Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-08-01
Personal,

The Baltimore Bay Lille steamer Virginia
with 800 excursionists on board, on Mon
day night near Baltimore. Five persons
were crushed to death and eight drowned.
Among the eXcursionists who escaped by
climbing on to the Virginia was Howard
Mulliken the nineteen-year- brother of
Miss Lucille Mulliken of Baltimore, who
is at present in Staunton, a guest of the
Misses Crowle.
Copying the notice in the VINDICATOR
of the death of young Virginius Nelson at
Florence, Ala, the Culpeper Exponent
adds: ''Mr. Nelson is remembered here by
many as the pleasant. genial clerk of A. M.
Nelson & Co. The above speaks not too
well of him, fol- he is lovingly remembered
here by many for his frank and pleasant
| Manners
Mr.. Phil. B. Stanard, a nephew of Mrs.
S. II. Owens of this city, is dangerously i'll
at the home of his mother at Goshen, of
typhoid fever, contracted at Newcastle,
Craig county, where he was studying law.
1t is but a few months since his brother
died of the same fever.
Mr.. G. W. Kennedy, some years ago the
efficient clerk Of the Virginia Hotel here. is
now the manager Of the st. James Hotel at
Norfolk of which his brother is proprietor,
and which is one of the finest establish
ments in Norfolk. 1t is nearly always full
to overlooking.
Capt. 1. H. Saunders, now of the Dan
vile Military Institute, late of Kable's
Academy here, has in his possession the
surveyors chain used by George Washing
ton. 1t was given Capt. S. by his father, a
resident of Loudoun county.
Capt. C. 3. Conner and wife, Mr.. Rob-
ert Goodwin and wife, Mr.. j. L.
Black and wife, and MI. A. Fl. McCue,
left Fishersville last Tuesday for the sea-
shore.
Mr.. Herbert Barksdale of Halifax, who
graduated at Dunsmore's Business College
here, has returned to the city to take po-
sition as clerk at NJ. Kivlighan IS commission
house.
Misses Nettie and Elsie Patterson,
daughters of DR.. Hy M. Patterson, were
visiting their sister, Mrs. w. W. Brenna-
man, at Roanoke last week, on their way
to visit friends in Pocahontas.
Hon. Marshall Hanger is one of the del
egates to represent the Virginia Bar Asso-
citation in the National Bar Association,
which meets at Indianapolis next Wednes-
day.
E1Ior, Edith (sonanbo11 0nd
Rose Anderson, for some weeks past the
guests of Mrs. W. B. Bruce of this city,
left for their respective homes on Tuesday
last
A. G.. Braxton. President of the Kama
wha City Company, and W. Z. McCue and
Fred. Colburn of Iron Gate, Directors,
were in Charleston, Kanawha, on last
Thursday on business for the company,
Cadet VIM. A. Pratt, son of Capt. G..
Julian Pratt, who passed successfully at
West Point last month, has reached home
on q furlough till September, having been
taken sick after commencing his duties.
DR.. N. Wayt and Miss M. J. Baldwin
and their party were in Paris when last
heard from, and would sail on tomorrow
week, August 9th, for New York.
Miss Lena McGary of Spottsylvania,
and Miss Leckie Mills of Louisa, are visit
ing their school mate, Miss Nettie Humph-
ries, near Vesuvius.
Dr.. J. Claude Elsom, formerly resident
of Staunton, is now Director Of the Physi-
cal Department of the Y. NJ. G. Associa-
tion at Galveston, Texas.
Mrs. w. T. Jewell of New Madrid, Mo-,
is on visit to relatives in Staunton and
Lexington.
MI Carter Braxton of Staunton, is tax
ing the summer law course at the Univer
sity Of Virginia.
Mrs. Jno. D. Crowle who has been at
Rawley Springs is now at the Bear Lithia
at Elkton.
Mrs. DR.. R. A. Berry of Birmingham,
Ala, is visiting her father, DR.. McChes-
ney of Middlebrook.
Mr.. Louis Cohen of Bellaire, Ohio, for
merly the Hebrew reader at the Synagogue
here, is visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. John B. Hoge has returned from
visit to her father, Mr.. VIM. Jordan, at
Edegville, Ky.
Maj. D. Shanahan, the well known railroad
contractor, is preparing to make trip to
Ireland this summer.
Mr.. Henry Brown of Staunton, and wife,
were guests at the Mansion House in Nc
Dowell, Highland, last week.
A delightful and largely attended social
was given by Messrs. w. and F. Geiger at
Willow Springs last Friday evening.
Mr.. r. q. Brennaman of the Roanoke
Herald, is visiting his parents near this
city.
Mrs Dr.. Jackson Of Norfolk is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. F. I. Stribling of this
city.
Mrs. R. M. Powers left this week Oh a
visit to relatives in Rockbridge
MI. w. w. Shelton of Big Stone Gap, is
visiting his father, Dr.. T. w. Shelton.
Gen. John Echols was in the city a few
hours on Tuesday.
Mrs. J. B. Levy of Roanoke, is visiting
Waynesboro, her old home.
Deputy Sheriff N. C. Watts, is spending
two weeks at Atlantic City, NJ.
Miss Minnie Bryan of Newbern, N. c.,
is visiting Miss Bessie Bryan.
Dr. Blackford, Superintendent Of the w.
L. Asylum, was in Lynchburg last Friday
Miss Berton Bell of Augusta, is visiting