Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-09-04
Personal,

! On Wednesday morning last, August 18th,
Henry Byers, of the Southern Railway, and
Miss Lizzie Murray, a young daughter OF
Chas. Murray, of Fifeville, Albemarle county,
eloped to North Carolina to be united in the
holy bonds of wedlock.
| l. Summerfield, of the Bankrupt Store, left
for New York Thursday morning to purchase
goods
Mr. Chas F. Nelson has determined, on ac-
count of business engagements, to withdraw
| as candidate for nomination for reelection
to the House of Delegates from Frederick
county, and leaves the field to Capt. ]. K.
Mccain, prominent and successful farmer,
and now President of the Agricultural Society
of that county.
Miss Alice NJ. Yost left last Thursday even
ing on the Chesapeake and Ohio express for
Jackson, La, where she will resume her
duties as musical instructor in the East
Feliciana Female Institute.
Mrs. E. NJ. Cushing eft on the C. & o. train
Wednesday morning for Culpeper, to visit her
brother, Carson Mccoy
Mr.. Robert Gray, son of the late Robert A.
Gray, of Harrisonburg, will be married to-
day, in the Presbyterian Church at Seven Mile
Ford in Smyth county, to Miss Elizabeth
Cummings Preston, who~was teacher in the
Valley Seminary at Waynesboro' last session.
On Wednesday picnic party from Lynch
burg was held at Fry's Spring near Charlottes-
vile, and during the day two of the party
Robert Leonard Daniel and Miss Lucy Mildred
Frankln-were married, in the parlor of
Wright's Hotel in Charlottesville, by Rev. F.
P. Robertson
Miss Matte Grattan, daughter of Judge
Chas Grattan, who has had several years ex-
perience as a teacher, left here Saturday to
teach in a female school at Marion, Smyth
county. Va.
Albert Hoge, son of Arista Hoge, City
Treasurer, went to Lexington Friday evening
to become cadet of the Virginia Military
Institute.
Whilst Senator John w. Daniel was here on
the occasion of delivering his admirable ad
dress to the Alumni Association of Duns-
more's Business College, he was the guest of
Capt Thos. D. Ransom at his suburban resi-
dence-"Oakenwold."
Miss Sarah Ruckman, daughter of Mr.. D.
V. Ruckman of Long Glade, this county, re-
turned home on last Wednesday after paying
an extended visit to relatives and friends in
the neighborhood of Mcdowell. Highland
county.
On Sunday of last week, Rev. Robert Flem-
ing of Lynchburg, a native of Highland
county, preached morning and evening, IN
the Presbyterian Church in Monterey, and
whilst there he and his wife and daughter
were the guests of L. H. Stephenson, Esq.
Mrs. J. H. Smith, of Hinton, w. Va, ar
rived here Saturday on visit to her mother,
Mrs. N. C. Weaver on Richardson street.
Miss Fannie Matthews left Monday on a
visit to friends in Richmond
DR.. Smith, president of Randolph Macon
church Sunday night.
DR.. George W. Robinson, of New York. is |
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Subett on
West Frederick street.
Rev. J. A. Thrasher, of Waynesboro,
preached at East End chapel at 240 P NJ,
Sunday, and at West End at o'clock Sunday
night.
R. H. Martin, city editor of the News, left |
Monday morning over the Baltimore and |
Ohio road on visit to New Jersey, Washing |
ton, Baltimore and Norfolk.
VIM. E. Craig and Turner K. Hackman |
have united in partnership in the practice of !
law.