Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-02
Personal.

Among the debaters on the programme
to discuss Compulsory Education before
the Southern Educational Association, at
it's meeting in Morehead, N. G., in July, is
I, Mr. Jas. A. Fishburne, Principal of the
Waynesboro Military School.
Mrs. j. II. Haller and her sister, Miss
Annie Lilley, of Columbus, Ohio, daugh-
tiers Of Capt. M. G. I4illey, are guests of
their relative Mrs. J. A. Templeton. Their
sister, Miss Harriet Lilley, is pupil at the
Augusta Female Seminary.
In noticing the prominent officers, resid~
ing in Staunton, of Grand Lodges of Secret
Orders in the State, last week, we sho Id
have mentioned that John c. Fretwell of
Staunton is the Grand P Patriarch of Sons of
Temperance of Virginia.
Miss Jennie Mae Peck who has been
spending the winter in Mobile, Ala, with
her uncles, Rev. J. Louis Tucker and Rev.
Gardner Tucker, returned home on Tues
day.
Prof. D. G. Humphreys of Washington
& Lee University, has been engaged by the
West Staunton Land Co. to lay off their
property, part of Steephill, and will begin
work next week.
The Union wv. Va.) Waterman says :
"Miss Rose Osborne left on Thursday last
for Staunton, Va, where she will study
Art at the Wesleyan Female Institute.''
Mrs. Lane of Rock Spring, Wyoming,
wife of Rev. VIM. M. Lane, with her chill
dren, is visiting her mother, Mrs. s. A.
Henkel, on N. Augusta street.
MI. L. d. Young, late of Henry, Y Dung
& Co., who has troops of friends made in
Is years in the dry goods business here, is
now with Denny Brothers dry goods house.
1t is stated that in consequence of Judge
Mclaughlin indisposition, the Spring
term of the Court in Bath and Highland
will go over.
Messrs. T. K. Lockridge of Augusta, w.
T. McCue of Iron Gate, and Stuart Boiling
of Staunton, were in Roanoke last Friday
Misses Viola and Augustine Davis are
visiting their friend Mrs. W. E. Craig on
Augusta street.
Mrs. Slower of this city is visiting her
son, DR.. J. M. Slower, at Bridgewater.
Watkins Lee is already at the Rawley
Springs preparing to open May 18th.
Misses Linda Sproul and Mary Ryan are
visiting friends in Lexington.
MI. A. G. Points of Staunton has re-
moved to Buena Vista.
The firm of T. G. Williams Co. of Rich
mOnd, whose announcements our readers
are familiar with in our advertising col
umns, and who are represented by Mr.. O.
M. Goode, received at the great Australian
Exposition three first-class awards on dark
tobaccos; one first and three second class
awards on aromatic tobaccos, and special
mention for their general display. The
Richmond Dispatch says:
The last mail from New Zealand brings the
intelligence that the T. G. Williams Company
have won the First Prizes on Black Tobaccos
at the Exhibition held in Dunedin, n z. This
is great victory for the firm and Richmond,
as the Petersburg factories have heretofore
carried off the honors for this work for long
number OF years. One First Prize was also
given this firm for their Aromatic Tobacco,
put having won all of the First Honors on this
class at the great Melbourne (Australia) Ex-
mDltlon held a few months ago and which
embraced exhibits not only from Australia
ana New Zealand, but this country as we'll,
tnelr efforts were centred on winning the
trophies for their Black Tobacco. The Will
llamS Company are to be congratulated on
their great victories, and Richmond is proud
OF the success of its industries,