Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-09


her home in Waynesboro.
Miss Louisa d. Atkinson. of Baltimore
who has been visiting friends in this city
has gone to Clarke county.
Mrs Percy 10th. of Waynesboro. after
visit to her father, Col. P. B. Hogsnead. ha
returned to her home in WaynesborO.
Miss Ellen Guigon has accepted the posi-
tion of instructor in the family of Col. F
H. O'Bannon, of Sperryville, Va.
Isaac Witt, Esq, has been in New Yorl
for some time, purchasing stock of fall
and winter goods.
Milton w. Parkins, who now lives il
Washington. is on visit to relatives in TIN
county near Fort Defiance.
Ash. w. Woodward and wife left Friday
to make their home in Washington, much t.
the regret of their many friends.
Mrs. j. w. Myers of Roanoke, with hel
children. is in the city visiting her father
Mr.. John W. Cline.
Miss Fannie Tannehill and Miss Bessie
Young left last week for jackson, La.
where they will teach the coming session.
Mrs. e. g. Gooch who has been spending
the summer at Covington, has returned
home.
w. S. Larrabee and wife of Ph9bus, Va.
were in Staunton this week the guests of DR.
ID. A. Bucher.
Mrs. E. II. Fisher and daughter, of Rich
mond, are visiting the family of Mr.. Jas. K
Taylor .Jr.
Mrs. Wallace P Whltmore of Baltimore
is the guest of Mr.. John d. Crowle on Mar
ket street.
Mrs. Frank l.. Sublett will arrive il
Staunton this week from Europe. where sh'
has been travelling with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs B. F. McClung, who have
spent several weeks at the Rockbridge Alum
Springs, returned to their home at Green
vile last Tuesday.
MI. W. Lee Hanger, formerly of Waynes
boro. has taken his family to Newport News
The family of the late VIM. Blackwell will
60 with him.
Mr.. VIM. Finks, of Waco, Texas, son Of
John Finks, we'll known in former years il
houser in this city.
Messrs. julius and Adolph Loeb have
both returned from trip North, where they
went to make additions to their stocks o.
goods.
Rev j. S. Prettyman, of the Methods
church, has been in Highland county TO
some time, where he has been assisting il
religious meetings.
Mr.. VIM. F. Croft, who went to Balti
more to have an examination made of al
injured knee, has returned and is much en-
couraged over the prospects of it being heal
ed.
An assistant teacher in the 9TH class O
deaf-mutes was necessary at the D. u. & B
Institute at the beginning OF the session or
account of the increased number of new pu
pills and Mrs. Hattie B. Wilson was elected
Elmo Hotchkiss. son of the q. & 0. gen
eral freight agent, who is stopping at tn
Alton house, accidentally shot himself il
the right foot, Tuesday evening last, Will
shooting bats. The wound is quite serious
Russell Parsons, a son of Mr.. ID. nj. Par
sons living near this city, has gone to Win
chester, where he will engage in the dye1nl
business with his brother, Harry Parsons
who has resided in that city for some time
past.
Mrs. R. s. Turk and Miss Glenn Atkinson
left yesterday morning for New York
whence they will sail on the 18th for Lon
don, and after some weeks there will pro
coed to Paris. where Miss Atkinson will
enter an art school. Mrs. Turk will spend
the winter there.
A. q. Stickley. of Strasburg, Col. W. b
Petit, of Fluuanna, J. N. McMullen, of Pc
tersburg, w Va, John J. Williams, of Win
chester, and Gen. John f.. Roller, of Har
risonburg, are in the city attending the Su
preme Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Addison Maupin was renominated O,
the 3rd inst, for the House from Henric,
county, over Mr.. Throckmorton. On Frids
Mr.. Maupin was in this city, attending
meeting of the D. d. and B. Executive Com
mittee, and was feeling remarkably happ,
over the result.
Mr.. Hugh Hannah, of Mt. Scion, was il
the city on Monday, and is much intereste,
in the proposed extension of the e. & W
Railway to Mt. Scion and on toward High
land. He is making great effort to hav
it come by Mt. Scion, and thus develope tn
finest water power in the county.
L. H. Stephenson, one of the most promi
nent members of the Highland county bar
was in Staunton last week. on his way wit
his son to Pantops Academy. Helnforms u
that Highland county will not in his opinio
subscribe anything to railroad of an
kind.
Our old friend, Sam'l H. Kerr, of Fish
erville, who has been through one of til
most terrible of surgical operations within
the last twelve months, called to see US las
week. Whilst not yet strong he has gaine
in flesh until he weighs more than he eve
weighed before and is in most excellen
spirits.
Mr.. Ben. o. Blackford, who has been liy
ing for some time in Chicago is at the HON
of his father, DR.. Ben. Blackford in thi
city, where he has come to rechperate hi
health. which has been somewhat impaire
by an attack of malarial fever, which ever
Chicagoan must sooner or later pas
through.
Prof. John HI. Bader, Superintendent 0
the public schools of this city, is mentioned
in connection with the position of Stat
Superintendent of free schools, the position
occupied by Rev. John E. Massey. Nj
Bader is graduate of Washington & Lee,
man of starline worth, excellent abilit
RAJ eMiHently fSted fnr the position