Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
Personal.

| Mr.. and Mrs Edward S. Sublett have return
ed from visit to West Va.
Rev. James Adkins, of Brooklyn, N. Y, il
visiting his mother in Staunton.
| Miss Dora Germ, of Texas. is visiting Miss
Fannie Peck at Montgomery Hall.
Miss Anna Bell, of Bath county, is the guess
| of s. D. Timberlake, on Lewis street.
Miss Kate May will spend the vacation at the
home of her father, Mr.. Geo. W. May.
Mr.. David Young, of Louisville, KY, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Edward Echols.
Both the groom and bride are deaf mutes
and graduates of the D. D. & B. Institution.
Judge VIM Mclaughlin attended the Scotch
Irish Congress at Harrisburg, Pa, last week.
Mrs. Warden, of Berryville, is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Andrew Bowling, at Sherwood. y
Miss Lottie Fauber. of Waynesboro, is the
guest of Miss Bessie Whitlock, on Richardson
street.
Mrs ]. c. Withrow and her daughter Miss
Louise are absent from this city visiting
friends.
of several weeks in Roanoke, has returned to
her home.
Misses Annie Elder and Bessie Hullihen
have gone to Norfolk to spend part of their
vacation.
Miss Matte Grattan has returned to Staun-
ton. after year of successful teaching at
Marion, Va.
Mr. julius G. Scheffer, of this city, is one OF
the Committee to notify Mckinley of his
nomination.
Mr.. Arista Hoge, Treasurer of Staunton,
visited his son at the Virginia Military Insti-
tute last week.
Rev. Weston R. Gales passed here Monday
night on his way to Millboro to hold an evan
gelistic meeting.
Mrs. Jas. Ker, Jr., left last week for Variety
Springs where she has, for several years,
spent the summer.
Mr.. J. n. Lindsay, editor of the Charlottes-
vile Progress. went to Highland county last
week on a visit to rel atives and friends.
Miss Fannie Brown, daughter of Rev. G. G.
Brown of Keezletown, Rockingham county,
is visiting Miss Efie Butcher on Vine street.
Capt. Charles Berkeley, commandant of a
military academy in Levenworth, Kansas, is
in the city visiting his father, Carter Berkeley.
Miss Muriel Powers who was pupil at the
Mary Baldwin Seminary during the past year,
has returned to her fathers home in Towson,
Md.
Misses Lucy and Evelyn Young, with their
little sisters, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Echols at her home on East Beverly
street.
Mr.. Baldwin, of Elizabethtown, KY, Broth
er-in-law of W. P Tams, is spending some
time with the latter at his home on Augusta
street.
Mr.. John A. Preston. recently nominated
for prosecuting attorney for Greenbrier coun.
ty. W. Va. spent Saturday with his wife in
Staunton.
Misses Glen and Margaret Atkinson are
visiting at haywood the suburban residence
of their uncle, Maj. Rob't Dooley of Rich
mond, Va.
Mr.. I. S. Humbert, late teacher in the blind
department of the D. D. & B. Institution,
qualified in the Hastings Court last week, to
practice law
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing Cockrell, after short
wedding trip are spending their honey moon
at Mr.. L. E. Williams's They will sail for
Europe on the 9th.
At Steele's Tavern next Wednesday, June
9th. Mr.. Walter Crawford of Roanoke, will
be m arried to Miss Elizabeth A. Steele, daugh
| ter of Mr.. M. Steele.
Miss V. M. Stricken, teacher of Latin at the
Mary Baldwin Seminary will spend the sum-
mer months with her brother, Rev. Dr. q. b.
| Stricken. in Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Nettie G. Baker left for Philadelphia
Friday morning. She will join party there
and take trip down the st. Lawrence river,
visiting the Thousand Islands.
Stuart Webb. the little son of Prof. F. r
Webb, had the misfortune last week to iniure
his hand very badly in bicycle accident. Al
last account he was improving
On Thursday last, Mr.. J. Edwin Wood, OF
Charlottesville, was married to Miss Anna
Stark Lewis of Madison, Va, in the Baptist
church, by Rev. 7. T. Grimsley.
| Mr. Horace W. Jones, of the United States
Navy, son of Major H. W. Jones of charlottes.
vile, was married on Wednesday evening at
Rock Island, H., to Miss Curtis of that city.
Misses Katie Bell and Fannie Baker left
Monday morning for trip through New York
State, visiting Niagara Falls, Albany, POUCH
keepsie, and ascending the Hudson as far as
Troy, N. Y.
| Capt Thomas D. Ransom has been appoint
ed by Col VIM. A. Smoot, Grand Commander
of the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans
to serve as one of the aids during the reunion
in Richmond.
| ll-heaIth for some time. and who has lately
suffered greatly with his eyes, is improving
under careful treatment at the Kings Daugh
ters' Hospital.
Mr.. John Graham Efinger, an old and high
/ ly respected citizen of Harrisonburg died sud
denly at half past O clock last Monday morn
ing at his residence. The funeral was from
the Methodist church at half past 10 o'cloci
yesterday morning.
Fred W. Snyder-son of Judge A. G. Snyder
of West Va.-who has been student in Lex
ington, Va during the past session, stopped
in Staunton, on his return home, to visit hi;
cousin, Kirke Snyder.
Misses N. c. L. Lee, of Lexington, There's
!, H. Haislip, of Staunton, and Jean P. Cameron
!, of Augusta, received diplomas at the final O
!, the State Female Normal School, which tool
, place at Farmville last week.
Rev. VIM. Cumming has requested sever
ance of his pastoral relations with the Secont
Presbyterian church, but it is not though
that his congregation will accede to his wish
!. He has received a call from Waverly. Nd
Mr.. Henry Hidy, who removed from High
land county to Illinois. about 20 years ago, re
turned recently with his wife and daughte
on a visit to friends in that county. He is
brother of Mr.. John Hidy of Craigsville, thi
, county.
+ At Mappburg, Accomac county, Wednesday
+ June oath, Mr.. Frank Atwell Lindsay, c
charlottesville a brother of T RI LINDSAY