Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-05-20
Personal.

| Personal.
| W. W. Brenamn, of Pocahontas, Va, wa
among his friends in this city last week.
Hon. Geo. E. Sipe, of Harrisonburg, wa
in the city Tuesday.
| Mai. T. q. Elder was in Washington las
| week on professional business.
Mrs. Cora Ferguson, of Roam oke, dauRh
ter of M. P. Funkhouser, Esq. is on visit
to her father on East Beverly street.
Mrs. Benford Deakin. who has been at he
old home in England, has returned to Staun
ton.
j. e. Kruger, for long time engaged il
the jewelry business here. has gone to New
port News with view to locating there.
MI. II. J. Williams, Jr., is home from
Hampden Sidney spending his vacation
with his father at Greenville,
Col. John s. Mosby has so far recovered a
to be able to leave Charlottesville for War
renton.
j. .sGoodloe, of Alton, is at Johns Hop
kins Hospital, undergoing treatment fol
an injured hip joint.
Patrick A. Childress. of Waynesboro, has
been granted patent for an attachment to
a lamp.
Mrs. John M. Doyle and daughter of New
Hope, attended Presbytery at Mt. Carmel
last week.
Harry Frazier. Esq, Chief Engineer Of thu
z. & O., was in the city last week on brie1
visit to his relatives.
DIR. Winston Niche, brother of Mrs. DR.
j. B. Catlett, is on a visit to his sister
here.
Mr.. Chas. .Ritchcreek and wife, Of Bridge
water, have returned to their home after a
visit of several days to friends in this city.
Messrs. e. L. and S. Merritt Doyle spent
several days at "West Buffalo Farm" neal
Greenville, last week.
Major Absalom Koiner was in the city OF
Tuesday, and is much interested in the po-
Iitical outlook.
Mrs. Annie e. Martin, sister Of Mrs. Rufus
Timberlake and mother of r. H. Martin is
in Mt. jackson. visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Captain j. 81 Waters, chief of the city
police force, and his grandson, Carol Mil
Ter, are back from Pittsburg, where they
have attending the convention of chiefs.
Mrs. Geo. W. st. Clair, of Tazewell e. H.,
who is daughter of DR.. Geo. Walker, Of
this city, is visiting at the home of her faith
er.
Misses Ann and Louise Slllings OF Spring
Hill, and Miss Rosa Cochran Dunlap of
Long Glade. spent last week with Miss Mar
garet Doyle of Greenville.
Mr.. E. A. Woodruff, who has accepted q
position with the Bell Telephone Go. at
Wilmington, n. g., has gone to his new
place of business.
Mr.. Arch Snapp, who has been quite sick
for some two weeks, is much improved, and
is able to be out, but is not able to resume
work.
Col. John B. Young, father of Mrs. Ed
ward Echols, was visiting his daughter this
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for brief sojourn.
Grand Lecturer q. w. Davis. of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Virginia, District No.
3. who was in Staunton for short time
last week, left on Saturday for Clifton
Forge.
DR.. Murphy, brother-in-law of Capt Jas
and j. Alex. Bungardner, was in the city,
on visit to friends last week. and during
his stay was the guest of Capt. Jas. Bum
gardner.
The position held by the late E. ID. Nc
Quain at the w. S. Hospital has been filled
by the selection of Frank Weade, young
county man, who has been for some years
an attendant at the hospital.
R. d. Apperson and family have returned
to Staunton from Little Rock. Ark, and
will reside hero. Mr.. Apperson is the Supt.
and General Manager of the City Street
Car Co.
MIR. Hugh Preston. of Radford. Va. came
to this city last week, as delegate to the
Odd Fellows Convention, and after its ad-
journment remained over with relatives here
until Monday when he left for his home.
Miss Harriet Babcock, daughter of II. P !.
Babcock, VINO spent some time in our city
last summer, has gone to her home in De-
troit, Michigan. She has been a pupil at the
Mary Baldwin Seminary.
Lieutenant r. S. Hamilton of the 22nd
regiment, U. s. A., who has been visiting at
the residence of Isaac Witt, left on Friday
for Oklahoma, where his regiment is sta
toned.
Mr.. S. NJ. Donald, who is a candidate for
the position of Superintendent of the Peni-
tertiary, has recently been in various por-
tions of the State, and is much encouraged
touching his success.
Mr.. e. Halle has been promoted to the
position Of freight and traffic manager of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Ry. Mr.. Halle
is we'll known in StauntOn and has many
friends here, who will be glad to hear of his
good fortune.
Mrs. Vim. E. Baker OF Roosevelt, Ga, &C
companIed by her little grand daughter,
Catherine Baker, the orphan child of Mrs
Annie Nelson Baker, is visiting her friends
Mrs. E. s. Sublett and Mrs. VIM. A. McCue
on Church street. Mrs. Baker is welcomed by
a host of friends here.
Mrs. W. P. Meeks was brought to Staun-
ton last week from her home at Deerfeld
to be treated at the Kings Daughters Hos
pital, but upon her arrival here, she became
insane and had to be confined in the county
Jail from whence she was taken to the West
ern State Hospital.
Hon. j. Hoge Tyler. who is a prominent
candidate for Governor on the Democratic
ticket, was in this city on Tuesday last,
having arrived here from the lower valley
where he had been looking after his political
fences, and doing little quiet work for the
nomination. Mr.. Tyler is looking we'll,
and reports many favorable indications
tending to his success before the convention.
He received number OF callers at his room