thirteen
| young ladies who will make their debut in So
| ciety there this winter. Among them are
Misses Virgie Brock, Gussie Rawson and Bes-
sic Lay, who have many friends in Staunton.
| The Agent of the Emmner Telephone Co.,
the company that has just put up the line in
Staunton, is in Harrisonburg with the view of
putting up one there. The idea is to connect
all the Valley towns by phones. Mr.. w. w.
Brennaman of Monterey, Highland, was in
| Staunton this week and called at the Office of
| the company here with view to getting it to
take bold of line to Highland
To reporter of the Richmond Estate"
Gen. Wickham of the G. & o. road, declined
| to assign any reason for the recent wholesale
discharge of passenger conductors on the
western part of that road. The Clifton Forge
Independent" says that among those dis
missed are Conductors Davis, Stokes, Barse,
Waldron, Beach, Hays, Grooms and Hamilton,
on the division between Clifton Forge and
Huntington.
The competition for the "biggest hog'' has
commenced in the Valley. So far, Alexander
Simpson of Botetourt county, who killed one
weighing five hundred and sixty pounds, has
the lead.
Two memorial windows have been placed in
Rev. G.. Mosly Murrays church at Lynwood;
| one to the memory of Gen. S. Fl. Lewis, and
the other in memory of Gerard T. N Murray,
the young brother of the pastor who died some
! months ago.
DIR. H. Ell. Halves, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church of Staunton, was in Farm
vile last week, on his way from Synod to
Hampden Sidney, where he preached Sunday.
The Farmville journal says: "We are al
ways glad to welcome him to Farmville, but
don't approve of his passing through"
Miss Edith Edna Allan, daughter of Gen.
Edgar Allan, Vice Commander I'M Chief, of
the Grand Army of the Republic, was married
in Richmond Nov. 18th, to Frank H. Crump,
of Washington. The officiating ministers
were Rev. DR.. James Nelson of Staunton, Ito
! whose former Farmville congregation the
bride belonged) and Rev. DIR. VIM E. Hatcher
, of Richmond
| Robert, the thirteen year old son of Rev.
Geo. W. Holland, President of Newberry Col
lege, S. c., while out hunting, Saturday,
Nov. 18th, was shot in the stomach by the &C
| cidental explosion of his gun. He died the
next evening. He was lad of much promise
and was we'll known in Staunton.
The 47th anniversary Of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute, was celebrated by the discharge
of that number of guns by the cadets Nov.
18th. Among the few surviving members of
the class who entered the Institute on its first
dav are COL Edmund Pendleton, of Licking
ton, Gen. Wyatt M. Elliott, Clerk of the U. S.
Court at Lynchburg, and DR.. P. J. VIM, of
Fluvanna.
The woman suffrage bill which passed the
lower House of the Vermont legislature, was
amanded in the Senate so as to allow none but
tax payers to vote, and then to. the indigna-
tioz, Of the Indy spectatOrs In the gallery was