Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-21
ENTHUSIASM
stauuton's Social and Personal.

r,orrespondence OF tho Richmond DisDatch.1
SraUNrov, VA, May 20-The Rev. II. IL.
Mason has moved with his family TO Warm
Springs, in the hope that his failing health
NAV be improved. HIS condition is such
as to cause his friends the grayest appre-
tensions.
Cards are out for the marriage of Frank
NJ. Hanger. NJ. d.. of this city. and Miss
Martha Breck Mcdowell, of Richmond,
XIV. The ceremony will take place at
Christ church, Richmond. ky.., Tuesday,
Nav 23d. The bride-to-b is the lovely
daughter of Mrs. Belle Rodes Mcdowell,
and. though born Kontuckan. IS de-
scendant of that good old Scotch,lr,sh
stock of the Valley Of Virginia, k0des
and Mcdowell, which has furnished SO
many splendid men and elegant women TO
VIRGINIA and kentucky. DR.. Hanger. who
is nephew OF Hon. Marshall Hanger. was
recently resident of Richmond. Va, ana
practiced his profession in your city, be-
ING associated with DR.. Hunter McGuire.
He leaves tins evening for Kentucky.
Mrs. Lewis Hartman. of Clifton Forge,
who has for some weeks been the guest OK
her daughter. Mrs. Thomas 5. Doyle. IN
this city. left Monday TO visit friends III
Winchester
Mr. Dabney Trice, after pleasant visit
TO relatives in kentucky. Is IN the city
again.
Mr.. John NJ. Carroll. the Chesterfieldian
clerk at the Virginia Hotel. is taking,
long deferred and needed vacation. Mr;
and Mrs. Carroll are guests OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Il. c. Todd. at Mt. Solon.
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Donald, of this county,
one of the prominent men OF Buena vista
in its flush times. has gone to reside IN
Muncie. Ind. Mr.. Donald is a com bina-
tion of grace and grit. and II there are 10
4 oLo in fb1a ppntrQ Of In
diana's gas-felds he will get his share.
Mrs. Wallace z. Whitmore, OF }altl-
more. il in the city, the guest OF Misses
Carrie and May Crowle.
Mrs. Robert w. Burke left Thursday to
visit friends in Washington city.
Mr.. Henry ID. Peck left Monday. tor a
visit to Baltimore. accompanied by his
son. Mr.. LOUIS L. Peck.
Mrs. Robert j. Glendy. of Augusta. is IN 10
Roanoke visiting her sons, Messrs. ). L.
and G. K. Montgomery.
commemorative Meade F.
White has been sick at his home. IN this
city. for fortnight past.
Mr.. W. Newton Reed. of the United
States Railway Mail Service, IL spending
the week here with his father, Mr.. William
A. Reed.
Mrs. J. w. Newton, of this city. State
organizer for the Women 5 Christian lem
perance Union. addressed large audience
of ladies in Richmond on the objects OF
tho union IN the Third Presbyterian
church Thursday.
Messrs. j. Howard Wayt and William
Whooley were IN Roanoke during the week
looking after their holdings III the Magic
City. ..
Misses Katie and Ellen Danner left
Thursday TO visit their brother. MIR. q. h.
| banner. of Richmond.
Miss Emma SwItZer, who has been visit.
inc her sister i'll Osceola, Fla. returned
home Wednesday evening, bringing from
! the Land of Flowers en- interesting coliec-
| tion of the fora and fauna of the State.
| Miss Mamie WhOoley IS the guest OF
| friends IN Philadelphia. Miss Whooley
will remain North all summer.
There is probably no city in the State
where the citizens are more active IL
| church work than in Staunton. Each de
nomination takes great pride IN its church
( and church work and they vie with each
| other in church building and money
raising. Hardly a week passes but that
being held by the church people. They
have learned that the plan of garrotine
the pocket-books of young men II
the name of church charity Is bat
! in principle and policy, and theil
enterprises are on strict business princl
! pies.
Thursday evening the Methodists open
ed very handsome Columbian bazaar u
the new Undertake Building. on Beverly
street 1t was generously thronged by al
the denominations. and quite large SUI
was realized for the good cause. A pleas
ing feature Of the bazaar was tina
the ministers of the city were al
invited to be the guests Of the bazaar;man
agement, and sat down to richly-se
table to meet the Rev. J. II. Boyd. the ne'
pastor of the Methodist church: tn
Rev. II. f. Shealy. OF Christ Lutheran
church; the Rev. William Cumming, o
the Second Presbyterian church the Rev
Walter O. Huilihen. of Trinity Episcopa
church: the Rev. j. 3. Gardner. presldin:
elder OF this district. and the Rev. W.
E. Cox. of the Baptist church. The seen
itself was happy sermon from the text
Behold. how pleasant it is for brethrs
to dwell together In unity"
The Rev. j. ID. Donovan. OF the Unite
Brethren church, and the Rev. Mr.. Fraser
of the First Presbyterian church, were n
gretfuily and unavoidably absent.
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