Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-06-24
PERSO N A Z.
WHEREABOUTS AND MOVEMENTS OF PEG
PIT T. THAT VOJr KNOW.

National Bank, returned ON Monday nigh
from his Western vacation trip, which ex
tended as far as Salt Lake City. At Sal
Lake City he met Mr.. W. Arthur Wilson o
Augusta, who is practicing law there ant
has an Office in the same building witt
Hon. Samuel A. Merritt, formerly OF Au
gusta. MI. Merritt, who belongs to tn
Straight Out Democrats, had left for thu
convention at Chicago. MI. McGufil
witnessed the departure for Chicago of tn
'tTuscarora Club an organization O.
stLiberal'' Democrats. They wore beavers
and each man carried a striped umbrella O.
red, white and blue. On their special Cal
was nailed a large imitation OF silver dol
lar, and Oh top Of the locomotive was al
immense red, white and blue umbrella. They
were very enthusiastic and demonstrative
and had two fights before their car left
Mr.. McGufiin thinks of all the great West
ern cities Salt Lake City is the most re-
markatle, and its Mormon temple with its
trained choir Of five hundred people and it,
audience Of ten thousand people, is one O.
clC lIlOOU LII CllC w W y
Mr.. MEG uffin has been absent in the West
ern cities since June 5th, and had most
delightful trip.
MI. J. T. Booz, who made fine repu
tation as a writer on the WayneSbort
Times, has passed his examination before
the judges and been admitted to the Lar
He is associated with MI. D. S. Henkel at
WayneSboro. They are counsel for the
banking firm of Rosenberger d Shirley, and
Mr.. Booz. who was here this week, says he
thinks compromise with the creditors
will soon he effected, and that the creditors
will receive their checks for the amount
agreed upon-30 cents in the dollar.
At the commencement exercises OF }Oa-
noke College, the degree Of Master of Arts
was conferred on Paul Sieg of Churchville,
Augusta county, and on Rev. G. Armand
Miller of Salem, q native of Staunton-bOth
of the class of 1887. A Second Distinction
average grade so to So was won by L.
Hogshead of Arbor Hill, Augusta county.
These are in addition to the honors men-
toned last week as won by Staun ton and
Augusta students.
Mrs. M. 3. Starck and Miss F. Starck of
Texas, who have been stopping at the Viz
ginia Hotel, left for New York last Thurs
day. Miss Starck discovered at the G. 4
o. depot that she had lost very valua-
BILE diamond ring. AS the train was in
sight she could only send word of her loss
to her hotel. The ring was safely forward
ed to her. She had, as ladies often do, re-
moved it to put on her gloves, and laid it in
the parlor window where it was found.
The expedition for the relief of 1t. Peary
in the Arctic regions, will sail from Phila-
delphia in a few days. There were ru.
mors that 1t. P. had been seen in Green.
land, and that his wife had arrived in Den
mark Oh whaling vessel, but they are
doubtless only rumors. No letter to any
such effect has been received by Mrs. T.
0. Heydenrich of this city. who is an aunt
of Mrs. Peary.
MI. J. T. Edd1ns of Highland, the work
man who has been lying at the Highland
House slowly recovering from the effects
of wound in his throat, under the care of
DR.. A. M. Henkel, is how out of danger.
Strange to say, he has no recollection what
ever of how he received his wound. His
wife has been faithfu lly nursing him during
his illness.
The Richmond Dispatch of Sunday says
"Miss Clara Palmer of GreenvIlle, Angus
TIA county, Va. who has been pupil at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music in Balti-
more and has won distinguished reputation
as pianist, gave an exhibition of her mus
ical skill before few of her Richmond
friends yesterday at the Academy of Mus
ic'7
At the Washington & Lee University
ball. the ladies from Staunton were Miss
Anna Cotton, china silk; Miss Bumgard
ner, blue silk; Miss Rosa Witt, blue null
Miss Leila McCorkle, white tuIle over silk
and Miss Steptoe, white null. The Staun
ton and Augusta men present were J. Lewis
Bumgardner, E. E. and Hugh Sproul, J. B
Ransom and S. B. Avis.
The Alexandria Sun Of Monday Afternoon
has the following: ''Mr. S. T. Shuman, faith
Ell of Mrs. w. r. Whittelsy of this city
died suddenly in Staunton on Wednesday
last, and was buried at Middleburg MI
Shuman was for a number of years resi-
dent of Alexandria, and was an artist by
profession. +"
Col. VIM. A. Turk, formerly of Staunton
has been appointed Assistant General Pas
senger Agent of the Richmond & Danville
Ry. in place Of MI. James L. Taylor who
resigned the position of General Passenger
Agent. Col. Turk has been for some years
a Passenger Agent of the road with head
quarters at Raleigh, n. G.
MI. Hugh NJ. McIlhany, Jr., who wo1
such high honors at Washington Il Let
University, went from Lexington at thu
close of the commencement exercises, tt
Knoxville, Tenn, to attend the session Of
the summer Y. M. C. A. school there;
school similar to that of MI. Moody il
Connecticut.
The Woodstock Herald noticing the fac
that Mr.. Jno. D. Locke for several years
connected with that office, has left to tax,
position with the Valley Mutual Insur
ance Company Of Staunton, says: 1.-THE
Insurance Company can never secure The
services of a more thoroughly honest ant
upright person."
Miss Mamie Tate of the Augusta Fe.
male Seminary Faculty. her two sisters ant
Miss Janet Woods, left for Washington
city last Monday, and were joined on tn
way down by Miss Wright Of the Seminary
They will visit Mt. Vernon and return
next Monday.
The thanks of the public are due tn
Western Union Telegraph Co. who mos
generously furnished free of cost the con
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