Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
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WHEREABOUTS AND MOVEMENTS OF PEO-
PIE THAT YOU KNOW.

WHEREABOUTS AND MOVEMENTS OF PEG
PIE THAT YOU KNOW.
The Woodstock Herald of Saturday says
Grey. j. E. Shenk, of Waynesboro, is as
sisting Rev. A. A. J. Bushong, Of the Lu'
theran church, of this place, in series Of
meetings that commenced Oh Monday
night and will continue during the week
MI. Shenk is an able preacher, and bis
sermons have been listened to with great
interest,"
The announcement will cause general re-
gret that next month Capt. Hugh w. Henry
and his wife will make their home III
Norfolk where their son resides. Their
sterling merit, their attractive social traits
and their activity in all good works, have
given them place in this community that
| it will be hard to fill.
At the session of the Grand Lodge OF col
ored Masons in Richmond, last week,
among the officers elected was Grand Mar
shal, d. q. Carter, of Staunton, and among
those appointed was District Deputy Grand
Master, o. D. Morris of Staunton, for the
9th district.
The Exchange, the official organ at Rich
mond of the Farmers Alliance, in a review
of the members of the order who are in the
legislature, says: "Brother Koiner of A-u-
gusta, is getting down to business in good
form and will make his mark as a useful
member
Mrs. Vadie Lindsey, formerly Miss Va
die Brown of Bridgewater, who was di-
vorced by the Augusta Circuit Court from
her husband, Dr.. C. L. Lindsey, will re-
sumo her maiden name and make her resi-
desce at Asheville, n. c., with her brother.
Misses Fannie B. Shelton of Staunton,
and Mamie A. Smith of WaynesIoro, were
among the attendants ON the bride at the
wedding, ON the 9th inst, at Auburn, ,
Albemarle, of MI. Quarles Blbb of Louisa
and Miss Maggie Timberlake.
Miss Loretta Small, daughter of Rev.
Sam Small, who has been attending the
Wesleyan Female Institute for a special
course Of music, returns to-day to her Geor-
gia home.
Among the citizens Of Roanoke who have
been victims to the grippe and have had Il
painful and tedious illness, is Mr.. J. o.
Hobbs, who has many relatives and friends
in Staunton.
Mr.. Robert A. Buckner, President of the
City Council of Roanoke, was a guest of
his father-in-law, Rev. DR.. W. A. Harris
of the Wesleyan Female Institute, this
week.
Judge j. L. Cochran of Charlottesville,
who was in Staunton last week attending
the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Cochran
Of ''Folly Farm" is now confined to his
home by severe attack Of the grippe.
A letter from Rev. DR.. Fl. G. Du Bose
at Soochow, China, says he had teen there
some ten days and found cordial welcome
from his old Chinese friends. The city was
peaceful and quiet.
Miss Lucy Walker has gone to Rock
bridge Baths to attend the wedding of Miss
Halle Morrison, daughter Of DR.. s. B.
Morrison, proprietor of the springs.
hlo. y do. Ii. dill Clu, luObllcl VI VlI. ".
E. Van Pelt, is seriously i'll from excessive
bleeding, following the drawing Of two
teeth.
Mrs. Dr.. Chas. H. Chalkley, who spent
last summer in Staunton, and made many
friends here, is quite Ill Of grippe at her
home, No. 30S E. Grace street, Richmond.
General Manager H. T.. Hockey of the
Gordon Land Company, Of Gordonsville,
with his wife and son, was in the city this
week.
new Texas Senator, was Miss Mary W.
Grinnan, of Culpeper, graduate of the
Virginia Female Institute at Staunton.
Mrs. Jonas Hageman of Staunton, was
in Charlottesville, Monday, attending the
21st birthday celebration of MI. Benjamin
| Leterman, her brother.
Miss Carrie Mcclure of Augusta, was
among the wedding guests at the marriage
Of Mr.. &. A. D. Kellogg to Miss Bessie
Potts, in Richmond, Wednesday afternoon.
G. Kent of Wythe, and a sister of Mrs
Geo. M. Harrison of Staunton, is quite sick
of grippe at her home near Wytheville.
Miss Bessie McCue has returned from {
short visit to her uncle, Prof. Peters, Of
the University of Virginia.
Next Wednesday, the 23d inst, the
Staunton German Club will give Their
Christmas dance.
MI. Geo. S. Lightner of Kalorama street
gives dinner this evening to the younger
members Of the bar, at his residence
Rev. J. z. Zigler of Broadway, Rocking
ham, is conducting a series of meetings il
Augusta.
Miss Clara johnson of Mt. Sidney, is
visiting the family Of Mr.. J. w. Burgess
Of MT. Crawford.
Miss Florence Elder has gone to Rich
mond to spend some weeks with her aunt
Mrs. James III. Dooley.
Mr.. Arthur Council has taken clerkshiI
with the Great American Stock Company
on South Augusta street.
MI. H. D. Peck left ON Monday last fol
a ten days visit to New Y ork.,
A College Town.
proprietors of the new town of Elkins
in Randolph county, w. Va, among their
other efforts to build it up are making lib
eral offers to religious denominations tt
build colleges there. They have offered thu
Baptists $50, 0OOin money and land to buil(
a college there, and have now offered tht
Pres byterians $4,000 in money and q
acres ofland to do the same thing. This
field is one in which Lexington Presbytery
has done very successful missionary worl
and built several churches. The offer likt
that to the Baptists is that the deIomina