Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-12-30

i Personal.
r. L. Parish and wife of Covington, were
in the city last week.
Michael Dineen, Esq. is off for holi.
day outing to Washington and Baltimore.
Capt John Donovan of Clifton Forge,
spent few days in the city last week.
Miss Sallie Grattan has gone to Charlotte
N. e., to visit her aunt, Mrs Robertson.
L. K. Huff, Esq, of Waynesboro, was in
the city Monday on business.
] Hon. Jas. L. Gordon of New York, is on
a brief visit to his brother, A. e. Gordon.
Miss Fannie Kent Harrison, daughter of
Hon. Geo. NJ. Harrison of the Supreme
Court, is in Louisville visiting friends.
Geo. II. Bell, student at the University
of Va was amongst his friends in the city
this week
Miss Pearl Bradford of Preston. Iowa, is
visiting friend and relatives on Whiskey
Creek near Churchville.
Miss Judith W. Barksdale of Halifax Co.,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. e. Morton. on
| NOrtn COalter st.
Mr.. Guy Cochran, formerly of this city,
but now of Baltimore. is on briet visit to
relatives here.
| Capt. r. N. Poindexter of the Augusta
Military Academy, has gone to his home IN
Bedford City, for the holiday season.
Miss Mary Miller. who has been listing
Nrc oil in Richmond for
some time past, has returned home.
Mr. James Young of Richmond, is visit
| ing his sister, Mrs. Edward Echols, on East
Beverly street.
| Mr.. S. A. Wilson, who suffered paraly-
| tic stroke some weeks ago, has sufficiently
recovered to resume his business.
| Mrs. Thomas 3. Woodward has gone to
Washington to spend the holidays with her
mother.
Miss Dora Mcpherson of Louisville, KY,
sister of Mrs. R. G. Blair of this county, is
visiting relatives in this city.
Mr.. II. B. Miller, editor of the Harrison
burg Free Press, with his wife and daugh-
ter, was in the city last week on his way to
Richmond.
Miss Nan Cooke, who has been studying
music in Baltimore for several months
past, has returned to Staunton for the holt
days.
Louis Peck, who is student at the Ohio
State University, and his sister, Miss Jennie
Mae Peck, are with their parents at Mont
gomery Hail. for their Christmas holidays.
Miss Alma Scheffer and Miss Beatrice
Atkins, students at the Bacon Institute.
Hagerstown. Md, are spending the holidays
| at their homes here.
Prof. j. II. Bader and family left on
| Thursday last for McGaheysville where
they will spend the holidays with Mr..
| Bader's mother.
T. A. Blackford, instructor in military
tactics and mathematics at Cheltelham
Academy. Pa, is spending his Christmas
vacation with his father in this city.
| Miss Bessie Summerson, who is teaching
| in the Fredericksburg Home and School. is
spending the midwinter holidays with her
parents in this city.
Col Robert Catlett of Lexington, the
| OldIu 1uu0l Oudlu ~ VI PoiU "h oAA1
cial visit to Valley Lodge Monday night
and made very pleasant address to the
lodge after the election of officers.
j. T. Harris. who has for long time
| been with Witt, Burke 81 Co., recently re-
signed his position there and left last week
for Collinsville, Va, where he has accept.
| ed position.
Mr. Langly Heyden of Baltimore, for
merly resident OF this city, has resigned a
position he has held for some time with the
B. & o. Ry. to accept position as book
keeper with the Baltimore Traction Go.
"A. Baylor, Esq, whose home is near
Churchville. who was hurt by being thrown
from his buggy some weeks ago, has. we are
glad to say, so far recovered as to be again
ON our streets.
Dennis Brown and wife returned on Sat
| urday evening last from Richmond. where
Mrs Brown has been for several weeks,
visiting her brother who has been quite ill,
but who was considerably improved when
they left.
JAS G. Meek of Charlottesville, Ind, ar
rived here few days ago to visit friends in
| this county. 1t is forty-one years since Mr..
Meek left Va. He is a brother of Mrs. j.
r. Harris of this city and Of the Misses
Meek of Raphine.
David L. Fultz son of our Mayor, A. H.
Fultz, who is student at Brown UNIVERSE
| ty, r. l., is at home for the holidays. Our
young townsman has recently become noted
as sne Of the most distinguished of college
athletes. and as a foot ball player has pro-
| badly no superior in the United States, but
with these to his credit, he has that other
| distinction OF high class standing.
Mai. A. Y. Lee and daughter, Miss Mamie
Lee. who have been in ill health for some
time, have gone-the former to lower Cali
fornia and the latter to Hot Springs, Ark
for the winter. Maj. Lee is now living in
Pittsburg, Pa, but was formerly resident
and we'll known architect of this eli ty.
| Barclay Crawford, son of the late Hugh
John Crawford and Mrs. Mary Crawford.
so long connected with the Mary Baldwin
Seminary, is in Staunton on visit to his
relatives and friends. after an absence Of q
years. So little has he changed that some
of his old acquaintances recognized him at
once Mr.. Crawford is now living in Indi-
anna.
MI l.. F. Alley of Clifton Forge, was in
the city last week, and whilst here ordered
the SPECTATOR AND INDICATOR to be sent
him for year. Mr.. Alley is the son of.
Richard Alley SO we'll and favorably known
| to many of our people, who was an old war
time locomotive engineer and ran from
Stanton to Millboro in those days. Many
time has Uncle Dick as he was called,
picked up the present editor of this paper,
when a boy, and taken him on his engine to
| Millboro and back, which pleasure he still
remembers as one of his chief boyish de-
| lights. Mr.. Alleys father, himself and