Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-04-27
Staunton vindicator
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 27, 1894.
LOCAL.
Pc r SON AL.

WHEREABOUTS AND MOVEMENTS OF PEG
PIE THAT YOU KNOW.
The Richmond Dispatch, speaking of
piano recital given by Miss Clara Belle
Palmer at the residence of Mr.. w. L. d.
Saussure in that city on Tuesday evening,
says miss Palmer is most graceful per
former, and her manner is entirely FREE
from affectation. Her technique is good
but the chief beauty of her playing is the
poetic feeling which comes from her heart
This makes certain pathetic passages
sound like revelation. Miss Palmer has g
brilliant future.
Polk Miller who took Staunton by storm
with his lecture on the old Virginia Negro
at the Opera House, lectures in Danville
tonight, and at Durham, N. c., to-mor.
row night. He has every night engaged
from May 3rd, to May 3Oth, and on that
date which is the unwilling Of the Statue
at Richmond to the Confederate private
soldiers and sailors, he appears at the Rich
mond Theater.
A Washington letter Of Monday says
Representative Tucker returned from
Winchester this morning. He went there
Friday with his father, Hon. John Ran.
dolph Tucker, who was quite sick then.
but who is much improved to-day and has
gone back home.''
Charlottesville Progress Monday after
noon-"Mrs. F. F. Sterrett, of Augusta
county. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. j.
E. Irvine, on Park street. Mrs. S. T. Nc
Cullough, of Staunton, who has been visit
ing at Pantops, and at Mrs. J. E. Irvine S,
of this city. returned home Saturday"
The term of Lieut.. John A. Hartman,
18th U. S. Cavalry, formerly Of Augusta
county, as drill instructor at the Blacks
burg College, will expire with this session,
and he will return to his command. 1t is
thought Lieut.. D. G. Shanks now station
ed in Texas will succeed him.
Miss Lizzie Pasco of Florida, who is a
graduate of the Virginia Female Institute
here, represented Florida in the tableau of
States at the Confederate Veteran Reu-
MON at Birmingham, Ala, this week. She
is daughter of U. s. Senator Pasco, of
Florida.
Mr.. Mat. M. Fletcher. formerly of this
city, has just been promoted to the posi-
ton of book keeper with the John Vie
land Brewing Co., in San Francisco. This
is Mr.. Fletcher's fourth promotion since
he has been with the company, and his
Staunton friends will be glad to hear of his
success.
Mr.. N. L. Blakemore of Tenth Legion,
Rockingham, one of the best Informed men
in the Valley, was in the city yesterday.
He has been in several counties, and thinks
the wheat crop will not he more than half
the usual one.
Miss Lula Carrie Matthews, in Music.
and Miss Charlye Louise Wheatly, in Elo-
cution, two members of the Augusta Fe-
male Seminary graduating class, will give
recital there tonight.
Clifton Forge Virginian IS. Brown Al
len and family will remove to Staunton
next Tuesday. Col. Allen and his family
have been living in our city for some time
and have made numerous friends who will
regret their departure.
Mrs. Catharine Sibert, formerly of
Bridgewater, but more recently with her
son-in-law, MI. George Hamilton in this
city, was paralyzed on Monday last.
Judge Shepherd of Buena Vista, who is
spoken of for the Congressional nomina-
ton in this district, and Mr.. w. T. Shields
of Lexington, were at the Virginia Hotel
yesterday.
Mr.. n. M. Cartmell of Lexington, had
one Of his eyes extracted by Dr.. Frazier,
Wednesday. He is at the Virginia Hotel.
with his daughter, Miss Katie Cartmell,
and is doing well.
At the Baltimore Training School Of Flo
cution, of which Miss Haughwout is Prin-
cipal, on the evening of the 18th inst, Miss
Jennie Mae Peck of Staunton, recited A.
C. Gordon7s touching story 1.-The Pinch
town Pauper."
Mrs. A. A. Cone, widow of the late A.
A. Cone, who was for SO many years a
leading jeweler of Staunton has, with Mrs.
B. J. Shirley, purchased double dwelling
near the Baptist church in Waynesboro.
Rockbridge News-''Mrs. Sally Lane of
Staunton, widow of Rev. DR.. Edward
Lane, missionary to Brazil, and her daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Lane, were the guests
Of Mrs. A. ID. Campbell during the past
week"
Buena Vista Advocate-"Miss Marie
Wegener and Mrs. Maslin, of the Augusta
Female Seminary at Staunton, were in the
city several days this week visiting Mrs.
Ambrose Timberlake.
The Messrs. J. T.. and J. E. Cooke,
whom we regret to lose from the profess
sion, have sold the Waynesboro Sentinel to
MI. w. Lee Hanger, who will take posses
sion May LIST.
Norfolk -''Chairman W. w.
Gibbs, Of the Prohibition party in Virginia,
arrived here yesterday and will take part
in the prohibition meetings at the Acad'
envy of Music next week.
Commonwealth S Attorney, Meade E.
White, returned from his professional
trip to Kentucky on Monday last in time
for his duties in the County Court.
The Democratic nominee for Common
wealth's Attorney in Roanoke, is Judge
w. S. Gooch, brother OF Garrett G.
Gooch, of Stanton.
MI. W. W. Brennaman, who married in
this city and has many friends here, is pub
fishing the Graham Headlight, (which has
been moved to Pocahontas, in Southwest
Virginia), for its absent owner, Q. S. Min
lister Smythe.
Suffolk Progress Mrs. P. Y. Bumgard-
ner, of Staunton. delivered vocal solo in
The Methodist church Sunday in very az
tistic Manner
Gen. John Echols and his wife arrived
here on Saturday evening from Louisville
Nv. Gen. E. returned to Louisville Tues
49,, ond Mrs. EchOlS went to Norfolk to