Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-14
The Social Week In Stauuton.

fCorreSrondcncs OF tue klchIhoHI Duspe'0n-l
SrAUXToS, Va, May 13.-Aliss Lena Bell
and Miss Eva IyTec have returned from
quite long visit TO friends III New lorA.
! Hiss Iyrep also went up TO Newton, fash
ionable environ of Boston, and was there
the guest of Mss Isabelle Shlnn, who Is
| very pnpular with a wide circle OF TRENDS
made during her visits here.
Miss Mary Funkhouser has returned
from Roanoke. whore she has been LOT
several weeks past as ;ne guest oil ner slSier'
Mrs. Cora Ferguson.
bers OF the local bar, has been spending
the winter IN the South for his health and
is expected bnck about the lst OF June.
Captaln Lewis Harman. formerly OF this
city and a brother of Hon. Asher W. Har-
man, State Treasurer, Is mentioned by the
| Clifton Forge Vpy'Hian as "A highly-aNAii-
able man to be selected as the mayor OF
the Virclula Pittsburg. Mr.. Harmans
election will be q source Of eradication TO
tho many friends in hls old home.
Captain Garrett Il. GOoch, after quite
| severe aud protracted case OF 10 grippe Is
out oa the streets again Gnd Is warmly
! greeted by HIS friends.
Mrs. Flora Stuart widow or GeueraI
stuart and principal OF the Virginia emaie
Institute III this city. has received an IN
| yitatson 10 be present at the ceremonies OF
! the roiuterment Of the remains Of Mr.. DAVIS
| ot Richmond on the G0tA and replied: II
| would be a sad pleasure 10 be present. az
! the reinterment Of the body OF our chief,
| bu; find II impossible
Miss Estaile Asst. of "EdGewood," VINO
| has been Of Charlottesville several weeks
! the guest OF her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
| 0. Hudson. has returned to this city, ac-
companied by her cousin, Mr.. Arthur mud
Eon. Charles T. O'Ferrall, who was in
the oity tins week attending the memorial
services OF the Augusta Memorial Assocla-
ron, was the guest while IL the city OF
Mr. Philip II. Trout.
Mrs. j. Ii. Jobson, OF Salem, who has
been visiting friends IN this city, has re-
turned 10 Ter home.
Mss Evelyn Kinney has returned from
Washington. where she was the guest OF
Misses Viola and Augustine Davis.
Dir. HllhOuse Buell., OF Asheville, n. e.,
is IN tho city visiting his cousin, Dr. b. NJ.
Atkinson. -,
Mr. aud Mrs. Thomas c. Kinney nee Miss
Caroline Hancock Johnson, OF New Or-
leans have returned to their home in this
city after wedding journey 10 Chicago
! and Old Point.
Captain Edward NJ. Moon, who went on
| 20 New York 10 witness the International
naval review, has returned home.
The Rev. W. j. l.. Cox, pastor OF the
| Stanton Baptist church, was III Lurey
| TINS week assisting the Rev. Mr. Quarles
/ Ia aprotracted meeting there.
| Mrs. Charles vi. ZIrkle. OF Franklin
street. Richmond, Is IL the city visiting
! her parenta, Alr. and Mrs. Rufus Timber
! lakc. on uorthsCoa.ter street.
| lion. James Lindsay Cor lOnspent several
DAYS N the clty tins week with his bio-
| ther. Mr. \. G. Gordon.
Mrs.. }. T.. Mitchell. OF RadfOrd, who has
/ 1 a. D.. 80 3D. 4rs.fr a.. IN, thta e1t u
returned 20 Ter home.
Mr. \. p. Clarke. Of Richmond. spent
| Wednesday here.
| Mas Mary LYONS is in Ronceverte. w.
! Va. the guest of her cousin. Miss Fannie
| Eagau.
Mrs. Charles w. Parker, of Charlottes-
! vile. who has been the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Jul.st 4. Asst, has returned home.
President Robert A. BucSner. OF the
Roanoke City Council, spent several days
here this weeA.
Cochran are slght-3ee.ng IN Washington.
MAJOR J. Ogden Murray. editor OF the
Shenandoah Cay Argus, was III the city
this week.
James ". Blackburn are III Norfolk repre-
senting our LEGAL Oneida Tribe of Red
Men at the Grand council meeting In the
CITY by the bea.
Mss Ann Macill Tauntelrov, of this city,
who is engaged IN one Of the government
departments Mt Washington. spent several
DAYS here last week with her mother, Mrs.
| A. n. 11ntleroy.
lessrs. William A. Pratt, S;riblinS Mar
shall. and Charles Foyver, of this county,
have been authorized BY the County Court
OF hbcmarle 70 apply for license TO prac-
tice law IN Virginia.
Evidence goes TO show that the "drys"
| Will wage another war against the "wets "
here some TIME this summer. They have
Just begun the publication of an eight-page
! journal which Is handsomely gotten UP
and promises to do servlceable work IN
behalf of the "drys."
At the annual meeting of the Young
Mems Christian ASSOCIATION held this week
! tho following officers were elected for the
! ensuing year: President. James n. Mcfar-
| land Wee. Presidents. b. Frank Hughes,
Hugh 81. Mcllhany, Reeves Gait, Alexan-
| der +. Robertson. and Charles Z. Berry !:
Treasurer, ). 4. Alexander; Kecordlng
| Secretary. G. 7. Jordan, and Directors,
Henry D. Peek, X. Preston Landlord. Pey-
| ton LATHE. and julius j. Pruter..
| Mrs. Nettie 4. Mccormick. OF Chicago,
| widow of Hon. Cyrus II. Mccormick, the
| inventor of the Mccormick reaper and
! mower aud automatic sef-binder, Ia visit
ing Mr.. Walter Searson, In this county near
| Stecle's Tavern. III WAS on tulS larul luat
| Mr. Mccormick lived when he invented
the first power harvesting machine way
| back In tho ffties. Mr.. Mccormick fore
! saw that in the West were 10 be found the
great fields aud granaries OF the future,
aud tho fret ten reaping machines made
| here were taken Ga Richmond aud Norfolk
| in sailing vessels 10 New Orleans. and
thence up the Mississippi river to Indiana
and Illinois Mrs. Mccormick is arranging
Tor some improvements on the old shop
here. where tho first reaper vas butt and
operated, 10 preserve the historic old
building iron decay
Mr.. John Booker. formerly one OF the
prominent tobacco men on Cary street,
Richmond, - lying critically i'll az the
meass OF Hebron church, nea- this city, Of
which CHURCH his sthe Rev. J. T.. Book
or. IS pastor. Mr. Booker Is 10 his e5th
year and there is little hope OF his recoy-
cry. His two daughters. Mrs. William Z.
Dupuy. OF Roanoke, aud Mrs. Robert Dali
lev, OF komuoy. w. Va, are at their fathers
bedside. The Rev. MIR. Booker. on account
OF his fathers illness. was not present at
Abe Lexington Prcsbytery this week, nor
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