Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-01-11
Personal.

Personal.
Miss Kate E. Bias OF. Warm Springs
sailed from Newport News on the 22d ult.,
for Brazil, where she joins Miss Kemper at
/ the Campinas Mission.
Miss Kate Woodward is visiting her
friend, Mrs. Florence Chernaul5 Atwood,
at Farmville.
Col. B. F. Harlow of Lewisburg, W.
IVA, the former editor of that excellent
paper, the independent, was in the city
+ last week.
Among the dancersat the german given
at the Masonic Temple in Norfolk, last
week. was Miss Fauntleroy of StauntOn.
Mr.. A. r. Shelton and sister of Rock
Iiugham are visiting their brother, Rev. S.
ID. Shelton. of Swoope's in this county.
The friends Of Ex-senator John F.
Lewis will be glad to hear that his health
is now better and stronger than it has
been for ten years past.
Miss Gertrude A. VanLear has been
visiting her friend, Mrs. S. W. Lauck, at
Harrisonburg.
Among the guests at the New Year g
Entertainment Of Mrs. j. E. Spindle in
Richmond, was Miss Peace of Staunton.
Mr.. Hugh H. Young of San Antonio,
Texas, is visiting relatives in Rockingham
county.
miss Eva Jordan, who is attending the
Wesleyan Female Institute at Staunton,
spent the holidays at her home, Green
| Sho f,n har Of hor
classmates, Miss Stuart of West Virginia,
Miss Pope of Arkansas and Miss Hogshead
of Stanton. Several parties have been
| given in their honor at Green Forest and
Lexington. Miss Evelyn Kinney Of Staun-
ton is the guest of Misses Mamie and
Mary Preston Graham" y Rockbrid0e
| NeaUs
| Mrs. D. e. Gallaher of Charleston, Ka-
! nawha, gave an entertainment on Friday
evening in compliment to her niece. Miss
Juliet Gallaher of Waynesboro.
Cards are out for the silver wedding,
| (twenty fifth anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs.
| John L. Wallace, at their residence in
, Stuart's Draft, on Saturday evening next,
oldest subscribers to the VINDICAToR. as
we'll as an esteemed and prominent citi-
! zen of our county, and so we take the lib
erty Of extending our congratulations to
| him and his estimable wife in advance.
Miss Lola Sprinkle of this city, has gone
to Woodbury., Ga, to take the position OF
teacher in the family of Fl Ion. A. j. Smell
son there.
Gen. John EchoIs was in the city ON
Tuesday IN attendance on meeting of
: the stockholders of the National Valley
Bank.
Bishop Samuel Driver of Augusta. and
Maj. 2. II. Woodward and l.. H. Craw-
ford ofStaunton, were registered at Ford's
Hotel Richmond, on Monday.
Among the names mentioned for Post
master of Richmond. is that Of Mr.. S.
Blair Morris, who has many friends in
Staunton.
Rev. Fielder Israel, who was junior
Methodist preacher on the Augusta Cir
cult, thirtY-eight years ago, committed
suicide at Salem. Mass, a few days since.
by cutting his throat.
Capt. Charles S. Arnall of Atlanta, al
ways welcome to his old home at Staun-
ton. was here this week.
Miss Cora A. Turner who, since Septem-
Der last has been visiting relatives at Spar
tanburg, s. G., returned to her home in
this city on Saturday last.
sive Euchre party at her residence last
night.
Miss Elise Hutcheson of Texas. who
has been visiting the family of Mayor
Fultz. has gone to visit her uncle, Col.
Charles S. Venable, at the University of
Virginia.
Mr.. A. Gordon Jones, former Superin-
tendent of the Valley Railroad, was mar
ried last Friday evening in the Second
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia. to Miss
Matte Bayard Spencer of that city. Mr..
Jones is now Superintendent OF the Mem
phis & Little Rock BY.
Mr.. D. B. Hamaker, formerly of this
city, is now clerk in the auction house
of G. B. Rouss in New York. Mrs.
Hamaker is giving music lessons with
success, and their little daughter May,
who has show great talent in that direc-
tion, is being trained for violinist.
Their near neighbor is Prof. Hintz, for
merly of Stauntou, who is doing well in
the musical profes sion there.
Prof. e. N. Pool left yesterday for New
York, Philadelphia and other cities. by
direction of the Valley Medical and Chem
ical Institute Co.. to purchase instruments
and appliances for the use of the Institute.