Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-10-25
PERSONAL.

Mr.. R. W. Wallace of Kentucky, with
his daughter, have been visiting their rela-
tive, Mr.. 7. l.. Wallace, in this county.
He was volunteer soldier of the Mexican
war and still has the ensign Of his regiment
that he carried into the City of Mexico. He
was a member of the Commission to define
the boundaries of Mexico after the cession
of California.
Edmund Berkeley, son of Dr.. Carter
Berkeley, who though only nineteen years
OF age is one of the most trusted officers OF
the Panama Railway in Central America,
is on visit to his relatives in Staunton.
The letters given him by the Superinten-
dent of the road, Col. Rives, ARE flattering
evidence of his high standing with the COM
pany.
Miss NJ. B. V. Martin, formerly of the
Virginia Female Institute here, is Princi-
pal Of st. Marks Academy at Grand
Rapids, Mich. The Academy is under the
patronage of st. Mark Episcopal church,
of which Rev. Campbell Fair is'rector.
MI. Edward Valentine Hartman of Min
neapolis, son of the late Gen. VIM. H.
Hartman, who fell at Waynesboro, will be
married at Trinity church here, Oct. s.29th,
to Miss Nettie Kinney, daughter Of MI.
John NJ. Kinney.
Capt. W. J. Wash, formerly Of the G. &
O. Ry., and well known in Staunton, was
married at Covington, KY, last week to
Miss Lottie Bell Bowen, daughter of Hon.
H. F. Bowen Of that city.
The Greenbrier "Independent' says
''Mr. Floyd Thomas, of this place, left to-
day for Staunton, Va, to attend the pres
ent session of the Dunsmore Business Col
lege,"
The water works at Clifton Forge which
Mr.. Clifford Bargamin Of Staunton, has
contracted to build, will have 100000 gal
IONS capacity, q miles of pipe and Is by
drants.
The wife of Rev. J. l. Miller of Luray,
has just undergone a surgical operation OF
painful character, which her physicians
hope will relieve her of a painful malady
from which she has long been a sufferer.
Next Sunday afternoon, Mr.. J. II. Bader
will lead the last prayer meeting that will
be held in the Y. M. G. A. Hall. The fol-
lowing week the Association will occupy
it's own lecture hall in the new building.
The Ronceverte, W. Va, News says
"Mr. G. F. Walters, of the Staunton Shoe
Factory, is taking orders from our mer-
chants"
Mrs. F. B. johnson, Matron of the D.,
D. & B. Institution, is on visit to friends
and relatives in Washington and Rich
mOnd.
Mr.. Peter D. Bernard, the oldest printer
in Virginia, and formerly Of Staunton, was
paralyzed on Saturday last at his residence
in Richmond.
A letter from Iron Gate says that Hon.
Jacob Yost will shortly remove his resi-
dence from Staunton to that place. A post
office has been established at this new town.
Dr.. Carter Berkeley returned to the city
from Southwestern Virginia this week. He
says Col. O'Ferral is arousing the people
of that section.
We regret to learn that the last advices
from Dr.. A. H. Weir were that he is cri-
tically i'll.
MI. II. D. Peck, a Ruling Elder in the
First Presbyterian church, left on Wednes-
day for the Synod at Winchester.
There was snow at Winchester, Luray,
Harrisonburg, and Staunton, on We'd
nesday.
Miss Kate B. Parent left on Monday
last to make her home with her brother,
MI. VIM. Parent of Columbia, S. G.
Dr.. E. G. Fisher of the w. l.. Asylum is
with his son in Richmond, and is rapidly
regaining his strength.
Mrs. 81. M. Bell is visiting her mother at
Charlestown, W. Va.