Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-06-19
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lotion. Miss Mildred Lee regrets no
eing present, but she will sail for Europ
before the date of the reunion. She wOul
gladly delay her trip to meet the veteran
here, but her health demands that sh
| should sail as soon as possible. y
Rockbridge News: "Mr. Arista Hog
of Staunton, spent several days in tow
this week with his son, who is a cadet a
the V. MI. Mrs. Maria w. Pratt ant
Miss Nettie Pratt of Staunton, and Mis-
Lily Nichols of Petersburg, are the guest
of Mrs. E. W. Nichols. Miss Margaret,
Smith of Augusta county, is visiting he
sister, Mrs. M. M. Sterritt.''
Charlottesville Progress: "He (Mr. W
A. Bowles) is man of the highest charac
ter, of indefatigable energy and of pleasing
address. We congratulate the Board upor
its selections of Mr.. Bowles, believing that
| his administration of that office will prove
the wisdom of its choice. There are few
better all-round men in Virginia than Will
liam A. Bowles.
On Saturday, Mrs. and Mr.. Josiah Lowe
Blackwell, Miss Honora Blackwell, MI. and
Mrs. Douglas Duer, DR.. Boiling Barton,
B. Howell Griswold Jr., and w. Irvine
Cross all of Baltimore arrived here on
wheels. They trained it as far as Hagers-
town and then wheeled it to Staunton.
They left for the National Bridge.
Brownsburg letter in Rockbridge News
''Miss Sallie Jones and Mr.. lack Gold of
! Basic City, are visiting friends in and
around Brownsburg. Misses Ella and
Virginia Leckey of Messy Greek, Augusta
county, are visiting their uncle, Mr.. VIM.
Wade, of this place"
Prof. T. r. Webb, Capt. Jas. Bumgard-
ner, Fitzhugh Elder, r. P. Bell, G. L.
Cooke. ST.. of Staunton, and Geo. Beall of
Cumberland, Md, left here Wednesday
morning for Traveller S Repose on fishing
expedition.
Lexington Gazette: "NIiss Baker of
Staunton, is the guest of Miss Nettie Wad-
dell. Miss Matte Wayt of Staunton. is a
guest at 1.-THE Pines.'' Miss Ida Middle
ton of Staunton, is the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. g. II. Burgess.
Dr. James Johnston who has been prac-
ticing dentistry in this city for over forty
years and whose health Of late had been poor
is at the Kings Daughters Hospital.
The trustees of the Port Republic,
Rockingham, graded school have elected Mr..
Walter Whitmore, Principal, and one of
the teachers elected is Miss Willie Reed
who has been teaching in Waynesboro for
the past three years.
President c. I. Jordan of the Agricul-
tural College of New Mexico. returned
home last week. He was enthusiastic over
that country and it's future, and he said the
people of the East very far underrate the
social advantages of life IN New Mexico.
Dispatch Roanoke letter Of Friday: ''Su-
perintendent T. S. Doyle, of the D., ID. &
B. Institution. at Staunton, arrived here
this morning with number of pupils Of
that institution, who were en- route fol
their homes to spend the vacation"
Highland Recorder ''Dr. I. H. Trim
bic and wife left Tuesday to spend week
with friends in Augusta county. Misses
Leila and Maude Floyd of Parnassus. Au-
gusta county, are the guests of Mrs. Tom
Slaven, of this place."
Among the Stauntonians who are attend
ing the Washington & Lee commencement
are MI. Jos. A. Glasgow, MI. Baldwin
Ransom and Miss Fontaine Ransom. The
last two made the trip to Lexington on
horseback.
Mr.. o. W. Wilkinson, well known
Englishman, for twenty years resident Of
the county, was committed to the W. S.
Hospital, Friday, having been adsudged
insane by Justices Churchman, Merrikin
and Mccoy.
WaynesborO Sentinel: MRS. A. r.
Laird, who has been visiting her parents,
Mrs. and Mrs. B. J. Craig, near town, re-
turned Wednesday to her home in Front
Royal"
Rockingham Register, ''Miss Mary
Miller is IN Staunton this week, the guest
of Miss Mary Gait. Mrs. j. FL. Van Pelt,
of Staunton, is visiting Mrs. VIM. H. Bill
himer.''
w. c. Geiger, V. M. I. graduate, and
Jos. Lushbaugh, have been elected LIST and
End Iieutenants of the Baker Rifles in place
of J. Lewis Bumgardner and VIM. A. Pratt,
resigned.
Buchanan Banner: Mrs. j. w. Gibson
and family, who have been visiting in
Augusta county, returned home the first
of the week"
The Washington & Lee Alumni Associa-
ton at it's Lexington meeting, elected
Capt. T. D. Ransom President for the en-
suing year.
Woodstock Herald: "Mr. M. D. Lin
damood. of Cave Station, Augusta county,
is visiting her parents, MI. and Mrs. Peter
Supinger, of north Main street.
Mr.. A. Stuart Baldwin lately so ill in
Kentucky is sufficiently recovered to visit
his brother in-law Mr.. w. P. Tams, at
whose home he now is.
Mr.. Walter L. Kerr, formerly a teacher
at Rollers Military Academy was married
a few days ago in Botetourt to Miss Maude
Early, teacher.
VIM. L. VICAR, who was picked up near
Basic City. suffering from mania, and
afterwards sent to his home at Mt. Scion
has been committed to the insane asylum.
Franklin, W. Va, Review: "Miss jose
phine Dice, daughter of L. M. Dice of Au-
gusta county, is visiting relatives in this
place."