Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-29
LOCAL.
Personal.

IeOfs IA. Il. OIUuSO VI oUSuoVd3 uoto az
cepted the position of teacher in tn
Shenandoah Normal Institute at Ne1
Market which holds from July 8 to Aug
Is. 1t is the place which was to have BEEF
filled by his brother, Prof. David L
Grouse, who died few days since. Rev
Mr.. Grouse is thoroughly qualified for tn
duties.
The wife of Rev. J. I. Miller of Luray
has been in feeble health for seYera
months. and has been taken by her hus
band to Berkeley Springs, w. Va.
Mrs. DR.. A. M. HenkeI is visiting rela
tives in New Market.
Among the dancers at the german OF
the Lynchburg Junior German Club
Thursday night. were Miss Willie Bum
gardner, OF Stanton. and her cousin
Miss Neela Fowle.
Among the honorary degrees conferred
by Washington & Lee University last
week, was that of doctor of Divinity or
Rev. J. W. Rosebro, formerly of Mossey
Greek, and now pastor of Tabb Stree
Presbyterian church, Petersburg.
The family of Mr.. A. B. Guigon, OF
summer at Mozart.
On Friday last the remains of the wife
of Rev. r. III. McKim (formerly Miss
Agnes Phillips, daughter of Rev. R. IL.
Phillips, of Staunton,) passed through on
the way from New Orleans to Baltimore
for interment.
Among the distinguished visitors an
nounced by the Raleigh papers as expected
to visit the North Carolina Teachers
Assembly at Morehead. N. c., is Mrs.
male Institute.
Miss Kate Harlan, daughter of Justice
Geo. Harlan, is spending her vacation
with her father.
Mr.. T. L. Chapman. late Sup't of Mo.
tive Power on the G. & o. road, has been
presented with gold watch and chain by
employees of the company.
Miss Carrie G. Terry, daughter of Mr..
B. F. Terry, left for New York. Thursday,
where, during the summer she will per-
feet herself IN music under noted teachers
Miss BERTHE l.. Austin, who has been
teaching in Augusta since last fall, has
returned to her home at Lewisburg, W.
Va.
Mr.. F. W. Banner, is in Staunton on a
visit to his mother Mrs. M. r. Danner.
Mrs. Robt. Howard of Richmond, and
her daughter Nellie are in the city on a
visit to their relative, Mrs. Fl. B. Pratt
on Church street.
Mrs. J. R. Summerson and two children
Of Pulaski county, are visiting Mrs. W
F. Summerson. 216 Kalorama street.
Mr.. T. A. Bledsoe, Cashier of the Ma
tional Valley Bank, is home from spending
some days at the Variety Springs. MIR
Bledsoe has purchased the Anderson place
on the pike, formerly occupied by Capt.
James Bumgardner, Jr., and will soon
make that his residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot B. Coleman are
visiting friends in Rockbridge.
John W. Alexander, son of the late Jos
l.. Alexander, of Stuart's Draft, has been
appointed to the cadetship at the Virginia
Military Institute, from this Senatorial
! District. >
Mr.. Sew. P. Ker, who is the Western
travelling agent for the large steel and
iron house of Smith Bros. & Co., Allegha-
ny City, Pa. is visiting his father, MI
Heber Ker.
Messrs. M. A. Hope, W. FL. Fl. Lynn
and Isaac Witt, who attended the T. P
A. National Association at Minneapolis
have returned.
The Board of Directors of the Nationa
Valley Bank, on Wednesday, elected Mr.
Henry A. Walker to the position Of AS
sistant Cashier.
Ex-Justice Geo. D. Pearman of Staun-
ton, has been appointed by the Richmond
Circuit Court, a Trustee of the Venable
Street Baptist church in that city.
The family of Assistant P. M. Genera
Stevenson, will summer at Berkeley
Springs, W. Va.
The Lynchburg Advance" noticing
the closing concert of the season by thu
Concordia Association there last week
says: "Mrs. Col. W. L. Bumgardner, Of
Staunton. also sang some superb selec
tions, and was compelled to come befor,
the footlights the second time.''
Mr.. d. B. Hamaker and family, of Win
chester, and formerly of Staunton, ar
about making their home in New Yorl
City.
Mr.. Charles E. Hoge, of Kentucky, i
visiting his brother, Mr.. Arista Hoge.
Mrs. R. D. Harlow, Of Richmond. i
visiting the family of Mr.. John W. Todd
Mr.. Nathan Parkins qualified in tn
County Court, Monday. to practice law
Mr.. Parkins is a son of MIR. John Fl
Parkins.
Mrs. David E. Strasburg, of Baltimore
is visiting friends in the city.
The nomination of Cleveland and Thur
man created great enthusiasm In Helena
Montana, and we see that the Heleni
Democratic club had big ratification
meeting, presided over by it's first Vice
President, Gen. G. W. Turner, son O
Prof. A. ]. Turner, of Staunton. Allu
sions to CIeveland's settlement Of the
Chinese question were received with grea
cheering.
Deaths.
Mr.. Cornelius 7. Taylor, of the firm o
Taylor, Davis & Co., in Baltimore, die
there on Sunday week, of paralysis, in bi
54th year. He was from Accomac count
and was the brother OF Mr.. David B. Tay
dor, now of Baltimore, but for several year
a well-known merchant of Augusta. TIL
Accomac "Enterprise," speaking of hi