Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19

Mrs. Alex. F. Robertson is in Richmond.
Mrs. Ben. Bagby is in Newport News Oh
a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Lowman, of Loni
Glade were in the city last week.
Mr.. W. L. Harper, Of Pocahontas county
was in the city on Friday last.
Hon. A. F. Withrow OF Bath, was in tn
city Tuesday.
DR.. Newton Wayt is in New York on I
visit to his son, Baldwin.
DR.. A. +. Ker, of Millboro. was in tn
city Saturday.
j. B. Shaw, formerly of Staunton, now O.
Texas, is in Staunton this week.
j. M. Wilson. ST., is at Cold Sulphur thi
week for the benefit of his health.
Mrs. Gen. j. E. B. Stuart has returned
from trip to Richmond.
Miss Annie Lupton, who has been visiting
in Eastern Virginia, returned homo Friday
| Miss Sarah Lewis. who has been visiting
| Miss Florence Elder, left Friday for hel
home at Old Sweet Springs, W. Va.
Mrs. R. Ii. Mason has returned from the
Warm Springs, where she has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Anderson.
Miss Stella Hewitt has returned home
Basic City, where she has been visiting hel
friend, Miss Toms.
Mrs. Heller Ker, Jr.. of Nashville. Tenn,
is visiting MI. Ker's father, on W. Mair
st.
Jas. r. Taylor. Jr., and his little SOL
have returned from New York, where they
have been visiting.
Miss Mary E. Trotter who taught the past
session in Eeastern Virginia, has returned
home.
Mrs. Stuart Baldwin of Kentucky, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. W. P. Tams, on
East Beverly street.
Mrs. DR.. B M. Atkinson who has been
spending some time with relatives in Rich.
mond, returned home Tuesday.
Miss Janette Lowenstein OF Statesville,
S. g., is the guest of Mrs. Ferdinand Loeb
on North COalter street.
Messrs. Samuel Christian and Daniel
Rohrer visited friends here Tuesday. on
their way to Newport News and Old Point.
Wilbur Veitch, ESQ., of Chicago, an old
Stauntonian, is in the city visiting his sister,
Mrs. q. &. Wheat.
Mr.. L. H. Stephenson, of Monterey. was
in the city several days last week and left
Tor home Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. I. ArnaIl, Of Atlanta, Ca, i.
at the residence of Mr.. Samuel Il. Steele,
near Waynesboro,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Merriken and Miss
Charlie Cameron left yesterday for Rich
mond and Newport News.
W. G. Moffett, travelling freight agent of
the B. & o is in the city for a couple of
days.
John D. Clothier, who for some time past
has been north, returned ito the city on
Friday evening last.
Mrs. John 81. Guy and daughter Miss An
ME, of Richmond, are visiting at Capt..
Thomas D. Ranson's.
Colonel Robert Catlett has been appoint
ed by Judge Mclaughlin. trustee of the
Bank of Lexington in place Of Colonel j.
K. Edmondson, deceased.
Hon. G. G. Grattan, Judge Of Rocking
ham county, was in the city Sunday on his
return from visit to his sister, Mrs. Rob-
ertson in Charlotte, N. e.
Prof NJ. Schele de We're died In Washing
ton Thursday. For 50 years he was profess
sor of modern languages at the University
of Va He was native Of Sweden, rs years
of age.
Mr.. Dan1 O'Connel1, of Greenbrier eoun-
ty, was in the city last week on business.
He reports that the war has paralysed the
white pine lumber business.
Mr.. R. W. Peyton and sister Miss Lallie,
manager of the Intermont are visiting
friends in Washington this week. They
stopped over in Staunton with friends for a
few days before going to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Lyman, who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Peck at
Montgomery Hail. returned to their
home in Charlottesville Saturday. Just af-
ter the war closed Mr.. Lyman came to this
county and purchased the Guy farm on Mid
die river near Ft. Defiance, now the prop
erty of Mrs. E. A Dudley and lived there
for some years. He was warmly greeted
by many old friends
Mr. T. A. Blackford. who is commandment
at the Cheltenham Military Academy at
OrontZ. Pa. rendered his services to Gov.
Hoge Tyler, but the Governor could not
tell him definitely whether they could be
accepted. He then offered them to the
Governor of Penn, and we learn the Gov
ernor has accepted them. Maj. Blackford
as he now ranks. is a graduate of the V. N.
L, and was for several years oommandant
at the A. M. Academy at Ft. Defiance.