Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-06-29
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WHEREABOUTS AND MOVEMENTS OF PEG
PIE THAT YOU KNOW.
Miss Glenn Atkinson of Staunton, wa
one OF the bridesmaids at the marriage i
Baltimore Tuesday of her relative. Rev
Geo. w. Lay of Concord. N. H., (son Q
the late Bishop Lay of Md..) to Miss Ann
b. Balch, daughter of Rear Admiral Balct
U. S. n. The wedding took place at II 3
A. M. in the P. E. church of St. Michae
and All Angels. The bridesmaids wer
dressed in white organdie, with large white
hats. They and the bride carried punches
of white sweet peas.
At the joint celebration of the Dialecti
and Cadet Literary Societies of the V. M
l., at Lexington on Saturday, the medals
received their medals which, says CORES
pondent of the Richmond Dispatch, 'wer
presented by Mr.. L. w. H. Peyton, OF
Staunton, Jackson-Hope medalist, class O
1898, ia a most graceful presentation
Speech Mr.. Peyton also made the speech
presenting one Of the swords to the cadet
captains.
Among the patents issued in Washing.
ton Tuesday, were the following: Johr
A. Marley, assignor Of three-fifths to J
q. Carpenter, J. A. Roberts. J. L. Duncan
and J. C. King, Clifton Forge, Va, Hosea
F. Maxim, Norfolk, Va, thermal alarm
James Q. Mitchell, Stuart IS Draft, assignol
one-half to Sc. Rankin. Basic City, Va.
car-coupling.
Cards have been issued by Mr.. and Mrs.
T. r. SJricklette, Of Vanceburg, KY, for
the marriage in the M. E. Church, South,
there on Tuesday, July 3rd, at P. NJ,
of their daughter. Miss Nsttie Bryan
Stricklette to Prof. Walter w. Robertson,
President of the Wesleyan Female Insti-
tute, Staunton. MI. and Mrs. Robertson
will be at home at the W. T. l., on Thursday
after August LIST. Miss Stricklette was
the music teacher at the Institute last
session, and is lady Of remarkable per-
sonal beauty.
Orange Observer: ssMiss Hodge Davies,
recently appointed to the chair of Anglo
Saxon and English Literature in the Au-
gusta Female Seminary Miss Baldwin S
SCHOOL, in Staunton, has recently gradual
ed under an old Orange boy, Prof. R. H.
Willis, of the Arkansas University. This
is compliment to Southern scholarship,
as she was preferred to the candidates from
Cornell, Vassar, and other prominent
Northern colleges. She is said to be high
ly accomplished young lady,"
B. Frank Eakle, proprietor; G. f.
Adams Of Baltimore. manager; W. H.
Barrett of Baltimore. chief clerk; W..
Starke Burke Of Staunton. assistant clerk;
J. II. Carpenter of Clifton Forge, night
clerk, and J. Wilson Splitter of Staunton,
book-keeper. are the staff of the Eakleton
Hotel, which will open On the 4th of July.
A paragraph going the rounds to the eff
feet that Dr. Chertsey Hopkins OF Warm
Springs, has ''accepted position on the
medical staff at the Western State Hospi-
tall is an error. The Board of the Hos
pital that elects to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of Dr.. Haynes,
does not meet until July 18th.
Mr.. Fl. B. Niche, formerly of this city,
and later of Charlottesville. has rented the
Kenmore" school building at Amherst G.
H., and will, with his family, reside there.
Rev. Robert Douglass Roller, rector Of
st. Johns 2. E. church at Charleston, Ka-
nawha, was made Doctor Of Divinity by
the West Virginia University last week.
MI. G. c. Wholey, son of MI. VIM. Who
Jo,, Oh Hill Ga1Iana
this session, a gold medal for the best En-
glish essay. and another for proficiency
in chemistry and physics.
1t is said that MI. Samuel Spencer, a
former President Of the Valley Railroad,
will be President Of the Richmond & Dan
vile system under it's reorganization.
Miss Stephanie Metz, formerly Of the
Augusta Female Seminary Faculty, is
giving lessons in conversational French
and German at the University of Virginia
this summer.
MI. Herbert J. Taylor, formerly Assist
ent Secretary Of the Y. M. C. A. here, and
later, Congressman fuckers private Sec
rotary, graduated at the Law School of the
SOlQiAlpld ~ ulfCAoluy dU w dOuli1SUOtl. ido
week.
Rev. W. J. E. Cox announces that that
excellent sheet, The Augusta Bap-
fist, of which he is editor, will be publish
ed until September, and not discontinued
as had been anticipated.
Warrenton Index: ''Aliss E. G. Vein
Ell OF Staunton, is at her Fauquier home
for much needed rest from arduous duties
pertaining to the scholastic year,
Pocahontas, W. Va, letter in Highland
Recorder: "Mr. J. L. r. Dysard, of this
place, went ali the way to Staunton to see
Spiller hanged, and then did not get to see
him."
Among the guests at the Alumni dinner
at the Washington & Lee finals were Jas.
A. Glasgow, and II. L. Hoover of Staun-
ton, and Rev. J. A. Thomas, Of Shema-
Tiah.
Clifton Forge Virginian: Miss Fan
ME Bell of Staunton, is visiting Mrs, r.
I'll. Jones. MI. J. s. Denton OF Staunton,
an engineer Oh the B. & o., is visiting his
sister, Mrs. d. B. HYDE
Scottsvilie Courier: Miss Retta Ham
ilton, a charming young lady of Augusta
county. Va, is the guest Of the Misses
Pitts this week"
Waynesborc Sentinel: Judge Lyman
ChaIkley, of the County Court. was in the
city Friday, the guest of T. II. Antrim.
ESQ.,"
Mr.. Louis Z. Peck returned on Satur-
day from the Johns Hopkins Hospital
where he underwent successful surgical
operation.
Luray Courier: "Miss Annie Grayson.
who has been teaching near Fishersville
Augusta county, returned home last Tues
day evening"
Messrs. M. F. White and W. E. CRAIG