Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-09-26
Staunton vindiCator.
FRIDAY MORNING. SEPT. 10, 1890.
LOCAL,
LOCAL,
Personal.

acquisition to her resident population
Mr.. Thomas z. Grasty the able and note
exponent OF the new material revival il
the South through the Manufacturer
Record, has moved his family to this cit
and made this place his home. He and hi
wife and four children are guests a
Sherwood. >" In Mr.. and Mrs. Grast,
Stanton society will find acquaintance O
culture and refinement, who will form {;
most desirable accession to its ranks. I
speaks well for Staunton that Mr.. Grasty
who has visited, and by his brilliant pei
brought to notice every new town in thu
South, should, after looking over all of then
have made this his home and the place fol
educating his children. Mr.. Grasty S resi-
dence here, having as he has, wide &C
quaintance with the most prominent mel
of affairs in the country will be decided
advantage to our city.
Next Wednesday the survivors of the
s'Laurel Brigade, y Gen. Rosser's old brig
ade, have a reunion at Winchester While
Augusta county furnished no company to
the regiments Of the brigade, several of the
officers were from this and the adjoining
county of Rockingham. Among them were
Col. Asher W. Hartman of the 18th cavalry
and Capt. Lewis Hartman of Augusta, and
Col. Chas. L. O'Ferrall of Rockingham
Rev. S. W. CARRIER and family have left
their Old homestead near Hermitage in
this county. and made their home at
Bridgewater College, where Mr.. CARRIER
viii be engaged. He writes us that the
College which is under the auspices Of the
DWnkard denomination, o.,ened on the 17th
Inst. With S. scholars and more on tine
WAY. a strong corps of teachers, and fine
prospects Tor the year.
Nj. ". II. Brew of Cleveland. Ohio, the
owner Of the fine Menefee farm adjoining
>.S.Gsn.on. has arrived here with his wife
and child 10 make their home there. Mr..
5. was formerly the Treasurer of Cuyahoga
county. Ohio. in which the city of Cleve-
land IS situated.
AIrs. Gen. T. J. Jackson who is
spending the sumner here with her grand
children. the children of Mr.. W. E. Chris
tiaA. has been great sufferer and confined
70 her bed for the last ten days with neural
gia Of the head.
Justice L. J. Haley. formerly a teacher
II the Stanton public schools, and now of
Birmingham. is the youngest magistrate
in Alabama. The Birmingham Age-Herald
publishes portrait and sketch Of him.
The Harrisonburg Spirit of the Valley of
FRIDAY says: ''Heber Ker, ESQ.,, the agree
able and accomplished local editor of the
Valley Nirginian, paid us short visit on
Thursday"
Mr.. J. c. Jones the well known building
contractor, who has been ill of typhoid
fever at Millboro is recovering, but still
confined to his room.
Mr.. 4. J. Friou, formerly of Staunton,
is now commercial traveller in MISSISSIPPI
di for the tobacco house Of Venable in Pc
tersburg.
Nh. a. G. Robinson, a clerk at the Ma
tional Valley Bank, resigned Oh Wednesday
last to take the position of chief book-keep-
er with The Grottoes Co. at Shendun.
Miss Louise Powell has returned to Nor
folk, Va, to take position in the school
.eSIiss Florence Phillips-the same that
she had last session.
Miss Ada HaWpe left this week for
Batesvile, Halifax county, where she is to
teach in the family of MI. w. J. Banks
dale
Rev. Enoch Brewer of Augusta. will
officiate at the Annual Love Feast of the
Dunkard church, to be held near Luray
tomorrow night.
Hon. II. st. Geo. Tucker is advertised by
the 9th district Congressional Committee
to speak at Pulaski Oct. 9Th and Russell
Co., Oct. 18th.
Mrs. Witherspoon of Sumter Co., S. c.,
who has been visiting her daughter, the
wife of Rev. DR.. D. K. McF arland, left fo1
home on Monday last.
Miss Maggie Campbell of Augusta, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. John Mcdaniel, at
Newmarket.
Hon. John T. Harris has been elected q
member Of the Worlds Fair Executive
Committee.
Maj. AbSolom Koiner has resigned his
position as President of the State Board OF
Agriculture.
Prof. E. Louis Idle, formerly of this city
is now musical director of st. Johns Ger
man Lutheran church at Richmond.
Among the pensions granted at Wash
ington last week, was one to Willard f
Watson of Waynesboro.
MI. M. E. Miller. who returned from
New York, Monday, reports Mrs. Miller
as slowly but surely convalescing.
Mr.. &. 2. Bryan of New Y ork city, is
Oh short visit to his mother, on Kalorams
street.
Rev. A. II. Hamilton of Mt. Carmel, ant
Rev. A. S. Moffett of KY, arrived a
Queenstown, Ireland, on the Sd inst.
MI. Dunbar Murray of Florence, Ala.
is visiting his father, Prof. John Murray
of the Augusta Female Seminary.
DIR. r. Wallace Murray of Suffolk is Wis
iting his father, Rev. DR.. James Murra
of Bethel Church.
Miss Annie Landes one of the attendant
at the w. L. Asylum has resigned and vii
soon go to Georgia.
Messrs. j. Frank West, Asher Ayers an,
Geo. c. Jordan were in Glasgow last weel
looking after their interests.
Miss Sallie Christian of Augusta i
visiting the family Of Mr.. VIM. White il
Lexington.
Mr.. J. A. Dupuy of Roanoke, was in til
city on business this week.
Miss Bessie Gooch, who has been visitin,
Mr.. G. G.. Gooch, returned home last week
Miss Willie Bumgardner of st. Joseph
Mo-, is in the city.
MI Geo. A. Beard of Jacksonville Ella