Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-08-01
Personal.

| Ex-senator John F. Lewis. of Rockingham
county, was on a visit last week to his daugh
ter, Mrs. L. 8. Davis, in Greenbrier CO., W. Va
Maj. H. NJ Bell and Col. DIS. Bell were visit
ling in Greenbrier county. w. Va, last week.
Major j. A. Wright, of Greenville, was il
lGreenbrier county, W. Va, last week in tn
prosecution of his business-the sale of plan
ossand organs. Ell GA q
The condition of Mr.. Thomas A. Bledsoe Il
still very critical. though the symptoms Mon
day night and yesterday were considered NOR.
| favorable, giving faint hope that he may
still recover.
| The Abingdon Vir0inidn of the 18th ult. says
"Gen. J. D. Imboden and daughter went to Da
mascus last Friday. The General expresse.
himself much pleased with the prospect of thai
growing railroad CENTRE"
Miss Kittie Hutchinson is visiting Mrs Breed.
love and other relatives in New Market. !ass
Miss Gussie Hancock has returned from Gov.
ington, KY. where she has been visiting rela-
tives, and has visiting her Miss Olivia Lewis
of Charlottesville, Va.
The Mountain Neaos, of Franklin, Pendleton
county, W. Va, says:
Miss Rebecca Skiles, of this place. will soon
remove 10 Stanton to carry on the laundry
business. Her purity Of character. modesty
and industry entitle her to the patronage and
friendship of all people,"
John Robinson, the noted Snowman, is crit
ically Ill In Cincinnati, and 1t is thought he
will not recover.
Prof. Francis ii. Smith, of the University of
Virginia. lectured Friday before the School of
Christian Philosophy, of Round Lake, N. Y,
his subject being, 1.-THE Scientific and Christian
Ideals Of Humanity"
We are indebted to a friend in California for
a special copy of the San Francisco Chronicle Of
June 18th with 16 pages of IA columns. Among
its other interesting matter is long. able and
exhaustive article on education and the his
tory of teaching from remote ages down to the
present time.
Rev. H. A. Upper. D. D., of Louisville, KY"
and Rev. j. B. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, Ga,
who are spending the summer at Alton. Mel
son,county, Va preached able and eloquentser-
mons in the Baptist church of this city on last
Sunday,-Mr, Topper in the morning and Mr..
Hawthorne in the evening. 1t Is seldom that
congregation has the good fortune to hear two
such able and impressive discourses in one
day.
Mr., John ]. Straughan, who has for some
months been emyloped in printing once In
Gordonsville, is now visiting his mother,
brother and children in this city, where he
hopes to recuperate his health-being suffer-
er from congestive chills, which have enfee-
bled him very much.
The marriage of Benz amin Hillen, private
secretary TO Senator Eustis, and Miss Nellie
Thorn, grandniece of the late w. W. Corcoran,
is announced to take place to. day, at the resi-
dence of the brides parent, in the West End.
Washington. 1t will be a quiet wedding, as
only few intimate friends are expected to be
present. The young people are well known in
social circles.
The engagement of Miss Katie Beach, one of
Washipgton's most famous bellies, to Mr..
wealthy Philadelphia, is an
nounced. Miss Beach is regarded as one of
the beauties of the national capital. A few
years ago Miss Beach's engagement to Alan
Arthur was announced, and suddenly broken
off, it was said, by President Arthur and Mrs.
Beach. The young lady went to Europe and
two years, Upon her return home
young Arthur again pressed his suit after his
father had left the White House. He was I'M
successful, and after lingering few weeks in
Washington, he in turn went to Europe.